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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1944
Page
4
Office hours listed for ration date access at the Court House with weekday afternoon slots and Saturday morning times. Tires certificates no longer required for recapping truck tires and inner tubes may be purchased without them.
Periodic inspection of passenger tires is discontinued but inspection records must be kept. A variety of ration stamps and coupons govern fuel, sugar, meats, and shoes with validity dates ranging through 1945. Local boards issue ration authorizations and can adjust periods and limits for home canning and additional sugar.
Waeslington Lodge No. 26 A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. E Morrison Jr W M and A W Yard secretary listed for contact.
Daily westbound and eastbound trains and buses listed with times. Tickets prepaid at Washington depots and local cafes, with routes to Omaha Chicago and coast to coast. Bus departures include No. 3 at 6 08am and No. 6 at 10 41am. Train No. 3 and No. 11 notes appear with early morning times.
A dense list of departing and arriving train times among Washington Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ft. Madison Winfield Burlington Sigourney and Oska open lines. Fares and depot notes reference 167 W 21d depot for ticketing.
Congressmen Thomas E Martin spoke to the Wellman Rotary Club outlining wartime progress as a House Military Affairs Committee member. The issue highlighted on the page includes local social events, a birthday surprise, a widow administrator sale, and updates from the American Legion Auxiliary near Cedar Rapids.
A kitchen method describes making a white sauce first then whisking in a small amount into beaten egg and stirring back into the sauce. The result can be served over vegetables or added to other creamed dishes.
J W Chandler and Ruth Foster advise jelly testing with a fork and discuss low cost clothing trends as 17 million yards of cotton goods reach makers. Nadiene Sojka reports on chosen 4 H books while homemakers receive guidance on food safety, canning and storage amid heat.
Mrs Walter Leet entertained the So and Sew club in Dayton Grove with twelve members present plus guests. With president absent, vice president Mrs Embree led the meeting and plans for an August club picnic were announced. Refreshments followed and visiting relatives were noted in nearby Washington and Gary Indiana.
The Iowa State College extension notes urge patience over size, stressing picking at optimal maturity. Guidance covers cabbage broccoli carrots beets tomatoes sweet corn lima and snap beans cucumbers cauliflower Brussels sprouts kohlrabi Swiss chard kale and eggplant with stage cues like color, firmness, and silks or pod appearance to ensure tender flavor.
The article states dry beans take 1 to 2 percent hours to cook on the stove and 30 to 40 minutes at 10 pounds pressure in a pressure cooker.
Riverside briefs list Mrs. Donald G. Elbert’s corporal promotion at Camp Fannon Texas, Rita Stransky’s Davenport work visit home to Riverside, and numerous relatives visiting from Salem Wellman Lone Tree Kalona Cedar Rapids Dare Port Marion Town City and other areas. Several residents plan visits and entertainments, with hospital stays and vacations noted.
About 33,000 Americans died in home accidents last year, twice the toll in industry where millions were spent on safety programs in the West.
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