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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1947

Page

7

War Dept. won’t seek draft extension if volunteers help

Secretary Patterson said the War Department would not recommend extending the draft past March 31 if enough volunteers appear. He indicated selective service recommendations to Congress would go within about ten days. Patterson spoke to a Fort Warren reserve officers meeting via prepared remarks read in his absence.

Cheyenne Wyo Robert PY Patterson War Department Congress Fort Warren Washington

Livestock Markets Report: Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices

Hogs 9,000 head steady to 25 higher. choice 180-220 lb 24.50-24.75 top 24.75. 250-270 lb 23.50-24.25. 270-285 lb 25.25-23.75. low bids around 60 higher. Cattle 8,500 head. fed steers and yearlings up 50. Colorado fed steers top at 26.00. best heifers 22.50. good to choice steers 22.00-25.25. cows steady to up 25. canners 8.50-10.50. bulls and vealers active. Sheep 6,500 head. slaughter lamb bids lower. good and choice around 23.00. no early action on some classes.

Chicago Market Report Delivers Mixed Poultry and Egg Prices

Produce: 11 trucks report steady to weak movement as fryers and broilers show 28 514 flow crop springs colored. Eggs: 11 669 eonases unsettled extras 1 3814 and 2 3749 28.

Chicago

3 and 437: standars 1 and 2 37 3 and 4

The note lists numbers and percentages likely referencing standards and receipts. It mentions dirties 33 percent and checks 3214 33, but the readable context is fragmentary and unclear about a full event or entities.

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