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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1944
Page
5
For sale good hedge corner fence and brace posts Ardell Gerot Riverside also for sale eight white face calves weighing 300 to 700 pounds John Martin Crawfordsville
Chicago hogs 24,000. under 200 lb. active, stronger by 15c, 200-830 lb top 13.75, sows 12.00-12.25. Cattle 9,000. calves 1,000. fed steers and yearlings steady, best steers 16.75, heifers 16.20, yealers 16.00. Sheep 5,000. early sales steady, western lambs 15.50-15.65, yearling wethers 14.00, no slaughter ewe activity. Tomorrow estimates hogs 20,000, cattle 18,000, sheep 6,000.
Eggs market easy with receipts of 14 075 cases and split into extra firsts 35 percent firsts 34 percent current receipts 33 percent critics 31 checks 29 percent. Poultry receipts total three cars and seven trucks with one market firm and unchanged.
The piece shows wheat and oats price quotes with various contracts and dates, then notes Allied shipping recovery during the war. It cites open high low close figures for wheat and rye and discusses tonnage losses and postwar ship availability through 1918.
Brightwell region notes record Glen Pringle MP and Mrs Pringle spending furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Dan Pringle in Davenport. They traveled with the Pringle party to Brighton for a weekend visit with relatives.
The community reports a hospital visit for appendicitis recovery, a quilting session hosted by the Wesleyan Sunday school class, and the birth of Lyle Raymond Stacy at Jefferson County hospital. Several families share weekend visits, relocations, farm purchases, club meetings, and family dinners across Fairfield, Brighton, Muscatine, and Galesburg with residents including the Robb, Koch, Mullikin, Bartlett, Wellens, Harken, Alm, Fred Wanerus, and Day families plus navy service by David Riley.
Article notes wartime policy that employers pay the United States the same wage for POW labor as free labor, with all proceeds going to the U S treasury. Also reports local social notes of visits and stays at homes in Wayland Davenport and Haskins. many family visit details.
University of Iowa professor highlights soybean uses in war effort including edible oils, food pastes, meat substitutes, artificial wool via soybean meal, and plastics for blankets and upholstery. Lend-Lease shipped one million pounds of soybean flour and grits in 1943. Also mentions Dutch New Guinea million dollar highway built with mahogany and aluminum ore.
A fragmented Journal sale column lists multiple public, closing out and purebred animal sales in Iowa towns. Entries include dates February 3 through February 24 with locations near Kalona, Ainsworth, New Haven, Washington, West Chester, Mt. Union, Muscatine, and Nobles, showing start times from 11:00 to 12:30 p.m. Several consignors named: Harvey Gingerich and Son, Mrs Don Wood, W T Hobbs, Wagner & Eichelberger, Alea Fickling, Elmas R Brenneman, Boyd Stephens, Knotek Bros & Timm, Ward Essley, Sidney Smith.
In cooperation with the Bureau of Dairy Industry a dairy producer raised his 1924 average of 8 270 pounds to above 15 600 pounds in 1941. The increase totals more than three times the national average for dairy cows.
An army sergeant patented a special delivery parachute for dropping weapons and supplies with paratroopers. A 1929 Brooks Field Texas demonstration showed a machine gun and crew landing together and engaging enemies 20 seconds after touchdown.
U S war expenditures for the fiscal year 1943 were eleven times as high as those in 1941, reflecting the rapid buildup of wartime spending.
Soya protein fortifier cannot replace wheat flours and should not be used as such. It functions as a protein booster and can extend portions in foods like meat or eggs.
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