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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
6
The notice lists weekday and Saturday hours at the Court House and notes that tire certificates are no longer needed for recapping. It outlines required inspections for tires, vehicle inspections, and rationing rules including gasoline, fuel oil, sugar and meat coupons with validity dates and period allocations through 1945.
A garbled timetable lists routes among Iowa City Cedar Rapids Washington Fort Madison and other towns with various departure and arrival times. It references southbound northbound and eastbound services and tickets sold at the local depot.
Regular meeting held by Yeshineton Lodge No 26 A F and A M on the first Friday of each month. W M E D Morrison Jr and secretary A W Yard listed for contact.
The bulletin lists westbound and eastbound train numbers with daily stops including No 3 Golden State Limited No 11 Southwest Express and No 12 Southwest Express plus Nos 44 and 4 California bound services. It notes sleeping car and coach passenger stops at Washington and Kansas City and California discharges.
Daily train times listed with No 430 and No 429 schedules and mixed trains No 23 and No 22. Times shown include 7:00 a.m. and 3 decime 1:00 a.m. along with 10:45 a.m. arrival and 11:30 a.m. departure. All trains operate daily except Sunday per agents Goodlander and Anderson.
West bound local No 3 Davenport to Kansas City departure 9 58 a m. East bound local No 8 Kansas City Davenport departure 6 14 p m. No 25 Southwest Limited and No 26 Southwest Limited are daily except Sunday remarks by W C Bell.
Daily Omaha to Chicago timetable lists buses departing Washington at 6 08 a m 10 56 a m 7 45 a m and 2 60 a m 10 35 a m 8 50 p m as eastbound to Chicago Tickets are sold at Bus Depot and Winga’s North Side Cafe North Side Square for full coast to coast trips at the local Winga’s Cafe agent.
The passage argues that sunrise to noon and noon to sunset are equal in sundial time, while clock time skews this balance. It states noon on a watch rarely matches sundial noon and suggests sundial time would make mornings and afternoons equal daily, though daily lengths would vary.
The earliest horse family member, Hyracotherium, dates to about 55 million years ago in western North America’s intermountain basins. It stood around a foot tall with four front toes and three hind toes, radically different from modern horses, though intergrading rock layers show its place in the lineage.
Lightweight tough plastic trays molded in six compartments are used by the U S Army Medical corps in hospitals and institutions for feeding recuperating soldiers.
Crude oil contains volatile anesthetic compounds that quickly numbs fish. Exposure to tiny amounts stops gill movements within minutes and fatal effects can follow if the fish remain in the polluted water.
A National Geographic bulletin highlights the Schneider empire centered on Le Creusot 160 air miles southeast of Paris. The Le Creusot plant, key in WWI munitions, sits along a two mile railroad flank with a 40 000 population before bombing, 15 000 Schneider workers. Industrial rise began when Eugene Schneider opened the iron works in 1836 transforming a 3 500 resident town. Schneider foundries pioneered steel armor for ships around 1876 and advanced marine iron and steel innovations.
The text explains meteors entering the atmosphere travel at several miles per second. It notes the hot air cushion in front and the counterpressure slow and tear the meteor, causing fragmentation. Large objects with high entry speeds are unlikely to reach Earth.
F C Francis of the University of Illinois cautions cattle feeders that costs rise after steers reach good or A carcass grade. Gains peak in the first four months, then slow, suggesting early marketing due to high grain prices and limited protein. Calves need more feed in later stages, with age affecting the feed-to-gain ratio little.
Reichsforst und Jaegermeister appointed to oversee wood resources as Germany relies on timber. Goering asserts war needs wood akin to bread while wartime industry pivots on wood in ersatz fuels, tires, lubricants, and explosives.
The 1940 census used a statistical approach sending extended questionnaires to a random 5 percent sample. By accounting for a small error margin with exact magnitude control, the extra data proved as valuable as a full count at a fraction of the cost.
Inherited stock from the Old World surged after European invasion introduced and raised horses across the Americas, transforming ecosystems and human activity.
Subic Bay and Cavite episodes highlight Lieut. John D. Bulkeley’s nocturnal raid on a 5,000-ton Japanese ship. Bulkeley’s crew fired torpedoes as searchlights scanned the harbor, the vessel sank, and the boat escaped under heavy fire despite reports of winged torpedoes.
An American veterinarian advanced cattle raising in the Philippines by creating a vaccine to prevent Rinderpest, the major tropical cattle plague. The achievement marks a significant breakthrough for tropical livestock health and farming in the region.
A small amount of organic mercury dust, about the amount on the end of a toothpick, can be shaken into seed packets before planting to protect vegetables like lettuce, carrots, beets, and onions from seedling diseases.
The Queen who reigned from 1558 to 1603 helped popularize spectacles with a bridge on the nose. Earlier designs used a hinge and pivot and required hand support to stay in place.
The Trans Andean railway linking Chile and Argentina opened in 1910 marking a major transport milestone. A muskrat, or marsh rabbit, provides about one and a half pounds of good meat for regional diets and wildlife notes.
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