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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
6
The journal reports ration dates for processed foods and meats. Green Stamps D, HE and F (Book Four) valid through January 20. Green Stamps G, H and J valid January 1 to February 20. Meats and fats Brown Stamps L, M, N, P and
Wartime ration details list expiration dates for Brown Sugar Shoes Airline and fuel oil coupons, with periods and gallon limits. It instructs all holders to endorse coupons with state and registration numbers on receipt and notes inspection deadlines for C B and A book holders by late February or March 31.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Russell Goodin serves asW M and A W Yard is the secretary, with monthly notices guiding members.
Local transit listings show East Bound No. 8 Kansas City Daven port departure at 5 14 p m and No 26 Southwest Limited. multiple eastbound routes to Chicago and Omaha Chicago service. Tickets available at Bus Depot Winga s North Side Cafe with depot pickup for long distance travel. Bee Line Buses note Iowa City Mt Pleasant and Washington stops with detailed departure and arrival times. Depot at Congress Hotel.
Sullivan Bus Lines operates routes from Washington to an Iowa ordnance plant with intermediate points. Timetable shows departures from Washington at 6 15 a m 1 16 p m and 9 15 p m.
Civil Air Patrol members from Washington and Columbus Junction assisted in installing Jim Jacobs as commander of Morning Sun CAP detachments. The event supports CAP aviation cadet recruitment for the Army Air Forces with 18 plus enlistments and 17 year olds as reservists. Recruiters and CAP members will be at the Washington post office on Monday January 17 for information.
The text notes cooperatives as historic institutions dating to European settlement era. It cites ayllus among Guarani in Paraguay and upland Indians across Colombia Ecuador Peru Bolivia and northern Chile. It mentions continued existence and support from governments across the Americas.
A health column discusses using benzedrine sulfate to aid weight loss and alcoholism treatment. Dr. Bloomberg recommends stopping alcohol, then careful benzedrine dosing 10 to 30 mg daily in two doses, with gradual withdrawal and medical supervision to avoid misuse.
The article describes cobra venom as a substitute for morphine, relieving cancer pain in many cases without dulling senses. It notes improved vision and hearing, sharpened mental responses, and lower error rates in math tests among 20 college students, with relief also seen in other painful conditions.
Purdue University agronomists run tests at the soils and crops farm to find the best place in a corn soybeans and wheat rotation to apply extra fertilizer. The study compares plots with varying prior productivity and fertilizer levels to determine effective supplemental nitrogen and phosphorus strategies.
Riverside will host the 1944 War Food Production conference on Thursday January 13 at Riverside High School starting 1 30 PM The program includes brief talks by War Board members a moving picture demonstration by J W Chandler and an open public session The gathering aims to boost the Food Production Program for 1944 and invites all interested to attend CORP Louis Dautremont Lt Thomas Dautremont and Corporal Stephen Dautremont are noted as serving abroad and at a California Arizona Desert maneuvers area respectively A birthday observance for John Krotz and Wilbur Chalupa occurs January 7 9 with family goose dinner and visitors present at the Krotz home in Riverside
Riverside news notes St. Marys Parish hosts the fourth card party in St. Marys hall. Set for Monday evening January 17 at 8 o clock, the event features euchre and pinochle with prizes. Sponsoring families include Lewis Waldschmidt Louis Yeggy and several others from the parish.
The Q and A discuss pimples improved by 20 drops daily of viosterol for a month. Fibrositis is described as inflammation of fibrous tissue at a bone joint, treated with heat and a starch-limited arthritis-like diet.
Proper bone and teeth development in children relies on calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. These nutrients support growth and long term skeletal health, emphasizing balanced diet and sunlight or supplementation where needed.
Extension horticul turret W. W. Kelley reports hormone sprays help apples mature on the tree and reach better color and size. Tests show effectiveness on Delicioso, Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Stayman, Winesap and Duchess apples with others promising. Applications activate in 2-3 days and last two weeks, requiring thorough wetting of stems. Delaying harvest risks mealy fruit.
Livestock specialists recommend saving feed by storing hay silage root crops grain and meals this year. For safe long term storage use moisture proof containers such as cellophane to resist moisture vapor.
The University of San Marcos in Lima is described as the oldest university in the world, with a 392 year history.
A sequence of personal names appears in the clipped text: Dvorskey, David Rotenburger, Patricia Mougin, Mary and Fran cis Baschnagel, Bertrand Shebek, Leona Kucera, John W. Shradel, Henry Frank, Louis Kron, August Schmidt, Peter H. Schneider, Victor Rummelhart, Mrs. Melvin Bone, Robert Thomann, Conrad Brenner, Louis Heitzman, Arthur Lorack, James L. Yansky, Alvin Stransky, Mrs. Ivan Schradel, Mrs. Bert Cray, Ferdinand Simon and Edward Muller.
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