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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1944
Page
6
Rationing board issues dates and details on tire certificates. Certificates no longer needed for recap tires, required for purchasing inner tubes or used farm implement tires. Periodic inspection of passenger tires noted.
The notice outlines that tires for cars and farm implements require inspection before a ration certificate is issued. It defines inspection cadence for commercial vehicles every six months or six thousand miles. It lists current valid ration coupons including A, 4a Be 5 Geo, ER, E-1, R, r-1, and T coupons with specified gallon values and applicability at filling stations.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A ve announces a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Attendees include UW. Morrison Jr., W. M., and A. W Yard, secretary, with meeting duties and attendance expected.
Train notice for No 22 Mixed departing at 11 30 am daily except Sunday. C F Anderson agent indicated.
Davenport bound West Bound No 3 local train departs at 9 58 a m. Southwest Limited No 25 BORAGE cons ce at 1 43 a m.
Burlington FP Railways lists westbound and eastbound departures from Washington. Westbound Bus No 3 at 6 08 a m, Bus No 6 at 10 41 a m, Bus No 7 to RS Gi Eastbound to Omaha Chicago Bus No 2 at 2 50 a m and 10 35 a m, Bus No 10 at 8 56 p m. Tickets available at Bus Depot Winga's North Side Cafe and North Side Square for coast to coast trips.
The notice lists valid through dates and coupon numbers for fuel oil, sugar, processed foods, Blue Stamps, Meats fats and cheese Red Stamps, and airplane stamps. It specifies periods, book numbers, and new validity rules including transition to blue stamps for processed foods and indefinite validity for several stamps.
Pleasant Hill residents led by Rev and Mrs Roach surprised the Richland congregation with a church service in the Richland Christian church. A noon basket dinner followed at the Legion hall. The Lambert family traveled from Shenandoah for Walter Coppock's funeral. News notes on local visits and family gatherings conclude the column.
Neighborhood notes recount visits to the Miller home for a new baby, dinner and wiener roast gatherings, and multiple relatives and friends stopping by from Roseville and nearby towns. Several families including Caldwell, Benn, Alluman, Swift, and Hadley share meals, ice cream, cake, and travel to Burlington with a farewell ride.
Rev and Mrs Michell of Columbus Junction and others attended a church session at Mrs Godlove's home. Mary Lou Coon joined her teacher and stayed with grandmother M T Coon after a visit. Farmers labor in bean harvesting clover seed and corn. Alex McCreedy of Ainsworth visited on Sunday.
Bus schedule lists Washington departures at 6:35 a.m. 10:35 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. for trips to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt. Pleasant Ft. Madison and Winfield Burlington with arrivals and return times. Service covers Sigourney Oskaloosa Knoxy Westbound and eastbound routes with depot at 107 W. 2nd and tickets sold at the local depot.
Noon callers visited J R McCreedy home as Vivian Booth shopped in Washington with her sisters Hethil Booth Mrs J L Sands and Mrs Elmer Thoeming and friends Mrs Jim Bean Mrs Albert Taylor and Mrs Godlove. Terry Mathers and Donald Bean Breatly enjoyed the Iowa City homecoming game. Sgt Eldon Conry arrived from Reno Nev for a ten day furlough with his parents. Pfe Robt Conry of Fort Leonard Wood visited his family briefly before returning to camp. Vivian Booth traveled to Washington and spent the night with cousins. Eva Mouser and Joe Booth called on Charlie Davis and Jennie Keating. Mr and Mrs C B Sutton went to Polo Mo where he relieved at the depot. Their daughter and husband arrived from near where the folks were not knowing they were gone. Sashe called long distance Sunday. Mrs White and Mrs Harrington visited Una Gordon with family. Mr and Mrs M D McCreedy called on J R McCreedy and Una Gordon before returning to Iowa City.
Miss Rose O' Boyle aged 50, long time Mondamin school teacher and dance sponsor, collapsed during a library fundraiser dance as the orchestra played Home Sweet Home. Physicians attributed the cause to a coronary thrombosis. she was born in Salix and had served 18 years in the district.
Perry Glidden, a farmer near Rippey Iowa, lost 305 dollars while delivering beans. He recovered 304 dollars the next day when Harold Walton of Perry found the money along the road. The missing dollar remained missing.
In one week of April 1941 about 5,400 brush and forest fires burned over 280,000 acres and caused $3,000,000 in damage nationwide.
With Near East Turkeys' tobacco scarce due to war, US plant breeders aim to cross Burley with Turkish leaf to create a blend that reduces reliance on Orient imports. This effort targets preserving cigarette supply amid global shortages.
The article recounts Vercingetorix's defeat by Caesar near Dijon in 52 B.C. and his chains during Caesar's triumph before execution. It also notes Napoleon's exile to St Helena after Waterloo, arriving Oct 15 1815, living there until 1821 in a remote prison with reading and gardening.
The refrigerator should be kept scrupulously clean with only clean food ice and containers. Any spilled food must be wiped up immediately and the ice chamber drainpipe and trap washed occasionally with hot water and washing soda. Sterilizing by scalding is futile and daily neatness offers greater safety.
The four most promising petroleum regions are the Near and Middle East in the Old World, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea in the Western Hemisphere, the Dutch and British East Indies in the Far East, and the lands bordering the Arctic Ocean in North America Europe and Asia.
Amid European war’s final phase and fallout from Kaiser Wilhelm’s exile episode, speculation centers on Adolf Hitler as the leading Nazi war criminal to be dealt with after hostilities end. Cordell Hull warned a number of Nazis may be executed, with Hitler a prime target.
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