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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1937

Page

7

Maytime shines for MacDonald and Eddy at State theater

Hollywoods Maytime with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy plays at the State theater Sunday and Tuesday. The stars deliver grand performances surpassing their past successes Naughty Marietta and Rose Marie. The film features glamorous spectacle, operatic songs, and a romance with Lynne Carver and Tom Brown providing young love.

Hollywood State Theater Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Miss MacDonald Eddy Marietta Rose Mattie John Barrymore Impressaro Lynne Carver Kentucky Tom Brown Hunt Stromberg Robert Leonard Noel Langley Aida Johnson Young Symund Romberg Herbert Stothart Old Virginny

Students Make Ordinances as Project in Davies PAGLE GROVE

A group of junior high pupils in Eagle Grove drafted civic rules as a class project. The council reviewed the ordinances and approved them so the actions would be legally binding. Violations carry fines up to 100.

Davies Pagle Grove Eagle Grove

Journal Sale Date Column Community Sale Fridays

Midway Sale Co Columbus Innetlan operates a journal sale column listing every Friday and Wednesday for community sales at City Feed Yard.

Journal Community Sale City Midway Sale Co Columbus Innetlan

Prices Good Through Courtesy of Meister and Sons

Weekly price list with dairy and poultry items including No 1 sour cream 89 cents per pound No 2 sour cream 37 cents per pound Hennery Brown Eggs and White Eggs priced per dozen Leghorn hens and roosters sold by the pound Geese and ducks offered at set per pound rates.

W. S. Meister & Sons

First Meeting in Whittaker Bankruptcy Case Noticed

In the District Court of the United States Southern District of Iowa Davenport Division a bankruptcy matter titled In the Matter of Martin L Whittaker Bankrupt is set under Bankruptcy No 6610 for the notice of the first meeting.

District Court OF the Davenport Martin L. Whittaker

Markets Cattle and Sheep Prices Steady

Markets show cattle runs at 300 with calves steady and beef steers in the 13.50 to 15.75 range. Sheep at 4 500 head and steady with lambs 11.25 to 12.50 and ewes 3.00 to 6.50.

Chicago Produce Market Summary May 8

Chicago May 8 Market steady for eggs butter poultry and potatoes with receipts and on track figures. Eggs receipts 86 938 cases with 20 19 19 and 18 percent in various grades. Butter receipts 14112 tubs with price ranges from 31 2 to 30 percent. Poultry rates vary with broilers 23 24 turkeys 14 16 and ducks 12 to 11 geese 9 to 11. Potatoes on track 134 arrivals 58 shipments 764.

Chicago

Chicago grain and hog markets report steady prices

Chicago cash grain prices show No 3 mixed at 134 to 137 plus, No 4 mixed 135 percent, No 2 yellow 138 to 138 4, No 3 yellow 134 to 135 1, No 4 yellow 132 to 134, No 3 white 135 to 136 with sample grade 100 to 126. Hogs at Chicago May 8 with 3,000 head traded and holdovers around 1,000. market steady with hog price about 10.45 per hundredweight.

Chicago May

Hindenburg Crash Sparks Fire On Ground

The headline notes the Hindenburg struck ground in flames and caught fire, triggering a dramatic disaster scene. The grain table fragments appear unrelated to the event and are not interpreted as part of the main report.

Lakehurst N. J

Deepest Oi Wells Located in the United States

The deepest oi wells in the world are in the United States with the deepest reaching a height comparable to Pikes Peak. The statement notes the extraordinary depth of these wells as a remarkable feature.

United States Pikes Peak

Creditors Meeting Notice for Bankrupt Martin L Whittaker

Notice to creditors of Martin L Whittaker of Washington Iowa that he was adjudicated bankrupt on May 7 1937. A meeting for proving claims appointing a trustee and examining the bankrupt will be held May 22 1937 at 10 00 AM at the office of the undersigned Referee in Bankruptcy T L Brookhart in Washington Iowa.

Donovan J. M. Goodwin Black Washington Eelipse Lumber Company Martin L. Whittaker Washington R. F Washington Street

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