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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
7
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago trading
Chicago markets show hogs at 50 to 10 cents higher with top around 10.00 and sows up about 1.00, calves and steers trading firm to steady with loads near 10.75 to 11.15 for steers, heifers scarce, lambs slow with prices 3.09 to 4.50. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 500 hogs 500 sheep 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Market Summary
Chicago cash grain figures show corn bids around 74 with mixed lots at 38 to 74 percent quality, oats trading from 34 to 37 percent, and soybeans around 1.36 to 1.38 percent. Report covers yellow, white, and mixed lots with varying grades and samples across multiple entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain table signals shifts in Chicago market data
Chicago June 12 grain table shows Wheat July at 1.00 1.02 0.99 1.02 with Sep and Dec values. Corn July around 0.747 0.75 0.74 1.75, Soybeans July at 1.35 1.89 1.34 1.39 with various Oct and Dec figures. Oats and December readings listed for old and new contracts.
Chicago Produce Market Report June 13
Market reports show a steady tone for produce with total receipts of 24 228 cases and 24 percent firsts among extras and dirties at 23. Poultry prices remain unchanged with 24 trucks received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
President Roosevelt cancels schedule in Washington
President Roosevelt, suffering a sore throat and slight fever, cancels all appointments in Washington including his regular press conference and cabinet meeting and remains in his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Rev L Bill Attends Methodist Church Atlantic Meeting
Crawfordsville reports Rev and Mrs Lester Bill left Tuesday for Atlantic to attend the Iowa Methodist conference held earlier than usual. J W Rich serves as lay delegate. A severe windstorm Monday evening knocked down trees but caused no serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Lester Bill
Atlantic
J. W. Rich
Homer Martin
Wyman
William Hagie
Martin
Hagie
Doreen Lease
Parson's College
Fairfield
Wellman Forms Organization to Get USO Funds
Wellman leaders organize a county USO fund drive with G. E. Mace as chairman and attorney Eardley Bell as chair. Riley Levert to serve as secretary treasurer. Campaign runs June 23 to 25 with countywide organizing planned. Donations can be left at Washington banks or with any USO committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Mace
Washington County
Dunham Morrison
Wellman
USC
Mace
Fred Downing
Crawfordsville
Washington
USO
Army
Navy
Iowa to Register 15 596 Young Men for Draft on July 1
Census estimates 15 596 Iowa men will register for the draft on July 1. Charles H. Kahl, state selective service director, announced. Last October 283 449 Iowans registered, with 8 075 inducted and about 6 000 volunteered to serve. Local boards will handle the second registration with minimal outside help. local boards may use public buildings if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles H. Kahl
Selective Service
Grahl
Local residents travel and recover from trips amid weather
Mrs George C Stewart remains a patient in Washington County Hospital. Mr and Mrs L A Holland and family plus Mrs Holland's father Charles Long, aged, returned from a Colorado vacation cut short by heavy rain and cold. Orie Turner and sons Harold and Norman report safe arrival in California near South Gate. Mrs J L Marshall leaves for Pasadena after week with sister in law Mrs A EK Atchison. Wayne Strapsky Melvin Whetstine John Patterson return from a Texas trip, visiting Mission and Port Isabel and covering about 3090 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Holland
Carolyn
Dan
Orie Turner
Harold
Norman
California
Turner
Don ‘Thorpe
South Gate
Calif
J. L. Marshall
Pasadena
A. EK. Atchison
Wayne Strapsky
Melvin Whetstine
Wellman
John Patterson
Texas
Mission
Port Isabelle
Six from Here to Attend Boys State in Des Moines
Three high school students Everette Squire Don Klein and Willis Booth and three adult leaders Kenneth Kimberlin Joe Duen and Jim Davidson from Washington will travel to Des Moines June 15 to 22 for the annual Boys State sponsored by the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Des Moines
American Legion
Everette Squire
Don Klein
Willis Booth
Kenneth Kimberlin
Joe Duen
Jim
Charles Kessel Dead at 56 in Brighton Area
Charles Kessel 56 of Brighton died last evening at 6 40 in a Des Moines sanitarium where he had been a patient for two weeks He was born April 15 1885 in Walnut township Jefferson county and lived all his life as a farmer in the Brighton community He is survived by his wife Hattie Shaffer three daughters Mrs Donald Robison Mrs Bernard Singleton and Mrs Laverne Farmer five brothers and three sisters with funeral arrangements under Stacy Funeral Home Wayland not yet decided due to mud covered roads
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Linda Kay
Ainsworth
James Wagamon
Virginia
Clark Brown
Georgia Booth
Collett Sitler
Glennwood Gingerich
Judy Kay
Tommy Dale
Ray Sitler
Galen
Kenneth
Temple 101
Wellman Temple No. 101
L. W. Blackwell
Temple
Juanita Schaffer
Lorrain Kos
Donna Romine
Daryl Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
W. A. Patterson
Patterson
Walter Harvey
Los Angles
Calif
Blaine Boden
Duane McClure
Floyd Maxwell
Laura Longwell
Washington
Harold Patterson
Ronnie, Wellman
James Patterson
Don
Robbie
Marion
Gertrude Tipton
Willard
L. E. Fleming
Tipton
Clarence Timmons
Brighton
Charles Kessel
Des Moines
Stacy
Wayland
Mudh
Matthew
Mary Rotzinger Kessel
Walnut Township
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Hospital
Hattie Shaffer
Donald Robison
Bernard Singleton
Laverne Farmer
Rosalie Robison
Keith
Beverly Farmer
John
Fairfield
Edgar
Raymond
Miami
Matt
Joe
Ed Hesser
Chicago
George Wendling
Davenport
Andy Duttweiler
State Labor Federation Re-elects Three Officers
Cedar Rapids June 13. Three officers of the Iowa State Federation of Labor were re-elected today. A A Couch Des Moines president Charles Savage Sioux City vice president and J J Brown Dubuque secretary treasurer were unopposed. Savage defeated Joseph McGlade Waterloo. Two executive board members were re-elected Gordon Beck Council Bluffs and William Hottel Des Moines. New board members named J C Blodgett Cedar Rapids and Leo Paulson Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Federation of Labor
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Charles Savage
Sioux City
J. J. Brown
Dubuque
Couch
Brown
Savage
Joseph McGlade
Waterloo
Gordon Beck
Council Bluffs
William Hottel
J. C
Helman Gets Six Months for Counterfeiting Fake Nickels
Samuel P. Helman of Estherville was sentenced to six months in jail after a federal jury found him guilty on three counts of counterfeiting for making 13 fake five-cent coins placed in candy vending machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Samuel P. Helman
Estherville
Helman
Playgrounds to Open Monday in Washington
Playgrounds for boys and girls, sponsored by the Y's Men's club and the Parent-Teacher Association, open next Monday at Stewart and Lincoln school grounds with supervised activities from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4. Joe Duen is playground director, Frances Sartor leads younger children, Margaret Ragan older girls, and changes to the boys softball schedule are noted due to church vacation Bible schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Y's
Parent-Teacher Association
Stewart School
Lincoln School
Joe Duen
Frances Sartor
Margaret Ragan
Duca
Dodder
Marshall
Paul
Stewart
Duen
Des Moines
Leigh Soule
Washington VFW Men to Convention in Marshalltown
The state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held in Marshalltown June 14 to 17 with delegates Fred Longer John Pehler Dale Atkinson Jesse Radda and Everett Bur ham and alternates Earl Lemley Ben Holt S B Watson and Tom Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marshalltown
Washington County Post
Fred J. Longer
John Pehler
Dale Atkinson
Jesse Radda
Everett Burham
Earl Lemley
Ben Holt
B. Watson
Tom Swift
Ed Feichelkamp
John Custer
Order of
Legion Post
Crawfordsville
V. F. W. Post
Iowa City Girl Hurt in Bicycle Collision
Iowa City 11 year old Mary Elizabeth Fuhrman, daughter of S. K. and Mrs. Fuhrman, southeast of the city, is in serious condition at Mercy Hospital with a skull fracture after a bicycle collision with a car driven by 34 year old farmer Arthur Parizek of near West Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Mary Elizabeth Fuhrman
S. K. Fuhrman
Here
Mercy Hospital
Arthur Parizek
West Liberty
Graham couple depart for summer vacation in Yellowstone area
Mr and Mrs Grant Graham leave Wellman for a summer trip starting with a visit to Davis City to see Graham's ill brother. They plan a month in Yellowstone Park and a ranch-camp stay below Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Crossett family attends a funeral for Cassious and Joe Crossett's sister Mrs Utter in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Grant Graham
Davis City
Mr. Graham
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Cassious Crossett
Joe Crossett
Jay Miller
Carmine Crossett
Mearl Crossett
Marshall Crossett
Cassious
Lyon Utter
Iowa City
BH. C. Jones
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Riverside
Minnie Chance
Sargents
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Green Colonial
Eveready Plumbing & Heating Co
Green Colonial Furnace Co
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East 3Rd St
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Midway Safe Co
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R. B. Stephens
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Tucker Chevrolet
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Eclipse Lumber Co
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Loveless Implement Store
Wm. Panzer
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George Bowers
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Methodist Church
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Christ
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