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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1938
Page
7
In New York the First National Conference of Screwballs of America features Sam Rosoff lighting a dynamite stick for a comic blast. Seated nearby are Kay Kyser, Olson and Johnson, with the others watching the odd display.
Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon compiles brief items from nearby towns. Snippets include local events, small business updates, and community notices reflecting everyday life and regional happenings.
December notes record sympathy for Charley Brown and family while detailing neighbors’ daily tasks. Entries mention Wilbur Been blossoming in Ainsworth, Wayne Williams harvesting corn, and a farm with a new barn and large turkey stock. Readers send thanks, weather turns cool, and local exchanges promote the Washington Journal.
Aboard the United Airlines Mainliner from Seattle to San Francisco, six men and stewardess Bobby Clay of Alameda California were aboard when the plane crashed in the surf off Point Reyes and washed ashore.
A 60 year old Joplin Missouri school teacher Miss Dollie Beard warned her 34 pupils to evacuate a primary room just before the ceiling collapsed. She recalls no crack or bulge and attributes the escape to God providence.
Hogs 4000 head direct. Cattle 100 head direct. Calves 100 head direct. Sheep 2000 head direct. Strike conditions unchanged.
Chicago notes a steady market with receipts 4222 cases of extra firsts SO and 274 firsts for December. Butter trade mirrors stability with 9265 pounds and 29 percent specials and 28 percent extras. Current receipts show 26 duties 21 to 23 percent.
Grain table shows wheat corn oats rye and soybean figures across May and July contracts. Wheat May 46 66% 65% and July 66 44? 65%. Corn May 50% 51% 50% and July 51% 51% 51% with March 49% and May Dee 46 47? 46 47. Soybeans May 77% July 84? 78? with December 40 44 40 45.
Chicago cash grain markets show mixed corn values with No. 1 mixed at 49 and No. 1 white at 52 percent moisture. Estimates indicate 108 carloads sampled, with yellow and mixed grades varying across No. 2 to No. 5 categories.
Fathers hosted a banquet at the high school auditorium for the West Chester football team. The event followed activities involving local families and residents in Dayton Grove on a Wednesday evening.
The Ald society of the New Haven church, though small, shows courage and faith by hosting a successful chicken dinner and bazaar despite a whooping cough outbreak. The event nets a substantial sum and organizers thank all helpers and patrons. Bible school to start at 10, services at 11 with Rev Mrs Dewey preaching on Thy word have I hid in my heart. Everyone in the community is invited to worship.
Mr. and Mrs Milt Sojka and family visited the West Sojka home. Mr and Mrs Richard Havel and sons visited the John Lasek home. Nellie Kos and daughter shopped Cedar Rapids. Joe Lukavsky family called at the Knotnerus home. Mela Lasek family visited Anthony Horak. Melosh Havel helped Charles Plecker Friday.
A study notes eight abundant elements—oxygen silicon aluminum iron calcium sodium potassium and magnesium—compose over 98 percent of the lithosphere as the Earth’s crust extends about ten miles deep.
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