Hogs Steady as Tuesday livestock receipts tally
Chicago market notes show hogs steady with Friday’s averages and top at 15 60. Cattle and sheep mixed to steady with receipts of 16 000 hogs, 6 000 cattle, 6 000 lambs. top hog price 15 60, futures and regional quotes list wide ranges across Des Moines Iowa and Omaha Nebraska markets.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
IINS
S Dept Agriculture
Interior
Minnesota
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Dept Agriculture
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
Dept. Agriculture
New York Produce Prices and Market Notes
OPA price levels for bulk butter and creamery ratings appear in New York markets with mixed color eggs and graded cheeses. Chicago items show butter grades AA to B, eggs steady, and poultry weights with diverse prices. overall market activity muted by stock levels and delivery constraints.
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New York
OPA
Searce
Hecht
Unwashed and Washed Grain Prices Reported in Pacific Market
Russell Burbanks lists unwashed at 365 and 2332 for Idaho standard and Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. US No 1 and No 2 grades show varied prices with washed goods at 257 and 275 412 per 85 size B. Street sales reflect steady demand in Florida markets.
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Chicago
Springer
ATOES
Nebraska
Bliss
North Dacobbiers
Wisconsin
Bliss Triumphs U
LCL
Idaho
Russel Burbanks
Bliss Triumphs
U. S
Florida
Local Hog Prices Steady on Cedar Rapids Market
Hog prices across all grades held firm on Monday in Cedar Rapids. Top butchers' price reached 14.85, long haul no-fill 14.95, and packers 14.50.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Grain and Produce Prices Listed
The list shows oats, wheat, rye, corn, soybeans, hay and straw prices, poultry rates, ducks and geese, pigeons, pullets, hens, and hides. Also included are wholesale fruit and vegetable prices for celery lemons oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes and apples with assorted crate and basket pricing.
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Leghorn Springs
Colorado
Jonathan
Chennault Sees Chance to Beat Japs This Year
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of US forces in China, says the Allies can defeat Japan in a short time if they focus full effort in the Pacific. He adds an outside chance the job could be finished this year depending on supplies to China and notes Japanese bottlenecks in pilot training and aircraft production.
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China
Claire L. Chennault
Japan
Pacific
United States
United Nations
Chennault
Busiest Stock Mart Since 41
New York stocks fell Monday in the heaviest trading in over a year as penny issues dominated the tape with blocks up to 10 000 shares. Profit taking blamed for the stumble as early gains faded and low priced rails and industrials showed gains while tractions slipped. About 2 000 000 shares changed hands, the largest transfer since December 30, 1941.
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New York
Wool Market Dense Activity In Plymouth Area Notes
A terse AP report from Boston notes a quiet Monday wool sale with average staple lambs at 42 cents fob and ongoing Montevideo 50s to 50s as buyers show some demand for soon arriving wool. The item lists Wisconsin cheese and Plymouth references with wool market commentary.
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Boston
Montevideo
Wheat Advances and Corn Holds at Ceiling Prices
Chicago AP reports wheat prices held firm with mill buying support and hedging sales lacking momentum. Wheat closed at new daily highs, May at 1.4744, July at 1.4754, corn unchanged at ceilings, May 1, oats up 0.48, rye up 0.33.
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Lamson Brothers and Company
H R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Goa
Chicago
Chicago cash grain prices amid market notes
AP reports Chicago cash grain prices with wheat at 1.50 to 1.60 per bushel for No. 1 hard, corn around 1.02 per bushel for No. 2 yellow, oats varying by grade and sample grades, and barley categories including malting and feed values. Several mixed and white grain samples show fractional prices and quality adjustments.
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Chicago
Kansas City Man Held for Counterfeiting
Herman Oscar Williams of Kansas City was committed to Linn county jail Cedar Rapids after failing to post 2500 bond for a hearing before U S Commissioner R L Whelan. He faces counterfeiting charges from a June 1942 federal indictment alleging creation and circulation of bogus $10 notes in 1937. Williams was serving a five year term in Anamosa for motor vehicle theft when the detainer was issued.
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Herman Oscar Williams
Kansas City
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
U. S
R. L. Whelan
Williams
Missouri
Federal Reserve
Iowa
Supreme Court limits federal tax on stock dividends
The Supreme Court upholds state power to fix minimum milk prices for federal military use on state land while ruling against applying that power on land under exclusive federal control. The court also says a company ordered to reinstate workers and back pay cannot deduct unemployment benefits paid to idle employees. Justice Jackson authored the 5-3 decision.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Jackson
Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court Review Granted in Public Utility Act Case
The Supreme Court granted a petition for review challenging the death sentence provision of the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act. North American Company, a major holding firm, challenged the SEC in a suit. The case will be set for oral argument.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
City Hall Notes: February court receipts and approvals
The February report to the city council shows total receipts of 1092.75 with fines 830, court fees 238, marshal fees 17, meals 7.75, general 50, and miscellaneous 715. Reappointments to the city plan commission for five-year terms were approved. Class B beverage permits issued to Burke, Drahos, and Merklin. A transfer of 4.50 from waterworks to public improvements funds for a manhole rim was approved.
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Superior Court
R T. Lubbock
T R. Warner
Ervin F Stepanek
City Plan Commission
William J Burke
Second Avenue SE
Leo J Drahos
Ellis Boulevard NW
Fred G. Merklin
First Avenue NW
Council
Porter Downs Is Fined For Illicit Liquor Sale
William James Downs a resident of 1527 Seventeenth avenue SE pled guilty in Judge J E Heiserman's court to illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. He was ordered to pay a 300 dollar fine or serve three months in Linn county jail, with the balance suspended on good behavior after paying 100 dollars and costs. Downs, a porter at the Danceland ballroom, was arrested Saturday night.
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William James Downs
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Linn County
J. E. Heiserman
Downs
Danceland Ballroom
Grand Jury Convenes Foreman Named in Linn County
Grand jurors convened Monday at 10 am in district court for the March term with F. L. Fuhrmister of Ely named foreman Other jurors include R H Allen Cedar Rapids G P Bundish Hie Henderson Central City C C Naylor Alburnett Carl H Schluntz Snon and Lee Wilson Springville Relatives of Ray Goodman sought in Cedar Rapids for information. The First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago filed suit against William and Lillian Hasbrouck seeking 522.45 plus interest and a writ of attachment on the Wenig farm of about 308 acres northeast of Cedar Rapids.
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F. L. Fuhrmister
Ely
R H Allen
Cedar Rapids
G P Bundish
Hie Henderson
Central City
C C, Naylor
Alburnett
Carl H Schluntz
Snon
Lee Wilson
Springville
Linn County
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
William Hasbrouck
Lillian Hasbrouck
Wenig
Roosevelt Returns to Light Duty After Illness
President Roosevelt, recovering from an intestinal disorder, shifts from rest to light duties and plans his first appointments since Wednesday, signaling a return to public duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fire Losses in January In Cedar Rapids
Fire losses in Cedar Rapids for January totaled 67 376.82 dollars with all but 300 dollars insured. Fire Chief E P Kohout reported to the city council. Buildings valued at 163 475 dollars and contents at 139 090 dollars. insurance on buildings 108 500 and on contents 84 338. Payouts reached 16 211.82 on buildings and 50 865 on contents. Uninsured losses were 200 on buildings and 100 on contents. Total building loss 16 411.82 and contents 50 965.
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Cedar Rapids
E. P. Kohout
Cab Fare Increase Approved by OPA
City reports that the Office of Price Administration approved new Cedar Rapids taxicab rates. Council gave first and second readings to a resolution fixing the changes and placed it on file for final reading on Monday March 8. New rates: 35 cents for first mile, 10 cents per additional mile, 10 cents per extra passenger, 10 cents per three minutes of waiting time, and 150 dollars per jour.
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Don Hines
Office of Price Administration
Cedar Rapids
Duce Ribbentrop Parley Reported In Rome Dispatch
A Rome dispatch broadcast by Berlin radio says Joachim von Ribbentrop and Premier Mussolini reached a complete agreement on war aims. The two leaders conveyed Hitler’s message and pledged to wage war with all energy until annihilation of the enemy and removal of Bolshevik danger in Europe.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Rome
Berlin
Hitler
Europe
Royal Arch Masons Buy Six Ambulances for Armed Forces
The Royal Arch Masons of Iowa announce purchase of six ambulances to be turned over to the U S government. Nathan L Hicks Marshalltown grand high priest says a Des Moines ceremony in April will include a parade of the vehicles. Hicks sent an $8936 check to the treasury for delivery before the convention.
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Marshalltown
Royal Arch Masons of
Iowa
Nathan L Hicks
Des Moines
Hicks
Secretary of the Treasury
Two Men Arrested in Utah for Car Theft and Gasoline
Donovan Jensen age 28 and Burn in O Babe age 23 were arrested by Utah state highway patrol in Duchesne Utah after allegedly stealing a car and 50 gallons of gasoline from the Roosevelt hotel garage Thursday night. The car belonged to B C Smith of 1400 Second Avenue SE. Jensen worked at the garage. Babe is a former employee. They face federal charges under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act.
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Donovan Jensen
Burnin O Babe
Roosevelt Hotel
Utah State Highway Patrol
Duchesne
Utah
W. J. Kudrna
B C. Smith
Second Avenue SE
Jensen
Kudrna
Babe
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Women Strike Over One Hairnet Edict
In St. Louis 25 women at the ordnance plant walked out to protest a rule requiring each worker to wear only one regulation hairnet. They argued two nets were needed for proper hair protection and declared the rule unfair and an infringement on their personal hair.
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ST Louis
St. Louis
Local notices and corrections hit Davenport Gazette brief
Tom Parnell of 1414 First Avenue NE is critically ill at St Luke's Hospital. Clifford Walker of Hawkeye Downs is recovering after an operation at St Luke's. Free cooking classes every Tuesday at 2:00 in the Glow Room of the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company. A Davenport WPB priorities analyst will attend Cedar Rapids Chamber conferences Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There is no purchasing agents meeting. The Gazette mislisted Pauline Freese's address as 515 Tenth Street SE. the home at that address belongs to F W Oxley.
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Tom Parnell
First Avenue NE
St. Luke's Hospital
Clifford L. Walker
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company
Davenport
WPB
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
the Gazette
Pauline Freese
Tenth Street SE
F. W. Oxley
Nurses to report to Schick base hospital in Clinton
Misses Kathleen Thomas Leone Burrell and Irene Lightfoot of St. Luke's hospital nursing staff will report Tuesday to the new Schick army base hospital in Clinton.
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Kathleen Thomas
Leone Burrell
Irene Lightfoot
St. Luke's Hospital
New Schick Army Base Hospital
Clinton
Bicycle theft reports surface with two local cases
Police logged two bicycle thefts over the weekend. Bill Barron of 313 Crescent Drive SE reported his bike stolen from 2027 Linn Boulevard SE between 830 and 9 pm Saturday. Jack Dunn of 1551 Seventh Avenue SE reported his bike taken from the State Theater parking lot Sunday.
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Bill Barron
Crescent Drive
Linn Boulevard
Jack Dunn
Seventh Avenue SE
State Theater
Montana mine disaster worst in state history
Rescue work continues for 69 miners feared dead after Saturday explosion in Bearcreek Montana. Three survivors, 62 rescuers treated for gas exposure, as families wait and hopes fade in the vast mine complex.
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Bearcreek
Mont
Montana
Billings
Sages
Willard Reed
Eli Housen
Alex Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Dewey Hardy
Dewey
Jean Summerville
Golden Wedding Celebrations Across Marion Area
Marion residents honor their fiftieth wedding anniversaries. Mr and Mrs Barclay De Wees of Whittier host a family dinner with children and relatives from Cedar Rapids and Springville. Also noted are anniversary observances for Mr Findall and Lucy Martin, and funeral notices for Ida Ross Smith and Louis Wagner Sr. plus a birthday for W A Ladd.
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Barclay de Wees
Whittier
de Wees
Anna Yocom
Springville
T H. de Wees
Helen de Wees
Cedar Rapids
B de Wees
Marion
Hervey de Wees
Ted Seret
Sheldon de Wees
Camp Polk
Maria Smith
H. de- Wees
Herbert
Earl
Howard Peckham
Hazel Drake
David Peckham
Gala
L. B DeWees
June
Philip
Hervey de- Wees
Edward
Winifred
Jackie
Donald
Lawrence Smith
Golden
Annie Wainwright
Eleventh Street
William Findall
Findall
Lucy Martin
Wainwright
W H Martin
C. L. Martin
Decat Rapids
Addie Kinkead
Robert
Edward Wainwright
Martin Luther
Louis Wagner, Sr
Oxford
W. A. Ladd
Edith Miller
Evelyn Lingard
Alvin Hunter
Mt. Vernon
Lewis Weis, Sr
Ladd
Miss Ruth Engstrom Piano Pupils in Recital at Sunday
A recital showcased piano pupils led by Miss Ruth Engstrom including Orlen Mae Iehl Dean and DiAnne Peterson Barbara Clemens Darrell and Shirley Fern Stimson Beverly Abernatha Georgia Hutton Jean Murray Mary Walter Corwin Abernathy Mazie Fischer Robert Turner Ramona Topel Jeanne Bowdish and Sally Byam Marion. Local church and community notices follow with Methodist WSCS meetings and other group activities across Comforter Endeavor Keystone Loyal Rainbow Shine Sun rise True Blue and Presbyterian Ladies Aid schedules.
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Ruth Engstrom
Orlen Mae Iehl
Springville
Dean
DiAnne Peterson
Barbara Clemens
Cedar Rapids
Darrell
Shirley Fern Stimson
Beverly Abernatha
Georgia Hutton
Jeannine Murray
Mary Walter
Corwin Abernathy
Mazie Fischer
Robert Turner
Ramona Topel
Jeanne Bowdish
Sally Byam
Marion
Local social notes and weekend visitors in Marion area
Mrs Glenn Johnson hosts with Mrs Robert Hess and Mrs Howard Hurt overseeing the program. Miss Dorothy Jeanne Mickelsen and Ray Driscoll visited in the Keister home with Mrs Elmo Whitmer leading devotions. Belle Plaine’s Mrs O D Dresher visited her daughter Mrs B C Keister. Elsie Stewart from Des Moines underwent an appendectomy at St Luke’s Cedar Rapids. Marion Chamber of Commerce directors set meeting at 7:45 p.m. at the chamber office. Sergi and Lyon family updates from Albuquerque. Ads note men's dress oxfords at 1.99 and Prunlax laxative ads. Private Curtis Norris transferred to Clearwater Florida. Sergt Melvin Dubbs on leave from Indian Gap. David Stone of Rockford visited his aunt Mrs Margaret Cleland.
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O. D. Dresher
Belle Plaine
B. C. Keister
Dorothy Jeanne Mickelsen
Ray Driscoll
Cedar Rapids
Keister
Elsie Stewart
Des Moines
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Stewart
J A. W. Stewarts
Ersatz Women's Shoes Discussed
Washington officials say American women may wear ersatz shoes soon as manufacturers plan durable models for long days. Producers explore non critical materials like fabrics and wood while WPB bans precious leather for frivolous footwear.
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Washington
OPA
WPB
Lost and Found Classified Ads From Cedar Rapids Gazette
Multiple lost items listed with rewards including a white gold Gruen watch a silver chain bracelet a red patent leather purse a Longine watch gloves keys glasses and books with contact numbers and rewards. Names Tom Mason Peter and Jingles appear in the notices.
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6Th Ave
Bob
Vernon
Dr. Grim
Tom Mason
Peter Dial
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Eighth Avenue
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Twelfth Street
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Rainbow
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True Blue
James E. Cippera
Concord and Excelsior Farm Bureau Club
Irving Drake
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Lee Voorhies
Seventh Avenue
Bailey's Milk
Grace H Starr
Betty Fowler
Ethel McQuown
Donald Dippel
Bernard A. Blokr
Mrs
Neal Blok
Camp Beale
Calif
Bailey's Milk Bar
Companions Missionary Guild of the Christian Church
Harry Rowley
Darling
Hamilton
West
Los Angeles
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Robert Hess
Howard Hurt
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J. R. Strong
Park Avenue
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Marion Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sergi, Francis A Lyon
A. A. Lyon
Albuquerque
N. M
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Dubuque
Pfc de Wees
Camp McCoy
Ee de Wees
Curtis Norris
Dell Norris
St. Petersburg
Clearwater, Fla
Owen
Sergt
Melvin Dubbs
Indian Gap, Pa
W. C. Dubbs
David Stone
Rockford, Il
Margaret Cleland
Ersatz Women's
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