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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
6
County Rationing Board Office opens at Court House on weekdays 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 to 12 m. Tires certificates no longer needed for recapping truck tires. Periodic inspection of passenger car tires has been discontinued. Car owners must retain their car inspection records.
A list of district personnel includes George F Morrison bounty auditor Walter Schroeder county clerk rm R Noonao county engineer W P Rawa welfare director Laura Kehoe and W A Erbe superintendent and principal at junior high Also named are Misa Ethel McCreery Behoo Loard Richard A Stewart CP Weldin Harry Rameever Fred Downing B F Bostwigk Jr Masine Gense and others as board members and staff.
Inspection required before replacing certain tires under local War Price and Rationing Board rules. Vehicle maintenance schedules specify checks every 6 months or 5 000 miles. Gasoline coupons A through R cover various allocations with different validity dates and non highway gasoline coupons.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A. F. and A. M. announces regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. W. M. is BK. DL. Morrison, Jr. and A. W. Yard serves as secretary.
The notice lists Westbound trains No. 3, No. 11, No. 43, No. 429 and No. 430 with daily or daily except Sunday service and specific departure times. mixed and mail trains No. 22 are shown with morning arrivals around 10:45 and 11:30. Agent names Goodlander and F. Anderson appear as station contacts in Goodland.
Local timetable fragment shows east bound service to Kansas City with a 5 14 p m departure and No 26 Southwest Limited. Mentions Nos 3 and 8 daily except Sunday and signs off with W C Bell likely the agent or clerk.
Daily bus departures from Washington include Nos. 3 5 7 2 6 10 with times 6 41 am 10 41 am 1 0. 50 am 2 50 pm 10 36 am and 8 50 pm. Tickets available at Bus Depot Winga's Cafe North Side Square for full coast to coast trip.
Bus schedules show Bee Iane Transit routes from Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Ft Madison with multiple daily departures and arrivals. Travel times to Winfield Burlington and to Sigourney Oskaloosa Knoxy included. Tickets sold at local depot and your desline.
Lists valid indefinitely sugar coupons and stamp book entitlements including Books 4 and 3. Specifies 5 lb and 10 lb canning sugar limits per person with first and second period applications, Spare Stamp 87 required, and various food and airplane stamps valid without expiry.
Mr and Mrs John Bauer celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on July 2 with a family dinner at Fay Goodwins home. Present were most children except two in Colorado and relatives from Cedar Rapids Dublin Kirksville and local farms. Our congratulations also to Carl Oldfield on his 29th anniversary June 30 and to Marguerite Vodicka on a Kirksville vacation.
The notice lists neighbors visiting relatives across the Riverside area. Rief helps shell corn for Allison Maas and Marion Stransky. Various families including Stransky, Oldfield, Knott, and Schneider are mentioned with casual Sunday and Thursday visits and a summer stay with grandparents. Mrs Knott ill.
Washington BAE reports show NC chicken hatch under hens fell from 76 percent in 1934 to 21 percent last year. The decline highlights shifts in hatchery practices and poultry management affecting local farmers and industry.
The text warns that sodium fluoride is poisonous and cockroaches could carry small amounts to food but poses little danger if not directly sifted onto foods. It advises against sprinkling sodium fluoride directly on any edible product.
The board approved and authorized warrants for salaries of county employees listed, including Edgar Porter to Aura A Groff, with amounts, and amended the January 1944 resolution to pay Floyd W Polis $145 monthly as assistant in the county.
On motion by H. P. Wilson and seconded by Ned Morrow, N C Putnam was appointed a member of the Soldiers Relief Commission for a term of three years beginning June 12 1944. The board also approved licenses for Joseph Kos to sell beer and cigarettes and for George A Prosser to sell cigarettes. A recess was taken until July 5 1944. U S Rudolph chaired the Board of Supervisors with clerk W W Schroeder attesting.
Bakers' yeast remains the backbone of the industry, grown in molasses. In 1944 output exceeds 248 million pounds, mainly for civilian use. Bulk sales price around 18 cents per pound in 1939, with yeast moisture near seventy percent. Vitamin content is lower than brewers' yeast, about one third, though nutrient changes can yield high vitamin bakers' yeast.
Agronomists recommend sowing Alsike and Ladino clovers with timothy and redtop on poorly drained soils. Red clover and alfalfa may suit well drained areas. Mammoth clover can boost yields on very dry summer soils.
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