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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1945
Page
4
Certificates no longer required to purchase used farm implement tires used passenger car tires and all inner tubes. Certificates required to purchase any new tires and also used truck tires. Inspection required to obtain certificates. Regular commercial vehicle inspection every six months or every 5 900 miles whichever occurs sooner.
The readable lines list coupons for gasoline including five gallon and one gallon non-highway fuel. Forms R-530D R-530E R-531D and R-531E appear in association with different coupon values. The text implies validity through June and references multiple coupon types.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A. K. and A. M. holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Victor Blattner is Worshipful Master and A. W. Yard serves as secretary.
A fragmented timetable lists passenger and express services including the Golden State Limited and Southwest Express with arrival and departure times. It notes sleeping car and coach stops at Washington, Kansas City, and California destinations, plus special provisions for California-bound and Washington-dispatched passengers.
Daily schedule fragment lists Depart No. 430 and No. 429 with exceptions at BONGES innnnnanandee and Banga nos. One o clock a.m. includes Lewis GOODLANDER as a named person.
Local trains West Bound No 8 Davenport Kateas City depart 9 68 am No 26 Southwest Limited departs aa 2209 am East bound No 6 from Kansas City Davenport depart 6 14 pm Fare 339 60 dollars for eight and a half? daily except Sunday. W Boll appears service details.
Bus No 8 leaves Washington at 6 08 am Bus No 6 at 10 41 am Bus No 7 at 7 45 pm Eastbound to Chicago All tickets sold at the Bus Depot Winga's North Side Cafe or North Side Square Buy for full coast to coast trip from the local depot.
Local bus lines list departures from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City Waterloo and onward to Washington Mt. Pleasant Fort Madison Hamilton Quincy and other towns with multiple daily times. Depot located at 107 West end tickets sold at the local depot to your destination.
The notice outlines valid serially numbered D coupons for motorcycles, fuel oil heating season unit value coupons for Periods 1 2 3 4 and dD and definite value coupons through Aug 31 1945. It also lists processed foods stamp validity N2 through Z2 Blue Stamps through various dates, Meats Fats and Cheese E2 through J2, and Shoes Airplane Stamps No 1 2 and 4 Book 8 valid indefinitely for one pair with conditions on loose stamps and removal from the book.
MGMs National Velvet debuts in Technicolor at the State Theatre with Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor delivering a heart warming horse drama based on Enid Bagnold. Alaska features Kent Taylor Margaret Lindsay John Carradine Dean Jagger Nils Asther in a dramatic Monogram presentation at Fox Theatre.
A basic waffle batter is enhanced with two teaspoons poultry seasoning to create a tasty foundation for chicken a la king. The waffles help use up bits of cooked poultry and pair well with flaked salmon or tuna in a colorful vegetable cream sauce.
A ballroom encounter between Captain David Holbrook and a uniformed Air Corps lieutenant leads to a clash over gender roles. A stormy ferry mission tests skill and trust as the two pilots fly together to safety and realization.
A new plastic foam has been invented that is lighter than glass wood or cork and offers excellent insulating qualities. This development could transform packaging construction and building materials with reduced weight and improved thermal performance.
War Food administration urges continued high production of fats and oils. Acreage goals rise with flaxseed up 64 percent, soybeans targeted for 10.8 million acres, flaxseed 5 million acres, peanuts slightly reduced but yield emphasis. Domestic fat and oil disappearance up 10.3 billion pounds in 1944, with military and civilian soap demand driving output.
The piece notes white oaks differ from red oaks by coloring, grows slowly affecting profitability, and advises acorns for planting. It lists oaks as highly valuable for ornament, furniture, flooring, vehicle parts, crates, coffins, ship building, implements, railroad ties, fuel and mine timbers.
University of Wisconsin specialists report streptococcal bacteria causing mastitis can be carried on milkers hands hours after milking despite scrubbing. Control is easier with milking machines. no bacteria found on the hands of workers who only stripped by hand.
In 1944 railroads earned about .0945 cents to haul a ton of freight one mile, far below the 1.116 cents charged two decades earlier. The data reflect a steep decline in per mile tonnage rates during the wartime period.
The Allied Control Council led by General Eisenhower assumes full civilian military and economic authority in Germany. It outlines occupation zones and aims to reduce Germany to its 1937 borders, with the Saar basin remaining part of the Reich by plebiscite. The four signatories pictured are Eisenhower Zhukov Montgomery and de Lattre de Tassigny.
A year on poor land yields more sugar per acre for industrial use than beets. A ton of sawdust yields nearly as much sugar as a ton of blackstrap molasses. Wood Sugar is marketed in Europe for cooking and table use. It is an edible mix of glucose starch syrup and other sugars.
A dedicated kitchen knife rack organizes knives in separate slots, preserving blades and saving time for the cook.
In 1921 freight cars averaged 25.8 miles per day. By 1943 the average rose to 51 miles per day, a gain of 98 percent.
The president can resign only by a written statement to the department of state, a step no president has yet taken. Only one vice president, John C. Calhoun, is recorded as having resigned.
An estimate suggests the entire world population could be seated within Texas on chairs with four feet of elbow room per person, highlighting vast spatial efficiency.
Breeding aims to produce hens with stronger shells to reduce egg breakage and save losses for egg producers.
The death rate from disease in 1880 was far lower than today with diabetes now claiming ten times as many victims per population as it did in 1880. Diabetes has become the second most frequent cause of death in the United States.
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