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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1940
Page
7
A farm sale is listed for Tuesday May 21 at Emma M Maxwell farm, one and a half miles east of Crawfordsville. Sale starts at 11 A M with community and weekly sales noted for Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction.
Governor Wilson, Republican candidate for renomination, touts an Open Door Policy as freeing state business from star chamber sessions. He notes 16 months of opposition cries for a return to closed doors, contrasting past six years of hidden contracts and favored bidders at inflated prices.
In Jasper Alabama the Farm Security Administration reports the Kilgore family prefers the steel dwelling to a wood home after a year on a government rented 72 acre farm. They produced cotton corn sweet potatoes hay hogs and chickens earning profit while repaying loans. Another steel unit nearby houses Earl Honeycutt and family who also praise the new construction.
London reports Sir Ambrose Fleming, a 90 year old scientist, has devised a spy proof signaling lamp for ships. The polarized light system hides signals from casual readers while a special receiver reveals distinct white flashes for dots and dashes, concealing them from the naked eye.
Vancouver scientists claim a wart cure via mountain climbing in thunderstorms. Leonard C. Chatwin of the University of British Columbia and a British Columbia Mountaineering Club member describe a storm on an 8,000 foot peak where his wartged partner lost warts a week later, credited to electricity from forks of invisible lightning striking their axes.
Rome reports a 30 percent overall rise in living costs since the war began. Food and cigarette prices advance with a new 2 percent receipts tax. Foreign cigarettes jump to 50 cents per pack, with American brands rationed to two packs daily. domestic tobacco up 12 percent. Bread up 3 percent, olive oil 6 percent, sugar 12 percent, coffee 30 percent, dried codfish 6 percent.
London reports a peak of forty thousand weddings in a month during the war period with many marriages among service members. A new scheme offers cheap weddings and honeymoons for troops and registrars propose special licenses for soldiers on leave in need. Hotels nationwide advertise affordable honeymoons.
A historical snippet notes that about one ninth of the U.S. population engages in playing a musical instrument, reflecting broad participation across regions and ages. The finding highlights cultural engagement and leisure practices of the era.
Chicago markets show hogs steady to top at 6.25 with bulk 5.90 to 6.95 for larger weights. Cattle trend weak to steady with steers 25 to 40 cents lower, yearlings steady to 25 cents lower, bulls active. Sheep scarce with fed lambs firm to 15 cents higher and fat sheep weak. best clippers around 10.00 and bulk 9.25 to 10.60.
Chicago May 18 UP cash grain notes show corn at 61 cents a bushel with yellow varieties quoted at 61 sample 61k. Oats also touched a 4 white reading.
Chicago Grain Table reports prices for wheat corn oats rye and ADM figures across May July and September contracts. Includes open high low and close values with minor OCR errors indicating slight price shifts and futures positions.
Chicago reports a weak market with 8,715 cases of produce received. Firsts and extra firsts show 16 percent, current receipts 14 percent, dirties 13 percent and cheeks 13 percent.
Hampton Lutheran hospital reports two men from Thornton injured after a plane crash while taking aerial photographs. The aircraft dove from a gusting wind. injuries are not believed serious.
For six centuries the Haxey parish in England hosts a traditional ball game each January. This historic event, considered the ancestor of modern football, draws local participants and spectators to witness a long standing rural pastime.
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