New Yorkers Intrigued by Butterfly and Rocco Murders Tale
The Broadway butterfly murders saga draws renewed attention after Alphonse Rocco is killed during a police chase. Details recount his hold on Olga Rocco, a distant arm of danger, and the dramatic flood of crime that defined New York's Great White Way era.
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Rocco
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Alphonse Rocco
Olga
Louise Lawson
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New York
Great White Way
Olga Trapani
Livestock Market Mixed as Prices Slide on Slaughter Cattle
Receipts reach 14 000 cattle and 11 500 sheep with slow demand. Slaughter cattle unevenly lower. stocker and feeder classes steady to higher on some items. Feeder steers mostly 16 50 to 18 75. choice steers higher. lambs steady to firm with Good fed woolled Western ewes above 8 50. yearling feeders and mixed ewes around 13.00.
CATTLE MARKET REPORT FROM TOPEKA AREA RANGES
Salable receipts 22 000 calves 2 000 slaughter steers and yearlings steady with prices around 50 cents lower for small lots. Medium and good beef steers 18 then 16 to 23 dollars. top grades 25 to 26 dollars. Fed heifers and yearlings mixed. stockers and feeders steady with fleshy feeders around 19 dollars.
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Tock
Kansas
Cattle Receipts Fall in Interior Iowa and Minnesota
Combined receipts for 48 hours ending Monday at 8 a.m. show 54 700 head, down from 67 660 a week ago. Barrows of various weights traded mostly in the 20 to 30 dollar range, with heavier loads around 22 50 to 23 90 per hundredweight and lighter weights near 19 75 to 20 50.
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Cedar Rapids hog market sees quarter higher prices
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market rose about 25 percent across all grades on Monday. Top prices reached 23.00 for prime butchers and 20.25 for packers, with various feeder and steer categories listed alongside cattle, lambs, hides, eggs, and wholesale fruits vegetables and grain notes.
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Cedar Rapids
U. Sera
Jonathan U. S
Stocks Slip Amid Light Volume on Monday
New York markets showed a general drift lower as dealings remained slow and profit taking appeared early. Led by fractional losses and limited support, many issues fell or steadied near the close as around 900 000 shares changed hands and several large names such as Coca Cola and General Electric posted modest moves.
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New York
Chicago Cash Provisions Market Snapshot
Illinois grain and feed prices show No 43 corn at about 1.29 per bushel with mixed quality notes. Hog pricing from Iowa markets lists butcher and feeder terms across cities including Ottumwa and Des Moines with regional price ranges.
City Hall News Finds Permit Renewals and Traffic Concerns
James Stuart of 98 Second Avenue SW wins a class B beer permit renewal. The council declines a request by Iowa Manufacturing to cut a curb on the west side of Wage Eggret Street near RM's. Traffic Captain Remington and City Engineer Young cite extremely heavy traffic on Seventeenth Street. World War II Veterans Cab seeks permission to phone boxes and petitions the police traffic department.
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Frank Young
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Police Traffic Department
Remark on Petroleum Share If Converted to Alcohol
The statement asserts that converting one half of one percent of U S petroleum production into alcohol would meet all U S alcohol requirements. It presents a comparative energy or material efficiency claim without citation of data.
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United States
U. S
Wheat short covering spurs January futures rally
CHICAGO AP reports a CCC price support announcement paying 2.05 dollars per bushel for wheat in Kansas City storage sparked a short covering move in January contracts. Wheat closed 1 to 3 percent higher with January at 2.17, corn up 4 percent, oats up about 4 percent in March.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Chicago Produce Market Figures Mixed
Chicago butter receipts over two days total 10 908 tubs with varied grades and scores. Eggs show 19 020 cases with price differentials by grade and condition. Hens ducks and other poultry values listed with multiple price points and sizes reflecting current market levels.
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Chicago
New York Butter Receipts and Cheese Prices Decline
New York dairy markets show irregular butter receipts over two days totaling 831 468 with higher 92 score premiums for bulk cartons. Creamery products and American cheese prices vary, with wholesale activity for whole milk and cheddar noting price ranges and minimums amid steady to mixed market signals.
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Ivers
Denver Bans Pocket Edition of 13 Year Old Novel
The police morals bureau barred a pocket edition of Erskine Caldwell's God's Little Acre to keep it from teenage readers. The regular bound edition was exempt, and Capt. John F. O'Donnell declined to identify any group behind the ban or whether the book is indecent.
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God’s Little Acre
Police Morals Bureau
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Skaggs Sues Texas Men Over Texas Land Fraud
Howard F. Skaggs owner of farm property in Delaware county sues two Texas men for 25000 in Delaware county district court alleging fraud in a Texas land deal.
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Howard F. Skaggs
Delaware County
Army Task Force Frigid sets endurance record in sub Arctic cold
In 50 and 60 below zero weather Task Force Frigid is gathering data and pushing endurance records near Fairbanks Alaska. Reporters planned to join from Great Falls while base officials described Willawaw operations at Attu and Shemya as part of the Aleutian chain weather network aiding forecasts for farmers and others relying on cold climate data.
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High Court Decision On Armistice Day Draftee Status
The Supreme Court ruled that World War I draftees sent home on Armistice Day 1918 who were not formally inducted are not entitled to veterans honors. The ruling reversed a District of Columbia appeals court decision in James John Lamb’s case. Lamb had been ordered to report for duty at Davenport Iowa and returned home when the war ended before final acceptance.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Ilowa
War Department
Tenant Challenge of OPA Backed Eviction Upheld
Washington judges rule tenants have standing under rent control law to contest eviction orders after their New York apartment building was sold as cooperatives. Justice Black notes Congress intended limited judicial review of price regulations, with some tenants facing displacement or seeking state relief.
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Man slugged and robbed in car while seated SE
A man was approached by a stranger who asked for a ride and then struck him, knocking him out in the SE area. The attacker robbed him of a watch before fleeing.
Marion Railman John E Heffron 73 Dies After Illness
John Edmund Heffron 73 a retired Milwaukee railroader died at 1 45 am Monday at his home 1475 Eleventh St after a long illness Born April 20 1873 in Scranton Pa he moved to Marion in 1890 Married Emma Greenan November 25 1909 Funeral services will be held Wednesday at St Josephs Catholic Church with Father T J McFilett officiating Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery Rosary will be recited at Yocom chapel where friends may call He was a member of St Josephs parish society and had long service with the railroad company.
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Heney
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Miss Hiltbrunner and Justin Kinkead Married
Miss ucillene daughter of Mr and Mrs C O Hiltbrunner of Cedar and Justin A Kinkead son of Mr and Mrs P I Kinkead of Marion were married in Anamosa Methodist church. Rev E E Walker officiated. Guests included Mr and Mrs M W Osness of Marion. They will reside in Cedar Rapids.
Folkers’ Son Victor Promoted to Sergeant in Japan
Mr and Mrs T H Folkers learn their son Victor Folkers with the Eighth army in Japan has been promoted to sergeant. Des Moines residents Mr and Mrs Alvin Kline and their son Harry joined the Kline family for a weekend visit, with Iowa City relatives Ruth Kline also visiting. Wanted, one more ironing. Phone 744W-Adv.
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Des Moines
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Fulton Purchase of 1540 Sixth Avenue House
Mr and Mrs Bruce Fulton bought the residence at 1540 Sixth Avenue from Mr and Mrs Charles Hill. The sale was arranged through H P Kline. W E Failor of 950 Eighteenth Street entered University Hospital in Iowa City Monday for a major spine operation. Failor works as time revisor in Superintendent O A Beerman office. Woman wanted in home two in family no washing or ironing. Phone 7393 mornings.
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H. P. Kline
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University Hospital
Iowa City
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Families Attend Bowling Tournament and Visitations
Mrs Emil Rutebeck and Mr and Mrs Henry Kuhlman of Lost Nation along with Mrs Emma Hohn of Arcadia Kansas were guests of their niece Mrs Warren R Johnson Sunday Garth West and family also attended a bowling tournament at Mason City Sunday.
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Henry Kuhlman
Lost Nation
Emma Hohn
Arcadia
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Garth West
Mason City
Seven Teens Charged Over Railroad Block Signal Shootings
Seven teenage boys aged 13 to 17 were ordered to report to the juvenile bureau Monday after railroad officials reported damage to a block signal near avenue and Eighteenth Street SW. Three lenses were shot Friday and six more Saturday, according to police, about a mile east of Beverly.
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In Memoriam and Lost and Found Fragments
A jumble of classified style items includes lost and found notices for pets and keys, reward offers, personal notices, and business listings. Scattered names like Robasco Jewelry and various streets and phone numbers appear amid broken phrases and stray phrases.
Senator to Probe Pro Sports Gambling and Monopolies
Senator O Mahoney plans a Senate resolution to probe gambling and monopolistic practices in professional sports led by baseball as the top sport for investigation. He says national commercial sports are interstate and fall under congressional inquiry and regulation.
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Citizen Planners To Meet in Des Moines
About 40 Iowa city and town leaders gather in Des Moines to forge a postwar civic planning program. They aim to form an organization like Fort Madison’s, led by Robert O. Thomas and A. J. legislative chairman, to update communities despite wartime revenue laws and aging improvements.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
Robert O. Thomas
A. J. Legislative
Marine Flyers in C R on Cross Country Hop
Captain Homer J. Cornell of Minneapolis leads five Corsair aircraft from Naval Air Station Minneapolis on a cross country flight to Hunterfield on Sunday.
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Meadowbrook Drive
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RULING OF SUPERINTENDENT ON OBJECTIONS
The action upholds a petition forming the Walker Consolidated Independent School District spanning Linn, Buchanan and Ben counties in Iowa. Objections by residents are overruled. district boundaries described by survey and affidavit are confirmed. The decision dates to January 9 as recorded by Walter P.
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