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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1944
Page
6
The rationing board notes several book holders present incorrect stamps for canning sugar. Book 4 shows two stamp sets both labeled Number 87. One veteran is mislisted.
The notice outlines stamp usages for sugar including Spare-37 and Sugar-37, tire certificate changes removing recapping certificates while continuing required inspections, and ongoing but updated coupon validity for gasoline fuel, fuel oil, sugar, processed foods, meats, cheeses, canned fish, shoes, and airplane stamps with specific book numbers and expiration dates.
Woasaniton Lodge No 26 A W and AM holds regular meetings on the Friday of each month with Rus et Goodin as W M and A W Yara as secretary.
A railroad timetable lists Westbound No. 3 Golden State Limited No. 11 Southwest Express and No. 4 Californian with various stops. Eastbound No. 12 Southwest Express and No. 44 Californian operate daily with regular stops. Sleeping and coach services via Washington and Kansas City are noted, plus local and mixed trains. Bus routes from Washington to Chicago include multiple departures and a note on ticket purchases at the local depot and North Side Cafe.
Passenger rail times show departures from Washington Cedar Rapids and Fort Madison lines to Iowa City Washington Winfield Burlington and other towns. Tickets sold at the local depot and schedules list various morning afternoon and evening departures with corresponding arrivals including midwest towns like Sigourney Oskaloosa and Knox.
All equipment and storage spaces that contact ring rot potatoes must be disinfected. Use copper sulfate solution two pounds per ten gallons for crates barrels baskets planters diggers washers and graders. Bags may be boiled. walls washed or sprayed to disinfect.
Peppermint and spearmint oils are distilled for flavoring candies gum toothpaste jellies liqueurs and medicines. Spearmint is common in suburban gardens for mint sauce and summer drinks while Japanese mint in California yields more menthol used in medicines and cooling cigarettes.
The record notes women served as contracted carers for the wounded and sick, earning $25 plus rations for 10 weeks. It contrasts with today’s army nurses who receive about $350 and other benefits for the same period of service.
The Association of American Railroads notes about 1.5 million dollars was paid in a year for livestock killed or injured while crossing or trespassing on railroad property. Farmers and stock men can reduce waste by keeping gates closed fences repaired and livestock off railroad land.
Fresh oranges and grapefruit are best enjoyed in halves slices or sections or as juice. When juicing ignore seeds but do not strain. The pulp carries a valuable share of minerals and vitamins for a nutritious menu option.
Allied Headquarters in North Africa outlines sweeping reforms in Sicilian law and policing under AMGOT. Proclamation bars imprisonment without specified charges and ensures prompt trials, counsel, witnesses, and appeals. OVRA is abolished. Carabinieri become core law enforcement.
In a nostalgic survey by L L Stevenson the column recalls Broadway’s glittering past with Rex's 48th Street, the Bal Tabarin and Ziegfeld Roof. Prohibition shattered those grand clubs, giving way to speakeasies, later rehabilitated into legitimate nightspots with neon signs and ads.
In Britain a mock canned grapefruit is made from squash. A half medium squash is pared seeded and cut into half inch rings then divided into crescent sections. They are boiled until tender, then sugar and lemon extract added and the mixture reheated. Served cold or in fruit salad with syrup as a sweetener.
United States transport planes evacuated more than 16,000 British and American battle casualties during the North African campaign. Maj. Henderson of the War Office told the House of Commons that additional casualties were moved by ambulance, hospital trains, and hospital ships.
STATE COLLEGE PA The Pennsylvania State College library reports heavy wartime use with 93 percent of its 245000 volumes circulated in the last fiscal year. Student loans reached 54953 and faculty loans 24479 indicating surging demand across campus.
Cottage cheese is typically produced from skim milk and often from whole milk, though using whole milk results in notable fat loss in the whey.
Britain’s ENSA reports 13 million service members entertained in 76 thousand performances and 61 thousand shows in factories and fronts during one year. An army of actors earned up to 40 dollars a week and toured from Iceland to Gibraltar and across the home fronts.
The male black bass guards a nest of eggs until they hatch and then consumes some of the young fish. This behavior highlights the species’ parental care followed by predation within the same breeding cycle.
London based Polish Labor Fights publishes a chilling account of Treblinka Poland where Germans allegedly killed 2,000,000 Jews. The piece details forced disrobing, children and women ushered first, whipping, and the death house where steam suffocation and mass graves are described in graphic terms.
Washington reports the post office department closed the 1943 fiscal year with a deficit of 3 543 122 dollars, the smallest in 24 years. Revenues totaled 961 059 690 dollars, up 101 242 199 from 1942, while expenditures reached 964 602 812 dollars. Salaries and transportation accounted for the majority of the annual costs.
London reports sixty thousand alarm clocks arriving from the United States, a postwar surplus now awaiting distribution by the board of trade to ensure wartime workers obtain them. The shipment marks a long-anticipated entry into the British market as authorities decide how to allocate the clocks to stores and workers.
The American Hotel association reports that over 600 hotels employ women in roles previously held by men. Fifty nine hotels report women as bartenders and 330 report women as chefs.
Seven Royal Air Force airmen parachuted to safety near Lund in southern Sweden after their Halifax bomber crashed, apparently due to motor trouble. The aircraft had not been found and initial reports listed four Canadians among the crew.
Steam turbines supply about two thirds of America's electric power. The statement highlights the central role of steam turbine technology in generating national electricity and shaping infrastructure.
In the first 11 months of 1943 the Ten Miles Chemical and allied industries reduced freight ton miles by more than 811 million, amounting to over 2 percent of the total ton miles used by these industries.
The passage notes rayon fibers weaken when wet and regain strength when dried. It advises careful washing practices to preserve rayon integrity and prevent damage during laundering.
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