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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1943

Page

7

For Sale Classified Planting and Seeds Listings

An assortment of for sale notices including an international corn planter, Murden beans with Ames test 87 percent germination 98 percent purity, permanent wave kit and equipment, Rekleaned soy beans from Mukden and other seed company items. Contact McDaniel Drug Store and Oet jen's Seed Company for details and phone 3850.

Ames John Foster Dewey Weeks McDaniel Drug Store Mukden Oetjen

Market snippets from Chicago hogs cattle and sheep trade

Hogs 12,000 head steady to 5 cents lower with top 14.70. Good to choice 180 to 330 pounds 14.55 to 14.70. Cattle 9,000 with calves 800. fed steers and yearlings 10 to 15 cents higher, early top 17.50, bulk 14.00 to 16.50. Sheep 10,000 fat lambs slow, early sales about steady. fed western lambs 16.00 to 16.50, clipped lambs 14.85 to 15.50 with some up to 15.35 to 15.50. Estimates for tomorrow: hogs 10,000, cattle 4,000, sheep 12,000.

Chicago

Local social notes from Stringtown May edition

Mrs. Donald Rinder visits Norfolk duty and relatives in Wayland Austin visit. Community social at Stringtown school with Supt. Kra bil showing pictures. Numerous dinner and tea visits to the Rich Davison Graber Widmer Brooks homes. Kenneth Davison on furlough from La.

J. J. Rich Stringtown Donald Rinder L. H. Rinner Donald Norfolk Rinner Parental Schatter Wayland Arthur Davison Allie Davison Noah Widmer Dave Graber J. C. Graber George Unkrich Marjorie Jane Rinner Austin Minn Lester Krabill Edna Widmer Wm. Eichelberger Ethan Brooks George Brooks Art Davison Don Rinner Lester Alliman J. J. Rieh Elmer Wenger Alie Davison Homer Davison Kenneth Davison

Chicago Produce Market Receipts Report

Chicago May 5 producers report egg receipts at 55 385 cases with a unsettled market. Firsts 53 percent and 37 percent for extra firsts and firsts base the current receipts at 35 percent with dirts 34 percent and checks 3 percent.

Chicago Cash Corn Cash Grain Prices

Readable fragment lists various corn prices with color descriptors and numbers, including multiple lots of yellow corn and a few white corn entries, indicating a commodity price listing for corn in Chicago cash markets.

Wehr and Carris Talk to Y's Men

Harold Wehr a naval photography instructor at Pensacola and Lt. Gerald Carris transfer to Moses Lake Washington spoke at the Y's Men's meeting. Wehr noted 4000 cameras at the Pensacola school while Carris credited 1800 flight hours and B 17 duties.

Wehr Carris Harold Wehr Gerald Carris Naval Photography Pensacola Florida Columbus Ohio Moses Lake Washington Gerry

Antique Walnut Bedroom and Dining Suite Advertised

Antique walnut set includes pedestal and dresser table rocker and straight chair. Also a girl’s walnut desk walnut bed and dresser walnut piano and bench typewriter table two porcelain top kitchen tables doll buggy and more in this local sale listing.

Chicago Grain Table Highlights Slight Decay in Wheat and Corn

Chicago May 6 grain table shows mixed moves with wheat futures edging around 145 to 147 and corn steady near 105. Oats and rye futures reflect modest shifts while barley and other grains display small gains or holds amid uncertain near term demand signals.

Columbus Junction Man Dies Suddenly

Columbus Junction resident Ri Cline died suddenly at home about 9:40 this morning after a heart attack. Stephens funeral home handles arrangements but time and place of service were not set. Cline was a longtime resident, born in Jackson.

Columbus Junction Cline Stephens Funeral Home Jackson

War time juvenile crime wave denied by university expert

Statistician Wayne McMillen of the University of Chicago argues that boys and girls remain law abiding in wartime, countering fears of a juvenile crime wave. He dismisses the notion as unfounded and notes no significant increase during conflict.

Chicago Wayne McMillen McMillen University of Chicago American Association of Social Workers

Decline in U S Apple Consumption Evident

The United States now consumes about 58 pounds of apples per person per year, a drop from 112 pounds per capita recorded four decades ago, reflecting shifting dietary patterns.

United States

Midway Sale and Community Auctions Listed in Journal

Midway Sale Co of Columbus Junction hosts Wednesday auctions while Whittaker sale barn runs Friday community sales. May 8 features a closing out sale of household goods at 414 South Second Avenue starting 1 30 PM conducted by Mr and Mrs Alvin Walker.

Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction Whittaker Sale Barn South Second Avenue Alvin Walker

Kentucky Hemp Plan Outlined For 1943 Under New Administrator

Floyd Clay named head of the federal hemp program in Kentucky and other areas. The plan outlines a 1943 hemp production initiative. The article lists affected counties and notes Clay’s appointment to oversee operations. Surviving relatives of local figures and family connections are also mentioned.

Kentucky Floyd Clay

Refusal to Prophecy on Future Development of Students

He declined to forecast outcomes, noting he had witnessed many good junior high boys fail to mature in high school as expected. The remark highlighted concerns over student development and potential.

Larry Malley Des Moines Ankeny Farm Security Administration Dave Elder T. B. Brown Art Bielefeldt Bielefeldt

General Andrews Bishop Leonard Die in Plane Crash

Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews commander in chief of Allied forces in Europe died when his Liberator bomber crashed in Iceland on Monday. Bishop A. W. Leonard, 69, resident Methodist bishop of Washington D C, also killed. Only presumed survivor is an unidentified private.

General Andrews Leonard London U.P Frank M. Andrews European Iceland Wm. S. Key A. W. Leonard The Methodist Church Washington, D. C War Department Washington

Miss Maxwell Stars in Gay Nineties Melodrama Dirty Work

Jane Maxwell of Mt. Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan College played a key role in the gay nineties melodrama Dirty Work at the Crossroads. The play ran April 39 and May 1 for Mt. Pleasant residents, Iowa Wesleyan students, and army cadets on campus.

Jane Maxwell Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant Iowa Crawfordsville Iowa Wesleyan Army Wesleyan

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