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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1943
Page
7
House leaders decided to bring up the compromise 75 percent forgiveness pay as you go income tax plan for action next Tuesday. The text also notes a misattributed Shakespearean reference to Hamlet with a variant name Hambleth.
The 27 billion dollar ship construction program equals the U.S. public debt in 1934, while munitions and war construction output in August totaled 4.7 billion dollars, four times the public debt in 1912.
Factory trained man offers floor refinishing services at low cost. Eclipse Lumber Company promotes do it yourself Permanent Wave kits and Charm-Kurl equipment. McDaniel Drug Store provides related product details and refunds.
Turner of Pleasant Plain hauled bogs to Chicago for George Crawford on Wednesday afternoon. Omer Crawford and little Wilbur joined the trip. The boy, seven, had an eventful day on the road.
The Marine Corps operates two primary recruit depots for boot camp at Parris Island South Carolina and San Diego California to train new Marines.
Chicago markets report hogs 15,000 head with steady to weak bids and top 14.45. cattle 10,000 with fed steers and yearlings up to 16.75, calves 600, wealers 15.50 to 16.50. sheep 3,500 fat lambs active and steady with good to choice spring lambs around 16.00 and ewe demand 8.00 to 8.25.
Eggs market firm with 21,206 cases received. Extra firsts 38 percent, firsts 37 percent, current receipts 36 percent, dirties 30 percent, checks 33 percent. Poultry receipts 11 trucks, market unchanged.
UPI cash grain report lists corn with 3 yellow lots at 10636, oats 1 white at 67 percent and 1 red special heavy 67, and soybeans 2 yellow at 16947 in Chicago cash trading.
The grain page lists Wheat, Corn, and Oats futures with open high low and close figures for December, July and September contracts. Prices appear with irregular OCR errors but show minor shifts in values across months and contracts.
Ottumwa rent control actions may come within days as federal authorities study the housing file for a ceiling decision. OPA officials in Washington report a prompt action aim to set local rent ceilings in Ottumwa under review.
Memorial day exercises will be held Sunday afternoon May 30 at the high school auditorium starting 2 o'clock. Invocation by Rev. Lester Lill. songs and readings. address by Rev. H. N. Postch. procession to the cemetery with Taps by Virgil Hering. Bring flowers to spare.
Lolita Ersland of Washington was among eight students honored at the 66th annual commencement exercises at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Iowa. Ersland received the $25 award for outstanding scholarship in Kindergarten primary education chosen by a faculty committee.
Mason City tale r Louis Koran a local tailor pleaded guilty to larceny after stealing a quarter pound of butter and two cans of soup. A patrol officer found 2750 in cash on Koran at the station. He was fined 100 and given 61 days jail suspended on good behavior.
James Colelaser, 48, of Davenport, is jailed in Scott County on a $500 bond for carrying a concealed weapon. After an arraignment in police court he was bound to the grand jury. Police Chief Reed Phillips said he threatened a Shock Stand couple and had a .38 caliber pistol when arrested.
Students at a Schenectady high school spent four years constructing a home made six inch reflector telescope, completing the project after long effort and study.
The first patent for a typewriter dates to 1866 marking a milestone in mechanical writing. Inventor details and location are not specified in the available text.
Allen and Jane Cobl of Water Town Mass discharged to Dr Irwin home. Brighton Mrs Delmar Keller and daughter Marsha Kaye of Ainsworth discharged. Warren Donald and wife of 744 East Second welcomed a son born at 505 pm weighing six pounds two ounces. Evonne and Irene Flynn of Washington underwent tonsillectomies.
Wartime notes indicate four engined Lancasters Sterlings and Halifaxs carried vast bomb capacities. Clouds hid the raid’s full effects, leaving observers unable to confirm the extent of the damage.
Public appeal warns owners to vaccinate work horses against sleeping sickness to prevent losses during the 1943 war effort. Authorities stress horses are valuable property and hard to replace for farming and military support.
The notice warns of a dangerous horse disease and urges immediate vaccination before insect season. It cites past farm horse losses during a previous outbreak and emphasizes vaccines provide lasting immunity only if given in advance to protect work horses during the danger season.
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