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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
7
Hogs 11,000 head fairly active with steady to strong quotes, top 14.00. 180 to 600 lb mostly 13.75 to 14.00 with some 13.60 for light weights. Cattle 3,000 head. fed steers 14.09 to 16.25, top 16.75. yearlings 16.25, vealers up to 16.50. Sheep 10,000. spring lambs 15.00 to 15.25, some to 15.50. overall sheep near steady. Tomorrow estimates hogs 8,000 cattle 1,000 sheep 2,000.
Chicago grain table dated June 17 shows Wheat, Corn, Oats and Rye futures with mixed moves. Wheat Sep and July hover around 143 to 145, Corn Sept and Dec near 105 to 101, Oats Sept and Dec at 65, Rye Dec around 98 to 101 with small shifts, reflecting quiet trading activity.
Allied forces massed 3,000 planes, thousands of tanks, and over a million troops in an assault on southern Europe. In Sicily fighting eased as NW African air forces patrolled. long range Allied fighters sank axis vessels in the Aegean. Soviet troops held a river bridgehead against German attacks while Allied air power claimed several German planes shot down in channel sweeps. Stimson praised Allied air superiority and battlefield effectiveness in the Mediterranean.
Crawfordsville notes report Rev. Lester Bill and wife leaving for Columbus Junction with three years service in town. Rev. C F Stiefel of West Burlington loses the post, another pastor to come next Sunday. Dr Weis to preach. Kenneth Coates takes a week off in Minnesota. Mrs. Dale Fuhr visits from Washington with Max Mitchell family. Jerry Lee named in Mitchell home. Mrs. John Swift returns home from Tipton. Mr. Graham of Fairfield, father of Mrs. D W Githens, dies in Iowa City. burial in Fairfield.
Chicago market report shows no change in produce prices with firsts at 39 and 8814, current receipts 37144 and dirties 85 with checks 34 percent. Poultry receipts include 8 cars and 11 trucks with market unchanged. Kees receipts total 25 751 cases.
Richard Weeks, son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Weeks, leaves two years at Washington State Bank to begin work today as a substitute carrier at the post office. Also noted are a request to rent a cash register for a week or two and Mrs Eugene Trask traveling to Camp Pucket Alabama to visit her husband 2nd Lieutenant Eugene Trask. Mr and Mrs Sam Irwin and family of Olds were shopping in Washington.
The allied campaign seized Pantelleria with multiple thousands of prisoners and captured 4,000 to 5,000 on Lampedusa. The operation cost about 40 airmen and a few vessels.
Captain Lawrence Herrick of the Army Air Corps, previously in Florida, reports to Richmond Virginia this week and visits relatives in Columbus Junction. Founders Day potluck planned at Chautauqua Park with Letis guests. Clergy assignments include Rev. Lester H Bill to Crawfordsville and Columbus City. Bliven family reunion set for June 20 with picnic lunch.
Britain now harvests abundant spruce cones from self grown trees after wartime seed imports halted. Reports from London say trees of all sizes yield cones, enabling seed supply to plant thousands of acres and support forestry needs nationwide.
Chicago cash grain prices list corn at 1 yellow 107 2 yellow 107 3 yellow 106 and oats at 1 white 74 2 white heavy 74 with June 17 date and UP service attribution.
Use Machines for Profit Now launches largest fiber growing program in the Western hemisphere. Tropical Americas adopt decorticating machinery to cut costs and build robust operations to resist postwar competition from low labor cost regions.
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