Hogs Rise in Active Chicago Trade Despite Mixed Cattle
In Chicago and Iowa markets, hogs gain on strong receipts with 13,000 to 15,000 head traded and prices up to 25 cents higher for 180-270 lb hogs. Cattle and calves retreat modestly as grass-fed and heavier weight cattle slip, while sows hold near steady. Des Moines and Sioux City show mixed results with lighter volumes and selective gains for heavier weights and sows. Omaha reports firm to higher fed steers and steady to higher stockers amid slow sheep demand.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
INS
WFA
Minnesota
Sioux City
UPI
Larcely
Omana Livestock
Omaha
Insii
Chicago Produce Market Report Shows Mixed Prices and Steady Demand
Chicago Produce market listings detail butter receipts at 12 314 tons with various grade scores. eggs receipts 15 677 cases with specials and dirties noted. cheese items including Twins and daisies at about 25 26 cents. live poultry steady with turkeys and hens priced. potatoes arrivals and U 8 shipments at strong demand. butter and eggs prices unchanged. mixed poultry prices and regional variations noted.
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Chicago
California
U. S
Arizona Bliss
Arkansas Bliss
Wisconsin Miscues Cherish Cheese and River Levels
The item lists Wisconsin cheese topics and Mississippi River stage updates for the Davenport area. It notes river readings at Hastings La Crosse Portage Prairie du Chien Dubuque McGregor Gordons Ferry Ravenport and Keokuk with fall stages ranging from 0.1 to 0.7 and levels around 11.9 to 14.6.
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Mississippi River
Davenport
Hastings Ees O
la Crosse Creeee
Portage Sacseees
Prairie du Chiena
Dubuque
McGregor
Gordons Ferry
Ravenport
Keoku
Ceilings Set on Onion Prices and Pickle Jar Costs
Washington OPA announced ceiling prices for intermediate and late season onions with retail cost slightly higher than a year ago. A new pricing method for fresh cucumber pickles promises reductions of several cents per jar at retail.
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Washington
Ins
OPA
Heavy Hogs Higher On C R Hog Market
Cedar Rapids hog market shows light hogs steady while heavy butchers and packers gain ten cents. Top price for butchers 13.45 and for packers 10.70. Cattle and sheep sections list various grades and prices, including steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, and lambs with specific ranges.
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Cedar Rapids
Cveseee
Oeseaee
Stock Market Pushes Ahead on Broad Rally
New York trading extended a broad advance led by United States Steel with prices near their October 1937 highs. Volume reached about 2.4 million shares, largest since June 16, as rails and key issues posted gains into new 1944 highs and near prior peaks.
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New York
United States Steel
Pere Marquette
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pacific
Market Prices for Cedar Rapids Commodities and Livestock
Cedar Rapids market report lists grain prices including Gorn shelled No 2 yellow at 1.04 soybeans No 2 yellow 1.86 oats new white No 2 0.76 No 3 0.75 wheat No 2 1.40 rye No 2 0.95 hay and straw priced. bale straw 10.72 to 12.00 bale hay 14 to 16. Poultry delivered prices heavy springs over 3 lb 0.25 light springs 0.23 heavy hens 0.19 leghorn hens 0.17 current receipts 0.28. Eggs No 1 0.28 No 2 0.26 current receipts 0.25. Wholesale fruits vegetables Florida celery 6.00 to 6.50 crate lemons 7.45 California naval oranges 5.25 lettuce 6.99 onions 2.84 sweet potatoes 5.10 apples Winesaps extra fancy box 4.25 winesaps school boys bu 3.35 potatoes Cobblers 3.15 cwt Texas grapefruit box 3.85 hides reports No 1 cured hides 0.12 No 2 cured hides 0.11 No calf hides 1.34 to 2.42 No 1 horse 6.50 No 2 horse 6.00 No 1 kip 0.12 No 2 kip 1.142 c. mane and full tats included notes on bone and blue half price
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J. E. Bennett & Co
Ump
Mowe
Merchants National Bank
Adams Express
Allied Chem
Johns Manville
I Allied Stores
Kennecott
1S Chalmers
Kreste S S
Amn
Rover G & B
Power
Biboy McNeil
Amn Race
Libbey Owen
Beth Steel
Boeing Airp
Nor Pacre
Borden Cove Saya North Amn. Co
Briggs Mie Borg Warner Se
Als Nor Amn Av
Bucyrus Erie i Ya
Pac Gas & E + Bu
Mie Packard Mtrs
Penick Paramount É& Ford
Burroughs Adg
Pennaeee
Hecla O
Penney
Canada Dry
Pepsicola
Crown
Cruscible Steel
Sperry Corp We
Curtiss Wr
Calif Seed
Deere & Co A
Indeae Douglass Air
Sane
Pont
Warner Erie Studebaker
Elec Autolite
Tidewater
Tsimken
Gen Electric
Gee Gas
Union Carbide
Ac Gillettes SR Uni Aircraft
Goebel Brew
Uni Air Lines
Goodrich
Ruehaut
Pruilt
Goodyear Tire Grahant
U S
Walworth - Homestake
Warner Bros . i Hudson
Wes Union
Butler Bros Cent & SW Kr
Cherry B
Anti Chicago Corp
Swift
Edison
Walgreen
Ersa
Florida
California
Naval
Texas
Heavy Wheat Demand Pushes Futures Higher in Chicago
Heavy demand for wheat drove futures up as the Commodity Credit Corporation planned top grade cash wheat purchases at six cents over the loan. July wheat rose about 1 3/4 to 2 cents, rye and barley gained, and cash wheat quotes showed No 1 hard and mixed grades with barley at about 25 dollars per barrel.
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Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Boy Scouts Exceed War Loan Goal in Cedar Rapids
The Waubeek area council of the Boy Scouts raised 303725 in war bond pledges, 53725 over goal, through house-to-house canvass and solicitations at Hawkeye Downs. J H Bormann announced the result Tuesday evening. The Ameris flag was presented by Jim Smith of the American Legion. Keith Benner accepted the flag. One hundred twenty two Scouts from the southwest section attended.
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Waubeek Area
Hawkeye Downs
Keith Benner
the Legion
Scouts Council
Cedar Rapids
Arrest C. R. Man for Selling Indians Liquor
Frank D.Pickerill, 52, of 1239 Fourth street SE, was arrested July 3 by a U S Indian department agent at Tama for taking two pints of blackberry brandy onto the reservation. He was charged with furnishing liquor to Indians Mr and Mrs Robert Young Bear. He waived preliminary exam and was bound over to the federal grand jury. Unable to post 1500 bond, he was jailed in Linn county. Grand jury to act in September.
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Frank D. Pickerill
Fourth Street
U. S. Indian Department
Tama
Pickerill
Robert Young Bear
Charles Sr
Benesh
U. S
Linn County
North Carolinians Boycott First Presidential Election
The note explains North Carolinans did not vote in the initial presidential election of 1789 due to the state's delay in ratifying the Federal Constitution, highlighting a historical voting gap before ratification.
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North
Mercy hospital expansion drive falls short by twenty three thousand
Campaign leaders in Cedar Rapids report the Mercy hospital project needs $23 453 more to reach its $150 000 community goal. Campaign chairman J W Markey urges workers to finish solicitations tonight with a 7 30 p m meeting in the Florentine room at the Hotel Roosevelt. The five story project totals 400 000 with the city asked to provide 150 000.
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Mercy Hospital
J. W. Markey
Florentine
Hotel Roosevelt
Markey
Arthur Poe
Cedar Rapids
Poe
Army
Navy
Waste Paper Needed in War Work
War effort call for waste paper collection. Residents urged to deposit clean paper at school grounds or fire stations. Call 3 2601 to trigger OCD truck pickup if enough material is gathered.
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Health Notices
Davenport WPB representative plans to meet Chamber of Commerce Thursday from 9 30 am to 4 pm. Purchasing agents gather at Montrose hotel Thursday at noon for general discussion. Red Cross board meets at the Y M C A Thursday noon with guest Emily Getz and Celeste Kemler. About 103 boys register for the Waubeek Scout camp session as Bob Berger faces operation at Mercy hospital Iowa City. Concannon couple return from Laurel Montana after sister in law Mrs Duncan’s death. Sister M Lucilian and Sister M Therese visit their mother en route to Clarke college for study and retreat.
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Davenport
WPB
Chamber of Commerce
Montrose Hotel
Red Cross Board
Y.M.C.A
Emily Getz
St. Louis
Celeste Kemler
Red Cross
Bob Berger
David I. Berger
Twenty-second Street
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
M. Lucilian
B.V.M
Fort Dodge Convent
M. Margaret Therese
Chicago
Margaret McCarthy
Roosevelt Hotel
Clarke College
Dubuque
Mizpah Lodge to hear Maj Averill on Italy service
Mizpah lodge No. 639 A F and A M meets this evening at 8 to hear Maj B R Averill discuss his experiences with the U S Army in Italy. Refreshments will be served.
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Mizpah
A. F
A. M
B. R. Averill
U. S. Army
Italy
Women’s Auxiliary 34th Division to Meet for Potluck Lunch
The women’s auxiliary of the 34th division will hold a meeting and a potluck lunch in the glow room of the Gas company at 1 pm Thursday. An invitation extends to all men of the 34th home on furlough. For more information call 4965.
Youth Bureau and Chamber to Hold Evening Sports at Ellis Park
The Young Men's bureau and the Chamber of Commerce bureau plan a game of softball Thursday at 5 30 p m at Ellis Park with golf and swimming. Dinner is served at the river pavilion at 7 15. Reservations must be phoned to the Chamber.
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Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Ellis Park
River Pavilion
Chamber
Behrends and McCumber Cited for Disorderly Conduct
Clarence A Behrends and Del Oris McCumber both of 710 Thirty fourth Street NE were fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday. They were arrested at a local hotel by detectives Leonard Stusak and Harley Simon Monday night.
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Clarence A. Behrends
del Oris McCumber
Thirty-fourth Street
Leonard Stusak
Harley Simon
Mayor Seeks Jacket Owner After St. Joseph Car Stop
The Gazette assists Mayor F. K. Hahn in locating the owner of a blue jacket left in a car in St. Joseph, Missouri. H. S. Forrer, a St. Joseph treasury employee, found a hitchhiking Marine and his wife after missing a train, and returned the jacket to the mayor. The couple planned to continue to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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F. K. Hahn
the Gazette
St. Joseph
H. S. Forrer
Treasury Department
California
Cedar Rapids
Ferrer
Hahn
Courtroom Beats and Estate Admin Plans
Tom McDonald known as Scoopshovel Scottie was arraigned on vagrancy and sentenced to six months hard labor, suspended on condition he leave the county. In Lois B. Taylor’s estate Ralph B. and Arthur B. Taylor named administrators after her Cedar Rapids death on June 8 1942. Viva Rowray named administratrix in Charles J. Rowray’s estate who died May 15 in Bremer county. Dorothy Cooper arraigned for assault and battery, hearing set for July 11, released on 50 dollar bond.
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Scottie
Tom McDonald
Scoopshovel
G. K. Thompson
Lois B. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Ralph B
Arthur B. Taylor
Charles J. Rowray
Bremer County
Viva Rowray
Dorothy Cooper
Fruitland Boulevard
H. R. Churchill
Latin American Lend Lease Aid to End Tucker
Secretary Hull announced tapering of lend lease aid to Latin American nations as military emergency declines. He said other American governments prefer to halt flows after the hemisphere threat subsides, with U S authorities determining continuing needs. Brazil may still receive aid, while Central American revolutions suggest no further assistance.
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Washington
INS
Hull
United States
Brazil
U S Air Officers Serve as Instructors in Argentina
Washington reports three United States Army Air Force officers work as aviation instructors in Argentina under a war ministry contract agreed with state department approval. Col. Kenneth A. Cavenah leads the group as Argentina, under Gen Edelmiro Farrell, remains unrecognized by the United States, while ambassador Norman Armour has withdrawn.
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Washington
INS
United States
Argentina
United States Army Air Force
War Ministry
State Department
Edelmiro Farrell
Farrell
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
War Department
Kenneth A. Cavenah
Tme
Kiel Canal Blocked 10 Days by R A F
Allied Mosquito bombers used mined naval aircraft for the first time to block traffic in the Kiel canal for ten days in a swift low level strike. The May 12 raid disrupted at least 1 million metric tons of overseas cargo and about half that tonnage of coastwise goods, with one Mosquito aircraft lost.
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Allied Hdq
A.E.P
R.A.F. Mosquito
Germany
Kiel Canal
France
British Air Ministry
Cone's Paintings to Be Shown at Schick
Marvin Cone head of the Coe college art department will loan fourteen paintings to Schick General hospital Clinton for a month or more. The works include Williams Old Barn Uncle Ben and Carnival Gals and will be hung by Cone with supervision. Cone was also invited to send Codk's Old Barn to the Toledo museum's summer show.
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Marvin Cone
Coe College
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Red Cross
Linn County Red Cross Camp and Hospital Service Committee
Stewart Memorial Library
Coe
Schick Hospital
Williams
Springville Way
Davis
Cone
Toledo, O
Codk
Carnegie Art Institute
Pittsburgh
Missing Lt. Glen Hoover Navigator in Palm Springs Bomber Crash
Lt. Glen Hoover aged 23 of Robins is missing after a routine training bomber crashed near Palm Springs California. Parents Mr and Mrs James L Hoover were advised by March Field officials that it is unknown if he parachuted or perished. Hoover graduated Marion High School in 1939 and entered service in 1942. He completed navigation school at Hondo Texas last April 22.
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Glen Hoover
Robins
Palm Springs
Calif
James L. Hoover
Adjutant General
Marchfield
Hoovers
Hoovers Were Told. the Bomber Was On A Routine Training Flight. Lt. Hoover
Marion High School
the Hondo
Texas
Army Navigation School
Mementos of T. R. Saved from Blaze
Fire in a Sagamore Hill garage damaged a wing of the Roosevelt mansion but spared treasured Theodore Roosevelt artifacts kept inside. The blaze destroyed the garage and a nearby cottage while the main house remained secured by volunteers. Mrs. Roosevelt was away, and the origin of the fire was undetermined.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodorel .Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Long Island
Conneticut
Two Men Hurt in Three-Car Crash Near Cedar Rapids
A three car crash southwest of Cedar Rapids injured two men. Clarence Gill 59 of 916 Ellis Boulevard NW drove north on highway 149 sideswiping James Savage of Coggan on furlough from Coffeyville Kansas. Gill and Fencil 51 of 617 Ellis Boulevard NW were hospitalized for observation.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence Gill
Ellis Boulevard
James Savage
Coggan
Coffeyville
Kan
Gill
Savage
John Marz
Homestead
Charles Fencil
Fencil
St. Luke’s Hospital
Three Hurt in Cedar Rapids Auto Crash Near Mt Vernon
Three Cedar Rapids residents were injured Tuesday two miles south of Mt Vernon on highway 261 when L W Myers swerved to avoid an oil truck and gravel caused the car to overturn. Myers suffered a head cut, Henry Standridge had arm and shoulder cuts, and Mary Pifer endured eye ear and leg injuries. E M Gill the Mr Vernon marshal transported them to St Luke's hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
L. W. Myers
Grand Hotel
Henry Standridge
James Smith
Mary Pifer
Myers
Third Street
E. M. Gill
Vernon Marshal
St. Luke's Hospital
Errol Flynn Faces New Court Action Over Boulevard Stop
Hollywood star Errol Flynn appeared to dodge another courtroom clash as a warrant was issued after he failed to appear in court on a traffic case. The arrest warrant followed his absence from a Tuesday hearing on the boulevard stop charge.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Former Marion Resident Crowned in Sugar River Services
Floyd Shannon 51, a former Marion resident drowned Saturday in the Sugar River near Rockford Indiana. Services will be held Thursday at 4 30 p m in Oak Shade cemetery with Rev C V R DeJong officiating. Shannon worked for La Plant Choate before leaving Marion in 1934 after his wife’s death. In Rockford he was with a furniture firm. He had been connected to local commerce and wartime bonds efforts.
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Floyd Shannon
Marion
Sugar River
Rockford
Oak Shade
C. V. R. DeJong
Shannon
la Plant-Choate Company
Minnie Peterson
ARTISTE BEAUTY SALON PROMOTES SUMMER STYLES
PRA LIAL touts beauty shops. ARTISTE hair stylists promise cool summer dos. ARTISTE BEAUTY SALON at 119 3rd St NE and LADY BEAUTY SHOP at 39 First Ave SE tout services and guarantee quality materials. PARIS Academy of Beauty Culture begins new classes Monday. dial 2-0222.
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PRA Lial
3Rd St
Lovely Lady Oil
Bishop’s IY
Lady Beauty Sho
First Avenue SE
Dis
Paris Academy School of Beauty Culture
Dial
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City Briefs
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H. L. Concannon
Fourth Avenue SE
Laurel, Mont
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34Th Division
Marine
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Schick
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Frank Mason
South Bend
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Washington, D. C
Victoria
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Cpl
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Fort Jackson
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Lee Young
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Bridge Club
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Clem J. Weis
Malta
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Miss Sortor
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H. O. Young
W. D. Shank
Blair, Neb
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Devil's Lake
N. D
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Sarah Slife
Florence Burlingham
Central City
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English ‘Boulevard
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Great Lakes
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Monticello
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Los Angeles
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Eugene Isham
Alburnett Road
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Methodist Board
Clear Lake
Otto F. Novak
James Novak
Times
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Weiderman
2Nd Ave
E. Ee
Gazette
Singer Sewing Machines
Singer Sewing Machine Co
1St Avenue SE
Claxton College Pharmacy
Ml & Schaefer
Kresge Bside
SANDS
2Nd St. NE
First Street
2Nd St
Probasco Jewelry
Palace Theater
Mullin
A. B. Steele
Deterlion
Algo
Chiverton's Bicycle Shop
10Th ST. SE
Schaever's Mfg
Kresge
Richards Laboratory
Vincent’s Jewelry
Pippi
Ce-Mar
Charles Hudson
Danceland Ballroom
Bob Welty
Tll & P.m
Moeller
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Orch
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Aragon
WGN
Swisher Pavilion
Tom Owen
Cowboys
Ray Pearl
Bill Seefluth
Jim Kauzlarich
Highland Dr
1St Ave
Kutchera Sodding & Fuel Co
Millburn
Morris
Granby
Walter Ehlers
Charlie’s
Std
Center Point Road
Sparta Machine J
Thomas
Shaver Road
Reliable Man
Rato-Rooter
Cashman Plumbing & Heating
Ronnie
NOBLE
Ray Leoper
Bud Myers
Pip Fein
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E Avene
Poughmer
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