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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
6
No. 8 stops Washington for sleeping car passengers Kansas City and beyond. No. 48 stops Washington for coach passengers Kansas City and beyond. No. 4 stops to discharge California passengers only.
Schedule lists depart and arrival times for trains and buses serving Washington Iowa with connections to Davenport Chicago Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Fort Madison and Keota plus depot location at 107 West 2nd Street and fuel and food ration coupons valid through 1945 including gas ration form numbers and stamp validity details.
Certificates for recapping are no longer required for used farm implement tires used passenger car tires and all inner tubes. Certificates remain required to buy any new tires and to purchase used truck tires. Inspection is needed to obtain certificates. Regular commercial vehicle inspection occurs every 6 months or 5,000 miles whichever occurs first. A coupons No 16 6 gals each now valid through September.
Among a dozen insulating materials cotton shows the best insulating value in a standard volume, letting the least heat pass in a given time. It is also the lightest, making it ideal for refrigerator cars trucks and aircraft where weight matters. Labor costs for applying insulation with cotton are estimated 40 percent lower than for competing materials.
Westchester news notes a Federated church youth gathering at the Jack Cherry home with 26 attendees including two Chicago Fresh Air Girls. Jean Ann Cherry led the meeting and Jessie Mullen led devotions as refreshments were served.
An advertisement promotes PRU LAX for constipation relief claiming dramatic gut relief and reduced gas after days of discomfort. It urges immediate use and notes caution with laxatives and a money back line.
The hostess and her daughters Helen and Ree served apple pie a la mode. Mrs. Jennie Mason of Washington visited Sunday with Mrs. Mary Conger and Hattie Ross. Rob Ross is slowly recovering from an injury and shock after a cow attacked him last week. Mrs. Clyde Griggs traveled to Sioux Falls last week where F. O. Clyde Griggs is stationed. Mrs. Howard Stewart and Mrs. Fred Foriash went to Rock Island to see Mrs. Abbie Boyer. Boyer had moved to Lisle Smith’s home in Rock Island, spent time in hospital, then returned there. Mrs. Lee Romine returned after visiting with her daughter Grace Scearly in Weota.
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