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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1945
Page
6
Certificates for purchasing used farm implement tires used passenger car tires and all inner tubes are no longer required. Certificates still required for new tires and used truck tires with inspection needed to obtain them. Regular commercial vehicle inspection occurs every six months or five thousand miles whichever comes first. Gasoline A coupons number 166 for fuel allotment.
The notice lists county officers and staff including Auditor George F Morrison, Engineer Noonan, Welfare Director Mrs Virginia Romine, Sheriff Harold Putnam, Treasurer W B Howell, Supt of Schools M M Schell, Coroner Dr W S Kyle, and County Board members Ned Morrow Harve Wilson Arthur Wiley along with a school principal Miss Ethel McCreedy and the School Board officers Harry Ramseyer and others.
A fragment lists coupon designations with validity through September 21, 1945. It mentions See: VA VOT See Coupons five gallon values for B2 Form R-6530D and E3 Form R-5380E for non-highway gasoline, and R-2 Form R-531D five gallon non-highway coupons.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month. Victor Blattner W M and A W Yard secretary are listed for contact.
A dense OCR listing shows multiple train numbers, routes, and stop patterns for the West Burlington rail network. It details westbound and eastbound trains, sleeping and coach services, and limiteds with notes on stops for California passengers and various connections. A Burlington timetable also lists bus routes, departure times, and ticket outlets at the depot.
The notice lists validity for heating season fuel oil coupons R-3 and D motorcycle units, new and last year coupons, plus Stamp No. 36 Book 4 and processed foods codes T2 to X2, Y2 Z2 A1 B1 C1 D1 to H1 J1 to N1 with dates through July 31 to Sept 30. Airplane stamps No. 1 2 3 Book 3 valid indefinitely for one pair. Loose stamps invalid. Remove stamps at purchase.
Salem reports a supper honoring Mr and Mrs Wayne Zeek on their fifth wedding anniversary. Guests included Keith Statler and family, Shalla relatives, and local friends. The Zecks received a wooden gift as part of the celebration at the Strum residence.
The USDA records identify the Vineland New Jersey facility as the nation's largest hatchery capable of hatching 1,500,000 eggs at a single time.
In 1815 Washington Irving was captured by pirates while traveling in Europe. The incident places the famed author among notable historic episodes involving Mediterranean banditry during his European sojourn.
Officer Mike Calligan faces a conflict between duty and love as Nora's fortunes rise and fall with a gypsy fraud. Nora challenges him at Louie's and at the carnival while Barney Maloney schemes and Nietzel taunts. Amid crime and romance, Mike must arrest the swindler yet protect Nora's heart.
About 22 percent of milkweed seed weight is a brown oil refined to a pale color. Its lower iodine value causes slower drying than soybean oil, but the oil may blend effectively with fast-drying oils like oiticica, which tends to embrittle.
The notice warns that sheets folded the same way at ironing creases wear out quickly. It highlights repeated crease stress on fabric and suggests varying folds to extend longevity.
Over the past two years the armed forces consumed about ten percent of total vegetable production. The figure reflects the proportion of fresh vegetables allocated to military use and indicates the scale of provisioning for personnel.
Congress backs stronger fire prevention funding to aid private forestry while debates continue on federal control versus private ownership. Farmers must boost lumber output and farm labor for forest industries as a 1944 wood supply tightens.
Texas agricultural experiment station tests show steamed bonemeal can be replaced in broiler rations with defluorinated superphosphate without harming feed utilization. No difference in gains or mortality between paired lots, and doubling phosphorus supply posed no ill effects. The protein presence did not alter comparative efficiency.
War Food Administration urges growers to pick tomatoes when mature-green and avoid wet-weather harvests. Use crates with smooth-slats inside to minimize skin breaks, which increase decay. Immature tomatoes show greater skin damage than mature-green picks.
Florida Take Notice reports a 25 year weather record showing the North Carolina coast receives the same amount of sunshine as Florida. The study highlights equal sunlight totals across coastal regions and suggests similar climate patterns between the states.
Rev J J Fath announced at St Marys Church that the annual summer social will be held on the church grounds Sunday evening July 22. The event is sponsored by the Young Men's and Young Ladies societies with home made ice cream and entertainment planned. Key Path chairs the general committee and booth duties will be filled by various committees.
A recipe describes halving yams and arranging tangerine sections on each half. They are brushed with corn syrup, sprinkled with cinnamon, and baked in a 400 degree oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
The smallest American sect is the Society of Primitive Friends, a four Quaker group formed in 186? with one church at Woodbourne, Pennsylvania and about 17 members.
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