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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1944
Page
5
Women soldiers serve as code instructors at AAF radio schools with the Women’s Army Corps designated Air WACs when assigned to the Army Air Forces. The article notes female instructors aiding bomber crew communications and training efforts during wartime.
Markets cattle gather 18 000 head with calves 800 as steers and yearlings show 25 cent declines while most weights hold steady. Vedl ers steady at 16.00. top 16 65. Sheep of 9 000 head see no early sales with higher asking prices delaying trade and wooled lambs around 16.50 or more. Estimates project hogs 16 000 cattle 9 000 sheep 5 000 for the day.
Chicago April 24 receipts show eggs at 37,487 cases with unsettled market, firsts around 36 percent, dirties 2814 and current receipts 29.3. Poultry shows 2 cars and 6 trucks with firm market. small hens 25.8, heavy hens 25.8, colored springs 29.3, colored broilers 29.3, frierca 29.3.
Grain table from Chicago on April 24 lists open high low and close values for wheat oats and rye with May and December futures, noting percentages around the 160s for wheat and 120s for rye. Prices fluctuate with slight gains in some contracts and marginal declines in others.
The text explains two milling methods for soya flour and how they influence liquid absorption. Expeller milling yields a sticky flour as fat is expelled, while solvent extraction produces a drier, dustier flour that absorbs more liquid. Users should test and adjust liquid amounts in recipes accordingly.
Washington announces Iowa housewives could save paper daily by saving one paper grocery bag, enough to make 36 558 containers for 75 mm shells. Howard Coonley of the War Production Board notes the effort frees materials for ammunition and food boxes while addressing a looming bag shortage in grocers.
Graduation for West Chester seniors will take place Thursday evening May 4 in the high school auditorium. Commencement speaker will be Professor C Woody Thompson, director of student affairs at the State University of Iowa.
A terse reflection notes that nothing truly advances unless past items are revived from oblivion. The line hints at memory, loss, and the cycle of ideas resurfacing after being forgotten.
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