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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
8
Barcelona Battles as Franco Forces Enter Old Spain Capital
Loyalist forces defend Barcelona as General Franco's insurgent army advances from Burgos and moves ministries. Photos show civilians aiding fortifications in the city’s suburbs and radiophotos depict resistance amid high tensions with Britain and France urging restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Worl
Francisco Franco
Burgos
Franco
Britain
France
Young America church service and social notes
The Mennonite church near Welman held Sunday afternoon services at the Court Home. Don Gowey of Brighton visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dickinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Rhodebeck
Mennonite Church
Welman
Court Home
Don Gowey
Brighton
Bert Dickinson
Franks Wringle Home Guests and Local Visits
Recent visitors to the Frank Wringle home included the Lloyd Hemeton family and Mr. and Mrs Charlee Polwer along with Mr. and Mrs Charles Harris of Keota. Helen Patterson visited Sunday night with Dorothy Hutartn. Roger Allman recovered from a bad cold. Leonard Marie called Monday evening at the Shell Marie home and Ellanore Sehmitt. Mr. and Mrs Charles Palmer visited Harold Fulton Sunday. Claud Rhedeback drove to Ottumwa Thursday to visit J. W. Wooley. Leonard Reed went to Collic on business. Harve Wilson had Sunday dinner and supper at the county home. Edith Stalder spent the weekend at Coppock with her mother Mrs Terry Gowey of Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wringle
Lloyd Hemeton
Charlee Polwer
Mra
Charles Harris
Keota
Helen Patterson
Dorothy Hutarton
Roger Alllman
Leonard Marie
Shell Marie
Ellanore Sehmitt
Charles Palmer
Harold Fulton
Claud Rhedeback
Ottumwa
J. W
Wooley
Leonard Reed
Qollic
Harve Wilson
Edith Stalder
Coppock
Terry Gowey
Brighton
Aaron Nordyke
Miedland
Ang
Lloyd Humeston
Claud Rhodebeck
John Cherry
Frank Wolf
Hunter
Markets Chicago Hogs and Sheep Climb as Receipts Mix
Chicago markets show hogs steady to higher by 1 to 25 cents with good to choice 160 to 220 pound hogs at 7.80 to 8.00 and top 8.00. packing sows 6.50 to 6.85, lightweights to 7.00. Cattle trading slow with mixed yearlings 11.00 and beef cows to 7.50. sheep active and strong to 25 cents higher with lambs 9.00 to 9.25 and best 9.40 to 9.50. tomorrows receipts expected cattle 100 hogs 500 sheep 4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Produce and Grain News Roundup
Butter and poultry markets steady with unchanged quotations and moderate receipts. Potatoes show dull demand while grain prices list varied mixed quotes for corn oats and soybeans alongside unrelated local social notes from Mr and Mrs Aaron Nordyke Charles Palmer Lloyd Humeston and Frank Wolf birthday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mystic finds boy via crystal gazer in Fort Morgan tale
Mrs. George H. Dennis of Fort Morgan says a crystal gazer told police her son Lloyd Comstock Jr. had been located in Des Moines Iowa. She claims the 10 year old had left home five years earlier with his father and did not return. Corn receipts show 91 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Morgan
Colo
George H. Dennis
Lloyd Comstock, Jr
Des Moines
Dennis
Chicago Grain Tabbie Open and Close Report
Grain table from Chicago dated January 27 shows wheat May 69 79 69 69 percent activity for July. Corn May 56 63 51 51 percent with March 69s. Oats May 28 29 28 28 percent and July 27 26 27. Anye May 46 46 46 46 percent and Sept 48 48 48 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tor
Tom
Daily Iowan Editor Resigns Amid Silence in Iowa City
John Mooney, editor of the Daily Iowan at the University of Iowa, resigns his post in Iowa City. Fred M. Pownall, director of student publications, says Mooney offered no statement. Mooney gave no reason and left the office early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
John Mooney
Daily Iowan
Susan Hayward lands lead opposite Gary Cooper
Susan Hayward, a former New York model, reportedly won a top female lead by asking for a job at a Hollywood studio. She will star opposite Gary Cooper in a major film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Hayward
New York
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Student of the Year Mooney taunts Hawkeye squad
Mooney Waverly, a senior and recent Student of the Year honoree, was involved in a conflict after being tossed from the practice field by angry members of the Hawkeye football squad. The piece notes his campus prominence and editorial roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Mooney
Waverly
Horvats relocate to Marshall for new construction work
Mr and Mrs Horvat and grandson Tommy Seymour travel to Marshall Missouri after Horvat transfers from Massman construction to a similar role there. The Glendale telephone company holds its annual meeting Saturday January 28 in the UCP church basement. John A Stewart president. Nearby bankers from Crawfordsville attend a dinner meeting with ninety in attendance at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horvat
Tommy Seymour
Marshall, Mo
Massman Construction Company
Marshall
Glendale Telephone Company
UC. P
John A. Stewart
George McDaniel
Walter Jarrard
Frank C. Crone
Raymond Anderson
Phil Weldon
Ed Mack
Lee Holland
Frank Kos
Harry Sizer
Ernest Knotek
Lucy Dempsey
Fred L. Stewart
Ralph Dougherty
Crawfordsville
Louwisa and
Washington County Bankers Association
Ed Ebersole
Keokuk
Iowa State Bankers Association
Lytle Family Visits and Local Notables Attend Parson's Banquet
Mr and Mrs Robert Lytle and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lytle visit Williamsburg last evening at Carlton Lytts with sons. Hubert Walker Railway Express manager stays in hospital and improves gradually. Mangold Jr and daughter Jane Kay visit Harper with Bert Denison family. Dorothy Denison joins Elzevir sorority banquet attendees in Fairfield. J O Sherman from west town brings pork for Farm Bureau locker processing and becomes first to store meat there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lytle
Lloyd Lytle
Williamsburg
Carlton Lytt and Sons
Hubert Walker
Th Railway Express
Washington County Hospital
J. O. Sherman
Farm Bureau Service Company
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Rock Island
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Ordway
Joe
Eh Bennet
Belkna Strawberry Point
Amos Belknap
Young
Old
Plaza de Cataluna
Young America
Washington
Sanipa
Vay
Musical — News
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago Grain Tabbie
OR. P
Iowa
Johnson's Grocery
Sits
Parsnips
Wal
Ile
Ainsworth
Coonesatine Service Co
Leigh Hunt
D.ff. Macon
Red
Alie Gail Wells
Roy Weils
Lawrence Howell
Everett
G. W. Huston
Harold Johnson
Jelane Morrison
Elsie Glasgburner
Fairfield
Elzevir
Parsons College
Washington Ot Company
East Washington
Jack Everette
Orchestra
Rendezvous
Demolay
The
Evening Journal
Washington Lumber and Fuel CO
Tonsa Yan
Jim White
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