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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1950
Page
7
Notice lists items for sale including men’s suits women’s and children’s clothing hats shoes hats dishes vases and more. Event at City Hall on March 10. Beta Sigma Phi 1613 end of date unknown.
Water rent payable at City Clerk's office with 10 discount if paid on or before March 10. Sewer rental also due.
Mrs Floyd Dunbar hosted a quilting gathering with attendees including Mrs Arthur Cooper and Mrs Clifford Atkins of Fairfield. Updates cover marriages, moves, a canasta party, a box social at Brighton High School raising about 126 dollars, and local visits.
Market review shows hogs sold Friday with most good and choice 190 to 260 lb at 17.00 to 17.35 dollars per cwt and lighter weights at 16 to 17.25. Cattle: steers 1050 to 1350 lb mostly 21 to 28.50 with some higher at 29 to 32. A few good cows reached 21 dollars. vealers at 30 and under. Sheep: lambs 96 to 110 lb in fleece closed 25.60 to 28 dollars. native lamb demand stronger than supply at 24 to 27.75.
Grain and soy bean tabulations show mixed figures across contracts with May corn around 120 and July near 128. Prices for Soybeans show Mar about 245 to 246, May around 248, with several entries showing percent figures and garbled OCR text some values like 199% and 200% appearing.
Dr. J. D. Van Putten reports from Seoul that Chinese newspapers quote famine as a statistic. He says official reasons blame acts of God and Kuomintang troops for destroyed dikes, with early drought and floods in the Yangtze and Yellow rivers driving the famine mainly in rural areas. He notes cities have food drawn from the countryside.
Two diaries and 19 photographs were filed in district court to support charges against 24 year old Cedar Rapids man Bednasek accused of strangling Margar et Jackson in her Burlington rooming house last December. Johnson county attorney announced the case as Bednasek goes to trial March 14, pleading not guilty to first degree murder.
Senators anticipate a hard battle over extending rent ceilings. Chairman Burnet R. Maybank of the senate banking committee pledged full hearings but warned no action before next month. He may send a rent bill to the senate floor, yet strong opposition is expected in both chambers. Senate leaders Lucas and Myers introduced the administration measure.
District Judge Fry ordered the Home Savings and Loan Association of Ames placed in receivership upon a petition by the state attorney general. Receiver C. A. Knudtson of Ames named with a $65,000 bond, amid conclusions the firm is insolvent and pursuing harmful business practices. Directors Wickland Christensen Ash and another member supported receivership, while an audit showed a deficit around 4000 dollars.
Crawfordsville junior high school basketball team and Coach Stan Miller joined by the grade school teachers enjoyed a steak dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William Edgar in Fairview. The group later played Canasta as Patty Edgar returned to Cedar Falls for college.
Crawfordsville diary notes that the morning mail will arrive about 8:15, an hour earlier, with driver Irvin Lewis leaving at 1:45 am. The change aids rural carriers on the star route while registered mail remains unaffected except by day delay.
Four couples in Columbus Junction will observe milestone anniversaries in March. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Johnston mark 60 years on March 4, Mrs. Johnston formerly Louise Colton. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Wolford near Conesville celebrate 54 years on March 3, Mrs. Wolford formerly Eliza Chown. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Raben observe 48 years on March 13, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cooper mark 52 years on March 14.
The sale featured mostly long fed steel and beef yearlings weighing 700 to 1100 pounds. Prices ranged from 25.50 to 24.85 for top grades, with lighter butcher stock at 20.00 to 22.50. Diverse buyers kept trading active across all fat yearlings beef cows and bulls.
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