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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
6
Office hours listed for weekdays 1 to 4 p m and Saturdays 10 to 12 m at the Court House. Tires certificates no longer needed for recapping truck tires. Periodic inspection of passenger car tires discontinued April 20. However car owners
The document lists requirements for keeping car inspection records and notes that inspection by an OPA authorized tire inspector is needed before issuing a ration certificate to replace certain tires. It outlines motor vehicle inspection frequency and details various gasoline coupons and periods including A and BB coupons, BE and RE non highway gas, and Period No. 4 and No. 5 coupons with their validity through specified dates.
Thodge Tu 26 at 2 AM routine monthly meeting schedule. Morrison Jr, W A A W Yard secretary.
The record lists No 3 Golden State Limited daily at 1 55 a m No 11 Southwest Express daily at 2 00 a m and No 43 Californian daily regular stop at 2 34 p m indicating timetable entries and station cadence.
Local timetable shows north south and east west routes from Washington through Cedar Rapids Iowa City Fort Madison Winfield Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa and Oska routes. Multiple departures scattered through the day with arrivals at various destination points and ticketing at the local depot.
The notice lists indefinite validity for sugar coupons No. 30 31 32 Book 4 five pounds each and coupon 40 Book 4 five pounds for home canning through February 28 1945. It outlines 10 extra pounds per person first period through July 15 and a second period 10 pounds per person between August 1 and October 15 with Spare Stamp 37. Processed foods and meats stamp books shown with various stamps and indeterminate validity. Airplane stamps No. 1 Book 8 and No. 2 Book 8 are valid indefinitely.
The 1941 Hungarian census reported more than 11 million Magyars or about 75 percent of the population. Anthropologists caution against viewing Magyars as a single pure race due to Hungary’s long history of mixing races, customs, and traditions.
Traditional maple sap practices gave way to improved forestry and sap collection. Prior to wartime limits the method moved from tin buckets with metal spouts to piping sap to vats near sugar houses, where sap flowed into evaporators and rapidly became sirup.
The legend places Daedalus as a forerunner of modern inventors like Edison and Wright. He built the Labyrinth for King Minos and, escaping Crete with wax wings, demonstrated early aerial flight. The tale links to later events, noting Crete’s guarded shores and a 1941 German capture of the island for glider warfare.
The strawberry root weevil and the clover mite invade homes seeking winter shelter. Weevils injure new plants and creep indoors in late summer, while clover mites, small reddish brown spiders, plague fruit trees in dry seasons and swarm house exteriors in autumn seeking hibernation quarters.
The article cites the Better Vision institute explaining that eye focusing ability decreases with age. At 10 years the accommodation range is about 14 diopters, dropping to about 10 at 20, seven at 30, and only around 4% diopters near 40. By 50 the range is 2% and at 60 about one diopter.
The United States Flag association says the U.S. flag takes precedence over all flags including the Christian flag since there is no state church. In the navy a church pennant signals divine service and is flown above the national flag, though it represents no specific church. The army has no such custom.
Long before war, Italy electrified railways to offset fuel limits. From 500 miles in 1922 the network grew to over 2,200 miles by 1939 with an extra 200 miles added 1939-41. Coal remains a problem and wartime bombing could disrupt power along lines.
The article notes vegetable production has risen since World War I, with output in southern New England doubling over the period.
Infrared reflecting paints can blend with green foliage both to the eye and in infrared photography. The same shade appears as foliage in infrared images, making targets hard to locate for aerial bombers. Other colors such as olive, loam, brown and yellow are also possible to blend in both spectra.
Vatican City is described as the world s smallest sovereign state enclosed by Italy. The article notes a Papal Palace of 1000 rooms, St Peter s Basilica the world s largest church, an observatory mint power plant printing presses and a Marconi broadcasting station with nationwide telephone links established after 1929.
State college extension swine specialist Ellis V. Vestal says feeding cooked Irish potatoes can offset feed shortages. Potatoes should make about half the ration alongside grain protein and minerals, with other waste farm residues like peanuts and soybeans included but musty items avoided. Hogs should be moved from fields in late fall before winter rains.
The article summarizes the 1929 settlement recognizing the Holy See's sovereignty within Vatican City and Italy's recognition of Rome as the capital, including a cash indemnity over 39 million dollars and bonds totaling about 52.5 million. It also transitions to North Oregon local notices detailing residents' visits, family events, and social engagements in June.
A Russian officer popularized parachuting as a sport to attract youth to aviation. He devised the idea after observing an American parachute stunt at a county fair. In 1935 the Soviet army staged a mock airport seizure for foreign attaches with 3,500 paratroopers and aerial equipment. The German attaché report suggests this influenced Nazi parachute training.
A patent wheat flour enriched with ten percent soy shows a threefold increase in the protein’s biological efficiency. The discovery notes soy’s role in enhancing the flour’s nutritional value and potential baking quality improvements.
Dinner guests at the Bill Trotter home included Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson and family and Harold Hall. The group enjoyed homemade ice cream at the Duane Hazen home Friday night.
Licorice acts as a demulcent for coughs from colds and appears in various preparations like Cascara to mask bitterness. Its key sweet constituent glycyrrhizin is considered the sweetest natural compound after saccharin, about 50 times sweeter than cane sugar, and remains detectable in 20,000 parts water.
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