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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
4
Certificates no longer needed to recap tires and to buy used farm implements tires and inner tubes. New tires and used truck tires still require certificates. Regular Commercial Vehicle inspections every six months or 5000 miles. Gasoline coupons A through P with various validity dates noted, some expiring March 21 or Jan 1.
A miscellany of coupon expirations for Furl Oil and Airplane Stamps and a tax sale redemption notice in Washington Iowa. Expiration dates range through Aug 1945 and a ninety day redemption period follows tax sale of Orr’s Subdivision Lot 7, Block 4. Edna Purvis is named as buyer.
A reader-letter alleges brutal animal abuse at a local stock yard with hogs dragged in stock cars, injured animals left to die, sows and piglets harmed, and calls for yard owners to stop accepting injured livestock. The writer argues humans share animal feelings and condemns the savage treatment.
Iowa State College farm economist Francis Kutish argues meat demand will exceed supply in 1945, keeping rationing intact. Civilians ate 143 pounds per person in 1944, with potential 160 to 170 pounds if available. slaughter is expected to drop by about 2 billion pounds, tying ration allowances to limited meat. The piece also notes life insurance auctions in London where buyers gamble on future policy values.
A Washington county CPA note warns of a tight 1945 first quarter with war pressures and draft rises. The Office of Price Administration announces ration changes effective December 26 including restored point values for several vegetables and voided sugar stamps and certificates. New stamps will be issued gradually to ensure meat and processed foods remain accessible.
Ames Iowa December 23. A gift of two thousand dollars was presented to Iowa State College today by the Iowa poultry association for fellowships. The ceremony took place in Ames with representatives from the poultry industry attending.
The 1943 fire loss in the United States is estimated at about 380.235 million dollars, 65 million more than 1942, averaging over one million dollars daily during the war year.
Mr and Mrs FE W Fullerton of Columbus City announce the marriage of their daughter Carol to Robert Coon, son of Mr and Mrs John Coon of Columbus Junction. The ceremony occurred Sunday December 24 at 2 p m in the Presbyterian church manse with Rev E R Mitchell officiating assisted by Rev Robert W Galloway.
Attendants were Mr and Francis Fullerton sister in law of the bride with parents and a few friends in attendance. The couple will reside in Columbus City. The bride wore a wine velvet dress and a pink and white rose bud corsage.
A fossilized til imprint from the Smithsonian indicates a jellyfish fossil may be the oldest evidence of life. Researchers date the specimen to an ancient ocean era, suggesting early marine life achieved complex forms earlier than previously thought.
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