Ration Dates Schedule Furnished to Journal by County
County rationing board wires that beginning December 1 no certificates are needed for re gapping truck tires. Class A Ration covers the third inspection period through March 31, 1944.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1943
Page
6
County rationing board wires that beginning December 1 no certificates are needed for re gapping truck tires. Class A Ration covers the third inspection period through March 31, 1944.
Rations cover Class B and C periods through Feb 28 1944 with limitations on tires gas fuel and sugar stamps. It lists coupons A B C and D E F stamps, and specific validity dates for fuel oil processed foods and meats stamps along with notices for late applicants for War Ration Book 4 and exchange rules among family members.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds its regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Russell Goodin W M A W Yard secretary present the details for members and attendees.
A dense OCR of rail lines and local bus timetables shows westbound and eastbound trains from No. 8 to No. 11 and No. 43, plus Burlington Trailways and Bee Line Transit routes. Schedules include depots, departure times, and notes on tickets purchasable at the depot and local eateries.
Havre notes record a busy period as Larry Westen stays with the Wlter Westen family while Mrs. Evert Westen visits Town City with her mother Mrs. Dave Richard who underwent an operation. Several locals, including the Pratt and Eisele families, visit sites around town and at Lake Klopfensteins, with various dinners and afternoon calls reported.
Alan Meyer grew a 76 pound pumpkin shown in the bakery window last month. The author cans 30 quarts and 32 pints from the harvest, saving ration points, while reflecting on Thanksgiving and war concerns. The column notes public life, wartime shortages, and family stories.
Christmas dinner brings Hayes relatives and friends to Donald Hayes home in Washington with Russel Hayes home on navy furlough. Attendees include Lyle Hayes Lloyd Hayes Harold Hayes and families plus visitors from Pleasant Plain and Washington noted church and community events.
A dated sales list from Whittaker sale barn and various farms features multiple closing out and public sales. Entries include Dec 20 to Jan 11 1944 with locations near Washington Fairfield Keota Ainsworth Crawfordsville and River side. Includes farm livestock dairy cows household goods cars and land sales with start times and seller names.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A Strohm attended Sunday church services. Carl Corpman, Clifford, and Charles visited the Nelson Woodford home Thursday evening. Eugene Engel with his cousin Mrs. Harry Trodahl and children traveled to Chicago Friday and were met by Rev. Trodahl. The Trodahls continued to Daggart, Michigan to visit his parents.
Engel returned home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Howard Zillman and Phillip were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Lyle Hayes Sunday.
Mrs. Orpha Tobias and her pupils are practicing for a Christmas program set for Thursday evening December 16 in Walnut. Mrs. Clyde Nicola attended the funeral of Mrs. Isabelle Faulkner in Muscatine on Tuesday.
Car and Ed Nelson accompanied Joe Nelson Roy and Luther Cram to a Bloomfield sale on Monday. Mr and Mrs Lyle Wilson and family and Mrs Orpha Tobias spent Sunday evening at the Glenn Dunbar home. Loyd McKay helped his brother Everette McKay haul fodder.
Since Cortez landed in Mexico, the country has supplied about 5.5 billion ounces of silver to world markets, a fifth of the total since then. In recent years Mexico averages 80 million ounces annually, about 40 percent of the hemisphere's output.
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