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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1940
Page
5
Markets Chicago April 1 report shows hogs 19 000 with prices 4.50 to 5.15 top. Cattle 11 000 with most sales 8.25 to 10.00 and buyers weak to 25 cents lower. Sheep 9 000 with fat lamb steady to 10 cents higher and western lambs 9.85 to 10.25. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 7 000 hogs 13 000 sheep 7 000.
Chicago April market notes show mixed grain bids for corn oats and soybeans with May and July futures near 1.04 for wheat and various midwestern cash grain quality categories. Produce lines list receipts poultry and duck categories with price ranges and stock movement across multiple hen, turkey and duck classes.
Twenty friends hosted a surprise party for Dan Rohrer celebrating his upcoming birthday. Five pinochle tables played with Mrs. A. E Palmer winning high score and Mrs. Jesse Radda taking low. A card table gift was given to Rohrer after games and refreshments.
Mrs C C Wilson and Mauile McCreedy host a luncheon for the Public Affairs department at the North Side cafe private dining room. After lunch, Mr David McLaughlin discusses Significant Pieye of Today and Tom Denean will speak on the motion picture industry.
Lee Cobel a rural mail carrier from Corydon won the ninth annual Iowa cribbage tournament. Two hundred players took part with Cobel and A K Lewis of Ames finishing 10 games with perfect scores of 1210. Cobel won the playoff. Willard Heyer of Graettinger was third and Robert Mathis of Colo fourth.
Spirit Lake resident Virginia Bedell Dickinson county attorney who is in her second term was unanimously endorsed by the Republican county convention as a candidate for the state board of parole.
Henry T. Shunk, a flour salesman missing since November 21, was recovered from the Mississippi River near Davenport. Coroner W. F. Shelley of Scott County said no inquest would be held though he declined to rule the death as self-inflicted.
Closing out sale notices for April 4 list Guy Hoyle and Cal Keith estate. Sales occur Wednesday and Friday with location details including miles northwest of Washington and east of Way land.
Thunders discovered the body while boating near Nahant and coroner Shel ley stated the remains had been in the water for several weeks. The Skunk search had extended as far as Florida.
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