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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1930
Page
2
Chicago pricing shows declines with 15 000 hogs traded including 3 000 aired sightings. Top quotes drifted to 10.65 for the best, bulk weights 160 to 250 pounds at 10.25 to 10.60 and 260 to 320 pounds at 10.00 to 10.35, packing sows noted.
The report shows bid ranges for hogs cattle calves and sheep with varied weights and grades. Medium to choice hogs 250 to 350 pounds nine eighty to ten forty five dollars per hundredweight. Cattle calve prices and undertones noted as slow with buyers and shippers hedging. Lambs and sheep prices listed by weight and condition with overall market described as slow but steady.
Row of grain futures for corn oats and soy in Chicago with May July September and December contracts shown. Prices appear as fractional percentages and ranges indicating trading quotes across different months and grains.
Market notes show cash grain values in Chicago with wheat and corn figures and various qualities. Prices vary by grade and sample, including white and yellow corn, red and mixed wheat, and rye with limited Timothy and clover notes.
Toledo market notes dated April 9 show Clover domestic cash prices at 11.60 prime choice 12.00 Oct 12.80 Ds Aisike cash 11.00 now 3. The fragmentary data indicate trading values for cash grain and futures in a local seed market listing.
The Government of India maintains passive resistance to Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign to end the salt monopoly. Gandhi marched to the sea and reached Brimrad where his son was detained, while supporters continued salt collection and arrests increased, with about 75 arrested across various localities.
Formal notice of appeal filed after sentencing Huckins to up to seven years in the state penitentary at Fort Madison. Bond set at 5,000 with W. J. Sleight furnishing 11,000 for Huckins’ liberty pending appeal. Elmer Huckins, his father, remained jailed awaiting trial on related charges. bond set at 22,000 unfurnished.
A terse notice from authorities limits sales of sick or crippled poultry and bans using heavy breed birds as substitute for healthier stock. The rule targets per-store pricing and requires compliance with defined standards for marketable poultry.
News Notes from neighboring communities track spring farming activity on April 9. Johnny Heck and family plant 240 acres of corn while Wieland Brothers prepare 180 acres and have 65 acres of oats done. Claude Flynn and Claude and Roy Flynn plan crops near Riverside. An automobile wreck near Batavia sends Mr and Mrs Raymond and others to hospital. Ray road work and local farms show rapid soil work and planned expansion as spring advances.
The Gra Theatre screens Framed based on Paul Schofield story with Evelyn Brent and Reg Toomy, hailed as a gripping metropolitan war drama. Fox highlights Hot For Pain at Fox with Dorsay and Morth, plus McLagren, Edgar Leslie tunes and scenes evincing seaside humor and military jargon. Des Moines notes Parker named manager for J J congressional area.
In Crawfordsville on Monday night the Young People's society elected Bruce Hanna as president Trevor Davis as vice president Ruth Barnes as secretary and treasurer Light refreshments followed. T.H. Barnes traveled to Burlington and then Des Moines for a life insurance meeting. Mrs J S McCleary hosted dinner for Mrs Giffen and Miss Neille Giffen of St Clairville Ohio. Mrs Pool continues treatment at Des Moines Methodist hospital. Rev and Mrs A N Porter and Margaret Davidson visited Washington yesterday afternoon.
April notes from Coppock nearest Wayland residents include Miss Zilpha Hesser and Mrs. Ella Merchant visiting relatives while local officials update council actions and tax books. In Falls City a fire devastates the business district, killing firefighter Ho Empling and damaging J C Penney, Piggly Wiggly, and other shops with losses around 250 thousand.
Lows Farms killed over 12 million hogs last year, about 25.5 percent of U S slaughter. Without Iowa packing plants, the nation would face a much smaller manufacturing output.
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