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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1932
Page
2
Chicago market reports show hogs up to 6.20 with 17 000 receipts and 4.70 to 5.10 bulk. Cattle demand weaker with 2 500 head mostly common. cows and heifers slow. Lambs quoted 6.00 to 6.50. stockers and feeders steady. bulls, calves and yearlings also listed with varied ranges.
Combined hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota reach 26 900 for 24 hours ending 8:00 A M. Mostly steady market with heavy offerings. Prices range from 3 30 to 4 65 for various weights and classes, with lighter pigs at 4 00 to 4 50 and larger sows around 3 30 to 3 65.
Long haul shipments show weight shrinkage and hogs sold near quoted prices. Hogs priced by shipping point weights are excluded from quotations.
The list records butter, creamery extras, standards, firsts, packing stock, and special grades with percentages and case counts. It then details cheese varieties, Americas and prints percentages, live poultry including turkeys, hens, toms, leghorns, ducks, and geese with weights and grades. Potatoes are listed by car counts, on track shipments, and regional cobblers with price ranges and decay notes.
Cash grain close notes show wheat priced around 2 red 47 to 48, 5 red 46, hard 47 to 48, northern spring 484, mixed 7, mixed 47 to ?, mix red 47, yellow 47. Sample line indicates fluctuating quotes across varieties with imperfect OCR.
Germany Italy and Belgium are expected to join the Entente Cordiale within three months. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald hopes to tell Parliament in October that they have adhered to the aims of the pact: open exchange of views, arms reduction for safety, economic stabilization, and elimination of commercial discrimination.
State officials asked Judge A. O. Wakefield to shut down the Sylvan home in Sioux City arguing it operated as an unlicensed maternity facility with at least 37 births in two years. Witnesses said the site was used as a refuge for girls who gave fictitious names during the period.
Grain receipts show 120 cars of wheat 45 cars of corn and 59 cars of oats listed in the Journal Classified Ads.
Harold L. Menjou, 20, stepson of film actor Adolphe Menjou, is questioned by Los Angeles police after a joy ride at 80 mph ended in a sharp curve crash. Marjorie Gauthier, 16, of Everly Wills, was thrown from the car and killed. Menjou sustained facial injuries and appeared intoxicated at the time.
In Winston Salem on July 15, authorities weigh a theory that Smith Reynolds, 20, an heir to millions, may have been pursued by professional gunmen during his romantic pursuits with Libby Holman. Investigators suspect racketeers could have targeted him in New York or Florida years earlier.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 AM A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month with Glenn Mace as Worshipful Master and AW Yard as Secretary. Damascus Shrine No. 10 W8 of J meets fourth Tuesday monthly at Mason ic Temple rooms with Grace E Twinam as Worthy High Priestess and Mrs J W Bidwell as Worshipful Scribe.
Railway timetable listing daily and holiday departures and arrivals for freight and passenger trains. Includes locomotives No 80 50 30 12 4 2 83 1 and mixed trains, stop notes for California passengers county seats and certain towns, and agent signatures GOODLANDER and J. C. McKAY with branch details.
A July 15 diary style update from Valley notes visits by Jack Stinson and neighbors. Local chatter covers harvest heat effects, requests for journal extensions, small-town scenes near the square drinking fountain, farm chores and oats work, ice cold water on the farm, old machinery reuse on L. P. Redlinger’s land, and a social visit with the Zenna Times family. Miss Harriett to teach at Tyrone next school year.
The column reports high yields with over 40 bushels per acre and promising oats. It mentions threshing, potential combining, and farm scenes around Rubio and Richland Route with local people like Frank Strickland and Arthur Lambert, plus light local anecdotes about farming, a bathing beach, and milk as a food staple.
The Washington golf and country club marks its ninth year debt free with 110 members. Fred Neiswanger serves as president since October 1926, aiding course maintenance. Bun Blair, from Galesburg, oversees greens, while Vic Westphal remains top local pro. A mixed tournament, women’s golf interest, and dinners boost club life, with local impact retained in town.
Cantor stars with Mrs Greenwood in Samuel Goldwyn's Palmy Days now playing at the State. The Greenwood sisters have long been stage favorites and now reunite on screen, with Miss Greenwood again seen in lights across the street from the theater.
J Walter Ruben discusses why mystery thrillers captivate viewers noting the puzzle like challenge and big game hunting excitement. The Road House Murder stars Eric Linden Dorothy Jordan and Mise Jordan with Rose Ates Phyllis Mare Bruce Cabot Parnell Pratt and others in a newspaper backed plot set in fresh danger.
July 14 report from Wellman notes a Baptist Church season outline. Mrs. Foster returns home from Cedar Rapids and Elory Foster son Jimmie are mentioned. Clean Fun club meets July 15 at Rev. and Mrs. Dewey's, with Bernice Brown and Catherine Sitler as entertainment chairmen. Junior society meets Saturday at 2 PM then to Junior Hill park. Marcia Marner to host. Mission group plans July vacation month with August meeting. Pastor granted a three or four week vacation at the church business meeting. Rey and Mrs. Dewey plan to visit their daughter in Mission work at Stewart Nevada on July 25. Evening worship and prayer meetings continue.
The church calendar lists a pulpit committee arranged program with Bible school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:30 led by the pastor. Evening service at 8:00 offers a brief peppy format. The World Wide Guild plans a July 18 program meeting.
An inquest may be held into the deaths of Herman Eegers and his wife at their Iowa farm. Each body showed shotgun slug wounds and an empty poison bottle lay beside two glasses. Judge L R Sheets in Marshalltown said the deaths appear to be murder death by own action or double death by own action.
In Nice France a sudden flood in the Paillon river killed between 40 and 50 people. The river bed had become a nightly shelter for about 100 persons, authorities said.
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