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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1933
Page
2
Chicago markets show hogs at 36 000 head with direct at 13 000 and mixed gains across weights from 3.75 to 4.80 for pigs and sows. Cattle calves and sheep listing includes steers 550 to 900 pounds at 5.50 to 7.00 and lambs around 7.56 to 8.50 with ewes 1.25 to 2.75.
Chicago markets show mixed gains with overall steady movement. Produce receipts reach 10 611 cases with slight increases in firsts and extras, while poultry receipts total 18 628 with higher percentages for specials and extras. Potatoes track shipments at 521 with market firmer.
Chicago grain table shows wheat corn and oats with bid asked high low and close figures for May July September and December contracts. Data includes price changes and percent moves reflecting market activity on July 11.
Mrs J A Frey and Mrs Jefty Wittmer host and visit relatives during a Fourth of July week. Russel Wittmer of Mt Pleasant stayed with Vernon and Orjan Frey while several families joined for Sunday evening at the Wittmer home as the Helping Hand closes Mennonite Sunday school.
Iowa farmers held a large portion of the 1932 crop with stocks on farms estimated July 1 at 154 million bushels, down from 257 million April 1 and 295 million Jan 1, while the nation stored 626.9 million bushels. The first 1933 spring wheat estimate stands at 159.9 million bushels, with winter wheat at 335.8 million. Durum and other spring wheat totals are given against last year’s figures.
Miss Daisybelle Evans of Centerville visits sister Mrs Forrest Jennings. Mrs Henry Bailey and daughter Frances of Pittsburgh return from Lake Okoboji with Mr Will White. Mrs Bailey and Frances stay longer at the Eicher home. Join Lemmon attends Southeastern Iowa optometrists convention in Mt Pleasant. Joe Falk and Frances of Fairfield visit Washington for business and friends. new baby sister reportedly thriving. Charley Davis has tonsils removed and recovers well.
The H. E. O. club gathered with Mrs. Henry Doig on July 6 for hemming tea towels and visiting. A kitchen shower for Mrs. A. C. Cannon followed. Ten members and two guests attended, with refreshments served by Mrs. Doig and her daughter. An ice cream social at the Will Erwin home drew about forty five attendees. The next meeting is set with Mrs. Don Applegate on August 3. Other notes cover visits to Iowa City for Mrs. Fritz, a birthday surprise for John Bigham, gatherings with the W. KR. Nicholson family, and Floyd Shockley visiting Chicago for the fair.
A psychologist reports a simple 4 letter test of left handedness examines the band with which a person throws a ball and contrasts it with tasks such as writing and other daily activities.
A Chicago crime expose outlines how major gangs and splinter groups finance themselves through extortion, kidnapping, robberies, and liquor rackets. It details leaders like Humphreys and Touhy, and rackets in cleaning and dyeing, contracting, window glass, and financing, noting the pervasive influence on business and protection.
Local briefs from nearby towns compiled by the Journal's subscription representative report community events and short updates. Readers learn about small happenings, meetings, openings, and local concerns across nearby areas.
Ainsworth residents report improvements and plans. Frank Wood showcases a portable hay ladder built from quality lumber with four removable hooks for wagon transport. Ed Beeman and Wilson Welliver work on a 26 by 32 chicken house and aim to buy 350 white leghorn pullets for a start in poultry. Beeman recently returned from Denver and shares flood canyon memories. Alva Sands fountain and Milburn Spessard are noted as malted milk experts in town.
The Monday Evening Journal mentions the Zieglowskys in Havre, Amlong in Lexington, Harold Anderson and Ward Essley in the city, plus farmers’ early hours. Motor cycles for pole races were delayed by rain, and thanks go to N. L. Black and Mary Mott in Indianapolis for subscriptions. Hila Morgan’s show in Columbus Junction enjoyed a successful week with plans to return. remarks on cast decorum and chores follow. Many fields around Ainsworth were too wet to plow Monday.
The piece warns that Chicago's beverage distribution faces underworld protection extortion with distributors and drivers paying kicks to approved men. Hijackings and bombs enforce racketeer law, morticians and funeral drivers included. Outlaws threaten hearse bodies and street blockades, with a broader reach than elsewhere. The report notes a later dispatch examining New York.
Mr and Mrs Rex Benz and daughter Betty Jane of Oska loosa stopped in Washington yesterday evening to visit his mother Mrs Charles Benz They are visiting a number of Town towns on a business trip Billy Ewing underwent a minor operation at the county hospital this morning but is getting along nicely.
Ed Davis near Haskins and Arnot Mathers area produce wonderful crops of corn and hay said to beat Iowa in days. Visitors at J. W. Showalter view a modern five room house perched on a wire above ground, claimed safe from harm, with Rolland praised for the building and location.
W. J. Bovds operates a three by four hundred acre farm with a fine cattle lot. Frank Podaris grows oats and begins cutting. Ernest Salliaday, Frank's son, is promoted on state road work and will move to Washington. Geo. Conott reports good cows berries and a diverse potato crop. Howard Anderson and family visited Suytutay with uncle Mr Hopkinetor of Burlington, age 94. Neighbors complain buyers bought cabbage worm control dope but lack cabbage worms.
J C Penney company sales rose in June 1983 to 14.62 million from 12.02 million a year earlier, a 21.66 percent gain. The local store's cost of sales was 35.80 percent. First six months 1983 total sales reached 71.02 million versus 49.28 million in 1982, a 2.51 percent gain, amid improved consumer buying.
Farm supply notices list 150 heavy mix chicks 18 cents each by William Wingier R21-31 122138 bantams 350 to 1.00 eggs 30c to 1.25 at H Askea West Street Washington IA. Also two wheel invalid chair and gas stove at 617 North Avenue C. Calf for sale call 305 black 125 te. One month old white leghorn cockerels from Ram Seyer Hatcheries 1325 tr.
Paramount presents I Love That Man a brisk love drama with Edmund Lowe Nancy Carroll Robert Armstrong Lew Cody Warren Hymer and Dorothy Burgess directed by Harry Joe Brown The slick con man Lowe teams with Carroll in a bold romance as she plays along to the wedding while he runs a string of exploits from bootlegging to mail scams showing why one is born every minute.
The saying the straw that breaks the camel's back is an old Eastern proverb. Its English translation predates the seventeenth century.
For rent a modern house close in recently redecorated. Phone 499 80tt UN gett.
Pilotburg July 5. Harold Klopfenstein helps at the Scott home while Harlan Emry and Dow Bishop cut oats and others cultivate corn. Lewis Jones recovers from surgery as relatives visit. Several local injuries are reported from hay handling. Sunday school attendance remains high with Carl Oldfield teaching and Clara Fisher next week.
Wanted to buy a small cook stove and an old fashioned cupboard. Leave name at Journal.
Marengo residents visited family and friends on the Fourth, including Wilson Ashby and Harlan Emry with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stransky and Mrs. Clara Fisher traveling to Iowa City. The Merry Makers club met at Mrs. John Patterson’s, with plans to meet at Mrs. Orva Scott’s next month. The Pilotburgh U S meeting was postponed to July 13 at Mrs. Iona Oldfield’s home.
Maple sap drips from metal spouts in tapped trees while some farmers still use wooden buckets. A barrel of 31 gallons yields one gallon of syrup and eight pounds of sugar from the sap.
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