Hog Prices Rise Slowly in Chicago and Midwest Markets
Hog prices edged up as receipts lagged Monday across major midwestern yards. In Chicago, buyers paid up to 15.50 for top steers while hogs 180-300 lbs commanded around 13.40 to 13.60, with sow prices easing and lighter cattle demand keeping bids mixed. Sioux City Des Moines and Omaha reports show generally firm to higher hogs, steady to higher cattle, and steady lambs amid thinner offerings.
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Chicago
Amt
Ant
Sioux City
API
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
OMAHA _LIVESTOCK
Omaha
Dept. Agriculture
Darity
Fords
Iowa
Associated Press
Waterloo
Picher
Toaran Wees Hi Sa
Peoria
OWL
Hogs and Sheep Prices Rise on Local Market Report
Hog prices trend higher with packing plants up 15 cents and prime hogs 10 to 15 cents. Quotes show various weights with top hogs at 13.30 and calf market around 14.00 to 13.40. Sheep and lambs also listed with varied bids for different weights and quality levels.
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Seavseer
Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Grain and Market Prices
Local Cedar Rapids market listings show grain prices for No 1 wheat at 1.00, No 7 oats at 4c, rye 60c, corn shelled yellow 75c, soybeans 1.80, and hay prices around 16.00 per bale. Poultry, fruit, vegetables, and hides are listed with various price points including oranges 4.00, lettuce 4.50, onions 3.00, and No 1 cured hides 12c.
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Lezhorn Cocks Sc
Colorado
Filde
Chicago
Markets wrap New York eggs milk cheese and poultry prices
New York market report lists eggs with receipts 273247, butter at 1.158.336 pounds and 92 score creamery premium values, cheese steady, dressed poultry mixed with fowls firm and turkeys varied by region. Chicago poultry receipts reported unsettled market with mixed hen and fryer prices, plus broad live poultry notes and Pigeon prices.
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New York
Isteady
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
White Rock
Wisconsin
Katahdins
Green Mountains
Florida
Bliss Triumphs
Ostrom Is Sentenced For Blackout Regulation Violation
Ax el H L Ostrom aged 42 is sentenced to one year in the house of correction and fined 500 dollars for failing to observe blackout regulations during a March 10 test. He posted bond and was held on 3000 dollars.
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Dedham
Mass
Axel H. L. Ostrom
House of Correction
Blue Chips Steels Gain In Narrow Stock Market Bounce
New York AP reports a thin forenoon with mixed action as blue chips and steels lead a cautious rally. Major gains come from Bethlehem Dow Chemical Du Pont Philip Morris Loew s GM AT&T GE Westinghouse while rails oils rubbers copper list mostly muted. Bonds strengthen selectively, especially rails and communications.
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New York
Bethlehem
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Philip Morris
Loew's
General Motors
American Telephone
General Electric
Westinghouse
Standard Oil
N. J.J
Allied Chemical
J. I Case
International Harvester
Chrysler
Wall Street Closing Quotes From Bennett's Daily
Monday stock quotations from Wall Street listed numerous corporations and common names including Adams Express Johns Manville Allied Chemical Kennecott Lockheed and more across industries. The column shows prices and changes for many firms including industrials utilities and consumer goods in a dense ledger style.
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J .E. Bennett & Co
Wif
Madacer
Merchants National Bank
Adams Express
Alaska
Juneau
Johns Manville
Allied Chem
Kennecott
Kresse
Allis Chalmers
Kroger G & B
Ain Can
Libbey Owens
Lig & My
Hide & LD
Amn
Inth Corp
Lin, Garsonie
Amn Loco
Q Lockheed
Amn Marac'bo
Loews. Inc
Pow & L
Lorillard
Amn Rad
McKesson
Mills
Marshall Fid
Amn Smelting
Martin G L
Amn Steel Fars
Mathiesen Ark
Amn Tel & Tel
Miami
Wat
Mont Ward
Murray Corp
Nash-Kelvat
Armatrone Cork
Belling
Ae Atchison S
Atlantic Fur
Cash
Nel Dairy P
Aviation Corp
Baldwin
Gypsum
Ralto
Ohio
Pow & L Barnsdall Asy
Barber Asphalt
Bath Iron
North Amn Co
Bendix
Nor Amn Avi
Beth Steel
Nor Amr
Blaw Knox
Otis
Penney JC
Burroughs
Cal & Heelagi
Beoples Gas
Seaboard
Credit
Sears Roebuck
Servel Inc
Sowthern
Shell Union
Congoleum
Silver King
Copper
Alerath Rats
Gomt
Motors
Sperry Corp
Crucible Steel
Curtiss Wr
Warner
Deere and
Coante
Studebaker
Del
Lacka
Stone
Douglas Argay
Ex Core
DuPont
Tex Uit
R. M. Tex Pac Ld
Eastman Kod'kay Idewatera
Elec
Autolite
Trans-Amer
Union Carbide
Gen. Electric
Union Pac
Gen. Foods
Uni Aircraft
Gen Gas
Uni Air Lines
Gen. Motors Gar
Uni Carp m ' Gimbel
Uni Druz aMros
Glidden
Uni Fl Coal
Goebel
Uni Fruit
Goodrich
R. FP
Uni Gas Co
Goodyear
Graham Paire
U S Gypsum
Nor Ore
U S
Gt Nor Ry
Walworth
All Printing
Chicago
Armour and Co
Heileman Brew
Bore Warner
Libby McNeil
Butler Bros
Marsh Field
Bendix Av’n
Midwest Corp
Gbiexe Corp
Quaker
G. Com
Cent. I
Edison
Sucetrand
Swift and Co
Hshold . i
Walgreen
Roosevelt asks for extra funds for defense agencies
President Roosevelt urged Congress to provide an additional nine million dollars for the Federal Security Agency to train defense workers and an extra eighteen million for the Federal Works Agency to protect public buildings from subversive acts and depredations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Security Agency
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Works Agency
Budget Bureau
Grain Falls Moderately as Rye Leads Decline
Chicago markets show grain futures easing with rye leading the drop amid weak war and stock market tone. Wheat and oats slide about 4 to 5 percent while soybeans hold firm on oil and seed bean worries. overall volume thins as sub par selling controversy lingers.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
United States
Winnipeg
Cheese prices and wool market report fromWisconsin andBoston
Wisconsin cheese quotation for the week of March 16 shows variations from twins to cheddars with several fractions noted. Boston reports fair demand for fine combing territory wool around 115 to 118 dollars, territory one half wools 112 to 115 dollars, and average to good French combing wools 108 to 111 dollars per hundredweight.
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Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Twins
Boston
UPI
Agriculture Department
First Lady’s Marriage Anniversary Confusion
Washington AP report notes Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt forgot the exact length of her marriage as she announced plans for two weeks of public events. She recalled marrying the President in 1904 when asked which anniversary it was.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U S Says Industrial Alcohol May Do Without Sugar After 1942
Washington officials told the Patman committee that the United States can produce industrial alcohol after 1942 without using sugar. Frazier Moffatt said only 700000 tons of sugar would be needed this year, down from 1260000 tons in 1941, as Secretary Wickard cited uncertainty in sugar shortage and ongoing beet sugar refinement expansion.
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Washington
INS
Frazier Moffatt
WPB
House
United States
Moffatt
Patman Small Business Committee
Claude Wickard
Agriculture Department
Air Force Training Division Reorganized Names General Weaver
Washington announces four command districts in a reorganization of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Division. Major General Walter R. Weaver is appointed commanding general of the Technical Training Command.
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Washington
Ins
War Department
Army Air Forces Technical Training Division
Walter R. Weaver
Technical Training Command
Welles Sees Hitler Downfall Hidden in Speeches
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles told reporters in Washington that Hitler’s speeches reveal his awareness of an impending downfall, noting the dictator’s words imply his own recitation of defeat.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Sumner Welles
Hitler
Four Trainmen Killed in Tennessee Collision
A head on crash on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis line near Waverly Tennessee killed four trainmen including a father and son and left two others critically injured in a collision between a passenger train and a freight train.
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Waverly, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Here
Courthouse draws 30 jurors for March term in district court
Judge J. E. Heiserman authorized County Clerk Edwin Lundquist to draw 30 jurors to address a shortage. The 30 named jurors were ordered to report at 2 p.m. at the courthouse. Names include A. M. Anderson Lisbon Frank J. Balsanek 1522 J Street SW Elsie Balster Marion Ruth Barron 313 Crescent St SE Dorothy E. Bartlett 3743 First Ave SE Robert J. Bradie 109 17th St SE Donald A Carlson 1437 B Ave NE Nathan Cohn 1570 Third Ave SE E. E. Cook 1018 Second Ave SE Guy L. Cooper 1733 K Ave NE F W Deiter Alburnett DE Dripps 206 Seventeenth St SE Oscar G. Fleck 1132 Center Point Rd NE S M Frank Lisbon Emma H. Grout 1711 Blake Blvd SE Fred J Hollands 429 Twentieth St NE Ada Hughes 213 A Ave NW C H Johnson 2606 C Ave NE Wendell J. Kroupa 611 Eighth Ave SE Russell W. Lemley 2535 Vernon Court SE Harold B. McTavish 3032 E Ave NE Louise R. Miralsky 3200 Thirty-third Ave SW Frank D. Pratt 1016 Twelfth Ave SE Henry Roth 511 Seventh St SE Grace M. Ruebel 1002 Fourth Ave SE Fern Skien 2007 Fourth Ave SE Riley A. Slocum Walker Louis Thompson Mt. Vernon Ocie Trimble 1116 J Ave NW Loraine L. Willard 359 Ith St SE
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Edwin Lundquist
J. E. Heiserman
Lundquist
A. M. Anderson
Lisbon
Frank J. Balsanek
J Street
Elsie Balster
Marion
Ruth Barron
Crescent Street
Dorothy E. Barlett
First Avenue
Robert J. Bradie
Seventeenth Street
Donald A Carlson
B Avenue
Nathan Cohn
Third Avenue
E. E. Cook
Second Avenue
Guy L. Cooper
K Avenue
F. W. Deiter
Alburnett
DE. Dripps
Oscar G. Fleck
Center Point Road
S. M Frank
Emma H. Grout
Blake Boulevard
Fred J Hollands
Twentieth Street
Ada Hughes
A Avenue
C. H. Johnson
C Avenue
Wendl J. Kroupa
Eighth Avenue
Russell W. Lemley
Vernoncourt
Harold B. McTavish
E Avenue
Louise R. Mirals
State Checkers File Report on Linn County 1940 Books
The state examiners reviewed Linn county officers 1940 records and filed the report in County Auditor Robert Vesely's office. Vesely called it one of the best in years with only minor clerical errors corrected. L. L. McKay and F G. Gosling, the checkers, are now examining the 1941 books and made no recommendations for changes.
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Linn
Robert Vesely
Vesely
L. L. McKay
F G. Gosling
First Jury of March Term Hears Crash Suit
The March term jury pool included Alice Jacobsen versus Ace Mutual Insurance Association over a judgment for injuries from a truck collision. Jacobsen seeks 6339.80 to cover damages and costs. Leinen allegedly had no policy with Ace Mutual at the time. Accident occurred August 6, 1939, at Sixteenth Street and First Avenue E. Two divorce petitions were filed in district court: Clarice Rowray seeks custody and 860 monthly support from Maynard Rowray, married February 12, 1939, and Genevieve Goshert seeks divorce from Joseph Goshert, married May 33, 1919, citing desertion in June 1931.
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J. E. Heiserman
Alice Jacobsen
Ace Mutual Insurance Association
A. H. Leinen
Marion
Leinen
Levien
Sixteenth Street
First Avenue E
Clarice Imogene Rowray
Maynard G. Rowray
City briefs outline permit renewal and local meetings
Edward A Koop renews cigarette permit for 1522 First Avenue NE. Queen of the West Lodge meets Thursday at 2 pm in K P hall. Traffic luncheon group to view color Grand Canyon and Carlsbad Cavern at Y M C A Thursday noon. Iowa Electric Light installs street lights on L Avenue NW and One Avenue NW. Evangelistic meetings by Rev Scott B Pyle extend to next Sunday with daily 7:30 pm talks and a union service March 22 at 2:30 pm.
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Edward A. Koop
First Avenue
Grand Canyon
Carlsbad
Y.M.C.A
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
L Avenue NW
Thirteenth Street
One Avenue NW
Thirteenth
Scott B. Pyle
Ogden
Interdenominational Church
Third Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Pyle
Civil air patrol to drill twice weekly at armory
Lieut. Col. Dan Hunter announced that all civil air patrol members will meet at the national guard armory on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. for military drill instead of Thursdays only. Members are urged to be present at 7 p.m. The Cedar Rapids marine recruiting station, under Sergt. Robert Wetmore, announced five men are being sent to the Des Moines induction center for marine corps enlistment.
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Civil Air Patrol
National Guard
Dan Hunter
Tuesay
Robert Wetmore
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Marine Corps
Navy Recruiting Enlists Two Men Amid Post Names
The naval recruiting headquarters enlisted two men, Roy J. German and Harold L. Rose. Names listed include Harold R. Peterson of 1344 Second Avenue SE, Glen R. Rebek of 1025 Avenue NW, Norman F. Schnoebelen of 918 Eighth Avenue SE, Carl S. Thurn of Edgewood, and Richard G. Minkler of Edgewood.
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Harold R. Peterson
Second Avenue
Glen R. Rebek
Norman F. Schnoebelen
Eighth Avenue
Carl S. Thurn
Edgewood
Richard G. Minkler
Navy
Roy J. German
Mr Vernon
Harold L. Rose
Bus route proposal to Iowa ordnance plant at Burlington
Donald D. Sullivan of 1602 Park avenue SE applied to the State Commerce Commission for a new bus line from Washington to the Iowa ordnance plant at Burlington via Ainsworth Rath's Corners Crawfordsville Olds and Winfield. He had earlier sought a Columbus Junction to plant route.
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Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
State Commerce Commission
Donald D. Sullivan
Park Avenue
Sullivan
Washington
Ainsworth
Rath’s Corners
Crawfordsville
Olds
Winfield
Commission
Columbus Junction
Report Turkish Coast Bombed
Reuters reported that a Vichy dispatch from Ankara claimed planes of unknown nationality bombed Milas on Turkey's west coast. Ten people were killed and 20 injured in the attack.
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London
Reuters
Vichy
Ankara
Milas
Turkey
Want Ad Rates And Information
Ad rates explain five average size words for the initial line and six for each additional line. Minimum two lines, best results with lower T day rate. T days reach over 315,000 readers. Classified sections list sizes and prices for 2 to 7 lines, mailing, box numbers, and out of town surcharges.
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Lnes
Stevenson 25th anniversary dance invites Stanwood crowd
Mr and Mrs Frank Stevenson of Marion Iowa invite guests to celebrate their 25th anniversary at Hi Way Gardens Stanwood on Tuesday March 7 with Larr Hunter and orchestra providing music. Proceeds support roller rink healthful exercise and wholesome fun with skate lessons available by dialing two three nine two nine or two nine six zero nine eight.
Classified ad showcase for home services and repairs
Readers are urged to place inexpensive want ads in The Gazette to reach over 45 000 nightly readers. Services advertised include painting papering plumbing heating paneling rug shampooing hauling and masonry with various contact phone numbers and March April specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Noel Rose
Ellis Blvd
Novak
Gall Kasner
Hawkeye
Kutcher
É Fuel CO
W. L. Weeks
Eravel
Center Point Road
Merveaux
Cate
Help Wanted Classified Items Listing Multiple Jobs
Several help wanted notices across multiple sectors including sales assistants bookkeeping stenography housework and hotel staff. Notable listings include experienced sales ladies and assistant manager at Wolf's 228 Second St SE and Roosevelt Beauty Salon beauty operator positions, hotel maid at Hotel Taft and a hallwood cafe cook. Other roles include experienced marker sorter at New Process Laundry Co and ready to wear sales associates at 223 2nd Ave SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf's
Second St. SE
Gazette
L. Rosenbaum
Grande Ave
Poe
City
Dial
Steg
3Rd Ave
Roosevelt Beauty Salon
Hallwood Cafe
Marlon
Reye
3Rd St
Tip Ton
Taft
17Th Ave
1St Ave
Dia
2Nd Ave
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I Financial Exch Market News
Chicago Livestock
S. Dept. Agriculture
Inwa Nog
INSI
US. Dept. Agriculture
Minnesota
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Merchants National
Bank Building
Todey
H. C. Burleson Agency
Merchants Bank Bldg
Samean Brds and Co
UTT
Orage
Stanards
Edantias
Wall St
FSA
Rye
Piussiesep
Davenport Hastings
Nochanse le Crosse O
Rise Dubuque Oe Ta
Rise
Davenport Tree Eaeers
Keokuk St. Louis
Nochanse
U. S
Air Force Training Division
Welles
State Checkers
City Briefs
Queen of the West Lodge
Women's Society of B. of L. E. and
Hie
K. P. Hall
Marines
Bulletin
Sas
State Theater
Mt. Vernon
Clarence
13Th St. NW
Mondey
Probasco Jeweler
Palace Theater
Richards
Glaxkton College
Indy
Audi
Guaranty Bank
Ride TV
Maynard G.rowray
Grand Hotel
Lyman
Shell Service
Ave
J . A. Lower
St. SE
Eapert Watch & Jewelry Repair
Schaefer
Kresge
Saeetae
Jarre
Siegel
Ave. E
R. C. A._ Victor Radio Eastman
Rogers
Elgin
Katz Jewelry& Loan Co
Kut Paods
C. St. Knitting CO
Griffith Feather Mattress Co
Tom Mason
SANDS PRINTING _CO
2Nd St. NE
Ingle Nrl
Ant. Pote
St EL
ST. Patrick's Dance Coliseum
Oelwein
Jan Savitt
st Patrick's _ Party
Paul Arthur
NAVAL
Tommy Dorsey Hayes
Don Forbes Orch
Jimmie Adams
TOP Hat
Freddie Erickson
Lee
Ce-Mar
Marlon Salva
Lapayette
Lillian Suchy
3Rd St. NE
Paris Academy Beauty School
Lovely Lady Oil Permanent
Bishop's
Lillian Reese
Ciazette
Wom
Toinsurance
Larne
High Commission
APCO
Cermak Road
South Linn County
Mr. Cole
Marshalltown
Towa
National Finance Company
Gavette
Ernest Mollenhauer
Center Point
White
Bell Boy
Fidelity Employment
Central Employment AG CY
Granby
Trade Schools
Thrge Defense
Henderson School
Cedar
Rapids
ARC Welders
Midwest
Rapids School OF Welding
School OF Welding
C. R. Barber College
Raat
Autos & Trucks
Baxter Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Second Ave
Culver
Pontiac
Culver Motors
Second Ave. SE
Johnson Ave
Chevrolet
Hudson Sales CO
Iowa City
16Th
34Th St
Kadlee Bros
By Galbraith
Motor Corps
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