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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1942
Page
7
Hogs 15,000 with prices mostly 13.75 to 14.30 per cwt for 160 to 180 lb and 180 to 330 lb animals. Cattle 11,000 with calves 1,200. steers 12 to 14, some above 15. heifers steady to weak. cows scarce. Sheep 1,500 native lambs steady to strong. bulk good and choice 15.50 plus. fat ewes 5.60 to 6.50. Wednesday estimates: hogs 12,000 cattle 7,000 sheep 1,000.
Chicago reports show eggs receipts 23,827 cases with firm market. Extra firsts 30 percent, firsts 30, current receipts 28 percent dirties 28, checks 2744, storage packed firsts 31 to 32 percent, storage packed extras 34. Poultry receipts one car and 35 trucks, market steady, colored springs 4 pounds and up at 27.
The market lists corn with mixed lots at 91, 854 for yellow, 85, 82 for yellow and white. Oats show mixed and white lots at 50% to 60 percent and 46 to 48. Soybeans bid at 1.72 and 1.67 for yellow lots and 1.61 for four yellow contracts.
Open high low and close figures for wheat and corn guide traders. Wheat Sep and Dec edge up, July steady near 1.20. Corn quotes hover around 88 to 89 cents, with morning activity noted in Chicago.
Markets show mixed moves with QATS and Reuters style quotes. Soybeans trade around 1.73 to 1.76 percent, while corn and wheat display varying July and December values across multiple columns.
Grace Hill notes rainfall brings cooler weather and strong plant growth. Lester Small took his family to Algoma. Mrs Small's relatives visited for two weeks. Mr Small returned Sunday. Allen Schaeffer sold twenty five hogs at 13 75 per hundred. Hayes family dinner at Lyle Hayes home with all present except Harold Hayes clan due to muddy roads. Sister Katherin Buxbaum teaching in Cedar Falls visited Washington Friday.
On Saturday she visited her sister Mrs Emma Engle and returned to work Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Homer Morrow of Libertyville visited Gracehill on Tuesday afternoon reporting very dry weather. Mrs H A Engle called at the Do A Strohm home Sunday afternoon.
Ivor Davis went to Davenport for a defense plant job but fell ill and returned home with Sandra. Mrs. Davis and daughter visited sister Mrs. Marion Oldt. Leah Anderson attended the State 4 H Girls Club Convention in Ames. Many attended the Methodist Conference at Mt. Peasant. Friday attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hedges and others. Grant Edwards and Ralph Schuessler with son Roger spent a week in Colorado before returning home.
The world hosts about 250000 plant species and over 50000 animal kinds across habitats. Researchers note vast gaps in cataloging and conservation needs as ecosystems face rising pressures.
Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll star in My Favorite Blonde a fast paced cross country comedy from Paramount. The film features Hope pursued for various crimes including theft and evading arrest as he travels from New York to Hollywood with Percy the Penguin delivering scenes and humor.
Cattle Feeders Day marks the 23rd annual Hey Day at Iowa State College on Friday June 26 with farm cars ready to shuttle farmers. County agents and stockyard buyers will present at Beech Avenue cattle yards starting 9 30 A M to appraise yearling steers on feed and discuss market conditions.
United States district attorney John C. Lear announced two federal grand jury indictments naming 63 individuals and corporations from 10 states Cuba and Panama in what investigators call the biggest lottery operation in the country. Indictments for mail fraud and conspiracy tied to the Republic of Cuba hospital fund lottery in Havana were returned June 1 but ordered suppressed to allow arrests at 11 am today. The case caps a two year nationwide probe led by postal inspector Earnest J Mansfield and Tennyson Jefferson.
The optimal period to plant ryegrass to prevent erosion and boost soil organic matter runs from the last of June to the last of September.
The Want-ada notes Midway Sale Go Columbus Junction every Wednesday and a community sale at Whittaker sale barn every Friday. It lists a June 20 public sale of the W. BR Alter estate at the W Alter residence in Wayland starting at 1 00. A July 25 public sale of real estate is set with George Westfall as agent four miles southwest of Lone Tree starting at 2 00.
A mine located underwater beneath the Solway Firth in England lies over five miles from shore, indicating a coastal mining operation conducted offshore.
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