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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
7
Markets in Chicago show hogs at 240 and down 14.75 for lighter weights and 14.00 for heavier weights with complete clearance. Cattle trade strong with calves steady to up 25 cents and top at 17.90. heifers and cows weaker. Sheep light demand with native lambs and shorn ewes steady to weak, top around 15.00. Estimates project hogs 12,000 cattle 5,000 sheep 1,000.
Chicago market page lists open high low close for Wheat Sept Dec May at 155 156 165 155 and 156 156 155 155. Oats Sept Dec May trade 71 71 71 71, 69 70 69 69, rye Dec May at 106 106 105 105 and 108 109 107 107 etc.
Eggs market unsettled with receipts at 8 902 cases and varied quality grades including extra firsts and firsts. Current receipts total 32 with dirties and checks at 26 each. Poultry receipts listed as 3 cars and 25 trucks with a firm market.
Cash grain quotes for oats and soybeans from Chicago on August 2 show bids for oats at 75 then 75 and 74 to 77 for various lots with white and red varieties. Soybeans are listed at 194 for two yellow lots.
Mrs Kathrin Leitch returns from Siena city while Mrs Wilson Coffey heads home to Chicago after weeks with the Coffey family. Sue Reif visits from her western trip with her parents. Clyde Griggs family visits California and Colorado after transfer to Williams Field Chandler Arizona. Duie Hamm travels from San Antonio hospital to transfer to Pecoit field Illinois. Mrs Clifford Wood and children of Columbia Missouri stay with the Martins. Jerma Martin is the hostess’s daughter. Bruce Gardner, in chemical warfare service, visits from Maryland to stay with his parents. plans west coast travel. Oral Walters family guest from Rock Island. Esther Linnenmeyer returns from Minneapolis. previously taught in Alaska. Janet Porter hosts cousins Janice and Judy Thompson. Nellie Booth visits Sibley relatives. Maud Wagner of Columbus Junction helps at home. Home Art Club meets with improvements noted. Delong assisted by Homer Hoile serving refreshments. James Griggs family returns from York Nebraska after visiting Pvt Leland Griggs at Fairfield field, near York.
American armored columns moved west and south of Pontorson breaking through disorganized German lines. Bradley's forces drove toward Rennes and Brest while British units advanced near Vire, threatening German panzer divisions retreating toward Villedieu Les Poelles and Tessy Sur Vire as the main push aims at Nantes and Saint Nazaire.
Lt. Warren Lins writes from a German prison camp confirming fellow Lt. Earl Richardson from Washington is also held there. Crewman Eddie Nunnery shares the camp as well. Nunnery was reassigned after Lins and his Flying Fortress failed to return to base. Lins had been reported missing in January with POW status confirmed in February.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that allied victory in Europe may come soon. He disclosed that German flying bombs killed 4,735 people and forced the evacuation of 1,000,000 Londoners, with the prospect of later rocket-carrying weapons.
Iowa OPA authorities charge a motorist who added a 95 gallon tank to his car and refueled across the border in Mexico where gasoline is not rationed. He then drove back to Iowa without buying fuel. Regulators say driving beyond allotted miles remains illegal.
Harold Miller has been haying floors in his garage and was visited by Donald Ross who came from Ames on Sunday. Ross spoke with his parents Mr and Mrs Will Ross and other relatives before traveling to Iowa City on a business trip. In Iowa City he called on his aunt Mary E Conger, a patient at the university hospital, and reported that Mrs Conner's condition is satisfactory.
With water pouring in and death at his elbow, a man closed the hatch and thanked God for his strong right. The scene depicts a perilous salvage or construction effort amid rising danger and machine work.
Oats per acre yields were light in Washington county but quality stayed good with heavy grain at 34 45 lbs per bushel. New ton Benson fields led with 935 bushels of extra quality grain last Friday as Ora Stumpf threshed the result. Harvest in 1944 is complete, with oats stored and farmers eyeing future yields and wildlife notes.
A new Chrysler originated method for recovering waste paint from the air is being adopted by numerous war plants via an arrangement with Chrysler. The process salvages paint-filled mists from factory exhaust, recovering more than six gallons of paint from every ten gallons wasted. Chrysler engineers operate a reclaiming plant valued at $100,000 due to the importance of this salvage effort.
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