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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1949
Page
2
Fort Dodge Iowas John Marshall 22 of Sioux City is held to the grand jury on auto theft and burglary charges. Police say he was paroled less than six weeks ago from Fort Madison penitentiary and is tied to a series of breakins and a truck theft.
The market across Omaha and Chicago shows cattle steady to weak in cleanup trading with mixed yields. Hog bids eased 25 to 40 cents in slow sales, with sow prices steadier, while calves and sheep faced limited demand and uneven clearance in lighter volumes.
Wheat held firm as feed grains fell on the board of trade. Mill buying supported wheat and cash price gains plus rains in the southwest boosted the advance. Corn oats lagged as wheat rose. July prices noted. Soybeans and lard moved modestly with July contracts.
Anita News notes Mr. and Mrs. Mike Corrigan of Des Moines visiting this week at the Jeff Lindroth home. Mrs. Carl Arp and daughter from Boulder Colorado are visiting her sister-in-law Mrs. Homer Rich and husband and her sister Mrs. Earl Mills and family south of Cumberland.
Chicago grain prices show corn values across grades from No 1 yellow at 1 39 to sample grade 1 28 with oats quoted for several lots including No 1 heavy mixed at 67 4 cents and No 1 heavy white at 70 7 0 cents Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2 00 to 2 50 per bushel with varied fractions and grades.
USDA market report shows estimated Des Moines receipts today at 28 000 with week 34 000 and year 44 700. actual yesterday 27 500 with unloads at two Minnesota packing plants and twelve Iowa facilities plus out-of-state shipping. Prices vary by weight class with bars and gilts 160-180 lb at 18.25 to 20.25 dollars. larger ranges cited up to 270 lb. Sows priced 15.75 to 18.26 dollars for 450 lb. plus, with mixed quality notes and varied loads.
Des Moines Railway Co. workers strike set for midnight, idleing 687 employees including bus and streetcar crews. Union seeks city audit of company records, fare reduction to 10 cents per ride, and new accounting of daily cash totals. Company president labels strike as aimed at the public and vows disruption of city life.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Sanders of Houston Texas visited Tuesday at the Fred and Burt Casady homes. Wednesday they were dinner guests with Mrs. A Kirchhoff and the Claude Casady household. Road signage urges drivers to slow down for safety.
Griswold native F R Burnham has accepted a contract as superintendent of Walnut schools succeeding Dwight Fellows who becomes Fremont county superintendent. Burnham, with BA from Grinnell College and MA from the State University of Iowa, has led Griswold schools since 1943 and will move with wife and daughter Carolyn to Walnut once a home is secured.
Everett Short, 20, of Cedar Rapids, faces charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene after his car swerved to avoid a rabbit last night. The vehicle struck a garage wall, damaged a front porch step, and pushed another car inside the garage through a wall. Police note road signs advising drivers to slow and obey curves for safety.
Audubon Knud Jespersen of Elk Horn was released on a 500 dollar bond after arraignment before Justice of the Peace Sam J Ross on an operating while intoxicated charge. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Audubon county grand jury. Patrolman Wilton Lewis of Carroll arrested him on Highway 64 between Hamlin and Kimballton. Lloyd R Japhet of Stuart was fined 40 dollars and costs on an overloading on registration charge. Don t drive if you drink.
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