Livestock Prices Steady After Week of Gains Across Markets
Chicago and several markets report steady livestock prices following a week of gains amid holiday-related declines in receipts. Hog top price reaches 1160 for the week. cattle and sheep also show mixed but firm tendencies with several regions noting higher bids and steady to higher totals despite variable weekly totals.
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Chicago
Sioux City
ST Palit Livestock
ST Paul
Minn
Dept Agriculture
Dean
Bond Market Levels Slip Amid Sparse Offerings
New York bond market sees a general downtrend as rail issues linger under pressure. Government issues ease slightly with limited offerings failing to stem declines, while Treasuries hold near par. Corporate bonds, including Portland General, show modest losses in thin trading sessions.
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NEW York Bond Review
NEW YORK +AP
Federal Teseve Bank
Treasuries
Portland
Financial Markets Snapshot With Mixed Foreign Issues
DOW JONES AVERAGES show mixed action with rails and utilities moving slightly. Bonds markets report Treasury securities with prices around 110.0 for 3s and 105.20 for 2s amid Saturday transactions and stock counts across 30 industrials, rails, utilities, and 65 stocks.
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DOW Jones
Tnds
Uul Wen
New York
API
U. S
Treasury
Local hog and cattle prices ease across the market
Hog prices weakened on Saturday with all grades down about ten cents. Long-haul hogs mostly at 10.85 to 10.70 dollars per hundredweight, while packers in various weight ranges show declines. Cattle prices also slide with steers and yearlings down from earlier highs and cow and calf prices mixed across categories.
Cedar Rapids Grain and Produce Price Summary
Cedar Rapids market report lists Grain Wheat No 1 at 107 No 2 105 Oats New white No 2 4942c No 3 47 Ryu No 2 60c Barley No 34 Corn shelled No 2 yellow Tie new No 3 70c Soybeans No 2 yellow 1 54 Hay and straw Baled tame 14 00 Baled straw 10 00 Poultry market scales by weight Leghorns various hens cocks stags under 12 lbs 13c over 12 lbs 12c Hens over 5 lbs lic under 5 lbs 15c Leghorns 12c Heese under 12 lbs 13c Over 12 lbs 12c Wees Hennettes 28c No 1 35c Pullets 20c Wholesale fruits vegetables Colorado celery 3 85 crate Lemons 7 00 Oranges 30 74 25 Lettuce 5 40 Cranberries 4 50 Onions 6 75 Cabbage 2 50 Carrots 4 50 Russets 3 00 Cobblers Texas grapefruit 1 90 Jonathan apples 3 00 Emperor grapes 2 50 Calla flower 2 00 Sweet potatoes 1 50 Hide markets No 1 cured hides 12c No 2 cured hides 11c No 1 calf hides 13c No 2 calf 12c No 1 horse 50 23 No 2 horse 47 5 Manes and full tail include a Pony and zinc male price
Chicago Produce Markets Report Receipts and Prices
Chicago AP market notes show butter receipts 669923 and firm 93 score with varied bid ranges. Eggs receipts 6390 steady graded extras and local firsts. Potatoes arrivals 69 and U S shipments 317 with steady demand. Idaho russets and Bliss Triumphs listed with several price points. Produce futures pricing provided by Lamson Bros and Co.
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Chicago
U S
Idaho
Burbanks
Nebraska
Bliss
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Florida
Lamson Bros. and Co
Boston Wool Market Quiet Weeks in Domestic Sales
US Department report shows limited wool sales in Boston last week. Prices ranged for Ohio delaine at 46 to 47 cents grease, one-half blood staples at 46 to 48 cents, and combing wools mostly 54 to 52 cents grease.
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Boston
Boston i
US Agriculture Department
Ohio
Population Rise Noted in Census Figures
Compared to 7,630,654 in 1930, there are 7,874,155 people in the region today, according to census figures.
Tobacco Stock Leads Mart In Strong Finish
New York stocks closed higher on Saturday with tobacco and steel shares lifting the market despite tax selling and war fears in the Far East. Turnover reached about 1,000,000 shares in the two hour session, the strongest short session since last November. Announcement of up to eight percent price increases by cigarette makers and anticipated ramp up in mill production buoyed sentiment. Rubber and auto issues faced rationing of tires starting January 5.
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New York
Far East
Rubber and Motor Company
Wheat futures gain in short Chicago session
A sharp soybean-driven rally lifts grain futures with wheat up 1 percent to 118 cents a bushel. Corn, oats and rye rise modestly while soybeans climb 2 1/4 cents amid expectations OPA ceilings on fats and oils may rise. Winnipeg and other U S markets show mixed to modest gains.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
U. S
Winnipeg
Gary Introduces Telephone Use Course In Gary High School
In Gary Indiana a new high school course titled Telephone Use is being piloted to train girls for office work. Miss Tressa Sharpe spearheaded the idea with local telephone engineers providing a classroom switchboard unit and a teacher’s textbook. The unit models dialing, conversation with both ends, and etiquette, aiming to produce a swift accurate caller with clear greetings and proper identification.
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Gary
Tressa Sharpe
May Not Be Legal Lady But It’s Still Very Good in Pueblo
An Oklahoma divorcee asks Pueblo County Clerk A. G. Rochenberger to erase her Pueblo marriage from records claiming it was illegal because her maiden name wasn’t restored on the license. The clerk notes marriages aren’t dissolved by such requests and remains on record.
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Pueblo
Colo
A. G. Rochenberger
Oklahoma
Rochenberger
Big Ben Lengthened at North Conway Ski Trail
North Conway New Hampshire reports Big Ben Ski Trail extended from the skimobile halfway station to Cranmore base, now exceeding two miles in length.
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N. H
Nea
Big Ben
Cranmore Mountain
Christmas Guests and Local Notices From Marion
Regional social notes list Christmas visitors in Marion from Alburnett Center Point and Cedar Rapids. Church activities, fund drives, illness reports, and local travel updates accompany a busy week in Marion and surrounding areas.
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Frank Clark
H. P. Smith
Orville O’kelley
Patricia Ann
Marion
Ralph O'Kelley
Morrell Jones
Glenn Wagner
Dorothy
Ray
Alburnett
Eva Jones
Center Point
Pacific Coast Still Wary Of Jap Subs
The navy reported no enemy activity along Pacific coastal waters for four days. It avoided confirming claims that bombers sank or damaged Japanese submarines that attacked nine ships in the prior five days, admitting only one submarine sunk and noting heavy bombing and depth charging on three others.
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San Francisco
Navy
Pacific
Marion church services list Sunday schedule and sermons
A detailed list of Marion church activities notes times for Sunday school morning worship and special sermons. It includes Baptist Christian Congregational Methodist Presbyterian St Paul Lutheran St VII and Seventh Day Church of God notices with pastors and sermon topics such as Advance or Retreat and Ring Out the Old.
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Baptist
Frank Ward
Cedar Rapids
C. V.R. DeJong
Presbyterian Church
St. Joseph’s Catholic
T. J. McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
George Brewer
Christian Endeavor
la Verna Crew
W.H Carter
Arthur W. Henke
Floyd Robson
Youth Fellowship
Presbyterian
C V. R. DeJong
D. B. Storck
St. Paul’s
Carl E. Krog
Prairie Chapel
J. B. Clyde
Seventh Day Church of God
Sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Grazing Habits Study Aims to Ease Farm Conflicts
Utah joins Colorado Idaho Wyoming and Montana in a Pittman Robertson funded survey to show big game such as deer and elk damage to crops is not as severe as claimed. Director Mark Anderson says findings will guide future grazing management and possible artificial grassings to sustain herds and prevent hunger during snow.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mark Anderson
Utah Fish and Game Department
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Anderson
Study refutes calcium phosphate role in tooth decay
Researchers at the University of California College of Dentistry found no difference in saliva calcium and phosphorus levels between 90 caries free individuals and 108 with active caries. They state tooth decay stems from an acid produced by lactobacillus acidophilus, with saliva linking body disturbances to dental decay rather than the bloodstream.
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San Francisco
INS
University of California College of Dentistry
Steeplejack And Judge Strike Up Happy Bargain
In Salt Lake City Judge Frank E Moss suspends a $200 fine and 90 day sentence for steeplejack Herbert Carson after he agrees to paint two police radio towers and two flagpoles. A pending license violation is also settled with a $10 fine suspended. Carson offers to supply the paint and asks the court to drop the costs.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
INS
Herbert Carson
Frank E Moss
Carson
Moss
Enlist Farmers In Search For Indian Graves
Fresno California INS reports a 150 year old Indian woman's skeleton was unearthed on a ranch by Gordon Hewes of the University of California anthropology department. He seeks farmer cooperation to locate skeletons before they are plowed under. More than 100 burial grounds exist in the San Joaquin valley dating before white contact. Skeletons are catalogued and placed in the university museum for study.
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Fresno
Calif
INS
Gordon Hewes
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Hewes
San Joaquin Valley
University Museum
Dr James Davies 67 Dies at Oxford Junction
Dr James E Davies 67 longtime Oxford Junction physician died Friday in a Maquoketa hospital from stroke complications. Born in Virginia he grew up in Maquoketa and moved to Iowa with his parents. A 1900 University of Iowa College of Medicine graduate he practiced in Monmouth before opening an Oxford Junction office. He is survived by his wife two sisters one in Cedar Rapids and another in California. He belonged to Masonic lodge Peerless chapter OES Knights of Pythias and the Lutheran church. Funeral plans have not been announced.
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James E. Davies
Maquoketa
Virginia
Iowa
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Monmouth
J. P. van Horn
Cedar Rapids
California
Masonic Lodge
Peerless
The
O.E.S
Knights of Pythias
Lutheran Church
Manchester Couples Wed in Mohall Ceremony
Christmas night announcements report the October 9 marriage of Miss Eileen Straub of Manchester to Gerald Glant of Manchester in Kahoka Missouri. The couple plans to reside in Manchester. Christmas night also carried word of the Thanksgiving marriage of Mrs Gertrude Dunn and Albert E Masterhan, both of Manchester, in Kahoka Missouri with plans to reside in Manchester.
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Kahoka
Eileen Straub
Henry Straub
Gerald Glant
George Glant
Gertrude Dunn
Albert E. Masterhan
Ka= hoka
Obituaries of Iowa residents James A Robinson and George Genkinger
George Genkinger 65 lifelong Washing ton County resident dies at his farm Friday night wife and seven children survive Funeral services Sunday James Albert Robinson 67 lifelong Manchester resident dies Friday at daughter Esther Lemrond home in Anamosa He was born on a farm near Manchester and married to Mary Montgomery He and wife farmed at Silver Creek and Manchester Funeral services tentatively set for Monday at Silver Creek Methodist church with burial in Masonville Surviving relatives include four sons and five daughters, three brothers and four sisters, twenty eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, plus numerous nieces and nephews.
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George Genkinger
Washington County
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Esther Lemrond
Anamosa
Silver Creek Methodist Church
B. A. Wendtland
Masonville
Mary Montgomery
Silver Creek
Robert Robinson
Schaller
Victor Robinson
Storm Lake
Lewis Robinson
Ryan
Glenn Robinson
Maurice Duggan
Jack J. Hahesy
Elsie Hutchinson
Marshall Arduser
Boise
Ida
William Robinson
Henry Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Mary Rainburg
John Rainburg
Maggie Robinson
Fred Wade
Alaska Youth Marries After Whirlwind Courtship
Jerry O'Brien 21 from Alaska hitchhiked to DeLand Florida in six weeks and wed Frances Kelley after a 10 day courtship. Ed Blackburn Florida highway patrolman helped him find shelter and later a job with an engineering firm. The groom is the son of Dr J L O'Brien noted for pronouncing Will Rogers and Wiley Post dead in 1935.
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DeLand Hospital
J. L. O’brien
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