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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
6
Class A tires face a second inspection deadline of Sept 30. Class B allocation runs from July through October with a third inspection period. Class C ration or bulk coupons have a third inspection deadline of Aug 31. Commercial vehicles require inspection every 6 months or 5,090 miles.
The notice lists expiration dates for gasoline book coupons nine fuel oil periods coffee sugar home canning stamps and meat red stamps with July dates and extends guidance for applying to the rationing board for additional needs. It notes various validity windows from July 1 to Oct 31 and specifics for each coupon type.
An adequate or complete protein contains all indispensible amino acids and supports life and growth.
Bee Line Transit operates routes from Washington to Iowa City with morning and evening legs. Westbound service travels from Washington to Knoxville and back, with intermediate stops and varied departure times.
Inspector Earle Harrison and Detective Marc Dale confront Blackie and a woman over a fatal shooting. By analyzing a near miss and the trajectory of a bullet, they expose the story as a lie and prevent Blackie from fleeing. Dale praises Harrison’s thinking, noting the value of checking the tenth chance.
More than 100000 barrels a day of normal butane are available from natural gas for use in synthetic rubber production, highlighting ample supply for chemical manufacturing.
Bolivia sits isolated by high mountains tropical jungles and vast plains. Most people live on a plateau over two miles high. Inca language endures while mineral wealth spurred 16th century Spanish conquests and funds global conflicts. independence proclaimed January 30 1825 under Bolivar authority.
The first salute to the U S flag from a foreign power occurred at Quiberon bay France on February 14 1778. The Ranger commanded by Captain Paul Jones fired 13 guns for each state as the French frigate under Admiral La Motte Picquet answered with nine loud salvos.
The article describes the 1924 Second National Flag Conference pledge ritual with the right hand over the heart during the line I pledge allegiance to the Flag and the hand extended palm up toward the Flag during the next lines. It notes civilians may stand at attention and women salute with the right hand over the heart.
Ultraviolet germ destroying lamps are in use in many factories food plants and labs to sanitize air. Home and office room units resemble decorative fixtures and are wall mounted. Lamp tubes are thirty inches long contain mercury and argon gas and emit ultraviolet rays when powered.
The tops and roots of belladonna stramonium and henbane yield alkaloids such as hyoscamine scopolamine and atropine. They serve as pain relievers anti-asthmatic medicinals and to relax muscles and reduce secretions. Scopolamine aids childbirth and is valued by the armed forces.
From 1939 to 1942 the Red Cross shipped 4,659,630 pounds of soap overseas. Russia received 2,484,698 pounds, France 607,500 pounds, England 504,340 pounds, and Finland 1,000,000 eight ounce bars. Other deliveries went to Spain, French Africa, Egypt, China, Hawaii, the Philippines, and 60,007 bars to Poles interned in Hungary.
Olive leaves and oil feature prominently in biblical stories and ancient Mediterranean legends, illustrating symbolism of peace blessing and sacred ritual use across cultures and eras.
Al Cooper recounts Alec Blake and Elinor Chase meeting at a Midwestern resort where Alec, after a week with friends, believes Elinor prefers him. Donald Moore pursues her, but Elinor's final act is to check the dictionary for the meaning of available and call Alec. The story ends with Elinor declaring she is available.
India has about 100 languages though only 16 are spoken extensively. The figure highlights linguistic diversity and the predominance of a few languages in daily use across the country.
Proper brooder spacing and sanitation cut disease risk as chicks mature. A 200 chick capacity per 100 square feet prevents crowding related losses. vaccinate pullets for fowl pox, cost about half a cent per bird, to safeguard production. Maintain dry litter, clean feeders, and movable waterers to curb coccidiosis, with dusting sulphur added at 24 percent by weight in feed after three weeks, not for battery-reared chicks.
A 1476 copy of The Sixth Book of the Decretals from Peter Schaeffer Mainz is displayed among old books at the University of Illinois museum. The Latin Colophon notes Mainz as the birthplace of printing and credits Schaeffer with completing the work in 1476 during Gutenberg era.
Research at West China Union University in Chengtu develops a dried soybean milk powder made from roasted soybeans and wheat flour sugar and bone meal. The product boils into a sweet thick soup and reportedly offers iron and vitamin B advantages over cow’s milk while missing fat and fat soluble vitamins.
The text surveys diamond myths about indestructibility. Pliny claims a diamond resists hammer blows on an anvil, unless soaked in ram blood first, which would crush both. Chinese lore says a ram’s horn can break a diamond. The belief endures into modern times.
A barrel at the drainspout captures roof rain but contour plowing and cultivation hold rain on fields to benefit crops. Across slope rows retain water for soil soaking, boosting yields with contour tillage increasing potatoes by 15 bushels per acre, corn silage by three tons, wheat by five bushels, and beans by seven.
A Treasury pamphlet explains the cost of air power, noting a four engine bomber uses $100 in fuel per hour over German territory. It urges more War Bonds to fund planes, fuel, and munitions to sustain an air umbrella over Nazi lands.
Pte Donald Curtis on a seven day furlough from Camp Carson Colorado visits his parents Mr and Mrs J Crtias. Jane Turner visits grandparents in Center ville. Lt and Mrs Carl Koehler of Long Beach California announce birth of son David Lee. Carolyn Strong of Bloomfield visits Ha Mae Darvel at Delbert Daniel home and friends. Pvt Franklin Will Dea son of Mr and Mrs Will Dea of Ainsworth is in New Guinea reporting friendly natives and cheap bananas and coconuts. Dick Marshall heads to Los Angeles to work in a war plant living with his brother Wilbur.
The Waupaca chain of lakes in Wisconsin is nicknamed the Kil larneys of America, reflecting local lore and regional identity across the area.
Mrs Wm C Longer reports visitors at the Gray home including Mrs Alvin Shel JoAn Ruth Kvoy and family. Ruths husband in the navy hopes for a furlough. Moberly affecting oats being cut by W Longers. Several families visited others on Sundays including Packwood and Riverside contingent.
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