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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
5
Farm item offered at 35 dollars. Call John A er Louis Horak at 1603 for details. Also for sale black cocker spaniel pups pedigreed with four generation papers. Call 221W 107-138 for information.
Hogs 6 000, cattle 12 000, sweep 12 000. Hogs 7 000 active fully steady with good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs and up at 14.75 ceiling. Sows at 14.00. Cattle 509, calves 1 000. Fed steers and yearlings steady to 25c lower. top 18.00. Heifers steady to weak with choice kinds absent. Weaners unchanged at 16.50 with down Bears. Sheep 1 500 fairly active and steady. medium spring lambs 16.90 to 16.25 with bucks 1.00 lower. two loads good and choice 9S to 100. Old crop short lambs No 1 pelt 15.35 bearings 14.35.
Chicago market notes firm receipts 24,091 cases for produce with extra firsts 36.75 to 38.2 and firsts 35.8. current receipts 33.5 and dirties 32.6. poultry receipts 13 trucks. Unchanged market overall with firm tone.
Chicago grain table shows Wheat July at 723, Corn July 118, and Oats July around 70 with varying open high low close figures for July and December delivery. The report lists multiple months with slightly differing percentages and prices across Wheat Corn and Oats, indicating fluctuating market activity on June 19.
Thomas Cushing of Tipperary describes a German plan to blow up the Panama Canal using Irish POWs as saboteurs. The former prisoner, after repatriation, claimed Nazi leanings and admission of sabotage training in a camp.
Iowa farm income in 1944 totaled 1,479 million dollars, about 7 percent below 1943 and far above prewar 1939 levels. Editor Kutish notes cash income should stay high in 1945 due to continued strong demand, with favorable outlook for culling cows and cattle numbers as meat supplies tighten.
The article discusses magnetic declination across the Atlantic and within the United States. It notes Columbus’s voyage alignment with westward needle points, states declinations range from 22 degrees west in Maine to 25 degrees east in Washington, and mentions the agonic line crossing near Lake Michigan, Cincinnati, and Savannah with wild wiggles in the Great Smokies.
The article notes rising Japanese jitters as American forces near Okinawa and emphasizes the need to store prepare and cook food to preserve vitamins minerals and nutrients for troops and civilians alike.
June 19 Wellman fire damaged the Lloyd Bradshaw home last week and while repairs proceed the family shares a meal with neighbors. Visits and gatherings surround the Nelson Woodford residence as relatives travel from Washington and Denver for family time.
Attendees gathered at the K P hall in Brighton Thursday evening for a community pot luck supper. Residents shared dishes and enjoyed social time together.
A 1857 Ohio Senate committee stated the passenger pigeon required no protection and would not be threatened by ordinary destruction. The passage notes the species has since vanished, marking the extinction era.
A fragmented radio programming sheet outlines show titles and time slots across multiple days. Notable entries include Dr Bacon Ani Set a 15 Kleen Maid News Organ Melodies Breakfast Club My True Story Whats Cookin Aunt Jemima One Woman's Opinion Listening Post Tom Breneman Gil Martyn Betty Moore Lois Long Glamour Manor Higgins Farm Hour with recurring Monday Thursday Friday slots and weekend mentions.
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