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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1944
Page
5
Irish moss is prepared for use in puddings medicines cosmetics and lotions. It also serves as a stabilizing agent in chocolate milk keeping the chocolate afloat and preventing separation from the milk.
Caulking compounds fill cracks around doors and windows to reduce heat loss. Easy to apply with a putty knife or caulking gun, these materials aid in saving fuel.
Iowa City January 14 Professor George R Davies of the University of Iowa warns that inflation could follow World War II as price controls fade. He cautions a hard postwar adjustment, potential depressions, labor troubles, and possible future conflicts amid lingering imperial rivalries.
Hogs slow with some 200 to 300 pound sales at 13.75 and 12.50 to 12.90 in week’s range. Cattle fat cattle heavy week, steers off 25 to 50 cents, bulk 13.25 to 16.00, heifers to 16.35, yearlings to 15.00. Sheep active with lambs 15.50 to 15.60, yearling wethers 13.85, ewes 8.00.
Grain table from Chicago shows United States prices for wheat oats and rye with open, high, low and close values for multiple delivery months. Notable figures include wheat Sep 168 and 170, oats Sept around 75 to 78, and rye Dec around 129 to 130 with various month variations.
A tapered blade pulpwood saw kept under high tension efficiently fells and cuts trees up to 10 inches in diameter. It rivals the work of two men with axe and crosscut saw, similar to performance of a 34 foot pulp saw.
A sequence of farm closings and public auctions scheduled from January 17 to February 1 in Iowa. Listings include buyers and locations such as Ainsworth Kalona Washington and Dublin with specifics on distances and sale types including dairy herd, land, and bred gilt sales. Local organizers include N D Hill Lester C Henss and Kno tek Bros. and Timm.
Absenteeism in large maritime yards fell from 10.3 to 7.0 percent as of mid 1943, with health and accidents accounting for about a third of losses. Plants with tight supervision by unions and plant committees, and where leadermen oversee crew attendance, show the fewest inexcusable days off.
The war department may issue a manual on emergency food plants and says boiled bamboo shoots could become a familiar dish for American soldiers in the Pacific. The edible shoots grow near older stalk bases, require removal of hairy sheaths, and can be boiled whole or roasted for an asparagus like delicacy.
The plot of ground where the First National Bank of Salt Lake City sits was once the site of the first Anglo Saxon irrigation project in the new world.
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