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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1950
Page
5
Mrs. Clara Warren thanks her friends for the flowers gestures and many kindnesses shown during her illness and hospital stay. The appreciation is heartfelt and sincere.
Hog prices ranged from 13.50 to 17.25 per cwt with various weights. Cattle mostly 21 to 34 per cwt for different classes, steers 29.50 to 34, cows 15.50 to 18.50, bulls 19 to 21. Sheep and lambs sold from 19 to 24.50 per cwt with top shorn lambs at 23.25.
Governor Val Peterson of Nebraska proposes a regional education reciprocity program among Iowa Nebraska Montana and other Midwest states. The plan would allow a state lacking a specialty such as mining or veterinary medicine to contract with another state’s institutions to provide that training saving taxpayer money while expanding access. Governors Beardsley Bonner and Peterson signal cautious optimism noting Iowa’s existing strong programs and potential role as a recipient.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports John L. Lewis will reopen talks with northern and southern soft coal producers next Wednesday amid continued no contract no work strikes by about 90 000 United Mine Workers. He will meet owners in Washington at 2 p.m. February 1 after agreeing to a 10 a.m. court appearance to face national labor relations board charges. The NLRB claims the union violated Taft Hartley with its willing and able clause union shop welfare fund and three day work week. Meanwhile coal fields show little support for returning to work before a contract is signed.
A small medical team battling a polio outbreak in St Augustin, Quebec report the epidemic is under control. The plan for training and supplies will be evaluated as needs arise. No evacuations or further flights are needed, but more materials and iron lungs are staged for Goose Bay if required.
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