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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1947

Page

7

Livestock Market Report with Hog and Cattle Prices

Hogs 8 000 active with steady to higher bids 25 to 50 cents. Good and choice hogs 180-240 pounds bring 27.50 to 28.00. larger weights 26.50 to 27.25 and 25.25 to 26.25 for 280-330 pounds. Sows and lighter categories show varied gains. Cattle and calves mostly steady with top steers at 35.00 and 34.75 for 1 323 and 34.50 range for others. Stock cows weak to 50 cents lower. beef cows and canners steady to weak. bulls 19.00 top. feeders 24.00 down. Sheep 2 500 with good and choice lambs 35 to 60 cents higher. slaughter ewes and yearlings noted.

USDA

Classified ads publish same day policy note

All classified ads received by 1 30 p m will be published the same day. For further information call Ad taker phone 6 or 64.

Adtaker

Teenager Killed in Iowa Motorcycle Crash Between Nauvoo and Hamilton

Eddie Ikerd, 17, of Nauvoo Illinois, died after a motorcycle crash on a Highway between Nauvoo and Hamilton. Police said he swerved to avoid a car and ran into a ditch, being thrown clear of the motorcycle and dying shortly after at a Keokuk hospital.

Keokuk Iowa Eddie Ikerd Nauvoo Hamilton Ikerd Skerd

Special election on $200000 school bond in Gilmore City Iowa

Gilmore City voters face a September 17 special election to approve a $200000 bond issue for a new school building. The district, serving portions of Pocahontas and Humboldt counties, has lacked a school since a December 14, 1943 fire.

Gilmore City Iowa Pocahontas Humboldt

Easy Method to Unmold Jelly from a Can

A simple trick to release jellied cranberry sauce without spoiling the mold. Punch a small hole in the bottom, then remove the top with an evenly slicing can opener. Air entering through the hole lets the jelly slide out smoothly without a knife.

How to Keep Brown Sugar Soft With Apple Slice

A slice of apple moistens brown sugar that has hardened from drying out. Place the sugar in a tight glass jar or metal canister with a slice of apple on waxed paper so it does not touch the sugar. After a few days the sugar will regain its softness. To prevent hardening, store opened sugar in a glass jar and keep it tightly closed.

Weekend traffic tops Massachusetts crash list

A statewide Massachusetts survey shows Saturday Friday and Sunday as the worst days for traffic accidents with Wednesday the lightest. The peak hour is 5 to 6 p m due to driver fatigue delaying reactions and braking.

Massachusetts

Calcium rich egg shells added to foods and lamb prices listed

Nutrition experts tout powdered egg shells as a calcium source in scrambled eggs and desserts. Lamb market shows native spring lambs at 24.00 to 24.25 final, mediums 16.00 to 19.00, yearlings 19.25 to 19.50, western ewes around 8.00 to 8.50 and native ewes 7.00 to 7.50.

Community and farm auction notices in Iowa region

Weekly and midweek livestock sales listed at Whittaker sale barn Midway Sales Columbus Junction Ollie Live stock Exchange and two public auctions including a 6 room house at 515 South 4th Avenue Sept 3 and a Kalona Washington area sale Oct 2 purebred Duroc stock at Knotek Bros farm between Washington and Riverside.

Whittaker Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie South 4Th Avenue Faye Turnipseed Miller Kalona Washington J. C Malichky Riverside Knotek Bros

Increased Wages To Railway Men

Five railway brotherhoods representing operating employees negotiate 44 changes in working rules. No wage figure is public yet. Railroads say higher wages would force freight-rate increases beyond a pending ICC proposal of about 17 percent. Arbitration hearings Aug 4 to Aug 28 produced the decision. Operating workers earn about 1.18 dollars per hour with overtime, up from 1.102/10. Non operating workers average about 1.064/10 per hour.

Interstate Commerce Commission Arbitration Board

Soldiers Plead Not Guilty in Larceny Case

Ottumwa Iowa September 2 UP James Potter 21 of Ottumwa and Chancellor Roberts 18 of Niagara Falls New York plead not guilty to three burglary and larceny charges. Bond set at 8000 each. Reported AWOL from Lowry Field Denver they face charges of nighttime and daytime larceny and breaking and entering. Investigators questioned their whereabouts during a slaying near Omaha Nebraska. They denied ties to thefts in Wapello and Van Buren counties.

Ottumwa James Potter Chancellor Roberts Niagara Falls N. Y Lowry Field Denver Omaha Neb C. A. Elliott Mortlay Wapello van Buren

Hidden underground sea found beneath Nullabor plain

An underground sea lies hundreds of feet below the Nullabor plain in Australia. Discovered by an early party and later rediscovered by an Adelaide expedition, it can be navigated by collapsible boats for subterranean voyages.

Nullobor Plain Australia Adelaide

Chicago Cash Grain Market Report Sept Sale Slips

Chicago cash grain prices move lower for wheat with No 1 hard around 254 and 1 hard tough at 254, corn mixed unchanged to two cents lower with No 1 yellow at 244 72 to 245, oats steady to one cent lower with No 1 mixed around 1154 to 117 percent.

Chicago Produce Prices Reported for Poultry and Eggs

Chicago markets show steady to firm poultry and egg values. Poultry items include hens, leghorn hens, broilers, and turkeys with varied per dozen or per pound prices. eggs list 16,061 cases with several grade levels and current receipts priced accordingly.

Colored Springs Plymouth Rock Springs White Rock Springs

Grain table shows Chicago futures quotes

Chicago grain table dated Sept 2 lists open high low and close for wheat corn and oats across Sept Dec Mar May and July contracts. Prices appear with percent signs and include figures for Sept and other months.

Chicago

Widow Todt Convicted of Nazi Activity in Berchtesgaden

Frau Elsbeth Todt 64 widow of Fritz Todt who built Germanys West Wall and Autobahns was convicted of nazi activity and profiteering by a Berchtesgaden denazification tribunal. She received two years in unspecified work and a confiscation order removing all but 10000 marks from her property valued at about 33000 dollars.

Munich

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