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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1943
Page
5
Iowa producers plan to detassel 44000 acres of hybrid seed corn beginning July 15 with an expected 8000 workers. They say women can fill most of these positions, offering four to five dollars daily for two weeks to a month. Flexible hours are available, and anyone 15 or older can register at county extension offices or the U S employment service.
Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson announced the army’s resident representative at the Wright Aeronautical Corp plant in Lockland Ohio has been removed amid Truman committee disclosures of alleged defective equipment sales to the government. The officer in charge of inspection at Wright Field and army inspection personnel were also affected and increased.
Chicago markets report hogs at 14 000 head opening 10 to 15 cents higher, later 15 to 25 cents up. weights under 180 pounds up 25 cents or more. Good to choice hogs 180 to 830 pounds cited 13.65 to 13.90, loads 13.95 to 14.00, lighter weights 12.50 to 13.80. Cattle 18,000 head with calves 800. steers and yearlings mostly steady to weak. heifers 15 to 25 cents lower. vealers steady. Sheep 1,000 head with fat lambs and yearlings steady to uneven slaughter.
Open high low and close figures for wheat oats and corn futures listed for September December May and July contracts in Chicago trading. Prices shown include various percentiles and month identifiers reflecting grain market activity.
Eggs receipts reach 14 885 cases with wholesale ceiling. market unsettled. Poultry receipts include 13 trucks and 4 cars. market unchanged. Prices listed for small hens 24, heavy hens 24, springs 74, friers 2 714, young tom turkeys 35, old tom turkeys 35, old tom turkeys 3 015, hen turkeys 35.
Chicago July 12 cash grain report shows oats mixed at 73 1/4 to 75 with several heavy and white lots, soybeans listed at 17 1/2 percent and 16 9/10 percent, indicating varied quotes for yellow beans at 17 1/2 and 16 9/10.
Guidance on planting strawberries emphasizes crown tips just above soil, spacing two feet between plants and three to four feet between rows, and notes fertilizer and lime needs are similar to other vegetables.
A new 1,500,000 volt generator at Northwestern University's technological institute will allow engineers to test lightning defenses for electrical equipment used in industry and homes.
A planetary science note reports Saturn cloaked by a dense cloud layer estimated at about 16 000 miles in thickness, shaping theories on the gas giant's atmosphere and weather patterns.
Patterson stated the army investigation largely confirmed Truman committee information but found no cases of defective engines being put into service.
Sam Shepard once in Barstow for a long drive with a $15 000 note owed to real estate operator Mrs Hodges. She was found dead with a knife, the note missing. Inspector Jackson suspects the office secretary, who moved the note, framed Shepard despite his motive.
A two inch layer of manure peat moss muck clover chaff or old legume hay improves tilth when worked into the top eight inches. Green sawdust with tannic acid harms plants and should not be used. Leaf mold helps, but undecayed leaves may harm gardens.
The first offensive action by U S Army aviation was a punitive expedition in 1916 against Mexican bandits.
A 2 million pound explosives figure is floated claiming if every American housewife saved four ounces of fat drippings weekly. The statement links household fat to wartime material production and aims to mobilize domestic effort.
An experienced salvage man seeks a patent for a floating dock 520 by 210 feet. He proposes to equip it with 30 cranes cables 7500 feet long and other gear. He believes sunken ships can be lifted to a 460 foot well and the dock and ship moved to the nearest dry dock for repairs or salvage.
Keepers report diners order more food in rooms painted warm tones than in cool shaded spaces. The finding suggests color schemes influence consumption in restaurant settings.
South bee producers ship two pound packages containing 8 000 to 15 000 bees plus a queen to states and Canada. Prices range from two fifty to three dollars per package.
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