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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1946
Page
7
Official notice states plans and specifications for building a schoolhouse in Center district Dutch Creek Township Washington County Iowa. Proposals must be received at the undersigned home by 12:00 PM July 29 and contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Sioux City authorities weigh county attorney Edward I Moran's advice to enforce the law and stop lottery ticket sales. Moran said officers have not only the right but the duty to act, signaling potential public order actions following his guidance.
Holly Springs Iowa July 27 UP funeral arrangements were being planned for Melvin P Gesamen 31 who was killed in a blast at his repair shop. Authorities described the incident as a fatal blast in the small town and planned services were announced.
Bee Line Transit Inc of Cedar Rapids applies to the Iowa State Commerce Commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate as a motor carrier of passengers and limited freight between Washington and Keosauqua and intermediate points along Iowa Highway No 1. A public hearing is set for August 22 1946 at 9 30 a m in Fairfield. Docket No H 3740. July 27 Aug 3.
The Labor Department reports June strikes cut time lost to 8.8 million man days, 0.65 percent of available work time, the lowest since the war. Six-month totals hit 85.5 million man-days, with 2,145 strikes involving 2.945 million workers.
A repair shop worker died yesterday after a carbide tank exploded. Gesaman was using a welding torch near the tank when the blast occurred.
A simple method to reduce paint smell involves placing a pail of water in the room. This creates humidity that can help dissipate the odor more quickly.
A community sale each Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. On August 6 Spotted Poland China Bred Sow Sale by Earl Kellogg and Sons Winfield.
The infantile paralysis epidemic in Minnesota has reached alarming proportions with 28 deaths in the Twin Cities area and 323 total cases there. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis cites a 59 percent rise in two weeks to July 20, listing Texas 452 cases and Florida 862 as the top totals, with Minnesota at 178 cases.
Local notes list Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sueppel and sons returning from a Wisconsin Minnesota and northern Iowa trip. Frances Whisler plans to return to the Journal news department. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Reeves visit from Arizona after vacations in Mexico Catalina Island Celif Colorado and the Ozarks. Donna Clow to secretary duty at Howard Field Panama Canal Zone after vacations in Boston and Chicago. Pvt. Donald L. Smith corrected address Camp Stoneman California from New Haven community parents.
Chicago markets show cattle at all time highs with top steers at 26.50 and fed steers and yearlings up 1.00 to 1.50. Hog prices gain around 1.26 to 1.50, while sheep and lambs hold or fall slightly. canners and cutters steady to lower.
Columbus Junction reports Larry Piper broke a leg when he fell from a hay wagon Friday. The limb was placed in a cast at a Muscatine hospital. Other items note near drowning scares of Joanne Krueger and Freddie Franks, a dog bite on Marlene Ann Brown, and local home purchases by Sands and Luckey families. An open furniture factory project is also mentioned.
Chicago cash grain quotes show corn and oats activity with multiple contract months listed. The table records opening highs lows and closes for Jan Mar Aug Sept Nov Dec and other months with percentages indicating price moves and ranges for corn oats and related grains.
July 27 Chicago grain prices show wheat firm with No 2 red at 2.00 to 2.01, 2 hard at 2.02, corn easing with No 2 yellow 2.10 to 2.11, oats steady to firm with multiple White and mixed lots and barley quoted nominally for malting and feed at 1.43 to 1.68 and 1.18 to 1.46 respectively.
Street where Mr. Oakes will manufacture doll beds and other furniture. Mr and Mrs Chester DeVore are parents of a son born July 19 named Thomas LaVerne weighing 9% pounds. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Mineer are parents of a daughter born July 19 weighing 8% pounds named Marceen Kay. Mr and Mrs Verne Hanft left this week by auto for Rennerdale Pennsylvania to visit their son Rex Hanft and Mrs Hanft. Mr and Mrs Earl J Lewis have gone to Greely Colorado to visit Ronald Lewis and Mrs Lewis. Mr and Mrs Harold Adams Bellewood Nebraska are visiting the former's brother Russell Adams and Mrs Adams and other relatives.
A small radar device aboard drifting lifeboats proved decisive in wartime rescue efforts by reflecting signals sent by search aircraft and ships. The system enabled rescuers to locate crews at sea, saving thousands of lives through improved detection and coordination.
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