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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1945
Page
6
Certificates are no longer required for purchasing used farm implement tires used passenger car tires and all inner tubes. Certificates remain required for new tires and used truck tires. An inspection is needed to obtain certificates. Regular commercial vehicle inspection occurs every six months or every 6006 miles, whichever comes first.
The notice lists expiration dates for various wartime food stamps and coupons. It specifies that non highway fuel coupons remain valid through June 21 or August 31, 1945, depending on type. Sugar Stamp No. 35 expires June 2, Stamp No. 36 from May 1 to August 31. Processed foods stamps H2 through M2 and N2 through S82 have their own May to June or June 2 expirations.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month Victor Blattner W M A W Yard secretary attend and note meeting times for members and neighbors
A fragmented timetable lists several trains including the Golden State Limited and Southwest Express with numbered services and stops. It notes sleeping car and coach passenger routes, with specific mentions of Washington and Kansas City connections and California passenger discharges.
Daily timetable details show departures Depart No 430 at 7:00 a m and No 424 at 1 60 am with notes daily excepts and classifications associated with Lewis Goodlander.
Train bulletin lists No 23 Mixed Prain arriving at 10 45 am and No 22 Mixed Rain leaving at 11 30 pm daily except Sunday. No 3 Davenport Kansas City local departs 4 68 am and No 26 Southwest limited departs 1 12 am East bound No 26 Southwest limited and No 3 daily except Sunday. Agent names B Haight and W Bell appear in station notices.
A vintage style transit page lists Bus No 8 leaving Washington at 6 00 am and other routes Bus 6 10 41 am Bus 7 7 46 pm eastbound to Chicago. No. 2 leaves 6 08, No 6 at 10 36 am. Tickets sold at the depot and nearby cafes for cross country trips.
Peter Salm now overseas in the Army will receive 1 793 685 dollars when he comes of age on September 27. He inherits from Henry Huddleston Rogers, New York oil magnate. The boy gained headlines years ago after his parents Count Salm and Millicent Rogers divorced. An annual 5 000 dollar payment to the missing father in Hungary since 1942 was discontinued.
The article lists various stamp types and their validity windows from May 1 to August 31 for items like Meats Pats and Cheese Y5 26 A2 through D2, Red stamps Book 4, £ 2 through J2, K2 through Pe, Q2 through U2 May 1 to Airplane Stamps units 1 2 and 3 4, and notes that loose shoe stamps are invalid and stamps must be removed from the book at purchase.
A jury of nine women and three men was chosen for the murder case of Marion A Powell 59 a Des Moines house painter. Powell is charged with killing Si jykhuis 60 and his nephew Mike Slykhuis 33 farmers near here after a family drinking party. The full day of voir dire occurred in District Judge Earl Vinecent's court.
Cedar Rapids reports an American inmate, Robert K. Kelly, 58, who had been held in Santo Tomas Manila by Japanese forces, died in a local hospital after a starvation diet was blamed for his illness. He fell ill on the trip home from Los Angeles.
A study notes leafy greens and yellow vegetables reduce cold prevalence when not used. Canned or fresh produce aids mucous membrane protection and lowers respiratory infection risk.
A 1934 border clash in Africa led to a full invasion of Ethiopia by Italy. Mussolini’s forces swiftly overran resistance, annexing Ethiopia in May 1936 despite League of Nations efforts and limited sanctions. The episode signaled a failure of collective security and encouraged Germany and Japan.
By mid 1941 Allied air power shifted from a grand invasion plan to a softening campaign. Bombing targeted shipyards, submarines, factories, docks, canals, rail yards, and airports to disrupt German war effort and support eventual invasion. By 1943 Luftwaffe faded, Allied planes dominated.
A Chinese proverb urges consideration for others over self comfort. It cautions against actions that ease one own life while causing others hardship. The saying frames ethics as balancing personal ease with communal respect and responsibility.
U S Department of Agriculture reports an effective inexpensive dipping solution for sheep ticks. Six ounces of derris powder with water is diluted into 100 gallons. cube powder can substitute. Rotenone kills adult ticks and pupae in one dip, with water from common sources. No adverse effects observed in sheep or fleece.
Four and one half million farms produce milk and the U S annual supply could fill a river 3000 miles long 40 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet deep. Milk provides 15 000 000 pounds of casein used in paint and penicillin production. Pasteurized milk blocks undulant fever and is a vital, perishable food.
Sandra, a USO worker in Pensacola, meets Lee Lee Manley, cousin of Lizzie, a charming cadet who flirts and flirts with her. The pair tour the town with cadets, enjoy the pier and planes, and a rapid romantic misfire ends with Sandra discovering his true relation and mood shifts. A mix of light romance and wartime port town atmosphere frames the encounter.
A Tuesday report details two wind and hail events in Iowa. A Waterloo Cedar Falls area storm leveled farm buildings and damaged roofs injuring a family of six. The other storm hit Stinton Valisca and Redfield-Dexter areas causing crop and greenhouse damage.
Ohio State university specialists urge saving corncobs rather than burning them to help meet possible roughage shortages by feeding beef cattle. Farmers grind whole corn cob and kernel and may need slight encouragement for cattle to eat the cob.
Farmers have done a wonderful job of war production with increases in World War I output rising 7 percent from 1914 to 1920 and in World War II from 1939 to 1944 climbing about 25 percent.
Hard data show that wearing loose clothing around high speed farm machinery causes at least one third of farm accidents. The figures highlight risk for workers and suggest stricter clothing guidelines and safety training.
Dead weight is the carrying capacity of a vessel and includes the tons of cargo and coal.
A new method enables extraction of vitamin C from beet pulp after sugar has been removed. The process promises a value-added product from a common byproduct of beet sugar making.
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