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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1944

Page

7

Closing out sales across several rural Indiana locations

A list of auction notices detailing closing out sales from December 28 to January 22 at multiple farms households and properties. Auctions led by Brown & Bruty Klotz Duncan and other local auctioneers include addresses near Washington Wayland Crawfordsville West Chester and Ainsworth with start times around 11:00 to 1:30.

Whittaker Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa S. W Washington L. L. Hayes Brown & Bruty Harold Miller Wellman Lone Tree Elmer Pearson Klotz Ed T. Mayer Bill Bruty Crawfordsville Howard Stewart Klotz & Duncan West Chester Howard Baker Glen Green Miles S. W Riverside Otto Navy George W. Brown C. W

Soils District Board Meeting in Washington County

The Washington County Soils District commissioners led a monthly meeting with Os sian reporting that about fifty farmers formed neighborhood groups in Crawford, Clay, Highland, Lime Creek and English River townships to develop soil conservation on their farms. They urged continued group work in Jackson, Oregon, Iowa and west Crawford townships, noting all three commissioners serve voluntarily. Chairman Gates warned erosion impacts are worsening as topsoil moves from sloped fields, while district aims to help local farmers with plans and agency support. Boettcher reported progress with Crawford and Clay groups. cattle and sheep markets followed with steady to fluctuating prices.

Washington County Jackson Oregon Iowa Crawford Ossian Gates Paul Boettcher Clay

Chicago Produce Market Report Delivers Steady Prices

Chicago market notes receipts at 9 550 cases with firm, unchanged prices for vegetables and poultry. Extra firsts range 44 95 to 47 8, firsts 40 to 42 5, current receipts 40 to 42 5, dirties 31 to 5, checks 81 to 34 5. Poultry shows receipts of 3 cars and 20 trucks with market unchanged.

Chicago

Chicago Cash Grain Oats Prices Reported

Readable market line shows oats with classification as white heavy 74 and red special heavy 75 in cash grain listings.

Chicago

Grain table Chicago open high low close summary

Grain table from Chicago shows May wheat at 162 14, July 153 164, and Sept 162 153. Corn May 110 34, July 110, Sept 109 44. Oats May 64, Sep 58. Rye May 108 111, Sep 104 106. Market figures list open, high, low and close for each contract.

Chicago Dee

Take It Or Leave It film thrills Hollywood crowd

20th Century Fox brings Phil Bakers Take It Or Leave It to the screen with Phil Bakers star cast including Phil Silver, Edward Ryan, Marjorie Masson and Stanley Prager. The film opens at the Fox Theatre amid strong preview acclaim as a jackpot hit and a top year’s entertainment surprise.

20th-Century Fox Phil Baker Hollywood Wiseacres Fox Theatre Phil Silver Edward Ryan Marjorie Masson Stanley Prager

Soil Conservation Planning Across Township Farms

Township groups develop soil conservation plans for each farm. Meetings discuss problems and control methods. Plans include soil types slope and erosion data to guide land segregation and crop suitability. Farmers adjust fields and implement rotations liming contouring terracing drainage and pasture improvements with technician support over years.

Whimsical Hearts Were Young and Gay at State Theatre

Youth film event Sunday at the State Theatre features Our Hearts Were Young and Gay an adaptation of Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis Skinner memoir Gail Russell and Diana Lynn portray Miss Skinner and Miss Kimbrough delivering a gay light comedy about two Bryn Mawr sophisticates on a European trip. The film promises lively humor and romance with Bill Edwards James Brown and Charlie Ruggles in supporting roles bringing Paris London and romance to the screen.

Paramount Hollywood Emily Kimbrough Cornelia Otis Skinner Gail Russell Diana Lynn Skinner Kimbrough Bryn Mawr Bill Edwards James Brown Paris London Charlie Ruggles Otis

Skinner and Dorothy Gish In Perfect Screen Pairing

The description notes Skinner and Dorothy Gish as Mrs Skinner display natural chemistry and ease onscreen, highlighting their fitting pairing.

Hesseltine Praises Hasty Writer from Homestead Farm

Dan Hesseltine of Sandy Hook praised Alvin C. Hasty of Homestead Farms for his writings. He noted Hasty answered a question about a Washington County resident born in a log house now living near the birthplace. Hesseltine, born December 29, 1870, still lives on the family farm first entered by his grandfather in 1838 and later homesteaded in 1845.

Dan Hesseltine Sandy Hook Journal Alvin C. Hasty Homastead Farms Hesseltine Huasty Washinton County

Film comedian dies in Hollywood at age sixty

Harry Langdon, famed deadpan comedian who rose to stardom in early cinema, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at St. Vincent's hospital in Hollywood. He was 60.

Hollywood Harry Langdon St. Vincent's Hospital

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