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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1932

Page

2

Des Moines Hog Market Sees Mixed Midweek Quotes

Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota total 21 900 for 24 hours ending 8:00 A M Mostly steady with some 5 cent declines and modest rise in long haul consignments Light to heavy weights quoted from 1 49 to 1 60 and 2 60 to 3 05 with sow and pig prices listed as packing plants adjust for weight.

Towa Livestock Market Des Moines Iowa INS Minnesota

Chicago Livestock Market Report June 4 Hogs Steady

Hogs 5 000 cited with top 3.50 bulk 3.00 to 3.49 heavy 3.60 to 3.35 pigs 2.75 to 3.20 holdovers 3.999 cattle 200 steady calves 100 steady beef steers 6.00 to 7.75 yearlings 5.00 to 7.50 stockers 3.75 to 5.59 sheep 7 900 steady lambs 6.25 to 7.00 ewes 1.00 to 2.50 feeder lambs 4.90 to 5.00

Chicago

Grain futures open lower on mixed July and Sept quotes

The Chicago grain table shows July and Sept contracts for corn and oats with varied open high and low values. New July figures and December numbers appear alongside slight shifts in percentages, reflecting market volatility.

Livestock Club Tours Next Week for 4-H Members

4 H livestock clubs invite parents and friends to join tours Tuesday and Wednesday June 7 and 8 to inspect members animals. Tours depart Farm Bureau at 8 am with pickups along the route. A pot luck picnic dinner follows each day. Frank Reed of the extension service will attend.

Farm Bureau Frank Reed Town State College Ames Phyllis Flenner Junior McConnell James Gardner Chas Louis Anderson Merle Telford Alvin and Farnest Jones Donald Rinner Wayne Williams Delbert Evans Mary Donaldson Carl Rothlisberger Homer Birney Richard and James Birney Stanley Foster Alvin Horak Geret Boys Robert Cress Dean George Zachs Merle Werner Maurine Walker Ruth and Ezra Smith Marion Timmons Daryl Oldfield Leo Oldfield Seth Carris Raymond Humston Sunset Park Washington Everet Hayes Dale Booth Harold Gates Richard and Heith Pfeffer Robert Waterhouse Hubert and Reed Horton

Prohibition Prominence in 1932 Election Issues

Prohibition becomes a central theme for the 1932 election with nationwide and state referendums. Connecticut California Oregon Wyoming Michigan Washington and Arizona explore repeal or enforcement, while Maryland Rhodesland Plassachusetts Wisconsin Montana Nevada New York have actions or repeals reducing enforcement. The outcome could affect Senate nominations and party positions.

International News Service Washington INS Connecticut California Oregon Wyoming Michigan Arizona Association Against the Prohibition Senate House

News Notes Of Our Neighboring Communities

A brief column by D. F. Macon from the Journal's subscription representative outlines local happenings in nearby communities. The notes cover social events, small-town updates, and community interest items gathered from readers and correspondents.

Weather and politics fill June diary notes from Washington county

The Washington county diary reports no major complaints about dry weather, noting crops thriving despite limited field work. It mentions Ed Eicher campaigning across nearby towns, farm duties of Bill Link, a young student Eugene Meyer scoring well on a report card, and local counts of gas stations and candidate numbers.

Columbus Junction

City Folks Share Quips and Tooth Tales

A town tale recalls Murray Smylie visiting for a tooth extraction and scowling over a race scorecard. A nearby old lady overheard the exchange, confirming the moment and its awkward mood. The scene centers on Murray and a witty remark about big men in town.

Murray Smylie Winfield Murray

Mutual Predicament at Church Collection

A young couple attends church on a Sunday evening. During the collection the man reveals he has no money, having changed his pants. His partner, searching the bag, confesses similarly and blushes at their shared embarrassment.

Symphony of Six Million and the Brocken Wing on Screen

Ralph Pratt surveys major films with Max Steiner score for Symphony of Six Million based on Fannie Hurst story. Velez Carrillo and Douglas star in The Brocken Wing airplane crash stunt supervised by Capt. F E H Robinson. Other notes mention Navarro football scenes and Una Merkel accent in Huddle, Trader Horn, Without Honors themes.

Max Steiner Fannie Hurst Irene Dunn Ricardo Cortez Paramount Ranch Hollywood Lupe Velez Leo Carrillo Melvyn Douglas F E. H. Robinson California National Guard Fanny Hurst Miss Hurst Harry Carey Africa Trader Horn

Ramon Navarro Stars in New Role in Huddle Film

Ramon Navarro shifts from Mata Hari era to a fresh screen persona in Huddle. The picture adapts a widely read story providing a new dramatic portrayal and sees Navarro headline a project drawing on popular literary source material.

Ramon Novarro

Senators Divided on Prohibition Across States

The report notes Connecticut's two senators oppose prohibition while Michigan’s Couzens and Vanderberg are considered dry. Couzens says he will follow his state’s majority sentiment, with Oregon Republicans McNary and Steiner also dry, and Colorado senators likewise dry.

Connecticut Michigan Couzens Vanderberg Oregon McNary Steiner Colorado

The Broken Wing swashbuckler romance with aviator hero

Melvyn Douglas stars as the airman who crashes in a revolutionary land and falls for Lupe Velez the Castilian sweetheart while Leo Carillo plays a bold but amusing bandit in this adventurous tale.

Melvyn Douglas Lupe Velez Leo Carillo

Whiffenpoofs Join Cast for Huddle Film

After months of research to capture college life authentic, the film Huddle adds a chorus of Whiffenpoofs to the scenes under Hollywood lights. The vocal group provides a formal collegiate touch to the production’s campus atmosphere.

Hollywood Sun

State alcohol politics split across party lines in referendums

The piece notes Costigan and Waterman maintain dry stances while Wyoming's Carey and Kendrick pledge to heed constituent wishes from a referendum. It argues that a shift to wet in November would force senators and representatives to abandon dry positions to avoid flouting public will.

Tor Costigan Waterman Wyoming Carey Kendrick

Couple Wed In Maplewood Missouri Marriage

Mrs Verda Lute of Washington and W A Fuller of Valley Junction married at 4 30 Thursday at Maplewood Mo parsonage Rev Hunter officiated They will reside at 602 West Main after June 6 Fuller a Rock Island railway engineer The bride lived in Washington about two years Attendants included Mrs Sarah Smith Perry Wells. From many angles November 8 is noted as a significant day in the prohibition fight.

Mips Souri Verda Lute Washington W. A. Fuller Valley Junction Maplewood Hunter West Main Street Fuller Rock Island Railway Sarah Smith Perry Wells

L. G. club gathers for pot luck and games in Ainsworth

The L. G. club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hopping on Friday May 27. A busy evening featured a big pot luck supper and a progress ive rock at six tables. Visitors included Miss Myrtle O Connor Mr. Merle Stelle Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wehr and Charles Beenblossom.

Ggo. Marr Marr Gengkinger Lins R. A. Acheson Marrow Oklahoma Fayette McConnell Malcolm McDowell J. J. McConnell Charles Beenblossom Rock Island Fred Schroeder S. R. Stone J. M. Stone Edkins Howard Cal Beenblossom

Water Vital for Life and Food Chain

Water is essential to human survival and to all plant and animal life that provide mankind with food. The text asserts water’s priority over fire and its indispensable role in sustaining life.

Voters eyes on Iowa contests as Monday polls loom

Iowa voters prepare for Monday elections that could shape the senatorial race still unsettled after a campaign by Field and Brookhart. Nomination hinges on a 35 percent party vote, with four Republican and several Democratic candidates vying for governor and legislature amid party shifts.

Iowa Field Henry Field Shenandoah Brookhart Senator II Louis H. Cook Des Moines George Cosson Fred P. Hagemann Waverly N. G. Kraschel Harlan Charles F. Lytle Sioux City Louiis Murphy Dubuque Daniel F Steck Ottumwa Dan W. Turner Louis J. Kehoe Wellman John W. Kime Fort Dodge Otto Lange Clyde L. Herring L. W. Housel Humboldt Fonnis E. Roddewig Davenport G. C. Greenwalt Alex Miller Washington Miriam P. Johnson Iowa Falls Mark G. Thornburg Guy M. Lambert Newton

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Chicago Livestock Chicago Grain Lewis Dempsey P. H. Friesen W. S. Reister & Sons Livestock Club D. F. Macon Ed Eicher Burlington Bill Link Bill Sammy Ed Anwyl Dougherty’s Washington County Cedar County T. J. Easter Ainsworth Mrs. Easter Florida Mr. Easter Madison Orr Our City Jake Ralph Pratt Francis Wallace Yale University Navarro Una Merkel Covington Kaintucky East _ Side Washington, Iowa Journal Tae J. T. Risk J. Martin White Herbert Askea West 3rd_ street Strawberries Blue Iowa Motor Service House of Representatives Jackson County C. R. Barr Josephine Hull Farmers & Bankers Life Insurance Company Keokuk C. L. Hibbs Higley Cedar Rapids Lowa East Baptist Church Department of Journal
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