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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1941
Page
2
J Devin and Associates publish a roster of sales representatives with addresses in Detroit Pittsburgh Syracuse and Atlanta. The listing includes New York and Chicago area contacts as well as multiple business addresses to solicit publishing bids and inquiries.
An editorial notes Hitler and Stalin clash on Europe’s battlefield while America weighs moral support for Russia. It argues both leaders are gangsters, warns that a Hitler victory could threaten England and the West, and reflects on shifting alliances and the fragility of supply lines in modern mechanized war.
July 1940 proves deadly with 2,500 traffic deaths and nearly 300,000 injuries across the nation. Heat waves, drownings, and fireworks incidents push July to the top for fatalities, especially among beachgoers and home fall accidents. The Freeman-Journal urges readers to take precautions to prevent further losses next month.
A Cherokee Times editorial and Washington dispatches indicate the administration is mulling a nationwide farm labor wage scale. The contemplated plan would grant legislative authority to set a uniform age based pay structure for agricultural workers across the country.
A recapitulation of current war reporting notes that newspapers rely on official agency dispatches for updates. Commentary stresses the repetition of existing material and the constant influx of official summaries shaping public understanding.
A Grinnell Herald-Register Eye-Ob serving column tale shows a wife witnessing her husband gazing at their sleeping baby with a mix of rapture doubt admiration despair love ecstasy incredulity. He finally blurts out that he cannot see how baby can be made for 4 98 7 pounds.
Fragmentary OCR reports a heavy Nazi air raid over Britain with a German response described. No clear date or place. mentions a reporter on duty amid wartime reporting.
Livestock market reports show good and choice 160 to 200 lb cattle and 200 to 240 lb cattle, with prices around 10.85 per hundredweight. Packing sows weighed 360 to 500 pounds are described as good, reflecting solid demand in midweek trading.
Wheat prices fell on the Chicago board of trade with July at 1.02 1 2 to 5 8 as wheat eased 1 3 8 to 1 1 2 cents. Corn, oats, rye, and soybeans followed with varied losses while milling interests provided support. Kansas City and Minneapolis tracked Chicago. Weather remained clear with a warmer forecast.
Regional market note shows prices for eggs and fowl with 1 and 2 grade eggs quoted, colored fowl in various sizes, roosters and hens, and live poultry terms. Meat and fat products move steady with pork, lard, and crude oil related items listed, indicating firm to strong market signals in the middle west.
The report lists prices for dressed poultry and live birds, with steady to higher cheese and butter values and varied egg receipts. It notes maximum OO.P.A levels for certain cattle brands and discusses a meeting where employers advocate wider income distribution through worker profits participation.
United Press notes stocks irregularly lower in quiet trade with curb stocks mixed and bonds irregular. Chicago stocks uneven, Loven stocks closed irregular. Cotton futures fall up to 80 cents per bale while grain futures in Chicago slide from 13 to 15-8 cents for wheat and 24 to 7-8 for can. Other commodities show irregular moves and silver holds at 34 3-4 cents per ounce in New York.
The four day national eucharistic congress began with a liturgical reception for the papal legate. More than 130 bishops and 1,000 priests attended as sectional meetings on labor relations were planned. Gerald R. Bergan of Des Moines spoke at the employers meeting with John Craig and Jay Hormel listed among invitees. Daniel Tobin of the Teamsters union was set to speak at the employee conference.
Miss Kay Ma mota, 21, signs her application at the British consulate in New York City in response to a British call for American volunteers in the civilian technical corps. Air Commodore George C. Pirie, British air attache, stated England can use 25 000 Americans with radio, mechanical, electrical and metal working experience to service the new airplane radio locator.
The congress anticipated about 475,000 Catholic attendees gathering in the city for the event. Officials from the church and civic leaders organized the large assembly, aiming to showcase unity and faith across parishes.
Soviet forces press an offensive along the main rail routes of eastern Poland and western Russia. German rail use blocked by wider Russian gauge. Romanians with German aid tasked to seize Odessa. Finns may join to drive on Leningrad, though delayed.
Wisconsin cheese manufacturing co-operatives total about 150 million pounds annually. Of 951 cheese makers in the state, 480 are based in Wisconsin.
The federal government collected 493 million dollars in cigarette taxes during 1937 and 1938. Orders for all engraving kinds were received at the Delweir Hatly Register Office.
Three people died in a late night crash six miles east of Bassett Nebraska. Victims include Mrs William Luckey age 48 and her 18 month old granddaughter from Chicago and John Potts of Tilden Nebraska. Mrs Kenneth Harvey was rushed to Bassett hospital in critical condition. Others injured were Mrs Allie Blakefield Glen Vanderwater and Don Potts Zane Wood. Officials attributed the crash to a blown tire causing a swerving car collision.
The federal government collected 207,018,745.3 percent in gasoline taxes for the year ending June 1939, indicating an immense reporting anomaly in the period.
The largest military reservation in the United States is the bombing range at Honey Lake California covering a vast area reported as 263,324,3900 acres.
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