Grain and Livestock Markets Mixed as Wheat Declines
Chicago market brief shows wheat down 1 to 1.5 percent with May at 2.4514-34 and soybeans 1 to 11 percent lower while rye rises. Cash grain notes No 2 yellow corn at 1.86 and livestock receipts steady with Chicago hogs and cattle trading mixed across regions including Omaha and Kansas City.
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Strane
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Lamson Brothers
Fred Webder
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Aime Steers
Fa GB
Ottumwa
Tor
Choicd
Arizona Valencia
Ingram
Texas
California
Boao
Stock Volume Only 300000 in quiet New York session
In a slow opening session in nearly three years stocks idled with prices steady. Volume reached about 300000 shares, the lowest total since 1949 as traders waited on unsettled conditions.
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New York
Marion church notices and obituaries include Mrs Davidson dies
The Marion community notes services at St. Paul's Lutheran Prairie Chapel and Seventh Day Church of God. Grace H. Davidson 57 of Marion died after a long illness in Cedar Rapids. She leaves husband Henry A. Davidson two daughters and a grandchild. Funeral at Turner chapel Cedar Rapids with flowers omitted. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Two Business Places Ransacked at Martelle
A Martelle area burglaries report two business locations broken into between Friday and Saturday. Entry was gained through rear windows at Larson’s plant and the Smothers and Bobst garage, with extensive ransacking in both sites. Sheriff planning to question two escapees captured Friday night at Grinnell about the break-ins and may file theft charges about Gerald Doyle’s car at Anamosa.
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Lewis Driebelis
Anamosa Reformatory
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Gerald Doyle
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Lane elected president of Iowa Insurance Agents
E. J. Lane of Independence was elected president of the Iowa Association of Insurance Agents at its forty-sixth annual convention in Des Moines. Officers to take office Sept. 1 include Paul H. Cheyney as vice president and Robert T. D. Cline as treasurer, with William J. Brunk as Iowa representative on the national board.
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E. J. Lane
Independence
Iowa Association of Insurance Agents
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Glenwood
Robert TD. Cline
William JC. Brunk
Ottumwa
Iowa
National Board of ‘Directors
Charles
Canada Lee Dies Negro Stage Star at 45
Canada Lee, 45, renowned Black actor famed for Bigger Thomas in Native Son, died Friday night from a heart ailment in New York. His rise from jockey and fighter to stage star over seven years helped advance Black participation in American theater.
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Lee
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Captain Sentenced By Court Martial
CAPT William Powless of Galesburg Illinois was sentenced by a court martial to five years imprisonment and dishonorable discharge for illegal possession of 12 post exchange ration cards. His wife was convicted April 17 by a U S high commission court on a similar charge and fined 800 dollars. The West German government has complained that PX supplies are sold into the German black market.
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Grinnell Police Nab 2 Escapee
Grinnell police arrested two 23 year old prisoners who walked away Friday from the Anamosa state reformatory dairy farm. George Elmer Oleson and Willard Dean Otto were in a stolen car sighted near Anamosa. Otto faced a June parole date for breaking and entering in Jasper County. Oleson’s term would have ended next September for operating a vehicle without the owner's consent.
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Willard Dean Otto
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Otto
Paul Eilers
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Jasper County
Folk County
Marion churches and services in town schedule
The notice lists weekly worship times across churches including Baptist Rev Charles Moore Catholic Rev T J McElliott and assistant, Christian Rev Richard Goins, Free Methodist Rev J P Knepper, Methodist Rev James P Gable, Missionary Baptist Harry B Eales pastor, and Presbyterian Rev G W R De Jong. It notes service times, Bible school, youth hours, choir rehearsals, and a few community events.
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Maurice L. Scalton
Richard Goins
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Chi’Rho
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J. P. Knepper
Methodist
James P. Gable
Christian Church
Bracelet
Peters pleads guilty to manslaughter in Murray slaying
Albert J. Peters 55 pled guilty to manslaughter in the May 19 1950 slaying of Mrs. William F. Murray. Judge B G Tankersley sentenced him to eight years in Fort Madison state penitentiary after earlier insanity findings. he still faces charges of attempted murder and being armed with intent to murder.
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B. G. Tankersley
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Fort Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Tama County
Marshall
Benton County
Farmers Lead All Occupations in Iowa Income Tax
Iowa tax records show farmers again paid the most income tax in 1951 on 1950 income. 85 096 farmers and 52 farm corporations contributed to 5 637 032 dollars of the state s total 20 961 604. overall 349 167 individuals paid personal tax and 5 308 corporations paid corporate tax with 254 966 returns showing no payment. 97 155 laborers paid 1 706 757. executives paid 1 334 153. manufacturers 1 184 475. auto and related businesses paid 1 144 846 with 5 902 persons and 493 corporations in that group.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Busiiessee
Waterloo Man Discovers 4 Siblings After 25 Years
Waterloo resident Robert Tomkins, 26, learned in the past week he has two additional brothers, bringing total siblings to four. A trip to Ohio linked him to Harry Johnson in Cleveland, Claude Johnson in Chicago, and a hospital-bound brother, Jack, in Iowa, while their mother remains in California. The group aims to locate their father, Harry Richard Johnson, last known in Marshalltown around 1950.
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Alta Tomkins
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Johnson
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Claude Johnson
Chicago
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Author Will Speak At Bible Conference In Iowa City
Dr John C Wenzer author of Mennonite history and doctrine will speak at a Bible conference at the local Mennonite church in Iowa City today and Sunday He is a professor of theology and philosophy at Goshen Biblical Seminary in Goshen Indiana and will discuss Christianity and Philosophy at 6 45 p m today and tonight
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John C. Wenzer
Goshen Biblical Seminary
Goshen
Ind
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Nine Year Old Thief Heads To Juvenile Officers
A 9 year old boy who took a woman's purse containing 238 dollars was found to have spent the money generously on himself and siblings. He admitted the theft and led police to where he hid the funds under his porch. The case seeks juvenile officer guidance and possible counseling.
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Forest Theater
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Muscatine Residents Plan Thanksgiving Day of Prayer
Muscatine residents set May 18 as a day of thanksgiving with five minutes of silence at 10 a m next Friday to honor being spared from the Mississippi river flood. Prayer services will be held Sunday in the high school gymnasium with city officials and several ministers taking part in the observance across industries, schools and stores.
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Teacher Quits After 24 Years of Service
IOWA CITY A Johnson county woman who has served as a principal and teacher at Logan high school for 24 years retires this spring to her mother's home near Oxford. The Logan community staged a banquet honoring Miss Margaret Eeney and presented farewell gifts. She earned a B A and M A at the University of Iowa and taught in Johnson county schools.
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University of Iowa
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Soybean Plant Shutdowns Highlight Waterloo Wheat Prices
The SHer den Soybean Processing Company a Borden subsidiary in Waterloo halted operations due to price squeeze between soybean costs and a manufactured goods ceiling. Edward O'Connor, the plant's general manager, said a possible reopening next week depends on market stability and policy.
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Sherden Soybean Processing Company
Borden Company
Edward O'Connor
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