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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1947
Page
7
Chicago markets report hogs 7,000 head with prices 50 to 75 cents higher for all weights and sows. Hogs 180 to 250 pounds fetch 29.00 to 29.60, top 29.75. Cattle and calves total 10,009 with steers and yearlings moving higher. best steers 32.00 plus, strictly choice at 35.25. Sheep light demand with lamb bids down 50 cents. native lambs around 25.00 to 25.75.
Chicago reports poultry activity with 34 trucks and a firm outlook for white rock springs at 31 1/2. Eggs trade firm at 9 094 cases with current receipts 40 to 44 and dirties 37 to 40. various standards and checks listed with recent price bands.
Chicago cash grain prices show gains across wheat and corn with several new records. Wheat prices rise four to eight cents. corn climbs two to three cents with No 1 yellow at 267/2H and No 2 at 268 1/4, hitting new highs while other grades thread higher. Oats advance one to two cents with mixed lots listed from No 1 to sample grades.
Fragmentary numbers list dates months and percent or price figures for soybeans with garbled labels. No coherent event or names emerge to identify a person, place, organization, or outcome.
Railroads in the United States issued about 80 million timetables annually to inform travelers about schedules in normal times. The wartime surge in travel significantly boosted that number.
The Veterans Administration warned it will crack down on shoddy GI housing after numerous complaints of structural defects heating failures wet basements and unfinished landscaping. Officials said poor workmanship and misbuilt homes threaten veterans with high repair costs and cited a serious situation nationwide.
Iowa rules that the Rock Island railroad must pay 260000 in corporation fees to amend articles and incorporate solely in Iowa. The move divests Illinois incorporation as the attorney general clarifies fees based on 1 per 1000 of authorized capital stock and increases in capital stock.
Weekly sales anchored at Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction. Tuesday night sales at Ollie Livestock Exchange. Public sale September 10 near Wayland, 1 pm. Trier’s Annual Dairy Sale September 25 at Keota. October 2 Purebred Duroc sale between Washington and Riverside. Knotek Bros.
Riviera police request a motor launch to chase offshore sunbathers. Gendarmes say vacationers travel by canoe and motor launch to sunbathe nude within sight of shore, but with only bicycles for transport they cannot patrol effectively.
A historical report notes that the United States manufactures under six percent of the asbestos used domestically, highlighting reliance on imports for the mineral and possible implications for industry and public health policy.
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