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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1940
Page
5
Chicago August 27 market report shows egg receipts at 12,079 cases with 18 fresh graded firsts and 164 firsts, dirties at 14 percent and cheek at 13. Poultry receipts cover 45 trucks with ducklings 15 and small hens 16, heavy hens 11, leg horn hens 11, white rock springs 18, Jeghorn broilers 15, other prices unchanged.
A Swedish metal workers union proposed free one way trips to Russia for members who praised Soviet Russia and pledged to stay at least ten years, but no members accepted the offer. The plan sparked controversy as it highlighted Cold War tensions and internal divisions within the union.
The Washington Evening Journal offers a free classified ad for each of the 15 Derby contestants. Readers must mail or bring in error appraisals with the best tally winning a 5 cent credit slip. Contest closes Monday September 2, 1940.
Markets show hogs at 11,000 head with gains of 15 to 25 cents and top at 7.65. Hogs ranges by weight tier from 6.25 to 7.90. sows 5.90 to 6.35. Cattle receipts 10,000 with yearlings and steers inching higher, bulls up, cows 5.50 to 7.00, vealers and yearlings above 11.00. Sheep 2,000 with lambs down about 25 cents. ewes 2.50 to 3.75. Estimated tomorrows cattle 9,000 hogs 58,000 sheep 2,000.
Columbus Junction reports the 1941 school year starts September 2 with a half day. Hibbs, the superintendent, heads 19 instructors as kindergarten entry requires a Jan 1 age 5 and first grade eligibility by June 1 1941.
Chicago market notes show mixed prices with corn yellow and white types priced around 64 to 65 cents per bushel for 1 yellow and varied 3 yellow. Oats include mined and white samples around 26 to 30 percent. Soybeans report limited figures with 82 percent for 2 yellow beans.
Chicago reports open high low and close figures for May September and December contracts across wheat corn oats and rye. Grain prices show modest variations with May and Sept bids around mid 60s to 70s for wheat and corn near 60s, oats near 28 to 30, rye around 41 to 44.
Midway Sale Co hosts a weekly journal sale every Wednesday at Columbur Junction. Community Sale runs each Friday. City Feed advertises a household goods sale on Tuesday September 3 at 2nd Ave. Edna Ruebsam and Dot Knotek Bros announce items from Duroe and Salo.
Mr and Mrs Cullen Bacon and niece Sally Jo Keeler of Rock Island were weekend guests of Mrs Bacon and Mrs Lohberger. Martha Harvey a registered nurse at Oakdale sanitarium returned home after visiting her parents. Mr and Mrs John Yousling spent a week honeymoon in Minnesota and lie at 114 Clara Barton. Hollis Vosburg and family from Waukesha Wisconsin visit his aunts Ada Hollingsworth and Dr Clara Gray. Walter Lake of Bloomfield visited Milo Sorden. Lake directs Bloomfield high school band. Karl Eldridge of
Harvard University will build the world’s largest astronomical observatory this summer in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains to study the sun. The facility at Fremont Pass will use a coronagraph to create artificial eclipses and observe the corona and solar phenomena, supported by a spectograph and motion picture records for solar prominences and corona changes.
Orlando—F B Zahn, a Carlisle Indian School graduate and interpreter, predicts the full blood Indian will be extinct within five years due to rapid absorption by whites through intermarriage. He asserts Indians are not red men but copper men with Mongolian origins and notes cross-dressing examples could blur appearance. He traces American Indian origins to migrations from Asia during land links with Alaska.
In Gondar Ethiopia the Italian government restores ancient rulers castles built for emperors from 1632 to the mid eighteenth century. The project aims to make Gondar a tourist center near Lake Tana. The largest castle Fasili das serves as Italian governor’s HQ in Asmara. Another castle becomes residence for the Ethiopian viceroy, the Duke dAosta.
Rome reports Prof. Raffaele Bendandi claims four new planets beyond Neptune control the solar system and trigger geological activity. He asserts the Biblical flood occurred in 2687 B C based on planetary movements and a scientific proof.
In Ann Arbor Michigan University hospital surgeons report a 10 week old infant is recovering and gaining weight after a rare operation three weeks ago to move the heart from the right to the left side. The child Elneda Baumann daughter of Theodore R Baumann Hope Michigan underwent the hour long surgery to correct a diaphragmatic opening that allowed the intestines to shift and collapse the left lung.
Indianola resident spent yesterday in Washington accompanying Mr. Eldridge and visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eldridge.
Washington County 4-H boys excel in the State Fair livestock shows with top honors in Duroc Jersey and Hereford classes. Marion Timmins wins in carcass contest while Timmins previously claimed the title in 1933.
Rain today forced cancellation of the afternoon grand stand show at the state fair for the third time. The evening show will go on as scheduled. Secretary A. K. Corey noted 30 acres of exhibits remain under roof and viewable in any weather as attendance dipped to about 2000 yesterday.
Ottawa reports the joint Canadian United States defense board aims to finish a set of recommendations for strengthening defense by tomorrow night after continuing sessions. Mayor La Guardia chairs the American delegation and says the board’s role is to translate the Monroe doctrine into action.
Dublin reports Irish leaders defend neutrality amid WW二 pressures. An informed Irishman argues that surrendering neutrality would spark civil war and chaos, endangering England and Ireland, while maintaining neutrality preserves national integrity and strengthens defense. The piece notes mutual interest with Britain, evolving relations, and hopeful progress toward a new understanding of shared destiny.
Donna Mae and Jeanette Burrell of North Hollywood visited relatives in Ainsworth from Thursday to Sunday. Kansas City guests Chas Kobuso family and Arline Ackerson stay at Lee Norris house. Leatherberg returns to Tipton after visiting W T Smylie. Miles Stearne and Carl return to Washington DC after visiting George Weeman and Roy Benson families. Mary Ruth Pressly resumes nurses training in Burlington. Dorothy Pearson hosted a birthday dinner for friends. William McGinnis family travel to Montrose Colorado for a Young People's Christian Union convention. William Marsh and family from Chicago visited J A Marsh. Bruce McParland and Robert Lopshire returned from harvest fields in the north.
C. C. Kuhn of Algona owns a life ticket to the Kossuth county fair purchased in 1882 for 10 dollars. He has lived in Algona 73 years and this year he attended the state fair, becoming the only living person with such a ticket.
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