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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
7
Excited buying pushed Chicago wheat up four cents and Winnipeg five as traders feared rust would spread into Canada. Winnipeg messages noted dread of northward spread, while brisk profit taking pulled back from day’s highs. Chicago futures closed higher with July at 80 3-8, Sept 81 1-8. Corn and oats also advanced.
Downey residents host a sequence of visitors including Mrs. Charles Bau and family from Chicago and Colfax guests Hugh and Esgher. Ed Crowder and Art Waterman of New York University visit Miss Beryl Schiele. Mrs. Hollingsworth returns from Texas to stay with W A Cameron before heading to Kansas City. Washington visitors Mr and Mrs Leslie Gates and Dan Gates stop by Downey friends. Sunday sees Childrens Day services at the Downey church.
Blue Grass Church starts a Vacation Bible School on Monday morning for children from Pleasant Prairie and Blue Grass churches. Teachers include Mrs. Ted Drumm, Rev and Mrs B F Pickering, Miss Vera Daurer, Mrs Hattie Healy, Marjorie and Elaine Hottbauer, Clara Mat Pickering, and Miss Evelyn Schoder Harvey.
Rural Carriers of Johnson County plus the Carriers Auxiliary met Friday evening at a Lone Tree hall for a 6:39 supper. They held business meetings and elected delegates to the state convention to be held in July in Spencer. Frank Clear of Oxford was elected delegate for the Letter Carriers, with Harry Segar of Iowa City as alternate. Mrs. Harry Segar named alternate for the auxiliary. Cards and informal entertainment followed the business session.
American corn export demand is projected to extend at least four years as Argentina's drought reduces its crop to about half normal. With Argentine production around 179.6 million bushels, U.S. exports to Europe rise, supporting prices and benefiting farmers despite delayed planting and weed growth in the Midwest.
Pattern 619 features cape style dresses in pinks with paneling and diaphanous fabrics. Available sizes 34 to 48 with instructions and fabric estimates. Send 15 cents, include size and address, to Muscatine Journal Pattern Dept New York.
Valparaiso Inc. claims radio frightened rats from a henhouse used by Harry V. Fuller, former Valparaiso University science head. After 400 young turkeys were killed, Fuller kept the radio blasting day and night, and the rats disappeared while the turkeys thrived on the noise and drama.
Pike township boys met at Clifford Brans home to form a demonstration team for the West Liberty fair and other events. Harold Schmitt and Brown will compose the team to show life loss prevention in live-stock shipping. Plans included organizing a softball team and various community projects.
County Agent Olson will attend a school of instruction for extension agents at Iowa State College in Ames. The program runs Wednesday through Saturday this week and starts with Olson leaving early Wednesday morning with the Fouris delegation as the state club convention continues.
Miss Margaret Vostendorp won the county record book contest and was selected as a delegate for the state Four H highs convention in Ames this week but cannot attend. The county home demonstration agent Mary Grace Martin said Vostendorp is at summer school at Town State Teachers college in Cedar Falls. Her record book was chosen as the county’s best to advance to the state contest.
George Morrison and wife announce the birth of a daughter at their home. The child weighed nine pounds four ounces at birth.
Franklin Pierce McCall pleaded guilty at arraignment to kidnapping James Bailey Cash Jr for ransom. The 21 year old truck driver faced a capital offense and an added charge of killing the boy. A special grand jury returned a true bill soon after State Attorney George Warlay began proceedings while ill. Witnesses included the victim's father and federal agents who said McCall confessed to abducting the boy May 28 for 10000 dollars. Judge EH FP Atkinson ordered immediate arraignment and appointed counsel with a trial date to be set.
Miss Lake visits relatives in Bloomington with sister Addie and Ruth Hates. Richard Pulse returns from Ames for a short visit and plans a summer course. Other social items note picnics at the Thicker and Groskad homes, illness calls to Fulton, and a kerosene accident in Muscatine. Airlines charter service expands to include flights to off-route cities, supplementing regular air travel.
Local markets list poultry meat prices and eggs for sale, with grocers noting 12a hie and various weights up to 190 pounds. Grain prices dated June 14, 1998 include corn No. 2 yellow and No. 9 white, with Modwkee Feed and Grain and Valley Grain and Feed cited as suppliers.
News wires report a rally in New York stocks as the Senate Banking Committee moves to report on Savisabhy biltia joining a finance group. Markets showed gains amid talk of corporate laws and reforms, with references to railroads, Santa Fe, and government regulations shaping the session.
An irregular New York report notes a speed event with varied colors and fast times, listing 22 percent seconds and references to firsts and seconds. The fragment mentions an average image and a numeric sequence, including 267 and 211, with unclear context. The text remains largely unreadable and garbled, offering few concrete entities or outcomes.
Readable lines indicate fluctuating dollar value against major European currencies with varied quotes from France Germany Spain and Greece. The brief notes Montreal and New York reference mention uneven market movements and national monetary indicators.
The Muscatine County Junior Farm Bureau will hold a Thursday meeting on June 16 at the W. pariors. A program includes a talk on strikes and labor disputes by Albert Ketzler, a discussion of a consumer guide by Lois Walters, and a safety talk with movies by a state patrolman from the district office at West Tilbesty. Music, recreation, and refreshments follow. Committee: Bonnie Marlin, chair. R Martz. Albert Ide. Fred Welling.
A mangled OCR passage lists numerous company names and stock or commodity terms such as Am Can F Am For Pow gt Am Loco and Sil Fdrs 194 Sug Ref 13 Ava Tel and Tel 199% and Beth Steel. The fragmentary text references industries and firms including Can Chrealer and Eastman Tex as well as utilities and metals, with scattered numbers and symbols.
The Ladies Aid of the Evangelical church hosted a post-nuptial shower for Mrs Robert Mittman formerly Violette Rex, with about 55 attendees. The event featured quilting and needlework, a potluck lunch, ice cream and cake, pink and white decor, and gifts arranged by Marvin Koeppen and others. Also noted are visits from Mr and Mrs John Renkey of Fulton and Mr and Mrs Joe Lang and Margot Langhome.
Kansas City livestock sales showed slow to steady demand across hogs bulls calves and sheep with buyers moderate and bids varied. Hogs mainly 8.40 to 8.90 per cwt with lighter weights 180 to 250 pounds. calves and vealers steady to higher. cattle feeders steady. lambs steady to higher amid light offerings.
U S Department of Agriculture hog market report shows 14 009 head sold over 34 hours ending today in Iowa and southern Minnesota, up from 9 809 a week ago and 12 200 a year ago. Prices ranged around 70 to 90 cents per pound across weights with steady to firm bids and varied quotations reported for 160 to 260 pound hogs.
A garbled AP wire item from CHICAGO CASH GRAIN outlines cash grain movements with unclear figures and missing data. The unreadable text mentions prices or rates and a November timing but lacks coherent details to determine specific grains or values.
Market update shows cattle and hog prices steady with no sharp changes. Lamb classifications remain steady with heavier weights quoted around 6.50 to 7.00 per pound, feeder lambs and lighter selections marginally lower. Read as a compact livestock market note from Omaha.
A June report from Bazyon notes wool production in Boston area, with buyers active yet at a slower spot market. Prices moved from rail and choirs, while traders in several Boston shops sold wool around two cents in the yard delivered, reflecting lighter demand.
A garbled market report details varieties like California White, North Carolina Cobblers, and Russet Burbanks. Mentions heavy, slow denang, white rock potatoes, chickens, and sacks of produce. Notes storage standards, shipping, and packing quality with references to regions such as California and Oklahoma.
Fat steers held steady while hog bids softened in Chicago. Prices showed limited change with typical ranges for various weight classes and leaners, as supplies remained moderate. Trade noted as moderately active with early top steers bid around 10.60 and many categories trading within narrow bands.
A scattered list of livestock bid prices from Mason City and surrounding area shows beef cattle and hogs with varied weights. Prices range from about 140 to 190 pounds for lighter cattle and 150 to 350 pounds for hogs, with many entries around 8.00 to 8.60 per cwt. Market activity described as weak with prices changing across lots.
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