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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1943
Page
6
The notice lists ration changes including stamp validations and expirations from April 24 to May 23. It notes blue stamp validity for processed foods and various red meat stamp expirations, new coffee stamps, and registrations for retailers and wholesalers. It also covers inventory filing, menus, and price lists for establishments, plus gasoline stamp changes.
A home should be insulated during construction. Complete insulation costs about $200 with a $12 yearly carrying charge, offset by annual fuel savings, making insulation effectively costless in the long run.
The notice lists inspection deadlines for gasoline book holders. June 15 marks stamp transfers within families for War Ration Book One and a shoe pair expiry. June 30 covers inspection for B gasoline book holders. September 30 expires Fuel oil coupon No.
In a Key West hospital romance, Ann and Jim clear a tangle of rumors around Hank Bruger and a jockey. Hank is exposed by track investigators, the couple plans a double wedding with Julia and Vince, and Ann accepts Jim’s marriage proposal as she recovers from injuries. The story ends with heartfelt vows and hopeful futures.
Chicago theatrical booking agent Nick Boila mourns a $75 typewriter stolen from his office. The machine featured Romanian characters and Boila says he used it to write to friends, leaving him unsure of the thief’s plans.
Johannes Marinus Dronkers, a Dutch national and member of the Dutch Nazi party, was executed in Britain for spying. He had been sent by Germany to locate American and Canadian troop positions in England and to gauge enemy strength, after a secret trial under the 1940 Treachery Act and an unsuccessful appeals process.
New York 46 year old Pat Moriarty demands his police record of 17 arrests in 30 years including four felonies be read in a whisper before pleading guilty as a fourth offender to carrying burglars tools. The judge echoes the whisper and sentences Moriarty to 15 years to life.
CHICKASHA OKLA Hoot Tucker shucking corn near Tabler heard a blast and saw flames as a high pressure natural gas line burst. Tucker and his team fled the scene but he investigated the crater and fire. No injuries reported.
Nashville Tennessee police sergeant Sam Norton tested a new pair of handcuffs on himself. The cuffs fit snugly and the key broke when he tried to remove them. He was escorted to a locksmith to have them removed.
In Los Angeles two men, one with a shotgun and one with a rifle, stopped at B. H. Dreyer's service station and announced a robbery, saying they were going hunting for dough. They fled with $12.
U. S. Army training and proving grounds are contributing five million pounds of fired cartridge cases each month as copper scrap. The program recovers copper from discarded cases for reuse and defense industry supply.
A World War II era travel feature describes how Americans are welcomed in Damascus and Beirut. A Damascus merchant gifts a dagger to a US officer, symbolizing broad Middle East affection for Americans. The piece notes hospitality in Zahle, Syrian kin networks in the United States, and the high perceived value of American goods and the dollar, plus sailors adopting uniforms ashore for savings.
The buffalo once ranged from the Atlantic coast to beyond the Rockies marking a vast historic distribution across the western plains.
Cows should not rush to pasture on first day after barn feeding to avoid milk drops and digestive upset. High producing cows need grain alongside lush early spring grass, with salt added to grain mix. As pasture whitens, feeding rates should adjust to grass quantity.
The article details wool production in the United States, naming major producing states and quantities of wool, and explains uses for wool products including leather, linings, lanolin, and byproducts. It notes the extensive import need despite many sheep and producers and highlights applications from medicine to musical instrument strings and surgical ligatures.
Agricultural notes promise ample insecticides for farms and victory gardens. The piece also provides dairy guidance, stating sour cream is easier to churn than sweet cream and detailing how to sour or ripen cream by keeping it around 70 degrees the day before churning.
Extension engineer D S Weaver of North Carolina State College advises painting galvanized roofing with metallic zinc at first sign of rust or dark discoloration. Prepare the roof by cleaning gutters and low spots, remove loose paint with a wire brush, rinse with water and let dry before applying the coating.
Tunis, capital of Tunisia, emerges as the chief commercial port of the French protectorate and a leading North African battlefield. The city lies near Carthage, about 40 miles from Bizerte, at the end of a shallow lake linked by a six mile ship channel to the sea.
Lists daily and special trains and buses serving Washington with departures from Davenport Davenport Kansas City Davenport K C routes. Includes Golden State Limited Local Californian speeds and stop patterns. Note on ticket purchases and specific Washington to Iowa City and Knoxville connections.
Five Chrysler employees have shared cars since 1937, reducing their 50 mile round trip to work by 80 percent.
French Somaliland borders reveal a population of 50,000 with about 2,000 Europeans, mainly French. The coastal Pearl fishing economy sits along a 100 mile strait, a strategic naval chokepoint after Gibraltar and Suez.
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