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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1932
Page
2
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 16,100 for 24 hours ending 8:00 AM. Prices declined to 10 cents on some weights with demand unusually slow. Quotations list price ranges by weight and class for light to heavy hogs, pigs, and sows, based on bulk transactions.
Receipts reached 6 000 hogs with lights at 4.90 to 5.10 and top 5.20. Cattle numbers around 1 000 with steady to 65 cents lower week over week. Calves, cows and heifers declined, feeders steady. Lambs fell 1.00 to 1.50 for the week.
Live cattle steer price range 4.00 to 5.50 per unit cows and heifers 8.00 to 4.00 lambs 5.50 to 6.25 yearlings 4.00 to 4.75 feeders 3.50 to 4.00 ewes 1.50 to 2.60 sheep steady at 1,000 head total New price ranges reflect mixed demand and feeding stock levels.
The Chicago grain table shows Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with July September and December futures. Figures include open high low and close ranges with percent values and several OCR distortions in the July and September lines.
Chicago cash grain close reports wheat mixed with several grades at around 48 and 48 to 48 and 48 percent. The update lists red and hard wheat samples with small percentage variability and notes typical market activity for July 16.
In the Lola Carewe murder mystery, Thatcher Colt probes the third death, Doctor Baldwin, amid blackmail, a dark man, and a box of insects. Detectives chase clues through Baldwin’s office and a tense apartment scene as Col t pieces together motive and identity.
The report lists percentages for mixed and yellow samples across corn oats rye and barley. Mixed 1 shows 484 to percent, 2 shows 47 percent, yellow 1 shows 48 percent with 2 yellow 4714 to 18, and yellow 3 shows 46 percent. Corn yellow 1 and 2 both 33 percent to percent, white 2 33 percent to percent. Oats white 2 19 percent to 21, 4 white 181 percent to 20. Rye none. Barley 30.
Chicago produces summary lists cheese varieties with percent changes, live poultry weights and grades, eggs, leghorn roosters, ducks and geese, and potato car shipments. Include numbers such as 11 percent, 12, 18, and 127 cars for potatoes with on track totals and state breakdowns for Missouri and Kansas cobblers.
Grain receipts listed include wheat 144 cars corn 66 cars and oats 50 cars. This item records daily cargo totals for these grains from local elevators.
In Waterloo district court an application was filed to appoint a guardian for Andrew Whaylen 75 a former Wild West show performer known as Plano Bill His adopted son Cressy is charged with murdering Mrs Andrew Whaylen The elder Whaylen could not provide details due to mental illness and was nearby when the shooting occurred on a country road near Reinbeck.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 A F A M meets first Friday monthly with Glenn Mace W M and W Yard secretary. Damascus Shrine No 10 W 8 of J meets fourth Tuesday monthly at Mason ic Temple rooms with Mrs Grace E Twinam W H P and Mrs J W Bidwell W Scribe.
Timetable of daily and weekly passenger and freight trains for the I P Railway at Hastbourn including numbers for locals motor cars pass trains and mixed train services. Notes list stop points for California passengers county seat El Paso Brighton Fairfield Eldon Belknap Centerville Seymour Princeton Spickards Excelsior Springs and Liberty. L Goodlander agent.
No. 923 Morning Pass at 19 15 a m No 21 Evening Pass at 6 00 p m No 22 Evening Pass at 6 19 p m No 94 Freight at 10 55 a m All trains daily except Sunday J C McKay Agent Mast P&P Tr OO Train 2 leaves Washington local at 9 22 a m rain 5 leaves Washington Southwest Limited No 91 Local Freight Tuesday Thursday Saturday 19 25 a m 1 12 a m Pastbound Train and leaves Washington Local Train 26 leaves Washington Southwest Limited Esha cena neiai nadi 12 40 a m No 92 Local Pvt 11 30 a m Monday Wednesday Friday All Passenger Trains Daily W Bell Agent 48 p m
A Montrose Colorado letter from July 11 1982 shares family health news and local happenings. Readers include Mr Lambert improving at home Miss Marsh of Ainsworth visiting Mr Shalla harvesting oats near R G and Marion Lamberts recovery after surgery. Local residents chat about cattle hay and home life while noting neighbors Abe Goble Pallard family Beal and others in the area.
A long handwritten note describes farm work and conversations about threshing, cattle, and grandchildren. It recalls J K Clegg and George Bellows, hauling grain, a wagon accident, and a Riverside visitor. A July 11 1932 letter from Wilmington California mentions the Grand Canyon and a desert trip with Jean Katherine and a rodeo turnout.
A column reviews upcoming film releases with cast lists and enticing plot notes. It highlights The Famous Ferguson Case starring Joan Blondell and Ben Lyon, Week Ends Only with Joan Bennett and others, Sky Devils featuring Spencer Tracy and Ann Dvorak, and Texas Can Fighter with Ken Maynard and Tarzan, noting production scale and theater run suggestions.
A wealthy man is murdered after a quarrel with his wife who is involved with another man. The new film The Famous Ferguson Case opens Monday at the state theater and promises a vivid American murder mystery based on real press handling.
Thousands of fans surged outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre for the World Premiere of Strange Interlude. Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Ralph Morgan and other stars appeared from the stage as police aided celebrities through the crowd. Injured fans were sent home after treatment as delays kept the program late and the theater remained crowded.
Mount Mauna Kea, rising to 14 825 feet, is identified as the highest mountain in Hawaii, according to the report. The article notes its prominence among Hawaiian summits and mentions its elevation as the key fact.
The spectator notes big screen entertainment costs, citing nearly 0.000 spent on Sky Devils and an air fleet of 55 planes for the flying scenes. It describes three flying clowns violating war rules yet earning honors for bold feats. A coupon ticket for "Two Week Ends" appears in a State ad.
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