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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1943
Page
6
Blue stamps R S T valid through September 20. Blue stamps U V W valid September 1 through October 20. Red stamps T U V W valid through August 31. Red stamps overall valid August 22 through October 2. Red stamp Y valid August 29 through October.
Superintendent W A Orbe and Assistant Supt Kenneth Freeman head the district. Principal Miss Ethel McCreedy leads the Junior High while the School Board lists President Richard A Stewart Secretary C P Weldin and members Harry Rameseyer Fred Downing B F Bostwick Jr and Mrs Charlotte Baldrige.
Wartime ration details list good through dates for red brown and sugar stamps, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and exchange deadlines for old B type books. Inspections for A and B books set deadlines in September and October 1943.
Sullivan Bus Lines schedule lists Washington to Iowa City early morning service with 6:45 a m departure and 8:00 a m arrival. return legs depart Iowa City 8:12 a m, arrive Washington 9:20 a m. westbound options include departures from Washington to Knoxville and back with mid day and evening times. depot at Congress Hotel.
A rooster imported from Clarinda Iowa continues to crow at 2 a m in Gresham Oregon on central war time. Emery Peterson says the bird wakes his family and he does not know what to do as winter mornings feel the same at 2 and 4 o'clock.
A crew member recalls a ten minute episode during a bombardment near Guadalcanal where a ship twice faced a phantom warship: a fierce, lifelike chase of a shadow across Japanese-ruled islands with heat lightning and loud alarms, ending without real combat.
Vice Admiral Arthur Lionel Snagge on the retired list told a Purley meeting that the problem of the U-boat menace is on the point of being solved or may already be solved. He spoke during a gathering that marked HMS Dardonyx adoption by Purley and Coulsdon.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army, received two marriage proposals in one mail. The 55 year old widower since 1937 noted in a letter to his mother, Lady Montgomery, that both came by the same post and called it a record.
Ottawa imposes immediate export ban on any food or commodities rationed in the importing country. George H. Osborn, acting collector of customs, confirms Ottawa instructions restricting cross border shipments to goods that are not rationed in the destination nation.
Washington reports Navy Marine Corps gunner Jack Jr Nelson donated a pint of blood at a Red Cross center claiming he owed the Red Cross a pint. He was wounded in the Solomon Islands campaign and received a transfusion last August, choosing repayment through donation.
In Pueblo Colorado Zelma Fox four years old repeatedly phoned police from her home to report a neighbor who hit her with a rock. On the last call Sergt Roy Harper asked what action she wanted. She answered that she wanted the neighbor electrocuted.
London’s transportation system cut ticket sizes in 1942 saving 600 tons of paper. The London Passenger Transport board said 600 tons of old tickets and 300 tons of old records were salvaged for pulping.
Ice boxes save an average of 79 pounds of steel per ice box, reflecting wartime conservation measures and material efficiency efforts.
The article profiles the New York Cotton Exchange, describing open outcry trading on the ring floor, communication networks, and the speed required for orders. It notes the exchange’s role in pricing signals, risk transfer, and price dissemination since 1915, plus a shift to female pages during World War II.
New York dispatch explains Flying magazine rules for scoring enemy aircraft. A plane counts as destroyed only if seen burning completely, disintegrating in air, or, for single seaters, the enemy pilot is seen to bail out.
Census figures from 1940 claim 3 679 people aged 100 or older, but officials question the number as likely exaggerated due to age misreporting. The report also estimates about 1,000,000 boys reach 18 yearly, with a dip in the next five years, then a gradual rise, and notes male excess up to age 18 and 41 to 64, while females outnumber at ages 20-33 and over 67.
The article explains that air crews trained in U.S. flying schools use expensive advanced trainers costing 40 to 50 thousand dollars. It urges supporting the Third War Loan through War Bonds to fund aircraft and training as American pilots prepare to strike Berlin and Tokyo.
Riverside August 28 Teresa Walsh departed Riverside to resume her duties in Oakland California after a 10 day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Cornelius W Walsh and family
In Reedport Oregon Mrs. George Taylor learns her eight year old son uses 15 cents for cafeteria lunch and saves 10 cents as a war stamp each day, saying his 25 cent allowance is being spent to its full value.
Lead foil paper wrappers used as substitutes on cigarettes and chewing tobacco have reduced foil consumption by about 40 million pounds. Industry notes the change lowers waste and cost, with public health groups citing safer packaging options.
West of Riverside Mr and Mrs Max Birka visit at the home of Mrs Birka’s parents Mr and Mrs Alva Bell and family of Riverside with the Cyrus Birka family near Washington Mrs Birka is the former Elaine Bell of Riverside Darlene Sojka returned from Parsons College Fairfield to her parents Mr and Mrs Wes Sojka She will teach at Highland No 1 school south of Riverside
Mr and Mrs R D Spoo and son Robert of Cedar Keys visited here this week at the home of Mrs Spooner's sister Mrs Earl Harr and daughter Judy.
The article traces castor bean cultivation in the United States from its Spanish introduction 300 years ago to early 19th century expansion in the Central West. It notes Kansas producing a record 766,143 bushels in 187? fueling market glut and national import reliance on Brazil.
At breakfast Dennis Riorden reveals the missing silver fox cape is found after Josephine Powers retrieved it from Mrs Higgins. Chief Calvin grills Miss Glenn about the Everard murder, pressing whether Nancy Everard would post a wrapped package with insufficient stamps. Pam announces her own forthcoming honeymoon during a cottage gathering.
London reporters debunked a Vichy magazine image claimed to show five oil covered sailors from an Allied tanker sunk in the Atlantic. The lifeboat shot, with Noel Coward and John Mills clearly visible, came from the film In Which We Serve, proving the photo a fraud.
Laurens sheriff reports a letter from former state patrolman J W Hammond now overseas. He writes that his 1941 tax of three dollars is overdue and asks locals to organize a posse to arrest him, promising to surrender without a fight and requesting two meals a day in the jail.
In Burlington North Carolina Roy J Stanley a new employee presented 1313 half dollar pieces to buy war bonds totaling 875 dollars. W D Rudd the job interviewer accompanied him to a bank and watched as Stanley explained he started saving the coins some time ago.
In the West Indies a U S cargo ship was torpedoed and the crew fled to lifeboats with engines left running marking a frantic evacuation. After 40 hours the ship remained afloat and the crew reboarded the vessel still with the diesel engines running.
Indian copper mining in northern Michigan predates Columbus, indicating early native metalworking before European contact. The passage notes copper was worked by indigenous peoples prior to 1492.
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