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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1943
Page
6
Second inspection deadline for Class A is Sept 20. Class B inspection runs July through Oct with the third period. Class C ration or bulk cows pens has third deadline Aug 31. Commercial vehicles require inspection every six months or every 5,000 miles.
Timetable details list daily and weekly train and bus routes between Washington, Iowa and Iowa City, including Golden State Limited, Californian, Local, and Westbound services. It notes departure and arrival times, stops at Washington and Knoxville, and ticket purchase points at the Bus Depot and North Side Cafe.
The notice lists ration book coupons for Gasoline Coffee Sugar and fuel oil with validity dates through September and November 1943, and mentions exchange rules. It covers blue and red stamps with overlapping dates, home canning allowances, and limits on household quantities.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M announces regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Russell Goodin serves as Worshipful Master and A W Yard as secretary.
Iowa State College extension economists report corn flowing from cribs faster than production with ample feed forecast for 1943 44. Distribution and reserve stocks pose challenges, especially in the northwest. southern Iowa may offset with government feed wheat. hogs cattle and sheep outlooks described along with price ceilings and market signals.
In a tense terrace gathering, Aunt Carrie and allies pursue clues to Pete Everard's death. Romey Hodges grills Miss Glenn over alibis while Commodore Knowlton quibbles at every turn. Josephine Powers maps travel timelines and ties to Portville and Riverton as investigators seek a solid link to the crime.
Miss Glenn recounts tense dinner at Everard house where Pete Everard and Greg Mason clashed. Police press for clarity as Chief Calvin probes overheard remarks and alibi gaps, while Aunt Carrie and Romy await Peggy and Nancy’s status amid murder suspicion.
The article notes higher prices drawing in more chickens while local processing plants see fewer birds. It states the egg to poultry feed ratio remains favorable with a dozen eggs costing 13.5 pounds of feed in July and mentions rationing as unlikely due to formula and enforcement challenges.
Riverside August 14 members of the Women s Catholic Order of Foresters met in Forester hall with a good attendance. A regular business session was followed by a social hour. Serving committee included Mrs Edward Bushek and Miss Margie Streb. Tommy Freund of Davenport visits his grandfather James Knebel. Mr and Mrs Paul Rotenburer Riverside are parents of a six pound baby boy born Thursday morning at Ashington County hospital Wash.
Washington visitors attend the Regina Delaney Richard Is cher wedding at St. James church. Elmer Kelesick and Maynard Welch visit relatives. Mrs Verne Kron is laid to rest at Mount Olivet after services at St. Marys. Janet Olson visits the Pogge home in town.
Foreign Commerce Weekly reports experimental use of peanut oil as fuel on early segments of the African Trans Saharan railway opened to traffic that year. Trial runs showed three trains achieving an average speed of about 65 miles per hour.
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