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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1944

Page

5

For Rent Furnished Or Unfurnished Apartment

For Rent furnished or unfurnished apartment advertised by J C Buenneke in Ainsworth at 15413.

J.C. Buenneke Ainsworth

Chicago market report highlights steady hogs and firm cattle

Hogs 13,000 head fully steady with good and choice 160 to 240 pounds at 14.75 and over 240 pounds and sows around 14.00. Medium to good 140 to 170 pounds 13.50 to 14.59. Cattle 7,000 with good and choice fed steers and yearlings up to 18.00 for tops. vealers 15.00. Sheep 3,000 with market slow and bids steady to weak.

Chicago

Chicago Cash Grain Oats Prices Reported

Chicago prices show oats at 2 white 74 percent and 2 white heavy 76 percent on the cash grain market with August 15 update from United Press.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Report Itself Aug 15

Chicago receipts for eggs show 11 9423 cases and 3514 extra firsts with firsts 33. current receipts 3114 and dirties 26. checks 26. Poultry receipts show no cars and 22 trucks with market unchanged.

Grain Table Highlights Mixed U.S. Wheat and Oats Prices

The Chicago grain table for August 15 shows wheat closing around 153 to 154 for September and December, with May and July futures near 151 to 154. Oats futures for September hover around 71, with December and May trading between 66 and 67, while rye ranges from 104 to 106 across months.

Raids Neutralize Japanese Base In Southwest Pacific

Allied forces launched sustained air attacks around Halmahera and other bases in the southwest Pacific. Gen Douglas MacArthur reports Japanese defense weakened as Manokwari and Vogelkop coast raids marked the latest blows in the campaign against Japanese positions.

Pacific Japan Halmahera Philippines Southwest Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Manokwari Dutch New Guinea Vogelkop Peninsula

Japanese Liberator raid on Iwo Jima reported by Comei

United Press reports 22 Liberator bombers raided Iwo Jima in the Volcano islands 660 miles south of Tokyo yesterday. FCC monitors recorded Japanese fighters shot down 2 Liberators with no island damage noted. Iwo Jima lies midway between Japan and the Marianas.

United Press Comei Iwo Jima Volcano Islands Tokyo FCC Marianas

Ruth Pogge and friends visit Riverside vacation home

Ruth and Mary Pogge of Chicago visit at their parents A. H. and Mrs. Pogge's Riverside home. They spent days at the Rainbow Club House in Muscatine with friends. Also visiting are Paul and Anita Schnoebelen of Mooreland Oklahoma and Omer Schnoebelen, former Riverside resident and Mooreland Leader editor. John and Marie Tener return from Marshall Missouri after a Miami hospital role.

Ruth Mary Pogge Chicago Riverside A. H. Pogge Rainbow Club Muscatine Paul Anita Marie Schnoebelen Mooreland Okla Omer Schnoebelen Riverside Leader Mooreland Leader John Edward Tener Marshall Marie Tener Children’s Hospital Teners Kay Billy Bertha Tener Agnes Ferguson Fred Drew Cresco Joseph Shradel

Riverside social and church notes span weddings and funerals

Riverside residents attended the marriage of Mildred Burger and Eldon Partzek at St. Wenceslaus in Iowa City. Lieut. Gerald L. Cline's military funeral was held in Lone Tree with Riverside attendees. Masses at St. Mary's were led by Rev. Omer H. Kiefer and announcements covered a church social raising 518.52 dollars.

Riverside Bert Cray Iowa City St. Wenceslaus Church Mildred Marie Burger Eldon J. Partzek A. H. Pogge Mary Joseph P. Paillotet Robert Beateh Henry Wieland Lone Tree Gerald L. Cline Everett Schnoebelen Robert Orlando Fla Lee Schnoebelen Carl

Community Friday Journal Sales at Whittaker Sale Barn

Listing shows weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn with August 16 purebred Hampshire hog sale by BE Brenneman Mt. Union Iowa and September 7 dispersal of a registered Holstein dairy herd by Earl P. Booth Washington.

Whittaker Hampshire BE. R. Brenneman Mt. Union Iowa Reg. Holstein Dairy Herd Earl P. Booth Washington

Pennsylvania's James Buchanan the only Pennsylvanian to be President

James Buchanan, the 15th U S president from 1857 to 1861, is noted as the only Pennsylvanian to hold the nation’s highest office. He belonged to the Democratic Party.

Eclipse Lumber Company Pennsylvania James Buchanan United States

Rotary Speaker Sgt Marion Ferguson Describes Bomber Missions

Sgt Marion Ferguson on furlough spoke to the Rotary Club about his radio operator duties on a heavy bomber. He detailed twenty one plane formations over France Germany and the African and Italian zones and shared uncensored combat insights. His talk highlighted escort patterns, formation defense, and hazards of route missions.

Marion Ferguson Rotary Club Ferguson France Germany Rotary

Mrs. Sands Hosts Homemakers Club Meeting

Rural Homemakers club gathered at Mrs. Frank Sands in South Hill despite heat. Thirteen members and two visitors, plus nine children, shared poems, a scrapbook project for the Iowa City children's hospital, and refreshments before the next meeting with Mrs. Robert Holmes in September.

South Hill Frank Sands Doyle Sands Winfield Donald Sands Donald Lee Lee Lease Childrens Children’s Hospital Iowa City Ruth Mildred Sands Helen Young Robert Holmes

Rosemary Stancer Celebrates Second Birthday Party

West Chester August 15 Rosemary Stancer daughter of Mr and Mrs James Stancer observed her second birthday August 7 She hosted a party from 2 to 5 PM with five young guests ages 2 to 6 A large birthday cake baked by Capitola Flynn and individual cakes with guest names were served along with ice cream Place favors were small glass cars filled with candy and suckers Gifts poured in Rosemary’s mother and other relatives attended though Capitola Flynn Mrs Paul Griffith and Nancy were late or unable to attend

West Chester Rosemary Stancer James Stancer Capitola Flynn Rosemary Shirley Ann Gardner Waterloo Roy Gardner Lester Laubach Carol Walter Lance Karen John McDowell Barbara Keith Stewart Peggy Edgar Stewart Linda Dee Paul Griffith Nancy Jack Hotle Sheila

Hold Farm Bureau Dinner Meet at Y.M.C.A.

Farm Bureau board and committees plus their wives attended a dinner in the Y.M.C.A. Community room served by the Women's Relief Corps for 58 people. Harry Bryson of Des Moines spoke as Iowa Farm Bureau organization director on state goals and plans for the next two years.

Farm Bureau Board Boys’ Club Committee Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee Y.M.C.A Women’s Relief Corps Harry Bryson Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau Merle Twinam Richard Stephens

Service Man's Wife Can't Stay at Home

In Charles City a serviceman's wife left two children with relatives after an incident Sunday night. Chief Henry Deboest had one child admitted to Cedar Valley hospital for a $3.50 room charge. The grandfather, contacted by the wife, agreed to take the children thereafter.

Charles City Henry Deboest Cedar Valley Hospital Deboest Frederika

Warm Springs Open Water Hidden in Yellowstone Winters

In Yellowstone National Park, the warm springs keep patches of open water visible through the coldest winter days attracting visitors and wildlife to the steaming pools and trails nearby.

Yellowstone Park

War effort faces crushing German losses on multiple fronts

The report notes that any attempt to break through would be crushed with bloody losses to the Germans, who are heavily engaged on all sectors and have limited capacity to regroup for a decisive breakthrough.

Wild Parsnip Causes Skin Poisoning in Waste Areas

The wild form of garden parsnip causes skin poisoning with symptoms similar to poison ivy. It grows in waste places and old fields, posing exposure risk to walkers and laborers in such areas.

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