Ration Dates Relaxed for Tires and Tubes Purchases
Certificates no longer needed to recap truck tires or buy inner tubes or used farm implement tires. Periodic inspection of passenger car tires has been discontinued.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1944
Page
6
Certificates no longer needed to recap truck tires or buy inner tubes or used farm implement tires. Periodic inspection of passenger car tires has been discontinued.
The notice explains inspection is required before issuing a ration certificate to replace Grade III tractor or farm implements tires. It lists renewal intervals for Commercial Vehicle Inspection at six months or 5 000 miles and details valid gasoline coupons A B C and non highway R R 1 and BK E 1 L T coupons with their validity dates and exchange options at local boards.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M announces its regular meeting on the first Friday each month. G D Morrison Jr serves as W M and A W Yard acts as secretary.
The timetable shows westbound Golden State Limited No 1 at 1:66 am with No 11 Southwest in GALY at 8:50 pm and No 48 Californian daily stop at 2:84 am. Eastbound No 12 Southwest Express daily 3:30 pm with No 44 Californian daily stop at 2:34 am. No 4 Golden State Limited GRY serves Washington passengers at 8 with No 8 sleeping car and No 48 discharges California passengers only Kansas City and beyond.
The notice lists multiple train and bus routes with departure times from Washington, including local and mixed trains, Southwest Limited services, east and westbound connections, and bus routes to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt. Pleasant Ft Madison Winfield Burlington Sigourney Oskaloosa. It notes ticket purchases at the depot and local cafes and provides arrival and departure times throughout the day.
Quiz asks for a famed American son of a notable figure who earned the Purple Heart and Silver Star in the Navy. It also tests on counter battery fire in field artillery, the use of four engine bombers in World War I, and a male movie star who attended officer candidate school and later acted in films about a bomber over Germany.
Local column records ration program changes including sugar and blue stamps, plus community notes from Wayland. Mrs Elmer Meyer and children visit in D Meyer home as families gather for birthdays, reunions, church posts, and births. Members welcome new baby Larry Eugene Wittmer and celebrate park reunion for Mrs Edna Wood Reed of Gordon Neb.
Question one cites Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. as a figure. The second item mentions opposing artillery batteries attempting to strike each other. The third statement asserts truth that Russia used them. Clark Gable is named as a person. The trailing text witreae titi katt oir remains unreadable.
Doris and Ruth Eigsti share a page of greetings. Mrs. Magde frau and Mrs. Martin celebrate birthdays with family. Darlene received many gifts as H. H. Hulme and daughter visit the Lester Ross home for birthday celebrations. Lorena Dean Beachy born Aug 25 weighing pounds and 14 ounces. Former Wayland teachers Charles Parker and Virginia Bucher visit Olive Boller. Parker heads to Ft. Sill with Lt. Parker, Bucher to Washington for WAVES duties.
Alice Marie Finke attended the E and R churches Women’s Guild state meeting in Cedar Rapids as a delegate with Rev. Phillips and Mrs. Wilma Westen. Afterward she stayed with her grandparents in Washington and joined a shopping trip to Davenport with her aunt. The article notes many local social visits, family ties, and birthdays among the Finke and related families.
Corn was summoned to meet Mrs Shaile on Wednesday afternoon in what appears to be a private domestic contact note.
In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road marking a major step in westward expansion and colonization as settlers pressed beyond the Appalachian barrier.
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