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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
6
Office open weekdays 1 to 4 pm Saturdays 10 to 12. Tires certificates no longer needed for recapping truck tires. Periodic passenger car tire inspection discontinued. owners must keep records. War Price Board issues ration certificates after inspection. Gasoline and sugar coupons details listed with validity dates and application windows.
Washington Lodge No. 26 holds its 8 AM regular meeting on the Friday of each month with E. O. Morrison Jr. as Worshipful Master and A. W. Yard serving as secretary.
Georgia timetables list westbound No 3 Golden State Limited daily No 11 Southwest Express at 3 50 pm No 43 Californian daily at 2 34 am Eastbound No 12 Southwest Express daily 3 30 pm No 44 Californian daily 2 34 am No 4 Golden State Limited daily 5 43 am No 3 stops Washington for sleeping car passengers No 43 stops Washington for coach passengers No 4 stops to discharge California passengers only
No. 430 daily except Sunday runs 7:08 a.m. and No. 429 daily except Sunday at 1:00 a.m. L. Goodlander and B. & Q. agents listed. No. 23 Mixed Train arrives 10:45 a.m. No. 22 Mixed Train leaves 11:30 a.m. All trains daily except Sunday. C. F. Anderson, agent.
The Davenport to Kansas City local No 3 departs at 9 58 a m and the Kansas City Davenport local No 25 departs. No 26 Southwest Limited and No 28 daily except Sunday are listed with times 5 14 p m and other details. Agent C B Bell signs the notice.
Alfred Hitchcock brings a single set drama to the screen with Lifeboat a tense tale aboard a 26 by 8 foot lifeboat adrift in the Atlantic nine cast members Tallulah Bankhead William Bendix Walter Slezak Mary Anderson John Hodiak Henry Hull Heather Angel Hume Cronyn Canada Lee face danger and drama in a compact maritime thriller opening at the State Theatre tonight.
Bus No 8 leaves Washington at 6 08 a m Bus No 5 at 10 56 a m Bus No 7 at 7 45 p m Daily Omaha to Chicago Bus No 2 at 2 60 a m Bus No 6 at 10 35 a m Bus No 10 at 8 50 p m All eastbound buses go to Chicago Tickets at Bus Depot Winga s North Side Cafe may be bought for entire trip at the depot WINGA S CAFE Agent
Short washing times of five to ten minutes prevent over soaking and avoid grayish clothing. Proper time balance preserves color and fabric quality during quick laundry.
Timetable fragments show departures from Washington and Cedar Rapids to Iowa City Fort Madison Winfield Burlington Oska oosa and other places with inconsistent times and fares. The legible pieces include morning and afternoon departures from Washington and Ft Madison and several arrival times, but many entries contain garbled numbers and misspellings.
Venezuelan plantations pursue a new super silkworm created by Dr. Vartan Osigian, aiming to slash silk costs and boost U. S. production. He claims worms grow faster larger and spin colors while projecting 5 million pounds in year one with aid.
George John and Matthew Ashkenazi were granted permission by Judge Frank Smith to change their name to Asche. The brothers cited constant embarrassment due to unpleasant implications from the pronunciation of the final two syllables of their surname.
Washington reports the War Production Board maintains a freeze on production of new washing machines. Though repair parts will be manufactured, households are urged to repair and extend the life of existing machines or buy secondhand units if none are available.
A corporal of an Australian unit lost in the jungle recalls finding a New Testament passage in Acts 16 13 guiding them to safety on a Sunday. The unit followed the Sabbath river side clue and found direction.
At Vaaldam 60 miles from Johannesburg BOAC runs a seaplane training center with four engined flying boats landing 5090 feet up in the veldt. The facility includes a land airport for Lodestar training and a wireless school. Captain E M Gurney leads the staff training graduates for routes to East Africa India Cairo and West Africa.
The Most Reverend Francis C. Kelley, bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, observed his 50th ordination anniversary by giving away all his personal possessions. He donated his 5,000 volume library to St Dunstan's College in Charlottetown, Canada, and about $20,000 in cash to build a library there. He declined to name other beneficiaries of his bequests.
Secretary Ickes announced that all coal mines with a daily capacity of 50 tons or more, except Pennsylvania anthracite, must file monthly reports detailing distribution. The reports will show transportation methods and the uses for which coal is sold, aiding general fuel policy planning.
Fort Benning GA bride and groom replace wine glasses with smashed photogenic flash bulbs from Army Signal Corps troops in a Jewish wedding ritual. Chaplain Samson Shain says used bulbs offer an available inexpensive substitute to symbolize fragile happiness.
Washington reports that American forces have seized and repurposed Japanese airstrips in the Aleutians and Solomons. The capture of Kiska marks the fourth field taken after Japanese construction, following Guadalcanal Attu and Munda New Georgia.
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports a new 12 car mail train carrying letters to soldiers across North Africa at 250000 pounds monthly. The mail train supplements sea and air transport with 4744 pouches sent in the first two weeks of August.
Bead and leaf lettuce can be available two to three weeks earlier by growing the crop from plants started indoors in early March.
Guatemalan natives reportedly treat burns with avocado oil, a traditional practice noted for soothing wounds. The account highlights indigenous medical remedies and their role in local health traditions.
Leeks are typically cooked and valued as superior in stews. They grow from seed and should be transplanted when about lead pencil thick. Lift each plant and place in a shallow hole, cover roots lightly, allow earth to fill the hole. In rich soil leeks reach a diameter of an inch or more.
A serving of one sixth of a quart of vanilla ice cream has about 200 calories, similar to a large baked apple. An average slice of applié pie provides 300 calories, while Brown Betty, angel food cake, or raspberry sherbet deliver 300 to 400 calories. A serving of lemon pie contains 450 calories.
Operating revenues of the rail roads in 1943 were the largest on record rising to 9 055 000 000 from 7 466 000 000 in 1942. They were nearly three times greater in 1943 than at the bottom of the low mood in 1933 when revenues amounted to only 5 095 000 000.
Production has fallen steadily from 21 500 tons in 1917 1920 to 10 000 tons by 1940. The drop is framed against a national sugar requirement of about 5 500 000 tons annually, mostly cane and beet sugar, highlighting a shrinking maple output.
The Great Seal features the unfinished pyramid with an eye in a triangle and two Latin mottos. Annuit Coeptis means God favored our undertakings, while Novus Ordo Seclorum denotes a new order of the ages, both drawn from Virgil. The unfinished pyramid signals ongoing work and strength.
Germany produced synthetic gasoline from coal at about 10 million barrels annually before the war and likely rose to as high as 60 million barrels. Eastern plants were established to avoid bombing, and five tons of coal yielded one ton of gasoline. To conserve fuel, military and industrial trucks used producer gas instead of liquid fuel.
Water glass keeps eggs for later months when prices rise. Obtain from drug stores for about 25 cents a quart and mix with nine quarts of boiled and cooled water to cover about 15 dozen eggs. Store in a clean six gallon crock or wooden tub in a cool place.
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