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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1944
Page
5
Republicans of the 1st ward precinct will meet in caucus at the Court House at 7 30 o clock on March 13 for the purpose of selecting seven delegates to the county convention and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. c E Stutsman.
Earl C. Long of Keota and Edith M. Hesseltine of Wellman secured a marriage license at the court house yesterday.
Markets in Chicago report weekly hog activity with 14.20 top for 200+ lb hogs and 25 cent weekly gains for sows and gilts. Cattle saw top at 17.00 for calves and fat steers 13.75 to 16.25, while sheep and lambs ranged 16.25 to 16.50 for good woolled lambs and 7.00 to 8.75 for ewes amid scarce supply.
Open high low close figures for wheat oats and rye futures on March 11 in Chicago reveal mixed activity with March April and May contracts quoted across wheat oats and rye markets. A separate note states seventy five percent of garment workers have faulty vision.
Republicans of the fourth ward will hold a caucus Monday evening March 13 at Dr. F E B Reid’s office to elect 12 delegates to the county convention and name Mrs Carrie Harvey as Committeewoman.
Washington Lodge No 26 A k K and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Russell Goodin W M and A W Yard secretary notify members of schedule and duties.
Daily rail timetable notes list No 430 and No 429 trains with exceptions, mixed trains 23 and 22 in the morning, and West Bound No 3 Davenport to Kansas City local at 9 58 a m Also East Bound No 8 Kansas City to Davenport local at 1 14 p m No 26 Southwest Limited appears with a late hour schedule The entries include agent names Lowen Goodlander C F Anderson and W C Bell for different services.
Westbound buses No 8 6 and 7 depart Washington at various times 745 p m and eastbound Daily Omaha to Chicago bus No 2 leaves Washington 250 a m plus Bus 10 at 800 p m Tickets may be purchased at Bus Depot and Winga's North Side Cafe for trips coast to coast nationwide.
Train departures and arrivals listed for routes to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Ft. Madison Winfield Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa Knoxv and Washington. Details include daily times from Washington and to Washington with a depot address and ticketing note at 107 W 2nd.
The president urges 4-H club members nationwide to meet the challenge of Wartime Food Production and Conservation during 4-H Mobilization Week. The call emphasizes youth involvement in national wartime effort and agricultural tasks.
G E Dusty Rhoads is removed as Ottumwa commissioner of safety after Judge Paul McCord hears 10 tavern keepers admit gambling and liquor operations and accuse Rhoads and two collectors of a pay off scheme. Rhoads faces a conspiracy charge with Pete Bagg as grand jury investigations proceed led by County Attorney John Moon and Iowa bureau of investigation officers.
TVA oversees 19 dams on Tennessee tributaries and nine on the main stem. The 29th dam sits on a nearby Cumberland branch. Fontana, the tallest at 460 feet, nears completion with a reservoir on the Little Tennessee in western North Carolina.
Robert G. Ingersoll called James G. Blaine the Plumed Knight in a famous 1876 presidential nomination speech. The passage praises Blaine as an armed warrior striking at defamers of the nation.
Last winter's anti-freeze should be reconditioned with a chemical inhibitor before using in fall motor cooling systems. Automotive engineers advise that stored anti-freezes, especially permanent types, can turn acid in storage and cause severe rusting of engine blocks.
Allied air forces bombed the Littorio trail yards on Rome's northern outskirts and Tiburtina yards in the eastern suburbs ripping up tracks and rolling stock. American fighters escorted the British based 8th air force heavy bombers over Germany and the Pas de Calais coast in northern France. Later Lightning fighters conducted raids across the Straits of Dover.
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