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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1943
Page
6
The county rationing board provides the public with Class A rationing dates through March 31, 1944 and Class B through February 28. The notice details third inspection period for Class A and fourth period for Class B.
A dense listing of trains from Keawee to California and local service. It notes daily limiteds and exclusives, sleeping cars and coach passengers, and station stops including Washington Kansas City Davenport Omaha and Knoxville with times. Also outlines Burlington and Wingas Cafe agents and Bee Line Transit buses for Iowa City Mt. Pleasant and Chicago routes.
Class C ration or bulk coupons extend through November 30 with inspections. Commercial vehicles require checks every six months or five thousand miles. A coupons for three gallons each exist No 9 valid Nov 21 1943 to Jan 21 1944. B and C coupons now allow two gallons each. Steel plate license numbers must be written on coupons. Fuel oil Period No 1 coupons cover ten gallons per unit valid through January 8 1944. Sugar Coupon No 29 Book 4 provides five pounds valid through January 15 1944.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of every month. Russell Goodin is W M and A W Yard serves as secretary.
Wartime notices list validities for Poods A B and green stamps in Book 4 through Dec 20 and L M N brown stamps in various books through Jan 1 1944. Shoes Coupon No 18 and Airplane Stamp No 1 provide continued access with future expiration details. Late applicants for War Ration Book 4 urged to apply in person and carry Book 3. Fuel Oil Coupons No 1 No 3 No 4 No 5 dates span 1943 1944.
Riverside reports the third in a series of card parties by St Marys congregation families will be at St Marys hall Monday November 29 at 8 pm. Euchre and pinochle games offer prizes with a social hour and lunch to follow. The hosting families include John R Yeggy Fred Frank Albert Dunn Simon Metz and many others. Also notes Mrs Mary Bauer plans a winter stay in Iowa City with relatives. J A Gunderson Dies is mentioned in nearby notes.
Gray, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving activities include dinners at Jesse Nicola and Harold Anderson homes. Families such as the Givans, Libe, Reed, Beem blossom, Haum, Cortyn, Spangler, Shebeck, McEvoy and Longer joined meals and oyster suppers. School children had a two day vacation. Multiple visits occurred at several local homes.
A federal court in Des Moines awarded Ed Grettenberg a 10000 judgment for admitting violation of CPA ceiling prices in corn sales. The payment settles the case after a triple damages suit was brought by the government through OPA district enforcement attorney Donald Holdoegel. Judge Charles Dewey approved the compromise.
John A Gunderson 63 died suddenly on November 11 at his Chariton home after lunch while on duty at the Rock Island station from a heart attack. He was a longtime Rock Island station agent in Riverside and had taught school briefly before joining the railway. Funeral services were held at Chariton Methodist church with burial there.
The honor roll list from Crawfordsville includes seniors Yvonne Ernst Kathi ryn Reschley Wilma Wooley Anna Sommer, juniors Mary Cherryholmes Junior Despain Doris Mitchell Joan Maxwell Ruth Rich, and many more through 7th and 8th grades. Thanksgiving visits noted for families in New London and nearby towns accompany the roll.
Prairie Flower notes a social roundup with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Witthoft and relatives at Mrs. C. H. Witthoft's Washington home. Also mentions visitors Thelma Elliott and baby, plus other local outings and a Jackson Center program under Leona Kos.
Pupils recite the Pledge and sing as tire and gas rationing shapes rural life. Cedar guests thank hosts at a social time with pie and coffee. Weekend open houses mark anniversaries and family gatherings, including a first birthday and Thanksgiving events with neighbors and relatives in Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and Morning Sun.
Wellston notices Frank Gevock plans a sale the first of December. Walter Wilson baled hay for him Friday forenoon. Thanksgiving was spent at the Allen Schaeffer home with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilson and family. Dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brinning and family and Mr. and Mrs. George Means and Eddy.
The crew required to run the ship’s large machines represents at least 1,500 years of training and 2,500 years of combined experience among the operators.
Galileo used the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that objects of different weights fall at the same rate. The cathedral chandelier sway inspired him to formulate pendulum principles and contribute to early physics understanding.
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