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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1940
Page
7
ED SANDERS seeks quiet in a mountain California town but clashes with Flo Donegan over a cat and a dog. After a comic battle, the two homes blend as Terrence and Pom Pom reconcile. Ted and Flo share meals and ideas and find lasting peace.
Reports from abroad say General Huntzinger former commander of the French armies in Syria and a Dunkerque hero heads the French representatives in peace negotiations with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.
The popular cold storage locker plant, long favored in the Midwest, is rapidly gaining traction in the South where demand for quick freezing facilities is high.
Mamie Summers helps a drunken Roy Cummings into a church, sparking an impulsive engagement that ends when his aunt, the wealthy Godfrey Cummings, blocks the match. Years later Roy returns with a wife, the feminist lecturer, and Mamie reflects that one good turn deserves another.
The Dead Sea shore in Palestine lies 1290 feet below sea level, marking the lowest point of dry land on earth. This geographic feature highlights extreme elevations within the region.
ST LOUIS James M Shuey a pioneer gold miner passed the century mark yet recalls the 1849 westward trek with his father to California. After backtracking to Missouri the family settled along Fiddle Creek Franklin County and later he moved to St Louis working for the railroads. He married once and has many descendants though his sight fails him but he still knows his relatives by voice.
Abdul Medjid, a progressive sultan, ordered fez abolition in favor of Western hats. The republic followed with western headwear replacing the fez. Turkish peasants still wear hat styles resembling the turban across rural areas.
Hair from cows tails now used in air conditioning filters as a low cost fibrous material. Experts say the tail hair provides suitable density and strength for filtration in cooling systems.
Market reports show 14 000 hogs traded with top 5 35 for 186 to 270 lb and 4 15 to 4 60 for sows. Cattle topped at 11 25 for choice steers with longs 9 75 to 10 75. calves by 12. Prime yields above 12 00. Sheep steady to higher with natives up to 11 00. receipts for tomorrow: cattle 5 000 hogs 15 000 sheep 2 000.
Chicago cash grain report lists corn mixed lots at 75 percent, yellow 64 percent to 66.44, white 7 percent. Oats show mixed lots around 1 dollar, sample grades near 31 to 34 percent, white oats at 32 to 35 percent, and several white classes ranging from 83 to 14 percent.
Chicago June 26 grain table shows open high low and close figures across Wheat Corn and Oats for July and September contracts. The data include mixed percentages and prices for Wheat July September Corn July September and Oats July September with several typographical errors in the figures.
Market steady for eggs and poultry with receipts tallied. Eggs show 22 751 cages received, extra firsts 15 percent, fresh graded firsts 1544, current receipts 1344, dirties 2 percent, checks 12. Poultry prices unchanged with ten colored ducks at 36 dollars, geese and other receipts 1 car and 37 trucks, small springs 1 percent, broilers 1644.
The highest mountain in the Dutch East Indies is Goenoeng Rinjani at 12,550 feet above sea level. The people are described as similar to the Balinese.
Superior Judge William F. James of San Jose notes that about 90 percent of defendants seek probation because they have a job waiting once free. He calls the pattern amazing and suggests unemployment may be the real root of crime.
A local notice advertises an upcoming community sale featuring over 100 head of cattle including fat cows yearling heifers steers bulls and Holstein calves from Wisconsin. Also offered are hogs horses furniture lumber line posts and engines with miscellaneous farm and household items. Whittaker and Son manage the sale.
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