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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1940

Page

7

Ainsworth Class Chooses Motto Second To None

The Ainsworth senior class selects Second To None as motto with blue and gold colors and a rose flower. Baccalaureate by Rev. Coggeshall at the Methodist church. commencement May 16 at the high school auditorium. May 9-10 senior play Take It Easy. May 12 baccalaureate. May 17 alumni banquet and community picnic.

Ruth Norris Ainsworth Methodist Church Coggeshall High School M. E. Church

Heir Will Be Rich In Cromwell Announcement

The James H. R. Cromwells announce an heir is expected. The United States minister to Canada and his wife Doris Duke, heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune, state Mrs. Cromwell is 27.

James H. R

Market summaries from Chicago hogs cattle and sheep report

Chicago April 30 market report shows hogs 18 000 with prices 15 to 25 cents lower top 6 30 180 to 270 pounds. Cattle 7500 calved 1500 fed steers and yearlings mostly steady to 25 cents lower. Sheep 1000 fat lambs strong to 15 cents higher with best clippers around 9 50 and feed western lambs 10 50 to 10 60. Estimated tomorrow receipts list cattle 9 000 hogs 12 000 sheep 3 000 war

Chicago U.P

Chicago Cash Corn and Grain Prices Report

Chicago cash grain quotes show corn grades 1 and 3 yellow around 67 to 68 percent, 5 yellow 68 percent, 1 white 68. Oats prices list mixed samples from 37 to 44 percent, feed at 39 and white at 42. Soybeans quoted at 110 for yellow grade.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table from April Chicago market notes

Open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn and Oats across May July and Sept contracts. Entries show May wheat at 1.09 with declines, corn May around 65.44, oats May near 41, and various September and July readings, reflecting price moves in the Chicago grain market.

Chicago Sept

Chicago Produce Market Report April 30

Chicago gathered market figures show produce receipts at 1 184 cases with 17 percent extra firsts and 14 percent fresh secondals. Poultry receipts total 18 trucks with leghorn hens 14 percent and springs 2534 with other prices unchanged.

Chicago

Government buys eggs for relief but imports from China

Frank Priebe notes the federal government buys eggs for relief to aid those in need and to prop up prices, while food manufacturers increasingly import eggs from China. He questions equal treatment for foreign eggs and calls for cohesive policy across government branches.

Becaine Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation China

Religious Books on Prophets Available at Public Library

The library offers several books for Sunday school teachers and members focused on the Prophets. Newest is Snowden's Sunday School Lessons by Br. L. Douglass, with lesson plans including Rebels and Saints. Also valuable is The Prophets of Israel by F. M. Isserman with introduction by Bishop William Scarlett.

Snowden Br. L. Douglass Douglass Summit Presbyterian Church Germantown F. M. Isserman Temple Israel St Louis William Scarlett Missouri Protestant Episcopal Church Scarlett Israel Amos Hosea Isaiah Jeremiah Jesus Alex R. Gordon Sunday School Times

France’s Taxed Villages in Jura Distribute Dividend

In the Jura mountains a group of 24 French villages with 10 000 residents pays no taxes yet receives an annual dividend of 100 to 200 francs. The villages own a large forest whose lumber is managed like a business to fund these payments.

France Jura Mountains

Closing out sale of Mrs Koehler on North Marion

May 1 sale at North Marion Washington closing out the late Mrs J A Koehler. May 2 sale at Noble by W R Sechantz at ten o clock. Community sales listed every Friday and journal sale date column notes midweek dates.

Juergen Koehler North Marion Avenue Washington George J. Breistenbach South Side Square Midway Sate Co Columous Cltv J. A. Koehler North Marion W. R. Sechantz Noble Davis Waterloo Jersey

Arbor Day Observed With Elm Tree Planting At Crawfordsville School

Arbor Day activities at the Crawfordsville school featured the fifth and sixth grades planting a Chinese elm on the lawn dedicated to the superintendent and staff. Grades one to four shared tree samples, songs, and a Kilmer poem in an instructional program. Local social notes include guests and visits from Davenport, Iowa City, Quill City, and Cannonshire, Pa.

Mary Manners Crawfordsville Violet Bergstrom Joyce Kilmer Bernice Boddicker Marguerite York A. B. Orris Fairfield Iowa Doreen Lease Dorothy Rees Girls Glee Club Paul Hultquist Davenport Glee Club Ellen Kruell Iowa City Lee Hanna

Danganyita’s minerals exploited in Tanganyika

The report lists minerals mined in Tanganyika including gold, diamonds, tin, tungsten, salt, red ochre, mica and phosphate, highlighting ongoing extraction activity.

Danganyita Tanganyika

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