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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1945
Page
6
Certificates no longer required to purchase used farm and passenger car tires and all inner tubes. New tires and used truck tires still require inspection and certificates. Regular vehicle inspections every six months or 5,000 miles. Various ration stamps and coupons updated with new validity dates through 1945 including stamps for sugar, processed foods, meats, and shoe stamps.
The West Chester Methodist church C O O C class met at Mollie Tierney’s home with co host Mrs Ernie Temple presiding. With president absent, vice president Temple led devotions and business, choosing a devotion on Trust Its Necessity in Todays World and voting a $5 Crusade fund gift.
Community notes recount travel chatter on East Jefferson Street, a dramatic car wreck sighting, wartime hopes, and local stories. Wrens return, Camp Fire Girls May party, plantings for sponsors, and reflections on aging fill a busy local column with friendly anecdotes.
An article from Saturday Evening West discussed Christian representation at the San Francisco Conference. Mrs Clement Griffith Mrs Clarence Nilfenegger and Mrs Merle Eckels led the session with the piece The Church Was There Before. The afternoon closed with social time and spring flowers displayed at the host home.
Charles City Iowa Gerald A Ward 35 New Hampton trucker was held here Sunday on embezzling 67 bushels of soybeans from the Commodity Credit Corp Sheriff B A Atheron Charles City and Sheriff George CC Murray Nex
Esther Smith, a Clarence Iowa teacher, returns home to finish the year and plans to report May 14 in Washington DC for Red Cross staff training. She will visit her parents Earl and family, then go to Cleveland to see siblings and Betty Hamil. Various weekend guests and chapter events are noted among local families and the Ke Ola OES chapter hosts an initiation and obligation night at 8 PM.
St James school pupils from Washington Iowa are among winners in the Latham Foundation poster contest for humane education. Richard Marie won first prize in Group I and Wayne Barnes earned third prize in Group II. Certificates of merit went to Mary Barnes Juan Campbell Lucille Franzen Kich ard George Nancy Perez Diana Schultz Sandra Tibbets Joan and Kenneth Trojovsky and Carol Walker. The annual national contest draws thousands of entries across patriotic and humane topics from first graders to professionals.
Murray said Ward was arrested late Saturday after Ward admitted to stealing beans from government bins in Charles City on Thursday. The report notes Ward claimed involvement in similar prior thefts and faces local charges.
Rain measured at .76 of an inch by the official weather observer. Sunday's high reached 78 degrees with a low of 42 last night. This afternoon temperatures showed 48 degrees at one o'clock as conditions shifted.
Raymond Selinell 22 was jailed on a murder preliminary charge after Jack Brooks died Sunday in St Luke's hospital. Brooks was struck on the head with a bottle in front of a Marion tavern Saturday night. deputy sheriff Pets Whittemore arrested Selinell.
Commander Dave McGaffey of the local VFW announces a special meeting Tuesday evening May 8. The session will include the annual remembrance of deceased members and the formation of Memorial Day plans. Officers are urged to attend.
The report shows rising war related fire losses with 1944 totals reaching 420.36 million dollars. Earlier peaks include 373.0 million in 1944 and 314.295 million in 1942, while 1926 saw 56,980.75 dollars. The year ending October 31, 1944 marked a record for similar periods since 1931.
Marines train at a sea school to master naval terms customs and duties before heading to sea. The program emphasizes language and practices used aboard ships and shore stations to ensure effective maritime operations.
The junior girls of the Y W plan a private skating party tomorrow evening at the skating rink from to 19 o clock. Lena Davidson directs the group and will accompany the girls, who have enjoyed winter activities under her leadership.
Three quarters of wartime cobalt shipments to the United States originate from the Belgian Congo in the Katanga region. The vast mining area in the southern province accounts for most of the supply, shaping industrial and military efforts abroad.
The text warns that plugging an iron into a light socket is dangerous yet suggests that an iron can be plugged into a wall socket anywhere. It reads like a cautionary note on safe electrical use and everyday household wiring practices.
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