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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
7
OCR text shows scattered rye figures with percentages and dates. unreadable context limits precise meaning but indicates a numeric notation excerpt and potential monthly entries. No clear event or entities beyond percentages and year 41.
Chicago reports steady to firm markets for produce and poultry. Receipts total 22 081 cases with mixed grades including extra firsts and fresh graded firsts. current receipts show dirties and checks around 12 percent. Poultry arrivals total 39 trucks with springs 19 to 22 percent and hen turkeys at 13 percent. other prices unchanged.
In Lynchburg Virginia W E Martin claims the tomato growing title with a plant reaching 12 feet in his backyard proving the fruit’s worth as a garden staple. Thomas Jefferson once taught the public that tomatoes were edible.
An ad suggests using Johns Manville Tilg Board over plaster for ceilings as an attractive solution, from Eclipse Lumber Co. It also advertises Work Shoe specials at Rob-Air Footwear with prices and savings. A separate legal notice announces a call for redemption of bonds secured by trust deed in Perry Iowa, dated 1940, detailing bonds, trustees, and the redemption date.
Chicago markets show hogs 15 to 25 cents higher with top at 5.60 and weights weighted 200 to 270 pounds. Cattle active with steers up 25 cents and vealers up 25 cents. top 11.15 and best yearlings 10.90. Sheep and natives steady to firm with spring lambs up to 15 cents. Cash corn market noted with yellow corn at 65 to 66 percent and three yellow grades 62 to 64.
W Earl Hall reports from Philadelphia on GOP convention dynamics. Gov George A Wilson evades a showy arrival amid security talks. Carter County Tennessee provides unexpected GOP strength. Iowa delegates rally behind Han ford MacNider with improved harmony compared to 1928 and 1932 delegations. Harmonious Iowa lineup contrasts with past room squabbles and hotel strikes at the Normandie.
In a hotel lobby overheard chatter Wendell Willkie is the subject of a humorous remark about religious joining and rapid elevation. The exchange centers on the idea that choosing a church does not instantly confer leadership. The remarks capture political social talk of the period.
The line Iowans Not Politicians Iowas Fights is praised as spirited but prompts questions about who the Hawkeye represents. Officials weigh branding and fan reception as the team eyes next season.
Disjoint figures show oats and soybeans sample grades with inconsistent percentages and values. Entries list white and yellow samples with ranges such as 75 to 76 percent and 804 numbers, but the data is garbled and lacks clear context or dates.
The writer notes Philadelphia welcomes visitors with unprecedented friendliness during conventions in two decades of travel. He recalls similar warmth in St. Louis and Philadelphia four years earlier while covering the Democratic National Convention, suggesting Chamber of Commerce values and a heritage of cordial civic spirit.
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia reports a new laminated plate glass that at normal temperatures has four times the shatter resistance of current types and ten times the strength at zero.
The basic gum for chewing gum is chicle derived from the milklike latex of the Sapota tree in Central America.
A scene from Our Dumb Animals describes how buffaloes protect the weak by forming a ring. The strong encircle the group while wolves are driven off and any intruders are trampled.
A Cubic mile of ordinary fog carries less than a gallon of water, explains Collier's Weekly, noting fog droplets are fine spray.
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