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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
6
The County Rationing Board released dates for rationing periods and furnished the schedule to the Journal. The notice outlines eligibility, distribution windows, and applicable goods for residents within the county.
Public notices list court house hours on weekdays and Saturdays, tire recapping changes, and required inspections. It outlines gasoline, fuel oil, sugar, and other ration stamps with validity dates, plus a film excerpt mentioning performers George and Dean Murphy and a musical number by Raye and DePaul.
Ceinaton Lodge No 26 A and A M announces its regular meeting Friday each month with W M Morrison Jr and secretary A W Yard listed for notice purposes.
Eastbound and westbound trains listed include No 2% Golden State Limited No 12 Southwest Express No 44 Californian and No 4 Golden State Limited with daily regular stops and special Washington disembarkation notes for sleeping car and coach passengers. The schedule notes specific stop and discharge rules for California passengers and Kansas City connections.
No. 420 daily except Sunday at 1.00 am and No. 429 daily except Sunday at 1.00 am. L. Goodlander and Co. F. Anderson, agents. Arrives No. 23 Mixed Train at 10:46 pm and leaves No. 22 Mixed Train at 11:30 am. All trains daily except Sunday.
Local West Bound No 3 Davenport Kansas City departs 9 58 a m. No 26 Southwest Limited departs 1 20 a m Fast Bound No 8 Kansas City Davenport local departs 5 14 p m Nos 3 and 8 daily except Sunday W C Bell aj
Burlington Trailways lists eastbound departures from Washington for routes to Chicago and coast to coast. Buses No. 3 6 7 10 depart Washington at various morning and evening times with Tickets available at Bus Depot and Winga's Cafe for full trip passes.
Train schedules show departures from Washington Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ft Madison Winfield Burlington and Plarhiavton with arrival times to light up a traveler’s day though OCR garbles obscure some details and stations. The timetable references multiple legs including Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Fort Madison and Winfield with outbound and inbound times across morning afternoon and evening slots.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Broadway Rhythm in Technicolor with a starry cast led by George Murphy Ginny Simms and musical heavyweights like Tommy Dorsey Lena Horne Edie Rochester Gloria De Haven and Walter Long. Also notes a public sale notice for Ainsworth water works bonds of 3900 dollars with schedule and bid terms.
Iowa primary campaigns show minimal spending and scarce funding. Among the first 50 filers, 48 reported no contributions and 23 had no expenditures, with the average candidate taking 5.60 dollars and spending 26.23 dollars. Yester S. Gillette of Fostoria, eighth district Democratic nominee for Congress, reported 5 dollars in contributions and no expenditures.
Jerry Harry B Thompson reported receipts of 273 dollars and expenditures of 275.53 dollars in the race for the first district republican nomination. Advertising dominated filings with travel and gas costs noted. one candidate spent 39 cents on postage and another driving 669 miles at five cents per mile. Commentary on Barkley and the Fairfield Ledger described near-borderline rhetoric. Community notices include a cooperative turkey dinner, weather effects on guests, and Memorial Day and D-Day ceremonies with public figures.
A C Wm. K. Maas returned to Iowa City Monday awaiting an opening for his next school assignment focused on flying. Invitations went out for the Berger-Benson wedding at Fairview Methodist church in Toledo Saturday at 8 p.m. W H Kerr was hospitalized for a blood transfusion and Paul Benson visited a friend in Tama. A gathering of Maas relatives and friends followed in town.
Sunday evening callers in Havre include the Westen, Wilson, Zieglowsky, Eichelburger, Wittmer, and Graber families plus guests from Emden Illinois. Joyce Wittmer visited as her mother recuperated in hospital. Evert Westen hosted relatives. John Zieglowsky and Illinois guests called on Martin Westen home. Larry Westen spent time with the Westen family and the Richard household earlier in the week.
Beginning near Vienna the Danube region forms a Carpathian ridge arc that curves northeastward southeastward and southwestward returning to the Danube at the Iron Gate about 350 air miles downstream. The mountains north of the river outline a rocky curve nearly 900 miles long.
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