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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1936
Page
6
Radio listings show McCormick Fiddlers at 6:30, various WLW programs at 7 and 10:15, a 1:00 Court on WAR, 3:15 Max WLW, 3:30 Vie and WLW, 4:15 Jack WLW, and Annie on WLW with unrelated fragments.
Max Schmeling declared he found a weakness in Joe Louis after watching film of Louis against Baer and Uzcudun. The former champion, weighing 193 pounds, arrived in New York with trainer Max Machon for the June 18 bout and planned to train at Oregon Country Club Peekskill. His wife Anny Ondra would join him soon, with Schmeling eyeing a training site in New York area.
Harry Stuhldreher, famed Notre Dame backfield brains and former Villanova coach, was named successor to Wisconsin Athletic Director Walter Meanwell and Football Coach Clarence Spears by the board of regents. The decision aims to steady the Badgers after an intra-departmental muddle risking Big Ten expulsion.
Baseball scores show National League New York 7 Philadelphia 6 and Boston 6 Brooklyn 6 in 12 innings. American League Boston 8 Washington 1 in six innings and several city matchups listed with weather notes and replays.
Doctors planned to operate on Nellie Marcum a 21 year old in Hamilton after 11 days of persistent hiccoughing. The operation was set for April 22 if the attacks did not subside within the next two days.
In Gary Indiana a woman named Elizabeth Yoon 30 lay mortally wounded in her fiancé’s arms after a dawn shooting in a wooded glen. Her former husband Steve Yambro shot himself nearby as police moved to arrest him. In Almyra Arkansas Sheriff Lloyd LaFargue says the town of 287 has had no arrests in 12 years, claiming to be very peaceful.
In Cleveland on April 22 the produce market displayed unsettled conditions with extras at 32 3/4 cents and standards at 32 1/2 cents for butter, eggs trading around 19 to 20 3/4 cents for extra firsts, and current receipts at 19 cents. Live poultry stayed weak with heavy hens at 54 to 57 cents and up to 23 cents higher.
Live stock trading in Cleveland shows cattle 250 head slow to active with choice steers 1100 pounds and up fetching 9.00 to 10.00. Calves 600 pounds active with prime prices 9.00 to 10.50. Sheep and lambs 100 head active and steady with clipped lambs 8.50 to 9.50. Hogs 1,000 head active and steady with various weights: 259 weight lots 10.00 to 11.00, 2079 250 weight at 11.15, 160 220 weight at 11.15, Yorkers 160 180 pounds at 11.15, 130 160 pounds at 11.00, pigs 100 130 pounds 10.75, 8.25 to 8.75 for smaller pigs, and stags 7.00 to 7.50.
Chicago prices climbed on April 22 with wheat up to 4 1 2 cents and corn and rye posting gains while oats held or rose slightly amid worsening drought conditions in the southwest.
Fort Wayne Indiana prices for hogs and live weight notes show variety of weight bands with corresponding values ranging from 10.85 to 10.15 per hundredweight. Listings include 1600 1800 pounds and 1800 2250 pounds with multiple rate steps.
Henry McLemore reports Doctor Franz McCarthy links constant pulling on slot machines to stresses on muscles and nerves, suggesting it may cause a hexenschuss among major league pitchers during spring training in Florida. The piece notes players frequenting machines nationwide, with dealers eager to provide change.
A brief classified notice promotes faster sales through Times Classified Ad services. It highlights the speed and reach of the newspaper’s listing option for sellers seeking quick results.
In Pasadena California John Robertson is granted permission for his police dog to accompany him to school and attend all classes, as teachers decide it is better than leaving the dog outside barking.
Cal T. Anderson solved what to do with exhibits after the show by gifting his display of 378 boxes of the finest oranges lemons and grapefruit to the city. The presentation came at the close of the National Orange show in San Bernardino California.
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