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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1946
Page
7
Hogs 1000 mostly steady at 16.25 ceiling. Cattle 3000 salable calves 700 trade steady with slaughter steers scarce and 900-1237 at 20.25, others 16.75-20.00. Cows 12.00-16.00, heifers 15.50-17.75, bulls scarce at 13.50. Vealers 18.00. Sheep 4500. lambs slow, bids lower. best natives around 19.50. Early slaughter steady. westerns 8.50-9.00, some 7.50-7.60.
Chicago grain table shows open high low close figures for wheat corn and oats on Oct 1. Wheat contracts list January March and May with varied gains and losses. Corn and oats show mixed percentages and prices across different delivery months with incomplete OCR data.
Rep August H Andre sen urged immediate and permanent decontrol of meat and a special session of congress if federal agencies fail to act. He and Rep Martin Gorski held hearings in Minneapolis and Duluth, calling for action and suspending OPA restaurant price rollbacks to curb inflation and boost livestock production.
Busy social notices from Brighton include Mrs. Clarence Smith and three daughters visiting Mrs. Anna Farrier from San Francisco while Mr. Smith is on shore leave. Other items note relocations to St. Charles New Jersey, a cadet chemistry instructor appointment in Phoenix, and funeral, birthday, and reunion activities. Also announced are upcoming livestock and farm sales at Wellman and Fairfield with the noted dates and locations.
Washington reports 708000 homes started this year and 350000 completed. Wyatt says demand far outstrips supply with 4,000,000 veterans wanting housing and 2,200,000 ready to proceed at current prices. He targets 2700000 by 1947 end and notes progress improves as veterans program gains momentum.
Mrs. Perry Wagamon visits her mother at the Brown hotel in Des Moines this week. Verl Maxwell and spouse return to Fargo after a stay with the Delbert Maxwell family. Haroita McCarter and son stay with Ernest Johnsons near Keota. Mrs. Elmer Karres shows improvement after illness. Mrs. Bert Tandy bruised by a cow last week, but she is recovering and mobile again.
The Chicago market shows mixed poultry and eggs figures with Hen and Turkey counts, various duck categories, and wholesale egg prices on the mercantile exchange. Heavy and small ducks, turkey stock ranging 44 to 50, and current receipts around 42 to 44 cents per dozen for eggs plus dirties and checks in the low to mid thirties.
A cautionary note on washing wool socks advises gentle treatment with lukewarm water for washing and rinsing, no wringing or artificial heat. Trace sock outlines on paper, pin to a towel for drying, then air dry with the sock laid flat and finished by hanging to complete drying.
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