Hogs at New Second High Price on Monday
CHICAGO AP USDA hogs reached a second-highest Monday price of 27.00, up 50 cents from Friday on light receipts. Hogs 180 to 330 pounds ranged 22.25 to 27.00, while 75 cent higher lows capped at 22.50 to 28 for good and choice offers. Cattle and sheep varied with steady to lower tones, big Monday volume for cattle and sluggish lamb activity. prices quoted for cattle, calves, and hogs across Chicago Sioux City Kansas City and Des Moines markets.
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Chicago
Ccwicago Livestock
USDA
Slaugheter
Sioux City
Numcrous
Kansas City
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Minnesota
Omaha
Cedar Rapids Hog and Cattle Market Report
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were a quarter higher Monday with top prime butchers at $25.25 and packers $22.50. Cattle market shows varied ranges for steers, yearlings, cows, and bulls, with values listed across weight classes and grades, alongside sheep, hogs, hides, poultry, and produce quotes.
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Cedar Rapids
Stocks Take Brief Sport Stocks Take Brief Sport
New York markets edged higher briefly on news the Supreme Court would not rule in the John L. Lewis case. After a strong fourth hour gains near 3 points faded, with some declines late. transfers reached about 900,000 shares as Dow components fluctuated.
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New York
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Strike Threatens New York Construction Workers Walkout
In New York City on Monday about a thousand metal lathers of Local 46 AFL demand $2.50 an hour and a seven hour day, threatening an immediate work suspension on half the city projects and a total halt within days if unresolved. They install reinforcing rods in concrete foundations and handle metal lath for plaster.
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New York
New York City
AFL
Grain prices swing in broad Chicago market
In a wide range and highly nervous session, grains moved with frequent trend changes. Wheat closed down 34 cents to up 5 percent. March at 2.3494 to 2.35. corn up 1 percent at 1.234 to 1.247. oats up 4 percent to 0.881 to 0.114. barley priced 1.45 to 1.87 for making and 1.00 to 1.30 for feed. field seed values listed for red clover, sweet clover, red top, timothy.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Receipts Mixed Across Poultry Cheese and Eggs
Receipts show 1 car and 11 trucks of poultry with varied prices for hens fryers and turkeys, plus several cheese items and egg consignments. New York wholesale butter and cheese markets rise marginally with firm spot quotations for mixed colors eggs, while potato and track price details appear for Idaho Nebraska and Colorado markets.
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Chicago
White Rock
Idahos
Mand
Nebraska
Colorado
Idaho
Bliss
U. S
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Bliss Triumphs
South Dakota
Florida
New York
Mercantile J Exchange
Inrae
Nylon Yarn Prices Cut by Du Pont in 6 Percent Drop
Wilmington Delaware AP report states the Du Pont Company cut nylon yarn prices by about six percent. Nylon hosiery yarn now priced at 2.55 per pound from 4.27 in 1940 as technical advances lower costs. Manager Robert Ramsdell notes hosiery shortage eased and nylon yarns show prospects beyond hosiery.
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Wilmington, del
du Pont Company
Robert A. Ramsdell
Nylon
Detectives Eligible List Certified to City Council
The Cedar Rapids civil service commission certified a detective eligible list to the city council after the Jan 30 examination. Ten policemen were approved. Four men John J Kuba Vaude Fell wock Jerry J Navratil and Harold M Mackey claimed veteran's preference. others were Stanley Davis Carl J Badger Frank J O'Neill Murphy W Davis John Hlavacek Henry E Overman.
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Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
John J. Kuba
Vaude Fellwock
Jerry J. Navratil
Harold M. Mackey
Stanley Davis
Carl J. Badger
Frank J. O'Neill
Murphy W. Davis
John Hlavacek
Henry E. Overman
Dr. O. F. Parish Dies at 73 in Grinnell
Grinnell physician and surgeon Dr. O. F. Parish, 73, died Sunday night after a long illness. A Grinnell native and Rush Medical College graduate, he began practice in 1904 and continued until recently. Survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter. Funeral services will be private.
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Grinnell
INS
O. F. Parish
Rush’ Medical College
Chicago
Parish
Soldier Held By Cedar Rapids Police For Camp Lee
Vernon R. Wilson of Hopkinton was jailed in Cedar Rapids awaiting Camp Lee Virginia authorities. Police said he has been AWOL since November 12 and was picked up Sunday by city officers.
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Vernon R. Wilson
Hopkinton
Camp Lee
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Death notices for Emil Pecher of High Amana
Services for Emil Pecher 70 a High Amana tailor who died Saturday were held Sunday afternoon with burial in the local cemetery. Born in West Amana he lived in Marengo and Cedar Rapids before moving to High Amana. He is survived by a sister.
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Middle Amana
Emil Pecher
High Amana
West Amana
Marengo
Cedar Rapids
Religious Leaders Target Hollywood Divorces
Three prominent religious figures harshly criticized Hollywood for its high divorce rate and promotion of sensuality. Msgr Fulton J. Sheen warned of homes wrecked by divorce, while Dr. Fosdick and Rabbi Sidney Goldstein urged accountability for public figures and the broader moral impact on society.
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New York
Hollywood Monday
Motion F Picture Magazine
Rt. Rev
Fulton J. Sheen
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Hollywood
Msgr. Sheen
Catholic University
Los Angeles
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
Sidney E. Goldstein
The
Jewish Institute On Marriage and Family
Fosdick
Rabbi Goldstein
Woman Bank Robber Tells Life Story
Opal Dixon 35, a confessed Des Moines bank robber, testified in district court about her life from a troubled childhood in Missouri to five marriages and financial woes. She described assaults by husbands, two broken ribs, major surgeries, and a warned plan with a hypo syringe later found to contain mouth wash. The defense debated insanity, while the FBI and deportation were noted in her history. the charge carries a life sentence if convicted.
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DES Moines
INS
Opal Dixon
Des Moines Bank and Trust Company
Dixon
Attempted Jail Break Fails at Marshalltown
AP reports Marshall county authorities foiled an escape attempt at the old jail as Robert Weitzell and James P. Armstrong pounded mortar and chisels through weak walls late Sunday. Sheriff Jennings and four deputies confronted them when a car arrived, halting the escape. Both men were jailed on false check charges, identified by mortar dust on their shoes.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
Robert Weitzell
James P. Armstrong
Harry W. Jennings
Jennings
Armstrong
Weitzell
Kirksville man pled guilty to fourth false check offense
George Harmon of Kirksville pled guilty Monday to a fourth offense of false uttering of a check and was sentenced to one year in the Fort Madison penitentiary by Judge J. E. Heiserman. Harmon was brought back from Oskaloosa by Detectives L. B. Marshall and George Connell at the Cedar Rapids police request after his arrest there for passing a $10 check at J C Penney on Oct 29 without funds in the First National Bank at State Center. He had previous convictions in Marshalltown for cashing bad checks above and below $20 on June 23 and Oct 18, 1948, and July 7, 1945.
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George Harmon
Kirksville, Inc
Fort Madison
J. E. Heiserman
Harmon
Oskaloosa
L. B. Marshall
George Connell
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Penney
First National Bank
State Center
Harry Jennings
Marshall County
Marshalltown
Beranek Get Jail Time For Cedar Rapids Robbery
Joseph Beranek of 719 Fifth Avenue SW had his one year sentence upheld for his role in a June robbery that netted about $10. He began serving 193 more days in county jail after already serving 172 days for larceny under $20, then was arrested for drunkenness and had the remaining six months of the larceny sentence suspended again. Sterling Harmon, same case date, also got a year with all but 60 days suspended.
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Beranek
Joseph Beranek
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Harry Brim l
Sterling Harmon
Wiseman seeks annulment of marriage in Linn County
A suit filed in Linn County Clerk's office seeks an annulment of Joyce L. Wiseman and Donald G Wiseman’s marriage in Iowa City on January 28. The petition says Joyce was under 18 and Donald under 21 at marriage and that neither set of parents consented.
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Joyce L. Wiseman
Donald G Wiseman
Iowa City
Linn County
Marion Man Arrested On Child Molestation Charge
Marion man John B Kaylor was arrested Monday by Cedar Rapids police and jailed to await arraignment on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is charged in a true information with molesting a 17 year old girl on November 15. Judgment was awarded against Mrs. Charles Busta for 288.18 in an indebtedness case involving several local firms. Richard Smrechek, 30, of Shellsburg, arraigned for lascivious acts with a child. Estella Zimmerman and two others seek 1090 rent from the Mareshs for 109 acres from March 1, 1946.
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Marion
John B Kaylor
Route 1
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
William Criss
Kaylor
G. K. Thompson
D. C. McCormac
Charles Busta
McCormac
Killian’s
Martin's
Kenwood Park and Fuel Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Newman’s and
Dempsey Cleaners
Smrechek
Richard Smrchek
Shellsburg
J. E
Heiserman
Estella Zimmerman
Elva E.burroughs
Dora Jeffries
Frank, Emelia
Lloyd J. Maresh
Insurance in Force in U S Surges Since 1900
The value of life insurance in force in the United States grew from 1,468,928 dollars in 1900 to 28,496,958,000 dollars in 1945, reflecting vast expansion of coverage and market demand across decades.
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United States
Marion Vox earns national TB education honor
The Vox, Marion high school paper, is among 27 Iowa papers to receive a National Tuberculosis Association certificate of honor for editorial and feature excellence during the Christmas seal drive. John Snell, a sophomore, authored the selected story in the Nov 27 issue. The paper’s advisers and editors are named, and other local items note house exchanges and visits as well as a new siren at the Marion fire station and several residents’ updates.
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Vox
Marion
National Tuberculosis Association
Iowa
Marion High
John Snell
Onvy
Margaret Blaine
Amelia Petrusch
Cuban Officials Duel with Sabers in Havana Saloon
Senator Eduardo Chibas and former Minister Alberto Alvarez dueled with sabers for three rounds in Havana. They exchanged hard blows to backs, shoulders, and arms before Field Judge Maria Rivas halted the match and brokered a diplomatic reconciliation. Alvarez received a small elbow cut needing a stitch during the second round.
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Havana
Eduardo Chibas
Alberto Inocente Alvarez
Maria Rivas
Alvarez
Chibas
Ruben de Leon
Aurelio Sanchez Ara
Mourners Plant Arsenal Buried in Verano Cemetery
In Verano Cemetery Rome police unearthed a hidden arsenal in 13 coffins after suspicions rose from recurring mourning relatives. One coffin yielded 33 rifles, others contained submachine guns, German rifles, a heavy machine gun, grenades, bayonets, swords, and TNT. Four so‑called weeping relatives were arrested.
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Rome
Verano
Council Revokes Edwin Dvorak's Taxi License
Cedar Rapids city council revoked Edwin D. Dvorak of Ace Cab Company after police linked him to a passenger’s tavern visits. Passenger Albert B. Neal of Waterloo was fined $25 and costs for drunkenness. Chief Tom Condon recommended the revocation for conduct unbecoming a taxi cab driver.
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Edwin D. Dvorak
Ace Cab Company
Cedar Rapids
Dvorak
Albert B. Neal
Waterloo
Tom Condon
Classified Lost and Found Items Listed in Want Ads
A fragmented want ad page lists multiple lost items including an oxygen cylinder, a large gold spray pin, a man’s watch, a brown pillfold, a small bulldog, a brown fur glove, a purse, and a German police dog post, with contact numbers and rewards. It also includes personals and various shop ads, services, and a brief note that the want ads continue on the following page.
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van Horne
Norway
L. B, Lamb
Ist St
E. Jones
C. E. Jones
Masonic Hall
Ellis Park
Man’s Watch
Taft Cafe
Polic Ee
Poisoned Pies Sickened Detroit Consumers
DETROIT police seized Boston cream pies after 70 residents fell ill from food poisoning. Six hundred sixty pies distributed last Saturday. health officials, led by Dr. Robert Willson, traced the toxin to staphylococcus germs. Eleven bakers were examined as testing continued. The bakery suspended all cream filled products until the contamination source is found.
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Detroit
INS
Boston
Board of Health
The
Bilbo to Be Perfectly Well, Surgeon Reports
Washington up report says Senator Theodore Bilbo will be perfectly well again after cancer surgery. Dr Alton Ochsner writes he is progressing nicely. A March procedure will graft hip bone to repair the jaw and complete facial reconstruction for the Mississippi Democrat.
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Washington
Theodore G
Bilbo
Senate
J. O Day
United Press
Alton Ochsner
New Orleans
Ochsner
Poe
Day
Five GIs Admit Guilt In Tokyo Riot Fatalities
Five American soldiers signed statements admitting participation in a drunken riot that killed five Japanese and injured 20 others. The men will be tried in Tokyo by a Fifth Air Force general military court staffed by air force officers.
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Tokyo
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Air Force General
Air Force
Spurgeon's Condition Good After Fall in Shellsburg
Clarence Spurgeon of Shellsburg remains in fair condition at St Luke's hospital after a fractured hip from a tree fall Saturday. Linn County Boy Scouts are urged to attend Waubeek Area Council district meeting Tuesday at 7 45 p.m. in the Coggan Legion hall with Verne Phelps presiding and Keith Benner attending. Cub Pack No 6 annual meeting is at 6 30 tonight in the First Congregational church with a potluck supper and Cub Scout films. Dr Irving Churchill oversees arrangements. Mrs Robert J Stark, 1103 First Avenue SW, filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court last week. the Gazette incorrectly identified her as Mrs Robert H Stark.
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Clarence Spurgeon
Shellsburg
St. Luke's Hospital
Linn County
Waubeek
Legion Hall
Coggan
Verne Phelps
Keith Benner
First Congregational Church
Irving Churchill
Robert J. Stark
Robert H. Stark
Thieves Enter Me Too Store Frightened Away
Police reported a break in at the Me Too store at 59 Sixteenth Avenue SW over the weekend. Thieves entered the egg room adjoining the main building but fled before gaining entry. manager Leo Siepmann said nothing was missing. Detective John Hanna noted the door to the egg room was forced.
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Sixteenth Avenue SW
John Hanna
Leo Siepmann
Uncle Sam Laxative Breakfast Food Ad Report
A vintage testimonial touts Uncle Sam Laxative Breakfast Food made by Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company of Omaha Nebraska. It claims flaxseed and toasted whole wheat flakes stimulate bowel action easing years of constipation with daily use and water intake.
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Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company
Omaha
Nebraska
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Felton, Minn
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Miles City
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Sunny
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Kenwood
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Kenwood Transfer
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Sinner Lewine Center
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Rawleigh
Sugeon
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Spurgeon
Hannai
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