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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1941
Page
7
Reports say the British Royal Air Force has a new single seater aircraft named Hawker Tornado. It cruises at about 425 miles per hour, signaling a fast advance in RAF speed capabilities.
Markets show 12 000 hogs active with top 11 25 and 11.00 to 11.25 for 180 to 270 lb. cattle receipts reach 10 800 with heifers and vealers steady to higher. Sheep bids steady for natives 11 25 to 11 50 with 11 75 or higher for select lambs. Estimated Thursday receipts: cattle 4 000 hogs 10 000 sheep 2 000.
Dayton Ohio July 9 Army test pilots at Wright Field perform extensive flight tests across many aircraft types. Engineers note the work is demanding though flight data are more reliable due to standardized procedures and training. Major Stanley Umstead pilots the B-19 as the largest test aircraft with high insurance stakes.
Chicago cash grain prices list mixed and high grades for corn oats and soybeans. Corn ranges include mixed 73 to 75% and yellow 75 to 75 14 with white types up to 86%. Oats show multiple mixed and white grades from 28% to 41% with high and extra heavy lots. Soybeans quoted at yellow grades around 1.41 to 1.63 and sample grades near 1.49.
Market steady for produce with receipts totaling 27 236 cases. Extra firsts and firsts each 26 percent, current receipts 2544, dirties 25, checks 24. Poultry market steady to easy with 43 trucks received. Hens 1714, springs 24, broilers 20M.
Chicago grain pricing bulletin shows Wheat, Corn, Oats and Soybeans with July through December contracts. Prices listed include July wheat at 1.051, corn July around 74 cents, oats May near 28 to 38 cents, and soybeans May around 1.53 to 1.54 dollars per bushel.
A small credit note from Powers Produce in Washington Iowa highlights courtesy and local service. It lists no dates or explicit actions beyond a shop term offering friendly neighborhood produce.
Birmingham real estate man W D Dobbins pushes a plan to give every child under 14 a free daily quart of milk, funded by a federal appropriation and issued via white stamps. He cites draft malnutrition rates and half of schoolchildren facing undernutrition as rationale.
Seventy seven Iowa hatcherymen and cooperators in the National Poultry Improvement Plan met on the Iowa State College campus to hear that the plan has boosted U S poultry income by 41 million dollars annually and raised average eggs per hen by 7.4. Melvin Buster of the U S Department of Agriculture noted Iowa participation has grown to 77 hatcheries, 20 percent of state production, with a steady rise since 1935. The program focuses on breeding improvement and pallorum control as the Iowa Poultry Flock Selectors and Testers School opened with a record enrollment of 135 farmers and breeders for flock sorters and pullorum testing.
The article notes that leather shoes wear faster from perspiration and daily use, recommending at least two pairs and alternating wearing them to extend life and reduce replacement costs.
Sidney Australia covers 685 square miles making it the largest city by area among global urban centers. This fact highlights its expansive footprint and prominence in geographic records.
Support from Southern and Midwestern farming groups backs a plan to aid farmers and provide milk, with claims it could match most of 1941 spending. Senator Bankhead approves but warns of separating needy from others. Critics urge earlier, cradle-to-school milk distribution to strengthen bones.
MT PLEASANT Iowa July 9 the annual pioneer young people's institute at Iowa Wesleyan college Mt Pleasant will open next Sunday July 18 and run for a week Rev Paul Hann is institute dean and Rev Robert G Alexander is manager The theme is We Follow Thee and the program is open to all Methodist youth in southeastern Iowa Faculty includes President Stanley B Niles Professor S C Ham Dr Frank A Lindhorst Rev Ralph Dodge Miss Lockhorn Miss Louise Dutcher Miss Ruth Lawrence and others with Lloyd Hill Rev W W Steinmetz Rev H H Stark and more also listed But the text ends abruptly with Rev Robert
W Pinnell of Donnellson Rev John A Nye of Ainsworth Rev Carl H Orr of Keosauqua Rev George G Hunt of Mt Pleasant and Rev Clyde Carter of Burlington named in a county clergy list in a public notice.
Ankeny moves to curb a potential boom from a nearby 380 million dollar small arms plant. The council plans building and beer permit rules and a housing ordinance to require sewer and water connections, prevent shacks, and manage new trailer housing. Mayor Louis Nelson chairs the effort as Ankeny, a 725 population town, prepares for growth.
American Airlines announces four thousand calendars printed with reversed text for barber shops. The calendar allows a man being shaved to read the calendar in the mirror before him.
The Egyptian State Broadcasting, the official body controlling radio in the country, states it does not accept commercial advertising.
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