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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1943
Page
6
Local column recounts movers Earl and Mrs. Earl Little relocating to McElhinney House near their South Marion store. Observes Agnes Peel’s Chicago case, a Sunday School anecdote, porch project near 220 South Second, a MIL naming dispute, Jay Walkers in Chicago, and urging Iowa pedestrians to follow red lights.
The passage notes how few pedestrians heed street lights at night and how the square feels sparse before eight in the morning. It recalls older times when grocers opened before five for early shoppers and remarks that the new hours feel an improvement.
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an open examination for a Clerk at the War Price and Rationing Board No 6392 Washington Iowa. Applicants must qualify via the regular under clerk exam and file by August 23 1943 with the local secretary or the Eight Civil Service Region in St Paul Minnesota.
The latest figures show 650 075 live births in England and Wales in the previous year, the highest total in 14 years.
Eleanor Peiffer resumed work at J. C. Penney after a two week vacation. Maxine Logan of Davenport visited family here with her parents. Pvt Lawson M. Crone changed address at Camp Haan California. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Crossett and Martha Jean returned from McAllin Texas for Mr. Crossett health. Naomi Kyle and Florence Kyle from Moline Illinois visited their parents. Dorothy Watson and Neva Jean Robertson depart for Los Angeles to resume work at Douglas Aircraft. Adelyn Shrig White returns to Peoria Illinois. Nick Schmitt moves to 116 East Madison Street as housekeeper for Ed Mayer.
A U S Army howitzer section illustrates wartime cost and impact with 240 mm guns, 20 foot barrels costing about 50 000 dollars each. The piece links these purchases to vast war bond needs and urges readers to back the effort with an extra 100 bond in the Third War Loan.
Walter Fagan Jr baling hay and Jimmy Bowen storing oats as hay while Hard Scrabble pupils seek a teacher. A threshing crowd dines at home due to rationing. Several residents visit Washington and Davenport. a new well is bored near the kitchen. Estate sale eyed for J M Pulver farm as buyers inspect it. The Wehr family coins and odd knives from Boston intrigue James Wehr.
An aviation cadet examining board arrives in Washington on Friday August 20 at 10 a.m. to test young men for Army Air Corps entry. New vision rules allow 20/30 corrected to 20/20. Applicants aged 17 to 26 need parental consent for 17 year olds and must not be agricultural workers. The cadet training course costs 28000 dollars and spans over a year, leading to silver wings. Applications are available through the Civil Air Patrol or Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
A concise note credits China with giving the world paper and the printed book, highlighting its enduring impact on literacy, learning, and the spread of information across civilizations.
A Chinese village uses simple, cheap farming tools with a shallow dam and iron-shod wooden plows. Farmers rely on wet farming to loosen soil into a soupy mix, powered by animal labor or family effort when horsepower is low.
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