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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1944
Page
7
From Rye Chicago dated July 26, the grain table shows Wheat futures as Sep 155 percent, Dec 156 percent, with May and July around 156 percent. Oats show Sept at 72, with new quotes around 71 to 70 percent. other months in the 69 to 113 percent range.
Mrs Frank Stratt and I gwins Frances and Nancy and Joe had dental work in Washington Friday. Mrs Fred Wisele stayed with her sister Mrs Florence Kelley of Washington. Geraldine Crone visited Donald Lins home. Will Richards family dined at J D McConacey home in Brighton. Ruth Wilma Dorothy Graber with John Zieglowsky family. Ted Pratt stayed with Lloyd Wilson. Pratt family picnic in Sunset park. Mary Richards visited Mt Pleasant. Virgil Wittmer Kay of Mt Pleasant and Samuel Wittmer and wife of Iowa City had Sunday dinner at S C Wittmer home.
Instructions warn against pulling the cord from the wall and avoid wrapping it tightly on the hook. Rough handling can loosen connections and damage wires or insulation when storing the sweeper.
A recent release from Oklahoma notes a crow bombing near Oney last month. Two hundred forty two bombs triggered and about sixty five thousand crows killed.
Markets report hogs 14 060 head with good and choice 170 to 240 pounds at 14 75. over 240 pounds 14 00. Cattle 11 000 with strictly good and choice fed steers and yearlings active and firm. top 17 75. Wealers 15 00 down. Sheep 1 500 moderately active. early sales mostly steady. top 14 50. Estimates show hogs 15 000 cattle 5 000 sheep 1 500.
Chicago cash grain report lists mixed oats prices with several lots at 75 to 78 cents. Specific entries include 1 mixed at 77, 2 mixed at 77, 1 mixed heavy at 78, 1 white at 77.5, 3 white at 75, 1 white heavy at 78, 1 red special at 77, and 1 red special heavy at 78.
Eggs receipts reach 13 924 cases with unsettled market and scattered grades. Extra firsts 364, firsts 33. current receipts 32. Airties 26, checks 26. Poultry receipts include 3 cars and 19 trucks with market firm.
Crawfordsville July 25 the Friday evening service at 7 o clock features Dr Henry and his wife talking after a cooperative potluck supper for the congregation. Itt includes news of local visits and obituaries as well as missionary talks.
New York sisters Jeane and Pauline Roth, accompanied by their parents, will visit relatives in Noble and stay at the Sam Nebel home. Other local visits include Rev. George Kerr at Mary Stewart’s Raymond Rich residence and numerous small gatherings around Wayland and nearby towns.
Readily available water increases intake by 15 to 20 percent compared with twice daily watering. The finding suggests easier access promotes higher hydration in poultry and livestock.
F Yeager and Thomas Long underwent surgery in Iowa City on Monday morning. At 82 he is feared to suffer shock from the procedure. He resides with nieces Eva Harvey and Besse McCoy. Mrs Besse McCoy hosted a Sunday gathering for Cleo McCoy on furlough who will report to Camp Meade Maryland Saturday.
In a large strike from Italian bases 500 American Fortresses and Liberators bombed Vienna and surrounding German installations while a lighter force hit Albanian oil sites. Lightning and Mustang escorts repelled German attacks. A second Libera tors force attacked the Kucove Berat refinery in Albania with smoke and fires reported.
The county health unit seeks information on the need for a day care nursery for preschool children of working mothers in Washington. Questionnaires left at major plants ask how many children under school age reside at home, if someone must be hired to care for them, weekly cost, and willingness to leave children at a nursery if started. Women not reached can register by phone or in person, aiming to establish a nursery if a need and acceptance exist.
Iowa City reports two former University of Iowa athletes held as prisoners of war. Captain Thomas E. Corcoran, a hurdler and 1938 track standout, is in a German camp. Major R. L. Bodine, a swimmer and water polo player, is listed as in Japanese custody. Overall, more than 500 letter men are in the armed forces.
Evening gatherings featured Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nebel and Gerald and the Roth sisters visiting Mrs. Emery Leichty and family. The Leichty girls stayed overnight. Other local families including the Wyse, Roth, Freyenberger, Mena Freyenberger, and Dennis Graber households met at EB Freyenberger home.
Riverside residents host and visit relatives in a busy July community update. Mrs. William O’Loughlin chairs the Senior Needle club gathering with sewing and refreshments. Visitors include Edward and Mrs. Digney from Dayton on leave, Monsignor Walsh’s dinner visit, and kin from Ainsworth, Aberdeen, and West Branch. Burton Fox returns from Camp Mackall with brother Vernon and Walter Moseriot visits Cedar Rapids en route to Aberdeen. Bernard Kinsey works in Iowa City as Kinsey calls on Riverside relatives. Betty Novy at University Hospital in Iowa City receives care for severe burns from a chicken house disinfectant incident.
Three Iowa Supreme Court justices whose terms expire this year were renominated unanimously at the Republican state judicial convention. The named justices are William L. Bliss of Mason City Oscar Hale of Wapello and Frederick M. Miller of Des Moines.
White parking lanes are being painted today by city workers on blocks off the northwest corner of the square to indicate where cars may be parked.
After visiting their daughter Mrs. Allen Buchanan in Marion West Virginia Mr and Mrs Her- reported serious burns in a incident not fully disclosed with details remaining unclear.
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