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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1946
Page
8
Chicago Oct four UP reports poultry receipts at 29 trucks with hens steady and fryers broilers at 41 to 43 cents. Eggs total 9 859 cases with top prices firm and balance steady while mercantile exchange wholesale quotes list various grade and current receipt prices.
Chicago grain table from October 4 shows wheat, corn, and oats with varied open high low and close figures. Entries include Wheat Jan Mar May with values around 2.0 dollars, Corn Jan Mar May around 1.32 to 1.34 dollars, and Oats with November December and March bids near 0.77 to 0.82 dollars.
Wheat steadies with sample grade tough at 1.95 and W Red at 2.12. Corn advances 2-3 cents with 1 yellow at 1.95, 4 yellow at 1.93, 5 yellow at 1.92 to 1.9315, and sample grade yellow around 1.83 to 1.91. Oats list mixed heavy and white lots from 86% to 88% and a sample white near 83.
Washington reports from the agriculture department that free market butter and cheese prices climbed to record highs across many regions. The Sept. 39 data show top grade butter selling from 83 to …
The New York market posted 844s cents a pound for butter the highest on record while cheese sales on the Wisconsin market rose to new highs. Butter production in the three weeks to Sept 19 fell 10 percent after the price decontrol board declined to restore ceilings. The board met again but did not act due to incomplete data from interested groups.
Mrs Elmer Thomas was rushed by Richie ambulance to University hospital Iowa City on Tuesday after a polio threat. The item also notes home moves, births, football injury updates, visits, and local society activities among Columbus City residents.
Osceola Republican state treasurer candidate John M. Grimes says in a radio speech that Democrats would foster bureaucratic growth and other menaces to government. He asserts the Republican administration has placed Iowa in its strongest financial position ever with healthy balances and surpluses to cover increased appropriations.
Iowa researchers estimate 1946 corn output at 678,318,009 bushels valued at $1,117,706,880 at $1.66 a bushel, a record state yield of 61 bushels per acre. Oat, soybean, and flaxseed crops also show strong income with soybeans at $78,451,450 and oats at $154,956,360, while Iowa's balanced farm and factory income supports manufacturers.
A state report notes Iowans deposited 1 949 530 012 51 in state banks last year versus 714 134 631 74 in 1940. The life insurance figure 178 367 100 for 1940 excludes vested group and industrial policies.
The Iowa Development Commission reports 53,209,000 chickens at 4.5 lb avg, yielding 239,440,000 lb and 62,254,400 dollars at 26 cents per lb. Turkeys number 2,731,000 at 18.5 lb avg, sold at 34 cents per lb for 17,177,999 dollars. Eggs from Jan 1 to July 31 total 3.38 billion eggs valued at 87,316,666.46 dollars.
Screen star Myrna Loy announces a major libel suit after being called communist by an unnamed source. Loy says she resents the accusation and demands correction and damages, asserting she holds no communist ties.
Miss Loy accuses the Hollywood Reporter and editor W R Wilkerson of defaming her with a Sept 30 article attributed to AFL vice president Matthew Woll. The piece, reprinted from another publication, named Loy, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles and James Cagney as sponsors of communist organizations. The others deny the charges and threaten legal action.
The Civil Service Commission reports July saw a drop of 50,192 federal employees. Total federal staff on Aug. 1 stood at 2,232,136 with 1,057,734 in war and emergency agencies. Earlier June figures show 423,000 outside the continental U.S.
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