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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
6
The note lists Blue stamps R S T valid through September 20. Blue stamps U V W valid September 1 through October 20. Red stamps T U V W (War Ration Book Two) valid through August 31. Red stamps valid August 22 through October 2. Red stamp Y valid August 29 through October.
Tickets may be purchased at Bus Depot Winga s North Side Cafe and North Side Square for trips coast to coast. BEE LINE TRANSIT BUSES run Washington to Iowa City with morning and afternoon departures and returns. Westbound routes include Washington to Knoxville and back with multiple daily times. Depot at Congress Hotel lists stops and times such as Leaves Washington 5 15 am 1 15 pm 9 15 pm.
The notice outlines good through dates for red stamp Z brown stamps A B C D E and sugar stamps 14 15 16 and sugar and shoe stamps in Book One. Fuel oil coupons numbers 1 and 5 with respective through dates and gasoline coupon 7 details. It also directs exchange of old B and C books for new mileage ration coupons and lists inspection deadlines for A B and C books.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Russel Goodin serves as W M A Ow Yard is the secretary.
Pvt. A. C. McDavid led a coin chosen raft ride down the Caqueta River in the Amazon basin to summon help after their amphibian plane forced down. He and Lieutenants Briggs and Mann and Sergt Ondrej faced crocodiles, jagged currents, and fish attacks before a Colombian garrison rescued them.
The alien property custodian in Washington announces the United States has seized German held patents and other Axis assets, aiming to keep them from Axis use and to place them under American control. Patents are licensed for the patent term with no exclusive rights, and various German controlled firms and assets are seized across the country. The action also covers Nazi and Japanese assets including ships, stores, and industrial holdings to prevent reconstitution of monopolies.
Frank Kominski a 13 year old New York boy found 13901 dollars in cash outside a junk shop. He handed it to police after school. Police said the money will be his if unclaimed within six months.
Four gunmen kidnaped Tiger food store cashier Anthony Ianni outside his home in Trenton New Jersey. They forced him to drive to the store, compelled him to open the safe, and escaped with about $14,000, police disclosed. The cashier was seized as he parked his car and men alerted others to join at the store.
The metal nickels value rose as it proved essential in alloys, though it began as simple slag in mines, complicating early mining operations and extraction efforts.
London reports King George VI backs a save-gasoline initiative and resumes horse and buggy mail delivery. A liveried coachman in a black cocked hat now drives a horse-drawn brougham carrying the king's messengers and documents.
In Berners Street at a bombed-out site near the Berners Street fire station 32 healthy pigs now sustain the area. Firemen built pigsties from wrecked bricks and timber and forage by visiting local canteens for scraps. In ten months they have raised 50 to 69 parkers.
Madagascar is identified as the world’s fourth largest island noted for cattle, grains, and graphite. The brief highlights its prominence and key natural resources.
World War I veterans again serve amid current battles from the Pacific to Europe. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, as army air force hero, was lost at sea for three weeks before rescue. Other veterans like Patterson Donovan Gambrel York and Woodfill hold strategic or advisory roles, directing strategy and infantry training while many civilians aid the home front.
Philadelphia based Quaker City Federal Savings and Loan chief Newell J. Nessen says the postwar period will yield more debt free homes than ever before. He notes Americans save through war bonds and savings accounts and are paying off mortgages faster, with many mortgages being paid in full or reduced.
The average Utah farmer owns a farm valued at 6074 dollars and a per acre value of 21.14 dollars. The typical farmer is 47 years old.
Mussolini era poster mentions U-boat crews and the Atlantic and states life expectancy shrinks. It notes Navy Patrol Bombers cost about 750000 dollars each and urges purchase of war bonds to fund military efforts.
In Havenhurst the killer tightens its noose as a child’s death shocks Greg and the community. Hilly faces pressure at work on Pam's storyline while private fears grow about who is behind the brutal acts and what ties bind the victims.
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