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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
13
Poultry writer Frank Pridbe notes buyers paid well for 15000 head of 10 percent chickens after a hatchery sale. He argues farmers could gain similar profits by raising their own birds. USDA data show May chick numbers down 18 percent from last year and hatcheries setting 11 percent fewer eggs.
Prices for live broilers and fryers are rising as farmers consider starting late chicks. The editor urges immediate action to boost profits, advising those with space to raise more chicks now. Includes local notices of memorial days, social visits, and graduates.
Mr and Mrs Ross Whitlock and son Charles from Bentonville Arkansas returned to Ainsworth for Memorial Day for the first time in 38 years. Visitors included Roy Marr of Davenport T Riley and sons Dan Burlington and Will Des Moines Bert V Chapel Portland Oregon Oscar and Willis Chapel Cedar Rapids. Memorial Day ceremonies drew a large crowd as E R Butterworth spoke after a day that featured a schoolhouse program and band concert at the cemetery and school.
Gracehill May 30 Memorial services were held at Gracehill cemetery for nine soldiers graves. Mrs Emmy Rawlston chaplain led prayers and readings with opening song America. Patricia Griffith played the bugle, echoed by Miss West, as the J W Baker Corps decorates graves.
Germany report says the ink spot on Wartburg wall from Luther throwing the inkpot at the devil is gone. Tourists are shown where it stood but souvenir hunters already stole the last of the wall plaster.
Dutch winter sport stories recount skaters who beat express trains on canals. A noted record stands at four miles in five minutes, illustrating the rivalry between skating speed and rail travel during Holland's cold season.
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