Steers Reach $18 Ceiling in Chicago Market Push
Chicago market reports show weighty choice to fine steers at the $18 ceiling with some loads 25 cents lower. Prices for top cattle steady to firm, bulk ranges $15.50 to $17.50, while lambs and hogs see mixed activity and strong demand mainly at ceiling levels. Receipts include hogs 5,000 cattle 5,000 and 5,000 for other categories, with regional quotes from Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines markets indicating steady to firm conditions and tight supply for select grades.
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Cedar Rapids Hog and Cattle Market Prices Report
Cedar Rapids hog market ceiling prices listed top prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Hog weight ranges 160 to 600 pounds shown with various price points. Cattle section lists steers yearlings and cows with multiple grades and price bands, plus notes on variability by yield and local market terms. Also includes miscellaneous market items like sheep, lambs, hides, and produce quotations. Local market names and prices for cheese, potatoes, and other goods appear.
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Gulla
Sheen
Market
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Western Woo
Stocks Shy From Peaks In Quiet Midweek Session
NEW YORK AP stock activity showed a fairly active market Wednesday with pivotal issues near prior levels and transfers around 1,600,000 shares. Bulls waned as news stayed unfavourable, while long term federal issues stabilized after earlier setbacks. gains appeared in Boston & Maine 4.48, Missouri-Kansas-Texas 4 1/4s, and Norfolk & Western 4 1/4s.
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NEW York Bond Review
Boston& Maine
Missouria-Kansas-Texas
Norfolk & Southern
Increase of Fruehauf Capital Stock Voted
NEW YORK AP Shareholders of Fruehauf Trailer company voted to raise the authorized capital by 125000 shares of 4 percent preferred with $100 par value. An underwriting group led by Lehman Brothers and Watling, Lerchen is expected to offer the stock Thursday at 104.50 a share.
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Fruehauf Trailer Company
Lehman Brothers and Watling, Lerchen Company
May Rye Reaches New All Time High on Chicago Market
May rye prices surge to fresh peak as futures brokers bid the light grain amid renewed short interest. Wheat corn and barley hit ceilings at notable quotes while oats held steady and rye advanced five cents. Chicago cash provisions show nominal values across wheat corn oats malting and feed barley with varied field seed pricings listed.
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Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
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Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago and New York produce notes report mixed prices for eggs butter and cheese, with receipts and market firmness listed. Poultry demand stable for hens and chickens while turkeys show weakness. potatoes, onions, and other vegetables show varied prices across regions. Livestock in Kansas City shows steady to higher cattle prices, with steers and heifers selling mainly in the mid-teens to upper teens per hundred pounds.
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Cedar Rapids Man's British Wife En Route to New York
Irene Burgess of Londonderry English wife of Owen L Burgess listed at Cedar Rapids ships out on the Henry Gibbins arriving in New York on April 12. Also aboard the liner are 469 other dependents of American servicemen.
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Londonderry
Owen L. Burgess
Cedar Rapids
New York
Henry Gibbins
Kantor to Speak at Des Moines Centennial Rally
DES MOINES UP MacKinlay Kantor the Iowa novelist will be the principal speaker at a statewide rally of county centennial leaders and others April 29 in Des Moines Kantor born in Webster City and once on the Cedar Rapids Republican is famed for Happy Land made into a film. His new Glory for Me is a World War II verse novel. He will address the noon luncheon at a downtown Des Moines hotel. Further program details will be announced.
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MacKinlay Kantor
Kantor
Webster City
Cedar Rapids
Inmates Run Businesses From DC Jail Amid Escapes Probe
Witnesses told Congress that inmates at the District jail conducted enterprises from cells imported liquor for gambling, hosted visiting models at costly hotels, used government stationery, and left for jail-approved appointments. The claim ties to the Engineers Group case and a broader escape surge since 1933. Howard Gill, suspended superintendent, cited a memorandum from an inmate about these activities.
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House
Prosecution Focuses on Forgery in Grand Theft Trial
In San Francisco on Wednesday prosecutors outlined a case against Alfred Leonard Cline, alleging he forged deeds and falsified affidavits to seize assets from estates of four women who died under murky circumstances. The DA aims to present evidence to seek a murder indictment while detailing Cline’s alleged thefts including altered deeds to Martinez property and forged stock affidavits connected to Eva Krebs Cline’s estate valued around $300,000.
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Calif
Elizabeth Hunt Lewis
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Eva Delora Krebs Cline
Chicago
Krebs Cline
Dallas
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Mason City band director elected president of national association
Carleton L. Stewart, Mason City high school and municipal band director, was elected president of the National High School Band Association. He succeeds Bruce Jones of the University of Louisiana and formerly Little Rock high school. Stewart will supervise band contests nationwide.
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Mason City
Bruce Jones
University of Louisiana
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Ark
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Auto Agent Insurance Plan Extended in Cedar Rapids
Five Cedar Rapids banks and 44 insurance agencies cooperating in the Bank and Auto Agent plan agreed to extend the automobile financing and insurance program across the community at a Tuesday YMCA meeting. Lee Winterburg chaired. William P. Whipple and David Trummell explained the plan, and more agents are expected to join.
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Y.M.C.A
Lee Winterburg
William P. Whipple
David, tRummell
Business Block Burns at Hampton Iowa
Hampton Iowa fire destroys four east side buildings around the courthouse square driving five families into the street in night attire. Tucker pool hall caused the blaze at dawn and firemen worked three hours to control it. Businesses including Iowa Public Service, Henry Bockelman tailor, Grosche body and fender, Tucker’s pool hall and Schwartz feed store were lost. No loss estimates released.
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Tucker
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Grosche Body and Fender
Tucker’s
Schwartz Feed
Lille Police Seek Potatoes After City Parade
Lille police scoured farms across the countryside after 10,000 residents marched through the streets shouting for potatoes. The mayor ordered the hunt to secure at least one pound per person, despite a total ration of two pounds per head over seven months.
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Woman Reports $20 Stolen from Purse at Theater
Mrs. Ruby E. Brown of 1140 H Avenue NE reported to police that a billfold containing $20.59 was stolen from her purse. She left the purse on a lobby table at the Iowa theater Tuesday night and found it missing when she retrieved it minutes later.
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H Avenue
Iowa ‘Theater
City briefs and naval arrest report
Ashes hauled and a large load priced at 4.50. The YWCA public affairs group will skip Thursday meeting. April Commandery birthdays will be honored Friday at 6:30 PM with a picnic at Masonic hall before Apollo Commandery’s 7:30 PM session followed by social hour for Knights Templar and wives. William J. Hanson of West Union was arrested by Cedar Rapids detectives as a navy straggler and is held for shore patrol at Great Lakes naval station.
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Marion News At Jess Funeral In Marion
Miss Jean Jess, called to Marion by her mother Mrs E C Jess, will return to Milwaukee with her father. Relatives from Milwaukee Chicago Ripon and Brandon attended. Services for Charles Peterson set for Thursday at 2 PM in Yocom chapel, Rev James P Gable officiating. burial Oak Shade cemetery. War bride Mrs Randall Tharp arrives in Marion. she and husband visit his parents near Center Point. Benefit party planned at Odd Fellows Hall Friday 8 PM. dishwasher wanted 5 to 9.
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Ripon
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Brandon
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George Tharp
Center Point
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Cedar Park
Family News From Manchester and Nearby Towns
Celebration marked the twelfth birthday of Robert Peck. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Harden return to Manchester NH after visiting his mother Mrs Hazel Harden. Miss Doris Andrews of Greeley Cole visits Mr and Mrs C E Backer. Mr and Mrs O W McBride return from Denver after visiting their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs C F Dandareau.
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525 Millions Approved For Aid to Philippines
Washington report says the House approved a 525 million dollar rehabilitation aid bill for the Philippines to aid the new republic taking over July 4. The measure includes 400 million for private property reconstruction and provides U S reimbursement from Japanese reparations.
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Army Flies Paralysis Victim West For New Treatment
HOLLYWOOD AP Dr Harvey E Billig Jr said his new neurotripsy treatment may aid Mrs Eleanor Hunt a 29 year old Cleveland mother paralyzed from the neck down to be flown to Hollywood Presbyterian hospital in a special evacuated plane. Billig will examine her to judge likely benefit after nerve surgery research at Caltech developed the treatment.
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