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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1940
Page
5
Chicago traders record mixed livestock results with hogs active at higher prices and lighter weights steady, cattle and calves showing modest gains, and sheep sales easing. The crowded data includes unclear weight ranges and price levels, with mentions of futures-like terms and inconsistent figures.
Open high low and close quotes for wheat corn oats rye appear for May July and Sept contracts. Prices range wheat around 1.03 to 1.04. corn near 56 to 57. oats around 41 to 37. rye about 67 to 69. Cattle hogs and sheep tonnage listed in the opening line.
Chicago March 12 cash grain prices show corn ranges with yellows at 81 to 4914, oats mixed around 40s, and soybeans listed as yellow 118% to 115% with various white and mixed lots. The report compiles bid levels for corn oats and soybeans though some figures are garbled.
Chicago March 12 receipts show 1,768 cases of fresh eraded firsts and extra firsts each 16 percent of current receipts. Poultry receipts total 35 tracks with ducks rising 45 percent to 16½, roosters up 7 percent, others steady.
The city of Biggs Colorado marks the deer season opening with half the population retreating to the hills. Hunters are limited to two deer per year, allowing them to return in time to sustain the town’s economy despite the temporary absence.
The Fortnightly Club Garden Department reports more than half of the memorial plantings at Elm Grove cemetery road are subscribed. Twenty nine oak trees are mostly subscribed and eleven pines are sold. The Y M C A displayed blueprints for public view.
The senate commerce Committee approved by 9 to 7 a resolution placing the Senate on record against the 1940 census questions concerning personal income.
F W Schnoebelsn president of the Better Riverside club seeks the Washington County Safety council to present a moving picture and talk on highway safety at the March meeting in Riverside Methodist church parlors next Tuesday evening. The club urges participation in the highway safety movement and invites all interested residents to attend the dinner hosted by President Schnoebelen.
The average household spends $1.71 for lighting with 40 kWh monthly electricity, while candles would cost $345.65 for the same light. About 5,778 candles, weighing over 1000 pounds, would be burned.
Thirty-one new students joined the ninetieth college year at the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia, the world’s oldest institution training women physicians.
A special election at St Anthony rejected a plan to build a $15 000 gymnasium by 87 votes in favor and 74 against. A 60 per cent majority was required. Earlier St Anthony supported $11 000 for the project but federal aid efforts failed to raise the total.
Newton Iowa voters in Sully defeated a proposed $10,000 school auditorium by a 141 to 141 tie, the largest Sully school election on record. A 60 percent majority was required, and voters had previously rejected a gymnasium proposal in two prior elections.
Lester Disney was injured at the Disney Home Appliance Shop when a battery from the Delco light plant exploded during charging. His left hand suffered deep cuts and acid contact. he received hospital care at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City with stitches and vessel repairs, then returned home the same day. Several local residents, including Mrs. Ross Levert and the Durian family, visited Washington Friday.
Mrs Frank Wilson visited the Charles McCreedy residence in Sigourney Friday afternoon and evening as part of a social call leaving no further public action or details.
A terse note states that curing a ham from 40 to 75 relies on its weight, with instructions linked to required steps before sinking.
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