Cattle Prices Slip as OPA Drive Eases in Chicago Market
Chicago and Sioux City livestock markets report cattle selling below previous ceilings for the first time in months. Cattle top at 17.75 per hundredweight amid 15,000 total receipts. hogs steady near 14.85. sheep strong with lambs up to 16.25. Omaha and Sioux City show mixed results, with fed steers around 17.50 and stockers softer, while conditions vary by region and class.
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Chicago
OPA
Chicago Livestock
USDA
Sioux City
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Gattle
California
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Iowa Hog Receipts Report 39,800 for 24 Hours
Des Moines reports hog receipts across 19 concentration yards and 11 plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ended 8 a.m. Wednesday. Receipts are up from last week and last year with barrows and gilts and sows at steady to active demand and prices reported in several weight classes.
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Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market prices and notes
Cedar Rapids market reports show ceilings for prime hogs at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. The dairy and meat sections list steer and heifer prices, calf and lamb quotes, grain and hay prices, poultry, hides, and wholesale fruits and vegetables. Wisconsin cheese sales reported no gains with five carloads sold.
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Cedar Rapids
Bae UD
Uber
Ssscevenas
Senese Ry
Ry Nee
Balea
Glover Hary
Timothy Bay
Late Selling Cuts Stocks In New York Trading
A late flurry of selling dragged most stocks down after earlier gains. Traders reported roughly 1.5 million shares changing hands as many issues ended lower, with the Dow Jones industrials around 206.13 and rail and utility groups posting sizable variances. Broad market activity reflected caution as investors weighed mixed economic cues and potential policy moves.
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NEW York
Iowa Hog Prices and Mississippi River Stages Update
Iowa hog prices for various weights show steady to slight declines with good packing sows also listed. The Mississippi River levels report multiple stations such as Hastings La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque and Keokuk showing rises and falls with overall "No change" at several points and noted fall in others. some entries are garbled.
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Hastings
Ces
Ted Pall
la Crosse
Cedar River
Civil
May Rye Trade Highly Erratic in Chicago
Chicago AP reports a highly erratic May rye trade with prices fluctuating wildly. May rye ranged around 2.63 to 2.64 dollars as oats and other grains showed modest changes and cash provisions listed for wheat oats barley and seed prices.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago and New York markets show steady to strong receipts across eggs butter and cheese. Egg receipts top 45 326 cases in Chicago and 37 514 in New York with firm wholesale prices. butter and cheese prices hold steady with plentiful supplies across regions.
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Chicago
INS
Idahos
Idaho
Burbanks
U .S
Colorado Red
McClures
U. S
Wyoming
Triumphs
Minnesota
North Dakota
Pontiacs
Texas
Triumphs U
New York
Sharp Rise in Iowa Traffic Fatalities in Q1
Des Moines AP reports Iowa highway patrol chief S N Jespersen says traffic deaths rose by 51 in the first quarter from 68 to 119 year over year. Most increases come from vehicle collisions off the road and at railroad crossings, attributed to speed and inattentiveness.
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Des Moines
S. N. Jespersen
Highway Patrol
Jespersen
Hagerman Held On California Charge In Extradition Request
Ernest LeRoy Hagerman, 23, of 1106 Fifth Street NW, was arrested Wednesday by Inspector Kudina and Deputy Condon on a charge of omitting to furnish necessities for minor children. Detain as Los Angeles warrant. Hagerman refused to waive extradition and is held in the city jail.
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Ernest LeRoy Hagerman
Fifth Street
W. J. Kudina
Larry Condon
Hagerman
Los Angeles
Kudina
Receptionist Says No To Two Men At Basement Request
In Bismarck, North Dakota, two men climbed to the newsroom and asked if they were in the basement. The courteous receptionist replied with a polite no, answering their query about the basement.
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Bismarck
N. D
Bismark Tribune
Health Dept Seeks Use of Fort Des Moines Hospital
DES MOINES AP Dr Walter L Bierring says the state health department aims to use the Fort Des Moines army post hospital for offices and laboratories with most divisions moved there possibly except vital statistics. Plans involve Army surplus reps and Seventh Service Command review and could include leasing the hospital to the state for expanded programs in blood bank industrial hygiene mental hygiene cancer tuberculosis and water pollution control.
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Bierring
Army Surplus Properties
Seventh Service Command
Des Moines
Health Department
Army
Anti OPA Outlay By Industry Hit
Washington Sen. Mitchell challenged the National Association of Manufacturers over a $395 850 anti OPA campaign expenditure. He joined Democratic colleagues at a hearing as they pressed NA M president Robert R Wason. OPA official Zenas L Potter disputed the propaganda cost claim noting the $13 000 000 figure covers ration book printing.
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Sen
Mitchell
D-Wash
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert R. Wason
N.A.M
Wason
Rep
Vursell
Rill
OPA
Zenas L. Potter
Price Control Agency
City Briefs and Local Notices Summary
City briefs report a four day rug cleaning service from Alberts at 6165 and a rummage sale at First Evangelical Church on Friday. First Lutheran advertises a breaded loin supper Wednesday 5 to 7 with adults 65 cents and children 30 cents. Apollo Commandery No 26 Knights Templar to confer the Order of the Temple Friday at 7 p.m. at the Masonic hall. Ralph M Pickering, Kenridge Terrace trailer camp manager, reports $98 stolen Wednesday from the camp office. Ely Community Club guests of Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club at 8 p.m. Thursday. pinochle in Sixteenth Avenue SW clubrooms. Parents of children entering Fillmore School next September or January to contact PTA health chairman Mrs Charles D Racer at 24877. Mrs Nellie Naso returns from San Francisco to 128 Third Avenue SW. her son Tony moved from Cedar Rapids to San Diego, California.
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Charles D. Racer
PTA
Nellie Naso
San Francisco
Third Avenue
Tony
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Calif
Civic Groups Organize To Help Injured Vets
Cedar Rapids service and civic groups met at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night to plan city actions honoring returning veterans who are incapacitated. Two committees were formed with C. V. Shephard, Mrs. R. E. Campbell, and William Mehaffey on one panel and Edwin B. Zeller plus a War Dads member to be chosen on the second.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
C. V. Shepherd
R. E. Campbell
William Mehaffey
Edwin B. Zeller
Bilbo Proposes WWII Vet Bonuses Over British Loan
Senator Bilbo urges paying veterans bonuses up to 4500 dollars instead of approving a British loan. He backs 3500 dollars for U S servicemen and 4500 for overseas veterans while signaling hours of speech against the loan. Senate pressure grows to extend draft law before May 15 and resolve House-Senate differences.
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Emblem Day in Cedar Rapids Sponsored by Iowa Children's Home Society
Emblem day Saturday in Cedar Rapids raises funds for the Iowa Children's Home Society which finds homes for children. Miss Annie Y. Smith leads the event with Mon trose hotel as headquarters. The sale funds temporary or permanent care for ages from infancy to 16. The society is licensed by the Iowa state board and a Child Welfare League member. The city council approved the sale and a coordinating committee includes Mayor F K Hahn and several community leaders.
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Cedar Rapids
Annie Y. Smith
Montrose Hotel
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Iowa
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Helen V. Hubbard
Howard Hall
Robert Little
Harry Boyd
Arthur Deamer
Alfred E. Durin
John M. Molloy
Bertha Quarton
Keith Irwin
Cop Plays Fireman Puts Out Car Blaze
Patrolman Henry Overman spotted a car at Fifteenth avenue and Tenth street SE ablaze. He used a squad car fire extinguisher to extinguish the flames. The owner is Thomas Kelly of 2120 K street SW who was visiting the area.
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Henry Overman
Fifteenth Avenue
Tenth Street
Thomas ‘Kelly
K Street
New Downtown Traffic Signals Go Into Operation
New traffic lights in the downtown area began operation Wednesday afternoon. The center post holding the old signals will be removed soon after tests are completed. The old signals have been hooded but remain until testing finishes. West side signals were activated last week.
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J. H. Clift
Hardin County attorney seeks dismissal of Eldora conspiracy indictments
Hardin County Attorney D W Dickinson asked a judge to dismiss conspiracy charges against five former Eldora boys training school employees. He argued no grounds for further costly prosecutions and criticized state officials for aggressive actions. The case centers on alleged inmate assault and school disciplinary policy under scrutiny by the court.
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Boone
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Robert Blue
John Rankin
R. W. Nethergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Statehouse
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Harold Nelson
State Executive Council
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Otto von Krog
Harold J. Martin
Darrell Brown
Klatt
Nelson
Grothe
Blue
Finals in Speech Contest Arranged at Coe College
The annual Whipple Extemporaneous speaking contest will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday during the Coe chapel hour. Two freshmen finalists from twelve entrants, Mary Hubbard of Cedar Rapids and Eleanor Peel of Chicago, will compete for first on the topic Labor problems in the United States. Miss Winifred Deyo, last year’s winner, serves as chairman. The contest is sponsored by alumnus William Whipple of Cedar Rapids.
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Coe
Mary Hubbard
Ceda Rapids
Eleanor Ther Peel
Chicago
United States
Winifred Deyo
William Whipple
Cedar Rapids
David Shupp Fined for Two Traffic Violations
David Shupp of 410 Twenty-sixth retreat SE was fined on two counts after his arrest about 10 pm Tuesday. He paid 25 dollars and costs for speeding and 2 dollars and costs for entering an arterial highway without stopping. Patrolmen Glenn Walters and John Kuba clocked him at 46 miles per hour from Seventeenth to Nineteenth streets on Bever avenue SE. The officers reported that Shupp also failed to stop for a sign at Nineteenth street and Bever avenue SE.
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Twenty-sixth Retreat SE
Glenn Walters
John Kuba
Shupp
Seventeenth
Nineteenth Streets
Bever Avenue SE
Nineteenth Street
Marion News One School Plan Favored
Linn county board member Earl T. Brockman said the Marion township school district centralization plan won approval and, with state superintendent sanction, an election will name five township board members to replace 17. Marion township is the largest in Iowa and a central school building is planned. The note section lists local social visits, travel reports, and public notices from Marion.
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Earl T. Brockman
Linn County Board of Education
Marion Township
Township Board of Education
Iowa
Brockman
Hendersons sell home at 1091 Seventh Street
Mr and Mrs J K Henderson sold their house at 1091 Seventh Street to Del Adkins and plan to move to Ottumwa before June 1. Henderson is a retired commercial traveler. Mrs B F Snyder of St Louis is visiting H M Howe's home.
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John L. Gritzner
Clara Sears
Marion
Newton
J. K. Henderson
Ottumwa
Emma Dean
Ottumwwa
Henderson
Seventh Street
del Adkins
Hendersons
Mrs
B. F. Snyder of
St. Louis
H. M. Howe
Greeks Observe King George Day in Greece
Greeks mark King George II name day with nationwide observance after his exile. Royalists conduct the celebration while reports note no leftist opposition to the event and officials anticipate steps toward his return.
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George Day
Athens
INS
George II
Greece
Iowa farmer dies after tractor accident near Northwood
Ole A. Tonga, 68, a farmer five miles southwest of Northwood, Iowa, was killed Tuesday afternoon when he fell from his tractor and the plow being pulled ran over him. The report notes a bizarre, twilight-free sky with no sunrises or sunsets and no weather events.
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Northwood
Ole A. Tonga
Here
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