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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs slow with prices 15 to 25 cents lower. Good and choice hogs around 18.40 to 14.65 per 100 pounds, depending on weight. Cattle see fed steers and yearlings firm with gains around 46 to 11 cents. calves weak. Sheep market not yet established with fat ewes 4.50 to 6 dollars. receipts expected: hogs 18,000 cattle 7,000 sheep 1,000.
Chicago market report shows steady prices with 20,377 cases of produce received. Firsts and extras vary by category. poultry receipts include 2 cars and 29 trucks with mixed perch rates across hens, chickens, broilers, and turkeys.
The market notes cash grain values for corn with several yellow and white lots listed by grade. Prices shown include multiple yellow corn entries with varying scores and a white corn line, indicating bids or quotes at specific points. the short list suggests active trading in the commodity.
A public real estate sale is set for July 25 with George Westfall as agent. The event starts at 2:00 and is located 4 miles southwest of Lone Tree, Iowa. Weekly community and Midway sales occur in Columbus Junction and at the Whittaker sale barn every Wednesday and Friday respectively.
The document lists mixed and white grain percentages for oats and soybeans. OATS show categories like mixed and white with values around 49 50 percent and red specials at small percentages. SOYBEANS present yellow categories with fractions 1.76 1.71 and 1.61 percent.
Chicago grain table shows Wheat Corn and Soybeans with varied opens and closes across futures months. Wheat September at 1.02 closing, Corn September at 90 percent opening, Soybeans December at 1.76 percent, July deliveries around 1.76.
Mrs. Jessie Myers returns from Kentucky after months with her daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yesslayk and baby of Chicago end a weeklong visit at the Riverside home.
Out of town mourners attended the Trinity Methodist church funeral for Mrs May Flynn of Iowa City a former Riverside resident. Guests included Mr and Mrs William O Loughlin Mrs Grace Sims Cedar Rapids Mrs Bertie Shelladay and daughter Mrs Frank Kinney Mrs Tillie Messz Mrs Louis Douglas Iowa City Mrs Ernest Salladay and Mrs Emma Hardy Washington Mrs Calla Woodburn Wellman and Fred Mouser and sister of Richmond. Mildred Schneider returned to Riverside after weeks with her brother Gilbert Schneider in Chicago accompanied by her niece Ruby Schneider. Mrs Josephine Rabas visited from Iowa City returning home after a week with her sister Nettie Shradel and relatives. Hubert Beranek of Hammond Indiana visited Riverside at his parents residence southwest of Riverside.
An R A F communique reported that allied aircraft attacked the axis stronghold of Tobruk last night, starting fires and causing heavy damage to the base.
An Australian kiwi lays eggs weighing about a quarter of its body weight. The note highlights the remarkable efficiency of egg production in this species and the animal's reproductive biology.
Secretary Soule spoke at a YMCA gathering praising community service to boys and young men. He cited Christ’s interest in youth and urged support as young men face national duties, thanking the community for its work. Dr Keagy presided, Rev Kerr offered prayer, and Bord White led singing with the high school chorus.
Soviet dispatches claim enemy advances in the Don basin threat to the Red Army while reporting gains near Rzhev in intense fighting. In Africa British artillery repelled Axis attacks west of El Alamein, and in China Japanese efforts to seize Fetou island faced a Chinese counter. The text notes a major European action on the Don front as the critical danger point.
A geographic note states that the Pacific Ocean lies to the north south east and west of the Gulf of Mexico. The description emphasizes the gulf’s surrounding ocean boundaries.
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service forecasts 21.5 million acres planted in 1942. Corn acreage at 7 percent above 1941, oats near 6 percent below, soybeans up 70 percent. flaxseed down 8 percent. tame hay down 3 percent but high yields expected.
Last week’s $6,861.75 boost in the Journal carriers campaign brings total to $64,753.40. Joe, a Hoy Scout camp stay at home, pursues the final $800 to reach his three star goal in five days, while peers Dick Dodder and Bob Skipton chase $133 and $298 respectively for their next stars. New carriers Harold Gilmore and Kenneth Cameron also grid to earn first star as Martin and Cameron enter the closing stretch. Washington readers back the paper boys to win the state championship.
A terse Want Ad says a sender went off the USM in mid afternoon, hinting at a possible Allied daylight air raid over Germany. The fragment suggests a wartime alert or admonition tied to air operations in Europe.
Ottumwa will host a $10,000,000 naval aviation reserve training base with first trainees by Jan 1, 1948 and 800 students by March 1. The facility will include 280 officers and 1,800 enlisted, plus multiple training fields, making it one of the Midwest's largest bases. Local boosters and Rep. Karl M. LeCompte are praised for their effort and information gathered for the decision.
Germany's principal home radio station Deutschlandwelt broadcasts from London during a tense wartime moment, with Allied efforts and censorship shaping signals as London reports on German broadcasts from the occupied capital.
Advertises Big Gain Mineral Stock Food to speed pig market readiness by 30 or more days. Claims improved feeding efficiency and profits while noting milk fed pigs are often wormy and recommending sour milk as a remedy.
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