Livestock Prices Steady Amid Mixed Cash Market
Chicago and Sioux City livestock reports show hogs and cattle trading largely steady with selective higher and lower spots. Cattle and sheep receipts vary, buyers noting strong to weak undertones while hogs 180 to 270 pounds hold around 13 to 13 50 per hundredweight amid regional price shifts across Omaha and Des Moines yards.
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Chicago
Texas
Iowa
Des Moines
Wfaa
Iowan
Minnesota
Chicago Produce Market Report Highlights Butter Eggs and Potatoes
Chicago producers show steady butter and egg receipts with varied pricing. Butter standards at 90 to 92 cents, extras and firsts mixed. eggs steady with different grade prices and case counts. Potatoes arrivals and shipments listed for Californias and washed/unwashed U S No 1 and No 2 lots. hogs market steady with weight classes and sow pricing. clearances described with shippers taking none.
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Micago Produce
Chicago
U S
Arzone
U. S
Wheat Quotations Move Erratically in Chicago Trade
CHICAGO AP Wheat quotations were irregular on Saturday with an initial weakness giving way to a rally. Futures fluctuated, closing with mixed results as July prices varied. oats and rye showed gains, barley edged higher, and overall changes ranged around fractions of a dollar.
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Chicago
Gasoline Coupons Stolen From Omaha Sale Board
In South Omaha authorities report theft of twenty five thousand gasoline coupons worth 125000 gallons. The thieves carted off and blew open a 600 pound sale as stated by the local price and return board on Friday.
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Omaha
INS
South Omaha
Prices Steady On Cedar Rapids Hog Market Report
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were mostly steady Saturday. Top prices listed: butchers 13.45 dollars, packers 10.50 dollars. Market includes various weight classes for hogs cattle and calves with mixed prices across grades from good to common and a lamb and sheep section showing steady to varied values.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Grain and Produce Prices Provided for Market Day
The list shows corn No 2 yellow at 1.04 per bushel, No 2 soybeans at 1.86, oats No 3 at 0.76, wheat No 2 at 1.40, rye No 2 at 0.95, and hay and straw prices. Delivered poultry rates include heavy and light springs, heavy hens, leghorn hens, and current receipts. Fruit and vegetable crates include Florida celery, lemons, California naval oranges, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, winesaps apples, and potatoes. Hide and calf prices cover various grades with horse values noted.
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Lvc
Florida
California
Naval
Texas
Bony
Clue
U. S. Tanks Strike Jap Line on Saipan Kill 150
U S Army tanks slipped behind enemy lines at Hell's Pocket on Saipan and slaughtered about 150 Japanese officers and men marching toward the battle front in less than 15 minutes. The pocket lies along Mt Tapotchau with Marines and soldiers holding the other sides as they fight through caves ridges and underbrush. Japanese forces from Narutan Point and surrounding areas pressed toward American positions, with several groups killed or repelled at Aslito airfield and Magicienne Bay.
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Mac R. Johnson
Saipan
Hell’s Pocket
Hell's Pocket
Mt. Tapotchau
Narutan Point
Aslito
Army
Magicienne Bay
Mt Tapotchau
Bullish Tinge To Stock Market
New York AP reports sparse Saturday trading as Independence Day approached with investors leaning bullish. Low priced utilities, packers and specialty stocks from out-of-town buyers lifted volume to about 600000 shares amid scattered quotes for Adams Guinness Johns Manville Allied Crane and many more.
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New York
Wall Street
Industrial Makers' Liquor Quota Fixed
Washington AP Half the August output of 13 industrial alcohol producers and full output of 127 beverage distillers will be used to make liquor during a month long war production holiday. WPB projects about 50 million gallons of whisky gin cordials and other liquors. Quotas apply to corn grain sorghums and molasses as not to be used.
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Washington
WPB
War Food Administration
Service Bars for Overseas Veterans
Washington AP reports a new service bar authorized for army personnel to mark each six month overseas deployment. The four inch cloth rectangle with gold edging is worn on the left sleeve above the cuff. Eligibility covers Dec 7 1941 to six months after war ends.
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Washington
United States
Sgt Campbell Killed in Action Over Europe
Sgt. Ellsworth Campbell formerly of New Hampton has been killed in action over Europe, the war department reports. His parents, Mr and Mrs. Elmer Campbell, moved to Oelwein last year.
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New Hampton
Ellsworth Campbell
Europe
War Department
Elmer Campbell
Oelwein
Nazis Kill and Mutilate Wounded at Orne Medical Post
Leonard Mosley recaps a brutal D-day incident: German troops infiltrated a medical aid post near Le Port in the Orne valley, killed and bayoneted wounded paratroopers and Padre George Edward Maule Parry of the Sixth Airborne Division, who tried to shield them. Parry, 29, fell defending the wounded as his unit fought to retake the post.
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Leonard Mosley
Sixth Airborne Division
Normandy
Orne Valley
George Edward Maule Parry
Sixth Air Borne Division
Parry
Sixth
River
Orne
Caen
le Port
No Man’s Land
Putrons
British pilot downs 31st German plane in Normandy
Wing Commander Johnny Johnson, a British Spitfire ace, shot down his 31st German aircraft Friday over Normandy to become the Allied theater's leading fighter ace. He leads a Canadian-based wing in the region.
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London
Johnny Johnson
Normandy
Paquis Predicts Southern Invasion
London AP reports Jean Paquis, commentator for the German controlled Paris radio, predicting an invasion of southern France with Corsica harbors as the start and landings expected near Sete. He cites rumors of operations but says none are confirmed to night.
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London
Jean Paquis
Paris
France
Corsica
Sete
Seven Red Cross Workers Missing in Europe Flight
The American Red Cross announced that seven overseas staff members, six women and a man, are missing since June 14 after an aircraft flight between Italy and Sardinia. Among the missing is Mary H Hitch, 34, staff assistant and sister of Mrs O L McGee of Fort Madison Iowa.
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Washington
American Red Cross
War Department
Italy
Sardinia
Mary H Hitch
O. L. McGee
Fort Madison
Iowa
Marion News Items Include Local Fires and Travel News
The Marion Gazette reports a fire at the John Troy apartment in the Nas sif building with only the mattress damaged. Cpl. Robert C. Ozburn arrives in New Guinea. A child’s Rex wagon is stolen from in front of a grocery store. an old wagon was left in its place. The Rev and Mrs Henke host a picnic for 100 at Thomas Park. Various notices cover visits, travels, and military moves including Seaman Delbert Show returning to Great Lakes. Also noted are death notices, family visits, and upcoming local advertisements.
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John Troy
Nassif
John Hess
Seventh Avenue
Hess
James Hess, Jr
Great Lakes
Community church listings and service times
Directory-style notice listing multiple Marion area churches with pastors, service times, and programs. Includes Marion Churches Baptist St Josephs Catholic Christian Congregational Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian St Pauls Lutheran Seventh Day Church of God Prairie Chapel with Sunday schools, worship, and midweek activities.
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Benjamin H. Shaw
St. Joseph’s Catholic
T. J. McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
Bible School
James M. Lower
C. B. Patrick
James P. Gable
C. V. R. de Jong
Methodist Church
de Jong
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Carl E. Krog
Walther League
Seventh Day Church of God
Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Prairie Chapel
A. B. Curran
Epworth League
Doughboy Is Vital Actor In Normandy
The Cherbourg peninsula battle in Normandy is hailed as a mobility classic with American doughboys, supported by artillery and air power, breaking German lines. The fight, lasting weeks, featured blitz tactics, rapid infantry advances, and heavy German losses, including two divisions destroyed and two more disrupted.
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Doughboy
Normandy
Menry T. Gorrell
Cherbourg
Reichswehr
Poland
Stonewall Jackson
D-day
Festung Cherbourg
Dday Landing Spearheaded Fast Westward Push to Seize Objectives
Troops landed near Fort du Roule and pressed 25 miles west before turning north to drive 20 miles for key objectives. Soldiers recalled the pace as shocking yet decisive, marking a historic military operation.
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Fort du Roule
D- Day
Girl and Doughboy Who Lost Leg in Normandy Wed
Doris Mockerage 20, an usherette, and Pvt. Ernest Webster of New Berlin, N Y, planned marriage in a Southern England port hospital. Webster, wounded on Normandy beaches, told Doris she might wed a man with one leg. she replied she would marry him with or without legs. A Catholic priest was to perform the ceremony after their romance began in a movie theater at the port.
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England
Midlands
Doris
Doris Mockerage
Pvt
Ernest Webster
New Berlin
N. Y
Normandy
Bomb raids hammer Yap isle with heavy air load
Allied headquarters report Liberators dropped 68 tons of bombs on Yap island on Wednesday, the fourth day of raids on the Japanese base. Bombers also struck Palau and Sorol in the Carolines as 29 Japanese fighters engaged, with eight shot down and one probably downed as U.S. forces targeted the airdrome, bivouacs, and dispersal areas. General MacArthur announced the action on Saturday.
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Allied Hdq
S.W. Pacific
Far Eastern Air Force
Liberators
Yap Island
Palau
Sorol Islands
Carolinas
Douglas MacArthur
Yau
Price ceilings set on peppers cucumbers melons
The OPA announced retail price ceilings in cents per pound for sweet peppers and hothouse cucumbers and all melons except watermelons, effective July 5, reducing consumer prices. Watermelon ceilings were announced separately on Thursday.
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Washington
OPA
Ruth Mitchell Knowles wed mining man in Boise
Ruth Mitchell Knowles sister of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell announced her marriage to Benjamin H. Jackson a Boise Idaho mining man. The ceremony took place May 24 in Winnemucca Nevada with published notice by UP.
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Winnemucca, Nev
Ruth Mitchell Knowles
William Mitchell
Benjamin H. Jackson
Boise
Idaho
Lost and Found notes from Danceland and town notices
A cluttered mix of lost items and business ads. Purses and a black billfold reported missing around Danceland and the business district. Rewards offered for several finds. Also various local service ads for beauty, plumbing, hauling, sewers, and junk buyers.
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Hayette
3Rd St
Lady Oil Permanent
First Avenue
Reasonobis
Madeline Beauty
Paris Academy
Sparta Machine J
T Thomas
Reliable Man
Cashman Plumbing& Heating
Ronnie
Nobles
Ray
Stauling
Bud Myers
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WFA
Omaha Livestock
IINS
Associated Tess
Butchers Pounds
Siason
Waterloootha Austr
Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowtroy
Merchants National Bank
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Davenport
Hastings
la Crosse
C. R
E. Bennet’ & Co
Ump, Ma
Adams Guinness i
Johns Manville
Allied_C
Kennecott
Allis Chalmers
Kresger S
Kroger B
Libby Manel
Key Owens
Lig
Myers B
Am'n Roll Mills
Link Belt
Lockheed
Am'n Steel Fdys
Loews Inc
Am'n Tel & Tel Es Sa McKesson
Amin Teb
Marshall Fidiatis Martin G L
Martin Parry
Armour and Co
Maytag Mir Atchison S. F
Atlantic Air Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco Balto
Ohio Barnsdall
Boeing Airp
Borden Co
Borg Warner
Biers Mfg
Bucyrus Erle
Budd
Cal & He
Mont Ward
Ane
Murray Corp
Nash Kelvy
Natl Biscuit
Natl Dairy P
Central 1855
Nor Pac RR
North Amn Co
Nor Amn Avil
Pac Gas
Packard Mtrs
Paramount
Burroughs Ads
Penick
Ford
Canada Dry
Chio
Wes Cerro de Pasco Ches
Ohio
Chrysler Motors
Proctor Gamble
I Cole Palmolive
Fadio
Colum
Repb Steel
Edison Contl
Can
Motors
Conti
Crown Drug Eidbie Steel Cab
Rem Rand
Qij Heyn Tob B
Agg
Schenley Dis
Sears Roebuck
Bervel Inc
Ay Hell Union
Simmons Co
Sou Railway
Perry Corp
Deeree& Co
Dourins Air
du Pont Erie R. R
Elec
Autalite
Boat
End & S. Gen. Baking
Calif
Ind
N J
Gen. Cables
Gen Electric
Gen. Foods
Gen Motors
Gillette S. R. Goebel
Goodrich
B. F Bruchaul
Goodyear
Graham Palge
Greyhound Houston
Hudson Mtrs
Hupp
Ls Central Intl Nickel
Stew “Warner
Studebaker
Tex Corp
Tex
Gulf S
Tidewater
Timken
Timken R. B
C. Fox Film
Union Carbide
Union Pac
Uni
Uni Air Lines
B. Steel
Walworth
Warner Bros
Union
Westahouse el
Willys Ovid
Wilson and Co
Woolworth
Igig
Youngston
Zenith Radio
Butler Bros. Dent
SW Cherry Bur
Chicago Corp
Discr
Walgreen
Quaker O. Com
Quaker O. Pr
Swift & Co
Swift Intl
New
Sgt Campbell
Paquis
Red Cross
Marion News Gazette
Marion
Ozburn
New Guinea
Frank Ozburn
Cpl
Robert C. Ozburn
Hickey
Tom Dougherty
van Horne
Henkes
Arthur W Henke
Thomas Park
Mrs. Henke
Mrs. E. Beavers
Fort Smith, Ark
J. B. Gerrans
Mollie Ralston
Mary Margaret Lefebvre
New York City
Ted Albaugh
Tipton
Hero
Mrs. Albaugh
Margaret Ferreter
Owen
William B. Kempshall
Xavier University
Waco, Texas, Army Air Field
G. O Stone
Jennie Faulkner
Sam Walker
Burlington
Jerry
Elizabeth Hart
Walker
H. B. Levnbaugh
Blanche Savidge
South Sioux City
iNeb
M. H. Thomson
8Th Avenue
Seaman
Delbert Show
Great Lakes Naval Base
Gilbert Rathburn
Sioux Falls, SD
E. J. Reed
George Reichard
Fourteenth Street
Arthur W. Henke
West Branch
Richard C. Schaefer
Aviation
Charles W. Schaefers
North Pacific
Charles Schaefer
Atlantic
Ferreter
John Ferreter
Clem L. McDonnell
Los Angeles
Marvin Hart
Gillespie
Martha Gillespie
Roberta Saunders Caldwell
A. E. Smith
Frank Knapp
Donald Knapp
Frankie and
Donna
West Union
Callie Knapp
Ray Knapp
Marion Churches
Barneville
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Joseph
Lightning Jo) L. Collins
Seventh Corps
Yap Isle
Billy
Danceland
Indy
Hamilton
1St
2Nd Ave
1St St
Santamed
Reutel
Beula Whittington
Park Terrace
Old Marlow Road
Robert Fredrickson
Norris Hunter
Eton Jewelry
2Nd St. SE
Probasco Jewelry
Palace Theater
Richards
Richards Laboratories
Chiverton
10Th ST
American Medical Association
Good Housekeeping
Claxton
IWE
Schaefper
Kresge
Vincent’s Jewelry
3Rd SE
J_ J. McCollough
Singer Sewing Machines
Singer Sewing Machine Co
1St Avenue SE
HK Schaefer
Sands Printing
2Nd St
Swisher Pavilion
The
New Bohemian Band
Tom Owens
His Cowboys
Ray Pearl
Charles Hudson
Halter Inn
Montrose Hotel
Ray Membler
Cowboys
Frank Waldrom
Danceland Ballroom
Iown
LEE
1St Ave
Townsend Club
K. of P Hall
Sisco
Gazette
Joe Ray Allen
Melvin Crocker
Lisbon
Padzensky
Colonial Baking Co
5Th Ave
Hubbard Ice & Fuel Co
1St St. NW
Aongrose Hotel
Davis Cleaners
Royal Laundry
Apply Ambulance Service Co
Lith
NEA Service
Tc. T. Macg. U
Dial
Millburn
NOVAK
J. Pigman
Morris
Walter Ehlers
Charlie’s
Sth
Ter Point Road
O.K
Ce-Mar
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