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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
8
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Mrs. Kenneth Gillis and daughter from Creston visited relatives in Massena over Sunday. Mrs. L. Sherlock and family spent five weeks with parents and then joined her husband transferred from St. Louis to Lebanon. Cecil Greenwalt, home on furlough, stays with family while stationed at Great Lakes. Save a life drive slowly near children and be prepared to stop instantly.
Des Moines reports heavy rains and flash floods across eastern Iowa causing crop, building, and highway damage. Clarence logged 7.55 inches in 23 hours with washed out bridges and waterlogged roads. Wheatland residents evacuated, Lowden livestock lost, and Sugar Creek damaged a Rock Island bridge. Crossed trains rerouted as Mississippi rises to 17.1 feet at Clinton. Red Cross volunteers mobilize for ongoing relief.
Chicago wheat futures rose 1 to 2 percent with September peaking near 1.59. July and rye also advanced before trimming gains, oats and barley edged up, cash grain quotes listed for June 27 with red wheat around 1.65 and 1.64.
Closing quotes show Am Can at 88 14, Am T and T 160, Gen Elec 38, Coca Cola 127, Bendix Av 40, Gen Mtrs 65, Avia Corp 4, Cruc Sti 34, Int Nick 31, Am Loco 18, Beth Sti 627, Dup De Nem 159. Market movers include varied gains and losses across sectors.
Market list shows Sweet cream 52c No. 1 cream bhic 49c No. 2 cream 49c Eggs extra 82c No. 1 28c No. 2 20c Old roosters 14c Heavy breed hens 18c Leghorn hens 16c Heavy breed springs 23c Leghorn springs 21c.
Tom Short of Cedar Falls, a Waterloo packing company worker, is charged with driving the car that sideswiped a motorcycle injuring Robert Cook and fatally injuring Barbara Spiegel. Cook, slightly hurt, reported the other car did not stop. Spiegel died Friday in a Cedar Falls hospital.
Much of Clinton area remained without electricity as five bridges in western Clinton county were washed out delaying all westbound buses and trains.
Chicago market reports hogs steady on bracket weights with gains up to 10 cents on other weights. Top hogs at 13.75, 280 to 300 pound lots 11.85 to 12.25. Receipts 26,000 with 6,000 direct to packers. Cattle and lamb sections show mixed moves, with steers up 25 cents, spring lambs steady to weak, and strong hogs noted at South Omaha.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Interior Town and southern Minnesota totaled 34 400 for the 24 hours ending 8:00 am. Prices edged mixed with 270 lb hogs steady, heavier hogs and sows up to 20 cents higher. Good to excellent barrows and gilts listed at 10 50 to 13 50 for various weight ranges with sow prices from 9 60 to 10 60 depending on weight. Scrap line appears as an inset closing note.
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