Livestock Market Fluctuations Across Major Hubs
Chicago and other markets report mixed livestock activity with cattle steady to firm, hogs opening higher then retreating, and sheep wavering. Prices show high points for strictly choice steers near 28.00, heifers up to 22.50, while receipts vary and regional bids shift throughout the day.
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Chicago
USDA
Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago Produce Price Report and river stages noted
Summary of Chicago Produce receipts for butter eggs and poultry with price ranges for hens broilers and other fowl. potatoes details with Idaho Colorado and Nebraska stock and shipment figures. Mississippi River stages at Hastings La Crosse McGregor Dubuque Davenport and Cedar River gauges show no major changes.
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Chicago
Egaco (Ins
Colorado
Idaho
Nebraska
Idaho Russeet Burbanks
U. S
Bliss
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Muississipps River
Hastings Mee
la Crosse Ee
McGregor
Dubuque Eae
Davenport
Keokuist
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market prices shift down
The Cedar Rapids market reopened after a brief pause with hog prices 25 to 50 cents below Monday. Top hogs fetched 24.00 for prime butchers and 21.25 for packers, with various weights listed. Cattle figures show steers and yearlings priced across a wide range, plus cows and bulls with multiple grade lines. Poultry, fruits, vegetables, and other commodities are reported with specific per unit or per crate prices.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UBDA
Austin
Cedar Rapids
California
Wisconsin
Idaho
Minnesota
Nebraska
Cranberre
Washington
60, She's Wed to Her Brother-in-Law
Mrs. Caroline Byers aged 60 wed her brother-in-law Nelson Byers 72 in Salt Lake City after a three month courtship by mail. Nelson, a retired railroad man from 1945 with the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, is the brother of Caroline's first husband who died 13 years ago. It was Byers second marriage after his first wife died two years ago.
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Salt Lake City
Caroline Byers
Nelson Byers
Cameron
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Byers
Alleged Auto Thief Nabbed After Chase
DES MOINES AP reports a car believed stolen was pursued 42 miles on ice coated roads. Detectives Virgil E. Thompson and Harry Snyder say the driver identified as Jack Roberts, 26, Des Moines, carried release papers dated Jan 26 from the Anamosa reformatory after a car theft sentence in Greene County. Roberts stopped only after detectives fired several shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Virgil E. Thompson
Harry Snyder
Jack Roberts
Anamosa
Greene Couny
Crooked Teeth Linked to Juvenile Delinquency
CHICAGO Dr Roy G Ellis of Toronto warned at a Chicago Dental Society meeting that crooked front teeth may cause juvenile delinquency. He said irregular teeth develop complexes of the mind leading children away from society and into crime.
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Chicago
INS
Roy G. Ellis
Toronto
Ont
Dental Authority
Chicago Dental Society
Navy appoints Boone man as business manager
W J McNeil of Boone Iowa has been named administrative assistant to the secretary of the navy in a new 10000 a year post designated as the navy's business manager. The 45 year old former rear admiral in the naval reserve during the war will oversee fiscal administrative and management duties and will also continue as fiscal director.
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Washington (Ap
W. J. McNeil
Boone, Ia
Secretary of Navy
Navy
McNeil
Jowan
Naval Reserve
Deaths in Iowa: Barr Robbins Martinson and Brown
Obituaries from Waukon and Lisbon report Frank Barr 88 retired farmer died Sunday with services held Wednesday in the Methodist church and burial in Oakland cemetery. Survivors include wife Emma Fish and multiple children and many descendants. Also noted are Fred Robbins 63 advertising in Chicago who died in Orlando Florida and Harry Martinson local tailor with services held in Waukon and burial in Oakland. Andrew J. Brown 84 died at daughter’s Lisbon home with services and burial at Center Junction.
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Waukon
Frank Barr
Methodist
Oakland
California
Franklin Township
Emma Fish
Harry Barr
Bert
Cedar Rapids
Theodore
Luana
Guy
Postville
Fritz Berg
Charles Edwards
Maquoketa
Ffred Robbins
Chicago
Orlando
Fla
S. H. Eddy
Louise Amundson
Cresco
Evanston
Harry Martinson
LaCrosse
Bakke and Hanson
Oakland Cemetery
Norway
Decorah
Lansing
Lisbon
Andrew J. Brown
Etta Long
Center Junction
Springville
Lison
Markets Close Nationwide For Lincoln Birthday
Many exchanges including commodity and security markets were closed Thursday in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, halting normal trading and related activities across the sector.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Starts Riot with $10 Bill Shower
Benny Stone sparked a riot by dispersing ten dollar bills to crowds in Los Angeles. He previously triggered chaos by tossing stockings, candy, and gum from a soap box, injuring a bystander. Police sought him for another riot and planned a mental evaluation.
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Los Angeles
Benny Stone
Stone
State Employment Office
Lehman Urges U S Coal Aid to Britain
Former New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman and UNRRA director general urged President Truman in a telegram to immediately dispatch coal shiploads to England. He cited British hardships from coal shortages and praised Britain’s wartime alliance, urging humanitarian action now.
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NEW York
Herbert H. Lehman
UNRRA
Truman
England
Palestine
Lehman
Great Britain
Krug To Confer With MacArthur
Secretary of Interior Krug will fly to Tokyo to confer with General MacArthur on U S responsibilities in Pacific islands. He plans visits to Samoa Guam and Okinawa en route and will depart Tuesday in an Army Transport Command plane with army and navy officers and Interior Department executives. A trusteeship proposal to the United Nations Security Council would extend U S control over some islands taken from Japan.
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Washington
Krug
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
United States
Pacific Islands
Samoa
Guam
Okinawa
Army Transport Command
Army
Navy
Interior Department
United Nations Security Council
Japan
Islands
Forrest Wright Home Damaged by Fire in Oklahoma City
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed most of the Forrest Wright residence at 2078 High Drive SE Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters fought the blaze for nearly four hours, saving a 10 by 12 foot rear bedroom, with water mains scarce in the area. Roof collapse occurred as equipment arrived. Company 4 answered the alarm at 3 31 p.m. and a second call followed five minutes later.
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Forrest Wright
High Drive
E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Company 4
VA Withholds Thousands of Veterans’ Subsistence Checks
The Veterans Administration said it withheld the subsistence checks of about 50,000 former G I students last term due to school delays in sending required papers. A large midwestern university reportedly waited six weeks after enrollment to submit documents for 450 veterans.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
G.I
Sidney Toler dies at 59 famed Charlie Chan actor
Hollywood AP reports Sidney Toler veteran stage and screen actor known for Charlie Chan died Wednesday. He had been bedridden by intestinal cancer for seven months.
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Hollywood
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Japan shelters strain as Tokyo housing shortage grows
AP report cites Yomiuri that over 300000 Japanese live in air raid shelters in Tokyo and at least 290000 houses are needed for about 1,000,000 residents in shelters and other makeshift quarters amid wartime disruption.
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Tokyo
Yomiuri
Five Charges End Business, Social Life of Executive
Eugene Estrella a 47 year old beverage company executive faced five felony counts including burglary carrying concealed weapons operating a confidence game and bigamy. Authorities say loot valued at 1100 plus two revolvers were found in his possession taken in plant burglaries. He allegedly married Emily Eyre and obtained 1500 from Eisenheim while already married Cecile Estrella. He also took 3000 from his mother under the pretense of a head operation. He admitted the charges after initially denying them and failing a lie detector test.
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Chicago
INS
Eugene Estrella
Estrella
Nedley Orange Company
Alfred Lisenheim
Hisenheim
Eisenheim
Emily Eyre
Cecile Estrella
Miss Eyre
Rosa Trigoning
Detroit
YMB Members To Get Golden Gloves Preview
The Young Men's Bureau will host a Golden Gloves preview at a Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday night. Several bouts between prospective contestants have been arranged with amateur boxing officials attending. Speakers include Gazette sports editor Tait Cummins, referee Alex Fidler, trainer Lou Dochterman, promoters John Fryrear and Joe Benson, treasurer Louis J. Nilles, and last year’s YMB Golden Gloves chairman Howard Smith. Dinner starts at 6:15 p.m.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tait Cummins
Gazette
Alex Fidler
Lou Dochterman
John Fryrear
Joe Benson
Golden Gloves
Louis J. Nilles
Howard Smith
YMB
Legislature Honors Lincoln Memory in Des Moines Session
Iowa House and Senate held a joint session in Des Moines to honor Abraham Lincoln born 138 years ago. Rep. Fred Schwengel spoke briefly. Chauncey A. Weaver of Des Moines delivered the main address as a large framed Lincoln portrait and American flags were present.
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Des Moines
Iowa House and Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Chauncey A. Weaver
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Lincoln
Auto Workers Strike Fund Slips Into Red in 1949
DETROIT, RP The CIO United Auto Workers report a $124,000 drawdown in its strike fund, leaving the balance near zero. Secretary Treasurer George F. Addes refused to state the deficit size, noting $125,000 was the November balance. Disbursements average about $150,000 monthly due to cases at Racine Wisconsin and West Allis Wisconsin. The union, normally $40,000 monthly per 800,000 members, is raising a $1 per member assessment in February and March to rebuild the fund.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
George F. Addes
Addes
I. Case Company
Racine
Wis
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
West Allis
UAW
Saul the first king of Hebrews lived in a tent
Saul, the first king of the Hebrews, had no fixed home and dwelt in a tent. The note highlights his nomadic kingship and reliance on portable shelter during early Israelite history.
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Saul
Marion area obituaries and community notices update
Mrs. James E. Bromwell funeral set for Thursday at 10 a.m. in Yocom chapel with Rev. James P. Gable. interment at Oak Shade Cemetery. J. O. and wife Biesecker return from six weeks on the West Coast to visit son Robert Biesecker in Oakland. King’s Daughters Mary Lowe Dickinson circle contributed $2 to March of Dimes and $5 to Red Cross. Audiometric tests completed in Marion public schools by state education department this week to detect hearing defects. Marion youth center steering committee to meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Clinton Moyer’s office. City dog tags for 1947 now available at city hall per City Clerk Mildred Titus. Dr. T. J. Davis returns from Chicago dental meeting. Mrs. E. B. Ringland home from Sun Valley after visit with her mother. Gazette carrier salesman John Snell ill with influenza. relatives called to Lisbon for aunt Kathryn Sibcy’s death. Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Block, patients at Oakdale Sanitarium, visited by sons at home in Marion. Marion Masonic Lodge No. 6 meeting postponed. Stanley Hotle improving from pneumonia after 12 days. Joan Crew returns from Rockford College mid semester vacation to resume studies. A. H. Rundquist travels to Kansas City.
Policemen Retrieve Lost Overshoe From Want Ad
Patrolman Frank O Neill and Bern hardt Kraus found an overshoe in the 800 block of Tenth Street SE. O Neill recalled a lost and found ad and phoned headquarters. John Tosh looked it up and directed them to Mrs Floyd McIntosh who said her son Floyd, 5, lost it on his way home from school Monday. Captain Stolba noted that reading by policemen pays dividends.
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Gazette
Frank O'Neill
O'Neill
Bernhardt Kraus
Tenth Street SE
John Tosh
Kraus
Floyd McIntosh
Tenth Avenue SE
Floyd
S. L. Stolba
Bogus Check Passed at Sutton's Appliance Store
Joseph Hadish of Sutton's Appliance store reported to police Tuesday that a 350 bogus check had been passed at the store. Written on the Merchant's National Bank, the check was made payable to LeRoy Johnson and signed Edward Carter, police said. It was returned marked no account, Hadish told police.
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Joseph Hadish
Sutton
Merchant's National Bank
LeRoy Johnson
Edward Carter
Hadish
Dogs establish blood banks in small animal hospitals
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports that dog blood banks exist in several U S small animal hospitals. Blood stored in household refrigerators can be used in emergencies without type matching since dog blood lacks human-like typing. One facility lists three donor dogs including a Dalmatian and two greyhounds.
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Chicago
United States
American Veterinary Medical Association
City Briefs Coin Club and Story Hour
The Cedar Rapids Coin club will meet at 8 p.m. tonight in YMCA club rooms. A children’s story hour is set for Thursday at 4 15 p.m. at the public library northwest branch 1201 Ellis Boulevard NW. Pvt Lawrence N Carlson son of Mr and Mrs S J Carlson 3107 E Avenue NE serves with the Marine Corps aboard the USS Valley Forge. Larry Dutton son of Mr and Mrs W L Dutton 2337 Fifth Avenue SE has enrolled at Grinnell College for the second semester, a McKinley High School graduate. Apollo Commandery No 26 Knights Templar will honor birthdays Friday at 6 30 p.m. with a picnic supper before the 7 30 regular meeting at Masonic hall.
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The
Public Library
Northwest
Ellis Boulevard NW
Lawrence N. Carlson
S. J Carlson
E Avenue
Marine Corps
Valley Forge
Larry Dutton
W L. Dutton
Fifth Avenue SE
Grinnell College
McKinley High School
Apollo Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Hall
Murphy Arrested as Court May Revoke Suspension
James Murphy, 21, of 1106 Ninth Street SE, was arrested early Wednesday on drunkenness charges and faces possible revocation of a suspended one year auto theft sentence. He allegedly threw coal through a Circle Bar window at Twelfth Avenue and Sixth Street SE and is held in city jail.
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James Murphy
Ninth Street SE
W. J. Kudina
Murphy
Circle Bar
Twelfth Avene
Sixth Street SE
Lahey's Talk Appeals to Layman Who Loves Art
Richard Lahey will speak at Coe chapel at 8 p m on Wednesday about how a modern artist works and his methods He will paint a complete portrait in oils during the talk with a Coe college coed as model Admission is 1 and the lecture is the third in the annual Coe series A social scientist and an atomic scientist will be featured this spring
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Richard Lahey
Coe Chapel
Lahey
Wil
Coe
Pedestrian Swab Pays for Auto Damage After Crash
Cedar Rapids police and insurance men described Oliver J. Swab as the pedestrian who offered to cover repairs for two cars after a chain collision sparked by his attempt to assist a stalled vehicle. Swab slipped while crossing Second Avenue SE, leaped onto a car hood to lessen impact, and was struck. He received hospital treatment and chose to pay for the damage himself after learning there was no applicable insurance.
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Cedar Rapids
Oliver J. Swab
Third Avenue SE
Swab
Second Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Streets
Ihim
Walker Whitmore
Thirty-second Street
F. W. Flack
Eighteenth Street
St Luke's Hospital
Time of Executives Club Meeting Changed
A dinner meeting of the Executives club, originally set for 7 p.m. Friday, will begin at 6 15 p.m. Dr Gordon Seagrave author of Burma Surgeon will speak on Modern Miracles of Medicine.
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Executives Club
Gordon Seagrave
Burma
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Clinton H. Moyer
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T. J. Davis
E. B. Ringland
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Arthur Gravel
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Stanley Hotle
Sixth Street
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Philip Crew
Rockford, NL
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Dubuque
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Sutton’s
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Y.M. Ic.a. Club
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Maine
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