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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market notes receipts and price levels across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Hogs top around 6.00 with various weights 4.60 to 5.16 while light sows and packing sows show broad ranges. Cattle and feeders steady with good and choice steers and yearlings around 11.00s. Sheep and lambs show firm to higher bids with feeder lambs at 5 to 6 dollars and ewes weaker.
Hog receipts for 24 hours ended this morning were 14 800, down from 18 000 last week, with generally steady to higher bids across weights. Prices ranged 2.40 to 4.90 per cwt for various hog classes, sows at 3.00 to 4.50, and shipping-point weights excluded from quotes. Eggs, butter, poultry, cheese, potatoes, and other items showed mixed but stable to firm levels across markets in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and nearby states.
Martin dodges pursuers at Beggar's Court and is seized in the boathouse by a masked force. A plan to betray Martell and Sant unfolds as a murder stakeout ends with Martin dead and Mrs Wynter sobbing at the gates. The case advances as Inspector Haste and Jim Winter close in. To be continued tomorrow.
A fragmented item discusses Ray Cox of Cox Motor Co. stressing careful stopping and judging speed, while Martin White cites drivers and brake conditions as key to accidents. The piece also lists grain prices and market quotes from Toledo and Chicago, including wheat and corn ranges and cash grain receipts.
In Towa City on October 29, the University of Towa announced it will not seek permission for a football game with Iowa State College. The Western Conference faculty committee vote by mail, relayed via telegram from Purdue secretary William Shall, was deemed final.
Em Schoenberger, a chauffeur with dreams of invention, was killed today when his first invention exploded in his garage workshop in Chicago. A companion, possibly his wife, and children escaped but were badly burned as flames spread.
Moscow reports a government ordered 30 percent reduction in prices at all fake, commercial shops selling food and clothing without ration books. The move aims to ease hardship and improve living conditions for hundreds of thousands of residents across the capital and beyond.
In Mt Pleasant on October 29 Judge Oscar Hale sentenced Winfield youths for thefts near Winfield. Pete Marshall 15, out of reform school on parole, was sent back to Eldora after admitting stealing two diamond rings from Charles Adenauer home. Glenn Marshall 16 received up to five years for receiving stolen property. Lee Williams 17 and Harold Miller 18 pled guilty to burglary and were sent to Anamosa. Other defendants, including John Witt Ruck Spillers and John Abel, await further steps. The group was tied to burglaries of Winfield homes and schoolhouses. Boone County corn husking crown went to Samuelson who claimed over 21 bushels.
News Notes from McCall in West Chester recounts farm life, dairy skills, and harvest details. It highlights Mr. Farmer's expected plentiful winter food and rising beet and pork rents, plus lard, biscuits, and breakfast fare. The piece mentions local families, new dairy and Duroc stock, corn husking, and a county fair scene with many attendees. It notes Harold Montgomery and partners assisting, cattle and calves, and a forthcoming sale of Mint Hall household goods on Oct 31.
Washington area society notes recount a Wyman community club gathering at Mrs. Etta Mccoy’s home with 26 members and three visiting guests. Apple bobbing and a spelling bee entertained, followed by fruit salad angel food coffee and mint refreshments. Married couples Turkington Nicholson Davis Humphreys listed among attendees.
Outdoor drama adaptation of Zane Grey’s Of the West features Lassiter George O’Brien rescuing Jane Withersteen Marguerite Churchill amid avalanches ranch fires and cattle stampedes. Filmed on location miles from Flagstaff Arizona under director Hamilton MacFadden.
Davenport Iowa October 29 trial of B A Dobry charged with embezzlement is scheduled to begin in district court on November 16. Dobry’s case, postponed from an earlier week, was reassigned for jury trial in November by Judge A P Bar of Chicago.
A new film opens at the State theater described as a picture in every sense of the word with Edna May Oliver in a mother love driven story of sacrifice and romance. It showcases the new hnicolor process and features the ribbon type microphone touted as a sound recording advance. The notable cast includes Hobart Bosworth Florence Roberts Rochelle Hudson Helen Chandler and John Darrow in this RKO Radio Pictures release.
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