Livestock supplies rise pressuring prices at Chicago yards
Chicago reports show bigger, heavier cattle and hogs entering markets with better condition. Prices eased across hog and cattle sales as supply grows, with hogs 200 pounds or less falling and steers and fat lambs quoting softer for the day amid larger receipts and steady to weaker bids.
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Chicago
INS
US Dept. Agriculture
Des Moines
S. Dent
Local Hog and Cattle Prices Slip on Wednesday
Local hog prices trend lower with most high grade hogs down five to ten cents. top hogs reach 795 dollars. Cattle prices ease about 25 cents with calves rising and spring lambs dipping slightly. Wilson & Co Hog Market lists bids for bulk hogs across weight classes and notes varied packer and cutter prices.
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South ST Paul 'Api—U
Dept. Agriculture
Wilson & CO
Wilson's
Chicago Produce Markets Report and River Stages
Chicago market receipts and price steadiness for butter eggs live and dressed poultry potatoes with regional price ranges and freight notes. New York items show mixed color eggs butter and cheese prices. Mississippi River stages indicate slight falls and minor rises across key gauges.
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Chicago
U S
New York
Peter Fox Sons Company
Serengis National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Spavenport (Ap
Ges Hastings Ee
St Louis
Cairo
Memphis Fall
Explosion in Madrid Subway Kills 100 Stored Munitions
Trustworthy sources said an explosion at a Madrid subway station killed 100 as ammunition stored in the subway detonated. Informants said a train was entering the station at the time of the blast.
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London
Madrid
Wheat futures narrow in Chicago trade amid export dips
Moderate export demand and losses abroad kept Wheat futures in a tight range on the Chicago Board of Trade. May wheat hovered around 96 cents, with corn and oats slipping modestly, while European buyers showed limited interest in U.S. hard winter wheat and Canadian Manitoba exports drove early action.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Chicago Board of Trade
United Kingdom
United States
Bond Markets Mixed As Japanese, U S Issues Move
New York bonds were uneven with losses for some Japanese corporates and municipals while domestic issues held steadier and rails rose. Treasuries edged lower after a slow year start as traders eyed Japan's wartime outlook and the Far East conflict.
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New York
API
Japan
Imperial Council
Baltimore
Ohio
Erie
Santa Fe General
American
International Hydro Electric
International Telephone
Youngstown
Sugar and Wool Markets and Foreign Exchange Report
New York markets show quiet trade in March No. 4 sugar at 116 42. Refined sugar unchanged. Boston wool demand remains subdued amid Australian price weakness. buyers offer low bids while local houses hold firm. Foreign exchange sees funds shifting from France to the dollar and pound. noon rates list numerous currency quotes and cross rates across Europe and the Americas.
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Api—Fu
S. Dept. Agricultures
Australia
New Zealand
FOREIGN _EXCHANGE
API
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Pinland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Roumania
Argentine
Brazil
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Mexico City
Montreal
Coast Guard Directed to Move Mail During Seattle Strike
The Coast Guard was ordered to carry mail between the United States and Alaska due to a maritime strike in Seattle. Acting Commandant L. C. Cowell directed the Seattle division to transport mail and government officials as needed, substituting for halted commercial service. Prajadhipok, exiled former king of Siam, reportedly has a country estate at Towanda, Pennsylvania.
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INS
U. S. Coast Guard
United States
Alaska
Seattle
L. C. Cowell
Coast Guard
Prajadhipok
Towanda
Pas
Buyers Choosy As Mild Stock Boosts Occur
New York traders showed select buying with gains in rail, utility and gold mining shares near the close. Large blocks moved, profits trimmed later as activity slowed, with Consolidated Edison, New York Central, Great Northern and American Can among gainers. Several majors fell including U S Steel, General Motors, Boeing and Texas Corp. Foreign markets lagged. commodities slipped and bonds mixed.
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Consolidated Edison
New York Central
Great Northern
American Can
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Westinghouse
du Pont
Texas Corp
Anaconda Copper
Allis Chalmers
Montgomery Ward
International Harvester
Wall Street Stocks Listings From Wednesday Quotations
Wall Street closes with wide variety of stocks showing mixed moves. Key names include Adams Express International Mining Alaska Juneau Inti Nickel Allegheny Corp Allied Chem and Tel Tel with notable prices and percentages across major industries.
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J. B. Bennett & Co
W. H. Jump
Merchants National Bank
Wednessday
Adams Express
Intl
A. Alaska
Juneau
sInti Nickel
Allegheny Corp
Allied Chem
Tel & Tel
Allied Stores
Johns Manville
Allis Chalmers
Kan City
Sou ae Amal_Lea
Sia Loews Inc
Texas Atchison T&sf
Mont Warde
Atlantic Big
Auburn Auto
Murray Corp
Spa
Nash Kel
Balton Ohio
Natl Biscuit
Barber Co
Natl Cash Rez
Barnsdall Corp
Natl Dairy Prd
Bendix Avn
Natl Dept
Beth Steel
Natl Distris
Blaw Knox
Natl Pow & L
Boeing Alrp
Borden Co
Nor Pac
Borg Warner
North Amn Co
Briggs Mfr
Nor Amn
AVI
Bucyrus Erle
Otis Steeli
Packard Mtrs
Cal & Heela
Paramount
Park
Utah Camp Wyant
Pating
Pott
Bullman Co
Chrysler Mir
Barre
Keith
Rem Rand
Colo Fucta
Reo Motors
Col G& Elen
Ren Steel
Reyn
Gomi Solvents
Safeway
Gimmons Co
Socony Vac
Crucible
Ron Bell Railway
Tne Cub Am
Suz
Sun Beave
Bts Deere & Co
Ind
del Law
Cousins Aires Ste A Am du Pont de
Stew Warner
Eastern RM
Stone Webster
Eaton Mis
Kodak
Elec Autolite
Tex Gulf
Elec Boat
Westghs el
Hiram Walker
White Motors
Houston Oil
White Sewing
Howe Sound
Willys Ovid
Hudson Motors
Ous Wilson .& Co
Huppy Motors
Woolworth
Mls Central
Yellow Truck
Indus Rayon
Younssta
Inspiration
Zenith Radio
Zenite
Inti Hydro
Chicago
Am Pb
Dexter Co
Hshold
Helleman
Butler Bros
Mid-West Corp
Chicago Corp
Quaker Pr
Comw Edison
Swift & Co
Cas Biscuit
Tate
Swift
Cord Corp
Walgreen
Conductor to Be Retired in Spring Fatally Burned
William Harris 72 of Savanna Illinois a veteran Milwaukee railroad conductor slated for spring pension was killed in Lanark Illinois early Wednesday when his caboose was crushed in a freak rear end collision of two freight trains. An upset stove ignited the wreckage and Harris died as two other railroad workers suffered minor injuries.
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Lanark
William Harris
Savanna
Milwaukee Railroad
Harris
Furnished Apartment Rented After Gazette Rental Ad
A furnished apartment at 1242 Sixth Street SW was rented to one of six responses after a Rental Want Ad in The Gazette. The ad appears in the Advertisement section dated 4-22.
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Sixth Street
the Gazette
Alburnett Woman Dead After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Laura Cooper Wenger 65 of Alburnett died Wednesday after a long illness. Born in Monticello she married David Wenger in 1891. he died in 1936. Surviving: son Harry of Alburnett sister Eleanor Reese of Lincoln Neb and brother Theron Cooper of Ramsey Ill. Funeral at Alburnett Christian church Friday at 2 pm burial Lafayette cemetery. Office of Miss Mildred Titus Oak Shade cemetery board moved to city hall north room. Mrs. F J Cleveland improving at 380 Eleventh Street.
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David Wenger
Laura Cooper
Monticello
Wenger
Harry
Eleanor Reese
Lincoln
Neb
Theron Cooper
Ramsey
III
Christian Church
Lafayette Cemetery
Mildred Titus
Oak Shade Cemetery
City Hall
Soviet Union Adopts Secret Election Council Meets
In Moscow the Union Supreme Soviet council elected a month ago met in the Kremlin Grand Palace. At 4 p.m. Joseph Stalin entered St Andrews hall to an eight minute ovation from about 3,000 delegates. The council, with 569 delegates, chose Andrei Andreyev as president, a railways commissar and central executive committee member.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet
Grand Palace
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
St. Andrews Hall
Council of the Union
Andrei Andreyev
Weather bureau warns drought conditions mirror 1930s
The Weather Bureau reported moisture conditions similar to the pre drought years of 1934 and 1936 across a broad Midwest belt from the southern Great Plains to the Canadian border. Iowa Nebraska Missouri Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois show low precipitation, with subsoil moisture deficient in the lower plains and a bleak outlook for winter wheat in Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Bureau
Great Plains
Canadian
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wallace
Senate Committee On
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rockies
Reward for arrests over misuse of Want Ads in Gazette
The Gazette announces a 625 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone using or answering Want Ads for immoral purposes or to obtain money under false pretenses. Readers and advertisers are urged to exercise caution in arranging automobile transportation with others and to exchange references and investigate carefully.
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May
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