Hogs Steady and Cattle Up in Chicago Market Detail
Live hogs closed steady after a slow start with top at 15.80. Cattle rose 15 to 25 cents across killing classes while lambs lagged. Iowa and Omaha reports show mixed receipts and varied advances, with hogs stronger in several interior yards and cattle mixed to higher. Austin market lists steady to higher hog and beef prices across weight ranges. Chicago grain quotations follow.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
Tinsi
Minnesota
Wisconsin Chiese Plymouth Wool Market Report
In Plymouth Wisconsin and nationwide wool markets, contracting surged in territory states and Texas. Nevada offerings traded at 40 to 43 cents, Montana saw 436 404 head, Wyoming ranged 38 to 40 cents, Idaho offered mixed grade jets at 434 to 4442 cents.
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Wool Market
Boston
API
U 5 Dept. Agriculture
Texas
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago and New York produce listings show firm markets with varied receipts. Poultry and eggs trend mixed with slight price moves, while older stock and light supplies weigh on overall market sentiment.
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ATOES
Idahos
Minnesota
Dakota
Bliss
Wisconsin
Chipas U
Nebraska Bliss
Maine
York
Etronz
Turkeva
Local Market Brief On Transfers and Schedules
Reading incomplete text shows scattered figures on transfers 29s and 32 percent 34c weapons ITI broiers 26¢ and references to pair A Ste 1 OPA and maximum selling schedules.
Local Hog and Cattle Prices Steady Across Cedar Rapids Market
Hog prices remained steady across all grades on the Cedar Rapids market. Top hogs fetched 15.15 for butchers, with packers around 14.85 and long haul no-fill at 15.25. Cattle notes show varied bids from choice to common steers and yearlings, with calves and sheep prices listed across weight ranges.
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Chicago
API
S Dept Agriculture
Shern
Sioux City
Dept Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
Abov
Cedar Rapids market price list for grains poultry and produce
A Cedar Rapids market listing provides No 2 oats at 50 cents and 35 percent, wheat around 1.18 to 1.15, rye 37 cents, shelled corn 87 cents, soybeans 2 yellow prices, hay and straw values, poultry prices for springers and hens, ducks and geese rates, pigeons at 1.00 per dozen, and current receipts. Fruit and vegetable lines show Florida celery 6 to 6.50 per crate, lemons 7, Colorado oranges 5.75, lettuce 5.50, onions 2.72, sweet potatoes 4.75, apples 4.25, potatoes 3.75, and various hides and livestock prices including horses and ponies.
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Florida
Colorado
Texas
Wheat Holds Firm Amid Quiet Grain Trading On Bankhead Bill Hopes
Wheat ends higher as parity improves and flour business resumes while traders wait for presidential action on the Bankhead bill. May at 1.4594 July 1.454. corn steady at ceilings. oats rise. rye gains. Chicago cash prices show No 2 yellow 1.02 and other classes mixed amid thin activity.
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Chicago
Chigkag (Ap
Chinese Forces Hit Japanese Defenses Near Great Wall
Chinese high command said troops destroyed Japanese defense works and communications in attacks near the Great Wall about 700 miles north of Chungking. Japanese forces reportedly attacked Chinese positions in central Hubei three days earlier as fighting continued briskly.
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Chungking
China
Great Wall
Hupeh
Congress Hopes for Easter Recess After Roosevelt Talk
President Roosevelt met with congressional Democratic leaders and Senate Majority Leader Barkley. If the legislative situation allows, Congress hopes to recess for a couple of weeks around Easter, enabling members to gauge conditions at home. It was only the second such conference since the new session began.
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Washington
Congressional
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Congress
Rennel Island Marks Southern Tip of Solo Mons Chain
Rennel Island lies 110 miles south of Guadalcanal as the southernmost point of the 900 mile Solo Mons chain. The entry notes the island’s position in the Pacific theater context.
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Rennel Island
Guadalcanal
Solomons Chain
Stocks Rally After Early Setback On Wall Street
Stocks softened from earlier highs but many leading shares rebounded to near their late session levels. Volume around 1.5 million shares. rails led declines earlier, while gains spread in final hour with new yearly highs posted by some issues.
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New York
Nelson Almost Has To Bail Out When Plane's Gear Jams
CHICAGO UP Nelson and four Washington officials including War Production Board chairman Donald Nelson faced a possible parachute landing when the navy plane they rode to Chicago had jammed landing gear. The mechanic freed the wheels and they landed safely after 15 tense minutes.
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Chicago
Donald Nelson
Caterpillar Club
Washington
War Production Board
Navy
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Needn't Post Price Tops on Pork Cuts
Washington AP reports butchers will not post ceiling prices on pork cuts after new ration point value requirements. With prices going into effect Thursday, sellers must show selling price and ration point value on each tray, but OPA says the ceiling price may be dropped as markers will be filled.
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Washington
OPA
Florida Canal Fund Is Vetoed by House Committee
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee rejected 44 million dollars for the Florida barge canal from the war department civil function bill for fiscal 1944. The panel said the canal would not relieve eastern fuel shortages for many months and that existing pipelines tank cars and water transport would handle winter needs.
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House Appropriations — Committee
War Department
Civil Function
Florida Barge Canal
St. Johns River
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Eastern Seaboard
Panama Canal
13 Year Old Boy Finds $13901 in Junk Heap Find
Frank Kominsky a 13 year old East Side pupil found 13901 in folded money and coins while searching a junk heap with two friends He turned the sum to police after his father urged him to do so If unclaimed after six months police will decide claim status and return or keep the money
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New York
Frank Kominsky
Frank
Yanks Pound Kiska and Pacific Islands in Raids
The navy said United States bombers again blasted Japanese runways and installations at Kiska in the Aleutians. Flying Fortresses attacked Vila in the Solomons and Kahili in the Shortland island area in the South Pacific. All U S planes returned safely from the raids.
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United States Army
Hiska
Aleutian Islands
Vila
Solomons
Kahili
Shortland Island
South Pacific
United States
Wilson Executives Salaries Revealed in 1942 Reports
Philadelphia AP reports Wilson and Company salaries for fiscal 1942 as filed with the SEC. Thomas E. Wilson chairman earned 75700.12 dollars, Edward Foss Wilson president 40699.95, J D Cooney vice president 35000.16.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Wilson and Company, Ince
Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
Edward Foss Wilson
J. D. Cooney
Linn County approves new road district in Boulder township
The Linn County board of supervisors creates Secondary Road District No 191 in Boulder township to surface two miles of road after a petition from W Allolub of Monticello and others. The King Yessler Real Estate Co sues Ollie A Johnson in district court for 431.42 rental arrears with attachment sought. The supervisors renew a contract with Iowa Electric Light and Power Co for steam heating the courthouse and jail from Sept 1 1942 to Sept 1 1947.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Boulder Township
W. Allolub
Monticello
King-Yessler Real Estate Company
Ollie A. Johnson
Pullman
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
What You Beg With WAR BONDS
A small item of equipment for our soldiers, a pistol belt, costs cents but supports the war effort. Your War Bond purchases help fund essential gear and safeguard safety today and security after peace. They give their lives and you lend your money. U.S. Treasury Department.
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U.S. Treasury Department
City Briefs Highlight Local Events And Changes
Robert Stastny is recovering from appendicitis at Mercy hospital. Maxine Garrison and Edward C. Kehoe of Cedar Rapids wed in Kahoka Missouri and will reside at 316 Fifth Street NE. Cub pack 26 Van Buren school to picnic Thursday at 6 pm. City council approved a 9482.45 payroll for the two weeks ending today. Harold J Nilsson spoke on The Land Pays Off to Kiwanis. Dr Alice B Salter to join 1943 Iowa Welfare conference in Des Moines April 8-10. Andy Woolfries returning from England to speak at Chamber of Commerce Young Men’s Bureau dinner at 6 15 pm Thursday.
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Edward C. Kehoe
Cedar Rapids
Kahoka
Fifth Street
van Buren School
Alice B. Salter
Iowa Welfare Association
Des Moines
Andy Woolfries
England
Royal Navy
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Lenten services and notices around town and tributes
Trinity Lutheran church on First avenue at Fourteenth street SW hosts lent services at 745 with the sermon Bearing the Cross. A tax lien for Pla-More Enterprises Inc at 709 Second avenue SE notes 1941 excess profits tax of 42349 filed in Cedar Rapids. First Lutheran church on Third avenue at Tenth street SE offers a vesper with part three of the passion history and Jesus Prayer by Rev. Paul Luther Miller. Chaplain R N Schwyhart of the Iowa naval Preflight school, aboard the sunken Vinatennes in the Solomons, will address Mt HerMon lodge No 263 A F and A M at 730 p m Thursday. refreshments follow.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Federal District Clerk's Office
Cedar Rapids
Pla-More Enterprises, Inc
Second Avenue SE
First Lutheran Church
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Paul Luther Miller
R N_ Schwyhart
Iowa Naval Preflight School
Vincennes
Solomons Islands
Mt. Hermon Lodge
A.F
A.M
Masonic Hall
Davis Sees Tunisian Mop-Up In Time For Invasion
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information said Axis forces in Tunisia could be exterminated or neutralized in time to permit invasion of continental Europe this year. He warned against premature optimism while noting Rommel’s chances of escaping North Africa are lower than Britain's at Dunkirk.
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Tunisia
Europe
Davis
Rommel
North
Africa
Dunkirk
Would-Be Citizens Face Final Hearing in City Hall
Twenty seven petitioners are ordered to appear at the superior court room in the city hall at 9 a.m. April 13 for final hearing on citizenship petitions. An examiner will be present to conduct the hearings, per Miss Maude Krebs, clerk.
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Superior Court
Chamber of Commerce backs Cedar Rapids war bond drive
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce pledged full cooperation in the April sale of war bonds. A board resolution cited inflation concerns if banks absorb too much of government issues and urged continuing payroll deduction plans to encourage bond purchases by individuals.
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Cedar Rapids
Higher Meat Carriers Allowed 8 Percent Charge Hike
Office of Price Administration approved an up to eight percent increase for contract carriers moving fresh meat and packing house products from 11 states including Iowa. Officials cited rising costs that could force carriers out of business.
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Washington
Iowa
Office of Price Administration
Roosevelt Wage Confab Thursday
Washington sources report President Roosevelt will meet with CIO and AFL leaders Thursday to discuss wage stabilization policies amid resumed labor peace talks in the capital.
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INS
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Rebekahs of Linn and Jones Counties Convene in Grove City
Grove City hosts Linn and Jones County Rebekah convention in the 1,0.0,F. hall with 250 attendees. Officers elected include Emma Jadrnicek as president and Ruth I Booze as secretary, while Grand Lodge officers and district leaders participate. Functions feature luncheon, patriotic decor, and a defense stamp corsage program. A film Your Victory Garden will be shown at the cooking school Thursday at 2 pm.
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Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Marion
Linn-Jones Counties
F. Hall
Praha
Cedar Rapids
Emma Jadrnicek
Stella Marek
Mayme Kroulik
Julia Stefan
Grand Lodge
Ruth Hamblin
Marshalltown
Hazel Schaller
Mae E
Amelia Murphey
Ruth I Booze
Ethel Bell
Gladys Ballard
Pluma Terrill
Alma Zimmer
Menefee
Hamblin
Presbyterian Church
Uncle Sams
Keystone Division
Methodist
W.S.C.S
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Noble Grand Association
Tarry J. Murphey
Richard Zimmer
Ivan Mann
Jack Ratliff
Marion township school board elects Ivan Gillmore president
Ivan Gillmore is elected president of the Marion township school board and serves as director of the Bighead school. Other one year directors include Le Roy Scott Wildcat school Milo Petrak Squaw Creek Ralph Beckner Martin's Creek Henry Boesenberg Millwood Roy Lange Concord Fred Miller Excelsior George Klouda Lakeside George Michel Picayune Theodore Pech North Star Rudy Novak Prairie Ridge C J Gorius Prairie Union Glenn Dahms Sunnyside Irvin Kemp Hillsdale Clyde Simon sen Glen Pleasant Grove No 5 Charles Wood Pleasant Grove No 11 Anker Severensen Hazel Ridge.
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Marion Township
Bighead
le Roy Scott
Wildcat School
Milo Petrak
Squaw Creek
Ralph Beckner
Martin's Creek
Henry Boesenberg
Millwood
Roy Lange
Concord
Fred Miller
Excelsior
George Klouda
Lakeside
George Michel
Picayune
Theodore Pech
North Star
Rudy Novak
Prairie Ridge
C. J. Gorius
Prairie Union
Glenn Dahms
Sunnyside
Irvin Kemp
Hillsdale
Clyde Simonsen
Pleasant Grove No
Charles Wood
Anker Severensen
Hazel Ridge
Help Wanted Ad Rates and Lost and Services Notices
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists want ad rates with per line pricing and minimums, plus deadlines and acceptance times. SeveralLost and found notices include a brown feathered pillfold, a terrier puppy named Cap or Cappy, a 5 00x20 mud tire, a red female cocker spaniel, and a dark overcoat with a billiard and draft card.
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E. M. Horak
3Rd Ave
Oxfords
Red Crown Bowling Alley
Cap
Cappy
Cobban Ct
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