Ration Date Schedule for Tires, Food, and Fuel
The notice lists ration rules with deadlines and validity windows for Class A B C tires, commercial vehicle quotas, gasoline coupons No 7 through No 14, fuel oil and period coupons, coffee restrictions lifted July 29, sugar coupons 13 through 16 with August to November dates, blue stamps N P Q through August 7 and R S T through September 20, meat fats cheese and canned fish stamps, and Shoe Coupon No 18 valid to October 31 with family exchange noted.
Bee Line Transit Buses Schedules Iowa City Washington
Bee Line Transit announces routes between Washington and Iowa City with morning and evening departures. The eastbound schedule shows departures from Washington at 6 45 a m and 5 50 p m with arrivals in Iowa City at 8 00 a m and 7 05 p m. Westbound runs depart Washington at 9 30 a m for Knoxville 12 30 p m and 2 20 p m to Washington.
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BEE Line Transit
Iowa City
Washington
Knoxville
Sullivan Bus Lines
Aehingtes
Iowa
Pitcairn Island Short on Food Supplies Amid War
Descriptions of Pitcairn Island show natives facing shortages of sugar fats and flour as war risks keep supply ships away. Elder D. D. Fitch passes along a letter from islanders who rely on yams beans tomatoes oranges and palm coconuts with limited seafood and goat meat. The British consul visits occasionally while Fiji aids occur sporadically.
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Glendale
Calif
Pitcairn Island
Fletcher Christian
H.M.S. Bounty
Little Island
Pacific
America
Pitcairn
D. D. Fitch
Fitch
Fiji
Prize Spurs Steady Work Among Aircraft Employees
At Cessna Aircraft plants in Wichita and Hutchinson workers earn a $250 weekly prize by having their badge number drawn and no absences in the prior week. If absent, they are ineligible and pot rolls over. a two week run without a winner triggers another draw for a $750 prize. пен
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Wichita
Kan
Cessna Aircraft Company
Hutchinson
Cessna
First
Youth 20 Accused of Killing Mother With Bat and Fire
In Minneapolis a 20-year-old youth sobbed that God commanded the act as police report he defeated his mother Minnie Gunderson 46 with a baseball bat then set her home ablaze to destroy the body. Firemen found her dead and Charles Gunderson Jr watched. He admitted harm and said mental illness may have influenced him. He drank polish and tried self harm with a knife before hospital observation.
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Minneapolis
Charles F. Gunderson
Minnie Gunderson
Charles Jr
General Hospital
Hilda Glenn
Havenhurst-on
Greg Mason
Hilda
Peggy
Caroline Babcock
New York City
Mason
Pam Drury
Greg
Pam
Glennacres
Havenhurst
Nancy Everard
Sibboney’s
Pete Everard
Crick Richards
Pete
Commodore Knowlton
Mrs. Higgins
Highway Bus Routes Open Deep into Alaska Heartland
In Whitehorse Yukon Territory Brig. Gen. James A. O Connor states spring thaw eases Alaska highway damage and buses already reach deep north. He expects the Alaska project to become a permanent year round road after finishing a 1630 mile route and improving maintenance by November.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Alaska
Northland
James A. O'Connor
Northwest Service Command
O’connor
Noisy Noise Ends in Rat Death in Atchison Home
In Atchison Kansas Sam Musn sought to kill a rat. While he cleaned the furnace his two year old son Mike pounded a poker on the floor. A large rat sprang from a hole and ran under the poker, kerplunk, killing the rat.
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Atchison, Kan
Sam Munson
Atchison
Mike
Elderly can safely eat more, study finds
A study by Edward J. Van Liere and David W. Northrup at West Virginia University tested stomach emptying in 12 men aged 58 to 84. Using X rays, researchers found an average stomach emptying time of 1 hour 56 minutes, faster than the 2 hours 2 minutes seen in younger adults, suggesting the elderly can eat more if they feel like it.
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Charles Dana Gibson
American Journal of Physiology
Edward J. van Liere
David W. Northrup
West Virginia University
Soybeans Benefit By Crop Rotation
Purdue agronomist George H. Enfield explains how soil fertility from prior crops boosts soybean yields. Three year tests show fertilized plots outyield unfertilized ones, with deeper placement of fertilizer aiding dry seasons and surface placement risking weeds. potash deficiency also harms maturity and test weight.
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George H. Enfield
Agronomy Department
Purdue University
Uncle Sam
Enfield
Purdue
Removal of Adenoids Restores Hearing
A report in Archives of Otolaryngology notes that radium treatment restores hearing when enlarged adenoids block the eustachian tube. Doctors Emerson Jr Dowdy and Heatley describe instruments to position radium to shrink or remove the tissue after removing other disease sources and confirming tube opening.
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Ernest B. Emerson Jr
Andrew H. Dowdy
Clyde A. Heatley
Cigarette use advised against for stomach ulcers
Question box answers say tobacco is forbidden in stomach ulcer treatment. They note no cure for a stiff septum and that cracking at the back of the head is common, usually requiring no treatment if pain is absent.
Tender But Firm Cooked Vegetables Rule
A guiding kitchen rule emphasizes cooking vegetables until tender but still firm to preserve texture and bite. This approach helps maintain color flavor and nutrition while ensuring a pleasant final dish.
War spending in 1943 Q1 tops 1918 full year by billion
Spending in the first quarter of 1943 ran about one billion dollars more than total outlays for the 1918 war year, highlighting the rapid rise in wartime finance.
Concrete Flooring Tips for Workshops and Stables
A steel trowel yields a smooth concrete surface ideal for workshops or poultry houses while rough finishes suit dairy stables. A wooden floor variant provides an even gritty texture for similar applications.
Dusting Powder Used Against Typhus Lice and Peanut Yields Rise
Rural Briefs note soldiers using a castor bean derivative dust to kill typhus lice in tropical postings. In Hertford County North Carolina six demonstrations in 1942 show an average peanut yield gain of 378 pounds per acre from dusting peanuts with sulphur.
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Hertford County
North Carolina
Lengthy Maine shoreline extends to 2500 miles
The article notes that while the direct airline distance along the Maine coast is 225 miles, the numerous indentations cause the coastline to stretch to about 2,500 miles in total.
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Maine
How to Exchange Garden Products
List your needs and garden surpluses with the OCD and receive help making proper contacts. Telephone 380.
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OCD
Fossil Resin Deposits Found Across Four Western States
Recent discoveries in Colorado New Mexico Utah and Washington coal fields reveal seams up to 14 feet thick with 5 percent resin. Estimates indicate 100 tons of coal contain five tons of resins, enough to meet national needs for years.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
State of
Washington
Castlegate
Salina Canyon
Corn Farm Harvests Cut Labor With Power Machinery
Harvesting corn can be completed in nine hours of man labor per acre using modern power machinery. By contrast, hand husking with horses requires about 38 man hours per acre. These numbers reflect average farm records and individual farms may differ.
Farrowing Pens Guard Rails Aid Piglet Safety
If farrowing pens are equipped with guard rails and are well bed ded with litter the little pigs are not apt to be injured.
Farmers Protest Harrow Shoes Durability
Farmers oppose manufactured harrow shoes over short life. They propose heavier shoes made at the farm or locally at the smith shop. Bar iron of three eighths to one half inch thick and one inch wide is commonly used.
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Bledsmith
Havenhurst mystery ends in a brutal beach incident
Hilda recounts a sunlit stroll ending with a ferocious scene as a dog is found slain and a scream echoes from the Havenhurst woods. The setting shifts between New York radio circles and the Glennacres estate where secrets and a summer life threaten to explode.
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Washington Directory
Business Claw
Theodore B. Bailey
Washington St
Barclay's Grocery
W. Livingston
West Main St
Court House
George F. Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Officers
Mayot
City Health
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
C. P. Weldin
Henry Balleyight
P. L. Jordan
George Baker
Carl Haneker
H. H. Reister
A. L. Griffith
Ruth Churen
Park
Martens Bailey
Frank B. Miller
J. Bl. Lemmon
W. B. Dupuis
O F Boller
R. F. Melartane
A. W. Yard Thire
Clarence Jacob
Harry Montgomers
City Library
Grace H. Stephene
Librariar
Lyties
Ncccw Assisiau
Boller
State Bank
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Bhekman
Meral HO el
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Walter Schroeder
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawao
Laura Kehoe
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Marion
George County
Lester B. Krabill
Kyle
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Ernest Ruedolph
Chiropractors
Chas
BROWN
Washington Independent School District
W. A. Erbe
Kenneth Freeman
Ethel McCreedy
Richard A. Stewart
Harry Rameseyer
Fred 8. Downing
B. F. Bostwick
Gharlotte
P. L. Etter
Washington Loage No
A. M
Russell Goodin
W. M
A. W. Yard
Golden State Limited
Californian
California Pasesengers
Oskaloosa
L. Goodlander
Arrére
Co. F. Anderson
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
Gedapte Ic
Burlington
Trailw
Omaha
Chicago
Chi
Cago
Winga
North Side
North Side Square
Inga
CAFS
Western New
Dr. Barton
Scott's
John Shields
Journal Building
Tee Oaiméon Horand 9Kis
Chapter
Ofice
Havenhurst-on-Sound
Carrie
New York
Havenhurst Station
Devon Country Club
Aunt Carrie
Nancy
Devon Club
Rockledge
Havenhurst Ront
Tule
Knowlton Place
Havenhurst Road
Red
Knowlton House
Jack Drummond
Mason Place
Butler
Higgins
Glennacney
Teg Tom
Jac Drummond
Herd
Knowlton
Lilian Lauferty
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