Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices steady at Chicago Markets
Markets report hogs 14,000 head slow with good and choice 180 to 200 pounds up 50 cents to 1 or more. 280 to 330 pounds 11.66 to 12.15. sows 10.60 to 10.86. Government support price 13.75 applies to 180 to 270 pound weights. Cattle 15,000 with fed steers 14.50 to 16.50 and top 16.90. Sheep 8,000 and lambs dull with good and choice wooled lambs above 1.25. Estimates hogs 18,000 cattle 9,000 sheep 4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P
Chicago Produce Market Slips With Mixed Receipts Report
Chicago May 15 The market for produce and poultry shows unsettled tones as receipts total 33 546 cases with extras making up 31 percent and firsts about 29 percent. Poultry receipts include 3 cars and 18 trucks with varied prices for ducks geese hens and fryers across categories.
Dayton Grove So and Sew club meeting notes
Mrs. Harry Dusenberry hosted the So and Sew club on May 15 with four guests present. The president led the business session followed by social time and refreshments. Nedia Dusenberry, visiting from Quincy Illinois, attends college and is staying with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stephens and family visited the parental D. D. Stephens home Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Harry Dusenberry
Ruth Duvall
Mary Duvall
Nedia Dusenberry
Maxine Crawford
Ernest Crawford
Merry Mixer Club
Glider
Nedia, Dusenberry
Quincey
Illand
Robert Stephens
D. D. Stephens
South America's Second Largest Republic Described
The text notes a large republic ranking after Brazil and Argentina as the second largest in South America by area. It covers over a million square miles with a long coastline along the South Atlantic, exceeding 2 000 miles in length.
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Brazil
Argentina
South America
South Atlantic
Big Bombers Resume Raid On Nazi Coast
London May 15. American bombers led by 200 Flying Fortresses and Liberators resumed pre invasion bombardment of Germany west wall defenses in France after a Colonge assault. The 8th U S air force heavy bombers with 200 Mustang fighters struck unidentified installations in northern France, while RAF Mosquitoes hit Cologne and targets in France Belgium and Holland. All planes returned safely from night operations despite weather.
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London
Germany
West Wall
France
Cologne
U.S
Europe
English Channel
Straits of Dover
Rhineland
Western
Belgium
Holland
Air Corps Mental Tests Set For May 25 in Iowa
The Civil Air Patrol in Iowa resumes official Army Air Forces mental entrance exams for men ages 17 to 19 at the Washington Post Office on May 25. Regular officers will assist in larger Iowa cities before summer break. Those passing mental tests will face only a physical exam for immediate enlistment in the Air Corps reserve.
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Army Air Forces
Act
Civil Air Patrol
Iowa
Regular Air Corps
Washington
Air Corps
Air Corps Reserve
Bricker Visit Highlights Iowa Political Stage
Iowa reporters label Ohio Governor Bricker a steadfast critic of Roosevelt style though unsure of Willkie Dewey convention prospects. Bricker impresses GOP by speaking on agriculture and restraint on AAA abolition while Mrs Bricker attends and remains attentive. Local notes include Selective Service energy and McNutt speakership hints alongside Iowa political salutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul KR. Bumbarper
Des Moines
IDPA
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Iowa
Lincker
Wendell Willkie
Bricker
John Tt. Brown
Oho
Harry Linn
AAA
A. J. Loveland
Bud E Anderson 3 Ring Circus Arrives Saturday
Arrangements are set for the Bud E. Anderson All American 3 Ring Circus at Cavalry Field on highway 92 near the city limits for two shows at 2:00 and 8:00 PM on Saturday May 20. The traveling troupe includes 25 motorized units 30 trained and wild animals 100 performers and workers with full electric midways and waterproof tents. The 1944 victory tour features Rodeo Ranger Bud Anderson Tonto the Hollywood horse and a $2500 silver saddle. Buck Lucas and Texas cowgirls perform roping and western riding plus Baby Jumbo the performing elephant. Aerialists acrobats and clowns round out the show. Do not miss this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud E. Anderson
Cavalry Field
Highway 92
Rodeo Ranger
Bud R. Anderson
Tonto
Buck Lucas
Baby Jumbo
Honors Stuempfig Family at Farewell
Members of the Trinity Lutheran congregation and friends honored Rev. and Mrs. K E I Stuempfig and children at a farewell party in the church dining room. About seven attended a cooperative dinner. the event featured flowers, songs, and a purse from the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Congregation and Friends
KE. i. Stuempfig
Alton Koch
Mt. Pleasant
R. G. Wessler
Ladies Aid Society
Stuemfiz
W. M. Tweeten
Schuempfigs
Koch
Coal Industry Launches Five Year Research Program
The coal sector announces a five year research program totaling 2.5 million dollars. The plan targets new technologies and methods to improve extraction efficiency and environmental performance.
Peak farm labor in Iowa prompts detasseling plan
An Iowa graph shows July as the main labor peak due to hay and small grain harvests, hybrid seed corn detasseling, and cannine crops. Washington County expects increased hybrid seed acreages this year. plans mobilize about 300 workers via the county extension service with Art Bielefeldt coordinating staffing at the Farm Bureau office.
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Iowa
Washington County
Agricultural Extension Service
Washington
Art Bielefeldt
Bielefeldt
Open High Low Close WHEAThep and soil notes
The passage lists commodity price data for wheat oats rye and other grains with monthly figures and percentages. It then notes that humus is black and colors the soil and that black soil is often in good mechanical condition though not always fertile, while some fertile soils are not black yet rich and friable.
Community Sale Friday at Whittaker sale barn
Roy Means hosts weekly sales at the Whittaker sale barn each Friday. The May 20 closing out sale lists household goods at 732 East Main as W F Jurging estimates.
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Whittaker Sale
Roy Means
East Main
W. F. Jurging
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Kenwood Transfer
Cedar Rapids
C. L. Jennings
New London
West Chester
Reister Bros
Lloyd fFreamund
Mose Levy
Washington and
Kalona
D. QO
Butler
Congress Hotel
White Rock
Ward Farquhar Sawmills
Montgomery Ward & Company
Hawk's
Rayburn Land Co. K. P. Bldg
Pullomm
Rose Cottage
Riverside
Arthur
Duroc Wiley
Frank Patterson
Freshwaters Feed
N. Marion
Call
Pittsburgh
Pioneer Drug Store
James Murphy
Welman
H. J. Mangold
West Chester Telephone
Frank Gray
Omaha
Nicola
D. W. Lins
Ainsworth
Tucker Chevrolet
Ramseyer’s Hatchery
John Deere
Hammermill
Charlie Marek
Chas
DU Pont
Eelipse Lumber Company
BUICK
Baker's Hatchery
Tor Sale
Stude- Baker
MecLaughlin Hill
Brighton
Ross Day
Mee
Nathaniel Ward
Ipswich
Mass
Jefferson
John Jay
George J. Breitenbach
Ask
Carson Plumbing & Heating
Goodrich
Washington Oil Company
Eclipse Lumber Company
Doll House
the Evening Journal
Feed Store
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Froduck
Washington Co. Nat. Farm Loan Assn
Jefftry
Ition
Roosevelt
Ohioan
Lowan
Selective Service
John K. Valentine
Navy
Valentine
Centerville
Iowa Spor
Paul V. McNutt
Hricker
Rodney Levi
Cleveland
Mason City
Waterloo
Stuempfig
Coal Research
Journal
Washington Dairy
Ivor Davis
Crawfordsville
Powers
Clarence E. Fulton
Crawford Township
Midway Sales CO
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