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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1939
Page
9
Cleveland Mayor Harold H. Burton, pressed by the city council for immediate relief restoration, faced boos from unemployed groups as he cited lack of funds. A plan emerged to remove 6,000 employable people from direct relief and assign them to WPA projects.
Market notes show hogs up to 15 cents higher with top at 5.60 and bulk 160 to 270 pounds mostly 5.35 to 5.60. Cattle demand stronger for yearlings and weighty steers with best 950 pound averages at 10.90 and most medium steers 7.60 to 8.60. Sheep fat lambs slow but good to choice woolly lambs 8.50 to 8.75. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 8,000 hogs 20,000 sheep 7,000.
Reports from Chicago on December 18 present grain table data for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye. May July and Dec contracts list small gains and losses with percentage changes and price levels across wheat corn oats and rye markets.
Chicago cash grain prices show mixed corn values with several entries around 64 to 67 cents for different lots. Oats and soybeans list samples and grades with percentages and bids, indicating a range of nearby prices and quality readings for mixed lots and yellow soybeans.
Chicago market notes show steady produce with 5 952 cases receipts and fresh graded firsts at 19 cents and extra firsts at 20. Current receipts total 1714 and dirties at 144 percent. Poultry prices trend easy with ducks 9 to 12 cents and turkeys 15 to 19 cents.
Joseph E. Davies, U S ambassador to Belgium, is shown at the White House door as he called on President Roosevelt to report on the European situation. Davies predicted a long European war.
Donald Glass, a descendant of William Glass who founded Tristan da Cunha, left a peaceful isle for London and the wider world. He joined the Boy Scouts but succumbed to illness brought by civilization after less than a year abroad.
Visitors note unexpected semi tropical vegetation around Killarney lakes in Ireland. Cedars of Lebanon, wild fuchsia, arbutus, the strawberry tree, and plants from Spain and Asia Minor flourish, rare in the British Isles.
A community sale column lists Midway Sale Co. at Columbia Junction every Wednesday and Community Lile at City Feed Yard every Friday. Paul Widmer Est. closes out sale on December 21 located 3 percent miles northeast of Noble and 5 miles southwest of Crawfordsville.
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