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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1944
Page
7
Classified notice offers for sale seal Bram adapter kits compatible with pre 1949 Cara models. Complete stock available from Sorrell's, located at 15116. Includes item description and seller contact details.
Eldon M. Mor kan of Rose Hill was elected grand chancellor of the Iowa Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias at the state convention in Des Moines Fort Des Moines hotel. Other officers named include Ben E. Kubby Council Bluffs Iran vice-chancellor Harry G. Scott Sioux City grand prelate KR Hibbs Marengo grand keeper of the records and seals D C Batten Chariton grandmaster of the exchequer C A Brust LaPorte City grand master-at-arms H B Griffith Montezuma grand inner guard H W V Nelson Aurelia grand
Multiple upcoming auctions listed with dates in August. O W Sankey begins August 11 with a closing out sale of household goods at 615 North 7th Avenue starting 6 30 P M. August 12 features more household goods at 422 East Van Buren starting 2 00 P M Mrs R H Clark. Also August 12 public sale of Flowers Threshing Club equipment at Kk T Boshart farm two miles south and 1 14 miles east of Wayland starting 1 00 P M. August 16 purebred Hampshire hog sale by KE Brenneman Mt Union Tewa.
Chicago markets show hogs at 14 1 4 to 14 1 2 for 160 to 240 pounders with steadiness on all weights. Cattle and calves cited with yearlings and medium steers softer by up to 25 cents. top cattle at 18.00. Sheep bids weak to uneven with lambs above 14.75 and Washington ewes above 5.00. Estimated totals: hogs 12 000 calves 5 000 sheep 2 000.
Chicago area market report shows eggs receipts 10,244 cases with unsettled prices and 36 percent extra firsts. Current receipts 62, dirties 26, checks 26. Poultry receipts include 1 car in trucks with unsettled activity.
Mixed oats grades 72 and 71 percent with several lots described as white heavy red special at 73 percent. Yellow soybeans priced at 198.
Open high low and close figures show wheat, oats and rye trading with varied moves. Wheat futures for September and December hover near 154 to 164 1/4 cents, oats around 67 cents, rye around 104 to 106 cents, with June quotes listed for May and July maturities.
Aug 9 reports a series of visits and meals across Dub lin and surrounding towns. Families including the Mayer Graf Fulton Graf Fuhr Plecker Kyle Richards Wenger Wyse and others shared dinners or Sunday gatherings at Gerald Graf’s home and in Muscatine and Keota.
Mrs Lizzie Widmer and daughter Kathryn travel from Burlington to Milford to visit sister Mrs Sarah Trabert and relatives. Local residents participate in various visits and church activities as communities share meals, services, and social calls across Noble, Richer, and surrounding areas.
U S marines and army troops hammered the Japanese into a tiny portion of northern Guam today in the final phase of the campaign to retake the first American territory seized by the Japanese in the Pacific. The Americans were closing in rapidly along the entire front advancing as much as 6 inches miles at one point to thrust them into about 18 square miles. With more than 10 000 of their dead already counted the Japanese forces faced the prospect of being cut in two by marines and soldiers who drove to within less than a mile of Guam s northern shore at the center of the front. Navy Liberators battered Wake Saturday while bombers hit Nauru Ponape and Marshalls and Japan positions in the Marshall Islands.
Thursday evening Gladys Widmer and Edith and Marguerite Roth of Wayland were supper guests of Eunice Kyle. Arlene Lucille and Russell Conrad accompanied their aunts Edith and Margueritte Roth. Geraldine Crone spent the weekend with Mrs. Cloyce Tinnes in the Walter Kyte home.
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Cutergeard and Roy Whitsere of West Liberty appointed to high lodge posts, with Whitsere succeeding as grand trustee and Cutergeard taking senior duties in the chapter. Local lodges express support as the pair assume responsibilities.
Sunday and Monday report states naval search planes bombed Paramushiru in the northern Kuriles during daylight Friday. The action followed earlier carrier and fleet operations as weather pinned operations to reconnaissance and bombardment.
Across the past five years United States fires have consumed vast areas rivaling New England in size. The timber lost in one year could have built about 20,000 Liberty ships, illustrating the scale of the destruction.
A woodchuck is reported to consume one to two pounds of greens each day. In a month the animal may eat up to about 60 pounds of fresh vegetables, reflecting its unusually high foraging appetite.
Whittaker Sales plans a community sale on Friday August 11 after a wet day. Readily available items include 70 head of cattle including milk cows and calves, 200 hogs, 100 feeding lambs, 1929 Model A Ford, and furniture of all kinds.
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