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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1942
Page
7
A Japanese commander Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita, famed for conquering Malaya and later campaigns in the Philippines, is shown walking with a staff officer amid ruins in Malaya. The photo comes from an enemy source.
Hogs held near 14.50 for the week with 200 head market noted. Sows up to 14 at close. Cattle saw steers active and steady with quality offerings firm, but weights and feeders weaker. Cows to 10.50 with a 14.50 cap on weaker weaners. Sheep: slaughter classes fell 35 to 50 cents, lambs top at 16.50 early, 15.25 late. fat ewes around 6.25.
Chicago June 20 eggs market steady with 26,989 cases received. Extra firsts 30 firsts 31 percent dirties 28 checks 27 percent storage packed firsts 3114 storage packed extras 32.
The Chicago Cass Grain price list shows corn and oats quality grades with numerous percent figures and six to eight price indicators. Soybeans are listed with two yellow grades and prices of 1.75 and 1.70 per unit.
Chicago grain table shows wheat futures with Sep and Dec quotes around 1.21 and 1.25 percent moves, highs and lows near 1.2134 and 1.245. Corn figures list Sep around 89 percent, with notes of 89 14 and 0.838 percent.
Prices for corn oats rye and soybeans show varied gains and declines across contracts. Notable bids include July and Dec months with percent ranges around mid to high single digits and near 1.7 percent in soybeans while some months hold around 0.5 to 0.7 percent.
The engagement of Josephine Ford daughter of Edsel Ford and granddaughter of Henry Ford to Walter Buhl Ford at Grosse Pointe Michigan was announced. Walter Ford is a Yale senior and has enlisted in the U S Naval Reserve.
Mrs Loren Longwell hosts four nieces from Texas while Joe Barrett, stationed in New Orleans, reads the Journal with a Brighton friend. Rain harms clover hay and Al Jerald Dutwiller has been disposed. Granddaughter urges reading Evening Journal Rocking Chair Brigade to her mother.
Officials of the San Antonio Community Hospital in California propose anticipation accounts for future parents to deposit funds. Interest accrues as money accumulates and by birth the fees are covered.
South Hill residents share holiday visits as Gwen dolyn Rhea takes a week off school. Elmer Krantz and others travel to Mediapolis to see Jim Henderson home. Dayle Sands nets a seven pound fish at the Iowa river while families gather at Frank Sands home. John Atkinson plans Marine duty, expressing resolve to support the war effort. News includes a grandson birth to Ernest Krantz of Wellman.
A profile of Chinese wartime mobilization shows how millions contribute in small tasks from cave rifle making to forestalling Japanese advances. It highlights industrial recovery, mass production, and Chiang Kai-shek’s strategy of trading space for time to slow Japanese advances.
Farmers warned that wild onions and garlic taint dairy products and cut profits. Avoid pasturing cows on onion rich fields in spring and let grasses establish first. If needed, keep cows off weedy pastures before milking and use fertilizer as an alternative to manure. If manure is unavailable, chemical nutrients may be applied at about one ton per acre broadcast or up to 1000 pounds per acre in furrows.
A discussion on defining cold by human body sensation versus standard thermometers. It explores how people perceive temperature relative to normal body comfort and the role of subjective feeling in characterizing cold conditions.
Cedar column lists numerous visits and family gatherings across area homes. Residents such as Mary Fern and Betty Lou Dyson, Ray Harland, Clifford Snyder, Erma Edith White, and many others are noted with relatives visiting in Coneville Crawfordsville and nearby farms. Willard Ginkens suffers a knee injury from a crank accident. other locals enjoy dinners and weekend visits.
Midway Sales in Columbus Junction hosts Wednesday sales and Whittaker sale barn hosts Friday sales. A public sale of the W. B. Alter estate at the Alter residence in Wayland Iowa occurs June 20 starting at 1:00 PM. A July 25 real estate public sale is advertised by George Westfall agent 4% miles southwest of Lone Tree starting at 2:00 PM.
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