Livestock Prices Slide Across Midwestern Auctions
USDA estimates Thursday receipts show 16 000 hogs 000 cattle and 2 590 sheep as hogs fall 10 to 25 cents amid slow demand. Cattle and lambs also pressured with steer and cow markets uneven, while regional reports from Chicago Omaha Des Moines Ottumwa Waterloo Sioux City detail mixed declines and cautious activity across livestock sectors.
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IUSDA
Mitchers
Strang
Des Moines
Sigaba
Cedar Rapids hog market holds steady with varied price ranges
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market remained steady Wednesday with higher bids for hogs delivered and weighed at the Cedar Rapids plant. The report lists price ranges for good butchers and packers across weight classes and categories, including cattle market figures and beef bulls.
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Cedar Rapids
Stock Market Edges Through Lackluster Yearend Session
In New York stocks barely held ground in a dull session marked by yearend cross currents. Volume ran about 1.6 million shares as a selective list advanced while most key favorites lagged. Kansas City livestock receipts showed 3,000 calves and prime steers trading around 15 dollars for lighter weights.
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Omaha
Sioux City
INSI
New York
INS
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Produce Market Report Highlights Various Commodities
Chicago live poultry steady receipts 20 trucks with White Rack priced at 3 1 2 per lb. Butter and eggs show firm markets with mixed grade rates and current receipts. Potatoes and onions list prices by grade while sheep and lamb figures appear with ranges. New York and Chicago markets note butter, eggs, wool, and poultry scoring standards and grain values in a busy produce trading day.
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Colorado
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New York
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Ted Clover
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Saas Bue
Hopkinton Man Held On Bad Check Charge
Hopkinton resident Vernon R. Wilson, 31, was slated for arraignment in Cedar Rapids on a false check charge. He was arrested Tuesday night in Hopkinton by Night Marshal Edward Tightfant, with Cedar Rapids detectives taking him to Cedar Rapids. The charge stems from a $70 bad check passed at a Cedar Rapids cafe.
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Hopkinton
Vernon R. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Edward Tightfant
Eeere
Wilson
Divorce Filed Over Husbands Hot Rod Racing Costs
Mrs. Albert Pasgalos filed for divorce in Detroit citing separation caused by her husband’s obsession with hot rod racing. She claims he spent extensive time and money racing and left the family finances strained.
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Detroit
Albert ‘Pasgalos
Beiai Beers and Dutch Name Origins at Plant
Report discusses cashiers at the same plant and traces the name Dutch to German Deutsch or Swiss and German roots associated with B. J. Massey Phillips McFarland and B. J. not Dutch but Swiss and German.
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Memphis
Tenn
B. J
Phillips
B. J. Massey
B. J. McFarland
Grains Drop Under Heavy Selling Pressure in Chicago
Chicago grains faced heavy selling pressure with late-session rally. Wheat fell about 1.44, corn around 1.56, oats mixed, rye down 1.44, and soybeans dropped to near 3.09 per bushel for January. Cash prices show No. 2 yellow corn scarce and various forage and field seed values listed.
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Chicago
AIE
Alsike
Timothy
Keokuk County General Hospital Contracts Let
Keokuk county awards contracts Tuesday night for a 38 bed hospital. Wildes Construction Co of Waterloo to build general structure for 349642 dollars. Sacco Plumbing and Heating Co of Centerville wins plumbing HVAC bid 148000 dollars. Furlong and Bakers of Des Moines takes electrical work at 35574 dollars. Construction delayed until federal approval. Two thirds local funds one third federal money.
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Wildes Construction Company
Waterloo
Sacco Plumbing and Heating Company
Centerville
Furlong and Bakers of
Des Moines
Perón Program Backed by Reds in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports that the Communist party pledged support for President Perón's second five year plan. The manifesto said the party would collaborate decisively and invites the Argentine people to do likewise.
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Peron
Lerac
Former Slave Ben Taylor Dies at 114 in Des Moines
Ben Taylor a 114 year old former slave and Civil War drummer boy died of pneumonia at Broadlawns hospital Des Moines. A Kentuckian who fought on the Confederate side then did yard work odd jobs and circus animal buying after the war. He married five times and left no close relatives. the nearest is Frances Stewart a 64 year old Broadlawns employee and cousin by marriage.
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Ins
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Africa
U.S
Ben
Frances Stewart
U S Defense Reports Korea Casualties Rise
Washington dispatch says American battle casualties in Korea total 127 887, up 209 from last week, announced by the Defense Department on Wednesday.
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Father of Six Killed Returning From Christmas Shopping
Charles P. Nichols, 230, father of six, was killed Tuesday night when his car was struck by a stolen vehicle traveling at high speed during a Christmas shopping trip. His wife suffered multiple fractures.
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Cedar Rapids Community Chest campaign costs detailed
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest campaign spent 9194.76 to raise 236748.08, 425.30 below budget. Public Welfare bureau chair J W Markey notes costs rose slightly from last year’s 9082.71, representing 3.9 percent of funds raised and 2.6 percent as direct expenditures.
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Postal Officials Warn of Holiday Mail Surge Ahead
Cedar Rapids postal officials caution a late Christmas rush with mail totals lagging behind last year. Supt. Charles Seda notes a flood of late mail expected, while outgoing letters reach near record highs and advertising circulars remain heavy. Extra staff added to handle the surge.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Seda
Linc
Partial Mail Service Planned for December 26
Washington AP reports the post office department will offer partial mail service on Friday December 26 designated as an extra Christmas holiday for government workers. Many workers will be released while window service remains available to meet public needs and deliveries continue but there will be no rural delivery.
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It Costs More To Keep Rats These Days Too
Morgantown West Virginia plant pathologist C Frank Bishop of West Virginia University says the cost of living for rats has risen from $2 per year to about $5. Farmers must cover the higher cost or remove the rodents.
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West Virginia University
Frank Bishop
Provoo Treason Trial Recessed to January 5
The treason trial of John David Provoo was recessed until January 5 to allow the defense to present new witnesses and obtain depositions from individuals in Japan Australia and other nations.
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New York
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Japan
Australia
Masonic and lodge officer changes across towns noted
In Little Liz a public speaking course aids in ordering steak. Townsbook mentions new officers: Little Liz officers include Karl Keck, Burdette Wessel, Harold Bush, and F. C. Grimes. San Diego visitors the Davidsons stay with Mrs Elizabeth Jones. Greeley Lodge elected Charles Gull as master, Louis Allyn senior warden, Elmer Bush junior warden, Harlan Luense secretary, Walter Hackbarth treasurer. Maynard St Pauls Lutheran Brotherhood names Joe Newcomb president, Erwin Schrader vice president, Lorraine Albrecht secretary treasurer. Decorah treasurer Sevat Storla appoints Darwin Tweet deputy starting Jan 1. Colesburg Rebekah lodge names Marjorie Gull noble grand, Virgil Brockmier vice grand, Marie Schenke recording secretary, Mamie Bush financial secretary, Zola Dodge treasurer.
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F. ¢. Grimes
Jan. G. Sigourney
Joe Davidson
San Diego
Elizabeth Jones
Davidsons
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Greeley
Masonic Lodge
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Louis Allyn
Elmer
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Erwin Schrader
Lorraine Albrecht
Decorah
Sevat Storla
Winneshiek County
Darwin W. Tweet
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Bob Sand
Colesburg
Marjorie Gull
Rebekah Lodge
Virgil Brockmier
Marie Schenke
Mamie Bush
Zola Dodge
Van Note funeral rites set. Marion locals in obit mix
Mrs Walter B Van Note 77 former Toddville resident died Tuesday night in a Robins nursing home after a long illness. Born Lydia Jane Todd Sept 28 1875 in Toddville she and husband Amos Kohl farmed near Cedar Rapids before moving to Robins in 1947. Surviving besides her husband are a sister Mrs Henry Oliphant of Toddville and other relatives. Services Friday at 2 pm Murdoch chapel Marion. burial Dunkard cemetery.
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I Jane Todd
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Todd
Alexandria
Linn County
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Cedar Rapids
Highway 150
Murdoch Chapel
Marion
Dunkard
Decorah brief notes and civic happenings in Iowa
Iowa items report Melvin Barth pleading guilty to drunk driving in Decorah and paying a $300 fine. Other notes include wedding anniversaries, elections of officers in various lodges, a Rhodes scholar from Luther College in Decorah, a pastor's resignation, diploma awards at an adult night school, and local club activities.
Iowa News Briefs From Korea To Local Incidents
Senator Bourke Hickenlooper and U S ambassador Ellis Briggs arrived in Pusan for top level talks and an inspection tour of Korea. A Des Moines truck crash left a driver uninjured after a panel truck was struck at a Rock Island crossing. Albert Schumacher 44 died at his Milford home from monoxide poisoning ruled accidental. University of Iowa drama students stage the Mummers play with Mary Hall among cast. Iowa State Teachers College reports freshman Lowell Lichtenberg 18 missing for three days. Cerro Gordo county grand jury urges jail courthouse fire hazard improvements. County funds aid soldiers relief programs.
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Hickenlooper
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Milford
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Spirit Lake
Schumacher
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Alta
Local man reports stolen lights from outdoor Christmas tree
A Des Moines man found his yard tree stripped and every light missing after he went inside to replace a burned bulb. The incident occurred Tuesday night in his front yard as part of a Christmas display.
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Armed Forces Five Enlist in Navy in Cedar Rapids Report
Five Eastern Iowa men enlisted in the Navy for recruit training at San Diego. Names include Jack D. Burnell and Melvin B. Tudor, among others from Rowley Mt. Vernon Winthrop Aurora and Iowa City. Seven joined the Cedar Rapids organized naval reserve in seaman recruit status with several from Iowa City Shellsburg and Fairfax. The reserve reports 44 promotions in the last six months.
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Winthrop
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Iowa City
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Colorado Governor Becomes Janitor After Bet
Denver reports Gov. Dan Thornton will serve as an honorary member of AFL Building Service Em ployes International Union Local 105 at the Utah capitol on February 5 after losing a bet with Utah Gov. J Bracken Lee over turnout. An African elephant weighs six to eight tons when mature.
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