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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1944
Page
5
Market notes show hogs 18 000 slow steady Friday and Saturday with various weights priced from 10 65 to 13 75 top for 180 270 lb sows. Cattle 13 000 calves 8060 active trade with steers and heifers up to 17 10 top. Sheep 8 000 steady to 25 cents lower with top at 14 75. Estimates: hogs 26 000 cattle 9 000 sheep 4 000.
Chicago area market notes show eggs with receipts of 20 572 cases and 29 current receipts, extra firsts at 1 dollar, and dirties and checks at 25 each. Poultry receipts include 2 cars and 12 tricks with a weak market. ducks at 27, leghorn broilers at 29.7.
Market notes show Wheat contracts for September through December trading in a narrow band with highs around 173 and lows near 144. Oats and Rye quotes appear mixed with modest gains, while price figures include several percentage changes and rounded values across different delivery months.
Riverside residents report a lightning strike set a woodshed at Louis A. Rose home alight during a heavy storm. Albert and Arthur Rose fought the blaze and saved the structure as winds toppled tree limbs. Other town news notes military service and local visits.
Reports say ground patrols near Hollandia and Myitkyina inflicted heavy enemy losses as Allied forces tighten rings around thousands in the Mogaung valley. The Southeast Asia campaign is described as the greatest Allied victory in 29 months. In home news, Cedar Rapids and Riverside residents visit relatives, with service members returning from leave.
About 250 Fortresses and lighter bombers head to Kiel and Pasdecalias area while accompanying fighter escorts support the assault. RAF heavy bombers pierce a cloud deck over western Germany and smash Duisburg Sprarling factories and rail lines, as German night fighters clash and Berlin Han over and a German air field suffer losses amid a wider Allied air offensive.
Ames Iowa May 22 Director R W Fliss cites two recent developments that threaten food production: optimistic claims of abundant stocks and a flood that soaked farmland and slowed farming. He warns 1944 planting is critical for corn and meat, urges focus on weather labor and aging machinery, noting the government freeze order to secure corn for processing.
In 1746 a charter was granted to the College of New Jersey, the institution that would later develop into Princeton University.
Indian population estimated at 360000 with about 53000 actively in the war effort 23000 in the armed services and 30000 in war work The birth rate is rising higher than all groups while the death rate remains above white Americans Rejections for the armed services run about 5 percent.
May 22 Iowa turkey growers paid an average of 22 more per 100 poults than in 1943. The USDA reports an average of 76 per 100 birds this year, up from 54 last year, due to more broads breasted turkeys and fewer breeding hens last year. Ralph Baker of Iowa State notes higher costs but similar production levels to 1942 amid market weight expectations.
The figure contrasts annual costs cited by FBI's Hoover, estimating crime losses at 15 million dollars versus soil erosion imposing a 3.844 billion dollar annual burden on U.S. citizens. The source frames erosion as a heavier economic drain than crime.
A seven year old mare team sold for 320 dollars and roan six year olds for 300 at a May 18 sale. Gaited saddles brought 110 to 170. Cattle ranged from 12.75 to 13.65 per hundredweight and butcher stock from 12.50 to 13.56. Cedar fence posts brought 45 to 55 cents each. Klotz Duncan and Dunlap handled the bidding.
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