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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1945
Page
6
A brisk montage of New York street life with crowds, police, a taxi accident, shoppers, dancers, and landmark moments. Vivid scenes unfold at Times Square Broadway 79th Street Central Park and Shubert Alley showcasing urban vitality and human foibles through a journalist’s lens.
Adequate water supports full grazing use and better meat and dairy output. Properly distributed water across ranges and pastures boosts efficiency, improves feed quality and quantity, and enables stock rotation to prevent overgrazing. Water facilities include natural springs and constructed wells, ponds, reservoirs, ditches, troughs, and storage tanks.
The county rationing board lists that certificates are no longer needed to recap tires or buy used farm implement tires and used passenger car tires and inner tubes. Certificates remain required to purchase any new tire and to buy used truck tires. An inspection is required to obtain certificates.
The notice lists inspection intervals for commercial vehicles as every six months or five thousand miles. It details gasoline coupons including No 14 four gallons valid through March 21 and E-1 R-530C one gallon non highway coupons, plus R-1 R-531C five gallons non highway coupons. Heating season fuel oil coupons No 1 ten gallon units valid through August 31 1945. Periods No 2 and No 3 valid from December 18 1944 to August 31 1945. Periods No 4 5 and 6 last heating season coupons advised to be used soon. Sugar Coupon No 34 Book 4 five pounds now valid.
A partial OCR shows westbound No 8 Golden State Limited and No 11 Southwest Express with notes of a daily regular stop at 2 34 a.m. Also mentions No 43 Californian andMD lines GGUS and GGUS. The fragment lists train names and timing cues without full context.
The notice lists OB & Q arrivals and departures, No 23 Mixed Train at 10 45 and No 22 at 11 30 with 41 trains daily except Sunday. It includes O. M. & St. P. & P. R. R. Co. schedules, Westbound and Eastbound No 8 and No 2h Limited, stops at Davenport, Washington, Omaha, Chicago, and connections to Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Mt. Pleasant, Ft. Madison, Sigourney, Oskaloosa, and Winfield. Tickets via local depot or bus routes.
Five new blue stamps C2 to G2 join Blue Stamps Book 4 on Monday January 1. Red Stamps Book 4 add five more T5 to X5 becoming valid Sunday December 31. Five Airplane Stamps No 1 to No 3 in Book 8 cover one pair each. loose stamps invalid and must be removed at purchase.
In District Court of Washington County Iowa T H Berdo sues Jonathan Wilson Jesse Ashby Jonathan H Wilson Jonathan C Conger and others over Lots 9 and 10 in Block 12 Wilsons Addition Washington seeking to quiet title and bar unknown claimants with a default judgment set for February 5 1945. Attorney T A Brookhart lists address 27213 Dec 29 Jan 5 12.
Notice to William Scofield that Lot 1 SW% SE% Section 5 Township 74 Range 9 in Washington County Iowa was sold for 1940 taxes on December 1 1941 to Clara J Patterson. Redemption expires ninety days after completed service. a Treasurer's Deed will be issued if not redeemed. Dated December 28 1944. Clara J Patterson.
Lot 3 SW SE Section 5 74 Range 9 was sold for taxes in 1940 with redemption pending. The deadline for redemption expiration and related tax proceedings are noted in the public notice.
A notice indicates a land need deadline set as A. D. 1944 with dates December 29 and January 5 to 12. Key parties referenced include landowners and officials though read as fragmented OCR.
Lot 5 SW percent SE section 5 in the Clara J Patterson listing appears in the public notice or real estate description. The fragment identifies a land lot and parcel owner in a property record.
Tax notice notes Lot 7 SW percent SE4 Section 5 with a tax assessment of 194 percent due on the first day of 27213 December 29 January 5-12.
Lot 2 N% NW Section 12 27212 December 29 January 5 12 public notice lists parcel details for bidding window with dates and section reference.
Property in NW% Section 12 is sold to satisfy taxes with redemption possible for ninety days after service of this notice. A Treasurer's Deed will be issued if no redemption occurs. Clara J. Patterson named as the purchaser or owner in the notice. Dated January 29, 1941.
Lot 1 NE TM% Section Township 74 Range 9 sold for 1940 taxes on December 1 1941 to Clara J Patterson. Redemption expires 90 days after completed service of this notice. Treasurer's Deed will be issued if redemption not made.
A tract in El NW14 NE Section 35 Township 74 Range 8 in H and W Scofield County Iowa was sold to Patterson. The notice states a right of re day from the date of completed sale with dates December 29 January 6 to 12.
Sale notice references Re B Scofield Wi Lot 3 SEY NE Section 3 Township 77 Range 9. Dated the 28th day of December. Details and further actions not fully readable in the fragment.
London reports say British humorist P. G. Wodehouse captured in France over four years ago has reportedly been moved from the Hotel Adlon in Berlin to a concentration camp in Silesia.
American farmers will use well over 11 million tons of commercial fertilizer, a new record and half a million tons more than 1943. Adjustments in fertilizer sales across states aim for efficient use of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash as supplies remain allocated by the War Production Board.
Experts warn that infested pigs require about 20 percent more feed to reach the same weight as healthy ones. About half of U S pigs are affected, and parasites may cause one pig in ten to die. Phenothiazine emerges as the sole drug proven to control nodular worms and Ascarids, administered with dry feed or as pellets tabs or a liquid drench under veterinary guidance.
Wash silver with hot soapy water and wipe quickly while items are still damp. This simple method reduces tarnish and preserves shine without requiring specialized polishes.
Havre residents recount a busy Christmas season with extended family gatherings hosted by the Wittmers, Ziegłowskys, Westens, Rich ards, and others. Visitors from Emmetsburg, Nashville, Carroll, and Mt. Pleasant joined in meals, dinners, and a Ziegsfest on New Year’s Day, sharing hospitality across multiple households.
Ainsworth records show Ma tha Wood returning to Chicago after Christmas with her mother Mrs Rose Wood. Cpl. Chas. Simpson enjoyed a brief furlough with his sisters Lillian and Vera before resuming duty near Seattle, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Buenseke and daughters Lavonne Here and Becky traveled from Battle Creek, Iowa for a short visit at the Chas. Jenkins home.
The New South Wales Department of Agriculture states a 4,000 acre rice enterprise in the Wahoo region of New South Wales is the largest single rice farm in the world. The claim follows a Commonwealth appeal for greater rice production to meet war demands.
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