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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1950
Page
7
The Deal Crosby families and Eugene Crosby thank friends for kind words letters cards and flowers during the loss of a son and brother. Oral Norman and Larry Lukavsky express thanks for visits cards gifts and hospital support received recently.
FOR SALE 14 FT MARINE IN WATERMASTER BOAT USED ONE SEASON CALL 771 W 3513 STOP MASTITIS WITH LEDER LE AUREOMYCIN OSINEUP WAL GREEN DRUG 35TH FOR SALE 28 INCH CASE SEPARATOR $250 DICK STEPHENS CRAWFORDSVILLE NET
Tomorrow marks the close of the Methodist campaign at the First Methodist Church to reach a Lent attendance goal of 501. Inclement weather has hindered effort but teachers and superintendents plan further calls and visits. A Palm Sunday class of 27 will join the church, instructed by Dr. Miller, including Batterson, Batterson, Bender, and others. Adults join at a Good Friday service, with a union cantata Stabat Mater by Rossini sung by the church choir.
Jeanne Crain ends five years as the campus image and accepts the lead in Pinky, Darryl Zanuck's drama. She discusses choosing serious parts, the makeup decision, and her family life including her sons Michael and Paul. The film marks her transition from sweet girl roles to a demanding dramatic part.
A miniature haylift begins to reach cattle isolated by a North Dakota blizzard. Farmers will pay for air delivery of hay and cottonseed bundles up to 500 pounds to southwestern and south central districts as orders arrive. Harold G. Vavra and Martin C. Altenberg organize the plan.
The Census Bureau starts a month long, $80 million decennial survey asking Americans 5 billion questions. Roy V. Peel calls the effort one of the greatest peacetime democratic undertakings, urging quiet, full cooperation to ensure accurate counts of population, housing, and agriculture.
Mrs. Walter Duvall returned to her Gayton Grove home after helping care for her new grandson Dennis Jay Holmes in Cedar Falls. The item also notes social visits around Wellman Center Junction Wellman and Burlington with family and WSCS district meeting attendance.
Northern Democrats press Truman to veto Kerr natural gas bill while others urge signature. House sends measure to the White House 176 to 174. would exempt independent gas producers from federal regulation and could raise consumer rates by about 100 million dollars.
Nash Motors announces the Rambler as an addition to the Nash line, not replacing Ambassador or Statesman. A private Chicago zone dealer show unveiled the new model with styling advances and numerous mechanical firsts. Public showroom exhibit is set for April 14 and the project represents about $13 million.
USDA market review shows hogs 180 to 360 lbs selling mostly 15 to 15.90 per cwt with varied weights. Cattle prices range from 22 to 52.50 for steers and yearlings, cows 19.50 to 32, bulls 20 to 22. Sheep and lambs offer highs around 28.25 for handy wooled lambs, 25 to 27 for Western fed wooled lambs, with shorn lambs mostly 25 to 26.25 and slaughter ewes 12 to 15.
Ruby Potter of Unionville Missouri and Mrs Verne Stottlemayer Mrs Leroy Sheetz of Richland spent the day in Washington on Powersville Mo business and visited at the Clow Potter home in Brig hton before shopping in Washington.
State plans to call Sarah Ann Airth 20 Evansville as surprise witness in the Robert Bednasek murder trial of University of Iowa student Gee Gee Jack. Airth dated Bednasek from December 8 and was dining with him on campus two nights before Gee Gee's death.
Minot, N D UP reports Tarzan a 19 year old Persian Angora cat famed as a rugged individualist is dead. The feline preferred tomatoes with Sei ear to regular food enjoyed vacuum cleaning over petting and often chased dogs.
The Chicago grain table shows May corn trading around 135 percent, with highs near 135 percent and closes around 135 percent. July corn ranges near 135 percent with a high near 185 percent and close near 138 percent. Soybeans for May bulk around 263 percent with July near 259 percent and November around 204 percent.
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