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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1941
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs 15,000 head fairly active with 10 to 15 cent gains. Cattle receipts 13,000 with weighty steers steady to 25 cents lower, top at 14.50. wealers steady around 14.00. Sheep 3,000 with fat lambs opening steady and best natives and fed westerns at 12.60. yearlings and fats unchanged.
Chicago market notes reveal mixed bids for corn oats and soybeans with various grades and prices. Corn ranges from 69 to 79 4 percent, oats around 56 to 57, and soybeans quoted with mixes from 1.52 to 1.62 percent figures for several lots as traders gauge demand.
Chicago string of early market notes shows eggs with weak market and high receipts, including extra firsts and firsts adjusting within narrow ranges. Poultry movement includes one car and several trucks with variable prices for broilers and tom turkeys, reflecting uneven market conditions.
Chicago grain table lists Wheat, Corn, Oats and Soy Beans prices with open high low and close figures for Dec May and July futures. Notable figures show Wheat around 1.23 for Dec and 1.26 for May, Corn near 0.83 and Soybeans near 1.71 to 1.74. The data reflects intraday shifts across contracts.
Richard Coster grandson of A B Coster of Burlington Iowa and former Burlington Junior College student died from injuries suffered during Japanese air raids on Oahu Pearl Harbor area. He was attached to Hickam Field and his home was in Chillicothe Illinois.
A triangular division consists of three infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, one battalion each of engineers medical and quartermaster troops and a company of signal corps. Its war strength is about 12 500. A square division comprises two regiments and a three regiment artillery brigade with engineer quartermaster and medical units and smaller ordnance and signal corps elements totaling about 18 500.
Washington’s improving junior college Cardinals host Elkader junior college at the high school gym Thursday at 7 30 PM. Coach Bill Bates leads a determined but inexperienced squad seeking their first win after strong showings at Tipton and the prior week.
Crawfordsville defeated Mt Union 47 to 13 in a Tri-County league game. Jones led Crawfordsville with 22 points. In other games Wayland beat Ainsworth 44 to 28 with Kicher and Clark scoring 13 and 12. Cotter edged Olds 25 to 15 as Peters scored 10. Yarmouth beat Wyman 27 to 22 led by Houseman and Wolverton with 20 combined.
In West Palm Beach Florida Mrs Elizabeth Barnard of Surrey England counters her husband s divorce charge claiming she has not seen or written him. She cites the machinations unsocial conduct and aggressive attitude of a third party Adolf Hitler as context for the dispute.
The baking industry shows year round steadiness with peak volume in summer. July August and June lead sales, followed by September May October November December April March January and February in that order according to a survey by the American Bakers Association.
The Turkish government announced it would stay neutral in the current conflict after the United States said lend-lease aid would be extended to Turkey. Turkish ambassador M M Ertegun presented the Ankara note to Secretary of State Cordell Hull confirming the stance.
Mildred Moffitt remains in the Elder and Shannon office in Michigan for the week. Students Jane Eicher and Joan Brown from S U L are due home tomorrow for the holidays. Edward McCutchen, from State Agricultural College Ft Collins Colo, is home for Christmas with his parents. Earl McCutchen of University of Georgia Athens will spend holidays at home. Winter Apples priced at 1.00 per bushel at Jackson's Store. Mrs. Dora Chapman of Iowa City and Ellen Margolin a SU L student visited Mrs. J. Rothschild in hospital yesterday. Mrs. Rothschild’s child suffered broken bones in both wrists in a fall but is improving. Mrs. George Lord of Ainsworth was a business visitor yesterday. Max Birka entered University Hospital Iowa City yesterday for a back injury.
In Gulfport Mississippi state poultry specialist B Z Beanblos som conferred with Assistant Agricultural Agent H L Turnipseed. AAA Adjuster B D Pepper missed the conference.
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