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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1942
Page
6
Hog sales total 13000 with steady to higher tone. Top hogs 15.00, ranges 14.40 to 15.00 for various weights. Sheep sees 3000 head. spring lambs strong and higher, yearlings 10.75 to 12. Cattle and calves 17000 with steady to strong tone. Stockers and heifers steady. best yearlings 15.25 to 16.10 with some 15.50 for heifer yearlings.
Chicago August report shows firm eggs market with receipts totaling 8546 cases and 2914 checks, plus 348 percent firsts and 35 extra firsts. Poultry segment remains firm with 24 trucks and varied hen and broiler percentages including leghorn and Plymouth Rock varieties.
A community drive by Leon Beatty post and Auxiliary of the American Legion seeks old phonograph records. The deadline is August 15 to send scrap records to fund new ones for service members. Residents are urged to drop records at the Washington bandstand in Central Park or call local Legionnaires for pickup.
The report lists price ranges for different poultry and turkey categories. White Rock breeders fetch 4 percent, colored springs 22 to 24 percent, colored broilers 23 percent, bareback hens 20 percent, bareback chickens 17 to 19 percent, young tom turkeys 18 percent, old tom turkeys 20 percent, and hen turkeys 14 percent.
The article reports Major General Mark W. Clark rallying forces for the anticipated second front. It notes American air forces striking Japanese bases across a broad area in China and Indo China. Bombers with fighters hit Haiphong damaging a 4,000 ton ship and igniting dock area fires. Colonel Robert L. Scott leads pursuit planes in targeting Hsienning near Hangkow with noted success.
Corn shows mixed bids with entries from 87 to 83 and multiple yellow lots. Oats list mixed and white grades down to 48 and 50 percent for several lots. Soybeans price bids show two yellow lots at 1.7144 and three yellow lots at 1.67 per unit.
Cedar August notes urge keeping water available for birds as neighbors count fourteen at a fountain. Social updates include visits and Sunday gatherings among local families, with extended kin from Iowa City Davenport Keota Brighton Muscatine Lone Tree and Ankeny areas.
The Chicago grain table shows Wheat, Corn, and Oats with Sep, Dec, and May futures posting varying gains. Wheat ranges from 1.16 to 1.19 with Sept at 1.16, Corn steadies around 85 to 89 cents, and Oats hover near 50 to 54 cents across months showing modest movements.
The article states rheumatic heart disease is the top killer among children aged five to fifteen, claiming nearly twice as many deaths in a year as infantile paralysis does in ten years. It notes about one million people are crippled by this insidious recurring illness.
The cuckoo is described as having a peculiar appetite for fuzzy caterpillars. It eats so many that its stomach appears fur lined with hair piercing the stomach walls.
Des Moines report estimates the town's 1942 corn crop at 516,856,000 bushels based on August 1 condition, up from 487,600,000 a month earlier and above last year's 464,814,000 bushels.
Alice Barden of Cedar Rapids daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Barden has passed examinations and was sworn into the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps at Fort Des Moines on Saturday afternoon. She will report for duty from Washington DC after returning to her clerical job in Cedar Rapids this morning. She is the first woman from Cedar Rapids and Washington to join the corps.
Miss Lotte Lehmann, a German native and soprano with the Metropolitan Opera, has secured her first naturalization papers at the Naturalization Bureau. She must wait five years for the second and final papers and then 90 days more before final citizenship is granted.
Crater Lake in Oregon stands above 6000 feet but remains unfrozen most years. Its deep waters, volcanic origin, and climate contribute to its unusually stable temperatures.
William Weber age 30, who died by hanging on his Riverside area farm, was remembered at a 2 p m Saturday service in Trinity Methodist Church Riverside. Rev. Stuart C Peterson led the rites with singers Mrs Cloyd Whitlock and Mrs R J Marner at the piano. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery. He was born April 29 1912 on the same farm and married Beulah Forbes June 14 1933. Surviving are his mother and two small children plus relatives.
The article states Asia houses more than half the global population, estimating about 2.134 billion people in the region, highlighting Asia as the most populous continent. The figure reflects a global demographic distribution context.
William E Gladstone carried on his parliamentary debate with rival Benjamin Disraeli for twenty four years shaping political discourse and party strategy across multiple sessions and reforms.
Carl Merrifield of Iowa City visits his mother Mrs Lenora Merrifield and family. Olive Lewis and William stay with Edward Endicott in Mount Pleasant. Eula Mae Coon travels from Laedwood Missouri to visit Rev A L Shuey in Mount Pleasant. Captain Reed Salladay of Carlisle Barracks visits family and heads to Pierre South Dakota to see wife and son. Several Washington Burlington and Burlington area visitors join Murphy and family events.
London Aug 109 (UP) Lieutenant Colonel Richard Gassler leader of police in Krakow district Poland was killed July 30 when his auto was wrecked by patriots according to a spokesman for the exiled Polish government He was a well known gestapo killer and served as chief bodyguard to the German governor of Poland.
The annual guest day of the W S C S of the Methodist church was hosted by Mrs. Lu Stacey. Forty seven members and guests attended with Connelly delivering the message and Edith Weldin guiding devotions. A fellowship program followed with solos, readings, duets, and family visits noted.
Local planners propose a cap of 5 040 residents for the ideal city-state design at the town plaza meeting. Officials say the limit aims to balance services and growth while preserving character. Residents react with questions about enforcement and exemptions.
Washington Large No 26 A F A M holds a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Richard A Stewart W M and A W Yard secretary are listed.
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