Hog market surges as shipments curbed across midwest
Hogs rise to near top after a 25 percent cut in shipments. Chicago and Omaha livestock quotes show hogs up to 14.65 with 180 to 330 lb ranges around 14.40 to 14.65. Cattle and sheep mixed with steady to firm tones, calves and yearlings varied but generally steady to slightly higher in many runs. Des Moines, Sioux City and Austin markets report similar firmness amid active demand.
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Chicago
Omaika
Omaha
California
Chicago Livestock
S. Dept Agriculturer
Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Wisconsin Cheese and Wool Market Report Highlights
Plymouth Wisconsin AP reports May 10 to 15 as the wool market period with No sales of domestic wools reported Wednesday Purchases in fleece wool states of lots under 1 000 lbs were made in Michigan for 47c in Town 40 45c and in Missouri 43c
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Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Bobson (Ap
Dept. Agriculture
Michigan
Missouri
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago and New York markets show firm to unchanged prices across poultry and eggs. Receipts for eggs and poultry are detailed with varying stock, including long whites, creameries, and turkeys and leghorns. New York reports sizable egg receipts and firm ceiling prices for fancy to extra eggs with mixed color varieties.
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Chicago
Starisa
LCL
Triumphs
Biss Triumphs
California
New York
York
Seeel Hecke
Local Hog Prices Edge Up On Cedar Rapids Market
Prices for all hog grades rise five cents with top hogs at 14.05 for butchers and 14.15 for long haul. Breakdowns show good hogs across weight ranges from 140 to over 200 pounds, with packers and calf markets also listed. Sheep and cattle prices follow, including steers, heifers, cows, and cutters, with varied price points across weights and quality.
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Cedar Rapids
Bolonna
Cedar Rapids Grain and Market Prices Summary
Grain prices include oats No 2 white 65c No 3 63c Wheat No 1 1.20 No 2 1.16 Rye No 2 Tickets Corn shelled No 2 yellow 94c No 3 2tac Soybeans No 2 yellow 1.68 Straw baled 40 16.00 Poultry broilers 27c Pryers 27c Leghorn hens 19c Heavy hens 22c Stags 16c Ducks 20c Young geese 19c Pullets 27c No 1-22c Hennerles 35c Current receipts 13c Wholesale fruits vegetables Florida celery 6.00 6.58 crate Lemons 7.45 California naval oranges 5.75 Lettuce 36.99 Onions 12.84 Sweet potatoes 5.20 Apples Winesaps ex fey tox 4.95 Winesaps schools boys bu 1.35 Potatoes Cobblers 3.15 cwt Texas Grapefruit box 3.85 Hide Markets No 1 cured hides 12c No 2 cured hides 11c No 1 calf hides 13 28 No 2 calf 12 36 No 1 kip 12 4e No 2 kip 11 4c No 1 horse 6.50 No 2 horse 6.00 Manes and full tail included Pony and glue half price.
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Florida
California Naval
Fey
Texas
Wheat Oats and Rye Gain Ground in Market Rally
Chicago AP reports wheat futures rose after a softer start with short covering pushing May to 1.44 and July near 1.42 while oats and rye advanced. Corn held steady near the ceiling as cash grain quotes showed mixed prices across yellow and white varieties.
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Chicago
Spibeace
Guerilla Force Might Assist Allies in Southern Europe
London sources report that more than 500000 guerrilla fighters could be rallied to strike Nazi rear lines and disrupt communications if Allied forces invade southern Europe. This potential surge could bolster Allied operations and complicate German defenses.
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London
Europe
Wave Sentry Beats Drunk Intruders at Bronx Gate
Apprentice Seaman Audrey Pearl Roberts of Miami stood guard at the naval training school for women in the Bronx when two intoxicated men approached. One shoved her aside but she restrained both with a club, escorting them away as the Bluejackets intervened.
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New York
Audrey Pearl Roberts
Miami
Fla
Navy
Roberts
Naval Training School For Women’s Reserves
Bronx
Seaman Roberts
Fort McHenry Visit Count for 1940
Fort McHenry National Monument in Maryland welcomed 515,823 visitors in 1940, reflecting strong public interest in the historic site.
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Fort McHenry National Monument
Maryland
Stock Trade Slips in Quiet Midday Market
In New York rails shares fell after brief support, trading at slow month rates and about 1.5 million shares for the full session. Bond review notes fractional changes and a mixed trend with quiet late trading as several issues drifted under modest profit selling.
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New York
NEW York Bond Review
Frisco
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Lehigh Valley
International Paper
Rio Grande Western
Rock Island
City Briefs Report On Watch Theft And Hospital Updates
Delmar Weeks reports a $19 wristwatch stolen from 1312 Fifth Street between May 1 and May 8. Helen Dvorak undergoes an appendectomy at St Luke's Hospital on Tuesday. Virgil Bopp, 15, a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital after a skull fracture from a Monday car strike, is nephew of Mr and Mrs Hansen. A truck driver from Haxtun Colo and a driver from Waterloo are involved in a 9:30 p.m. collision at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE causing about $200 damage. The Iowa Consistory spring reunion continues with degree work Thursday morning and a noon lunch, followed by a banquet at 6 p.m., and Wednesday evening features the 20th degree in full form.
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Helen Dvorak
Twentythird Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Virgil Bopp
Mildred Bopp
Waterloo
Allen Memorial Hospital
Martin Hansen
D Avenue
Roscoe I. Critchlow
Haxtun
Colo
Galé Parker
Second Avenue SE
Eighth Avenue
Third Street SE
Iowa
MAY
Brothers
Jack’s
1St St
Probasco Jeweler
Palace Theater
2Nd St
Richards Laboratories
Ist
St. SW
Griffith Peather Mattress Co
Il K_ Schaefer
Kresee
3Rd
Dairy Dale_ Unit
TATE
Onlinne
DS Printing Co
First Christian Church
Cee
Will of Lieut Benjamin W Jump admitted to probate
The will of Lieut. Benjamin W. Jump, who died in a March 17 plane crash at Blythe California, has been admitted to probate in district court. His father William A. Jump is named executor.
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Benjamin W. Jump
Blythe
Calif
William At Jump
Transient John Peterson Sentenced to 30 Days
John Peterson a one armed transient who claims Clinton as home was sentenced to 30 days in Linn county jail after appearing before Justice H R Churchill on a larceny charge Cedar Rapids police said Peterson was ac-
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John Peterson
Clinton
Linn County
H. R. Churchill
Cedar Rapids
Peterson
Coe College Examinations and Awards News
Coe college opens spring exams June 1 to 4 with two hour tests and no conflicts with senior day. Dr C Harve Geiger notes schedule. 1943 Cedar Rapids civic service award to be presented at a 615 pm dinner with Chester A Phillips as speaker. Robert Ray from Davenport wins prize for Mobilization of Hemispheric Economic Resources at Rio Conference.
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Coe
Coe College
C. Harve Geiger
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chester A. Phillips
College of Commerce
University of Iowa
Robert Ray
Davenport
Town City
Ray
America
New York
Linn County Increases Deputy Salaries Under 1943 Law
The Linn county board of supervisors boosted deputy county officers pay as of April 16 under the 1943 legislature. Raises range from 5 to 10 percent depending on current salary, with specific increases for staff in the auditor treasurer clerk of district court recorder and sheriff offices including named deputies and new salary figures.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Charles Rubins
Vernon Brockman
Otto F. Hanzlik
H W. Leffingwell
Harlan Snyder
P. J. Whittemore
Maxine Paeper
Japs Marked Chaplin for Death in 1936 Grew Memoir
Joseph C. Grew recalls in Harvard bulletin that Japanese assassins included him and Charlie Chaplin on a death list in 1936. A naval officer was to execute the plan, and the killer cited Chaplin as a capitalistic idol whose killing might provoke war with the United States.
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Cambridge, Mass
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Japan
Charlie Chaplin
Grew
Harvard
Tokio
Mr. Chaplin
Chaplin
America
State Guard Enlists Five New Recruits in Iowa
Capt. Penningroth reports five enlistments in Company L Iowa state guard as the drive continues. Three more applicants seek physicals, seven show interest mostly under 18 needing parental consent. Aims for 20 recruits before Camp Dodge training June 6 to 19, to reach a full 60 men and three officers.
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Iowa State Guard
Charles Penningroth
Penningroth
Camp Dodge
New PEO Officers Named at Iowa Convention
Mrs. Elizabeth Young of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa PEO Sisterhood at the closing session of the annual convention. Other officers named include Mrs. Beatrice Thomas of Cedar Rapids as organizer.
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Davenport
INS
Elizabeth Young
Waterloo
Iowa P.E.O. Sisterhood
Beatrice Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Two Weeks Bible School Opens in Marion
The Marion community will run a two week Bible school starting May 24. Sessions for beginners primary and junior groups meet at Emerson grade school and intermediate classes at the Methodist church basement. Churches from the Marion ministerial union join to offer a non denominational program for children and youth with a 25 cent enrollment fee.
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Marion Community Daily Vacation Bible School
Emerson
Methodist Church
Marion Ministerial Union
Lundgren Couple Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Karl Lundgren marked a quarter century of marriage at their Robins home Monday. Attending were daughter Mrs John Parten and Lonnie Lee Parten of Cedar Rapids and their son Karl Lundgren Jr. Their other son Ivan Lundgren serves overseas as a marine.
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Karl. Lundgren
Robins
John Parten
Lonnie Lee Parten
Cedar Rapids
Karl Lundgren, Jr
Ivan Lundgren
Marion area residents urged to conserve telephones during blackout warning
Allen R McElwain urges Marion and Marion township residents to refrain from using telephones when a blackout warning is sounded so fire department city officials police and air raid wardens have access. Residents should turn off lights when leaving homes.
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Allen R McElwain
Marion
Marion Township
Fire Department
Five More Iowa Weeklies Quit War Strains Press Closures Rise
Wartime shortages forced five more Iowa weekly newspapers to suspend operations, bringing total closures to 34 since the U.S. entered the war. The Mo ville Mail Cambridge Leader Webster City Observer Dike New Era and the Iowa Reform Davenport are listed as casualties. The Iowa Reform, once a German paper, has operated as an English tabloid since April 1.
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Iowa City
Iowa
United States
University of Iowa Monthly
Moville Mail
Cambridge Leader
Webster City Observer
Dike New Era
Iowa Reform
Davenport
May Breakfasts and Club Gatherings Through Cedar Rapids
Community notes show the O. O. P. club hosting its 32nd May breakfast for 19 members, with committee updates and reports from the Des Moines federation. The Four C club hosted a guest day party with readings and nursing program talk. Officers named for Mary Lowe Dickinson circle. multiple social events listed including luncheons and visiting relatives.
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Mary English
O. O. P. Club
Lulu B. Secrist
R. J. Kendall
Harold Nilsson
Sara Nott
Des Moines
W. W Vaughn
Kendall
S A. Fontaine
LeRoy Barber
Four C Club
Harry Milligan
Vernon Road
Jesse Scott
Milan Freese
Glenn Steffy
Mary Carlson
Milo Petrak
Richard Straley
Jay Stookey
Miss Carlson
Clyde Kearns
Stanley Nielson
Petrak
Ralph Beckner
Madeline Healy
Miles Sutera
New Art Club Breakfast Meeting at Thomas Park
The New Art club will meet in Thomas park for breakfast at 9 am Friday. Members are asked to bring their own table service and bring bacon eggs and coffee.
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New Art Club
Thomas Park
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