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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1944
Page
5
Hogs 238000 with good to choice weights 200 to 330 pounds mostly steady to up 10 cents. under 200 pounds up 25 cents+. Cattle 16000 with calves 800 and fed steers to 16.25, tops 17.00. yearlings to 16.75. Sheep 4000 lambs 10 to 15 cents higher with western wooled lambs 16.35 to 16.50 and packers top 16.35. Tomorrow’s estimates hogs 25000 cattle 9000 sheep 5000.
Soldiers are warned to avoid staring at women jostling or speaking to them in public. Moslem men resent such actions and may injure offenders. When talking to Moslem men, the women of his family must never be mentioned.
All Saints Day on November 1 traces to 731 when Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel in St Peter's Rome to honor all saints without individual days. The feast became a widely observed observance in the church calendar.
Dietitians state two daily servings of fruit are essential for health. Fruits provide vitamins and minerals including iron and calcium supporting blood, bones, and body functions.
More than three million books have been sent to U S soldiers stationed overseas as part of a large wartime reading aid program.
Chicago market news shows eggs steady with receipts totaling 8 181 cases and mixed quality grades from extra firsts to checks. Poultry values remain firm with steady receipts including 2 cars and 3 trucks and varied rates for ducks geese and turkeys across color and age groups.
In Chicago cash grain markets corn prices show declines with bids noted as 3 yellow 114 percent, 4 yellow 112 percent, and 5 yellow 108 percent, reflecting a softer tone for the commodity.
Trading notes show Sep and Dec wheat hovering around 165 to 166 with minor gains. May and July contracts fluctuate near 168 to 170 as oats activity remains light in the session.
A sequence of February sale notices lists closings and public sales led by sellers including George Cave E Aldershot John J Bensmahler Milo D Fulton Elmas R Brenneman Boyd Stephens Bill Wingler H B Jones Raymond W Hasty J A Stovall Knotek Bros Timm and Ward Essley. Items include farms household goods and Hampshire Duroc bred stock at various locations such as Keota Columbus Junction Mt Union Wayland Washington Kalona Muscatine and Oskaloosa with start times from 10:30 to 1:00.
An automatic X ray machine to verify the proper amount of powder in hand grenade fuses has been devised. It will examine fuses at a rate of 4,000 per hour to reduce the risk of premature detonation.
The nation’s transit industry increases carrying capacity boosting efficiency by 200 million bus miles annually and adding the equivalent of 14,500 street cars and buses through better use of existing equipment.
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