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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1944
Page
5
Boys of St Mary's Will Give Program
Riverside April 15 The students of St Marys school plan their annual program in St Marys hall on Tuesday evening April 18 under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity. The program list includes choruses and numbers by each grade level with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Simpleton among selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
St. Mary's School
St. Mary’s Hall
Sisters of Charity
Old Virginia
Calves Need Early Growth for Best Gains
Healthy calf development starts with a strong start and steady, rapid growth. Proper nutrition and consistent care support efficient gains from birth through maturation, ensuring long term productivity.
Market reports from Chicago hogs cattle and sheep trade
Chicago markets show hogs 15 000 cattle 19 000 sheep 5 000 with fairly active opening. Hogs top at 138 90 with bulk 12 75 to 13 88 for 170 to 270 and 300 to 350 pounds. Sows 10 cents lower. calves and cattle steady to higher with strictly fed steer run strong. Lamb bids ease with mixed lots 15 00 to 16 50 and Colorado lambs around 16 00 per 98 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Chicago Produce Report Highlights Mixed Market Action
Chicago April 17 Eggs receipts reach 42 528 cases with unsettled Snacket firsts 3315 and 314 percent. Current receipts 30 dirties 28 percent. Poultry markets show 1 car and 6 tracks with firm prices. items include geese hens and turkeys with varied counts and percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain table data from Chicago market reports
The April 17 Chicago grain table shows open high low close figures for wheat oats rye and corn futures across multiple months and delivery years. Values include Sep wheat around 15634 to 166%, Dec 16614 range, May 173%, July 16914, oats Sept 74% and May 82% with rye around 125 to 128% for May and July contracts.
Merrimac Notes From April Social and Visits
Mrs Nina Starr entertained the Lutheran Ladies Aid in the church parlor. A list of visitors and callers includes Mr. and Mrs Earl Smith Minnie Crile Mr and Mrs Frank Smith Ruth, and more. Families visited and gathered at Otis Waggoner Leland Van Winkle Brannon and Grabers homes while John Baldosieri began a new brooder house.
Club Sews Carpet Rags for Hospital
The Social Hour club met in Crawfordsville with Gladys Maxwell to sew carpet rags for the Veterans hospital. Mrs. Florence White helped serve refreshments as visiting guests from River Falls Wisconsin and Muscatine joined the group. Relatives report the death of Lyon C. Moore of Reynolds Illinois at Mercy Hospital Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Gladys Maxwell
Veteran's Hospital
Florence White
Bess Frye
River Falls
Wis
Lawrence Frye
Margaret Ann
Muscatine
Harold Miller
Will Miller
Harold
Frye
Muscatine School
Lyon C. Moore
Reynolds
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Flora White
R. S. White
T. H. Barnes
Mr. Moore
Verne Fanky
Madison, Wis
Floyd Moore
Chicago
Uses of Coconut Parts in Industry and Food
The ground shells are a valuable ingredient in commercial plastics. The trunk sap serves as a base for liquid cements gums and other adhesives. The fruit itself is a nutritious and satisfying food product.
Cpl Leon Karel Returns to Camp Mackall North Carolina
Corporal Leon Karel returns to duties at Camp Mackall North Carolina after furlough with his parents in Riverside and relatives in Des Moines and Iowa City. He serves in the 13th Airborne Artillery band at Camp Mackall with many locals visiting and hosting relatives and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Leon Karel
North Carolina
Snowball News items from Alameda military families
Evan Fishburn AMM 2-C of Alameda spends 22 day furlough at his parents home in Alameda California. Corporal Louise Fishburn expected home from Washington DC to visit her parents. New address listed for 2nd Lt Florence M Kyle at APO 9826 care PM New York City. Several local residents noted visiting, guests at various homes and lists of weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Fishburn
AMM
Alameda Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
Stanley Fishburn
Corporal Louise Fishburn
Marines
Washington, D. C
Wayne Knupp
Florence M. Kyle
Care P. M
New York City
New York
Carl Jarrard
Glenn Knupp
CC. F. Johnson, Jr
Marie Stewart
Chicago
Hal Huber
Ralph Herr
Lewis Edmund
Don Cave
Dale Fuhr
George Birney
Junior
Glen Fuhr
Honor Student Of Columbus High School Class Of 1944
Marjorie Q Woodruff of Columbus Junction tops Columbus high school in the 1944 class with a 94 percent average. She edits the school paper and leads student activities. Beverly Allen and others post averages above 90. Also noted are military and local community updates including graduations and service transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
ION
Marjorie Q Woodruff
Glenn Woodruff
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Beverly Allen
James Allen
C&t
Dorothy Edmrondson
Joan Utter
LeRoy Orris
Warren Curtis
Joan Huston
Massachusetts Leads Nation in Fruit Trees per Acre
The report ranks Massachusetts first with 595 apple trees per 1000 acres, followed by Rhode Island with 488 and New Jersey with 389. The figures compare average tree counts across states, highlighting Massachusetts as the top fruit growing state by density.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Union
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Funeral Services For James Birka Held at Riverside
Funeral services were held at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon in the Birka home in Riverside for James Birka. He was found dead in a chair Easter Sunday morning when his wife returned from services at St Marys church. Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier led the services and grave rite. Burial was in Mount Olivet cemetery. Pvt Milo Stransky was on furlough here. his wife resides with her parents southeast of Riverside. Formerly at Camp Fannin Texas, he is now stationed in San Francisco. Local residents and relatives visited in Riverside and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Brophy
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Leo Brophy
Miss Brophy
Mercy Hospital Nurses’ Training School
Tabernacle Society of
St. Mary's Church
Clement Moeter
University Press Service
Moftter
Lester Fellner
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
August Erbe
al Erbe
Nancy
Town
John W. Soukup
Riverside
Leon Karel
Camp Mackall
North Carolina
Co. J. Karel
Des Moines
Iowa City
Karel
13Th Airborne Artillery Band
Leroy Hardy
Earl Hart
Judy
A. C. Schulte
St. Mary’s Church
George Rotenburger
Teresa Rotenburger
Eau Claire
Wis
Mary Whitmire
Louis and
Norbert
Richmond
Eugene Duffy
Lloyd Thompson
Armored Replacement Training Center
Fort Knox
Marion Thompson
Hubert Walsh
Donald
Rita
Davenport
Mr. Walsh
Odelia Walsh
Albie Beranek
Clinton
Irma
Irene Beranek
Allen Snyder
Maquoketa
Snyder
Josie Snyder
Adrian Dautremont
Dick Seely
Cedar Rapids
C. V. Dautremont
Adrian
United States Navy
Francis Rice
C. B. Rice
United States Service
Camp Hood
Texas
Anna Jardon
Willis Cupp
Shirley
Kathleen
Mary
Frances
Moline
Milo Shalla
Shalla
Mt. Pleasant
Milo Stransky
Virginia Kay Frances O'Conner
Marycrest College
William O'Conner
Birka
James Birka
Bernard Jacobsmeier
J. M. Soukup
Robert Kiefer
Joseph Schradel
Richard Schnoebelen
Joseph Kneb
C. J. Karel
Coporal
Leon Karefl
Glenn Baumgartner
Richard McAllister
Fred Kron
William H. Scott
Solon
Charles Reuter
Joseph Linsley
Lone Tree
Plastic seat innovation in plumbing industry
Researchers introduced black and white plastic seats molded on a cross grained laminated hardwood core. The seats are described as moisture proof and acid resistant and can be easily cleaned with soap and water.
Rose Oil Industry Centers in Sofia Bulgaria
The profitable rose oil trade in Bulgaria is financially centered in Sofia where attar of roses serves as a valuable perfume base stored in city banks like gold. The capital also hosts numerous small industries including breweries sugar refineries cotton and silk mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Sofia
Attar of Roses
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