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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1941
Page
7
Hogs show 500 head with light demand and little early action. week moves mostly steady to slightly lower. Cattle desks report 100 head with calves scarce. weights down 0. five to 1.0 on steers, primes strong, cows mixed. Sheep markets steady to higher with fat lambs at 12.25 to 12.40 and fat lamb top near 13.00. yearlings and fat sheep up. Highest December prices for fat lambs since 1929.
Chicago bulk grain prices show wheat soybeans and corn fluctuating as Dec and May contracts edge higher or lower. Trading notes indicate Dec wheat around 1.23 and Dec corn around .78, with soybeans near 1.70.
Market notes show mixed corn bids with several lots ranging 75 to 84 percent values and old 784 percent. oats offer 66 to 57 percent on mixed and white samples. soybeans quoted with yellow and red samples around 1.60 to 1.65 percent, with small lots at 1.64 percent and 1.60 percent.
Chicago reports December 20 receipts totaling 19 370 cases with firmer market. Extra firsts 3 firsts 34 assigned. current receipts 31 percent. dirties 27 percent. checks 2614 noted by UP.
A factory producing stoves and appliances saw workers improve enamel color matching as vitamin A intake increased in the diet. The study notes better visual acuity linked to higher vitamin A consumption among enamel-color matchers.
A New York meteorologist notes many unexplained mysteries about why a rainbow fails to appear until the disturbance ends, and adds that similar puzzles apply to traffic policemen during events.
The food stamp relief plan started in Rochester in May 1939 and expanded to Iowa and beyond, with over 4 million participants. About 56 Iowa counties use it, and 29 more await approval from Secretary Wickard to begin. Pros include grocery store purchases and choice in commodities. local officials decide adoption.
News briefs from December 20 report Hong Kong facing possible fall as British imperials hold key peaks under heavy bombardment. Russian front sees gains for Red Army near Crimea and Moscow area. U S submarine sinks another Japanese transport near Cavite amid continued Far East conflict. Chinese forces attack Kowloon border to relieve Hong Kong, taking Shumehun before late counteractions.
About eighty percent of grade crossing accidents involve motorists who live in the neighborhood, highlighting local risk factors and the need for targeted safety measures.
Ray mond Baxter known as Skeeter has been sentenced to death in the electric chair for the slaying of Mrs. Elsie E. Miley and her golf star daughter Marion during a hold up at a country club in Lexington Kentucky. The conviction marks a second man condemned in the case.
Riverside announces a Christmas program by the Trinity Methodist church Sunday evening December 21 at 8 oclock. Rev. Stuart C Peterson presides with invocations readings songs and performances by Sunday school grades and kindergarten groups.
A 27 year old Austrian baron purportedly living as Ernest Frelich De Meyer is under investigation by Los Angeles authorities on charges of espionage and posing as a U. S. Army officer. The report lists names of local figures and events connected to a separate farm sale coverage from Columbus Junction and Washington with auction results and prices.
Desert legend Death Valley Scotty hosted a music room in his castle claim. The room reputedly cost about $990000.
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