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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1931
Page
4
Estimated livestock receipts across twelve markets include Chicago Omaha St. Paul Indianapolis Buffalo Cincinnati Pittsburgh and others. Totals show week and year comparisons with figures resembling thousands in dollars and head counts.
Chicago and regional markets report steady to firm tones across grains and livestock. Cattle, hogs, and sheep prices hold near recent highs with specific figures noted for beef steers, lambs, and pork cuts amid broad market support.
A fragmentary price list lists Reed Market Chicago items and assorted goods. It shows varied values such as 16.50 17.00 and 38.50 for items described as creamery goods and salted products, with scattered references to New York and unslats parcels and other unclear line items.
Chicago market notes show butter egg and cheese prices with numerous item codes and varying values. Poultry and potatoes also listed with receipts on hand and on track, while hog receipts and packing plant activity are updated for the week ending today.
A dense OCR fragment lists radio network programs, orchestras, and ads across cities like Boston, Springfield, Philadelphia, Detroit, and New York. It mentions WABC WEAP and WLW networks, specific times, bands, and performers, with prices and weights for hogs later in the page. The content resembles a late afternoon to late-night schedule mixed with market quotes and trade notices.
New York stocks on the exchange totaled 500. Bond issues reached 4,402,000. Closing quotes show large caps with Am Can at 103 1 2, Am T & T 100, Am Tob 112 1 2, Coca Cola 145, DuPont 80 1 2, Erie 20, Gen Motors 84, Sears Roebuck 62, Union Pacific 18, Wells Fargo 18. Trading reflected broad activity across steel, oil, rail, and consumer goods names with variable gains and losses.
An Akron officer announces that the United States Navy dirigible under construction there will take to the air this summer under the command of Lieut. Charles E. Rosendahl. The airship is described as the new craft for naval service and is expected to be launched soon.
A fragmented note describes a sequence of unrelated items and phrases, with unclear context and few identifiable people or organizations, making it difficult to extract a coherent news event or names from the readable text.
At Stagg Field Chicago on June 18 prep track stars competed for national scholastic titles. Events include 100 yard dash won by J Owen of Maplewood and close placements by Quinlan of Chicago and Hynicot of Des Plaines, with names from Corpus Christi to Oak Park and Atlanta noted among finalists.
Fragmentary OCR shows references to postage stamps and a pager, with garbled and partial phrases suggesting a note about stamps from a manufacturer and possible northern origin. The readable content is insufficient to establish a clear event, person, or location.
More than 200 poultrymen from across the Midwest are to attend a series of lectures in Nevada Virginia June 15. The event is directed by the research bureau of heads and feeding and sponsored by a group of feed manufacturers in cooperation with the Poultry Society of America. The program studies livestock and poultry nutrition at the bureau's factory and the poultry department of Iowa State College.
Chicago June 18. Federal indictment charges Al Capone and 68 henchmen with conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Officials say the syndicate produced 7.6 million gallons of beer and delivered 150,000 barrels since 1921, with potential heavy prison terms and fines for each defendant. Capone awaits arraignment on tax charges, while others linked to beer operations face similar penalties.
Bilan A Dooly of Brooklyn was elected president of the worldwide WCTU at the conference held in Toronto Ontario Canada. The conference also confirmed the U S branch leadership and the group adopted a resolution opposing government liquor control.
Reports describe fragments of a cannon and human remains found near Finglimarina Italy. Observers note a British bombardment of a fort in wartime produced wreckage, with fragments still clinging to metal as investigators assess the scene.
In a Cumberland county hearing Judge H J Mante mornings hears Barnes admit guilt and seek five year sentence with parole while County Attorney Holton opposes. Barnes had a checkered history dating to Eldora in 1928, with bond set at 500 after initial 2000. His wife Violet Barnes faced extortion charges, arraigned on own recognizance, alleged to have penned the letter demanding 600 dollars for the city park. The pair confessed to a November plot to force payment.
Monona Iowa based North Santee Iowa National Park Association plans to bring Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania to McGregor for its annual event on July 16. The effort aims to secure a high profile speaker to kick off the program and attract attendance.
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