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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1942
Page
7
Markets section notes 500 hogs nominally steady with wide intraday swings ending near 14.80 to 15.00 for 140 to 280 lb butchers. sows at 13.85. Cattle shows 200 head noted with no calves. steers and yearlings up 0.25 to 0.50, 1811 to 13343 lb steers up to 15.85, Choice heifers to 14.22, vealers 15.25. Western native and spring lambs closed 15 to 25 cents higher, top 14.15 for western. ewes at 6.35.
Chicago cash grain prices list corn oats and soybeans with multiple lot grades and price quotes. The report shows mixed and yellow corn ranges from 84 to 87 cents, oats around 47 to 60 cents, and soybeans at about 1.67 to 1.71 dollars per unit for various lot types.
Four teenaged sons of prominent Evanston families were released on $1,000 bond each after arraignment on charges of impersonating FBI agents. They are James C. Ringling 16 grandson of Ringling Brothers circus founder Joseph Knox Sparrow 17 son of the late W W K Sparrow 16 John Kirby Roache and 18 Eugene Glass.
Open high low and close figures shown for wheat corn oats rye barley and soy beans with contracts in Sep Dec May across wheat corn oats rye barley and soy beans summaries. The data presents price ranges and daily closings for the Chicago grain market.
Osage County Attorney P. Chehock said Harold R. Levers, 48, Osage businessman, is in custody over a fire at an implement storage building opposite the Osage fire department. Levers gave a written statement admitting an attempt to start the blaze. Formal charges planned today were not disclosed.
Marion Barr Rossell a Des Moines area Lewis farmer declines to be inducted outside the United States. He was held to the grand jury in Shenandoah under 5600 pounds and remanded to jail in Clarinda after registering for the draft and resisting reporting to his board.
In spring 1921 I asked Marshal Foch if Napoleon could have excelled in World War I. He paused then said Napoleon would need two months to master modern technique and would then devise a new dodge to crush the enemy overnight.
Want ads note weekly sales at Midway Sale Cow Columbus Junction and Friday Whittaker sale barn, plus Irvin C Sommer public sale near Crawfordsville starting 1 PM Tuesday August 4. Includes Hampshire sow and gilt sale by E R Brenneman Keota Iowa.
Local residents travel to Minneapolis Fremont Iowa City and Missouri relatives. Mrs Glave and son visit family in Toledo while Scott Wilcox Mary Young and Louisa Young attend University of Iowa events. Arthur Bielefeldt will teach in local schools and the Maxwell family has relocated to Muscatine after residence in Des Moines area.
Brigadier General Harold L. George of the Army Transport Command was scheduled to testify before the military affairs committee on a bill to speed cargo plane construction. Senator Josh Lee said the appearance depended on approval from General Arnold as other officers and Production Board officials would discuss the issue next week to combat Axis submarine warfare against sea shipping.
Three public utilities settle damages claims against Ottumwa over removal of property tied to the projected navy air base. Total original claims 21,542 reduced to 7,429 after contract terms. Mayor David A. Nevin praises cooperation saving more than 14,000 for the city.
The U S marine detachment was first stationed on Midway Island on May 4 1904 under command of Second Lieutenant Clarence Owen.
Researchers from New York and Mayo Clinic report a blood thinner named dicoumarin that reduces coagulation and can be taken orally, offering a cheaper alternative to heparin. The work ties cattle health, spoiled clover hay, and sweet clover exposure to clotting issues and outlines surgical risk from thrombosis.
Pueblo Colorado reports Western cowboys serve as mounted guards at the large army ordnance depot near town. Maj Harold Horse, at 29 the youngest depot commander, says the cowboys are more maneuverable than autos and patrol miles of arroyos without tires or gasoline. They are the first cowboys used to guard a modern war plant and carry six shooters and lassos. They have faced only rattlesnakes so far, shot for practice.
A French soldier who escaped a German prison camp in Silesia says he led a cow across much of Germany and was mistaken by Nazi patrols as a farmhand. He and the exhausted animal reached Amiens in four weeks, rested in the Rhineland, and later sold the cow to an Amiens butcher.
Edmonton Alberta report says the federal oil controller refused priorities. About 60 miles of main highway surfacing planned for this summer are suspended for the duration. Asphalt for repairs remains available but long range program materials will not due to war fuel demands.
The California town of Kennett with under 200 residents will be emptied before August. Residents will evacuate ahead of rising waters from the Shasta Dam reservoir and the town will be submerged.
Nathan W. Hankin suffered torn ligaments and dislocated cartilage after a powerful golf swing at a local course. Doctors expect six weeks on crutches as Hankin recovers from the leg injuries.
A bird fancier trains young canaries by exposing them only to nightingale songs, causing their songs to imitate the melodious notes of nightingales. The method relies on early auditory exposure to mimic specific species vocalizations.
Lieut Com A Keith Droz is transferred from the navy hospital at Great Lakes to serve as chief surgeon at the naval air base in Grosse Ile near Detroit Michigan. His wife and sons will remain at Lake Forest Alabama for now. Droz has served as surgeon at the Great Lakes hospital since June.
Reports from the Don River and Stalingrad fronts describe intensified hammer and anvil fighting as Soviet forces resist German breakthroughs south of Rostov and maintain positions along the Don bend. Berlin and Moscow dispatches highlight captured rail junctions, advances toward Tikhoretsk, air raids on German bases, and Allied speculation of a 1942 cross-Channel invasion led by British forces under Brooke or Auchinleck.
Four hundred cattle feeders from twelve counties rallied to protest the small gap between feeder cattle prices and beef ceiling rates. They voiced no objections to ceilings but said they will not feed cattle at the current price relations until the OPA makes corrections, promising to “sit tight” until changes occur.
The article notes July at minus 1 degree and January at minus 41 degrees, with a yearly average around 22.7 degrees. It discusses how seasonal shifts create dramatic swings in polar temperatures and highlights implications for climate patterns.
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