Ration Dates Clarify Tire Certificates No Longer Needed
Recap of tire rationing shows Class A certificates for third inspection period through March 31 1944 and Class B certificates for fourth inspection no longer required.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
6
War ration details and coupon validity through 1944
The notice lists period-through dates for multiple ration categories including Gasoline A coupons Nos 9 and 10, B and C coupons, Bo and C2, fuel oil Periods No 2 8 and 4, sugar Book 4, processed foods green stamps, meats and brown stamps, and airplane stamps. It warns to conserve tires and to apply in person for War Ration Book 4 at local boards.
Washington Lodge No. 26 Regular Meeting Notice
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Russell Goodin W M A W Yard secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Russell Goodin
W. M
A. W. Yard
Burlington Trailways Local Bus Schedule Notes
Arrives No 23 Mixed Train 10 45 a m Leaves East Bound No 8 Kansas City Davenport local departs 5 14 p m No 26 Southwest Limited CSOU Arh Cunacnents ee a Nos 3 and daily except Sunday WC BELL Tickets should be purchased at Bus Depot Winga s North Side Cafe North Side Square may be bought for entire trip to any point in the country from coast to coast at the local depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M
Davenport
Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
Csouarh
Cunacnents Ee A
WC Bell
Burlington Trailways
Washington
Reuie Aiternaeee
Ninieee
Cago
Winga
North Side
North Side Square
Bee Line Transit Schedules From Washington
Bus schedules list Bee Line Transit departures from Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Winfield Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa and Knox with multiple daily times and停 depot at 197 W gud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BEE Line Bus Depot
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Mt. Pleasant Ly
Mt. Pleasant
Winfield
Burlington Ordnance
Sigourney, Oskaloosa
Knoxy
W. Gud
So and Sew Club Meeting Led by Mrs. Ernest Crawford
The So and Sew club met at Dayton Grove with fourteen members and two guests. Officers were elected: Ernest Crawford president, Will Embree vice president, John McDowell secretary and treasurer. Refreshments followed. Morton Carr left for Great Bend Kansas after visiting family. Cy Timmons home burned Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Ernest Crawford
Lloyd Phillips
Fern Carr
Will Embree
John McDowell
Morton Carr
Great Bend
Kan
Will Carr
Robert Stephens
Dale Peters
Cy Timmons
Wayne Norman
David
Wm, Carr
Fern
Paterson
New Jersey
Kans
David Kleese
Ainsworth Pupils Win Two Firsts in Declam Contest
Ainsworth school declamatory contest yielded two firsts for Beverly Butterworth in the oratorical division and Billy Stewart in humorous reading. The Sorosis club marked its eighteenth birthday with a luncheon hosted by Mrs. C. E. Bassler. Creighton Edmondson overseas address notified to his Iowa-born mother. Mariam Lamb and Leonard T. Weathers Jr. wed in Sweetwater Texas with a reception hosted by the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Beverly Butterworth
Billy Stewart
Sorosis Club
C. E. Bassler
Blanche Deters
Iowa City
Creighton Edmondson
James C. Edmond
Marian Lamb
University of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Ninth Army Air Force Training Detachment
Fort Stockton
Mrs. Weathers
Lights of New York and random notes in a social column
A humorous vignette contrasts a Queens attorney selling baby furniture after a single ad with a flood of calls from eager buyers. The piece weaves in Manhattan society snapshots including Gloria Vanderbilt, Garland Wilson, and random notes about banks charging for change and a 1750 letter on Beggars Opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Murray
Jack Harris
la Conga
Rockets from Lagg bomber could pierce armor, Swedish report says
A Swedish technical translation details Russian rocket projectiles on a captured Finn Lagg monoplane. The two to three foot long missiles reportedly pierce seven inches of armor with slow burning propellants and a four vane tail. The report notes potential to mount heavier guns on planes and compares to the Bazooka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Direction That Really Is Important
Wheeling West Virginia John Gornik Jr. worked as a substitute mail carrier and elevator operator at the Wheeling federal building. He logged about 16 348 miles on the elevator and said he had made more than 2 499 995 trips during eight years in the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. VA
John Gornik Jr
Gornik
Wheeling Federal Building
Teacher Now Tutored By Her Former Pupils
Mrs Jessie McGraw left teaching at three rural schools near Bloomington Illinois to work in an insurance office. Eight former pupils who once studied with her now tutor her in office work after completing high school and securing jobs at the same company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Jessie McGraw
McGraw
Workers at English plant double output to aid RAF order
Western England aircraft factory workers gave up a holiday to meet a RAF urgent order. The plant was to close for a week but received last minute instructions. Volunteers responded by telephone, telegrams, cinema flashes, and word of mouth. Staff worked 17 hour shifts and altered equipment to finish with hours to spare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
England
RAF
Aged Twin Cannot Tell Which Is Dave or Dan Sharp
In Emden Missouri at 87 years old Dave S Sharp cannot tell whether he is Dave or his twin brother Dan They have been indistinguishable since infancy and even their sister and mother mixed them up as babies making identity unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Manhattan
Gloria Vanderbilt di Cicco
Garland Wilson
Cerutti
Fritzi Scheff
Corp
Broderick Crawford
Gene Leone
Tony Martin
Bob Hannon
Plaza
Bob
Frank Sinone Atra
Emden
Dave S. Sharp
Dave
Dan
Woman Receives Probation After Admonishing Husband
In South Bend Mrs. Alice Karmolinski testified she never scolded Walter Karmolinski, 33, because he poked her when she spoke. Judge Leon Kowalski placed her on a year of probation and told her to go ahead and bawl him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Alice Karmolinski
Walter
Leon E. Kowalski
Karmolinski
Honey flavor varies with flower source
The flavor of honey depends on the flower types the bees visit for nectar. Different blossoms impart distinct tastes, aromas, and colors, reflecting the local flora and season.
Carp Helps Solve Meat Shortage in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska state game commission aided the meat shortage effort by selling 800 to 900 pounds of carp at 8 to 10 cents a pound from the fair grounds plant. The fish, not native to the United States, were imported from Germany in pre revolutionary days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
State Game Commission
Fair Grounds
United States
Germany
Citrus Crop 1943 Production Sets Record High
Citrus fruit production in 1943 rose by 6 percent from 1942 and exceeded the 1935 to 1939 average by 22 percent, signaling a record harvest level for the period.
Woman Delivers Dynamite to Watchman At Chicago Plant
A woman arrived in a car at a Northwest Side Chicago plant and handed Roger Gale a package saying she was in trouble. Gale opened it to find two sticks of dynamite. Police and a bomb squad recovered the explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roger Gale
Northwest Side
Gale
Pots and pans scavenged from bombed England towns
Scavenged from ruins in England coast towns where factory canteens seek sustenance, precious pots and pans are collected from bombed areas to serve workers and boost rationed meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Patrons of Shiloh School Host Potluck Supper
Shiloh community hosts a potluck at the Shiloh school with only five families attending due to local illness. The gathering, led by Mrs. Harold Beenblossom, includes notices of upcoming hostess Mrs. Orville Caldwell for February 4 and birthdays and visits among residents. New pupils Eugene Nicola Vivian Nicola Patricia Sueth join Shiloh school. local moves and visits are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Harold Beenblossom
Shiloh School
Orville Caldwell
Joan Schoonover
Frank Schantz
Ruth
Alva Whetstine
Havre
Whetstine
Clarence French
Louise
Billy
Norman Schoonover
Mystic
Beirs
Orville Cakdwell
Bernard Swift
Air Force
Bryan Swift
Arlyus Larson
Verla Boshart
Orleana Augustine
Ray Tappendorf
Davenport
Howard Sigafoose
Eugene
Vivian Nicola
Patricia
Patrons Waste 6 Percent of Food Served
Patrons at public eating places waste about 6 percent of the food served, according to estimates.
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Washington Directory
City & County Officers
Sqheodore B. Bailey
Washington St
Barclay’s Grocery
W. Livingston
West Main St
Court House
Lorge F. Mobrrisor Lawyer
Ver J. Cc. Penney G
RY Offichrs
Ety
Grig Health
Serge—W. B. Dupuis
Br. G
Boller
R. F. McFarlane
Clarence Jacoba Bourts
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
DR. Co. F. Boller
Turm
State Bank Corner
Ustairs
East Main & Phone
Sherman’'S Funeral Home
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Harriet Coulter
Cunty
Harold Putnam Genaty
Marion S&s
George
Eunty
Lester B
Chiropractors
Chas, C. Brown
Washington Independent School District
H Igh
Paul T. Dixons
W. A. Brice
Ethel McCreedy School Board
Richard A. Stewart
C. P. Weldin
Harry Ramseyer
Fred &. Downing
B. F. Bostwick
Brown
W. Brown
Bee Line Taxi
Golden State Limited
Southwest Express
California
Oskaloosa
L. Goodlander
F. Anderson
Omaha
Ees
Chi
Winga's Cafe
BEE Line Transit
Sew Club
Ruth Norris
Moore's
Lights of
New York
L. L. Stevenson
Queens
Russ
U.S
Jamaica
Bahamas
Gypsy Rose Lee
Ritz Tower
Penguin
Romo Vincent
West
Milton Eisenhower
Cafe Madison
Myrna Loy
Madison Avenue
Arthur Treacher
Rockefeller Center
Joyce Matthews
Berle
Red Cross
Central Park
Dorothy Dean
Fred Blair
New Yorker
Dave Wolper
Quentin Reynolds
Palestine
Bell Syndicate
WNN Features
Philadelphia
McDonald
FSA
Bridgeton
N. J
Delaware
Maryland
Connecticut
Michigan
Idaho
Jersey
Nebraska
Iret
France
International
Raymond Timmerman
R. G. Wessler
N. Marion
P. L. Etter
Iowa
Mangold’s Service
Journal Bly
Jeepers
Italy
Hess
Internationa
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