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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
7
An assortment of small ads offers building estimates from Mr. Gingerich and Eclipse Lumber Co, with insurance, used appliances, and various sale items. Reed through parts advertise for sale refrigerators, ranges, clocks, a clarinet, a yearling Hampshire hog, and a Mahogany clock topic.
A fragment notes Spain once claimed a large land area that would become part of the United States and references the transformation of sovereignty over the region.
Applications for the CCC July enrollment are being received at the county welfare office under welfare director Stephen B. Jones. Eligible applicants are aged 17 to 24, with the county quota yet to be announced.
Markets show hogs at 12,000 head with top at 5.35 and typical weights 180 to 270 pounds. cattle 4,000 with steers and yearlings generally steady and heifers down 15 cents. calves 1,200 and heavies mixed. sheep 1,000 with small native springers 11.50 to 11.65 and light offerings. Estimated receipts for tomorrow include cattle 1,500 hogs 6,000 and sheep 1,000.
Chicago benchmark cash grain quotes list corn at 65 to 66 percent for yellow types, 77 to 77 1/2 for white oats around 34 to 35 percent, and 79 to 80 percent for three yellow soybeans. Market notes date June 6.
Chicago June 6 grain table lists wheat, corn, oats, and rye futures. Prices show small shifts with July and Sept contracts across wheat at around 80 cents, corn near 61 cents, oats in low 30s, and rye mid 40s to 48 cents, reflecting moderate activity.
Eves market steady with receipts of 40 833 cases. extra firsts and fresh graded firsts each at 15 percent. current receipts 13 percent, dirties 12 percent, checks 12 percent. Poultry market easy. receipts 54 trucks. heavy white ducks 11, heavy colored ducks 14, ducklings 14, leghorn hens 11, springs 19 to 23 percent, broilering to 18, hen turkeys 12. other prices unchanged.
The passage notes St Crispin and his brother Cris pan as patron saints of shoemakers. It explains shoemaking arose from their example of making shoes while preaching to Gaul and Britain, inspiring the trade name ventle craft in their honor.
Visitors can view Nelsons flagship the Victory at Portsmouth in a dry dock dating from 1656, claimed as the oldest in the world. Nearby the Victory museum houses memorials to Nelson and Napoleon, the Battle of Trafalgar, and Napoleonic era ware.
The piece notes several romantic fortresses in the West Indies. It highlights Ponce de Leon's fort in Puerto Rico Christophe's stronghold in Haiti the buccaneers' citadel at Saint Thomas the Morros near San Juan and the fortifications of Santiago de Cuba and Havana.
A regional program has brought cattle tuberculosis control into full effect, aiming to curb spread and protect livestock. Authorities report implementation across farms and veterinary oversight to ensure compliance and animal health.
A staff officer in New Orleans outlines a month long exercise for the entire United States Third Army of 67000 troops. The Sabine river area in west central Louisiana and east Texas will serve as the battleground with intensive action mid May.
Hans Lundberg of Toronto reports that leaves from trees bushes and pine needles can indicate buried metals including gold lead zinc manganese vanadium molybdenum tungsten tin nickel silver and copper. Samples are collected every 50 feet from same species and heights and burned before a spectroscope to reveal metal traces and concentrations.
Michael O Leary once a lance corporal who won the Victoria Cross in 1915 now sits as captain and commandant of a major camp in London. After the war he moved his family to Canada, held seven jobs in five years, then returned home to become a carriage attendant at the Mayfair hotel, wearing gold braids and medals.
In Huila department Colombia laborers on Alfonso Munoz ranch uncovered ruins of a buried pre conquest Indian city spanning about 40 acres. Workers found hundreds of stone idols over 15 feet tall, adding to earlier discoveries near San Augustin.
Meaford Ontario faces a vacant mayoral post for months as no candidate steps forward. The two year term, titled for the duration of the war, introduced by Premier Hepburn, deters potential applicants.
In Columbia Kentucky Dr. B J Bolin reports delivering three sets of twins within a week, prompting local curiosity about the prolific spell and the doctor’s practice.
The report states that tuberculosis in cattle has been brought under control in virtually all U S counties, signaling widespread progress in animal health and disease management across the country.
The Washington County DHIA reports a May milestone with 362 cows testing for 336,793 pounds of milk and 12,499 pounds fat, averaging 34.5 pounds fat per cow, led by Lilly with 2145 pounds milk and 75.1 pounds fat. Seventeen cows exceeded 2 pounds daily fat, and 6 herds averaged over 40 pounds fat per cow. The top ten herds include Morton Emde and Kash & Swartzendruber among others. the association opens a new year July 1 and invites inquiries via local agents or Alvin J. Lueder.
An American manufacturer has reduced the piano accordion’s weight from 21 pounds to one percent by using light weight aluminum alloys for reed plates wire controls bass key pistons valve plate reed block pistons bass action piston stop brackets and grille. Tunes are said to be as rich as heavier instruments.
In 1932 J. D. Stotler bet R. E. Collins that the Louisiana state capitol would stand 500 years. Collins countered with a $2.50 stake. They renewed the wager in Baton Rouge in July 1938 and noted the stake had grown to 685 dollars from 4 percent interest, projected to exceed 2 billion in 500 years. The contract provides the bank pays the winnings to the heirs of the winner.
The cheetah is not a true cat species but placed in a separate genus. It is used to hunt game like a dog, with a small head, long slim legs, and a narrow chest. Its tail acts as a rudder when running, claws are only partly retractile, and its tawny fur is densely spotted with small dark markings.
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