Ration Dates Set For Truck Tire Certificates
Certificates no longer needed for recapping truck tires. Class A ration allows third inspection period through March. Class B ration allows fifth inspection period through June 30.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1944
Page
6
Certificates no longer needed for recapping truck tires. Class A ration allows third inspection period through March. Class B ration allows fifth inspection period through June 30.
The notice details period validity for gasoline coupon types A B C E and R, sugar coupon numbers 30 and 40, green L M stamps, blue stamps, red stamps, and meat stamps Y Z A8 BS C8 with dates through March May 1945. It requires owners to write their license numbers on all gasoline coupons and allows stamps to be exchanged within households.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M schedules regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Rus sell Goodin serves as Worshipful Master with A W Yard as secretary.
Daily train times show No 430 at 7 00 a m and No 429 at 1 00 a m with service days unspecified. Goodlander is listed as agent in the fragment possibly from a historical railroad timetable.
Eastbound buses leave Washington for Chicago with Bus No 2 at 2 50 a m and Bus No 10 at 8 50 p m. Bus No 6 departs Washington weekly. Tickets are sold at Bus Depot Wings North Side Cafe North Side Square and Ramnac pay station for full coast to coast trips.
Westchester reports that Mr and Mrs Theodore Porre welcomed their two sons home on short furloughs from U S service. Sergeant Albert Porre recently returned from Guadalcanal and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands and is in California. Corporal Russel Porre plans a Texas return, while Roger Porre heads to Rockford Illinois for training. The family also notes Cyral Smith and his wife visiting from Texas and Burlington, and other local travel updates among relatives.
Mrs E H Heitzman visited Tri Cities and St Luke s hospital where her daughter underwent major surgery. Eugene Cole left Riverside for California then Pearl Harbor to work in shipyards. His wife and daughter will move to North English. Ralph Walsh and Robert Lenz with families visited Iowa City. Norma Knebel spent weekend here with parents. Lucille Schneider returned from Chicago to Cornelius Schneider s home. Hubert Walsh Dan Anita Davenport visited Riverside. Joseph Krotz and children were dinner guests of his mother Anna Krotz.
The article explains WAVES enlistment paths and officer qualifications. It notes identical start as apprentice seamen, automatic promotions after training, and higher standards for officers, including education and age limits. Daily duty is framed as manageable with emphasis on efficient work to shorten the war. Information is available via Navy Recruiting offices.
A short line notes a woman spending a week with her sister Mrs Abbie Boyer suggesting family visit or caregiving ties during a period of shared time and mutual support.
Pleasant Hill March 8 Private Bernard Swift of Jefferson Barracks Missouri is spending a ten day furlough at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Bryan Swift. Lawrence Swift ate Sunday dinner at the Bryan Swift home. Doris Jean Wanda and Edith Swift were at the Clyde Lambert home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Clyde Lambert spent Thursday with her mother Mrs Wasson in Washington. Mrs Howard Benn and daughter Marlene and Evelyn Chalupa called at Howard Caldwells Sunday afternoon. Dale Caldwell entertained his father at the Hi V Dad's night banquet Wednesday night. Mrs Caldwell helped prepare the meal. Robert Darbyshire spent from Friday evening until Saturday.
Noble notes show Mrs. W. J. Graber and her son John leaving for Manley to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Blattpeiller. Alois Herzog spent days with brother Georges Herzog who is ill. Raymond Rich and Roberta visited George Unkriech home. Joel Zingg marked his 90th birthday while visiting Homer and wife near Olds. Maynard Widmer of Muscatine spent the weekend with D. W. Widmer and wife.
An old Rexall drug ad promotes Fungi Rex for athlete's foot with doctors praising a fungicide. The remedy claims direct contact with infected skin and is sold at Pioneer Drug Store for 49 cents a tube.
Dinner at the Joe Reschly home is mentioned along with Mrs. Metzker from Bicher school being ill and Mr. Metzker standing in as teacher. The item reflects a school community update with family connections and substitute staffing.
Mrs Lloyd Coon and daughter Carmen of Ainsworth visited the W P Davidson home to see sister Mrs William Davidson and family who arrived from Winston Salem North Carolina. Clarence Hering were business visitors in New London. The high school basketball team defeated Pleasant Lawn.
Friday’s 43 24 loss at the Mt Pleasant sectional tournament preceded Wayland’s 46 2 victory Saturday night in the final game. A crowd from here attended each evening.
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