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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1932
Page
2
Chicago wholesale livestock data show hog receipts at 22 000 with demand weak and prices down 5 to 10 cents. Light hogs top 3.60 while heavy hogs range 3.00 to 3.35, average about 3.20. Cattle and sheep listings also reflect softer demand with varied ranges across grades and weights.
U S D A combined hog receipts across 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 00 A M today total 27 400 up from 23 100 a week ago and 23 000 a year ago. Trading was slow due to recent price breaks with 180 to 229 lb hogs quoted around 3 00 per cwt and various weight ranges showing generally steady to lower bids across light to heavy categories.
Grain prices for May July and September contracts across corn oats rye and wheat show mixed moves. Prices list open high low and close with notable shifts in corn oats and rye futures and new July and September entries.
Chicago market columns detail Butter Eggs Cheese Poultry Potatoes and shipments with price ranges and percentages for grades and standards. Notable items include Butter 8 399 tubs Creamery extra 17 percent Firsts 15 16 packing stock 12 specials 18 to 18 44 Eggs 19 789 cases with current 11 12 dirties 19 ungraded 10 Cheeses 11 percent variations Longhorns and Young Americas including brick fancy 11 prints 11 percent Live poultry prices for turkeys hens toms and leghorns broilers roosters and geese Ducks and weights under 12 lbs. Potatoes 96 cars old and new lots with Wisconsin Irish cobblers Idaho russets and assorted sacks Bliss Triumphs and related grades and prices across multiple states.
Chicago May 11 cash grain close shows Wheat bids with mixed qualities ranging from 56% to 57% with some 5714 figures, Corn trading in mixed 31% to 33% ranges and various yellow white and mixed grades around 32% to 33%. Barley quoted at 41 to 45 with Rye absent and oats public bids near 24% to 23%.
Seed market report lists red clover fair to good at 9.1 to 12.50 with choice 12.75 and fancy 13.00 to 12.50. Sweet clover priced at 4.66, Alsike 8.50 to 12.80. Timothy ranges good 3.90, choice 10, fancy 3.49.
Thelma Todd joins Lily Damita Charlie Ruggles Roland Young and Cary Grant in Paramounts new musical romance Grant recently placed under contract while Todd and coworkers share top billed roles in the production.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby locales including civic updates, school notes, and community events, highlighting local people and places with concise notes and dates where readable.
This region reports persistent wet conditions in Washington and Crawfordsville areas. Farmers like Geo Brown and Frank Wood describe saturated ground delaying planting while others prepare fields and discuss local happenings and family news.
Miss Todd makes her first feature appearance since Corsair as she headlines This Is The Night. Ruggles and Young reunite after One Hour With You as Mauric Chevalier co stars. Miss Damita shifts from French stage to a Paris girl in this clever musical romance set at the State theater.
A compact listing of professionals includes dentists Dr W D Dwyer Dr T J Pease and Dr O F Boller with addresses on Main Street and West Washington Street plus funeral homes Jones and Sherman’s Funeral Home and insurers Ralph W Thompson Lemley Yard Provident Mutual Life. Plumbing Beam & Carson advertises Duro Pumps and water softeners at 119 North Iowa Ave. Auto body Brown’s Auto Body & Top Works offers refinishing and welding services.
A jumble of classified sale notices for a purebred Shorthorn bull a yearling Holstein bull and a Good Yearling Poland China hog plus a baseball recap highlighting Hal Rhyne with a whitewash of the Red Sox 11 0 and Ray Benge dominating Cincinnati 4 0 as the Qua kers move up and the Yankees pound the Browns in a seven run seventh inning with Tony Lazzeri and Vernon Gomez contributing ключевые details
The Warner Bros Vitaphone adaptation of Edna Ferber’s story The Expert opened today at the Fox theater to strong audience response. The film stars Chic Sale and Tiny Dickie Moore from Star Witness with Lois Wilson Earle Foxe Ralf Harolde Adrienne Dore May Boley Dorothea Wolbert Charles Bryan Walter Catlett Noel Frances Elizabeth Patterson and Archie Mayo directing a blend of humor pathos and drama.
May 11 news notes Chicago Cubs pitcher Claude Warneke tops both leagues with five wins in as many starts while holding opponents to nine runs in 48 innings. He beat the Giants 9 2 with a triple in Chicago’s fourth inning rally as Jibson and Schumacher surrendered eleven hits. Lefty Grove blanked the White Sox 9 0 for Philadelphia while Vic Sorrell of Detroit delivered the day’s best effort in a game vividly described.
About 1200 Rotarians and their wives attend the annual conference of the eleventh and fortieth districts in Davenport and Rock Island as the two district meetings open. Delegates gather for the sessions of the International Rotary. The event marks a major regional gathering with participation from local clubs.
Three killed and three seriously burned when gas tanks exploded after a head on crash in Brighton. The victims include Mr and Mrs Fred D Pollard Jr of Newton Center and prominent lawyer Pollard. Thomas McCaffery of Roxbury among the injured.
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