Cattle Prices Drop Rapidly in Midwest Markets
USDA reports Saturday salable receipts in Chicago show 500 hogs 500 cattle and 500 sheep with a steep decline in cattle prices. No choice steers or heifers were available, top steers $17.25 and top heifers $16.50, while hogs and sheep sold at steady or strong ceilings and varied loads to packers. Other markets in Omaha Sioux City and Kansas City show mixed activity and steady to unchanged prices amid light supply.
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USDA
Wyoming
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
INS
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
Ateady
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids Hog and Cattle Price Report Cinema
The Cedar Rapids hog market lists ceilings with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle values show Dressing Grade 60/62 at 16.10 to 16.65, Good 14.95 to 15.45, and other grades ranging down to 9.30 for Utility. The report covers calves, sheep, lambs, poultry, hides, hogs, and market fruit prices with varying yields and notes about fluctuations.
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A. Pbovewaren
Chicago
Idahos
Idaho
Burbanks U
Aize
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Triumphs
Florida
U. S
Profit Taking Stalls Stocks on Caution After Rally
Light profit taking cooled the market as gains faded across many sectors in a Friday session. Industrials and utilities showed resilience while overall turnover edged lower with about 1.6 million shares traded, against 2.13 million the day before.
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New York
New York Produce Prices Mixed as Receipts Hold Steady
New York markets report steady receipts across butter cheese and eggs with firm to unchanged prices. Chicago shows mixed poultry, cheese and egg runs with market softness in eggs and steady to higher potato values in various regional grades.
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NEW York Bond Review
New York
Rye futures surge to 25-year high on delivery bids
In Chicago trading, rye May contract climbs to its highest since 1900s as brokers seek delivery certainty before June 1. Wheat and corn hold ceilings around 1.83 and 1.21 dollars. oats and barley show minor moves while cash provisions list various grain and seed prices across commodities.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Peece
Ener Tewee
New York Exchange to Close on Summer Saturdays
The New York Stock Exchange will close on Saturdays during June July August and September. Governors announced the seasonal schedule change to limit weekend trading and reduce activity over the summer period.
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N.Y
NEW York (Ap
New York Stock Exchange
Congressman condemns grain use for liquor in wartime crisis
Rep. Jerry Voorhis charged 45.6 million people could be spared from hunger by redirecting grain from liquor to human and livestock consumption during the first half of 1946. He called liquor production an unnecessary price to pay and disputed liquor industry claims. He cited government tax unit data suggesting sufficient liquor stocks to meet public demand for now.
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Washington
Jerry Voorhis
D-Calif
California
Voorhis
Alcohol Tax Unit
West Union Scoutmaster named for Troop 54 in Iowa
Ted Frese, West Union high school coach, is named scoutmaster of West Union Boy Scout troop 54, with Kenneth Anderson as assistant. An expanded troop committee will oversee a full activities program with members named for education, business, outdoor, service, and health roles.
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West Union
Ted Frese
Kenneth Anderson
Frese
G W. Ukena
Leo Smith
Lloyd Craft
W. A. Bealmer
Milton Eide
Claude Alexander
Theobald Philips
M. L. Peterson
E. G
Wives of UN Delegates Quietly Observe New York Scene
In New York during UN Security Council sessions, delegates' wives appear in background roles. Mrs. Trygve Lie tours Waldorf views politics and social work, while Mrs. James Byrnes attends sessions. others visit zoos, shops, and cultural sites. Several wives remain abroad or with families, with varied involvement and plans to join later.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Therm
Trygve Lie
the Waldorf
Norway
Security Council
Hassan Pasha
Washington
Oscar Lange
United States
University of Cracow
Conference Delegates Named for Monticello Meeting
In Tama Libbie Weaver reports the 1947 conference will be held at Dysart. WYOMING The American Legion Auxiliary sent 36 pounds of carpet rags to the Veterans hospital at Knoxville this week. Delegates chosen include Mrs. Leonard Ahrendsen Mrs. C R Smith Mrs. Alfred Leeper Mrs. Robert Alden and Mrs. Peter Sievers for the district conference at Monti Icello April 24.
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Tama
Dysart
Wyoming
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Leonard Ahrendsen
C. R. Smith
Alfred Leeper
Robert Alden
Peter Sievers
Monti- Icello
Iowa Deaths List Mourns Monticello Area Residents
Obituary notes funeral services and survivorships for Albert Hutton Henry Jennings Marvin Bullard Mrs Joseph Stangeland Ben Thompson and others across Ossian Decorah Volga City and nearby areas. Survivors include spouses children brothers and sisters with locations in Canton Cascade Hopkinton Springfield Kelso Ridgeway and Chicago.
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Albert Hutton
Onslow
Jessie Hayner
Canton
Louis Lange
Hopkinton
Carl Dehner
Cascade
Forrest Hutton
Wyoming
Cleo Dunbar
Chicago
Hutton
Vinton Hybrid Seed Company
Volga City
Henry Jennings
Finley Hospital
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Theron
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Ill
Lyle
Grace White
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Springfield
Walter
Kelso
Wash
Sam
Sterling
Colo
Hill Crest
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Marvin Bullard
Modesto
Calif
Dorothy
Rodger
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Joseph Stangeland
First Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Ernest
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Elmer
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Los Angeles
Ben Thompson
Winneshiek County
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Albert
Nels
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Otto
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Trainmen Fight Rule Proposals In Emergency Board
Chicago report says Ray T. Miller representing two railroad brotherhoods warned an emergency fact finding board that a railroad strike could occur if railroads rules are accepted. The unions seek a $2.50 daily raise and changes to 45 working conditions rules while class 1 railroads offer counter proposals.
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Ray T. Miller
Miller
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Clayton County Farm Woman Ends Her Life
Mrs Henry Wagner 55 of Monona committed suicide Thursday by poison. Found by her son Elmer in the farm house, a poison bottle nearby. Born January 1 1891 in Clayton county she survived by husband, son, a daughter Mrs Milton Nelson of Monona, three brothers and a sister. Funeral services Sunday at Schultz funeral home and St Pauls Lutheran church with burial in Lutheran cemetery.
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Emma Koehn
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Schultz
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2500 Touch Home Soil After 6 Day Quarantine
Twenty five hundred passengers of the army transport Marine Devil landed in San Francisco after a six day smallpox quarantine. Two cases were found on the voyage from Korea and most personnel stayed aboard while 100 sailors and a few USO and Red Cross workers remained ashore for revaccination and immunity checks.
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Record Enrollment At Iowa State College In Spring Quarter
Ames Iowa State College reports 6050 students registered for spring quarter a record high surpassing 5780 set in spring 1941. Registrar J R Sage announced the figures Friday.
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Resignation from Calhoun price panel over ceiling price case
J E Martin of Rockwell City resigns from the Calhoun county price panel protesting the method used in handling an alleged over ceiling price case against a Lake City grocer. The move came Thursday.
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Witness Stricken At Melrose Trial
Justice of the Peace Will Johnson collapsed during testimony in the Robert Melrose corruption case. Johnson, a WWI veteran, suffered a heart attack and could not be moved. Melrose faces charges of offering $100 to Acting Sheriff Koeppel in an automobile accident matter.
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Tojo Breaks Up Family To Spare Them Scorn
TOKYO AP reports former prime minister Tojo has separated his children to shield them from public shame. The Asahi notes in Japan names on the family register determine kinship. The two youngest daughters were adopted into their mother's brother's family and renamed Ito. The oldest son has formed his own family with four grandchildren, the second son started a branch, and the youngest son aged 21 remains with his mother in the village.
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Ito
Packing Workers Ask Strike Vote at Omaha Stockyards
CIO United Packinghouse Workers announced a strike vote requested for April 25 at the Union Stockyards company in Omaha. Conciliator Edward Riess arranged a meeting to avert a strike as the union seeks a raise. farmers and livestock shippers will be given notice to protect livestock in transit.
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Stockyards
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Pat Ratigan
Workers Strike Halts Pork Slaughter at Kansas City Plant
About 100 workers walked out at the Kansas City plant in protest over an old grievance about pay schedules. Officials said the pork kill line was stopped but other plant areas would continue operating.
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Kansas City
INS
Cudahy
Rock-ribbed Republican Pays Floral Tribute to Gromyko
A box of daffodils carnations iris and a card arrived at the U N Security Council in honor of Russian Ambassador Andrei Gromyko. The note praised him and mentioned Uncle Joe in a message signed by a rock ribbed Republican from Binghamton New York with initials D M.
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New York
INS
Andrei Gromyko
of All
U. N Security Council
Gromyko
Uncle Joe
Hoover to India Visit Sought in Food Tour
A United States embassy spokesman said Herbert Hoover would visit India on his world food fact finding tour for President Truman, part of a broader schedule announced Friday in London.
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Herbert Hoover
India
Truman
Des Moines Parole Board Recommends Leniency for Lifelong Slain Man
Ollie Corum 41 of Marion who has served over 21 years of a life sentence for the 1924 slaying of Charles Hirschfield is recommended for leniency by the state parole board. Hirschfield was found with a crushed head in a shack near railroad yards. The governor must approve any reduction to a specific term.
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Marion
Charles Hirschfield
Atkins
State Parole Board
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Parole Board
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Red Cross Campaign Totals in Marion Fall Short of Quota
P. A. Osborne announced $3,809.55 raised in Marion city and township during March toward a $4,480 goal. James E. Cippera led the business district canvass with 121 contacts and over $1,000 raised. Missed donors may still contribute.
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Red Cross
Marion
Osborne
Cedar Rapids
James E. Cippera
Five servicemen honored at Howe home party
Five returned servicemen were guests of honor Thursday night at the H. M Howe residence. The honorees included Bud Howe, Vernon Blietz, Paul Buckner, Milton Smith, and Lloyd Burgess plus Lloyd Burgess of the Canadian navy, with cards and refreshments for about 30 relatives and friends.
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Camp Fire Guardians and Sponsors organize with local hosts
Mrs. H. gd. Ensminger hosted a coffee at 1700 Eighth avenue for the newly organized Camp Fire Guardians and Sponsors association. Temporary chairmen include Olin DeWald, Robert Hess, Don Torrence, Charles A. Engel, and others. Mrs. Hess named temporary secretary and various members assigned as chairmen for telephone, awards, doughnut, and library duties.
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Don Torrence
Charles A. Engel
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Fay Bailey
Walter Rech
John L. Gritzner
Walter Reinsch
Bruce Fulton
Enseminger
Reinsch
Gritzner
Torrence
Lincoln
Athenian Club
Miss Eleanor Nelson Honored At Presbyterian Shower
The second and third divisions of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid honored bride elect Eleanor Nelson at a miscellane ous shower Thursday night at O. O. Kieckhaefer home. Assisting were Leona Clark Floyd Dickey Jack Bevauns Paul Rose and H. F. Knight. Twenty nine persons attended. Charles Granger a patient at St Luke s hospital.
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O. O. Kieckhaefer
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Floyd Dickey
Jack Bevauns
Paul Rose
H. F. Knight
Manchester Chamber Names New Directors
More than 200 members attended the annual dinner and meeting in Manchester. Directors named were Clair M. Groves Scotty Milroy Pat Sandhagen George Greenway Walter Wallace Russell Jones Arnold Rabe and Stanley Klaus. Speakers included E W Williams Anna McCoy and Bruce Gates.
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Scotty Milroy
Pat Sandhagen
George Greenway
Walter Wallace
Russell Jones
Arnold Rabe
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E. W. Williams
Iowa
Anna McCoy
Delaware County
Bruce Gates
Waterloo Business College
Manchester Iowa City Boys Win Scholarships
Eleven high school students earned four year University of Iowa scholarships for top performances at the state forensic tournament in Iowa City. Awardees include Royjohn Duffey of Manchester and Lenard Strasburg of Iowa City. funds apply to liberal arts engineering or commerce.
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Lenard Strasburg
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First Tax Monies Turned Over to City Treasurer
The first tax collections for the new fiscal year were entered in the city book by Treasurer Walter Miller. County Treasurer Frank Bates turned over a total of $322,778.90 to Miller, compared with $304,032.13 on the same date in 1945. The year’s city total amounts to $1,053,025.
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