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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
2
Hogs direct to packers 4 000 head added to 21 000 total with prices 3.60 top for light hogs and 3.30 3.50 for others Cattle receipts 6 990 with beef steers 6.00 7.75 and cows 2.75 4.75 Calves 4.09 6.50 Sheep 8 000 with lambs 6.00 6.75 and yearlings 4.00 5.25 Market remains strong with hogs steady to higher and calves robust.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8:00 A M showed 25 500 head. Prices range by weight from light 140 to 160 at 2 40 2 85 up to 290 350 at 2 45 2 85 with sows 2 10 2 40 and packing sows 2 10 2 30. Long haul weights may show shrinkage and prices vary by shipment basis.
Chicago market report lists butter and creamery items with tubs and extras, eggs in cases with current percentages, various cheese varieties with percentages, live poultry including turkeys and leghorns, and geese and ducks. Potatoes show cars on track and U S shipments with state prices for russets and Idaho varieties, noting regional price ranges and seasonal trends.
Grain receipts list wheat and cars. Corn reports 112 ears and oats 31 cars. The brief item records daily commodity shipments showing quantities of corn ears and oats cars alongside wheat and vehicles.
Chicago June 2 grain table lists Wheat July to Dec close ranges from 55% to 60% with Sept and Dec activity. Corn July to Dec percentages around 29% to 31% with Sept showing 38% and Dec around 31% oats July 21% to 24% with Sept 22% and Dec 24% rye July 33% to 39% with Sept near 36% and Dec around 39%
Doctor Preston L. Letter D. O. announces specialized attention to rectal diseases. Consultation location is third door south of Lemmon's Pharmacy, upstairs. Office phone 410, residence 816 Black.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby towns through the Journal’s subscription representative. Short notices cover community happenings, updates, and local points of interest gathered from neighboring areas.
On June 2 crews plowed corn and graded roads near Washington with Hawkins and Nicholson at work. Emily Crone visits from hospital, while George Fulton returns home to West Chester recovering well. Jim Fitzgerald’s family in Ainsworth show strong farming activity as Jim plans summer trips and car maintenance. Roy Fletcher returns from Cedar Rapids after dental work. W H Hagie recovers from surgery in Iowa City.
Grain prices and bids for wheat corn oats rye and barley are listed with grade indicators and percentage changes. The data presents bid levels across multiple sample grades and color codes, reflecting mixed movements in northern spring and white and yellow varieties.
Dora Nicola age 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Nicola of Cotter community died recently and funeral services were held at Cotter Presbyterian Church with Rev W H Parker in charge Burial was at Washington She is survived by her parents a twin sister Dorothy and a brother Clyde Pallbearers named and flowers arranged by local attendants Also noted are visits and community events including a two week vacation Bible school at Columbus Junction grade school and various residents visiting relatives across nearby towns.
The customer waited briefly and called the sleepy proprietor in the rear of the store asking for service. The proprietor, still seated, quipped that the customer could wait until he was standing up, highlighting a slow response to the request.
Jones tests a office riddle on his wife asking why he is like a mule. Mrs Jones replies she knows he is a mule but not why, prompting a lighthearted exchange about the joke.
Chicago June 2 22 year old Mae Fein awakened her family and 23 others during an apartment fire by calling out through smoke and doorbells. Her actions saved 24 occupants including 16 children as firemen battled the blaze for an hour and rescued all residents.
In Greek myth the east wind Eurus and the west wind Zephyrus are named. Their roaming gusts are cited as personified winds in ancient lore.
Wealthy real estate dealer Charles F. Grey caused two would be extortionists to be arrested after receiving three letters demanding 5000 dollars for his children. William Brand and Charles Kimball conspired and planned a drop at the Evanston elevated railway. Brand confessed the plot citing the Lindbergh case as inspiration and directed police to the suspect’s apartment where Kimball was arrested.
Richard Arlen returns to aviation cinema in Sky Bride his first air picture since Wings The film also stars Jack Oakie Charles Starrett Virginia Bruce and Robert Coogan with the State theaters feature Friday and Saturday Arlen is a former Royal Flying Corps pilot and Wings helped launch three stars Gary Cooper and Buddy Rogers included in the earlier air films
Western action melodrama The Gay Caballero directed by Tom Gill and filmed by Fox stars George Brien Victor McLaglen Conchita Montenegro and Linda Watkins. It screens at the Fox theater Friday and Saturday and ties into similar frontier themes as Gun Notches and Wyatt Earp while focusing on modern border life.
Funeral services were planned for Mrs. I. M. Raymond of Lincoln Nebraska widow of a wealthy wholesale grocer. Her body was found in a straw stack near College View four days after she disappeared following a letter stating she intended to kill herself. Her purse empty bottle a flashlight and a vacuum bottle lay nearby with a note asking her brother in law Will Raymond be notified.
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