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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1932
Page
2
Hog market up to 10 cents with best light weights at 3.90 and heavy at 3.55. Receipts 30,000 hogs, 15,000 cattle, 20,000 sheep. Cattle steady for steers, weaker for cows and heifers. stockers and feeders steady. Lambs at 6.75 average. calves 4.00 to 6.50. hogs explain top 3.90, sows 2.60 to 3.00.
Combined hog receipts for 48 hours end 8:00 A M total 51,500 across 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Steady to 10 cents higher, mostly steady to strong from last week. Quotations by weight show good and choice ranges from 2.75 to 3.50 per cwt, with sow and pig prices also listed. long haul weight and shrinkage affect pricing.
Readers laud Channing Pollock play The Fool produced last week praising its presentation and performances. A Speer Oriez Speer Meat Market says the English command failed to express admiration for the thoughts but was impressed by the overall delivery. Pella Humphrey H and A Bakery commends each character’s performance as a key factor in the show's success.
Chicago markets report varied gains and declines in dairy eggs and poultry with butter at 18 percent scales and firsts at 17, creamery extras high. eggs run 35 751 cases with current 11 to 14 and extras 13. Cheese listings show several varieties around 11 to 13 percent. live poultry includes turkeys hens and toms with mixed percentages and weights. potatoes total 151 cars on track with regional shippings and state russets priced per grade.
Grain table shows Wheat Corn Oats and Rye bids with May July Sept and Dec futures. Wheat values range around mid fifties to sixty, Corn in upper twenties to thirties, Oats around twenty one to twenty four, Rye rising toward forty. Receipts list Wheat 41 cars Corn 342 cars Oats 51 cars.
Chicago cash grain close reports mixed bids across wheat corn and oats with several grade splits. Wheat ranges show 2 red 56 percent and 4 red 55 with hard 557 and spring 57 and mixed 55 percent. Corn lists multiple grades from 2 mixed 31 to 4 and 3 mixed 30 to 31 with yellow and white lines around 31 to 41 percent. Barley trends 59 to 52. rye not quoted.
Mr and Mrs Chas Faulkner and Mr and Mrs Donald Jones entertained at the Jones apartment Tuesday evening honoring Mr and Mrs James Brown and the teachers who are leaving soon. Bridge was played at four tables with high score prize to Austin Zingg.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby towns including civic events public meetings and local milestones. Highlights reference small-town developments in infrastructure schools and community fundraising efforts with concise notes.
Local item dense with names and places from Washington Iowa area. Reports include Will Crozier’s bill payment dispute, Mr R O Wilson buying a shorthorn, multiple farm families near Washington and Crawfordsville, and social visits. Mentions Blue Ridge and Keota regions, April planting, and hospital visits plus a humorous Stanley Journal quote.
Moscow marked May Day with a massive parade the government touted as peaceful but ready for action. Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people watched 11 hours of troops, tanks, guns, planes, and a dirigible march past Lenin's tomb as Stalin and Voroshilov listened to a defiant speech.
The traveling prize honors Brown as two course refreshments were served by hostesses Marjorie Faulkner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs James Brown, Misses Bonnie Cassady Dorthby Rinner Marie Worley Helen Milligan Bernice Hudson Mamie Olson Kathrine Riddle Alice Beckman and Messrs Walter Starquist Austin Zingg.
The April and May committees of the Woman's Gild will hold a May breakfast and food sale on Tuesday morning May 3. Breakfast will be ready at 5 a m and served until 8 or 8 30 if necessary. The Junior-Senior banquet was held last night with a blue and silver senior class theme. The menu featured veal, potatoes, lima beans, lime ice, brick ice cream, angel cake and coffee. The program included toastmistress Cayl Huston good luck Mr Brown a vocal solo by Chester Morgan and a Rabbitfoot by Gail Crawford, with a class prophecy and quartet selections by the Girls Quartet.
Olds baseball boys lost 2-0 at Yarmouth last week and won 6-4 at Winfield on Tuesday. Bernice Moline, a recent graduate, visited the high school Monday. The Girls Glee Club rehearses a song for the Baccalaureate at Swedesburg on May 5. The Senior class visited Washington and enjoyed the Junior College play The Fool. The senior class play Adam and Eve debuts May 6 and 7 with cast members James King Chester Morgan Pauline Lyon Clinton de Mitt Gertrude Carper Lorene Taylor Eva King Leona Russell Kenneth Johnson Wilbur Jacobson Blaine Gorham Billy Russell.
Smith, holding a student license, was flown with friends earlier in the day. The aircraft stalled during a rapid ascent and crashed to the ground. Marshall and Miss Sehley had planned a June wedding.
In Omaha Nebraska a planned wedding for Frank Marshall 91 and Helen Schley 19 was halted by a plane crash that killed both before the ceremony and critically injured a third man. The crash occurred when the student pilot, Gerald Smith 25, nosedived about 150 feet to the ground.
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