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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1945
Page
5
Hog receipts at 12 major markets totaled 158 400 for the week. Hogs held at 14.75 for barrows and gilts and 14.00 for sows and stags. Cattle and calves saw higher trade with good fed steers and yearlings up 15 to 25 cents, cows up 25 cents, bulls up 56 cents to 1.00, and weaners steady to strong. Sheep and lambs remained generally steady to strong with top spring lambs 14.00 to 16.25 and springers to 16.50.
About 150000 illiterates were drafted into the army and 50000 into the navy marine corps and coast guard from June 1 1943 to June 1 1944 in addition to many inducted earlier.
Poultry show good appetite in the morning and will eat dry mash well. A wet mash at noon stimulates feeding. Pullets fill crops with grain before roosting. Use hoppers for grain to reduce disease risk compared with feeding on the floor.
Snowball News lists numerous visits and Farm families spending Father’s Day weekend in Wellman and nearby towns. The entries mention Booths, Pleckers, Cave, Sheetz, Knapp, Beenblossom, and related households in events from June weekends to church and VFW meetings. Plus confinement due to mumps and camp return notes.
The chart under discussion shows that the United States and Canada still have more food per person in 1945 than before the war, with only a 4.2 percent drop from 1944 through the year to date and about one third more food per capita than prewar levels.
Almgren buys the H E K Ross residence in West Wellman from Harold Ross with possession set for September first. The sale is reported by Mrs. C F Mayer and notes Almgren of the Almgren drug store as the new owner. The T T T society is mentioned in passing.
Chicago cash grain notes show oats at 73 per bushel for 1 red special and 1 red heavy 73 percent non for June 23. Market tape records minimal detail with fragmented quotes.
Grain table from Chicago shows corn rye and related figures with July September December May data. Prices and percentages appear irregular but indicate monthly variations in futures or spot values. The entry reads as a fragmented market snapshot with partial decimals and calendar markers.
Sixteen mothers attended a gathering at the Mrs Mabel Griggs home Wednesday night. John Denton recently released from a German POW camp is on furlough with his mother Mrs Mary Denton. Pvt Quincey Rice returns from a German prison camp and will speak at the Methodist church Sunday morning.
Donald Topping aged 55 died after an operation at Clinton hospital. He was son of Mr and Mrs A J Topping and brother of Dallas and Mary Bradford. He studied at Wellman High School and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, practicing in Clinton since 1911. He married Lourdes Barry in 1919. Funeral services were at St Marys Catholic Church. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, daughter Mary, a brother and a sister.
Waffle grids should be kept on until the iron cools with the cover raised to avoid burning. Lightly whisk the grids with paper towels or a pastry brush before cooling but do not remove the fat coating to prevent sticking. If particles cling, use a soft wire brush and never wash the grids.
The article explains wool fibers shrink when exposed to sudden heat or cold. Immersion in hot water causes shrinking and matting of fibers. Drying with cold air or a hot stove also leads to hardening and shrinkage of the fabric.
Cook vegetables with minimal water and a lid on. Finish when just tender to preserve color, texture, and nutrients.
Pipe Spring National Monument on the Colorado plateau extends 109 miles north from the Grand Canyon to Bryce and Cedar Breaks. It marks a westward pioneer movement with Mormon built buildings from 1869 1870 later used by private interests as a ranch HQ and cattle shipping point.
In western China army engineers supervised base construction for B-29 bombers as 439000 Chinese farmers worked from January 24 to April 24 in the largest project since the Great Wall. On Saipan air force crews, in five months, finished coral rock runways enabling B-29s to strike Japanese cities from November.
The article notes the enamel glaze on ranges is fragile and can crack from rapid temperature changes. It advises waiting for the range to cool completely before cleaning to protect the glaze.
Fragmentary note states United States have produced wood enough to build 191 million wood houses or times as many as currently existing. Unclear dates or sources limit exact interpretation.
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