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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1945
Page
4
The county rationing board announces that certificates are no longer required to purchase used farm implement tires used passenger car tires and inner tubes. Certificates remain required to buy any new tires and also used truck tires. An inspection is required to obtain certificates. Regular Commercial Vehicle.
Inspection schedules and coupon validity for gasoline and heating fuel coupons across multiple forms and books. Lists periods No 1 through No 5 for heating season and emphasizes use of last year coupons where applicable. Also notes sugar coupon Book 4 and various processed foods blue stamps now valid.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month. Victor Blattner serves as W M and A W Yard is the secretary.
Bus timetable from Washington with lines to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Fort Madison and more. Tickets available at the depot and North Side Cafe. Transfers include Winfield Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa and Osht.
The notice outlines that Book 4 and Shoes Airplane Stamps No 1 2 and 3 Book 3 remain valid indefinitely for one pair each. Loose shoe stamps are invalid and must be removed from the book when a purchase is made.
North Oregon reports L G club gathering at Mr and Mrs Frank Henderson for a pot luck supper Friday night with four pinochle tables. Pvt Bill Trotter home on furlough attended. next meeting planned at Mr and Mrs Lawrence Genkinger’s.
Last year livestock furnished 29 percent of the South's cash farm income, below the prior decade average of 37 percent. The shift marks a notable decline in livestock's contribution to regional farm revenues.
The first semester honor list and third six weeks list name students by grade with 93 percent or higher averages. Perfect attenders are listed by grade, including names such as Karen Koehler Raymond Black Carl Hawkins Shirley Owens and Betty Marston.
Crawfordsville residents attended an all day Missionary Society session at the home of Mrs. J. C. Rhea with devotional leads by Mrs. Maude White and Miss Louise Holmes. Talks covered India Bridging Five Rivers and Punjab while temperance and prayer calendars were noted.
John Atkinson traveled from North Carolina to Chicago for a four week training course and will be transferred to another camp after completion. He was among three NC trainees to pass the entry test into the advanced Chicago program. Mrs. Atkinson will stay in the south for a while. Maurice Rose returned home from Ft. Sill Oklahoma for a five day leave and awaits transfer to a new camp. Mrs. Howard Reenblossoms returned home after caring for her daughter, infantile paralysis patient Joella Gerdes, who will return to hospital in March. Forrest McNeill entered Oakdale Sanitarium as a patient.
The Republican House Committee on Committees names Charles R. Hoeven from Alton as Iowa’s GOP member on the Agriculture Committee. The move signals western gains in key posts and suggests party leadership shifting westward. C. L. Parris of Clarinda arrives to discuss universal military training and dummy rifles for youth preparation.
Mrs Anna Lenninger and her daughters Mrs Howard Snyder and Mrs James H Batterson and son Robert Lenninger attended the funeral of Joseph Reinert at Reynolds funeral home in Sigourney Saturday. Reinert died January 14 in San Bernardino California. Burial was at Harper cemetery. Lt Donald L Paul left for Lincoln Nebraska after a visit with his parents. Mrs Siuge of Springfield Missouri gave birth to Carolyn Marie on January 11. Carolyn has a brother Richard aged three. Siuges are in Italy. Helen Marie Winter is Carolyn’s mother and the late Charles Winter was her father.
Des Moines district OPA surveys show widespread violations by auctioneers dealers and pawnbrokers. Walter D. Kline directs license warnings and enforcement against violators. Buyers should demand proper tagging and consult the local war price and rationing board to verify prices and aid inflation control.
All operators of passenger cars with basic A rations must have mileage rationing records to be eligible for B or C supplemental gasoline rations. Fred Derrick of the Des Moines OPA warns the mileage record replaces the old tire rationing form and must be presented to obtain any further approvals. If lost or missing, motorists should request a duplicate from their local board.
The document notes exceptions to price control for used goods including electric washing machines electric refrigerators gas stoves vacuum cleaners bed springs photographic equipment and typewriters. The OPA urges sellers of used items to contact their local war price and rationing board for details.
A playful note suggests the term potato comes from the Indian word batata meaning it. The claim links a universal favorite to a linguistically ancient root without offered citations.
American forces push into Binmaley on Luzon as part of the Luzon campaign. Advancing units reported securing positions and coordinating with local Filipino defenders to widen control of northern coast areas.
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