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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
8
The Ainsworth M E Sunday school will present a program on Christmas Eve at the church. Joy to the World by Ruth Norris will be featured.
Jungle lovers romance and jungle adventure go hand in hand in Tarzan Escapes. Johnny Weissmuller reprises his King of the Jungle role with Maureen O Sullivan as the love interest. The new film opened today at the State theater and runs through Saturday.
A children’s Christmas pageant features Betty Burke and a junior choir presenting scenes including The Shepherd Scene and Manger Scene with Wise Men. The play emphasizes global joy and the wish to spread happiness to the world.
Iowa City The official enrollment at the University of Iowa this semester stands at 9 136 students placing it as the ninth largest state university in the United States The law college ranks 10th with 227 dentistry 189 medicine 392 commerce 424 graduate 895 pharmacy 938 among the prominent programs The list notes only ten state universities have more resident students than Iowa with several large institutions named in the review
U S bureau notes last summer drought raises prices in dairy and poultry. Milk and egg production drop in November, cattle demand steady but beef prices stay high due to feed costs. Egg storage falls from November to December, reflecting tighter supplies amid the feed cost squeeze.
The White House is believed to have been the first public building in Washington with its cornerstone laid in 1792 marking its early construction.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Iowa's fall pig crop at 16 percent below 1935 with 2 572 000 pigs on farms versus 3 059 000 last year. Spring and fall totals reach 11 268 000 pigs for 1936, about 15 percent higher than 1935 but 21 percent below 1932-33 average.
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