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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
5
The market reports steady activity with receipts totaling 31 839 cases and extra firsts at 3 dollars, while current receipts reach 4 dollars. Dirties 2514, checks 25 indicate overall trading, with poultry showing receipts in cars and 12 trucks, and ducks 27.2, young geese 27.2, old geese 27.2 plus small and heavy hens listed as easy and colored.
May 13 sale at 701 South 4th Avenue starts 1 30 p m for Mrs Roy Means closing out household goods May 20 sale at 732 East Main by W F Jurging Est closing out safe household goods listings of items and times provided.
Kansas City May 8 At a conference of coal dealers distributors and producers area E N Ahlfeldt urged home owners and school districts to buy bituminous coal now to stockpile for next winter He warned shortages and noted year round mine production must be sustained to meet wartime demand and avoid serious winter shortages
Open high low and close figures show Wheat contracts for September December May July and November trading. Prices listed include 166 1/4 166 1/4 166 1/4 166 1/4 for September and similar quirky fractions across other months with slight up and down moves.
Report states savage fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces in Henan west of Chengchow shifts to Hulao Pass. Japanese efforts to seize the Peiping Hankow railroad face fierce resistance while Chinese encircle and pressure in Mihsien and Yinshang areas.
A well fed high laying hen may produce up to seven dozen more eggs per year with only about 10 pounds more feed than a poor hen uses to produce roughly a hundred eggs.
The article contrasts two views on whole blood donation intervals and amounts. One camp supports 500 cc donations at a week or longer between draws, while another argues 400 cc or less allows four to five donations in short intervals. It notes a dog study suggesting rapid hemoglobin regeneration and extrapolates a human implication. It ends with a claim about greens from beet and turnip tops.
An automatic X ray machine to accurately check the proper amount of powder in hand grenade fuses has been developed to prevent premature explosions.
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