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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
3
A Webster City Freeman-Journal column muses on leadership, duty, and the wartime home front. It discusses the lure of rest after effort, rationing impacts in 1945, and calls for efficient use of manpower in war industries while noting local farm labor strains and public attitudes toward controls.
Attendees at a Mr and Mrs Richard McCleery party at the YMCA discuss a camo effect linked to a supply parachute sent home by George Benjamin Miller to his parents at 213 North Marion Avenue. The red white parachute, once German gear for dropping supplies to Belgian troops, evokes wartime memories. A nursery scene shows a husband and wife sharing tender curiosity over a sleeping baby and the husband jokes about the price.
A humorous domestic exchange unfolds at a table with a teacher asking Junior about his father’s thanksgiving, a new bride presenting dessert, and a misidentified dish described as a rhubarb pie. The punchline hinges on the family's playful misnaming of the oval pastry.
A man sits at a lunch counter and orders four pouched eggs and chips, a dozen oysters, and a grilled steak. He follows with four doughnuts and two cups of coffee before the waiter finishes taking the order.
A diner expresses a dislike for meals while declaring enthusiasm for bicarbonate of soda in a brief, quizzical exchange. The remark highlights a quirky moment amid everyday dining, illustrating personal taste through a humorous contrast.
A guest checked in, but an insect crawled onto the visitors' book. He paused signing and told the clerk he could not stay. He pointed to the intruder and quipped that beggars at night are bad enough, but the insect checking his room number is too much.
A young girl observed a large car roll along with no driver. She opened the door, stopped the vehicle, then asked the owner who admitted the car had been left unattended and pushed toward the garage. The owner explained it had rolled away.
The Iowa State Printing Board will meet in Des Moines on February 6 1945 to receive bids on the 1946 Code of Iowa Doctoral Dissertations abstracts and related printing. Bids will be opened at the hour named and awards made. The board may reject any or all bids.
Eleven members of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the Methodist church met with leader Mrs. J. D. Quinn and Marjorie Faulkner. Mrs. Nora Faulkner and Mrs. Delmar Youer were noted as ghosts. Vice president Mrs. Harold Stephens chaired the business session before the group worked on handcrafts for the year’s missionary project. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother Mrs. Faulkner.
A single inch of rain over one acre adds approximately 216000 pounds of water weight. This fact highlights the immense load from moderate storms and its implications for soil, drainage, and building foundations.
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