Livestock Prices Hold Steady Amid Week’s Low Trade
Unofficial Monday receipts show hogs 20 000 cattle 18 000 sheep 6 000 in Chicago markets with price ceilings on dressed beef and pork. Sheep and lambs rise to near 1929 highs while hogs cap near 14.25 per hundredweight. Omaha and Sioux City listings reflect steady to lower tones across hogs cattle and sheep with varied weekly totals and top quotes.
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Chicago
Dept Agriculture
Sioux City
Dept. Agriculture
California
Markets Chicago Produce Report A Mixed Bag Of Goods
Chicago markets show steady supplies and firm mentions across produce lines. Dressed poultry and meats list varying prices by region with decay noted on some lots. New York and Wisconsin items appear with current price ranges and futures cited, reflecting mixed demand and regional availability.
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Chicago
UPI
Emand Cood
California
Jong
Alabama
Riley
Mississippi Uills
New York
Southern
Wisconsin
Rail stock notes show mixed results in 1960s and later
The report lists several rail and utility bonds with mixed movements. Argentine issues moved up slightly as Atlantic Coast Line 4 9s and American Telephone 3s of 1966 showed improvement, while New Haven 47s Montana Power 343 M K T 4s of 1962 Santa Fe 43 of 1995 and others posted minor declines.
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Atlantic Coast Line
American Telephone
Erie
Missouri Pacific
New Haven
Montana Power
Santa Fe
Hogs Steady On Local Market Prices Remain Unchanged
Local hog quotations hold Friday levels with top hog 13.90 and varied weights from 140 to 360 pounds showing steady values. Cattle and calf sections list price ranges for steers, yearlings, cows, cutters, and canners, reflecting a stable market with typical regional spreads and load sizes.
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Associated Press
Butchers
Pounds
Mason C
Waterloo
Bologna
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices
A mixed Cedar Rapids market listing shows grain prices for Wheat No.1 97c No.2 oats new white 18c Rye No.2 46c Corn No.2 yellow 60c Soybeans No.3 yellow 1.58. Fruit vegetables prices include Colorado celery 5.00 lemons 6.25 oranges 4.00 to 4.50 lettuce 5.25 onions 1.75 to 2.00 new cabbage 2.90 carrots 4.00 tomatoes 3.50 potatoes Idaho 4.25 Louisiana red 3.50 California new white 1.25. Hides and livestock items list No.1 cured hides 12c No.2 11c horse 6.25, pony and glue included.
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Colorado
Idaho
Calif
Chicago
Wisconsin cheese quotas and wool market report
Plymouth Wisconsin reports cheese quotas for the week of June 15 to 20 with Twins 20’s cheddar. The wool market in Boston shows domestic fleece wool sales with bright and semi-bright wools trading midweek to week end. Medium country graded fleeces quoted around 48 to 50 cents delivered, with semi-bright medium fleeces offered from Midwest at 46 to 47 cents landed east.
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Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Boston
U 8. Dept Arriculture
Midwest
Cedar Rapids Man Injured as Engine Upsets in Washout
Fay W. Elsberry of Cedar Rapids a fireman on an Illinois Central freight train was injured Friday night when the locomotive overturned near Cleves after a track wash-out. He suffered fractured ribs and other injuries. Ralph Blank of Iowa Falls, the section foreman, is also hospitalized with injuries from the same wreck.
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Iowa Falls
INS
Fay W. Elsberry
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Ilinois Central
Cleves
Elsberry
Ralph Blank
Daylight RAF Raid Reported Over Germany
London AP reports daytime RAF reconnaissance planes dropped bombs at several points in Germany on Friday. The announcement notes the raid was confirmed Saturday. A separate line jokes that radium’s detectability makes hiding it as difficult as hiding an elephant.
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London
R.A.F
Germany
Select Stocks Gain Yardage
In New York the stock market edged up early then drifted, with sparse trading and small gains for leaders. Major movers included General Motors, Chrysler, Santa Fe, Anaconda, Du Pont, American Can, Allied Chemical, United States Gypsum, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Sperry, United Aircraft, Sears Roebuck, and International Harvester, while United States Steel and several others lagged at times. American Telephone fell early but steadied near the close.
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NEW York
General Motors
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Anaconda
du Pont
American Can
Allied Chemical
United States Gypsum
Standard Oil
N. J
Sperry
United Aircraft
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Southern Pacific
Kennecott
Woolworth
Johns Manville
Air Reduction
Glenn Martin
American Telephone
J. E. Bennett & Co
Uma
Merchants National Bank Buileting
Alaska
Juneau
Nickel Eee
Allied Chem
Allied Stores
Amn
Kennecott Conor
Int Corp
Kroser G & Lik
Mar
Lockheed
Amn Steel Fdys
Lorillard. P
McKesson
Martin
Miami
Ark
Nat Gas Ais
Mont Ward
Atchison Armstrne
Cork
Atlantic Ais
Bellas
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco
Barnsda
Central
Bendix
Pac
Beth Steel
North Amn Co
Blaw Knox Ee
Borden Co
Ohio
Steel
Fla Packard Mtrs
Paramount
Utah
Penick
Ches, & Chin
Chrysler Motors
Phillips Pet
Cocaolan
Pure Proctor Gamble
Colk
Colum
Reyn Tob
Safeway
Southern
Schenley
Tate Congoleum Edison
Seaboard Ol
Cub Amn
Curtiss Wr
Calif
A’ Co
Deere, du Pont
Erie Ams
Warner
Enet
Union
Electric
Air Lines
Gen Motors Foods
Goodyear Tire
Imaus
Norre
Nor Ry Pr
US Steel
Wes Sur
Vanadium
Greyhound
Warner Bros
Hat Corps
Wea Union
Hayes
Westghouse AB
Hiram Walker
Westghouse el FO Nouston
Willys Vid
Madson
Wilson Co
Huppy
Ills Centra
Zenith Radio
Ind Mary
Zonlte
Chicago
Rendix _Avn
Qker O Com
Butler Broa
Qker O Pr
Bi Chicagro Corp
Swit Ad Co
Edison
Swift Intlore
Cona Biscuit Itte Zenith Rad
Germans Tighten Defenses on West European Coast
London dispatch says German occupation forces bolster coastal defenses in western Europe amid implied invasion threat from British American Russian accord. New machinegun nests and anti tank positions rise along coasts, with Maginot line guns manned by full crews. Von Reeder orders Belgian officers to register, while British experts doubt these defenses can withstand Allied air power.
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Europe
British Isles
France
Maginot Line
von Reeder
Belgium
R.A.F
Grains and soybeans rise modestly in light trading
Chicago futures closed fractions higher as wheat held steady to up a bushel, corn flat to modestly higher, rye gains, and soybeans edge up. A firmer cotton market and gov storage reports aided the lift while weak Kansas City futures and soft soybean oil demand tempered gains. Canadian reports note warmer western wheat crop conditions and Nebraska winter wheat growth. cash prices varied by grade across grains and soybeans.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Canadian National Railway
Nebraska
Auto Dealer Military Committee Recruits Officers in Iowa
The War Department appoints Ray Allen of Allen Motor Co Cedar Rapids to a seven man panel with D A Morris of Waterloo as chairman to interview applicants for second lieutenants commissions in Des Moines. Applicants must be under 28 with mechanical experience and leadership ability. committee members include A B Chambers Elmer Dunn Ben Sanders Thomas B Roberts William Swaney and others from Des Moines and Fort Dodge.
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War Department
Ray Allen
Allen Motor Company
Cedar Rapids
Automotive
Towa
D A. Morris
Waterloo
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
30St Ordnance Regiment
Major Goodin
Ordnance Department
National Automobile Dealers Association
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Allen
Morris and
A. B. Chambers
Elmer Dunn
Ben Sanders
Thomas B. Roberts
William Swaney
Fort Dodge
Funeral rites for Charles H. Frick held at Alburnett church
Funeral services for Charles H. Frick were conducted Friday at the Alburnett Christian church by Rev. M. D. Swisher and Rev. Frank Andrews of Vinton. Mrs Harry Wenger and Mrs. Frank Schantz sang. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery in Central City. Pallbearers were Frank Schantz Lester Miller H. A. W. Koch Clarence Stahley Elmer Moore and Dan Lillie. Relatives attending from Cedar Rapids and nearby communities included Mrs. Don Streeter San Markus Texas Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frick Mr. Vernon Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dee and daughter Nancy Ann Mechanicsville Robert Dee Burlington Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carey Jerome Frick Mr. and Mrs. John Frick and Mr. and Mrs C. B Forsythe.
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Charles H. Frick
Alburnett Christian Church
M. D. Swisher
Frank Andrews
Vinton
Harry Wenger
Frank Schantz
Oak Hill Cemetery
Central City
Lester Miller
H. A. W. Koch
Clarence Stahley
Elmer Moore
Dan Lillie
Don Streeter
San Markus
Texas
Frank Frick
Vernon
Glenn Dee
Nancy Ann
Mechanicsville
Robert Dee
Burlington
Ed Carey
Jerome Frick
John Frick
C. B Forsythe
Cedar Rapids
Mothers club entertainments and social notes in Marion
Mrs Alfred Pantry hosted the Mothers club with Mrs Harold Halstead as joint hostess and Mrs William Ray in charge of the program. Bridge yielded prizes to Mrs Stanley Kellams and Mrs George Hanry. The president, Mrs George Brewer, announced committees and a June 28 family picnic. Additional notes include local visits, travels of residents, and social calls among Marion and nearby hosts.
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Alfred Pantry
Mothers Club
Harold Halstead
William Ray
Stanley Kellams
George Hanry
George Brewer
M. G. Linkletter
Hanry
Don Hempy
Walter Bensch
Joe Walker
William Sorter
Lexington Sailors Stay Calm Amid Ship Abandonment
On May 8 during the Coral Sea battle the carrier Lexington was damaged and sank after torpedo plane and dive bomber assaults. Sailors described calm orders, coin tossing, naps, and a feast of ice cream before abandoning ship, with crew members salvaging items and escaping to a destroyer. Charles Dorton, 22, San Diego, recalled the action and retreat.
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Lexington
Charles Dorton
Dorton
San Diego
Calif
Frederick C. Sherman
Coral Sea
Local Social Notes Sampler From Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs Susie Berry and Miss Jean Leidigh return from Santa Maria California visiting Berry family and camp near Muroc. Anita Mae Calvert birthday dinner hosted by Ethel Harris in Springville. Visits extend to Oskaloosa Etowah Cuba and Cedar Rapids area with relatives and hospital procedures noted. Justice Drummond wed Russell Gardner and Fern Shirtz at Cedar Rapids. Franke family note from Manchester after death of Mrs James McFarland. Kolda sisters spend week with Terrence family in Burlington.
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Susie Berry
Jean Lehdigh
Santa Maria
Calif
Ethel Harris
Anita Mae Calvert
Springville
C. W. Calvert
Patsy Graham
Lucille Kelley
Wava Peek
Jean Wells
Virginia Hunte
Vera Louise Calvert
C. E. Drummond
Russell Gardner
Norway
Fern Shirtz
Cedar Rapids
Marion and area church services listed for Sunday
A compiled schedule shows services for multiple churches. Baptist pastor Rev. Benjamin H. Shaw at Marion churches with morning worship at 10:45 and evening events. St Joseph's Catholic mass at 8 and 10. Christian service led by Rev Vernon H. Carter. Congregational morning worship at 11. Free Methodist services with Sunday school 9:45 and services at 10:45 and 7:45. Methodist with children's day and worship. Presbyterian children's day at 10:30. St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Sunday school at 9:30 and worship at 10:30. Seventh Day Church of God sabbath school 10:30 and preaching 11:30. Prairie Chapel Sunday school 10 and worship 11. Epworth league 7:30.
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Benjamin H. Shaw
St. Joseph's Catholic
T. J. McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
Congregational
Frederick Nelson
Rock Island
Ill
Free Methodist
Guy James, Jr
Arthur W. Henke
C. V. R. de Jong
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Carl E. Krog
Thomas Park
Seventh Day Church of God
Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Prairie Chapel
J. B. Clyde
Epworth League
Marines Hold Midway Defenses Against Japanese Assault
Pearl Harbor dispatch details Captain Jean H. Buckner of the Marines recalling the June 4 1942 Japanese airstrike on Midway Island. He describes 40 to 60 attackers, heavy anti aircraft fire, four to five enemy planes crashing into the sea, and U.S. planes sinking carriers and repelling the raid. The attack produced several waves with bombing diving and strafing, but American defenses and carrier counteractions prevented a successful strike.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Army
Navy
Midway
Jean H. Buckner
Marines
Buckner
Rock Island Limited Derailed Near Oxford
DES MOINES AP Three pullmans on the rear of the Rock Island LaSalle Street Limited derailed three miles east of Oxford Indiana at about 145 a.m. No injuries reported. A broken rail caused the wreck. two of the last three cars derailed but stayed upright while the final car overturned. Passengers rode forward cars to continue journey as line cleared anticipated today.
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DES Moines
Rock Island
LaSalle Street Limited
Oxford
Doyle
Railroads report mixed April earnings and desert plant note
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line shows April net income of 48144 versus a net loss of 218456 last year. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific reports April net income of 888095 compared with 230102 in April 1941. The screwbean is a mesquite species found in the southwestern desert.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
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