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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1940

Page

5

Wellman High School Presents Cantata and Carols

Wellman high school auditorium hosted a large audience for a cantata by the mixed chorus of sixty, and a grades’ Christmas carol symposium titled Christmas Through the Ages. Soloists and ensembles highlighted the program with translations across multiple carols and a concluding Star of Hope duet.

Frank Wilson Wellman Wellman High School Ruth Speicher F. I. Ashford Arthur Gardner the Heavenly King Richard Turnipseed Mutiel Marner Bethlehem Betty Turnipseed Rosalind VanDorn the Pulfitlovent Men’s Doubl Quartet Robert Wehrle Bille Kratt

Made speech here by Ronald H Cross on wartime armament

Ronald H Cross, British minister, argued that two POWs in American ports should be handed to Britain. A German warned such a move would be seen as a warlike act and escalate tensions between nations.

Ronald H. Cross Shire Aioe Knight

Chicago Livestock Market Ends Week Strong Across Hogs Cattle

Hogs 500 head with few small lots sold and steady to strong bids. Friday average up. Week sees hogs down 75 to 90 cents, heavier butchers up 50 to 75 cents, tops at 7.26. Cattle 100 head with week trade closing strong. steers heifers and yearlings up 25 to 75 cents, beef cows up 25 to 40 cents, bulls 50 cents, vealers 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Best steers 14.00, bulk 9.75 to 15.94, heifers 12.50 top, 9.06 to 11.00 bulk. feeders to 12.50. Sheep 300 head. lambs 35 to 65 cents higher midweek, sheep and yearlings 25 to 50 cents higher, fed lambs top 10.00, bulk 9.50 to 9.85.

Chicago

Grain table shows mixed futures for wheat corn oats and rye

Chicago grain table dated December 28 lists May and July contracts for wheat at 86 87 and 85 87 percent, corn around 61 62 percent, oats near 36 37 percent, and rye around 46 47 percent with various daily close levels and percentages.

Chicago Oper Hieh

Chicago cash corn oats and soybeans listing

A partial market listing shows Chicago cash prices for corn oats and soybeans. Entries indicate color grades and protein or moisture notes with varying percentages and weights. The fragment suggests values in the 60s for corn and soybeans and mentions white and yellow samples.

Christmas service and program at Methodist church

A vesper service directed by the W Q V club and a Christmas program at the Methodist church were highlights of Sunday. Thirty four Sunday school classes participated with George Well as announcer and children receiving treats after the program.

George Well

Funeral services for Sheridan Augustine held at L A Jones

Funeral services for Sheridan Augustine were conducted at L A Jones funeral home with Rev. Carl W Klein presiding. Burial followed in White Oak cemetery Dutch Creek township with pallbearers Halph Brin ning Homer Mayer Carl Mayer Daering Lloyd Luers and Harry Hamilton.

Sheridan Augustine L. A. Jones Funeral Home Carl W. Klein White Oak Dutch Creek Township Halph Brinning Homer Carl Mayer Carl Daering Lloyd Luers Harry Hamilton

Funeral services for William C Busby at four churches

Funeral services for William C Busby were held at the Union Dale and Cottonwood United Brethren churches and the United Presbyterian church at Insworth, with Rev. Nickerson and Rev. Hemphill officiating. Pallbearers included Case Steele, William Murphy, Lloyd Walker, Dell Walker, Harve Busby and Al McCreedy. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.

Woc. Busby William C. Busby

Light Reaches Earth After Approximately Eight Minutes

The text notes sunlight takes about eight minutes and twenty seconds to reach Earth, with the Sun at roughly 92,900,000 miles from our planet.

Earth

Fisk University President Named Civilian Service Director

Thomas Elsa Jones of Fisk University in Nashville Tennessee is offered the nations director of civilian public service a post created to oversee civilian rather than military training for conscientious objectors.

Thomas Elsa Jones Fisk University Nashville, Tenn Nations

Gracehill Families Dine Together for Christmas Guests

Gracehill residents share Christmas dinner with relatives from Kalouy Me Pleasant Plain Wellman West Chester Otumwa and Washington with many neighbors visiting. Guests include Ben Boone Ed Libe Harold Hayes Carroll Straube Nelson Woodford and Martha Harvey among others.

Anna Williams Gracehill Nee Donald Lloyd Hayes Lester Stall Cloyd Small Wellman Carroll Straube Kirton Mro Leroy Brown John William

Washington Lodge No 26 Regular Meeting Notice

Washington Lodge No 26 MV and AM holds a regular meeting on the Friday of each month. Howard McBride serves as Worshipful Master and A W Yard is the secretary.

Washington Lodge No Howard McBride W. M A. W. Yard

Railroad timetable fragment with multiple trains and schedules

A dense list of westbound and eastbound trains, local and limited services, with departures and stops via Knoxville and Washington. Mentions Golden State Limited, Californian, Davenport Kansas City lines, and Burlington routes. Includes agent names Goodlander and Anderson and ticketing notes for the depot.

Washington Paltts Knoxville IGE Itttinain Golden State Limited California Kansas City-Davenport Southwest Sunda W.C. Bell

Christmas Week Social Notes From Northwest Washington Area

A pre Christmas dinner near Washington gathered about twenty five Ven Sickle relatives at Steve Crawford’s home. Jerry Jands of Chicago plans a New Year visit to Woodford home. Alice Strohm from Chienze visits her old home with brother Charles and his wife. Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Knight of Des Moines visited Lyle Hayes Saturday. The group then went to Brighton for dinner at Charlie FByestone’s home on Sunday.

Steve Crawford Washington Jerry Jands Chicago Woodford Alice Strohm Chienze Eamn Charles Joe Knight Des Moines

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