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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1942
Page
7
Markets report from Chicago August 19 shows hog receipts around 10 000 with prices 14 60 to 15 10 for 240 to 270 pound hogs and 14 25 to 14 65 for 270 to 360 pound hogs. Cattle receipts 14 000 with calves 700 and fed cattle at 15 50 to 16 35. Sheep light trading with native springers around 15 and down. fat ewes 6 50 and lower.
Chicago August 19 receipts show eggs at 11 472 cases with unsettled market and varied firsts and dirties. Poultry receipts 2 cars and 30 trucks, market steady to firm with heavy white ducks 141 percent and heavy colored ducks 14 percent.
Chicago cash grain prices list corn oats and soybeans with multiple single and mixed lots including yellow and white corn fractions and mixed oats, plus soybeans at 2 yellow 1.72.
Market notes show Sep through May contracts for WHEAT CORN OATS RYE BARLEY and SOY BEANS with small percentage moves. Local social mentions include Roy Sharp of Indiana visiting the Dan Griffith home and several neighbors from Washington and Des Moines.
Amboy residents report a weekend gathering at Glenn Owens home on Sunday with guests Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hanna and daughter from Waterloo joining Mr. and Mrs. Allen Conrad and Myrna of Crawfordsville. The Hannas will spend a week with relatives.
Weekly auctions listed in Columbus Junction and Keota areas. Midway Sale Gev. in Columbus Junction every Wednesday. Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn. Hampshire sow and gilt sale on Aug 20. Aug 27 sale at 320 W. Sec by Mrs. Tom Parsons. Closing out sale of household goods at Keota Town on Aug 27, 7 PM via E R Brenneman.
East Highland notes a busy Sunday with multiple visits across local homes. Families including the Wieland, Mincer, Owen, Rath, Lundquist and Skala clans meet relatives and friends, while others vaccinated livestock and hosted kin for weekend gatherings.
Mrs. C M Strain receives treatment at an Iowa City hospital while daughter Ome works at the State University. The Skinner and Holmes families from Peabody Kansas Wichita Kansas and Crawfordsville attended a Sunday picnic at Winfield. Dell Ferrier and daughter visit Franklin Fletcher and Howard Craig returns to Urbana Illinois after a several day stay.
Two Russian engineers have developed a tube that can project letters at 620 miles per hour. The device aims to speed mail delivery by using a rapid pneumatic or similar propulsion method.
Mrs Pearl McNiece of Crawfordsville visited with her granddaughter. Myrtle Owens and Harold visited at the Owens home. James Roberts reunion at Lone Tree Park drew about 72 relatives. Carl White baled hay Monday. 4-H youths anticipate the Washington show with judging contest and prizes.
A United States submarine sunk a Japanese cruiser or warship in the western Aleutian area, raising total Japanese ships sunk or damaged there to 23. Fog blocked exact type identification, and the action marked the ninth warship hit by U S forces in the area since June.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the First Baptist church at Kalona for Mrs Manoah P. Rowe who died at her Riverside home Friday following a stroke. Burial was in Sharon Hill cemetery near Kalona.
In Cotter on Aug 19 Rev. W. H. Parker, former pastor, is ill after hospital stay and home recovery. Rev. M. A. Robeson, Betty Anne, and the Robesons visited Beloit and Illinois parishioners. Robeson conducted funerals in Arlington. Max Duncan, U. S. Navy member, spent time with parents before entering quartermaster school.
Yesterday evening between 6 30 and seven o clock the Fox theater reported a small fire from insulation burned off exterior sign wiring. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze with a extinguisher and there was no interior damage.
Knotek Brothers of Washington County led the Monday Chicago market with 30 Hereford steers fed since last fall. Weighing about 1296 pounds, the lot sold for $16.25 per hundredweight after being bought as feeders at $12.00 per cwt.
Red Star reports Germans mounting an all-out effort to sweep the Russians from the Don river bend and press a final drive on Stalingrad. On other fronts, the noon communique says Russians hold fast with a stubborn battle southeast of Kletskia.
Yesterday's Des Moines army enlistment list includes William W. Brown of Washington. Navy enrollments note Richard L. Speidel of Wayland, plus Jasper E. Wasson and William B. Bidwell of Wellman.
Phyllis Otto of Atlantic Iowa women’s golf champion for 1942 played the Oskaloosa course with Ann Casey and two top Iowa men golfers. She totaled 72 strokes over 18 holes exactly par with 39 on the first round and 33 on the second, the best score in her group.
Mrs. Homer Stephen, librarian, is on a few days vacation from City Library. Mrs. Alex Lytle, assistant librarian, is in charge during the absence. Liberal trade in allowance on your old fur coat at Rodhschi's. Dan Riegelman of Des Moines transacted business here Monday.
Report notes that U S motorists logged 498 billion miles in 1910 but only 274 billion were necessary for travel. The data imply substantial excess driving and potential efficiency improvements.
Miss Alma Johnston secretary of the Y W C A in Richmond Virginia visited the Clegg home with relatives hosting Rev and Mrs Robeson and Betty Anne on Saturday. Norma Clegg and sons Jimmy and Larry plus mother Mrs Reiney returned from California sharing western experiences. Kenneth Peters Thomas and Williams left for Des Moines for navy enlistment exams. Rev Mitchell entertained Robeson at dinner.
Fine quality pigs impressed judges Rollie Pemberton praised the display at the 4 H swine show. Harold Maas Robert McLaughlin and Cleo McCoy led with firsts in litter and gilts. Lambs and sheep awards followed with Don Rinner and Richard Gardner among top winners. The event continues Thursday with awards at the Farm Bureau picnic.
London reports the torpedoing and sinking of the H. M. Cairo and H. M. S. Foresight, 1850 tons, during last week’s Mediterranean convoy clash, as stated by the Admiralty.
Three Indians a young man and two boys were held in Tama county jail after a two day chase through three counties. Sheriff Harry Sharp said the trio admitted stealing eight automobiles at Tama Chelsea Belle Plaine Marengo and Montour.
Mineralogists estimate a single county holds about 40 billion tons of high grade iron ore yet to be mined, a reserve sufficient to supply the U.S. market for twenty years, despite decades of mining in the region.
The message calls for repeated expansion of war industries over two years. Shipbuilding and ordnance workforces must triple, aircraft employment rise nearly fourfold, and navy yards ar military arsenals and air depots may increase fivefold. It emphasizes patriotic, skilled workers.
A community sale notice invites participants to bring livestock for valuation. Readable listings include 100 head of choice ewes and lambs, 400 head of feeding lambs, cattle consignments with milk cows, heifers, fat cows, and butcher stock, bulls and veal calves, 100 head of choice hogs, sows and boars, and a 600 lb Royal Blue separator for sale.
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