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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
7
Market reports show eggs firm with receipts 8 380 cases and 16 percent splits for fresh crated firsts and extra firsts. Dirties 1544 cases. current receipts 16. Poultry market steady to firm with receipts 26 trucks. various egg and chicken categories range around 19 tons to 2146 with broilers steady and others unchanged.
The swastika, a Sanskrit term of happiness and good luck, predates Buddhism and Sanskrit. It appears in Chaldean bricks and Persian pottery from ancient times. State Historical Museum flags used by bandit leader Pettura in Ukraine 1919 may have influenced Hitler’s anti Semitic imagery.
Italy moves to phase out nickel coins using a new stainless steel alloy called ne monital to conserve strategic materials. The plan aims to save between five and six thousand tons of nickel, per Engineering and Mining Journal.
Chicago market report shows hogs at 14 000 with values 5.60 top and 4.65 4.85 heavy weights. cattle 4 000 with good and choice up to around 12.00, common 7.00 to 7.75, heifers 8.60 to 9.25, cows steady. sheep 7 000 steady with fat lambs 9.50 to 16.00 and wooled lambs up about 10 to 1 1/2 cents higher. Estimated tomorrow’s receipts: cattle 1 000 hogs 10 000 sheep 1 000.
The Chicago grain table lists futures for wheat corn oats and rye with May and July positions. Prices show small daily moves and mixed percent changes across contracts. Reading notes suggest a typical exchange activity snapshot for wheat corn oats and rye with specified months and price points.
Market report lists mixed corn and oats samples with color indicators and percentages. Soy products show yellow and sample values near 110 to 113 percent, reflecting grain and oilseed pricing metrics.
The report notes that rural areas are experiencing sixty percent more births than required to sustain the current farm population, highlighting a decline in agricultural labor demand and potential shifts in rural demographics.
Wesley Blekfeld, 19, of Burineton Ta, receives a term up to 10 years at Ana Ara Reform School after admitting involvement in a string of robberies. Prosecutors say he aided the theft of cash and valuables from several stores during a four day crime wave before police captured him.
Lewis Payne of Davenport, 42, waived a preliminary hearing and was ordered held to the grand jury on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bonds set at 500, posted. Payne was arrested by Officer Walt Kiesey after his car hit a large Albia truck on East Washington Street about 7 15 last evening, suffering a forehead bruise and chin cut. Vehicle damage estimated at about 250.
Want ads note Pehr Evind Svinhufvua former Finnish president traveled to Berlin and Rome in secret talks. Reportedly linked to current Russian Finnish peace movement, the visits were shrouded in secrecy.
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rukgaber Kathryn Mauthe Nelle Tripp Neil Anwyl Ruth Graber J C Graber Jr Harry Pearson Homer Brinton Sam Turkington Pert Reinhard and H Peters were in Davenport for business. The group visited St Louis for a Shellane sales convention and Fairfield shoppers were noted.
Mrs. Max Mitchell hosted fourteen boys after school to celebrate Billy Mitchel’s eighth birthday at Crawfordsville on Monday. Guests included Cleo Dean Cherryholmes Norman Waters Donald and Russell Monson Andrew Whiting Arthur Whiting Jackie Howard Charles Raymond Keith Mitchell Donald Rex Huston Richard Lease Richard Young Keith Coates and Ritchie White. The party featured games and light refreshments and gifts for the birthday boy. T. T. T. s chapter L held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Doris Cherryholmes home with business then a light refreshment service. The New York market reports 15 percent of the nation’s amishable food handled there.
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