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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
6
Ration dates list stamp validity for April and May including blue G H J stamps for processed foods, red B meat stamps, coffee stamp No 24, and A B C D meat stamps expiring April 30. May brings revised meat and processed foods values, registration for retailers and wholesalers, and various stamp expirations and restorations through June and September 30.
Local notes list numerous social visits and calls. Mrs. Christina Derby and Howard spend a Sunday with Clifford Leeper. Will Derby of Richland visited the Moody home. many friends from Brighton Crawfordsville Libertyville and Des Moines joined gatherings at Mourer Schmitter and Van Dyke homes.
Rotenone cuttings from the United States Department of Agriculture experiment station at Mayaguez Puerto Rico are being shipped to South and Central America for propagation.
The first non metal beds ordered by the army in half a century are collapsible and made of synthetic resin glued hardwood. Half a million units will be produced across 15 factories nationwide.
Ann drives home with Christopher recovering, a shared sense of peace settling over Myles. She phones Helen to explain renting the farm to a dog breeder, a Great Dane on site, and vows to manage the situation without selling the property.
Ann overhears a phone call mentioning Mrs Wain and Christopher Wain and contemplates returning to New York. She suspects a misread of who Mrs Wain is and decides to let Emma Jeeves handle Mr Wain’s matters while she travels back to town.
George Carl had a run of bad luck after shooting a pheasant near Royal, Ohio. He carried the bird a half mile but tore his clothes trying to climb a fence. He laid the pheasant down and tried to free himself, but the supposed dead bird sprang to life and flew away.
The War Department issued a 42 page etiquette booklet for U S troops in Morocco and Algiers detailing table manners religious respect and conduct toward native women. It urges adopting host dining practices avoiding dogs not entering houses and staying mindful of Moslem sensitivities while learning Arabic phrases.
An Indian army observer from Assam reports a group of 40 refugees fleeing to India were beaten and robbed by Japanese forces. He notes they were emaciated, feverish, and scarred, with money and clothing seized and women stripped of valuables during their arduous journey.
Fort Riley officers arrange a furlough for Corporal Ramondetta after he loses his army blanket nicknamed Mary Ann. Irene Lukas of Cleveland sends a burning wire asking what Mary Ann has that she lacks, prompting a reunion back in Ohio.
A voice intruded on the Zeesen radio in London during a German high command communiqué interval. The caller warned listeners that Goebbels' news would be a lie and claimed the figures reported by the high command were false. The broadcast continued without further interruption.
Fort Jackson shoe repair at Columbia from October 1941 to September 1942 resoled over 180000 pairs, totaling 360000 shoes. Col John W Linfrie reports 179932 pairs to Fort Jackson soldiers, 4005 to Columbia air base, 6 to Fort Moultrie, with the rest to Shaw Field.
Marines derive their name from the old French word marin meaning sea soldier. The term reflects marine troops historically linked to naval service and coastal defense.
Western Newspaper Union reports psychiatrists increasingly favor electr o shock treatment for functional psychoses. Dr. J W Edlin notes 126 cases with recovery rates rising as illness duration shortens, citing involutional melancholia and catatonia as best responders while advising combined use with standard questioning and patient education.
A medical note explains hyperthyroidism signs and treatment options. It describes diagnosing thyroid excess with a plus or minus scale, and when to use X rays or surgery. It cites Dr. George E. Pfahler advising removal of the cause when possible and notes X-ray therapy as a viable alternative to surgery.
The column explains that low blood pressure is not a disease but a sign of an underlying issue and treatment should address the cause while supporting the patient. It also notes that phenobarbital, when prescribed by a doctor, is safe to use.
British Digging for Victory gardens last year produced an estimated 40 million to 60 million dollars worth of fresh vegetables, reflecting a major wartime home front effort.
The article argues total war demands total production on farms with lessons from World War I. It notes soil erosion risk and the shift from expanding land to improving soil welfare, highlighting the postwar plow-up and the need to avoid ruined fields while boosting wheat and food output.
Shirley Perry hammers prongs on a manure spreader while Gail Daily tightens a wheel bolt in a farm course. They learn to handle farm equipment to support the food line as many farm hands serve at the front.
The dust bowl sparked a national shift to conservation farming. The Soil Conservation Service and the AAA adapted early erosion techniques, turning soil protection into a key objective of the national farm program as land remains a farmer's core asset and national welfare depends on it.
Dr Clyde F Smith associate entomologist at North Carolina State College warns curculio beetles threaten the 1948 peach crop. He says beetle numbers are ten times higher than 1942 and urges four controls: jar trees to destroy adults spray program pick up all fallen fruit and cultivate under trees after wormy peaches stop dropping.
When young pigs are old enough they should be pastured on clean ground pastures freed of worms and diseases by plowing. Most farms have more than one soil type and could rearrange field boundaries to grow hay or pasture crops more efficiently than they do now.
Special plums used for prunes are those that dry without fermenting, ensuring the fruit becomes prunes through drying rather than fermentation.
Abaca leaves were decorticated by hand in the Philippines using a stone and dull knife to strip pulp. The higher labor costs in the Americas hinder the method. Before the war the Netherlands East Indies began to offer competition with the Philippines via mechanization of the fiber industry.
Canada has a shoe wealth close to the United States with high grade cat tlehide products. Canadian consumption in 1938 stood at two pairs per person. Since 1938 war years have raised total production by over fifty percent and per capita output of workers by about one third to meet military needs.
Experiments show that children's afternoon rest is significantly quieter than their night rest, indicating a measurable difference in restfulness between the two daily periods.
Washington Lodge No 26 F A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month at Rue Sell Goodin W M and A W Yare secretary.
The notice lists daily and seasonal departures for trains No. 3 No. 1 No. 43 No. 2 No. 44 No. 4 and local Davenport Kansas City runs with times from 6:53 am to 1:29 am, plus Westbound and Eastbound bus services between Washington and Chicago and Iowa City and Knoxville with depot pickup notes and ticket points at the North Side Cafe.
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