Hog Market Slips After Brief Rally Amid Light Receipts
Chicago AP reports hog prices fell 15 to 25 cents from Monday’s peak with a top of 9.80 as supplies remained tight at about 13 000 head. Cattle also weakened, fat lambs little changed, and wholesale pork loin quotes steady while beef carcases rose 14 cents. Regional quotes from Ottumwa Waterloo Austin Des Moines Sioux City and Des Moines reflect modest declines and varied bids across hogs cattle and sheep.
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Chicago
Amt
TVG
Waterloo
Mondus
Des Moines
API
Dept. Agriculture
Tate
Minnesota
At & A.m
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Across Markets
Chicago hogs and cattle receipts totaled about 13 000 with direct market activity fairly active and prices mixed. In St Paul and Omaha regions hogs ranged from around 8.25 to 9.50 for various weights, while cattle showed steady to weak trends with top steers near 9.90 and heifers firm to higher. Sheep trades indicated gains for some lamb categories, with tops near 9.60 and fat lambs reported strong to higher.
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Sioux City
Tapi
Dept. Agriculture
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
ST. Paul
South ST. Paul
API
Iu S. Dept. Agriculture
Omara Livestock
Omaha
Iu. S. Dept Agriculture
Hog Market Declines Hit Local Prices Across Grades
Local market hogs weaken with all good hogs down ten cents and top price dropping to 9.25. Packers show a nickel lower, cattle market slightly softer. Wilson & Co lists bulk hog prices by weight and grade with good hogs and packers across various ranges. Calf and sheep markets also noted with spring lambs around 7.00 and cattle classes priced for different weight brackets.
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Wilson & CO
Dial
Wilson’s
Agricultural and livestock prices in Cedar Rapids market
The Cedar Rapids listing shows mixed grain and feed prices and wholesale fruit and vegetable prices. Wheat and oats stand priced per bushel or ton with rye and corn figures. soybeans, straw, and hay values appear alongside meat and hide prices and horse values.
Foreign exchange and commodity markets report
Foreign exchange in New York shows the franc at a new low while other European currencies slip from fund outflows. The wool market in Boston sees limited business with prices around 62 to 65 cents for fine western combing wools, while sugar in New York remains quiet with slight easing in futures and No 4 and May to Sept prices noted.
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Exchange
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Roumania
Brazil
Tokio
Shanghai
Honrkons
Mexico City
Montreal
Boston
May Wheat Dips to New Lows Then Rebounds on Chicago Board
May wheat slipped to fresh lows in early trading on the Chicago board but recovered as the session advanced. May wheat closed slightly higher, with corn and oats also up, while export demand remained mild and Australian wheat purchase by China weighed on sentiment. General weather improvement allowed more country offerings, with receipts easing to 85 cars and Liverpool and Winnipeg showing varied moves.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
China
Chicago Grain Quotations From Lamson Brothers & Co
Chicago grain quotations show wheat corn oats soybeans and fats from May to December contracts with bids highs lows and closes. Prices listed include Chicago cash provisions and Minneapolis cash grain across wheat corn oats rye soybeans barley and Timothy seed values.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers & Co
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Winnipeg
Bond Market Summary From New York Review
Bond markets showed mixed activity with small declines for U S government issues and limited losses for corporates. Treasury bonds traded down modestly while Pacific Gas Southern Railway and AT&T issues posted larger moves in a day of varied price shifts.
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NEW York Bond Review
New York
Treasury
Baltimore and Ohio
Delaware and Hudson
Northern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Alleghany
Erie
Great Northern
International Telephone
Pacific Gas
Southern Railway
American Telephone
Markets Chicago Produce and Poultry Prices Report
Live poultry steady with Leghorn hens to White Rock fryers at 21 and a half cents. Butter and eggs receipts steady with mixed local prices. potatoes on track with 330 total shipments US. Idaho Russet Burbanks US No 1 around 1.35 to 1.40. North Dakota Buss Triumphs US No 1 and better about 1.05. Wisconsin round whites US No 1 at 1.00. Florida Buss Triumphs crates US No 1 around 1.30.
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Chicago
U S
Idaho
Burbanks
North Dakota
U_ S
Wisconsin
Ney
Florida
U. S
New York Produce and Dairy Receipts Mixed Amid Stable Prices
APIS-EQOS receipts show unsettled mixed colors with special packs and standards. Butter receipts total 1,119,242 with steady gains for creamery higher than extra, firsts and seconds reported with modest price shifts. Cheese receipts reach 664,522 with state whole milk flats and other grades unchanged.
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New York
Chicago Produce Futures Report Ends Trading Day
Chicago butter and git futures are provided by The Peter Fox Sons Co located at 325 Merchants National Bank Building Cedar Rapids.
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Chicago
Peter Fox Sons Co
Merchants National Bank
Telephone
Cedar Rapids
Wall Street Loses Ground on Whitney Insolvency News
Bad news Tuesday hit the market with declines to over 2 points as trading volume rose. The New York Stock Exchange suspended Richard Whitney and Company for insolvency, sending shock waves through Wall Street while bonds and foreign markets also slipped and industrials led the early decline.
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New York
Washington
Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Whitney
France
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
U. S. Rubber
Westinghouse
du Pont
American Telephone
Douglas Aircraft
Kennecott
Standard Oil
N. J
J. I
Detroit Baby Lawler Weighs 18 Pounds at Birth
A Detroit infant nicknamed the potential new Bunyan weighed 18 pounds four ounces and measured 23 inches at birth on Monday. He is the son of an unemployed Ford worker.
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Detroit
INS
Michigan
Paul Bunyan
Baby Lawler
Bunyan
Ford
Paralytic Miss Davis Undergoes Pioneering Surgery
Miss Sylva Eugenia Davis a 20 year old paralytic who has learned to write draw and paint since birth underwent Tuesday a surgical procedure aiming for a cure. Two physicians called her condition satisfactory after the operation as she lay in a respirator with two blood donors on standby. She faced a 50 50 chance of survival but remained cheerful toward her mother Mrs Carlos C Davis. The operation involved rerouting nerves from the spinal cord to the brain and was described as rare with only a few similar cases previously.
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Kansas City
Sylva Eugenia Davis
Carlos C. Davis
Divorcee Gives Up Alimony Right In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Judge Frank P Douglass rules that a wife who divorces and severs ties with her husband elects to support herself, thus relinquishing alimony. The decision clarifies alimony only when there is no child support involved.
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Oklahoma City
Frank P Douglass
Oklahoma
Douglass
Wife not entitled to support after legal separation judge rules
Albany. A wife separated legally from her husband is not entitled to support from him even if she is destitute and a public charge. State Supreme Court Justice Francis Bergin issued the ruling on Monday.
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Albany
State Supreme Court
Francis Bergin
Knights of Columbus to Recite Rosary for Frank De Hutchinson
The Rosary will be recited by the Knights of Columbus for Frank De Hutchinson at the residence 350 Park Terrace SE at 7 pm on Wednesday. Mrs. Lottie Carr of Judsonia Arkansas was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff James Smith on a charge of defrauding a hotel keeper related to unpaid bills at Roosevelt hotel and long distance calls.
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Knights of Columbus
Frank de Hutchinson
Park ‘Terrace SE
Lottie Carr
Judsonia
Ark
James Smith
Carr
Roosevelt Hotel
Tools Stolen From Garages Recovered. Youth Held
The theft of tools from Town Electric Light and Power Company and Palace Garage was solved by local detectives. A 16 year old boy admitted stealing from the Palace garage and was arrested, denying the Light company garage theft, and turned over to Deputy Probation Officer Jonas.
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Town Electric Light and Power Company
Transmission and Line
Second Street NE
Palace Garage
Avenue NE
Earl Stanley
Light Company
Stanley Jonas
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Officials and Celebrations
At a meeting of the Allamakee county Tavern Keepers association Walter Martin of Waukon was elected president with C Roeder of Lansing as vice president and P J Mahoney of Waukon as secretary treasurer. Directors include F J Spinner and W L Clancy of Lansing Gustave Welper of New Albin Joe McNamara of Waterloo A C Meier of Postville and N J Atall of Waukon Junction. Ernest Ludwig marked his eightieth birthday born March 5 1858 in Neuestadt Germany. He and his wife moved to Calamus in 1893 and later farmed twenty two years before settling in Calamus with health good and active life. They have three children Paul Augusta Huetter and Mrs John Schultz. Mr Ludwig keeps active. In Rowley Mr and Mrs E A Johnson celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary with a surprise picnic dinner joined by Elmer Baker and Frankie of North Liberty Joe Johnson and Frank Lala families from Cedar Rapids Pauline Speakson Johnson born in Germany came to America at 17. They lived near Lost Nation then Rowley retirement last fall. Five children survive: Anna Baker John Henry Joe Will.
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Waukon
Allamakee County Tavern Keepers Association
Walter Martin
C .F. Roeder
Lansing
P. J. Mahoney
F. J. Spinner
W. L. Clancy
Gustave Welper
New Albin
Joe McNamara
Waterville
A. C. Meier
Postville
N. J. Atall
Waukon Junction
Ludwig
Paul
Augusta Huetter
Calamus
John Schultz
Welton
Rowley
Frank Lala
Cedar Rapids
Pauline
Johnson
Germany
America
Lost Nation
Mr. Johnson
Anna Baker
North Liberty
John
Omaha
Henry
Portland
Ore
Joe
Will
Independence
Marion Seeks WPA Aid for City Street Upgrades
Marion city officials revealed at a Monday council meeting that an application to the Works Progress Administration seeks funding to widen and straighten Sixth Avenue from Seventh Street to Twelfth Street, widen Tenth Street from Seventh to Eighth Avenues, pave parking on both park sides, and fill streetcar tracks with asphalt. Ordinance revisions on beer and milk sales are discussed. The clerk was instructed to summon beer parlor and restaurant owners Friday at 7 pm and all milk dealers to meet at 8 pm. Street Commissioner Schultz was told to secure no parking signs for the Garden theater to allow daytime parking.
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Marion
WPA
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Street
Twelfth Street
Tenth Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Indian Creek Bridge
City Hall
P F. Schultz
H C Mershon
Garden Theater
Marion clarinet winner chosen for subdistrict contest
Harry Paul Dunlap won the Lincoln building Saturday evening clarinet contest to represent Marion at the Anamosa subdistrict music contest on March 24 and 25. John S. Miller won the flute contest with three entrants. Alan Richardson of Wilson high school Cedar Rapids directed the judging. A fire call came Monday at 4 30 p.m. for a truck blaze in front of Gordon provery. chemicals extinguished the fire.
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Harry Paul Dunlap
Lincoln
Marion
Anamosa
John S. Miller
Alan Richardson
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Provery
PTA Meeting to Hear John Granseth on Playgrounds
The Parent-Teacher association meets Thursday at 8 p.m in the Lincoln auditorium to hear John Granseth of Chicago district director of the national playground commission. Nevin Nichols of Cedar Rapids will show motion pictures of playground work in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. W. J. Barron of the Linn County Safety Council will speak. Taxpayers and voters are invited.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Lnicoln
John Granseth
Chicago
National Playground Commission
Nevin Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
W. J. Barron
Linn County Safety Council
Community notices and club meetings across Marion area
The Indian Creek Fish and Game club sets by law changes and $1 dues with cards next Monday. Cedar Rapids groups share talks and visits while church and ladies aid meet for sewing and a noon picnic. Deaths in Arlington Heights touch Walter Bray and family as local clubs schedule games and initiations.
Marion couple wed at Stack home in Cedar Rapids area
Miss Ellen Fish and Charles Green of Marion were married at the Stack home 1255 Sixth Avenue. The Rev ET Gough officiated under a canopy held by twin sons Bobbie and Billie Green. Attendants included Mrs Densia Crosier Manchester and others. The couple will reside on a South Eleventh Street dairy farm.
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Ellen Fish
Charles Green
Marion
Fred Stack
Sixth Avenue
ET. Gough
Methodist Church
C. S. Bishop
Manchester
Stack
Densia Crosier
Dale Crosier
Dale
Cedar Rapids
Cortland Appleby
Surprise housewarming and community notices in Marion
Mrs Margaret McEnany hosts a neighborhood surprise party at 1113 Eleventh Street with guests including the Etzels Langhefts Kemp and Howe families. Church groups plan meetings, improvements are noted, and local residents report travel, sales, and rentals in Marion for midweek.
Dry Creek Ladies Progressive Club Meets at Quass Home
Due to bad roads the Dry Creek Ladies Progressive club will meet Thursday at Mrs. W. H. Quass 904 Tenth street instead of the Robert Hagerman home. A picnic lunch will be served at noon. Edith Hagerman hosted Linn's Best 4-H club at her grandmother's home, with Betty Louw Scott visiting. Virginia Sloan spoke on health. Alice and Alberta Hammond gave a demonstration on selecting ats.
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Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
P. A. Osborne
Seventeenth Street
Ladies Union of the Christian Church
RE. Lehdigh
Tenth Street
Dry Creek Ladies Progressive Club
W. H. Quass
Robert Hagerman
Edith Hagerman
Linn
W H Quass
Betty Louw Scott
Virginia Sloan
Alice
Alberta Hammond
Retail Clothiers Name New Officers
DES MOINES AP The Town Retail Clothiers association met here and elected John Sunstrum of Oskaloosa president. Ed Charlson Story City and Al Huber Clarksville were named vice presidents, CH Crowe Clarion secretary treasurer. Executive committee picks included F A Young Mount Vernon H J Hansen Harlan RA Cameron Vinton and W G Fichenauery West Liberty. New directors include Mark Morris Vinton Zelia Sime Toledo Ben Bell Decorah Nick Poling Ottumwa. Harry Cohen Council Bluffs Clark Lane Humboldt and W Toohey Storm Lake.
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Des Moines
Town Retail Clothiers’ Association
John Sunstrum
Oskiloosa
Ed Charlson
Story City
al Huber
Clarksville
CH. Crowe
Clarion
F. A. Young
Mount Vernon
H. J. Hansen
Harlan
RA Cameron
Vinton
W. G. Fichenauery
Westlaberty
Mark Morris
Zeli¢ Sime
Toledo
Ben Bell
Decorah
Nick Poling
Ottumwa
Harry Cohen
Count Bluffs
Clark Lane
Humboldt
Wp, Toohey
Storm
Luke
Committees Appointed At Deanery Meeting Of Catholic Women
At the Cedar Rapids Na tional Council of Catholic Women deanery meeting held at St Wenceslaus school parlors, standing committees were named. Appointments included resolutions by Mrs Jo J Doherty active committees for hospital Its private and public service, and nominating committee heads from affiliated groups. The group opposed block listing and birth control literature while praising Snow White and Disney. About 100 women attended tea served by Sanctuary guild. green and white table decor noted.
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Cedar Rapids
National Council of Catholic Women
St Wenceslaus
Mra J. Bormann
Paul Huston
Jo J. Doherty
R.B Hyland
Hospital
Ray Phelan
Sam Dale
Columbia Museum
Walter F
Columbia School Social Service
T OV. Hougland
Pubherty
Herbert J. Morehead
PF McPartlands
Esther Hromik
Lumir Strieskys
Motlun — Preltre
Rot Sweeney
Dubuque
National Board of Directors
Dubuque acMuocesan Council
Sanctuary Guild
Boost Iowa WPA Quota to 40 000 Workers
State WPA Administrator George J. Keller announced the regional office approved raising Iowa’s quota to 40 000 people. The increase means WPA spending at about 1.695 million dollars monthly with an average worker costing 56.40 dollars monthly. The new quota surpasses the March 1937 level by 5 000 and is about 13 500 above last November’s low point.
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DFS
WPA
George J. Keller
Iowa
GM Sales To Consumers In U S Drop Slightly
General Motors reported U S consumer sales in February at 62 82 units, down from January and ahead of February 1937. Dealer sales in the United States totaled 63, units, rising from January and above last year. Total sales for U S and Canada and overseas shipments reached 94 41 units, modestly higher than January and well above February last year.
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New York
General Motors
United States
Canada
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Seventh Avenue
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Riverside
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Allan
Clinton
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Town City
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Springville
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Fifth Avenue
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McLain
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Cecil Page
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Retail Clothiers
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