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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1942
Page
7
Wartime conditions spur sharp rise in want ads as households seek goods and services. Local editors report surge in classified inquiries for employment, housing and essential supplies across multiple districts.
Mrs. Vera Tucker and Lucy Mae Gowey visited friends in Davenport this week. Mrs. B. V. Galbry and daughter Connie joined by Mrs. Victor Stacy left for a visit with Mrs. R. L. Patterson in Cincinnati. Tuesday evening the Ira Schafer 8 3S class enjoyed a party at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Saunders with a covered dish supper and social evening.
Officials urge drivers to maintain forty mph to conserve fuel and extend resources during wartime, arguing the limit saves gas, tires, and lives.
Chicago market report shows hogs at 10,000 head with 240 pounders down 10 cents and various weights priced from 13.60 to 15.00. Cattle listed 9,500 head with calves 700, and fed steers higher. Sheep 1,000 head with best 14.50 and fat ewes 4.75 to 6.00. Tomorrow’s estimates forecast hogs 10,000 cattle 5,000 sheep 2,000.
Chicago reports produce receipts and market tone for eggs and poultry. Eggs show 12,533 cases with varied grade distribution and firming trend. dirties 30 percent and storage pack firsts 33 percent resume. Poultry totals include 2 cars and 36 trucks with market steady to firm nationwide indications.
Chicago price list dated August 5 shows cash grain bids for corn, oats and soybeans. Yellow and white corn bids range from 86 to 87 percent, soybeans bid around 1.70 percent, oats bid at 51 to 49.14 cents, with a red special heavy lot at 60 cents.
Readable crop market tickers show rye barley and soybeans trading in December to May futures. Price levels span 0.60 to 1.74 with varying percent changes and near term contracts listed for Sep Oct and Dec maturities.
Ed Banyon, 14, captured after escaping Scott juvenile home. He says two companions Donald Karl and Richard Nelson, both 16 from Chicago, are riding freight toward Chicago. Authorities link group to a woman tavern operator robbery in East Moline earlier in the week.
The Chicago grain table lists open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn and Oats across Sep Dec and May contracts. Wheat opens around 1.16 percent gains for Sep and Dec. Corn ranges from .86 to .90 percent with Sep and Dec marks. Oats show around .50 percent on Sep.
Havre notes record numerous visits and gatherings around August 5 including Mr. and Mrs. John Zieglowsky Martha El ter Graber and others. Fr iendships and family connections appear with dinners, birthday celebrations for Frances and Nancy Pratt, and weekend hospitality at George Stoutner's and Martin Westen homes. Mercy hospital update mentions Mrs Forrest Mullen recovering from appendectomy while her children are cared for.
August 4 Haskins Iowa Mrs Clara Godlove notes a busy Sunday with dinners and calls. Families from Davenport Ainsworth Buckeye New York Illinois and Packwood visit relatives including Ethel Vivian Booth J R McCreedy and G C Ebner. Vacation plans and health updates appear as kin tour and relax.
Betty Morgan of Washington visited this week with the Lester Kientzs and Steve Shelangoskis. Mr and Mrs Jay Schafer and family spent Tuesday evening at Roy Duttweiler's home. Mrs Ernie Messer is on the sick list. Be Tuesday Guests Mrs Joe Baughman and daughter.
Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold told a Senate sub committee that 21 percent of multi engined plane production is now devoted to transport craft. He outlined the 1942 43 production plan with 21 percent in late 1942 and 1943 and 32 percent in the second half of 1943.
The United Auto Workers resolved to drop premium pay for Saturdays Sundays and holidays unless compensated by premium unions within 30 days. The stance reflects a wartime effort to boost production after debating perceived AFL union advantages and following UAW concessions last April.
James Beranek born near Riverside in 1874 died in Chicago after a heart attack on July 28. He was never married and is survived by sisters Marie Teas and Anne Kupka, brother Frank Beranek, and Edward Beranek of Colorado Springs, with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were in Belmont parlors with Rev. Smith. burial followed.J. L. Meeks suffered a stroke on a Des Moines–bound train and is in serious condition in Iowa City. Clair Swift and daughters visited relatives in Davenport for the weekend.
A new road marking plastic developed in England blends resin with lanolin and is colored with titanium dioxide and silica. The hot molten material is applied directly to the road and requires no alcohol solvent in the process.
Gladys and Nadine and Mrs. Bill Brannon with Irvin Stortz family visited Tuesday afternoon. The Stortzes and others visited Eugene Elmore's home Sunday. In Rock Island Dean and Janie Schafer spent the weekend with their parents Glenn Schafer. Mr and Mrs Walter Fitchner called on Eugene Elmore Sunday afternoon.
The Leon Beatty post of the American Legion held its first regular meeting with new commander Mart Whit taker and officers. Committees are being formed to handle activities. 28 members have paid dues for 1943 and 196 for 1942, the largest post total. Delegates to the Waterloo state convention were chosen, with Fred Downing offering car space for Legionnaires.
Harold Stephens receives a warm welcome at Camp Robinson Arkansas when Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Wilson are seen on the lawn near the guest house. Various local families visit and share weekend dinners and evenings at neighbors and kin across the area.
A federal chemist leads an $85,000 Pittsburgh bureau of mines project to extract gasoline from coal, testing the Fischer-Tropsch process alongside the Bergius method. Dr. Henry H. Storch directs the work aimed at future fuel substitutes amid shortages, noting current refineries could adapt to milder hydrogenation pressures.
The 1665 windmill at Outwood remains operational as the country’s oldest known working mill. Local historians note its continuous grinding capacity and preservation.
Community sale listing in August offers 100 head cattle including 40 white face calves and driven milking cows, heavy springers, plus bulls. Also 150 shoats and boars, pigs and sows welcome. Sixty ewes and lambs available with buyer orders. Furniture and other goods offered.
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