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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1945
Page
5
Government researchers report a chemical compound named 2 4 dichlorophenolacetic acid can kill most lawn weeds without harming grass. The finding offers relief to gardeners battling invasive weeds and uneven turf.
Fifty eight percent of North Carolina’s area remains forested, according to a regional survey. The finding highlights extensive woodland cover across counties and implications for conservation and land use planning.
Weekly market report shows hogs steady with ceilings 14.74 for barrows and gilts and 14.00 for sows and stags. Cattle and calves heavy receipts with mixed toning and lower prices. steers top at 17.90 and calves around 16.50. Sheep trend steady. aged ewes steady to 25 cents lower with clipped lambs 14.50 to 14.75.
Chicago cash grain report lists oats at 1 white heavy 71 and 1 red special heavy 7TU percent for June 9. The brief note records grain quotes without broader market context.
Chicago market page shows grain table with figures for WHEAT OATS RYE and related months. Entries list July September December futures of Wheat and oats, with May and June markers, alongside Rye values and percent figures for various dates.
Yokohama lies 12 miles SW of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay and 537 miles east of Kobe. Opened in 1859 as a fishing village, it began with a temporary shed for Commodore Perry in 1854. Foreign settlement gates and barrier walls helped separate foreigners and locals as the town expanded with land reclamation and harbor works.
The ancients view opal as magical and warn of ill luck for wearers unless it is their birthstone. October births are said to be safe and the gem will lull fate, following the old verse about October's child and woe.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports bark beetles cause greater yearly damage than fires. A beetle outbreak in the Central Rocky Mountain Engelmann spruce forests has killed over 250 million board feet of timber in two years, enough wood to build more than 2,000 average homes.
A gadget has been invented that re inks a typewriter ribbon after it dries out, reviving faded typing. The device offers a simple method to restore ink and extend ribbon life for writers and offices.
Pleasant Hill community notes a birthday dinner for Mrs. Cannon at the Howard Witting home with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cannon and children and Doris Swift as supper guests. The column records numerous local visits, dinners, and calls across families including Kepharts, Kauffmans, Benns, and Meullers, plus a wedding in Washington.
Local column from North Oregon by Mrs. C A Thompson details visits and joinings across Ottumwa Rubio Ainsworth Cambridge and Des Moines. Names include Kenneth Orn duff Fred Ornduff Robert Ganterman Pearl Wallace Jean Marie Wallace Orie O Connor Duane Hazen Olive Watson George Delores Hazlett Frankie Cline C L McGill Bert Booth and Lawrence Genkinger with condolences offered to his family.
Riverside residents attended a family dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Walter Shebek at their west Riverside home. Guests included relatives and friends from Riverside Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and Fort Madison plus Sister Gregory and Sister Dorothy of Ottumwa. Private Paul M Scherrer of Parris Island visited with his wife daughter and mother before returning to Camp Lejeune for water purification training.
Urban centers are now seen as the main source of traffic problems replacing rural highways. The change follows recent federal legislation that allocates substantial funds for city highway projects and urban road improvements.
The National Father’s Day committee selects six Fathers of the Year including President Truman for statesmanship, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower with the Victory Medal, Bing Crosby as Screen Father, Jack Benny as Radio Father, Frederic March as Stage Father, and Chic Young to receive the Eisenhower Medal for morale help through Blondie.
Short excerpts from letters received from boys serving in the armed forces in Washington County. Readers are urged to follow updates as families share news of service, health, and destinations.
Staff Sergeant Donald Be Proudfit of the S75th Bombing Squadron writes home in May from Belgium noting censor approval for new information. He describes training in New York, voyage to the British Isles, a nine month stay near London and Essex, visits to London, air raids, later transfer to France near Roye and a base north of Paris, then a move toward the front ten miles from Holland and 20 miles from Germany.
A hopeful message expresses desire to return home prior to a Pacific deployment. The speaker asks for readers to keep their fingers crossed and notes the long separation ahead.
Grace Hill notes show multiple visits and gatherings. Families including Waterhouse Mikseh Woodford and Johnsons visited kin across Iowa towns such as Ainsworth Burling ton and Washington during Memorial Day week.
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales every Wednesday at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa.
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