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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
6
Ration dates list for foods and stamps in Book Four shows good through January 20 for stamps D E and F and January 1 through February 20 for stamps G H and J. Meats and fats stamps L M N P and additional stamps A B C remain unspecified in this fragment.
Attorney Thoppdore B Bailey lists office at 403 West Washington Street and phone number 18, located west of Barclays Grocery.
A note lists the Abstract department in the office of W. Livingston Attorney at 204 West Main St near the Court House. Phone information appears incomplete.
The notice lists multiple rail lines and bus services with daily and special departures. Key trains and stops include No. 3 Golden State Limited, No. 12 Southwest Express, No. 43 Californian, and Westbound/ Eastbound schedules. Local agents Goodlander and Anderson are identified with depot operations.
The notice lists expiration dates for Brown Stamps A through V with various good-through periods. Stamps A and S run January 2 to January 29, while B and C are not shown. Stamp T is good January 9, V on January 16 and January 23 through February 26, with an overarching expiration for Book Three on January 1.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month with Worshipful Master Russell Goodin and Assistant Worthy Secretary A W Yard.
Sullivan Lines routes from Washington to Iowa Ordnance Plant and intermediate points with departure at 5 15 a m and arrivals at 1 35 p m and 3 18 p m.
Food and fuel coupons listed with validity dates through January to March 1948. Sugar stamps cover five pound limits. Shoes and Airline stamps allow indefinite use. Fuel and Gasoline coupons specify gallon allowances and end dates. B and C bookholders face February deadlines, A book by March 31. Endorsement and registration numbers required upon receipt.
Community notes from Haskins recount New Year greetings and Ladies Aid fundraisers at Blankenhorns and Taylors. Family visits span from Louisiana to Washington state as students resume school and safety tips urge proper storage of gasoline and kerosene to prevent fatal mixups.
A World War I steam freighter Lake Fugard was launched at Buffalo with coal in her bunkers and steam up, signaling readiness for service in wartime cargo runs.
In Pleasant Ridge Jan 5 the day centers on recovered families and illness among locals. Carolyn Kauffman improving from a lung cold while Roberta Pickard is ill with flu causing school dismissal. Pupils hosted a Christmas program last Wednesday with a hot lunch and a lap robe prize won by Wilmer Kauffman. proceeds totaled 14.70.
Local notices recount visits among the Renoux and Kauffman families including Marion, Loren Re noUX, Lizzie Sommers, Anton Kauffman, Edward Kauffman and others. Attendees come from Keokuk Riverside and Brighton with mentions of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings.
In Crawfordsville on January 4, Mr and Mrs H B Cheney and daughter Janice of Chicago visited the Lee Lease home and friends they once lived near. Fredrick Westbrook and Jane Maxwell returned to Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant to resume classes after Christmas vacation. Teachers also returned to work from the holiday break. Mrs Doli Swartz hosted her son Lee Swartz his wife and her granddaughter for a Sunday visit.
Roland Swartz and family of Burlington along with Mr. and Mrs. Glad Mast of Washington and granddaughter Betty Hanna were visited in the evening. The girls teaching elsewhere have returned their assignments including Marion Williams Osage Marie Rose to Mr. Unior Maude Barnes to Olds.
Guidance advises always mixing plant food with the soil prior to sowing seeds or transplanting plants. It emphasizes thorough incorporation into the topsoil to ensure even distribution.
Among 7 750 000 workers in factories 65 percent or 5 037 500 wear uniforms. Excludes food packing chemical and other noon factory industries.
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