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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
2
Chicago cattle hogs and sheep sale figures show 25 000 hogs with top 8.95 and mixed weights. 6 000 cattle and 2 500 calves with weight classes and price ranges for steers cows bulls heifers and vealers. lambs in active demand with prices 10.00 to 10.25 for light lambs and 9.86 to 10.15 for 96 to 98 lb lambs. ewes 8.75 to 8.75.
Yesterday’s scores include Boston 9 Brooklyn 4 and Chicago 6 Cincinnati 1. New York at Philadelphia rained out, St Louis at Pittsburgh cold. Today Brooklyn at Boston, St Louis at Pittsburgh, New York at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Chicago. American League leaders show New York 8 2 714 and Cleveland 6 1 667.
Chicago market report shows firm tone across commodities. Eggs receipts 34 686 cases with mix of extra firsts and firsts. butter receipts 6 564 pounds with diverse grade breakdowns. poultry steady with trucks and car arrivals and defined category percentages. potatoes on track with 97 arrivals and shipments 775.
April window shows mixed lot prices with white and yellow samples. White 44 and 49, yellow 46 to 47, old yellow 46.5 to 47, yellow samples 39, receipts 68 cars reported.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull asked the Senate Finance Committee to move quickly on the administration tariff bargaining bill warning that Congress faces a grav er economic crisis and that extraordinary methods of treatment are warranted in the urgent situation.
Pathfinder Magazine outlines that the United States comprises 48 states and the District of Columbia, with two territories and several dependencies. It notes approximately a hundred uninhabited islands scattered in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Local brief reports from the Journal's subscription representative highlight small events around nearby towns. Updates cover community happenings, civic notices, and brief notices from residents and organizations.
Glen Cherryholmes stays busy serving home-trade and customers from afar while April weather brings cold mornings and soggy ground. Residents from Ainsworth Crawfordsville and Keota visit Washington and nearby towns as farm life continues with reports of flooding rain and a Mayo Hospital funeral in Macon Illinois.
CHICAGO April 26 C I D Agricultural Administrator Chester C Davis told cattle men there are at least six million too many beef cattle on farms and ranges. He urged voluntary thinning and noted disease eradication and redistribution to feeding the needy could trim about two million. Davis advocated a processing tax on beef to fund benefits for producers who curb output while leaving the plan’s specifics to the cattlemen.
April 6 Chicago grain table shows bid and ask ranges for wheat corn oats and rye across May July Sept contracts. Figures include open high low and close values with year ago comparisons, reflecting market conditions for futures trading.
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