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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1932
Page
2
Hog prices fall 10 to 15 cents as receipts reach 15 000 with 8 000 held over. Top hogs hit 4 65, bulk 4 to 4 60. Cattle and calves mix steady to firm with beef steers 4 50 to 8 50, yearlings 5 50 to 8 50, cows 2 75 to 4 50, calves 5 to 7. Sheep totals 20 000 with lambs 7 to 8 and feeders 4 75 to 5 50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8:00 am show 11,306 head, down from 15,500 last week and 10,300 a year ago. Weak to 10 cents lower, demand narrow, packing sows scarce. prices quoted for various weight classes range from 2.90 to 4.40 per cwt with bulk transactions basis.
Chicago market details list butter eggs cheese and poultry prices with percentage changes and packing notes. Potatoes and U S shipments are summarized with grade numbers and regional origins.
Chicago on March 16 reports seed prices with Red clover ranges from fair to good nine fifty to twelve fifty, choice thirteen, fancy eleven to one, sweet clover four eighty five to six ten. Alsike thirteen, Timothy good two, choice three, fancy three fifty six.
The record lists Wheat with 36 cars, Corn 131 cars, and Oats 44 ears received. The figures reflect a mixed grain shipment, highlighting wheat and corn volumes with oat ears among the totals.
Chicago March 16 grain table shows wheat corn oats and rye futures with mixed highs lows and closes across futures months. Major entries include Wheat Mar 55 65 54 close oh May 68 74 58 July 9 60 59 Sept 67 62 61. Corn May 39 39 39 July 41 41 41 Sept 42 42 42. Oats May 24 24 14 July 25 25 24 Sept 26 5 25. Rye May 47 47 July 49 49 48 Sept 50 49 50.
Chicago cash grain close with varied bid levels for wheat corn oats and barley. Wheat bids include 2 red 55 to 56 percent and 1 northern spring 58 4 percent. corn shows 3 mixed 33 to 34 percent and 3 yellow 33 to 34 percent. oats range from 27 to 23 percent with sample grade 1. barley quoted 46 to 59 percent. Rye bids unavailable.
Final returns show incumbent Charles D. Huston leading with 4,809 votes and W. H. Stepanek at 4,280 for the mayoral race on March 28. In the finance commissioner contest Louis Roth tallied 3,189 votes while Louis D. Burgus received 4,441 with one other candidate also in the field.
Dowell Hargraves, 3, of Youngstown was found guilty of kidnapping James de Jute Jr., 11, of Niles. Judge Lynn B. Griffith sentenced Hargraves to life imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary after overruling the motion for a new trial. Trial was heard without a jury.
James Velehradsky, president of the Gille Sheet Metal company, was arrested for reckless driving while intoxicated and killed himself by inhaling gas. His body was found by his employer. Former president Charles Gille also died in the same manner last June.
The Hope diamond, a 44 percent carat brilliant, is believed to be part of a larger jewel stolen from the French crown jewels. It derives its name from its inclusion in HH V. Hope's collection.
Local notes compiled by D F Macon highlight community events and service updates as the newspaper’s subscription liaison reports on civic happenings and neighborhood activities.
On Tuesday March 16 W F Gardner near Haskins shipped 68 fat cattle with assistant John Schwab. John Anderson from Ainsworth traded here. Earl Miksch, Ed Wenger, and Jake Good visited from Wayland noting road conditions. Thompson advertised calves for sale. Cooper Kilgore bought and joked about a well cooked chicken. Chipman from Tiffen sought Martin Whittaker. Whittaker sent timothy hay to Phoenix. Violet Schantz shopped in Washington with Crawfordsville ties.
Moscow reports the worst flood in 50 years sweeping vast areas of the north Caucasus. Krasnodar notes more than 50 villages inundated and thousands of acres of farmland ruined. Deaths are presumed high, with the winter grain supply destroyed and spring sowing postponed due to winter wheat loss.
Funeral home hours announced for Ogle Teets who died yesterday. Friends may pay final respects this evening or tomorrow morning before the funeral service.
The report lists residents and visitors in Washington on Tuesday including Jap Parks and two sisters from Brighton R. 3, Clint Fletcher of Crawfordsville, Ralph Dougherty, Ed Anwyl of Burlington, Grover Neiswanger, Champers and Roy Marr, George Rudiger of Washington, Howard and Lester Wagner, Bob Acheson, Sam Harrison, Lloyd Walker, Bert Cray, Deam Cherryholmes, and Ralph Gorham. Notes mention a combination sale at Bob Smylies, road conditions improving as Wednesday dawns, and a large dinner crowd at the Neiswangers.
Five hoodlums were arrested by prohibition agents near Joliet Illinois after attempting to halt the demolition of a large still and engaging in a gun battle. The group arrived in two trucks and two cars at the farm of Andrew Gritaris four miles west of Elwood. They covered the wreckers with guns and questioned officers until one agent broke away. A shot attracted R H Kenlock of the Chicago prohibition office and others to the farmhouse. After several shots the five surrendered.
A funeral service is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Jones Funeral Home. Details are limited in the fragment.
For sale items include a curtain stretcher rockers hall tree 9x12 rug stone jars with various sizes contact by phone 407 red. 2512. Also two black mares three years old and one team roan three years old listed by Cannon Ranch J Wright 191 percent. A taupe and blue dining room rug porch chair sanitary dot mattress dining room suite rocking chairs kitchen cupboard drop leaf extension table and gas range advertised by Mrs K D Melcher phone 342 271feed.
The last regular meeting of the boy leadership training school will be held tomorrow evening at the high school. Dick McCleery will discuss the Scoutmaster's opportunity to produce men of character trained for citizenship and Rev. D Chalmers Fulton will cover Boy Scout literature and reading program. An afternoon and supper hike and an overnight hike are planned. Fred Downing announced the regular county Court of Honor to be held here April 13 with A L Baldrige in charge.
Des Moines reports a new cold snap expected to drop temperatures from the high 40s today to ten to 15 degrees tonight. Tomorrow remains cool with possible rain or snow in the extreme east. Yesterday's warmth near 52 at Council Bluffs and 26 in Charles City contrasts with today forecast.
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