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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1932
Page
2
Weekend arrivals were light with cattle scarce and hogs limited to 6 000 head, most direct to packers. Prices ranged with hogs 2.90 to 3.40 for bulk and cattle steady with beef steers 6.00 to 7.85, cows 2.75 to 4.75, and sheep 5 500 head steady at 4.25 to 5.25 for lambs.
Open high low and close figures list for wheat corn and oats across May July September and December contracts in Chicago trading. Prices include May July September and December tabs with highs lows and closes.
The Fox Films production Man About Town with Warner Baxter Karen Morley and Conway Tearle opens Monday and Tuesday at the Fox theater. Baxter and Tearle are longtime Secret Service friends whose mutual love for the same woman erupts into conflict and drives a thrilling plot through diplomacy and romance in the nation’s capital.
Barbara Stanwyck stars in So Big opening at the State theatre. The film sweeps from the boisterous fashions of the 1880s through the 1920s with costumes and characters played by George Brent Bette Davis Mae Madison Hardie Albright and Dorothy Peterson. The picture blends eras and praises Edna Ferber’s book attracting wide audiences.
The notice lists attorneys LIVINGSTON and EICHENR S W Livingston and E C Bicher heading the abstract department at 204 West Main Street block east of Court House with phone 147.
Local brief column by D. F. Macon summarizes happenings in nearby towns. Community events, small-town updates, and notices from area organizations appear in compact items. Readers gain quick snapshots of regional activity and civic happenings.
The item catalogs a mix of rural concerns and personal notes from Crawfordsville Iowa including weather quips about warm states, unusual coats in fields, a stolen water pump report, fine crops and chicken business, stories about Bob Armstrong and Dwight, and remarks on local farms owned by Williams Wood Burris and Babcock. It mentions Marie Rose at Cedar Falls and local produce like potatoes and blueberries.
Pittsburgh Pirates reel off nine wins in twelve starts to move within one game of the first division as Paul Waner leads with a triple double and the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8 to 4. Cubs rally to top Reds 6 to 4. Braves fall to Phillies 8 to 5. Giants drop to cellar after another loss to Brooklyn 5 to 2.
J. R. Reese and son Kenneth built a top hog house with a central self feeder and a removable unit for mineral tankage in the clover field. Miss Juanita Reese just finished teaching at Oneda Iowa and will teach there again next year. The Rees reunion is planned for June 9 at Ed Reese’s home northwest of Crawfordsville with farming conditions improving under Mr Holmes’ guidance.
A door to door salesman asks if the master of the house is in. The weary young father answers that the master is asleep upstairs in his cradle.
C Moorhead now lives east of Crawfordsville while his mother Mrs Joe Moorhead visits with her brother Scott Craig the retired Rock Island conductor at Kansas City. Mary Lillian Clarence's daughter intends to keep her name as her mother did. Clarence has brothers in Des Moines and Shenandoah.
Des Moines Ford assembly plant will begin volume production of the new V-8 and 4 cylinder cars May 31. Local manager F. F. Nelson says the plant is a major Iowa employer and a sign of industrial activity. Body, paint and trim departments are already producing the new body types.
In a fifth inning rally sparked by Hal Schumacher, George Kelly hit his second homer in two days to ignite the surge. Rookie Van Mungo earned his third win in a week for Brooklyn, while Clint Brown limited Cleveland to eight runs in a 6 to 8 victory over St Louis.
The senior class held their annual day exercises with awards in athletics typing music and forensic activities. Loretta Cantoni read the class will. Willa Briley presented the class prophecy. Maurice Mayo presented the school key to Tom Duncan. the Hi-Lifes were awarded. the edition honors Miss Latta the librarian.
At a Monday meeting the senior class voted for a class picnic to be held on Friday June 3 around noon. The appointed committee includes Martha Mathers Stanley Knupp Hazel Longer Francis McConnell Velma Fink Les Jones and Mr McKay. Max Raymond comments on temperatures by joking about cool daughters.
The home economics girls showed off their work in the auditorium Tuesday evening after school. They created several fine articles under the guidance of Miss McCreery, the instructor.
The senior class presents Shirt Sleeves last night with a repeat showing tonight. Cast from the senior class excelled under Mr J A Taylor, the speech coach. The piece is new to this region, marking its first local production.
Detroit Tigers strung together timely hits to defeat the Chicago White Sox 7 to 5. The game featured five runs in the middle innings as the Tigers built the edge. The Yankees and Senators had their games postponed while the Athletics and Red Sox were not on the day’s schedule.
Memorial services will be held Sunday at the Keota Methodist church with Rev. L. L. Chamness delivering the address "Glorious America" and special music by the Methodist choir. Ex servicemen and the W R C will attend and visit local cemeteries at Lafayette Center Talley rand Tyrone and New Haven with speakers and readings including Flanders Fields and the Gettysburg Address. Monday Decoration Day programs feature Dr F W Eastwood and tributes to the Unknown Soldier with rifle salute taps and cemetery ceremonies coordinated by local veterans groups.
The text notes that air becomes visible when agitated by heat, rising from heated ground or a store, illustrating how warm air can be seen as it ascends.
The speaker laments failing the exam saying words fail me. He warns underclassmen not to repeat this during next week’s tests. He notes seniors must meet at the Methodist church Thursday at ten, and urges attendance or a phone call to Miss Patton to ensure graduation.
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