Hogs Cattle and Lamb Markets Across Major Midwest Yards
Week of brisk activity in Chicago Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines show varied hog sales with lighter weights strong and sows higher while cattle remain mixed to steady. Lambs hold steady with early reports few good quality lots. Receipts and prices vary by yard with notable top sows around 12.25 and hogs 11.75 to 13.50 per 100 pounds.
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Chicago
Omaha
FDA
Samble
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
IWPA
Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Mason C
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Austin
Chicago Produce Market Receipts and Prices Mixed
Chicago market notes show mixed receipts for eggs butter cheese and poultry. Idaho russets and other vegetables report slow demand while U S No 1 grades command steady to firm prices. Livestock and dressed poultry face strong ceilings with varying weight class quotations.
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Chicago
UPI
Idaho
Us&s
Colorado
U S
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Wisconsin
Florida
Bliss
U. S
New York
Brown
Wisconsin Cheese Prices and Mississippi River Readings
A brief item notes Plymouth Wisconsin cheese prices for the week January 24 to 29 with entries for twins or cheddars at 237 4c. It also lists Mississippi River stages at Des Moines La Crosse rising to 44, Dubuque 69 rising, Davenport 34, Keokuk 02 stationary. An additional note claims every extra 100 bushels of potatoes raised in 1943 will supply 20 fighting men their daily ration for a year.
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Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Mississippi River
Des Moines
Opi
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Prices Steady On Cedar Rapids Hog and Cattle Market
Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady with top hogs at 1345 for 200 to 330 pound good to choice. Hog and packer rates varied by weight, cattle ranged from common to prime with steers up to 14.00 and calves from 6.00 to 13.50, reflecting steady demand across sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bologna
Ici
Eccesssseee
Market Prices Report Cedar Rapids Grain and Poultry
The Cedar Rapids market lists grain prices for Wheat and Rye, Corn, Soybeans, and straw and hay sales. Poultry prices include springs, stags, hens, leghorn hens, and eggs with current receipts. Fruit and vegetable prices feature Florida celery, lemons, California naval oranges, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, apples, and potatoes with per box or per cwt figures. Hides, horse prices, and glue/ony included with various unit costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
Naval
Outstanding Power Displayed by Oats
Chicago AP reports oats showed strong movement Friday with price jumps early and hints that the temporary highs could extend. Oats closed up 114 to 133 higher with May at 79 percent. wheat rose about 4 percent. rye and barley mixed with barley around 1.22. Seed prices listed for timothy red top red clover sweet clover with various nominal values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Chicago
Navy Recruiting Team Interviews 100 in Cedar Rapids
A Des Moines recruiting team led by Lt. C. W. Muilenburg interviewed 100 men in Cedar Rapids. Sixty sought officer commissions, 22 took naval aviation exams, and 18 for radio technicians. Fourteen aviation candidates were accepted for a Minneapolis flight physical with potential swearing in. Lt. Muilenburg was joined by Lt. P. F. Kobbe and C. W. Kettlehut and Marvin Johns.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
C. W. Muilenburg
Naval Aviation
Minneapolis
Minn
Muilenburg
P. F. Kobbe
C. W. Kettlehut
Marvin Johns
Yeoman
Commercial Club Re-elects Officers in Sixteenth Avenue Chapter
Officers of the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club were re-elected Thursday evening. President Frank J. Burlanek, Vice-President Leonard Filipy, Secretary Jerry J. Hanus, and Treasurer Charles Kriz will continue in their roles. J. L. Prochaska was elected to the executive board for a three year term to fill the vacancy from F. G. Kanak’s death.
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Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Frank J. Burlanek
Leonard Filipy
Jerry J. Hanus
Charles Kriz
J. L. Prochaska
F. G. Kanak
Goal of Youth Center: Lots of Fun for 25 Cents
Dick Buresh, chairman of the executive committee, told members of the Council of Social Agencies at a YMCA luncheon that a new Youth Center aims to provide fun for high school age youths for a quarter. He outlined tentative plans and urged cooperation from existing agencies for an extended outside activities program.
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Dick Buresh
Council of Social Agencies
Y M.C.A
Stocks Rally After Declines In Mixed Session
Stocks moved to the gains side in Friday trading on selective demand for steels rails and specialties. Advancements varied from fractions to about a point near the close with volume around 600000 shares as reorganizational issues and carrier loans contributed modestly to a generally irregular market.
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New York
Twenty two Jap aircraft blasted at atoll in air battle
Pearl Harbor dispatch says twenty-two Japanese planes were destroyed or probably destroyed in a fifty mile running fight over Taroa atoll. Admiral Nimitz announced the engagement as the greatest air battle over the Marshall islands since the December carrier raid. Nine twin engined bombers from the Seventh Army Air Force attacked Taroa and returned safely after intense fighting with twenty Japanese fighters. The American force shot down eleven planes and possibly one more en route. Five enemy aircraft, including a torpedo bomber, were shot down on the retreat with five more probably destroyed.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Taroa Atoll
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Marshall Islands
Seventh Army Air Force
Taroa
No One Volunteers To Sell Blood for Scarlet Fever Serum
State health officials planned to collect blood from scarlet fever convalescents in Cedar Rapids next Monday but no volunteers had come forward by 2 p.m. The state will have agents at Public Health Nursing association offices to collect donations from those over 12 who recovered in the last year. Donors will be paid five dollars.
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State Health Department
Cedar Rapids
City Health Department
Public Health Nursing Association
City Hall
Courthouse Woman Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving
Mrs. Artie D Hepker age 43 of route 4 Marion pled guilty in Judge J E Heiserman s court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and faces sentencing at 9 am Monday Her husband 76 was fined 10 and costs in Justice H R Churchill s court after pleading guilty to intoxication The license of Mrs Hepker was suspended for six months.
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Artie D. Hepker
Marion
M. G. Swords
Charles Fels
Highway Patrol
Palo
Hepker
J. E. Heiserman
H. R. Churchill
Mhepker
Man Jailed for 30 Days for Contempt of Court
Leon E. Eckart aged 34 of 426 Thirty-seventh street NE was arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore on a munimus from Judge G K Thompson and ordered confined to Linn county jail for 30 days. Eckhart faces contempt of court charges tied to a divorce action.
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Leon E. Eckart
Thirty-seventh Street
P. J. Whittemore
G. K. Thompson
Linn County
Eckhart
Car License Window Opens Saturday Till Four P.M.
County Treasurer Frank F Bates announced the automobile license department in the courthouse will stay open until 4 p.m. Saturday. Otto B Lindenmann seeks 5794.13 in damages from Charles Elmer Kline over a December 5 1942 collision at Fifth Avenue and Fifth Street SE. The will of Andrew W Savage died January 4 in Central City was admitted to probate with Marian Henderson Savage named executrix. Wilma Niedermayer dismissed her divorce action against Christy J Niedermayer without prejudice.
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Frank F
Bates
Automobile, License Department of the Treasurer
Otto B. Lindenmann
Charles Elmer Kline
Lindemann
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Andrew W. Savage
Central City
Marian Henderson Savage
Wilma Niedermayer
Christy J. Niedermayer
City Briefs from Cedar Rapids area church notices and events
The area reports several church announcements with sermons at Cedar Rapids and Shueyville. enlistee John E Whitsell 17 joins U S naval reserve via Cedar Rapids station. plus Sea Scouts ship 90 surprise party hosted by Mr and Mrs John Singer.
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John E. Whitsell
Town City
U. S. Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Ship No. 90
Sea Scouts
John Singer
Sixth Avenue SE
Don
Radio Fundaments Talk At War Emerg Enc Club
Design engineer Jack Smith of Collins Radio will speak on Radio Fundamentals at a War Emergency Radio club meeting at the YMCA at 7:15 PM Saturday. Linn County Radio club constitution will be discussed during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
Collins Radio Company
War Emergency Radio Club
YMCA
Linn County Radio Club
Conn Again Chairman of Agriculture Committee
Rex Conn, editor of The Gazette, was re-elected chairman of the Far Rapids Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee. A. L. Taylor, executive vice president of the chain, announced the Friday vote.
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Rex Conn
Gazette
Thursds
Far Rapids
Chamber of Comerce
A. L. Taylor
Executivice
Deny Coercion To Buy Bonds Deny Coercion To Buy Bonds
A Saunders County Wasp report claimed draft and ration boards would act on bond quotas. State officials deny any Washington instructions and warn the story misstates policy. The editor says the draft and boards coordinate with the war finance committee.
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Omaha
Wasp
Wahoo
Saunders County
State War Finance Committee
W. T. Pickett
Emil Placek
Wahoo Bank
Saunders County War Finance
Washington
Draft Board
Ration Board
War Board
W. Dale Clark
State Office
Leon J. Markham
State Committee
Treasury Department
State War Finance Office
Placek
War Finance Committee
January Heat Wave Breaks Sharply After Rainstorm
January heat wave in Eastern Iowa ended with a sharp drop in temperatures tonight. Cedar Rapids saw 37 degrees at 2:30 pm, with 62 and 63-degree highs earlier in the day. snow affected northern Iowa and Nebraska roads faced impassable drifts as drought relief arrived from recent rain and snow.
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Iowa
Charles City
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Davenport
Spencer
Fire and Tornado Assn Re-elects 3 Directors
Three directors whose terms expired were re elected by the Mutual Fire and Tornado association at a membership meeting attended by 110 persons Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel. They were GJ Batinger of Orient Walter E Daykin of Dubuque and Ira A Coon of Washington Ia A total of 170 attended the annual banquet at which Arthur H Brayton of Des Moines spoke Reports by J Lindley Coon showed the company increased its insurance in force by 3150000 during 1943 All officers of the association were re elected.
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Mutual Fire and Tornado Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Gj, Batinger
Orient
Walter E. Daykin
Dubuque
Ira A. Coon
Washington
Arthur H. Brayton
Des Moines
J. Lindley Coon
Fire damages cab of Western Transport truck
A Western Transportation truck cab caught fire Friday noon at Third avenue and Tenth street SE. The driver discovered a blaze while unloading merchandise. cause not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Transportation Company
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Marion relatives welcome Lt Marian Van Fossen South Pacific
Local notes report Lt Marian Van Fossen A N C arrived safely in the South Pacific to the Marion family. social items include garden club gathering, bird feeding lesson, family party in honor of Mrs Stuart Rodger, and other community short notices.
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Marion
Marian van Fossen
South Pacific
George Svoboda
West Marion
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1St St. Nw
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Dial
Tim
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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5Th Ave
QALL
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First St. NW
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Jefferson
Iowa City
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ONGE
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