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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1945
Page
4
Rationing board announces changes: no certificates needed to recap tires or for used farm implement tires and used car tires and inner tubes. Certificates still required to buy any new tires and to purchase used truck tires. Inspection remains required to obtain certificates. Regular Commercial Vehicle.
The abstract department headed by Attorney W L Livingston operates from office 204 West Main Street just east of the Court House. Contact phone number 147 for records and filings.
Government ration details list renewals and expiration dates for gasoline A coupons and other nonhighway fuel coupons. It notes validity through March 21 for certain 4 gal coupons and August 31, 1945 for heating and definite value coupons, plus sugar and processed foods stamps now valid.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A. F. and A. M. holds a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month with Victor Blattner as W M and A W Yard serving as secretary.
A dense roster of trains and buses details westbound and eastbound routes, local stops, and passenger notes. It lists numbered trains such as No. 8 and No. 12 Southwest Express, California and Golden State Limited services, mixed trains Nos. 23 and 22, and local lines with departure times from Davenport, Kansas City, Washington, and nearby towns. Bus routes for NOTH services, Omaha to Chicago, and Bee Line Transit connect Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt. Pleasant Ft Madison Sigourney Oskaloosa and Winfield. Terminal depots and ticket outlets are noted.
Book 4 valid for one pair and Shoes Airplane Stamps No 1 2 3 valid indefinitely for one pair. Loose shoe stamps not valid. stamps must be removed from book when purchase is made.
In Westminster on January 27 the Eckels family celebrates the return of their car Rosy from a stretch of motoritis with thanks to C. L. Baker and Pauline Stewart for transport during the breakdown. The piece notes local visits, army induction, family meals, and road improvements, including a gravel road near Ed Rich.
A blink consumes about one fortieth of a second, illustrating the rapid tempo of human perception. The brief action underscores how quickly the brain processes sensory input and how reflexive responses shape everyday experience.
Whales survive winter by maintaining open blowholes under the ice, allowing breathing air access despite freezing conditions.
A list of new titles prepared for distribution at the Washington Public Library includes Jaques Snowshoe Country, The Murmur of Wings, Primer of American Antiquities, Men of Science in America, One Day on Beetle Rock, Great Soldiers of World War II, Our Young Folks, We Stood Alone, A Great Time to be Alive, Can Do! Story of the Seabees, We Nods and Becks, Country Neighborhood, Best Plays of 1943-44, The Bible and the Common Reader, My Country, Damned to Glory, Walkin Preacher of the Ozarks, It s a Wise Parent, Story of a Secret State, Lord Halifax s Ghost Book, and O Henry Me sheeted Wrachie for 1944.
Mrs J J Fleig travels to Ottumwa for hospital treatments. Raymond Steinback and friends visit son Kermit Steinback in Texas. Mrs Ralph Augustine and son Allen visit Rubio relatives. Mr and Mrs Lester Hanen...
Sunday dinner guests at the A. E. Mourer home. Fred Thompson and wife of Fairfield visited Ru bio. The Snyder family stopped by the Arthur Lambert residence. Several children miss school due to colds. Mourer family assisted Bob Guy with butchering at the Brighton area home.
Rev. Joe Herschberger and son Paul and Rev. Dan Fisher of near Kalona visited Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Poller. Mrs. Carl Johnson was ill with a throat infection and carried by Zehr ambulance to Washington County Hospital. Relatives from here who attended were not listed.
Attendees at the Fairfield funeral Friday afternoon included Mr. and Mrs. Otto Frey, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Bigsti, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wittmer, Ralph Wenger, and Mrs. Ira Wittmer, as neighbors and friends gathered to remember Harry Stortz.
A Ships Magazine report states the iron ship Ironsides sailed Atlantic in 1839 but in 1840 the British Admiralty ruled iron inferior as a warship building material after extensive tests.
The record notes 2.18 linear yards of woolen goods per person for civilian use in 1943, down from 2.69 yards in 1937, reflecting wartime reductions in available apparel material.
A home recipe advises adding a Tables of vinegar to each pint of cooking water to help red cabbage and beets retain their vivid color during preparation. The tip emphasizes keeping the hue bright for decorative dishes and preserves.
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