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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1944
Page
6
Weekdays 1 to 4 p m and Saturdays 10 to 12 m. Tires certificates no longer needed recapping truck tires. Periodic inspection of passenger car tires was discontinued.
April 20 updates require car inspection records and an OPA authorized tire inspection for certain tire replacements. Commercial vehicles need inspection every six months or 5 000 miles. Gasoline coupons No 11 No 3 gallons valid through June 21 and other coupons issued after 1943 1944. Sugar and canning sugar limits and deadlines, spare stamps needed with first period and second period applications. Processed foods and shoe stamps with Book 4 validity noted.
A fragment notes Asineton Lodge No 26 A M meeting on the first Friday of each month. W Yard serves as secretary. E oO Mores and tr. are listed in the partial notice.
A fragmented timetable lists No. 3 Golden State Limited and No. 11 Southwest Express with arrival and stop details. It notes No. 3 stops Washington for sleeping car passengers and Kansas City and beyond, No. 4 discharges California passengers only, and No. 12 Southwest Express and No. 44 Californian make daily regular stops with morning and afternoon times.
Depart No 480 daily except eee at 7 00 a m No 429 daily except Santesse ua 1 00 a m Leaver No 22 Mixed Train 11 30 a m Arrive No 28 Mixed Train 10 45 a m All trains daily except Sunday words are station notices by C F Anderson agent and Goodlander agent
Fragmentary rail timetable shows West Bound No 8 Davenport to Kansas City focal departures around 9 58 a m and 6 14 p m and No 25 Southwest Limited daily except Sunday with references to East Mound No 8 and Pears 1 2 6 Wi 038 3 and ampersand symbols.
Local bus schedule lists westbound departures from Washington for buses 3 6 and 7 with times 6 08 am 10 56 am and 7 46 pm. Eastbound routes to Chicago include buses 2 10 and note ticket sales at Winga's North Side Cafe for full coast to coast trip.
Breaks show schedule details among Washington Iowa City Cedar Rapids Ft Madison Winfield Baclington Oska etc. Times listed depart and arrive for Cedar Rapids Washington Fort Madison and other small towns with depot notes and scattered misprints.
In this weekly Vic tory Garden column the Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service urges gardeners to combat invading insects and prune and stake crops. It covers cabbage loopers potato beetles and leaf hoppers and provides steps for dusting with rotenone sulfur and arsenate products plus timing for successive plantings thinning staking and harvesting rhubarb asparagus and tomatoes.
Iowa wartime community tension may grow from paroled convicts as RK Nebergall urges expanded education and vocational training at Anamosa reformatory. Parole board says few parolees are drafted. prison policy changes will be slow with Gov Hickenlooper weighing board experience.
Lorainne Martin, a Wellman resident and former Wellman High School student, has been accepted for overseas duty with the American Red Cross. The Wellman area now has three Red Cross workers including Jean Coffey in Italy and Hilma Dodds in Los Angeles. The Wellman Golf Club held a warm picnic at the course Friday evening. Mrs. James Aggson mourns the death of her mother Mrs. George Dennison, 81, who died May 13 near North English, leaving seven sons and three daughters.
The Garden club met at the Ross Severt home for coffee. A plant and bulb exchange was held. The Mothers' club will meet May 23 at Mrs. Ed Schlaubaugh's country home with Mrs. Glenwood Gingerich as leader. Other notes include health updates for Howard Durian and Kathryn Moffitt, visits by Mrs. A. C. Kuipers, and Dorcas Baptist Missionary society hosting duties.
The liquid in canned asparagus green beans lima beans and peas contains 27 to 45 percent of the total thiamine vitamin in the can.
Bruce Kellogg of childhood attic reads sparked dream to embody James Fenimore Cooper hero. He is chosen as frontiersman Deerslayer in a Republic release set to play two days at the Fox Theatre starting Friday with Jean Parker and a cast including Yvonne DeCarlo and Wanda McKay. A separate agricultural note urges early chick starts for speedier growth, pest-less flocks, and timely pullet production with proper brooding prep and health checks.
Garden specialists urge testing soil moisture by squeezing a handful. If the soil holds together it is too wet to dig. if it crumbles, the ground is ready for work.
A valuable weapon in the hands of every woman doing war duty on the home front is the kitchen stove. If the family is to be nourished for the duration, keep the stove ship shape. Clean and in good working condition prevents repairs and saves vital defense materials.
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