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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1944
Page
5
Auction note lists Keith Genkinger of R24-50 selling eleven brood sows in August. The sale includes twelve and fourteen terms identified as 1546ts.
Bee Line Bus Depot announces two daily schedules from Washington to Mt. Pleasant Keokuk and Ft. Madison. Buses run at 8:45 A.M. and 2:35 P.M. from 109 West Second with contact in the depot listing.
Markets show hogs at 11,000 head with heavy demand and steady prices. Cattle admissions total 13,000 with fed steers and yearlings up 25 cents, vealers steady around 15. Lambs remain slow with bids down up to 25 cents, native spring lambs above 14.00.
The UF produce market shows weak receipts with 23.129 cases and firsts at 33. Current receipts reach 81 with various figures for poultry including 20 trucks, 14 ducks, 223 percent for small hens, 2344 percent for heavy hens, and $5.3 for young tom turkeys alongside 33.3 for old tom turkeys.
Chicago August 14 cash grain prices show mixed results with 74 and 73 readings on GATS and White bids at 72 and 73. A red special 13 was noted for soybeans with a yellow 191 quote.
An AP grain table from Chicago listed open high low close figures for wheat oats and rye with multiple months and percent changes. notable entries include Wheat Sep at 153% and May at 164%, Oats Sept and May around 69% and 66% respectively, Rye Sept around 104% to 102%.
The Whittaker sale barn hosts weekly community sales every Friday with a featured event August 16 a purebred Hampshire hog sale led by BE Brenneman of Mt. Union Iowa.
More than 750 American heavy bombers attacked southern Germany including Ludwigshafen chemical plant and Mannheim electrical plants while another fleet bombed southern France installations. A large Italian raid struck French coast defenses and bridges, with damage reported near Paris and in northwestern Italy.
Crawfordsville fire company members held their annual picnic Thursday evening at the branch south of town. Guests included relatives visiting 2nd Moulder Dell Ferrier on furlough from Bainbridge Maryland and several Mt. Pleasant and Washington residents.
In Crawfordsville on August 12 the Braden club of ten Red Cross members met. They produced 852 bandages, following a previous Friday total of 1000. Mrs. Holmes attended a Columbus Junction family reunion, and Kathleen Drinkall will not open her Beauty Shoppe this week after returning from California. Lieutenant Russell Miller began his return to camp by bus to Des Moines and plane to San Francisco, then Fresno to visit Mr and Mrs Ernest McAllister. the McAllister son had died in a recent plane accident. Miller is now a bombardier. Mrs Haworth, Russell’s sister, with her husband and ...
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John Wolf aged 76 was found dead in his Keota home this morning, death ruled a heart attack after a long illness. He lived alone for many years and is survived by a sister in Tampa Florida. The burial occurred at the Keota cemetery with Marsh funeral home in charge.
Crawfordsville August 14 The school year opens August 28 at 9 00 A M with full days starting Tuesday The board aimed to assemble a capable faculty amid teacher shortages The list includes Victoria Bergstrom Margaret O Dea n Es ie Mae Larson John Edwards Aileen Kepler Manda Davis Margaret Erbe Sept D W Githens and others Upcoming events include a teacher reception September 8 junior class play October 13 8 00 P M and all school carnival October 27 with plans for a high school operetta November 10 All teachers new except Superintendent Githens and Margaret O Jeeun who taught last year.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor says Japan may capitulate before U S forces invade, but occupation of Japan will be necessary to secure victory. He notes Japan’s recent gains and warns defeat will come from a mix of blockade and air bombardment, possibly surface bombardment and invasion.
East 76 reports the birth of Douglas Arlen Sheetz, weighing 9 1/2 pounds, on August 9 at St. Josephs hospital Ottumwa. He is the first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Romine and child of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sheetz of Sigourney. Wilma Romine is his mother.
Leila Baughman visits sister in North English while the Clark and Romine families host gatherings at home. Arden remains seriously wounded with two cablegrams unanswered. Oren Romine and Arthur Romine travel to Ottumwa to meet Mrs Sheetz and her newborn son Douglas Arlen.
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