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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1933
Page
2
Hogs selling 23 000 head including 9 000 direct. Bulk 190 290 lb 3 90 4 00 top 4 05. Cattle and calves totals with gains for most killing classes and active butcher steer ranges. Sheep 12 000 with early bids steady to higher and spring lambs 6 00 7 50. Feeding lambs 50 75 lb 1 25 2 25.
In Chicago dated May 2, egg receipts total 29 639 with various grades. Poultry receipts show fowls, springers, leg horns and turkeys with mixed percentage ranges. Potatoes on track with arrivals 65 and shipments 428 as market remains dull to slightly stronger.
Chicago May 2 Cash Corn closes with mixed lots quoted at 6% to 97 for various grades and colors. Entries show several yellow, white, and mixed lots with prices ranging from the mid 20s to the upper 40s, receipts recorded at 159 cars.
Neighbors report in a survey that households listen to radio an average of 4.04 hours daily across the United States. The figure reflects general listening habits and shows little variance by region.
Washington Lumber & Fuel Co announces a Wednesday evening program at 7:30 in the high school auditorium. Manager DeLonge says prizes will be given and five reels of moving pictures shown, including a 2 reel comedy and farm education segments on crop rotation hog sanitation and a steel mill process. Admission is free.
The Wellman Junior High operetta Gypsy Camp by Moonlight features Alice McNester and Lydia Swartzendruber in key roles with Igor and Ivan the Terrible portrayed by Russell Ross and Jimmy Coffey. Parents and teachers praise the gypsy dance directed by Mrs. Harold E Ross and the choir of 6th to 8th graders.
Keota region residents share Tuesday and Sunday visits at Guy Black's farm. John A Griener bought corn north of Keota. Myrtie Frank George and Maxine Churchill spent the evening with Guy Black. Several families and neighbors visited or were called, including Harry Hill, Billy Bales, John Hahn, Eugene Diggs, Carl Collett, and others.
Washington reports the House will debate and vote on the administration inflation program in the next day or two. The bill includes farm relief measures, price controls, and authority to release billions in credit and currency under a plan to stabilize prices and production.
Social calendar item notes the D A R will meet on Tuesday May 2 at 7 30 pm with Mrs. Paul Snakenburg hosting.
A list of local group gatherings with dates in early May includes the Woman's Missionary Society meeting May 4 at 2 30 p m to review The Adventure of the Church with Mrs W W Wilson hosting. Several clubs plan breakfasts, pot luck suppers, and Farm Bureau lessons led by members and hosted at various homes and schools.
The Wellston Social club gathers with Mrs. Marion Smith. Eighth grade girls fund Little Sister banquet sponsored by Washington lich school reserves at the Y, catered by Miss R I L Coulter. Girl Reserves president Miss Margaret Griffith. Pianola Meantime Pilotburgh L A B S meets Mrs. Clara Fisher. flower and seed exchange planned. C C C West Chester M K E church holds monthly spell. A C C club hosts at Mrs. Emil Fink with house cleaning hints. Havre Social club with Mrs. Howard Iaker. bulb and seed exchange. Obidem club with Dorothy Schmoeller. St Paul Evangelical Aid meets with Mrs. Car Klein. H B club gathers with Mrs. Hesseltine. household hints. Chapter 1 P E O meets with Mrs. Ralph Shannon at 7:30.
Richard Redlinger spent Sunday with Carl Walton, sharing time and conversation during a quiet afternoon. Local observers noted their friendly visit and relaxed demeanor.
County Conventions will be held in Washington Iowa at 11:00 a m May 8 1933 to nominate delegates for the State Convention under Senate File 477 The ratification group meets at City Hall Washington and the opposing group at the Y M C A Washington to select one candidate each for delegate at large Executed statements required before nomination Dated May 2 1933 County Auditor Ethel Grecian
Pris Malpas, 24, an Australian world traveler, was ordered by a police captain to not ride on El Paso streets in shorts or knicker style pants. He left on a 33 year old bicycle, continuing his journey through West Texas.
Yesterday on May Day sixteen children delivered flower filled baskets to Betty Jean Mayo who is ill. Rain kept none away and most stayed to chat. Netty noted it as one of the best May days she ever had. The Christian church Ladies Aid hosts a social at 2 o clock Thursday at the church and a good attendance is desired. The Poinsettia club will meet with Mrs Sherm Welch Thursday afternoon at 2 39.
Friday evening May 5 Mr and Mrs Walter Gardner invite Harmony club members and families to an ice cream social at their home. Please bring a cup sauce dish and spoon.
Strawn Texas May 1. Kurton Stuart now a banker recalls driving a hog herd from Strawn to Shreveport in 1869. He says he did not lose a hog on the circuit and the hogs ate potatoes bought cheaply from farms along the way.
The Ren noldeville hatchery report details cannibalistic frogs in care. Commission says the creature will eat anything moving small enough to swallow. A large frog consumed a snapping turtle that entered its cage, with no signs of distress.
The Senate approved a $500 million unemployment relief bill after a brief debate. The measure now goes back to the House for consideration as published in The Journal Want-Adle.
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