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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1943
Page
8
The County Rationing Board supplied the Journal with dates for rationing periods and related procedures. The document outlines when and how residents may receive staples, with officials urging adherence to the new timetable and noting enforcement by local agencies.
The public notices list ration details for tires, tires, gasoline and fuel oil coupons with validity through early 1944 and late 1948, plus green stamps and shoe stamps. Local notes report extended family visits, promotes, and military furloughs among Ames residents including Merle Gallagher, Doris Gray, and Lt Eugene Trask, with several family gatherings and travel updates.
The article details Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt signaling a Western Front pledge while Russia backs the timing and notes a democratic postwar framework. It mentions a Stalin toast on American production and a vague reference to world peoples choosing governments under conscience.
Brownwood Texas and Mrs Guy Stansbury of Long Beach Calif visit Washington to attend the funeral of their father Frank Macon. Others from nearby areas join in the services including Harry S Macon of Clinton NL Mrs Martha Curry and daughter Mrs Alva Roberts of Springfield Winnie Macon of Lawrence Kan and Mr and Mrs W J Warren of Davenport
County salvage director Karl F. Libe says the clothing campaign will extend a few days. The new collection point is the Davenport Democrat office two doors west of the Fox theater, open all day for drop offs. We urge sorting now as all clothes are accepted regardless of condition with ragged items discarded as rags.
United Press reports American air forces pounded Japan and strategic Pacific targets. Liberators dropped 50 tons on Mili atoll in the Marshall Islands while targeting Nauru phosphate facilities and a carrier raid followed by a carrier air attack on unidentified targets in the Marshalls. Simultaneously General MacArthur’s forces pressed raids toward Rabaul and Truk as a lone Liberator set fire to Kapingamarangi atoll.
Twelve parcels advertised for taxes were sold to private individuals and seven were bid in by the county at the 1943 delinquent tax sale in the county treasurer’s office. Individual purchases totaled 316.12 dollars and the sale was the smallest in years with further items to be offered January first.
Mayor R U Lytle asks Washington dog owners to keep the animals from becoming a nuisance. Dogs roaming streets have prompted complaints of damage. Any dog away from home may be destroyed by police. The city ordinance requires dogs to be kept at home or on a leash when away.
Government statisticians estimate Americans will save about 40 billion dollars this year. Last year’s record high was slightly more than 25 billion, while the pre-war total never reached 10 billion and was usually well below that.
Word reached here of the death of Mrs. E E Meeks of Iowa City which occurred there Sunday after a short illness. Funeral plans awaited word from three sons in the armed forces and a daughter in California. She was a sister of Mrs. Arthur Glider of Washington and formerly lived in Crawfordsville and West Chester before moving to Iowa City. She leaves her husband and eight children.
The article details bamboo as a core material for many East Asian transport forms. It notes bamboo in boat upper works, masts on sail boats, split stems for rope, jinrikishas and sedan chairs, and bamboo used in cart and wheelbarrow bodies.
Card of thanks from Mrs. Margaret Brown and Mrs. Ben Holt thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy, flowers, and cards during illness and bereavement.
Chicago market notes show oats at various white and red grades with specials. Produce receipts include 6,385 cases of eggs with mixed grade prices and weak poultry demand with various turkey and duck line items.
Grain table from Chicago reports open high low and close for Wheat Oats and Rye with Sep Dec May contracts. Closing out sale announced five miles southwest of Riverside. Albert Novy.
Gladys and Will Ahern will be guests this evening on the Vox Pop radio program at seven o clock over the CBS chain including WMT station. Mrs Ahern is a niece of Mrs Russell rink and the couple are noted visitors to the region.
A troupe of entertainers finished a multiweek USO tour in northern Pacific camps and now remains in Florida awaiting orders to deploy to another war theater. The group previously toured with a unit of performers in military camps and awaits final assignment.
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