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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
4
Certificates for recapping tires are no longer required for used farm implement tires, used passenger car tires, and all inner tubes. Certificates remain required for new tires and used truck tires. An inspection is needed to obtain certificates, with regular commercial vehicle inspections every 6 months or 5,000 miles, whichever occurs sooner.
A crowded listing outlines train numbers and times for westbound and eastbound services plus local bus routes from Washington. It shows departures to Davenport Kansas City Chicago Iowa City Fort Madison Mt Pleasant Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa Knoxville plus connections to Cedar Rapids Waterloo and more. Tickets are available at the depot and North Side Cafe for cross country trips.
The notice lists coupon types including BG Be 7 and Poi Coupons each 5 gallons, B2 Form R-530D single gallon non-highway gasoline, B3 Form R-5308F one gallon non-highway, R-2 Form R-5381D five gallons non-highway, and Rai Form R-531E four gallons non-highway as valid through June.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A FP. and A. M. holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Victor Blattner serves as W M and A W Yard is secretary.
The document lists multiple coupon series across heating, processed foods, meats and cheese, shoes, and airplane stamps with validity periods extending into 1945 and 1946. It specifies Periods 1 through 5 for heating season unit value coupons, new definite value coupons, and stamps numbered with various letter codes, plus conditions about indeterminate or loose stamps and removal from books.
Memorably cast adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn hits the State Theatre with Dorothy McGuire as Katie Nolan James Dunn as John Nolan Joan Blondell as Aunt Sissy Peggy Ann Garner as Francie Ted Donaldson as Needley and Lloyd Nolan as McShane in a tender heart warming presentation by 20th Century Fox.
RKO presents a screen version of Zane Grey's Nevada at the Fox Theatre. Prospector Comstock and miners doubt a blue clay revelation before learning its vast silver value. Young cowpuncher Jim Lacy pursues a drumbeat of romance and danger amid the Comstock Lode saga.
Wartime notice urges Victory gardeners to treat pests and plant diseases as enemies of food production. It notes that even careful site selection and cultivation can be nullified by insects and diseases without proper control. Guidance directs obtaining insecticides and fungicides from local gardeners, dealers, seedsmen, stores, county agents, extension services, or the USDA.
Guidance on using poisons in gardening advises careful quantities and thorough removal from produce. Musts include a duster for insecticides, readiness for pests, and recommended chemicals such as rotenone, cryolite, Bordeaux mixture, nicotine dust or spray for aphids.
Insects such as ants cutworms grasshoppers beetles slugs and snails harm vegetables. Poison bait using sodium fluosilicate or paris green with bran and water can control many. Plant problems stem from soil, moisture, nutrients, humus, lime, weather and fungi or parasites. Disease free seed and plants help prevent issues.
Toasting oats enhances the flavor of oatmeal cookies. Spread oats in a shallow pan and heat slowly for several minutes to develop nutty notes before mixing into the dough.
A household tip describes securing a paper bag over a food chopper opening with a rubber band to catch foods and prevent scattering during use.
Dr. George N. Hoffer of the American Potash Institute explains corn roots require well drained ventilated soils rich in oxygen. He warns wet soils limit root function reduce nutrient uptake and can cause poor ear quality, noting recent plow-furrow fertilization sometimes failed due to low soil oxygen.
A simple retrofit idea to reduce mess in feeding troughs. By hinging the top so it aligns with the manger and adding a hook to keep the box stationary, cattle cannot nose the box and spill feed, creating a sanitary, foolproof design.
A cure for coccidiosis is identified as the sulfa drug sulfadiazine. It is scarce and costly as much of the supply goes to the armed forces. Treatment over five consecutive days may rid an infected flock, though it cannot save birds already advanced in illness.
During 1939 to 1943 warehouses burned at about seven thousand two hundred per year and caused an annual loss near seventeen million four hundred thousand dollars. This summary notes the scope and financial impact of these fires in the period.
The text explains red blood cells live about three weeks and must be replaced with protein from daily diet. It notes protein supports antibody formation and wound healing and cites the National Research Council recommendation of two and a half ounces of pure protein daily. It lists sources such as meat, eggs, milk or cheese, and cereals.
Urges attention to eroded land to stop spread of damage. Advocates tree planting as protective cover that reduces erosion and can yield fenceposts fuel wood and lumber. Planting is a between season activity best done in early spring. About 10 000 trees per acre and two men can plant 500 trees daily.
An FHA engineer reports that only about one in ten houses built after the war were fully insulated and weatherproof, highlighting widespread postwar housing deficiencies.
The text warns against overcrowding brooding chicks noting no more than two chicks per square foot of floor space. It highlights overcrowding as an outstanding fault in early chick rearing and emphasizes space management for healthy growth.
The note explains that 2625 sour milk can be used to good advantage in making muffins biscuits gingerbread cookies and most other quick breads and butter cakes.
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