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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1945
Page
4
Notices indicate certificates are no longer required for purchasing used farm implement tires, used passenger car tires, and all inner tubes. Readership is advised that no proof of purchase paperwork is needed for these items.
The document lists Mayor City Clerk City Treasurer Lloyd Lytle John Sowash .c. P. Weldin and Henry Bailey as key figures in the metropolitan administration. The grouping suggests a council or ceremonial roster from an earlier civic era.
Certificates are needed to buy any new or used tires and an inspection is required to obtain certificates. Regular commercial vehicle inspection occurs every six months or every five thousand miles, whichever comes first. Coupons No. 16 offer six gallons, valid through September 21, 1945.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds its regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Victor Blattner serves as W M and A W Yard as secretary.
The document lists multiple train numbers and routes including the Golden State Limited the Southwest Express and Californian with westbound and eastbound services stopping at Washington Kansas City Davenport and beyond. It notes sleeping car and coach passages and daily or daily except Sunday patterns with specific departure times around 1 to 6 a.m. and p.m. local schedules.
Bus No. 3 6 7 depart Washington on varied morning and evening times for Omaha Chicago and other routes. Eastbound buses go to Chicago. Tickets sold at the depot and local cafés for trips coast to coast. Schedule also lists routes to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Waterloo Mt. Pleasant Fort Madison Winfield Oskaloosa Sigourney Keota and Burlington with designated departure and arrival times. Depot located at 107 W 2nd.
DES MOINES July 3 Make the Fourth your victory day in the Seventh as war bond leaders urge lagging Iowa counties to buy to the limit. Bond sales events planned. banks and retailers prepare special campaigns on July 4 to push campaign quotas and honor county drives.
Universal develops a singing dancing drama starring Donald OConnor and Peggy Ryan in Patrick the Great. The youth interplay with Frances Dee Donald Cook Eve Arden Gavin Muir and Irving Bacon drives a story of an ambitious son of a famous musical star. The film opens July 4 at the State Theatre.
Mrs. Clayton Funston and son Herbie visited the Arthur Lambert home for a fish fry. Lena Barnes returned home after visiting her brother Cris Brinning near Wellston. Raymond Steinbeck hauled a load of lambs to Cedar Rapids for Anne Mourer. Fred Thompson and wife of Fairfield spent Thursday afternoon with Jennie Hawthorne. James Catricker is home on a short furlough from a Texas camp.
Riverside notes show Mil dred Schneider from Mercy hospital Iowa City vacationing locally and visiting kin. Chicago visitors Mr and Mrs Frank Messenger and Ruth Pogge with Janet Olson travel to West Point and Salem, Iowa to visit relatives, while Mr and Mrs A H Pogge and family stay with J M Soukup relatives. More family visits include Mr and Mrs James Bartosh and family of Mount Vernon with the Soukup household.
Wood fences should be dry and clean before painting with two or more coats of exterior paint. Iron fences require rust removal by scraping and sanding before applying paint.
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