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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1944
Page
5
Chicago hogs closed fully firm for the week with supplies well disposed of. underweights sold 25 to 50 cents higher. Cattle calves: fat steers and yearlings gained 25 to 50 cents to a seven year high of 18.35. weaners steady. yearlings at 18.00 a new high for the weight. Sheep: fat lambs cleared at 14.00 to 14.35 as the week grew late.
Chicago August 14 UP reports cash grain oats trading details with mixed Thy and red special oats at 75% moisture or grade levels, noting varying quality and storage implications for buyers and sellers.
Chicago markets report open high low and close figures for wheat oats and rye futures on August 19 with September December and May contracts showing fractional gains and declines. The table lists bid ask and closing values across wheat oats rye contracts indicating mixed movements and slight upticks in several months.
The piece notes wing-surface smoothness is crucial for fast fighters and cites a Langley field report showing a transport at 225 mph requires 180 horsepower to pull rivet heads and lap joints through the air, illustrating the cost of rough surfaces.
Seattle, one of the world’s largest cities for its era, reached about 617,000 residents. It was founded by Arthur A. Denny and Illinois settlers who arrived at Alki Point in 1851 and named Sealth after a Siwash chief, later shortened to Seattle for easier pronunciation.
Islanders demonstrate a primitive fire lighter using a wooden plunger fitted into a hollow bamboo stalk. A moss pad placed on the plunger end is struck to compress air, heating it enough to ignite the moss.
Nut shell derived oil, Filbert oil, praised as one of the best edible oils and valued by pharmacists as a base for laxatives, liniments, and perfumes. It absorbs and retains odors. filbert kernels yield 50 to 60 percent oil, ensuring a high extraction.
The notice lists service members and family members changing addresses or locations including I N Marston and Mrs Frances Haney with new Afghan? addresses in New York and Illinois, Pvt Dale Bower in Missouri, Lt Robert F Thomas and Wilbur Motley in Iowa and Idaho, and Lt Donald Sands recovering in Italy. It notes transfers from Bremerton to Newport and sailors visiting home, plus a Hawaiian stationing for Sgt Raymond Dvorsky and Pvt Peter Rich recounting a Pal pals attacked in New Guinea.
With a garrison of 49 isolated on New Guinea for three days after June 4 Japanese wire attacks, Pvt. Rich led second wire repair efforts before ambushes mounted. Many servicemen from local families report promotions, duties in Europe and the Pacific, and reunions with friends and relatives across bases in Italy, France, and Hawaii.
PN Annand, chief of the bureau of entomology at the United States Department of Agriculture, estimates there are about six million unknown kinds of insects beyond the 625000 types already isolated by science.
Researchers find bone healing improves at high altitude due to reduced oxygen in the air affecting bone metabolism. The study notes faster recovery in climbers and cautions that hypoxia poses risks for other injuries.
The note states that pigs fed efficiently and marketed at typical weight gain 100 pounds for a 400 pound food intake. It presents a basic feed conversion example linking 400 pounds of feed to 100 pounds of gain. The source emphasizes a simple ratio without additional context or conditions.
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