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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1942
Page
5
The Washington Iowa J C Penney store led July sales of war stamps and bonds over its Washington Indiana rival, reporting 10038 and 7400 dollars respectively. The Indiana store won a five pound box of chocolates as the prize.
Mrs Norma Clegg and sons Larry and James along with Mrs Georgia Reany and Wilma Stephens returned from a month away after visiting Walter Reany in Alma. Calves purchases by Hugh Morris in Missouri. Myra Clark of Kansas City hosted weekend at James Clegg home. Various local visits include Circle 3 and Circle 1 meetings, and trips to Rock Island with Mrs Baird. Scarlet fever cases in the Bean family. several relatives visited Crawfordsville and Town City.
Chicago markets show hogs at 10 000 head slow and weak with prices mostly 14.50 to 15.10 for various weights. Cattle activity steady to slightly lower with calves and cows mixed. light and medium weights softer. Sheep include spring lambs down 15 to 25 cents and yearlings around 11 to 11.50, with tomorrow’s estimates: hogs 6 000 cattle 1 000 sheep 2 000.
Egg receipts reach 13 350 cases with 344 percent gain for firsts and 32 dirties 29 to 29 percent. Poultry arrives as 1 car and 46 trucks. Market remains steady with Plymouth Rock springs friers and broilers at 25 and 26 respectively. Overall 35 percent indicated.
May and Oct futures for oats rye and soybeans show varied percentages and small shifts. The piece ends with a curious line about African natives nailing a poisonous snake to a tree and awaiting results as an animal is exposed to the venom.
Chicago cash grain dispatch lists corn prices for several yellow and white corn grades with percentages and quotes, and oats prices for mixed and white oats across multiple lots.
Open High Low Close data from Chicago shows Wheat futures for Sep, Dec and May up to around 1.17 to 1.47 percent gains, while Corn futures for Sep and Dec display modest increases with values near 0.82 to 0.86 percent. Market movement reflects light trading and structure on the Board of Trade.
Canada produced an estimated 87,032,500 pounds of leaf tobacco from 70,500 acres in 1941, compared with 61,136,100 pounds from 67,880 acres in 1940.
A study finds women account for about 5 percent of drivers killed in England’s fatal road accidents. The report highlights gender disparities in vehicle fatalities and calls for further road safety analysis.
Community sale every Wednesday and Friday at Whittaker sale barn. October night sale features Hamp shire male hogs managed by Elmus R Breneman of Keota Iowa.
Allied progress in the Solomons shown as some Japanese dispersal. MacArthur praised US Australian cooperation. Caribbean sea losses include three merchant ships with over 30 feared dead. Nazi food shortages rise with new measures, including substituted meats and death penalties for grain noncompliance.
Havre residents share family visits and social calls across nearby towns. Private First Class Donald Smith arrived overseas, per war department notice. Various gatherings occur at Koehlers, Wittmers, Cannons, Richards, and Welty households with neighbors visiting, dining, and attending church during the week.
Mrs. Agnes Ross sprained her foot Friday while gathering grapes in her West Chester yard. She is recovering at home, with a black swollen foot. Relatives report visits and weekend travels by local families including the Ross, Sprague, Bell, Gardner, and Porter households.
Germany adopts synthetic stickum glues in aircraft manufacturing to streamline assembly. The move aims to improve bonding efficiency and material resilience across components.
Report notes thousands of Russian women are undergoing sharpshooter training to bolster air defense capabilities. The initiative reflects wartime mobilization and broader efforts to sustain frontline and civilian defense amid ongoing conflict.
Joe McCoy of Chapin visited relatives in Crawfordsville on Monday evening. He and his father Frank McCoy have been playing in a band at West Liberty during the fair. He had business in Mt. Pleasant with his grandmother Mrs Rose Moorhead. James Mitchell Harold Spangler David Henry Davis and Lee McCall left for a trip west to visit the Black Hills and Camp Castor near Colorado Springs to see Wayne Davis Ernest Baker Dale Jones and John Harold Jones stationed there. Mr and Mrs Lester Bergman and family moved to Crawfordsville and will occupy rooms at the William Ernst home. Bergman will coach and teach commercial subjects in the high school this year. The Presbyterian church youths held a Wiener roast at the parsonage with 14 attending and planned monthly socials.
The country reports a total of 800000 hospital beds. The figure reflects nationwide capacity across public and private facilities.
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