Hog Market Dull and Steady Across Regions
Chicago reports a dull hog market with steady prices for most weights and top hogs at 13.75. Sioux City and Des Moines show mixed receipts and steadier to firmer demand for fed steers and lambs, while Iowa reports 30,300 hogs and lighter bids than last week with steady to slow activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Kansas
California
Sioux City
WFA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Tyne
Saiphic
Iowa
Des Moines
Tateboy
Minnesota
Wheat futures slip in late dealings on Chicago market
Wheat futures eased after initial gains as July futures fell to 1.66 and May to 123. Oats barley and rye also edged lower or held near quoted lows with no sales reported for wheat. Prices for field seeds and forage crops such as timothy red clover and sweet clover are listed with nominal values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INL
May
Wisconsin City Briefs Sparse Weather Data Include Rivers
Plymouth Wisconsin AP brief lists sparse mid May period figures for river stages and crests across Mississippi River towns including Portage Prairie du Chien Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and Gordons Ferry with minor rises and no change noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
River Staes
Portage
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Dubuque
Gordons Ferry
Davenport
Keokuk
Prices Hold Steady On Cedar Rapids Hog Market
Market reports show hog prices steady across all grades at Cedar Rapids. Top butchers bring 13.45 for packers, 10.60. hogs range 160 to 170 pounds and up, with various price points noted for different weights and classes across hogs, cattle, and sheep sectors.
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Cedar Rapids
Cnolgg
Ace
Market prices for grains hay poultry and fruits in Cedar Rapids
The list shows No 2 milling oats and No 2 white corn prices, yellow soybeans, hay and straw values, poultry figures for heavy springs and hens, fresh eggs and hides prices, wholesale fruit and vegetable quotes from Florida and California, potatoes and citrus box rates, and leather and bone product prices. Includes figures for horse, kip, and calf hides and related commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stags
Hennerics
Florida
California
Naval
Texas
New York Produce Prices for Dressed Poultry and Live Stocks
Price list shows firm nominal rates for dressed poultry and live poultry products. Also notes Chicago butter and eggs receipts with grade prices and potatoes on track with assorted regional stock, including Louisiana Triumphs and California whites, detailing sizes and conditions.
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NEW York Produce
New York
LIVE
Reese
Chicago
Louisiana
California
U. S
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Flood Wanes in Nebraska Town
Flood warnings were sounded along the Elkhorn river below Norfolk as heavy rains swelled streams in northeast Nebraska. Water lowered streets. estimated one million dollars in damage occurred Friday. Three people were injured. Red Cross set up headquarters to feed and shelter flood refugees. Soldiers from Bruning air base aided in rescue efforts.
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Norfolk
Neb
INS
Elkhorn
Nebraska
Northfork
Red Cross
Bruning
Mystery bombing aimed at Nazi files in The Hague
London AP reports Aneta says RAF perilous raid on the Kleykamp art gallery in The Hague targeted Z cards detailing workers to be drafted for Germany. Air ministry calls the operation perhaps the war's most spectacular low level precision bombing. the gallery housed crucial Dutch documents.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands
RAF
Kleykamp
Hague
Germany
Air Ministry
Stilwell's Troops Break Jap Lines In Ceylon Front
Allied forces led by General Stilwell breached Japanese lines on a two mile front near Malakwang south of the Heweli river. Mountbatten reports intensified thrusts on the Kohimo front as air combat claims 13 of 25 Japanese planes shot down Friday amid rains.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
Ral
Joseph Stilwells
Malakwang
Hwelon River
Lord Cous Mounthattens
Kohimo
Mamput Reem Mountbatten
Stock Market Wanes Selloff on Weekend Caution
New York investors showed waning selling pressure on Saturday with modest gains near session end. Turnover remained light around 250000 as traders stayed cautious over weekend developments and potential invasion signals, with numerous equities showing late slight advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Two Men Drown In Mississippi River Near Pleasant Valley
Davenport Iowa police report two men drowned Friday in the Mississippi River two miles south of Pleasant Valley Iowa. Albert Level 32 of East Moline Indiana and Earl Cox 33 of Hampton Illinois were identified as the victims.
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Davenport
Albert Level
East Moline
Earl Cox
Hampton, Il
Mississippi River
Pleasant Valley
Truk Targeted as Main Air Offensive Across Pacific
Allied air power concentrates four American forces on Truk and Caroline bases in advances toward neutralizing the atoll. Seventh Air Force Liberators attack in two waves, following a South Pacific strike that downed several Japanese fighters and damaged installations.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Truk
Caroline
United States
Seventh Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
Army
Navy
Fleet
Pacific
Nimitz
United States Pacific
MacArthur
South Pacific
Dublin
Ete
Atoll
Amercans
Seventh Air Force Liberators
Iowa News in Brief
Decorah probate lists 30822.50 estate value for Clemence Brockamp died Feb 2. Executor M J Klein. heirs Fred and Anna Brockamp. Decorah Norman Bradish named chair of Red Cross home service committee. Anamosa Navy fireman Eugene Topping mourns three month old daughter Maxine. Mt Vernon Lions Club officers named led by Rev W G Rowley. Manchester air cadet Dean Breitbach on furlough suffers leg fracture on farm near Masonville.
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Decorah
Clemence Brockamp
Ossian
Fred
Anna Brockamp
M. J. Klein
Lions Club
W. G. Rowley
E. G Frederick
Albion King
Rex Dean
Roy Bowman
Mark Hutchinson
Neil Winer
E. C. Pratt
Lloyd Oakand
Manchester
Dean Breitbach
San Antonio
Charles Breitbach
Masonville
Coach Breitbach
Manchester High School
Allied Air Attacks Hit Henan Front Casualties Reported
Allied air forces bombed the Henan front Friday causing 500 casualties and destroying many enemy vehicles. They also struck tank concentrations in a wide offensive, the communique said Saturday.
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Chungking
Henan Front
Coast-to-Coast Flying Time Out by 2 Mustangs
Col Clair A. Peterson of Fargo North Dakota piloted a P 51 Mustang from Inglewood California to LaGuardia New York with a 6 hour 31 minute 30 second elapsed time halving the previous record. Lt Col Jack H Carter of Pasadena piloted the second Mustang flying non stop in 6 hours 39 minutes 30 seconds.
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New York
Clair A. Peterson
Fargo
N. D
Ingleswood
Calif
Peterson
Inglewood
Los Angeles
LaGuardia Field
Kansas City
Howard Hughes
Burbank
Newark
Great Circle
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Jack H. Carter
Pasadena
Carter
Army
Constellation
Washington, D. C
North American Aviation Corporation
Los Angeles Municipal
Col
War Department
Lt Eugene Pischke Awarded Air Medal in the South Pacific
Lt Eugene F. Pischke, a P-39 pilot in the South Pacific since December, received the Air Medal for meritorious aerial combat. He was promoted from second to first lieutenant. His home is South Bend, Nebraska, and his wife Mary Ellen Pischke serves with the WAC at Scott Field, Illinois.
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Eugene F. Pischke
Air Medal
South Pacific
R C. Mullen
Twentieth Street
Pischke
South Bend
Neb
Mary Ellen Pischke
Scottfield
WAC
Aces of Two World Wars Talk It Over
In the Pentagon office Col William Westlake hosts World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker and World War II hero Richard Bong. They compare experiences, noting shifts in air warfare from brick and rifle beginnings to high speed P 38s with heavy armament.
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Washington
Pentagon
Rick
Bong
William Westlake
Air Forces
Eddie ‘Rickenbacker
Richard I. Bong
Rickenbacker
Europe
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Freak Accident Injures Local Girl on Way Home
Carol Langhoff seven-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Langhoff is recovering from head lacerations and body bruises after a two wheeled trailer broke loose from an Iowa Electric Light and Power truck near the Ernest Clough home as she walked home from the Wild Cat. Local notices mention furloughs and social events including a Mother’s day tea and a Reading circle meeting with plans for a May luncheon.
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Carol Langhoff
Ralph Langhoff
Iowa Electric Light and Rover Company
Ernest Clough
Wild Cat
Open Churches Plan in Marion for Weekday Prayer Hours
Marion groups organize to keep churches open 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays starting Monday to provide prayer space for citizens. Miss Emma Klein cites unity of prayer for service members and urges visiting churches when invasion news arrives. The American Legion hall also will host prayer services.
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Marion Public Library
Marion
Emma Klein
Marion Federation of Women’s Clubs
American Legion Hall
Marion area church services and schedules
Multiple local churches list service times sermons and activities. Baptists Catholics and denominations including Christian Congregational Methodists Presbyterians Lutherans Seventh Day Church of God and Prairie Chapel announce morning and evening worships Sunday schools and midweek events with pastors' names and union services at the Methodist church.
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Benjamin H .Shaw
Hannah
Methodist Church
St. Joseph’s
T J McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
Congregational— Church
Louis Locatell
Cedar Rapids
Motherhood
Free Methodist
C. B. Patrick
W. Henke
Mr. Henke
C. V. R. de Jong
Westminster Fellowship
Spiritual Life Group
N. A. Baker
Clara Wilson
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Carl E. Krog
Walther League
Church of God
Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Prairie Chapel
A. B. Curran
Epsworth League
Court Ends Family Political Rivalry
The New Mexico supreme court ruled that Harold Peterson's wife Mrs Harold Peterson and he could not both pursue the Republican nomination after he switched parties to run as a Democrat less than a year earlier. The decision ends their active political contest for governor.
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Santa Fe, N. M
Harold Peterson
New Mexico Supreme Court
Peterson
Supreme Court
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Selmanfield
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Seventeenth Street
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American Legion Auxiliary Police
F W. Engberg
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Jack’s
First Street
Fuller Brushes
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Ave
Probasco Jeweler
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Chiverton
Gil Joth ST
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MFG
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Fisher Drug
Liberty Bonds
Derreck
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7Th Ave
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17Th St
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Covington
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Palo
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Hi-Way Gardens
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A Ave
Bell Boy Apply Manager's Office
Montrose
Padzensky
Davis Cleaners
Troy Laundry
P.M. Lattner Mfg
12Th Ave
Taft Bell Boy
TAFT
3Rd St. SE
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1St Ave. NW
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Eesuation CO
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