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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1942
Page
7
Markets report from Chicago shows 15,000 hogs active around 10 cents lower with top 14.90 for 180 to 240 pound hogs and 14.15 to 14.55 for 270 to 330 pound hogs. Sheep at 2,000 head with natives bidding around 14.865 for best natives and yearlings 11 to 12.25. Cattle 9,000 with calves 1,000. fed steers and yearlings strong, best fed heifers 14.75 and wealers up to 15.50.
AP dispatch from Chicago on August 4 notes eggs receipts at 12,580 cases with a steady market. Details include extra firsts 83 and firsts 3244, current receipts 31, dirties 30, checks 29 percent, storage packed firsts 33 percent and storage packed extras 32 percent.
Receipts report 1 car and 48 trucks of poultry with White Rock friers noted as 24. Market remains steady in the period.
Chicago grain prices list various corn oats and soybeans with mixed and yellow classifications and percent values. The report notes mixed and yellow corn at several price points along with oats and soybeans quoted with color coded lots and weights.
Chicago August 4 grain table shows wheat for September at 1.16 percent up and 1.17 percent high and low, December at 1.20, May at 1.24 to 1.35. Corn September at 87 percent, December 90 to 90 percent, May around 94 to 96 percent. Trade figures reflect small daily variation.
The page lists percent figures for various futures contracts including rye soybeans and related commodities. Prices fluctuate by month with entries for September October December and May. The data shows percent changes and closing values across multiple contracts.
Report from Chungking notes a food shortage among Japanese garrisons in China drives an extortion campaign. Japanese forces allegedly kidnap Chinese women in Shansi and Hopai provinces and hold them for ransom in bushels of wheat.
A magnetic field is any space where a compass experiences influence. The term describes the region around magnetic sources where magnetic forces alter the direction of the needle.
Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction hosts a weekly sale each Wednesday with a Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn. Notes include a Hampshire sow and gilt sale on Aug 20 and list E R Brenneman Keota Iowa as contact.
U S Department of Agriculture researchers have devised a faster cheaper process to produce calcium gluconate. Mold cultures ferment glucose to gluconic acid then react with chalk to form calcium gluconate. Adding borax or boric acid keeps product in solution, preventing clogging, enabling completion of fermentation.
Seaweed jellies lie between starch and cellulose in complexity. Agar, the best known, is made in Japan and forms jellies that solidify near body temperature and melt at higher heat. It is used in microbiology and medicine as a laxative when dried.
Dr. Hugh McKenna of Chicago cautions medical officers in the army to interpret blood tests carefully when diagnosing acute appendicitis in inducted men. He notes that the white blood cell count is often lower after the triple typhoid vaccination used by the army, a factor that could delay diagnosis and require prompt surgical action.
Dr. Francois Matthes of the United States Geological Survey says Sierra Nevada glaciers and Owens Lake are less than 4,000 years old and likely formed as recently as 1850. He notes their salt content indicates they do not date to the Great Ice Age and could not exceed 10,000 years.
Professors Swingle and Smith of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station warn that crowded ponds and city districts cause stunted populations. They cite lack of carnivorous species and heavy weed growth, and propose weed clearing, bass stocking, fertilization, and thinning the stock as remedies.
United Press reports Hitler has launched a master plan to deport hundreds of thousands from occupied lands to Germany and elsewhere. It aims to weaken Allied support for a second front while supplying slave labor to German factories. At least three million deported so far across the region including Holland Belgium France Poland Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Norway Denmark and Greece.
President Roosevelt planned to study today the verdict of the eight Nazi saboteurs tried by a military commission. A decision was not expected to be revealed today as the president spent time reviewing the case, with Stephen Early uncertain if an announcement would come this day.
A document seized in India, reported by the British press association, alleges Mahatma Gandhi proposed that India, upon independence, would seek negotiations with Japan. The document was said to be confiscated during a raid on the All India Nationalist Congress headquarters in Allahabad.
County rationing office reports 3,242 applications for extra sugar for canning between July 13 and July 31. Certificates issued totaled 2,302 pounds. only one application was denied. Applications for additional sugar continue this week.
Work finished on a new concrete silo at Washington county home costing about 600 dollars. The silo measures 11.5 feet in diameter and 40 feet high, replacing an old wooden silo. It will be filled when the season arrives in the next few weeks.
Lieutenant J. J. Smith, 22, of Winterset Iowa was killed when his Army plane crashed and burned one mile north of Woodbury New Jersey. The aircraft appeared to go into a spin before plunging. Army reports say it likely disintegrated on impact and caught fire.
Stratford report says Up-Second Lieutenant R J Becker from Dubuque Iowa was slightly injured when he bailed out of his plane over Long Island Sound. The plane crashed into the sea and Becker was picked up by a cruiser.
A town resident recalls a stranger giving candy to local children and notes worry at first yet sees no harm as children stay healthy. Other items mention families visiting Iowa City, summer berry picking, military addresses, and threshing near completion with good yields this season.
Kalona Aug 3 86 new books were added to the Kalona Public Library shelves most are juvenile titles. Inductions include Martin Levy and Jesse Grant of Kalona entering the army last week with other local youths expected soon. Various local residents and visitors are noted, with family and educational movements mentioned.
Chinese infantry and American planes cooperated in a damaging attack on the Japanese stronghold of Linchwan and swept into several surrounding strategic positions. The assault drove to within two miles of Linchwan, with dawn attacks on Monday resulting in occupation of positions north of the town and heavy casualties for Japanese forces.
A pigeon's ability to find home may rely on a compass-like sense of Earth’s magnetic field. Researchers suggest pigeons map magnetic information to navigate across long distances, helping explain their remarkable homing feats observed in various studies.
A local notice advertises poultry services with no charge for culling hens that are not laying. It promotes bringing produce to town and using the offered price and service.
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