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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1944
Page
5
Hog demand slow with 40 000 head listed and top at 13.75 for 300 to 400 pounds. Cattle around 22 000 with calves 1 000. fed steers and yearlings steady to 0.25 lower. early top steers at 17.00, next at 16.85. Sheep 9 000 with fed western lambs strong and natives mixed. slaughter cattle higher by 0.25. Tomorrow's counts projected hogs 25 000 cattle 8 000 sheep 8 000.
Chicago cash grain report lists soybeans at 156 per bushel with two yellow prices noted, January 10. The brief item records a snapshot of grain trading in Chicago with a single price point and source tag UP.
A year end report from the Iowa Employment Security Commission shows $518,544 in weekly benefits paid to unemployed workers in 1943, the lowest annual total in six years. March had the highest month and October the lowest, with the unemployment reserve rising to $39.9 million.
Chicago notes a brisk produce market with receipts of 9 900 cases and assorted egg, poultry, and duck figures. Receipts include ex tra firsts and dirties with steady prices, while poultry shows two cars and various bird categories with mixed percentages.
A brief item notes young tom turkeys at 35 percent compared with old tom turkeys at 30 percent, highlighting a comparative growth in the younger birds within the flock.
The grain table lists Wheat contracts for Sep Dec May and Jul with values around 169 to 174, OATS May and other May figures near 76 to 79, and RYE contracts Sept May around 129 to 133 with varying highs and lows across contracts.
Italian front reports Count Galeazzo Ciano 40, Mussolini’s son-in-law, was sentenced to death for high treason and likely killed while attempting to escape. An axis tribunal in Verona convicted him and 18 other former fascist Grand Council members who voted against Mussolini last July.
A period column lists weekly community sales and closing out auctions across Keota Brighton Kalona Columbus Junction Washington Dublin and Wellman with dates January 10 to February 1. It notes sellers J H Thompson C B Wolcott Wm Zachs E I Rees Estate Kupka Bros J H Kelley and others plus a February 1 land sale. Also a safety tip urges keeping stove pipes seven inches from combustibles and sloping pipes upward into chimneys.
A long reading hits on everyday housekeeping, humidity, and basket carrying for shoppers. Church services, union meeting efforts, and club events fill the week with honors for officers, luncheon by Mrs. Miller, a review of We Cannot Escape History, and remarks by visiting guests including Josephine Bailey and Mrs. Baldrige.
A reader recalls a committee giving her a book to review and her dramatic sigh as she muttered that the reviewing committee should be shot. Laughter follows though no vote is taken.
Lieutenant Lawrence M. Whias Whistler arrived from San Antonio to spend leave with his parents. He received his wings and a second lieutenancy after graduating from Eagle Pass Army Air Base as a single engine pilot of a pursuit ship.
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