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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1941
Page
7
Cash grain markets in Chicago show mixed corn and oats quotes. Corn ranges from 63 to 86 cents with mixed and yellow varieties across grades and samples. oats show mixed and white heavy categories with price points around 29 to 40 cents.
A Cotter wind storm damages trees and buildings on several farms including the Omri Peters and J M Davis properties. Wires broken disrupt service. harvest oats delayed. Local residents begin new jobs and attend meetings in Ames and Muscatine. A Florida car crash near Cotter causes no injuries. Mary Alice Hunting resigns from Cotter High School. family travels for church and community events.
Journal notes Midway Law Co Columbus action with weekly sales every Wednesday and Friday at City Feed Yard and Community Sale on Fridays. Local listings show recurring sale days and venue details for residents.
Market notes show two yellow soybean lots at 1.45 percent, one at 1.45 to 1.46 percent, and four yellow lots at 1.45 percent.
Grain figures list Wheat Corn and Soybeans with July September and December contracts. Open high low and close values show slight moves in Wheat to about 1.03 1.04, Corn around 0.73 0.75, and Soybeans near 1.46 to 1.38 with several old and new crop entries.
The piece notes Mrs. DiMaggio, Dorothy Arnold formerly of the movies, watching Joe DiMaggio in a Yankees at bat where he misses twice before a third swing yields a hit. It mentions additional local hospital visits by Rev Mr and Mrs Robeson and Mrs Clarence Work.
Former Congressman Edward C. Eicher dedicates the Columbus Junction Iowa postoffice calling for national unity. He explains federal funds supported the project and cites democracy’s survival through hard times while praising local partners and a New Deal style public works program.
Congressman Thomas F. E. Martin told a July 4 audience in Columbus Junction that Iowa reads the nation in stable thinking and supports Defense while urging not to rush into war. He cited Floyd Pine’s defense leadership and sacrifices of Private Charles Edward Bidwell and Lieut. Theodore Holssteen, and argued for a strong arms program built on national economy and preparedness.
Frank Verheul, chairman of the Iowa State Old Age Assistance association, has gathered signatures from lawmakers and officials on a petition to grant free admission to the state fair for old age pensioners. He notes it is unfair that children and veterans enter free while pensioners cannot afford the cost. Senator A J Shaway is cited supporting the request as justified since old age assistance offers no entertainment provision.
White embroidered muslin curtains described as very full suit a Southern Colonial mahogany room. The idea may extend to lamp shades and dressing table stool, echoing a petticoat-inspired style for home furnishings.
In 1939 the nation collected gasoline taxes totaling over one billion dollars by December 15 marking a first. By 1940 estimates show the billion dollar threshold reached by November 15 about 30 days earlier than the prior year.
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