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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1952
Page
7
Chicago markets show salable hog receipts around 2000 with bulk butchers steady, sow prices uneven. Sheep lambs steady to weak with scraps of top and incomplete clearance. Cattle and calves slow but steady with varied classes. bulls and healers strong and prime dealer values noted.
Phillips Drug beat Falk Clothiers 2 to 1 with 2291 total pins to 2258 and a 254 handicap. Durst Feed defeated Journal 3 to 0 with 2092 pins to 1956 and a 12 handicap. Ross Bulldozers beat Carpenters Union 2 to 1. totals 2285 to 2255 with 249 handicap. Old Pioneers defeated Marston Skelgas 2 to 1. 2335 to 2149 with 208 handicap. High team series Old Pioneers 2835, Phillips 2291. high team game Old Pioneers 927, Phillips 797. High individual Cecil Long 459 and 241. Kenneth Patterson 524 and 219.
Rural Women's township vice chairmen organize a Get out the Vote effort with helpers. They meet April 20 at the county Farm Bureau office to plan for the June primaries, aiming to boost turnout from 1948's 27.5 percent and encourage citizens to vote for their chosen candidates.
The Alma Hearne Holland Mission Study Group will dedicate a Leonardo da Vinci picture titled The Last Supper as a memorial to Mrs. Holland. A service will be held in the church parlor on Tuesday evening April 29 at 7 50 o clock. Everyone is invited to attend.
Leaders of the girls 4 H club in the county will meet at the extension office on Wednesday April 30 for an all day training on refinishing and reupholstering. Emelda Kunan extension specialist will teach assisted by Mariel Collier county home economist. Leaders should bring picture frames and small tables or chairs for varnish removal and new finishes practice. Session begins at 10 oclock.
The Missouri River neared its banks at Omaha easing flood danger but extensive highway closures persist. U S 75 remains shut north of Missouri Valley while U S 60 from Missouri Valley Iowa to Blair Nebraska is closed indefinitely due to severely damaged pavement. Authorities blamed the bad pavement for blockages.
Grain table from Chicago shows futures bids for corn oats and soybeans across May July Sept Nov and Jan contracts with mixed percent ranges and price markers indicating early market activity and varying price levels for each commodity across months and contracts. The readable data includes May July and Sept figures for corn and oats and a series of bean contract values with several percent readings and spread across months.
Delegates from 10 000 Legionnaires in Iowa’s First District will gather in Mt Pleasant for the Spring District Conference on Monday April 28. First District Commander Jim McCabe says a large crowd is expected and reservations are pouring in for the all day meeting. State Commander Dudley Weible of Forest City will speak at the evening banquet, with state officers Rood Laird Dept Adjutant Glenn Dugger Rev Edwin Skoglund State Chaplain P Hope Overturf Dep Vice Commander Carl Skedin Dept Historian Paul Tornquist National Executive Committeeman and Al Faber Iowa Legionnaire editor in attendance. The afternoon session will include district chairmen reports and delegates to the national counties in New York City.
Seoul reports that Communist sources claim an American F S6 Sabrejet and its pilot Maj. George V. Wendling were found in Manchuria. Western air forces say fliers were told not to cross the Yalu and that the crash may have occurred after a glide north of the boundary during a dogfight over Mig Alley.
April sales events include a closing out sale of household goods at 417 South Marion Avenue starting 1:00 PM for the Warren Estate. a 417 South Marion items sale. and 510 West Third Street closing out sale starting 1:30 PM for the Downing Estate. Livestock auctions occur weekly at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction and Kalona Sales Barn with Friday, Thursday sales noted.
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