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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1932
Page
2
Markets in Chicago show mixed cattle and hog trends with overall declines for hogs. Beef and dairy figures vary by class while sheep and lambs hold steady. feeders and stockers show modest movement. Way reports list prices for steer and cow categories and indicate volume across cattle, hogs, and sheep.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ended today total 64,400 head, up from last week and year ago. Prices range by weight from light 149 to 1640 dollars per hundredweight with lows around 3.00 to 3.60 for various categories, while long-haul weight shrinkage and overfilled hogs affect pricing.
Chicago seed market reports prices for red clover at 12.74 to 14.60 per unit, Alsike up to 13.90, Timothy good at 2.10 with choices around 3.50. The notes indicate a good trade and price ranges across seed types.
Grain receipts list shows 4 percent wheat cars, 120 corn cars, and 54 oats cars. The figures indicate transport and supply movement for wheat corn and oats.
Open high and low table shows Wheat futures for May July and Sept with values around 58 to 64 in various months and Corn futures May July and Sept trading with prices around 33 to 39. The data covers wheat and corn price levels, highs and lows, for May July and Sept contracts.
The Southeast Iowa Teachers convention at Ottumwa urged restraint on further local school cuts and pressed for state funding to replace property taxes. Resolutions called for raising teaching standards, updating certification laws, and shifting revenue to the state to reduce local tax burdens while maintaining instructional quality.
Cash grain close shows mixed to down moves across wheat corn oats and rye. Wheat ranged 57 to 60 with various red and hard varieties. corn mixed around 82 to 84 for some bundles. oats quoted with several white and heavy lots near 22 to 26. rye No 3 at 45. barley 47 to 67.
One of the citys largest auto theft rings was busted with ten arrests. The group is said to have stolen about 500 cars in the past year. Investigators traced a tip to Chicago leading to three other members nabbed in Devine Texas where cars were taken before sale in Mexico.
Community brief from the Journal's subscription representative D. F. Macon highlights local happenings across nearby towns. Short items cover civic events, social notices, and small achievements shaping daily life.
The body of John J. Palmer aged 77 will be shipped from Wielna Kansas to Oklahoma City Oklahoma Thursday. He died Monday at his brother’s home 2336 Martha Street and may be viewed at Culbertson mortuary. He was a Baptist member and belonged to the free Masons lodge. He leaves two sisters Mrs Ella Roberts Oklahoma City and Mrs Anna Bratton Sturgeon Missouri and five brothers Luther Wichita Perry Chark Missouri Tucker Columbia Missouri Thomas Homer Washington Iowa. Dozens of local residents attended a drizzling day gathering in Washington Saturday to remember him and others nearby. A humor vignette and local notes follow about shop talk and community events including visits by residents from Iowa Missouri and Oklahoma. Weather outlook predicts clear days aiding farmers’ work.
Reports from Massachusetts Martha's Vineyard describe a bag with baby clothing found near Chilmark after a plane sighting. Major Schoeffel returns from Europe as search notes report no new Lindbergh developments.
Fern Cliff 4H girls met Saturday with new leader Miss Bertha Klopfenstein for an all day meeting. Mrs. Everette Stewart gave the lesson on whole wheat breadmaking and a variety of rolls. The bread was baked in the afternoon. New officers were elected.
President Grace Thompson and officers Edna Westen and Minnie Carr were announced with Mari Zieg-Lowsky and Helen Bishop in support roles. Edna Westen was reelected to represent the club at Ames in the latter part of June. A noon pot luck dinner followed.
A graphic 19th century boxing tale from Nelson W Evans recalls George Beedle Mershon of Adams county fighting Markin Hammond of Kentucky for $100 in 1853. The brutal bout ended with Mershon winning after a fifteen minute bare knuckle clash that left Hammond blinded and mutilated, witnessed by about three hundred people.
The death of Fred Abel aged 52 of Sloan Iowa is under investigation after a car driven by Richard La Croix struck him Abel was fatally injured and La Croix said Claude Willett and William Adams both of Sloan were scuffling near the roadside leading to Abel being knocked into the road.
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