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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1945
Page
3
The local war price and rationing board urges housewives to clip the Community Ceiling Price List and use it to guide shopping. Grocers mostly comply with OPA rules to hold down costs as inflation concerns rise. Also quoted are wartime notes and humorous clippings from area papers.
Iowans recall the battleship Towa from 1945 while comparing it with the 1896 launch of the earlier Iowa. The 360 foot vessel carried fewer guns and cost far less than later Iowa class ships built for World War II. The Iowa saw action near Santiago harbor in 1898 aiding in the destruction of Spanish ships and prisoners were taken aboard. It remained in service until 1919 and was sunk as a target in 1923 in the Bay of Panama during tests for a new battleship.
A poetic note from a father to his son speaks of pride and regret as distance and war strain family ties. The piece ends with a Marine delivering an Okinawan infant named Jeannie Marie Higgins to a hospital, a moment of mercy amid conflict.
A mixed patch of war era items includes a note on a Marine corporal rushing a baby to a naval hospital, Okinawan nurses, and a combat correspondent. Humor bits feature a church misprint, jokes about bankruptcy, Pat and Mike in a cow hide scout sketch, a dentist gag, and a patient lamenting a missing collar button.
After cooking, scrape the pot with a wooden spoon to remove mess. This quick step reduces washing time and helps the pot last longer by preventing buildup and baked-on residue.
In Crawfordsville on Sunday evening the Methodist Intermediate Youth Fellowship led by Mildred Sands and Doris Cherryholmes hosted opening exercises. They answered a quiz on Exodus and sang, with children displaying tabernacles at the close. Several local residents and visitors are noted on furloughs, military assignments, travel, and family events in the region.
Harvest is pretty well finished in our Vic inity. Haying is all done and several combiners were at work in our neighborhood last week. Johnnie Henry combined oats for us Thursday and Howard Alten bound Friday. Leslie Breen com-
A regional report notes a long standing shortage of protein resources in the Orient, describing chronic scarcity impacting daily meals and nutrition for generations. It cites widespread reliance on limited protein sources and calls for improved supply chains and aid.
Spot removal for rayons can cause serious damage when acetone in cleaners dissolves acetate rayon. It can strip fibers, leaving a stiff spot that cracks into a hole. Know your cleaning fluid before treating rayon fabrics.
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