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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1943
Page
6
The notice lists ration changes including stamp validity dates for meat processed foods and fuel, with various colors denoting stamps. It notes deadlines for registrations, inspections for gasoline book holders, and price ceilings on beef veal lamb and mutton, alongside earlier March 29 reporting by primary distributors.
Orson Welles with Col. Arthur I. Ennis of the War Department public relations bureau will dramatize the thrilling story of American planes and pilots in a new aviation series Ceiling Unlimited.
Private E. McManus, 57, becomes the oldest recruit to finish boot camp at Parris Island South Carolina and earns expert pistol badge.
Florida experiment station planted African mahogany trees twelve years ago on marginal sites. The trees reach about 40 feet tall with eight inch trunks and have withstood several cold spells including a freeze. Trunk diameters are twice those of pines of similar age, suggesting potential for furniture timber from cultivated forests.
In a Washington DC newspaper a quirky notice marks the 167th birthday ball of fairy godmothers. The marines advertised for a pair of horses with a coachman, adding whimsy to the event.
Ann returns to Broadfields to inspect her property after a costly sale and repairs. She confronts tenant Wain over mounting work and a stray dog scare, while Helen frets about finances and propriety. Rowdy triggers chaos as a man chases the dog from the grounds.
Washington reports from Cargill indicate ample soil moisture and favorable conditions could yield high crops this spring. Winter wheat shows remarkable development while Southwest oats and barley suffered. demand for wheat rises as bread and cereals use grows and CCC sales policy looms. Exports under lend lease to North Africa and UN-reconquer targets noted.
The agriculture department reports 1942 gross income for American farmers rose to a record 18.7 billion dollars, up 4.743 billion from 1941, driven by wartime demand and higher prices. Net income after expenses stood at about 10.2 billion, with marketing returns around 15.384 billion. The department forecasts 1943 income from marketings to rise 15 to 20 percent if price and production gains continue.
Army nurses will replace navy blue with olive drab street uniforms and a brown and white seersucker overseas dress. They will wear a distinct cap and keep the white hospital uniform for domestic service while adopting a starched white look for hospital work in the United States.
The first women instructors in Chanute Field army air forces training teach parachute rigging to aviation cadets. Ann Thilmony of Paxton and Catherine Jeter of Urbana are the pioneering female instructors in this technician training program.
The United States consumes almost half the world s lumber and over half the world s paper plus two fifths of all wood products. This indicates a dominant role in global timber and paper markets and broad domestic demand driving production.
Western Union release discusses strict wartime dental screening, noting a need for grinding teeth alignment. It cites the Journal of the American Dental Association on decay causes, distinguishing immediate factors from underlying predispositions and explaining why some teeth resist decay despite bacteria and acid.
Six pointers from Dr. Merrill Moore on preventing neurosis in children. Emphasizes avoiding overexcited parenting, teaching relaxation and focus, treating children as assets, ensuring security, guiding normal development, and preventing inferiority that can lead to neurosis or alcoholism.
A reader asks about treating painful ear buzzing. the response notes possible eustachian tube blockage and suggests consulting a physician to blow them open. A dietary note adds military food constraints. The piece defines nux vomica as the parent drug of strychnine, used as a stomach tonic and nerve stimulant.
The United States leads global sulfur production, supplying about three quarters of the world’s total. This dominance shapes markets and supply chains as demand continues to rise.
A compact tour through New York social and show business life with glimpses of Sammy Kaye Margie Hart and the Times Square rehearsal crowd. Figures include Herbert Hoover on Madison Avenue playful gossip about Tomorrow the Broadway character and a riff on Mae Barnes at Cerutti's.
A jeep funded by pennies saved in Boy's Clubs across the country will be presented to the army at Fort Myer Virginia. Club members deposited pennies in jars until reaching 1105 dollars for the war effort.
The first Marine Corps Band was authorized by Congress on July 11 1798. It comprised a drum major a fife major and 32 drums and fifes under official sanction.
European researchers report experiments using pumpkin tomato asparagus and blueberry oils to replace scarce oils for varnish during wartime shortages, aiming to sustain coatings production across the continent.
Cleanliness tops wartime hair fashion with simple cuts and frequent shampoo. The article outlines two grooming foundations in hairdressing, offering novices easy methods to style their hair using basic, practical steps.
A one pound pork loin dropped from a delivery truck was seized in Tulsa Oklahoma with inmates promised a pork chop feast if the meat remained unclaimed, indicating a quirky food-handling incident during a period of shortages.
East Bound No. 8 Kansas City Davenport local departs at 5 14 p m. No 26 Southwest Limited departs at 1 20 a m. Nos 3 and 8 run daily except Sunday. W C Bell agent.
Local schedules show Burlington Trailways westbound and eastbound trips between Washington and major hubs with multiple departures daily. Jackson Lines lists Iowa City and Washington routes with specific morning and afternoon departures and returns.
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