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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1947
Page
5
Chicago April market report lists hogs 7,000 head opening slow with prices easing. cattle at 19,000 with calves 1,500 down. vealers and stock cattle varied. sheep 5,000 with slaughter lambs active and grain of higher quotes and specific loads of wooled lambs and pelts noted amid scarce other classes.
Chicago market notes show poultry demand weak with quantities listed for hens leghorn birds broilers and tom turkeys and various breeds and colors. Egg data includes 36 539 cases with weak demand and assorted extras standards and current receipts figures.
Chicago cash grain report shows wheat nominally weaker with no sales. Corn down 1/2 to 1 1/2 cents, with No 3 mixed at 163 1/4, yellow 160-167 1/4, and other listed yellow and white grades across 150s to 170s. Oats irregular with multiple mixed figures for No 1 mixed heavy to white, and percentages noted for white and white heavy grades.
Army officials report two officers and 11 enlisted men have flown from Wiesbaden to reinforce five Americans under attack by about 800 rioting natives at a former U S airfield in Liberia. Rioters cut water and power, burned and looted several warehouses after layoffs last March when the airfield closed.
Paramount presents a Technicolor adventure romance titled California opening at the State Theatre. Ray Milland Barbara Stanwyck Barry Fitzgerald lead a large cast in a love story set against California’s birth era. George Coulouris Albert Dekker Anthony Quinn and Frank Faylen provide strong supporting roles. John Farrow directs with brisk pace and vivid dramatic action.
Army engineers created the Cumberland Road from Cumberland Maryland to St Louis Missouri. Alongside the National Pike from Washington D C to Ohio it emerged as the key factor in opening the American Midwest.
The piece notes wartime farm housing losses with abatement in services. three quarters of a million dwellings abandoned, electricity and running water in only about half and a quarter of homes, bath and toilet in one sixth, and central heating rarer. Celery Knob is introduced as a new winter vegetable found in markets with a mild celery-like flavor.
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