Hog Prices Jump to Fresh Highs Amid Slim U.S. Receipts
Hog prices climbed to about 9.80 per hundredweight as receipts slumped to 10,000 head, the smallest for this period in years. Dealers noted steady demand despite Lent, with cattle markets soft and sheep volumes large as hogs led the day’s market activity. Des Moines and Chicago reports showMonday gains, with Iowa yards reporting 22,200 total receipts and varied price bids across weight ranges.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Interior
Minnesota
Chicago Livestock Markets Report Stronger Sheep Demand
Chicago livestock receipts show 10 000 head including 2000 diverted market. Cattle receipts 2000 calves 500 fed steers and yearlings with slow demand and weak bids. best steers around 8.60 with heifers about 3.85. Sheep receipts 9000 with lamb trading steady to stronger, top around 9.25 to 9.75 on woolskins to shipper. overall tone indicates improving demand for late week.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
API
Dept. Agriculturel
ST. Paul
South ST Paul
Dept. Agriculture
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
USS. Dept. Agriculture
Sioux City Livestock Auction Report Summary
At Sioux City Japi U and Dep Agriculture cattle figures show receipts around 500 with calves about 40. prices range from $6.00 to $7.00 for feeder cattle and $3.00 for beef cows. Hogs total 2,200 with various weights, prices from $8.65 to $9.50, and sheep around $8.65 to $8.85.
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Sioux Caty Livestock
Sioux City
U & Dep Agriculture
Calven
Livestock Market Report from Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo and More
Hogs and cattle prices rise across Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo and Austin St Paul OMAHA and OTHERS with 140-350 lb hogs ranging up to 9 dollars and cattle to seven plus, notes on steady to higher bids, varied weights and packer quotes across regions and markets. The report cites hogs 140-350 lb several price points and beef cattle grades with yields, calves and sheep alongside market dynamics from multiple cities.
Local Porkers Rally as Prices Rise on Market
Hog prices advance 10 to 15 cents with top bids near 920. Poultry stays high while other markets hold steady. Wilson & Co NOG Market lists bulk hogs by weight and quality, with good hogs 140 to 150 pounds and up to 190 pounds in several grade ranges. Cattle prices show prime and choice steers and yearlings with varied weights and steady or lifting ranges.
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Wilson & CO
Hal
Wilson's
Bae
Good
Ciood Packers
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices
Wholesale prices list grains vegetables fruits and meats in Cedar Rapids. Includes grain grades for corn soybeans and oats, bale straw prices, produce such as lemons grapes apples and bananas, and livestock items with assorted weights and prices.
Chicago Markets Mixed with Steady Butter and Egg Prices
Live poultry and eggs show firm to steady quotes in Chicago markets. Hens under 6 pounds, Leghorn and other types maintain modest declines. butter and eggs receipts trend higher with prices largely unchanged amid steady demand. Potatoes and cheese markets reflect on track supplies, with U S No 1 Russets and Wisconsin whites listed and prices steady to firmer.
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Chicago
U. S
Idaho
Burbanks
North Dakota
Hiss
U .S
Wisconsin
U & No
Florida
Wool Market in Boston Fleeting Demand Shrinks Trading
A few buyers in the Boston wool market showed limited activity as they covered needs at asking prices. Quotations cited strong French combing length wools and Texas wools at 62 to 65 cents, with foreign exchange rates listed for major currencies and regions.
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Boston
Texas
Bond Market Slips as Volume Dims in New York Review
New York bond market trading slowed with small gains for select issues while overall volume remained light. Some corporate notes fell on light supply, including Nickel Plate 44s and Great Northern 45s, with other bonds like Erie and Missouri Pacific under pressure. Government issues posted minor losses. Japan showed signs of recovery in the foreign group.
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New York
Tapi
Great Northern
International Hydro Electric
Alleghany Corp
American and Foreley Power
Chicago and
North Western
Erie
Baltimore
Ohio
Seaboard Air Line
Missouri Pacific
Lehigh Valley
Japan
Wheat collapses late on Chicago Board as prices slip
The Chicago Board of Trade saw a sharp late-session decline in wheat amid weather fears in the U S winter grain belt and weak export activity. May wheat fell to 90 1/2 cents, with corn and oats also lower, while Liverpool settled lower on expectations of a large U S winter crop and global selling pressure.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Chicago Board of Trade
Spain
Vladivostol
Chicago and Minneapolis grain and sugar market snapshot
The report lists Chicago cash prices for wheat corn and soybeans with various grades and bids including No 2 yellow No 3 mixed and No 4 hard, alongside Minneapolis cash wheat bids and futures with protein content notes. Sugar futures in New York showed little change with slight gains in one contract while refined sugar remained steady.
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Chicago
Timothy
Minneapolis
Sunes
Bard Montana
Montana
Sugar Market
New York
API
Wadsworth Assails Undistributed Profits Tax Impact
Rep. James W Wadsworth charges the undistributed profits tax runs counter to thrift and provokes revulsion among small business men nationwide. He says the pending tax revision aims to repair damage from prior New Deal measures.
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Washington
James W Wadsworth
N.Y
Wadsworth
Green Has Reason To Wish He Owned Firefighter Card
President William Green of the AFL briefly held a card in the International Firefighters Association when a basement fire sent smoke into his seventh floor office. A blaze in the AFL building forced about fifty women to flee to the street as a fireman aided Green who urged, Get the women out first.
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Washington
INS
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Firefighters Association
A. F. of L
Green
Stock Levels Mainly Higher In Slow Trade
New York stocks idled higher in a slow Friday session. Gains were modest in the morning but faded as the day wore on amid light trading and Washington uncertainty. U S government bonds eased on a plan to fund March quarter with bonds. Leading movers included US Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler AT&T Anaconda Westinghouse, Ford, Allis Chalmers, Honeywell, U S Rubber, Philip Morris and Union Carbide.
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New York
Snd
Washington
U. S
Treasury
US Steel
Bethlehem
General Oneters
Chrysler
American Telephone
Anaconda
Westinghouse
Duo Pont
Allis Chalmers
Oliver Farm
U.S Rubber
Phhp Morris
Unton Catbide
Wall St Stocks Published by J E B Mennett Co
A vast list of traded securities and prices appears in a Wall Street stock page. Companies such as Libby Owens, Anaconda Copper, General Electric, General Mills, Procter Gamble, Goodyear, and Westinghouse are shown with numerous bid and ask figures. The page also includes index and sector listings, with many industrials and consumer goods firms cited alongside price movements and market standings.
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J. EB. Mennett & Co
W. J
Fkuxser Justas
Kaover
Leleh Valles
Tita McKesoon
Gly Am Smeline
Melellan
Marshall
Mathieson Aik
Gs Mant
Arimout & Co
Muriny Corp
Cuutial Vita Bendix
Heth Steel
North Ania Co
Hurden Co
Hore
Warner ’ Wei Ons Steel
Rugs Ile
Attis
Ula
Plymouth
Oulley
Pillar
Tallinan
Correo de Pasco
Ghes
Ohio
Ches Corp Tylates
Suteway
Cites Service
Cotenl
Sperry
Carp
Stan Brands
Wastana Ind
Crucible Steel
Warner
Webster
Curtiss
Hag Deere
Coogas
America
Fox
Fisk Rabber
England
Unt Corp
United Frost
Elec
Motorsais
UA Rubber Dilerte S
Frealty Gimbel
Glidden Co
Naalinany
Goodrich
Wwalwerhoe
Goodyear Tire
Ward Bak
Graban Powe
Warner Bros
West Union
Steg
West AB
Wretahouse
Stecker
G. White Motors
Houston
Willys Ovld
Lowe Sound
Wilson& Cap
Madson Motors
Woolworth
Hunp_ Motors
Ws Central
West Corp
Chicano Corp
Quaker. Com
Gene Hiscutt
Swift & Co
Tay Cord Corp
Swift
White Man's Jury Upholds Execution By Seminole Chief
A coroner's jury of white men in Miami, Florida, found justifiable homicide in the killing of John Billy, a Seminole accused of beating two women. They exonerated Chief John Osceola, the tribe's executioner, noting the tribal council had sentenced Billy and he was lawfully executed under Seminole rules.
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Miami, Fla
INS
John Billy
John Osceola
Corone
Nazi Flags Allowed in Upper Austria Ahead of Seyss Inquart Visit
Linz officials approve a safety measure permitting Nazi flags to be raised during Arthur von Seyss Inquart’s arrival to calm Nazi protests. Troop movements, police plans, and expected government changes in Upper Austria accompany the display amid provincial tension and a Berchtesgaden pact reference.
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Vienna
Linz
Arthur von Seyss Inquart
Upper Austria
Seyss-Inquart
Provinent
Ling
Weinrich Gelissner
Kurt Schussehnige
Sevss-Inquarto
Mats
Selusehnige
Berchtesgaden
Illness After Flood Strikes Hollywood Film Industry
Hollywood reports a wave of minor illnesses after a record storm imperiled sets and equipment. Franchot Tone and stars like Joan Crawford Madeleine Carroll Norma Shearer endured exposure and exhaustion yet pressed on with filming as floodwaters threatened Malibu and canyon homes.
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Hollywood
INS
Ina
Franchot
Ness
Joan Crawford
Madeleine Carroll
Malibu
Leo Carrillo
Canyon
Norma Shearer
President Roosevelt Pushes Policy in Naval Bill Language
President Roosevelt urged that the pending naval bill declare the policy of the United States to protect commerce and citizens abroad. Chairman Carl Vinson resisted efforts to modify the language, arguing the words were the President's own. The policy amendment was voted into the $1,113,546,000 authorization measure reported favorably.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Woman Cry for Help Ends With Hospital Run
Milwaukee police rushed to a second story window after a woman in a nightgown shouted "Help." They grabbed her and began a hospital trip when she admitted she had been asleep and dreamed a man was in her room.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Real Estate Transfers List Mixed Joint Tenancies and Lots
A long list of real estate transfers from 1938 documents joint tenancies and tenancies in common. Transfers involve Trene Keatmge, Charles Shackell, Greta Miller, Joeone Shackell, Irene, James Miller, Neal Miller, Catharine Faust, Gertrude Newton, Sheriff Linn County, and other property owners. Properties include Ridgewood, Rideee Wood, Well Pk, and various blocks in Hulls and Cooper adds. Several canons of covenants, conditions, and restrictions are recorded, with payments and deeds noted.
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Trene Keatmge
Clara Pfalf
Charles Shackell
T Teand
Greta G Miller
Rideee Wood
Joeone D Shackell
Ridgewood
Rece Ord ST
Valcom
Worthen
Irene
Ounce Wallan Mo Therte
Potas
Tipo
Dot
W. Co
James Mo Miller
Sam Miller
Neal Miller
Sd Deve
Catharene Poust
Neal Millar
Plainebe
James M Miller
Catharene Faust
Blanche Miller
Gertrude Newton
Walters
R.A. Vorpaht
Sheriff Linn County
Loan Corp
Shff
Sheriff Inn County
Home Owners’ Loan Corp Shff
Frances Minor
Kimer EK
Orton Mino
Valcon
Home Owners’ Loan Corp
Shifs Do
Nts
William E Koch
Joy
Heiserman Wd
Val von
R. Bldg and Loan Assn
Karla Vodicka
Viola Vodicka
Cooper and Crissman’s
Add C. R
Arthur Collins
Hazel B. Hoffman
Mildred A Collins
Mabel Z. Whitman
Marie EB. Gordon
Lenore M. Gordon
Hull
Hattie B. Rubey
William M
Irene J. Tleitz
Gainoer
Hulda Jeanette Minor
Orton Minor
Edward V Campbell
Harold L. Spaight
Leo C Phelan
Barney's
Arm Saved After Man Was Trapped In Refrigerator Car
George Kanellis, 25, was pinned and suspended for 17 hours when a refrigerator car hatch cover closed as a freight train started in Davenport Iowa. Doctors reported a good chance to save his arm and hand. no broken bones or tendons and only a deep cut were found.
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Fardas Sai
George Kanellis
Wail AO Meyer
County Hospital
Kanelis
St. Joseph
Mowis
Davenport
Missing Detroit man and hitchhiker vanish with bag
A black gladstone bag containing $20 and papers, a gray overcoat and hat owned by Richard Paladin of Detroit, and a 24 year old hitchhiker who rode with him from California disappeared from Mount Vernon at noon Friday. The stranger, described as slender about 160 pounds in tan riding breeches and gray overcoat, was last seen headed east. Paladin had checked into a hotel. the hitchhiker’s name remains unknown.
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Richard Paladin
Detroit
Mich
Paladin
California
Mount Vernon
James 11 Smith
Pan
Ed Gilt
Marshal Gill
Illegal Government Expenditure Report Highlights Controversy
Washington CAP report cites illegal expenditures by state National Guard units and air commerce bureau purchases. Senators Vandenberg and Byrnes spar over a reorganization plan to replace the civil service commission with a single administrator.
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Washington
Cap
Ellatt
Congress
Cape
Comptrollers Office
Vandenberg
Mich
Cin Service Commission
Byrnes
Sngle
Milcott
National Guard
Air Commerce Bureau
Elliott
Ameuats
Works Progress Administration
Teenager Confesses Slaying Mother in Quarrel
Theodore Danielsen Jr a 16 year old Chicago youth confessed to police that he stabbed his partially crippled mother to death during a violent quarrel after she punished him for truancy. The killing occurred at the Danielsen home following his departure after reports of poor grades. Police described multiple injuries including a knife wound to the neck and nine other lacerations.
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Chicago
Theodore Danelsen, Jr
Frida
Patrick Collins
Fridi
Theodore Danielsen
West Madison Street
FE Wilson
Collins
Dalietsen
Pan
Schaul
Davenport Mayor Explains Policy On Bingo Charity
Davenport mayor Meilo Fo Wells released a statement detailing why he acted against bingo operators who failed to pay pledged charity amounts. Operators agreed to donate two percent of gate receipts to charity, and delinquent pledges have now been paid. The matter is marked closed.
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Davenport
Meilo Fo Wells
Gunfight Across Border Leaves American Citizen Dead
Reported in El Paso an armed clash between Juarez city police and Mexican federal troops near the U S consulate resulted in the deaths of two officers and an American citizen identified as a Negro, with three others wounded. The incident began over an authority dispute as three African American men crossed the international bridge and were halted by police before federal troops intervened.
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EL Paso
Tex
INS
Juarez
United States
International Bridge
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