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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1946
Page
7
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A blaze at the Ralph Hopkins coal mine two miles east of Colfax Iowa caused about 35000 in damage yesterday. The fire destroyed storage bins coal crushers and roughly 250 tons of coal piled above the mine and was partly covered by insurance.
Des Moines Sept 28 UPI The meat shortage is set to deepen after Oct 1 as P F Hopkins chairman of the board of control reports no bids from suppliers for the upcoming quarter. The board faces 250000 pounds needed while suppliers offer no definite terms. Harry L Shropshire purchasing agent notes some institutions have begun self supplying by slaughtering livestock.
Mrs J A Harwood a longtime Washington figure and notable local resident has been ill for weeks in a hospital. In her nineties she is described as one of Washington's remarkable women and her friends regret her condition.
The earliest records from Egyptian monuments indicate several distinct dog varieties were developed 4 000 to 5 000 years ago.
Butter can be stretched by whipping with two cups of milk until absorbed or by commercial stretchers such as gelatin enzyme rennet tablets or powdered mixes. Stretched butter should not be used for cooking.
Chicago livestock market notes 17 000 sheep with broad shipping demand and steady to higher slaughter lambs. Cattle receipts at one third year ago with top Colo rado and native prices 19 50 to 20.00. Hogs steady near 16.25 ceiling. Oregon notes and public notices follow.
An instrument purporting to be the last will of James R. Davis filed in Washington County District Court Iowa. A hearing to prove the will is set for October 4 1946 at 9 00 AM at Kurt House Washington before the court or its clerk. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the instrument should be probated as the deceased’s last will.
Cash grain movements in Chicago show wheat firm with mixed lots at 209, corn steady around 192 with several yellow grades and sample 178-180, oats guiding at 84-86 percent with multiple white and red lots, barley quoted 150-178 nominal, feed 115-142 nominal.
Office workers in the Iowa Highway Patrol prepare to move patrol headquarters from the statehouse to the poultry building at the state fair grounds next week. The executive council ordered the move to ease space shortages and to accommodate the 1947 legislature. Secretary Harry Linn noted the patrol will be better located at the fairgrounds where the state radio station is already situated.
Lloyd Crawford, 59, of Des Moines, was killed when he jumped from a moving truck into the path of a car driven by Earl S. Holden of Anita. Police said Crawford died at the scene and Holden was not held.
Chicago grain table shows wheat corn and oats with opening highs and lows as of Sept 28. The note includes a visit by Mary Finney and Helen Hilsen to sister Mrs. Richard Stewart in Chicago.
Des Moines police recovered four-year-old Deanny Lucas from the Raccoon river after a 24 hour search following his disappearance from his grandparents home in Des Moines.
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