Cattle and hog markets mixed as receipts rise across midwest
Chicago reports hogs generally steady to 10 cents lower with top price near 15.15 while cattle and sheep show mixed moves. Des Moines and Omaha areas record varied cash quotes on 160 to 360 pound hogs and feeder cattle as receipts total around 30 000 in Iowa Minnesota region with prices quoted for multiple weight classes and regional markets.
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Chicago
U. S
Iowa
DES Moinesins
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Minnesota
Omara Livestock
Omaha
Kansas
Sioux City
Livstock
Toux City
UPI
Dept. Agriculture
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Summary
UPI market summary shows Chicago receipts for poultry cheese butter eggs and potatoes with prices across weights grades and cuts. Leghorn hens fryers broilers turkeys and ducks listed with cents per pound. cheese butter and eggs reported with numbers and market steadiness. New York notes weak dressed poultry and prices, with record-keeping on creamery and egg grades and OA price marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Idahos
LCL
South Dakota
Bliss Triumph
Texas Bliss Arlumais Victory Crade and Creamers
New York
OPA
Wool Market Quiet Amid Holiday Slowdown
US Department of Agriculture market notes a quiet Monday due to the holiday with Texas showing activity in hair markets. Good adult wool sold near six cents and kid wool at around eighty eight cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Texas
Local Hog Prices Steady on Cedar Rapids Market
Hog prices across all grades held firm on the Cedar Rapids market Monday. Top hog prices ranged from 14.10 to 14.50 per cwt for various categories, with steers and calves showing mixed values across the cattle and calf market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Los
Seecseoseeeer
Cedar Rapids Market Report Missing Punctuation and Prices
Cedar Rapids grain and produce prices listed with multiple items such as oats wheat corn soybeans hay straw poultry and fruits. Prices are shown for various grades and packages along with hides and livestock values.
Grain Quotations Narrowly Uneven in Chicago Market
Grain futures varied little on Monday with wheat up fractionally, oats modest gains, and rye holding flat. Cash wheat and corn prices showed mixed levels across sample grades while soybeans and field seed values also posted small shifts in Chicago, per AP reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman unit demands full compliance on steel plate tests
A Washington report, concurred by WPB Chairman Nelson, says there is no excuse for fraud on the government by any firm in steel plate tests. The committee cites gossip about a 35 percent production slump and asks all producers to report any reductions attributed to meeting government specs. Agencies study safety of possible specification changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Truman War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-N.y
Fatal foul tip kills eighth grade player in Worland
Connie Klein eighth grade pupil died in Worland hospital after a foul tip struck his head during a school baseball game Friday. The incident occurred in Worland, Wyoming as authorities investigated the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worland
Wyo
Connie Klein
Catenin
Stocks Mixed In Light Trade On Monday
In New York buyers favored rails industrials and select utilities with gains of fractions to about one point early. By close, most leaders drifted lower, trading around 900000 shares versus recent totals near two million. bond notes show Chicago and North Western rose about seven points amid a favorable ICC backed reorganization.
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New York
NEW YORK_BOND REVIEW
API
Chicago and North Western Railway
Supreme Court
ICC
Nort Western
St. Paul and Rio Grande Western
Whitlock
Ubili
New Britain
Kavieng
Ted
Frank Matthews
East Aurora
N. Y
Walter Doiron
Port Arthur
Texas
Tom Magness
Ventura
Calif
Election Ordered At Cherry Burrell
The National Labor Relations board ordered a secret ballot election within 30 days to determine a bargaining agent for Cherry Burrell in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Eligible voters include production and maintenance staff plus clerical and watchmen. The CIO United Farm Equipment Workers seeks recognition. no date set but must occur before May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers
Asking Too Much of the Lieutenant
An army private leaving under sealed orders abandoned a 125 pound baby lion at a sheriff substation in Los Angeles. He gave no name but assured Lieut. H. T. Halla the cub was affectionate. The lieutenant could not pacify it and joked he called the zoo. The lion has a home now.
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Los Angeles
Lieut
H. T. Halla
Lieut. Halla
Zoo
Coast Guard wins intercollegiate dinghy regatta on Thames
New London Conn Coast Guard team led by Charles Daniel upset predictions to win the third annual intercollegiate dinghy championship on the Thames River Sunday, beating eight other boats in the competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London, Conn
INS
Coast Guard
Charles Daniel
Thames River
Crocodiles Help Yankees Tear Up Japanese Convoy
A Pacific theater report recounts Captain Royce Olsen and a crew who strafed and sank enemy coastal vessels near Dutch New Guinea. They witnessed crocodiles feeding on capsized boats, while phosphorus bombs reemerged in Japanese air attacks over Amboina. Lieutenant Charles Webber and Captain Charles Whitlock describe combat with Zeros and successful evasions, culminating in a chase and destruction of enemy aircraft and a transport in Hansa bay.
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New Guinea
INS
Pacific
Royce Olsen
Cedar Falls
Olsen
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
Lieut
Charles Webber
Kansas City
Cape Gloucester
Japan
Charles Whitlock
New Brunswick
N. J
Flyer Lets Buddy Ride on His Back In Parachute Leap
RAF Sergeant Dennis Smith, a prisoner in Germany, earned the Distinguished Flying Medal after he let his buddy Flight Sergeant Ernest Salway ride on his back with one parachute during a Lancaster combat over Germany last June. Both jumped when their plane was hit. Salway died after detaching from Smith. Smith survived with a broken ankle and was captured. The air ministry noted no prior record of such a two‑man parachute jump in wartime.
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London
R.af
Dennis Smith
Germany
R.A.F
Smith
Ernest Salway
Emden
Salway
Air Ministry
Courthouse filings show Springville venture and Iowa Volunteer group
Articles of incorporation were filed Monday with the County Recorder for the Springville Cooperative Elevator with authorized capital of 25000. Officers include A R Pearson president George L Rose vice president and Arnold S Hoge secretary treasurer. Directors list Pearson Rose Hoge Hood and Taylor plus D G Armstrong and Carl O Lundeen. Iowa Volunteer auxiliary articles also filed to serve mothers wives sisters and daughters of Iowa volunteers veterans and armed forces members. Officers include Ida Mae Duncan Mollie Yuza Mac Taylor Ruth Smith Elizabeth Liston Mamie Frink Pearl Wertz. In Covington Louis Benner 32 was arrested for assault and battery by deputy sheriff P J Whittemore and jailed in Linn county jail. The will of Mary Dolezal died April 4 in Cedar Rapids was admitted to probate with Elsie Dvorak named executrix.
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Dempsy Jones
Springville
A. R. Pearson
George L. Rose
Arnold S. Hoge
Pearson
Iowa Volunteer Auxiliary
Iowa
United States
Ida Mae Duncan
Mollie Yuza
Mac Taylor
Ruth Smith
Elizabeth Liston
Mamie Frink
Pearl Wertz
Louis Benner
Covington
P. J Whittemore
Linn County
Mary Dolezal
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Dvorak
City Briefs and Local Notices Summary
Local notes report a 17 year old Betty Janu undergoing an appendectomy at Mercy hospital and a Roosevelt high student. Upcoming free cooking classes are scheduled Tuesdays at 2 in the Glow room of the Iowa Illinois Gas Electric Co. council grants permit for Nag sale on Brena streets. A car sale ad offers top prices from Rapids Chevrolet. Cedar Rapids Chamber to hold biweekly purchasing agents meeting Tuesday at Roosevelt hotel. Beverages permits awarded to Ralph L Schillig and Ida N Amundson. War Production Board staff visit Davenport office Tuesday with temporary quarters at the Chamber from 9 am to 3 pm. Private Francis Mills reports loss or theft of a $5 war stamps album downtown Saturday night. Dr Elmer De Gowin to speak on newer methods for treating secondary shock at Linn County Medical Society meeting Thursday at 6 30 pm Roosevelt hotel.
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Davenport
The
War Production Board
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Elmer de Gowin
University of Town
Linn County Medical Society
Roosevelt Hotel
Red Cross First Aid Certificates Issued in Cedar Rapids
Red Cross certificates for first aid have been issued to members of several classes. Eligible recipients include Mrs. Van Vechten Shaffer’s Junior league class Dr. Warren N. Keck’s Miss Mae Aukerman’s H. W. Swan son’s and Dr. D. E. Grim’s classes and may be called for by those who completed the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
van Vechten Shaffer
Warren N. Keck
Mae Aukerman
H. W. Swanson
D. E. Grim
WAC Enrollment Rules Raised for WAAC Candidates
The War Department announced higher requirements for Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps enrollment. Effective April 13 WAAC candidates must complete two years of high school and score at least 60 on the mental alertness test, up from no fixed education rule and a 50 minimum test score.
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Washington
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
War Department
WAAC
Jap Shipping in Solomons Blasted
American aircraft crippled two cargo vessels near the Shortland island group in the Solomons and inched a third toward sinking. US airmen hit two bases at Munda and Kahili, starting large fires visible from 30 miles. Nine raids struck Kiska and Attu, targeting the camp, hangar area, gun positions, and aircraft.
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Washington
Shortland Island
Solomons
Navy
United States
Munda
Kahili
Kiska
Aleutians
Attu Island
American air raids pound Japanese positions in Pacific and Aleutians
American forces claim destruction of six Japanese planes and two ships, with additional engagements in the Solomons and Henderson Field. Lightning fighters downed multiple Zero fighters and bombers, while Liberator bombers attacked Kiska in the Aleutians with hits reported near runways and camps. All returning aircraft reported.
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Washington
Aleutians
Navy
Solomons
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland Island
Kiska
AP Pays Tribute to War Correspondents at Memorial Lunch
Kent Cooper AP general manager led a tribute to American war correspondents dead or missing since Pearl Harbor at AP's annual lunch. He asked guests to rise for a moment of silence as the AP wires paused. among those listed by Cooper was Frank Cuhel of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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New York
Pearl Harbor
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Cooper
Frank Cuhel
Cedar Rapids
Man's Search for God Described By Dr. Thornton
Dr. H. J. Thornton述 on Man's Search for God at a noonday Holy Week service at First Presbyterian in Cedar Rapids. He traced knowledge of God from primitive humanity to the Hebrew breakthrough of monotheism and noted personal renewal of understanding fuels the enduring hunger for the divine. The address is part of daily services through Friday, under union sponsorship and UMC A education committee, 12:10 to 1 p.m. Reminding readers war bonds and sewing machine repurposing as wartime messages.
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H. J. Thornton
First Presbyterian Church
Thornton
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
Religious Education Committee
U.M.C.A
God
Dr. Thornton
New Chief Deputy U S Marshal for District Sworn in
Covell H. Meek of Des Moines was sworn in Monday as chief deputy United States marshal for the northern district of Iowa after appointment by Marshal Fred Biermann of Decorah. The oath was given in the Cedar Rapids federal building by Clerk Lee McNeely of Dubuque. Meek will be stationed in Dubuque where Biermann Embert Bergemeyer and Lucille Gordon are on duty. Meek is married with two children.
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Covell H. Meek
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Meek
William E. Renshaw
Dubuque
U. S&s
Lee McNeely
Cedar Rapids Federal Building
Marshal Biermann
Embert Bergemeyer
Lucille Gordon
Chinese survivor endures 130 days at sea on liferaft
AP reporting London notes a Chinese survivor lasted 130 days on a liferaft after his ship torpedoed in the South Atlantic. Revealed by P. J. Noel Baker, the man was later picked up near the South American coast and sent to a hospital.
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London
P. J. Noel Baker
War Transport Ministry
Noel Baker
South Atlantic
South America
Basil D. Izzi
South Barre
Mass
New OPA Counsel Succeeds Ginsburg
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown named George J. Burke of Ann Arbor Michigan as general counsel of the Office of Price Administration Burke has begun his duties succeeding David Ginsburg who resigned after criticism for being deferred as an essential man Ginsburg volunteered for immediate induction
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
George J. Burke
Ann Arbor
Mich
Office of Price Administration
Burke
David Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Eight Cars Derail Near Conroy Delays Milwaukee Line
A freight train with eight cars derailed one and a half miles east of Conroy. Half a mile of track was torn up officials said. No crew injuries reported. A defective car was blamed.
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Marengo
Milwaukee Railroad
Conroy
Lost and Found Ad Rates and Listings
The notice outlines want ad rates and filing rules for The Cedar Rapids Gazette with minimum two lines per ad and advance payment for out of town ads. It lists several lost items such as ration books and a brown purse and provides contact numbers for placing ads and a Saturday deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Pierre A. Tracy
Nelson
7Th Ave
3Rd Ave
Lost items and local notices across Cedar Rapids Iowa area
A cluttered column lists lost necklace in Cedar Rapids and a pair of colored flying glasses in Montgomery Ward's area. It includes personal notices about fuel ration books, diamonds watches and tools, pawnshop ads Katz Jewelry and Loan, and various local services and sales notices from Fairchild, Jack's Store, Singer Center, Probasco Jewelers, Lyman's Shell Service, Richards Laboratory, and multiple small ads for jewelry, sewing lessons, printing, and rummage sales across the region.
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Soraicrel
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Iowa
Montgomery Ward
Poduska
Ely
Katz Jewelry & Loan
Post Office
Fairchild
Union
Jack’s
St. SE
Singer Sewing Center
1St Ave
Malin Springs
Probasco Jeweler
Palace Theater
LYMAN'S_ SHELL
Goebbels Says Hitler Faces Hard Blows From Fate
Berlin radio broadcast Propaganda Minister Goebbels reminding listeners Hitler turns 54 Tuesday while describing the Führer as struggling at times against hard and painful blows of fate in a commemorative address from London.
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London
Berlin
Goebbels
Hitler
Kuhn Resigns From Iowa House Seat
Rep. Thomas L. Kuhn resigns to join the state tax commission. he represents Bedford and is a former Taylor county auditor. Governor Hickenlooper accepts the resignation effective Monday.
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Des Moines
Thomas L. Kuhn
Bedford
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Kuhn
State Tax Commission
Taylor County
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Minn
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H. R. Mowrey
Merchants National Bank
Mason Co
Ottumwa
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
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Fey
Truman Unit
Nas
Livingston
Resk Island
J. E Bennett Coump
Mulng
Mondan
Allied Chem
Kennecott
Gat
Allied Stores
Kresge
Ee Allis Chalmers
Bia Kroger
Gé&Boat
Amn
Libbey Owens
Lik & My
Lockheed Amn
Rot Mills
Loews Inc Agit Amn
McKesson Amn
Steel Fdys
Marshall
Paramount Brirgs Mig
Penick & Tadi- Bucyrus
Chrysler Motors
Coca Colo
Cole Palmolive
Repb Steel Reyn
Colum Gas Schenley
Roebuck
Copper Ervel
Cons Edison
Shamons Co
Skelly Ol
Goodyear Tire
Uni Fruit
Grahamine
Greshound
Houston
Homestake
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Warner Bros
Central
Wes Union
Indus Rayon
Minnie
Willys Ovid
Nickel
Wilson & Comn
Wentworth
Johns Menvike
Butler Bros Qkr
Swift & 'O
Chicago Corp
Swift
Edison
Walgreen
Cherry-Burrell
Frank Robertson
Phosphorus
Bombardier
Harold Johnson
Richmond
Rutgers
Hansa Bay
Flyer
Buddy
Springville Elevator Incorporation
City Briefs
Ewing’s
Dial
Betty Janu
William Janu
Ellis Boulevard
Mercy Hospital
Roosevelt High School
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company
Daughters of Union Veterans
Brena Streets
Rapids Chevrolet Company
Ralph L. Schillig
First Street
Ida N. Amundson
Avenue NW
Francis Mills
Coe College
Mills
Jap Shipping
News Head
Cadel
Man
U. S. Marshal
Montrose Hurdle & Halter Inn
Gayety
Maryellen Danals
Don Roberts
Fug Orch
Draport Inn
Ahisreen and Matthews
Temple
5Th Ave
Ellis Jones
Dan Scanlon
Lee’s Bar
Ce-Mar
Walther League
BUD Myers
Jos. Hradek
Noble
McCarthy Construction
Orville
Peopl
Clifford T Unberant
Flushing, N.Y
Jimmy Har
Richards
Richards Laboratory
L. A. Lower
2Nd St
Vincent
Lee
K & M Pharmacy
Fisher Drug
Claxton
H. K. Schaefer
2Nd Ave
Sands Printing Co
2nd _ St. NE
Griffith Feather Mattress Co
Carroll School of
St. Paul's Church
Lovely Lady Oil
Bishops
Lovely Lady Beauty Shop
3Rd St. NE
Lustra
LOX
Lillian Suchy
Paris Academy of Beauty
Lavogue Beauty Shop
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