Cattle Prices Drop Sharply in Market Report
Chicago USDA report shows sharp price drops for cattle after Friday supply tightens, hogs 50 cents lower, lambs hit top at 20 dollars with buyers and shippers active. Hogs receipts about 5,000 with mixed weights, sows down 50 to 75 cents, calves limited. Omaha receipts 1,500 hogs, barrows and gilts down 50 cents, cattle steady to weak, sheep generally steady with spring lambs at 18.50 to 20.50 in mixed weights.
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Chicago
Stocks Stage Quiet Decline In Mixed Friday Trading
A slow session saw a few stocks recover while market leaders stayed in the red. Transfers hovered around 700000 shares as declines ranged to about a point near the close with light, uneven activity. Iowa hog prices and a long list of recorded quotations marked the day in Des Moines and Chicago.
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New York
Cedar Rapids Hog Market Slips Amid Mixed Week Losses
Cedar Rapids hog market prices fell 25 cents on Friday after a week of mixed moves. Prime butchers at 21.75 and packers at 19.25 led a list covering hogs from 160 to over 550 pounds, with cattle and sheep quotes also provided alongside hides, poultry, and fruit and grain items.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Butchers
Uma
Austin Mason C
J. E. Bennett & Co
Dial
Merchants Bank Building
Adams Express
Alaska
Juneau
Aleshoney Cap Allied Chem
Allied Stores
Allis Chalmers Amn Air L
Amn
Intl Mining
Nackes
Johns Manville
Jones Luuich
Kennecott
Kresse SS Amn
Kroger
Anon
Amn Roll Mills Amn Smelting
Am'n Steel Fass
Tel & Tel Amn
Leonard Oi
Libby McNeal
Libby Owens
Myers Bevrous
Lockheed 95
Loews. Inc
Amn Wat
MciKesson Amn
Woolen
Ark Not Gas
Armour & Co
Atchison T&str
Auantac
Att Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco Balto & Ohio
Barnsdall Bendix
Avni Best Foods
Bilan Knox Boeing Air
Mpls
Moline
Mont Ward
Motor Wheel
Murray Corp
Nash-Kelv
Natl Biscuit Asta
Aly
Natl Cash
Natl Dairy P
Nor Pac RR
North Amn Co
Nor Amn
Proctor
Radio Corn
Keith Pitem Rand Cola
Sperry
Cal
Warner
Webster Fe
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Swift
Woolworth
Youngsten & Gat
Zenith Radio
Chicago
Admiral
Dodee
Chicuro Corp
IBM
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City Livestock Market Report Highlights Calves Hogs and Sheep
Sioux City cattle receipts reach 1,000 with many calves salable around 200, steers and heifers mainly odd lots, few medium and good fed cattle. hogs show 9,800 receipts with prices slipping 0.5 to 2 dollars, top near 22.00, sows around 19.50, sheep steady with native lambs at about 18.00. Kansas City report notes 1,000 calves salable, steer demand weak, cows and common grades 38.00 to 41.00, bulls and vealers steady to higher, top 17.00 for select cattle.
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Chicago
USDA
Washington
Sioux City
Kansas City
Chicago market receipts and price report
Chicago reports steady to higher prices for butter cheese eggs and live poultry with large receipts. Notes include butter and egg wholesale prices, cheese receipts, and potatoes and vegetable bids, listing ranges for U S No 1 2 sizes and regional shipments with several farm and origin references.
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Chicago
Euinen
California
Baker
Idaho
Burbanks
Triumphs U
U. 5
Colorado Cobblers U
Triumph U
Nebraska
U. S
New York
Corn Leads Grains Downward as Prices Slip
CHICAGO AP grain markets senstively weakened with commission house selling driving corn futures to seasonal lows. Oats also fell despite buys from a northwestern elevator. Wheat and barley quotes listed with No 2 yellow corn at about 1.85 to 1.87, oats around 1.77 to 1.82, and barley near 1.53 to 1.40 in Chicago cash provisions.
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Chicago
Commission House
Overly-Gregarious Puppy Sparks Berkeley Feud
In Berkeley a dog identified by two families as their long lost terrier sparked a feud after a 16 year old boy found a black and white fox terrier he believed was his dog Sally while a nearby woman claimed the same animal as Fuzzy from Calistoga. Police were called but withdrew as families maintain exclusive ownership.
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Berkeley
Calif
INS
Sally
Fuzzy
Duane M. Thompson
Richard B. Steen
Calistoga
Thompson
Steen
Smith Plans Reactivation of Waterloo Guard Units
Col Carlton K. Smith, commanding officer of the 133rd regiment of the national guard, will visit Waterloo Saturday morning to discuss reactivating Waterloo and Cedar Falls guard companies. He is accompanied by Lt. Col Beryl Averill, representing the adjutant-general's office in Des Moines.
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Carlton K. Smith
133Rd Regiment
National Guard
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Smith
133Rd
Robert Blue
Beryl Averill
Adjutant-General's Office
Des Moines
White Held in Slaying Of Negro in Carolina
Sheriff Jeff Black said a Negro was shot to death at Elko near Barnwell on Monday and white Bill Craig is jailed on murder charges. The report notes Craig is held in connection with the fatal shooting in the Carolina area.
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Carolina
Barnwell
Jeff Black
Elko
Here
Bill Craig
City Briefs and Church Services Summary
The Rev Lyle K Anderson will speak on Costs and Profits in Religion at Shueyville United Brethren church at 930 am Sunday. Church school follows at 1030 am and Christian Endeavor at 8 pm. Also Ely Lutheran church hosts Rev J Hamilton at 11 am with sermon Work and Play and Sunday school at 10 am. Fancy Washington Bartlett pears for canning 20 pound box 198. Mrs Kenneth Reid recovering after major operation at St Luke's hospital Aug 9 may receive visitors.
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Lyle K. Anderson
Shueyville
Ely Lutheran Church
J. Hamilton. Dawson
Des Moines
Kenneth Reid
St. Luke’s Hospital
Townsend Victory Club Meeting and August Birthday Picnic
Townsend Victory club No. 8 will meet Sunday in R. of P hall for a picnic supper at 6 p.m. and a social hour honoring those with August birthdays. A report on the Fairbury meeting will be given.
Picnic for new American Lutheran church planned in Bever park
The newly established American Lutheran church schedules a Sunday noon get acquainted picnic in Bever park following 10:45 am services at the Y.M.C.A. temporary meeting place led by Rev. J. F. Wipperman.(public welfare bureau budget review moved to August 27 at Roosevelt hotel. secretary Shirley F. Bechtel announced)
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American Lutheran Church
Bever Park
J. F. Wipperman
Y.M.C.A
Public Welfare Bureau
Shirley F. Bechtel
Bureau
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa Exam Dates Set For Engineering and Surveying
The Iowa state board of engineering examiners will hold professional engineering exams on September 17 and 18 and surveying on September 19. Examinations begin at 9 am in the senate chamber at the state house in Des Moines.
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Iowa State Board of Engineering Examiners
Senate Chamber
Statehouse
Des Moines
Rural Carriers Elect New National President
B A Winquest of Holdrege Nebraska was chosen president of the National Rural Letter Carriers association defeating incumbent Thomas G Walters of Toccoa Georgia by 323 to 145 votes. The Tampa Florida convention venue was set for next year. A resolution urged no diversion of taxes to other uses and asked relaxed highway standards in counties unable to match federal funds. The group opposed incorporation by a large margin 335 to 36 and approved items on retirement after 30 years of service, prioritizing rural carriers for war surplus commodities, at least a 20 percent raise in retirement pay, standard roadside mail boxes, and raising maintenance allowance from six to eight cents per mile.
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Des Moines
B. A. Winquest
Holdrege
Neb
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Thomas G. Walters
Toccoa
Tampa
Fla
Bureau of Public Roads
Association
Pu Yi testifies he was forced to puppet Manchukuo or die
Pu-Yi, last Manchu emperor, testified at an international war crimes tribunal that Japanese warlords compelled him to head Manchukuo and threatened his life if he refused. He said he was held prisoner at Port Arthur and flown from Vladivostok to Tokyo to testify against defendants, including Itagaki.
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Tokyo
INS
Henry Pu-Yi
International War Crimes Tribunal
Manchukuo
Pu-Yi
China
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Kwangtung
Vladivostok
War Crimes
Seishiro Itagaki
Itagaki
Kwangtung Army
Tientsin
Marion Post No 298 Incorporation Filed in Linn County
Articles of incorporation for the Marion Post No 298 Building Corporation were filed to manage all real estate and building activity of the Marion Legion post. It lists Gilbert J Gordon as president Glenn A Larkin as vice president H R Livingston as secretary treasurer and LeRoy S Barber and Edward Boyanovsky as trustees.
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Marion Post No
Linn County Recorder
Marion Legion Post
Gilbert J Gordon
Glenn A Larkin
H R. Livingston
LeRoy S Barber
Edward Boyanovsky
Officers in Japan with 26 Months Are Released
YOKOHAMA Japan AP Officers with 26 to 30 months service Aug 31 have been instructed to report for passage home the Eighth army announced Thursday.
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Japan
Yokohama
Eighth Army
County August aid costs in Linn Iowa total 1.83 million
Iowa reports August spending on old age assistance aid to needy blind and aid to dependent children totaling 1 831 182 20 with Linn county receiving 58 478 10 for old age aid and 3 654 80 for dependent children covering 266 children. In Springville Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore investigates two thefts of hay baling twine and wire valued at 116 and 88 respectively. Mayor Andy Johnson notes eight bales of twine and eight bundles of wire stolen from local properties.
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Iowa
Linn Count
Linn County
Springville
P. J Whittemore
Andy Johnson
Ralph Ralston
Harvey J. Christian
Newman sues Merritt for 404.90 over promissory note
Roy Newman filed suit on Friday seeking 404.90 from A. W. Merritt as settlement of a promissory note. Newman says Merritt signed a 300 note on March 22, 1944, payable the following June with five percent interest on principal and accrued interest after maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Newman
A. W. Merritt
Newman
Merritt
Bert Joe Kassel Charged With Indecent Exposure Near Greene Square
Bert Joe Kassel, 56, of Highway hotel, was ordered to plead by next Monday to an indecent exposure charge filed Friday. He was jailed in Linn county on $500 bond set by Judge Floyd Philbrick after arrest Thursday night by Patrolman Jerry Carroll who reported Kassel had accosted three young boys in Greene square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Joe Kassel
Highway Hotel
Kassel
Linn County
Floyd Philbrick
Jerry Carroll
Greene Square
Landlord sues tenants over unpaid rent at Mt Verdon Apt
Louise Biondo files ouster action against Mr and Mrs Benjamin Lapham who rent the upper apartment at 2702 Mt Verdon avenue SE claiming $32.50 rent due for August 1 and violation of an alleged oral lease by allowing their daughter, her husband, and grandchild to move in.
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Louise Biondo
Benjamin Lapham
Mt. Verdon Avenue
Biondo
Laphams
State aid funds to aid 66 Linn rural schools
Checks totaling 4340.75 were received Friday by Walter A. Shupp, superintendent of Linn county rural schools, for state aid that will benefit 1321 pupils. Money will be spent on improving or adding teaching equipment. Musk a fixative is noted as an important material in perfumery.
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Walter A. Shupp
Linn County
Shupp
Drowned Man Identified as John Burke of C R
The body found in the Cedar River Thursday morning was identified Friday as John B Burke, 101 Ninth Avenue SE. Detectives Kudrna and witnesses George Dempster, John Pettinger, and Ed Gross linked the man to that address. Gross recalled Burke saying he felt distressed and uncertain about what to do. Officials believe suicide. no relatives located. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Barla Hesser chapel, Rev. Frank Ward officiating, Linwood Cemetery burial.
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Cedar River
John B Burke
Ninth Avenue SE
W J
Kudina
George Dempster
John Pettinger
Ed Gross
Gross
Kudrna
Burke
C R Youth Entered in National Garden Contest
Lester F. Vislisel, 15, Linn county's entry in the 1946 National Junior Vegetable Growers association contest announced at Massachusetts State College Amherst. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vislisel Cedar Rapids route two he will compete with youths nationwide for 6000 in awards. scholarship winners will be announced in December in Boston.
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Lester F. Vislisel
Linn County
Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Massachusetts State College
Amherst
Mass
Frank Vislsel
Cedar Rapids
Boston
Red Doctors Sentenced For Prescribing Food
London reports that twenty six Soviet doctors received five to ten year terms for prescribing extra food rations without cause. Moscow dispatches say the doctors accepted special fees for these prescriptions.
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London
Sns
Moscow Dispatches
Shakespeare club hosts farewell dinner in IK V cafe
The Shakespeare club honored Mrs Gail Leinbaugh and her mother Mrs Blanche Savidge at a Thursday farewell dinner, prior to their move to Sioux City. Also noted: several visitors, family reunions, and local notices including a dessert luncheon for Mrs A S Mayhew and forthcoming Sunday closings at Baileys Milk Bar.
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Shakespeare Club
IK. V. Cafe
Gail Leinbaugh
Blanche Savidge
Sioux City
Walter S Winter
Leinpeat
Harold B Phillips
A S Mayhew
Glen Falls
N. Y
Mayhew
C W
Lillian Rollins
Community Guests And Local Gatherings In Marion
Marion residents host visiting relatives and friends as Kent and Alan Merkel stay with grandparents. Mrs Mary Waller and Wayne Walker visit from Dubuque and Oakville. Local youth group slated to meet at the parsonage. Others travel to Chicago for the Musicland festival and weekend visits with Cheadles and Manns. The Jacksons announce a move from 380 Seventh to 161 Fifth. Clarence Maggers plans a Chicago weekend.
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Marion
Kent
Alan
Do. A. Merkel
Mary Waller
Dubuque
Wayne Walker
Oakville
Miners Ready To Talk With Owners
John L. Lewis told Admiral Ben Moreell that the United Mine Workers are ready to reopen negotiations with mine operators at any time. The government has seized the mines to end the coal strike and will turn properties back to operators once a new agreement with the miners is reached.
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Chicago
INS
John L. Lewis
Ben Moreell
United Mine Workers
AFL
Cut Poultry Will Be Banned by Machinists
The International Association of Machinists Local 831 committee orders a boycott on cut poultry to push prices toward wage balance. Eugene S. Daley states prices for bulk cuts like 10 chicken legs are too high while lard remains expensive and the strike spans state unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Machinists
Eugene S. Daley
Daley
Something New in the Line of Souvenir Hunters
Eddy Howard, dance band leader, faced a theft during a Cedar Rapids engagement. After leaving his orchestra bus parked downtown around 8 p.m., the drive shaft was found disconnected and stolen when he returned about 1 a.m. He reported the incident to police.
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Eddy Howard
Cedar Rapids
Howard
Chamber of Commerce Survey Shows July Trends
A consolidated business report shows July declines in employment, gas use, and real estate transfers, with 8,872 workers, gas consumption at 48,807,500 cubic feet, and 487 transfers. Other indicators rose from June, including building permits, inbound and outbound car loadings, clearing house figures, connected telephones, electric current, new vehicle sales, and post office receipts.
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Industrial Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Consolidated Business
Two Motorists Fined On Speeding Charges
Two motorists, Floyd M. Burgess of Stanwood and F. H Faust of Monticello, were fined $25 plus costs in police court on speeding charges. Burgess was clocked at 49 mph on Mt. Vernon road from Twenty-first to Thirtieth streets near 2 am Friday. Faust was timed at 48 mph on First avenue East from Thirty-fifth to Thirty-eighth streets around 12:10 am Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd M. Burgess
Stanwood
F. H Faust
Monticello
Gene Morey
George Davis
Burgess
Y Drum Corps to Broadcast at State Fair Telecast
The Cedar Rapids Y.M.C.A. drum and bugle corps has been invited to perform on a KRNT Des Moines telecast at the Iowa State fair. The special program airs Sunday August 25 at 1 15. Vernon Kriz directs the unit with Mrs. Orville Rennie noting the invite as first for a musical group.
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Cedar Rapids Y.m.ca
KRNT
Des Moines
Orville Rennie
Vernon Kriz
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O R Gould
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Marchfield
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C E Thrall
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Kenneth Nicholson
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W. F Venables
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R. N. Richardson
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E. E. Godwin
Fay Bailey
Donna
Kenneth
Jeff
Denver
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Davenport
Howard Henry
Merkel
The
Soil Conserva
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West Union
Jimmie and
Sandra
George Fitzsimmons
Methodist Church
Clear Lake Institute
Robert Stull
L. A Franke
Sandstone, Minn
Friday Franke
Mercy Hospital
E. C Hamm
Clarence Meggers
Darlene Meggers
Lois Erwin
W H Carter
John J. Cheadle
Beloit, Wis
Frank Cheadle
Jerry Mann
W E. Jackson
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Clarence Maggers
Lewis
Y” Drum Corps
Alpagora
Adkins
Feigh
Marion, Iowa
KE Yya
Monarch
Jack Sprat
Richelieu
Elberta
Muragie Peetery
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale Butter
Colorado
Mason Fruit
Wein
Heinz
Black Diamond
Pillsbury’s
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