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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1942
Page
7
Markets show hogs at 11 000 head slow with weights 40 pounds and down weak to 10c over heavier 10 to 15c off. Prices quoted per hundredweight across various weight classes. Cattle bids mostly higher for calves and fed steers with yearlings up to 15c, sheep bids around 25c over 6.50 down. tomorrow’s estimates note hog activity.
Harriet Dougherty arrived yesterday to spend time with her father Cloyce Dougherty before returning to Los Angeles after teaching in New Jersey. Four men returned from a ten day fishing trip in northern Minnesota. Mrs H E Bailey left Iowa City for New York after illness and death in her family. Charles Van Riper arrived from Kalama Michigan to visit Dr H C Hall’s family. Norene McFarland, a student nurse in Davenport, visited her mother briefly.
Chicago market data shows producer receipts with totals across categories. Poultry deliveries include 48 trucks with market hens and chickens noted as firm and easy, White Rock and colored springs listed with quantities and percentages.
Chicago cash grain prices show mixed moves across corn oats and soybeans with several varieties listed. Prices for corn include mixed and yellow types around mid 80s to mid 60s, oats feature mixed and white grades near 48 percent, and soybeans show small yellow price changes with minor percentages noted.
OCR table records Sep and July futures for corn oats and rye with percent values and price quotes for Dee and Lee markets plus October December and July figures. Notes include old and new July rates and small variations across months.
June 30 report from Gray notes Jimmy Walker spent vacation with Jesse Winger. Vic Winger formerly lived near Forest Walker. the Wingers now reside at Clear Lake. They report good fishing and contentment with the new home. Harold Glasgow and family visited at the Ford…
The grain table lists wheat futures with open high low and close figures for Sep May and July contracts. Wheat shows gains around 1.2 percent across the board with May and Sep posting notable intraday moves.
Midway Sale Co of Columbus Junction lists weekly Wednesday sales and a Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn. July 8 features household goods from the Alice Rownd estate at 406 West Second at 2 p.m. July 25 hosts a real estate sale for George Westfall, agent, 45 miles southwest of Lone Tree, Iowa, starting at 2:00 p.m.
Ruth and Johnnie were honored at a bridal shower hosted by Ruth's old friends at the William Longer home last Sunday. Thirty five attendees shared gifts and good wishes. Other notes mention visits, haying work, and relatives in the area.
Forty residents from Columbus Junction and Conesville, who completed first aid courses, have enrolled in the advanced Red Cross first aid class. The sessions will be held on five Thursday evenings in the Community building here with Dr. J. leading instruction.
The civilian defense committee on patriotism outlines plans for an appropriate sendoff for 31 men leaving for the army on July 10 after furlough. Inductions follow new selective service directives. the list includes Eugene Forest Trask and 30 others from Washington Crawfordsville Wellman Riverside Ainsworth Brighton Kalona Rock Island Mt. Pleasant Portage and nearby towns.
Deputy Sheriff Pierce of Henry county with Frank Woods of Keokuk reported a 19 year old arrested in Marshalltown for stealing a car in Illinois near Rock Island. Woods drove the stolen vehicle on road 218 before breakdown near Riverside and recovered parts were traced with Washington county officers. Steele Thomas of Oskaloosa was jailed for vagrancy after joining a boy to junk hunt and sleep at Burlington stockyards. he admitted stealing a wool bundle from a Muscatine box car and is in Muscatine police custody.
The annual Louisa county fair scheduled for August 11 to 14 has been canceled. The 75 mm cannon in the railroad park, a wartime relic, will be dismantled for scrap metal after local Legion post members removed its big tires. Reverend S R Drake aged 87 is very ill at his home. William Sweet and Alvin Vogel of Chicago visited the Swailes family. John Storms of Lone Tree, formerly Conesville, marks his 100th birthday on July 4 with planned family gathering.
A Fourth of July parade and morning program are planned in Central Park led by the Municipal band. Salvage committee and defense groups will be represented. Clarice Meek announces speakers and performances including Forest D. Walker solo and Rita Peck baton number.
The defense school continued with interactive sessions as Mrs. Tom Cantoni and C. R. Wilson were among the first to answer questions from attendees. Participants from Haskins and Crawfordsville joined, each offering responses to the instructors. Motion pictures remained a key feature, praised for their educational value as civilian defense quarters at the city hall were prepared for use.
Will Test Thirty wouldbe pilots begin an eight week intensive program at the local airport with ground school and flying instruction. Principal W A Erbe notes a letter from Kansas City authorities recommending Washington for an expanded summer course. Superintendent Ralston is expected home soon to advance nitot training plans, while lodging and transportation details remain unsettled.
Grebes hatch on a floating nest and quickly learn to swim and dive with notable skill. They possess dense waterproof plumage and separate toe membranes rather than webbed feet. Young ride on the mother’s back when tired, sheltered by her feathers. Once hunted for breast plumage in hats, they are now protected by law.
Two children of Muscatine spent Sunday in the D. James home. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Bullis and family will move from Argyle to Plymouth where the former, who taught in junior high school here a few years ago, will hold a similar position.
Ensign R F Edmondson of the Navy Air Corps spent a furlough with his Brighton parents Attorney and Mrs E L Edmondson. He pilotled a dive bomber in the Coral Sea battle and said he was in action five days unhurt though his plane's gas tanks were punctured. Edmondson entered service in 1940 trained at Pensacola and Miami earning wings in 1941 and later serving in San Diego before the war zone. He was born in Brighton and attended the University of Iowa law school.
DES MOINES July 1 UP total damage to Iowa crops and soil by heavy rains this week probably will be as great or greater and more permanent than drought damage in recent years Meteorologist Charles F E Reed said in his crop report corn is knee high on average some is too tall to cultivate other corn is a few inches high with a sickly color oats barley winter wheat and flax look good except where flooded hay crops damaged after cutting record hay yields but much damage done to hay by rain daily rains hinder storage total Iowa rainfall since April 1 11 87 inches 105 percent of normal Reed reported rain falls for the same period last year 11 56 inches
Read as a wartime summary the dispatch notes a probable major engagement in El Edim with Rommel’s forces having advanced 200 miles into Egypt and 80 miles toward El Daba in the first 40 hours. British reports claim running desert battles and loss of enemy tanks while warning Rommel may still muster his main strength at El Alim, the road to Alexandria. An order from General Claude Auchinleck underscores the gravity of Egypt’s crisis.
London reports United States dive bombing planes have reached or are on the way to theaters of war. Government speakers praise U S tanks in Libya and note possible impact had numbers been larger. Lords member Beaverbrook discusses American delivery and responsibility.
About 150 hogs were sold last week with strong demand for pig sows boars and cattle including fresh fat cows and heifers. Dealers seek bulls and eligible calves while sheep and lambs also attract buyers. A variety of furniture and one mower were offered for sale.
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