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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1948
Page
7
A signalman Petersen foils an attempted hijack by Sivertsen during a night express delay. He frees himself after being tied, signals a rear danger, and redirects the train to safety as the express passes by minutes late at 11 37.
Community Sale held every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Weekly livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Wednesdays. Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa Thursdays. Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa Tuesday afternoon. Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Iowa Monday. April 12 Poland China Hog Sale at Swartzendruber sale barn North edge of Wellman starts 7 30 p m sharp. Pen ningroth Bros.
In Boone County Arkansas dairymen reviewed records and found large dividends due to spraying cows with DDT insecticides. County Agent Roy C. Keeling notes the summer fly season ending tied to the dividends and spraying program.
Ames Iowa April 6 UP corn borer infestation has spread to every Iowa county and threatens a tremendous 1948 loss unless farmers follow a four point defense campaign urged by Dr H M Harris head of Iowa State College entomology He cites a survey by the state agriculture department Iowa State College and the US Bureau of Entomology noting a notable increase and calls for early planting strong stalks DDT treatment and deep plowing before May 15 to curb damage.
Market activity in Chicago shows hogs 5 500 head with gains to 1.25, cattle 5 000 head, calves 500, slaughter steers and heifers up to 56e higher, cows up to 25e, bulls steady to lower. Hogs tops 22.75 per load, cattle tops 31.50, sheep brisk with lambs 50e to 1.00 higher and woolled lambs selling 28.50 to 24.00 per hundredweight.
Chicago April 6. Poultry market data shows 14 trucks active with 29,365 cases listed as unsettled. Hens 36 and leghorn hens 25 with browns and whites mixed. extras 70-80 percent A 45-4614, extras 60-70 percent A 44-45%, standards 42-4314, current receipts 41, checks 38%.
Chicago on April six shows open high low and close figures for May July Sept contracts across wheat corn and oats with shifts in values. Notable ranges indicate wheat May at 24514 close 245 July 235 to 233 and corn May around 220 221 218 with Sept around 194 192 while oats May 113 112 and July up to 93.
Senator Robert A Taft urged creating an improved United Nations with a code of international law and possibly excluding the USSR. He criticized appeasement of Russia and called for a UN police force as a step toward stronger legal enforcement, speaking to the Lincoln Service Club in Lincoln Nebraska during a campaign tour.
Des Moines, Boone, Dubuque, and Cedar Rapids earned top spots in the all Iowa traffic safety contest for cities by population. Boone leads the 10 000 to 25 000 bracket with Ames second, Dubuque ahead of Burlington in 26 000 to 50 000, Cedar Rapids tops Des Moines for cities over 60 000, and Des Moines finished second. The award was presented April 6 and the event was run by the Iowa and National Safety councils with the state public safety department.
World sugar production in 1946 47 totaled 10 600 000 tons and stayed below prewar levels. Java the Philippines and Formosa have not yet made much recovery toward sugar production.
Finland and the Soviet Union reached agreement on a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance. The pact reportedly does not grant Russian bases in Finland. Finland may control when the pact takes effect, possibly immediately or in wartime. Final wording to be set within 12 hours. signing could occur tomorrow.
Four University of Iowa law seniors will argue cases before a full Iowa Supreme Court on April 15 marking the 18th annual Supreme Court Day. Winners from district judge rounds include Ren C. Birdsall Clarion Bryce M. Fisher Cedar Rapids James H. Shelton Ames and Ross H. Sidney Davenport.
Hershel Symmonds, 29, drowned when he fell into the lake while cranking his boat motor near Dupont powder workers, five miles north of Keokuk Iowa. His body was recovered shortly after the accident.
The eyes of many mammals shine at night due to a reflective membrane called the tapetum lucidum. This layer reflects light back through the retina, enhancing low light vision for nocturnal and crepuscular species.
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