Hogs Prices Fall as Demand Slows in Midwest Markets
Buyers trimmed hog prices by 10 to 15 cents amid light early trading and 12 000 salable receipts. By late sessions, deals pushed 180 to 270 pound hogs to 14.10 to 14.25 dollars, with 14.25 the high but off 20 cents from Wednesday. Cattle and sheep also showed weakness or stability across Chicago Des Moines Omaha and Peoria markets.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
Birk
Cood and Choice
Peoria Livestock
Peoria
Ill
Chicago Produce Market Soars Despite Tight Receipts
Market around Chicago shows unsettled trading with varied poultry and egg prices. Poultry bids include under four pound White Rock and Plymouth Rock springs at 27 to 29 cents, while Butter receipts top 1.460 million pounds and egg scores range around 37 to 38 cents for store stock.
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Chicago
UPI
Plymouth Rock Springs
White Rock Springs
White Rock
New York and California Produce Prices and Receipts
Market notes show cherry numbers for eggs butter cheese and poultry from New York and California. Receipts and prices are listed for milk products eggs dressed poultry live poultry and various regional cheese and butter quotes with ranges on quality grades and stock movements.
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New York
Younh
Local hog and cattle market slips with mixed grain prices
Local hogs weakened with all grades down four cents on Thursday. Prices show long haul top around 13.95 for high quality porkers, with varying weights from 140 to 330 pounds and assorted packer values. Cattle prices range from common to prime yearlings and steers, with primes at 15.00 and yearlings around 12.00 to 14.25, plus diverse heifer and lamb figures across weights.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Rhe
Mason C
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Gand Packing Song
Searlee
Sheen
Wall St Stocks Quoted By Abbott Lab and Major Firms
A dense listing of Chicago and national stock quotations appears with Abbott Lab and many large companies cited. The page shows ticker-like figures and company names including Allied Stores, Owens, Armours, General Electric, Ford, Union Carbide, and more, reflecting a wide market summary and quotes for Thursday.
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J. &. Bennett
H. Jump
Merchants National Bank
Abbott Lab
Thil
Adams Express
Amu Gol
Patiubey Owens
Amn Loco Ag Bis Es Myers i Ake
Amn Marbo Cyazay Nk Beit 25
Gentile Amn
Mathiesen
Maytas
Mont Ward LO Arkst Dias 'A
Motor Waert
Mts Armour
Murray Corp A
Armstrong Cork
Nathaly Ats Atchison SF
Bellas Teay Atlantic
Ely
Nout
Casa Regata Aviation Gory
Rulta
Olne
Trench Net
Ours
Plymouth
Grable
Favy
Pullman
Gerro de Pasco
Ohio
Chrysler Motors
Colt Palmolive
Sehontey
Columbus
Seaboard
Vycont Solvents
Mais Bears
Simmons Co
Kelly
Gons
Motors
Gontl
Sperry Corp
Zm Corn Products
Crown Drum
Crucible
Cahir
Ait Curtass
Gultiss
Deere and Co
Studebaker
del Hudson
Stone Web
Sterling
Cambel Brosay
Uni Gas Couxts
Goebel
Uni Gav
Goodrich NW
U S Gypsum
Goodyear Tire
U S Pine
Graham Paige
U S Rubber
U 5S Steel Aate
U 5S Steel Aate Gt Nor Rv Pe 71, Vanadium Sas
Walworth
Greyhound
Warner Broy
Hecker
Wes Union
Hiram Walker
Westehouse
Hudson
Armour
Cone Marsh Field
Norwest Bank
Borg Warner
Quaker
Butler Bros
Cone Assault
Swift
Iron Fireman
Walereen
Cedar Rapids Market Report Mixed Grains Fruits and Hides
Cedar Rapids market notes show prices for grains and livestock products including corn soybeans oats rye and shelled corn, with byproducts and straw. Also listed are wholesale produce prices such as celery onions lettuce cabbage and citrus, plus hides by grade and accessory items.
Wisconsin Cheese Prices And River Stage Reports
Miscellany notes cheese quotations for the week May 25 to 30 with prices per pound and dairy items. Mississippi River stages reported for Davenport Hastings La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Keokuk and St Louis with current rises and falls. Wool market in Boston shows demand for domestic fleece wools with prices around 50 cents per pound for combing and bright wools. country graded wools quoted slightly under 0.50.
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Mississippe River
Davenport
Hastings
la Crosse
Prairie du Chienseoe
Pall
McGregor
Dubuque
Ere
Keokuk
Teeee TS
St. Louis
Rise
Cairobes
Memphis
Boston
Remember Him Johnny Milius Works as Athletic Director
Hawthorne California AP reports Johnny Milius famed for a wild pitch that ended the 1927 world series with the Yankees defeating the Pirates now serves as athletic director at the North up aviating plant in Hawthorne.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Johnny Milius
Yanks
Pirates
Northup: Aviating
Stocks Falter After Early Gains On Mixed Sector Trading
Irregular trading dampened Thursday's stock market as gains paused after Wednesday's climb in steels and motors. Early optimism waned with notable losses among primary industry leaders and several blue chips remaining resistant yet uneven in final hours.
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New York
Jet
Case
United States Rubber
Johns-Manville
United States
United States Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
American Telephone
Western Union
du Pont
American Can
Anaconda
Union Carbide
Caterpillar Tractor
Talle Opposes Gas Ration in Midwest
Representative Henry O. Talle of Iowa argues against gas and petroleum rationing in the Midwest. He cites an industry committee statement for district No. 2 saying shortages depend on transportation, not policy, and urges state controls to curb mileage only if needed while keeping farm supplies unrestricted for wartime production.
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Washington
Henry O. Talle
R-Ia
Middle West
House
Petroleum Industry Committee
District No. 2
Iowa
Grain Prices Turn Generally Lower Across Markets
Wheat closed about a half to four cents lower with July at 1 20 1/2 and September 1227, corn down fractions, soybeans down one cent, rye down fractions. Losses were modest as new harvest movement and hedging reduced demand while Grandfield Oklahoma reported the first weekly wheat load. Washington hints at a federally supervised system to control cash grain marketing due to scarce storage space.
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Chicago
Grandfield
Okla
Washington
Market grain prices and mixed cereals listed in CHIC VG
The notice shows mixed cereal prices with wheat and oats from CHIC VG and NYC markets. It lists yellow and white varieties, no 1 and 2 grades, plus barley malt and lard price figures including 1255 and 334 75 in unclear currency.
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Fred
Bond Markets Quiet As Prices Hold On Weekly Close
The New York bond market remained steady with little change from Wednesday’s close. Treasury notes and corporate issues traded within narrow ranges while a few issues saw minor price moves. Foreign government bonds showed mixed results amid thin activity as Austrian and Sao Paulo stamps edged lower.
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York
International Paverna
Southern Packie
Backenras
Holediak
Yexas Co. 3S
Burlington
Stock Exchange
Denmark
Copentsen Se
Sao Paulo Atampedes
Iasnes
Austintia D'S
Life Insurance Seen as Professional Bulwark by Cedar Rapids Widowers
Dean Harold Wy Gaskill of Iowa State College told Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters at the Montrose hotel that life insurance stands beside medicine as a professional bulwark. He said postwar sales talk and quackery challenged the field, urging agents to develop personal selling methods.
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Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
Montrose Hotel
Harold Wy Gaskill
Iowa State College
Dewan Garkill
Eagles Lodge initiates class of 22 members
A class of 22 members was initiated into the Eagles lodge Sunday, though reports stated two. Fred A. Chalupsky, Democratic candidate for Linn County attorney, will give a Memorial Day address at Vining National Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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Eagles Lodge
Fred A. Chalupsky
Linn County
Vining National Cemetery
Ely man jailed for drunken driving after Saturday collision
Courthouse Harry Upmier of Ely was booked in the county jail Wednesday night on drunken driving charges and released on 500 bond posted by his wife. Deputy Pete Whittemore arrested him at about 8:30 p.m. after a Saturday night automobile accident. chemical tests were submitted and a true information based on the tests was filed Monday. Upmier did not respond to a surrender notice from Sheriff Jam Smith.
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Harry Upmier
Ely
Upmier
Pete Whittemore
Uprier
Sherif Jam Smith
Wickham Fined for Illegal Sale of Liquor in Marion
Harry Wickham 41 of Marion reversed a not guilty plea Wednesday and was fined 300 dollars and costs by Judge Thompson on an illegal liquor sale charge. He was arrested Saturday at the Park View tavern by Deputy Sheriffs Snyder and Whittemore after pledging not guilty Monday and posting 25 dollars to cover costs with remaining balance to be paid in monthly installments. A 90 day jail sentence could follow if any payment is missed.
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Harry Wickham
Marion
Judean
Thompson
Wickham
Park View
Harlan Snyder
Pete Whittemore
Contempt hearing set for Omile Price amid support arrears
Judge GK Thompson scheduled Omile Price of Iowa City to show cause on June 10 why he should not be held in contempt. Clara Marie Price claims $340 in arrears in court papers. Wednesday added three divorce suits: Alice Olmstead vs William Olmstead for felony conviction and child custody. Alma Wilson seeks $25 monthly support after desertion. Qoal McCann seeks divorce from Charles McCann and custody of two children. A note action against Lillian and Robert Vesely was settled for 1750, and another by Mathilda Beckman against M K Swanson was dismissed.
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Omile Price
Iowa City
GK. Thompson
Jay
Clara Marie Price
Alice Olmstead
William O Olmstead
Morrison
Alma M. Wilson
Edard Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Qoal McCann
Charles McCann
Spencer
Lillian
Robert M. Vesely
D. W. Bates
C. Joins
G KO Thompson
Mathilda Beckman Aginst
M. K. Swanson
City Hall Notes And Concession Grants From Council
City council on Thursday granted leave of absence for Charles Usher of the fire department to enlist in the army effective June 8. Concession rights in three city parks awarded to William Court Riverside Clifton Wade Daniels and Marvin Michel with set amounts. Canopy project approved for 2706 Mt. Vernon Avenue SE. Chang Mess granted an auctioneers license. Public improvements department authorized to buy sewer tile. Finance Commissioner Burges empowered to attend a convention in Buffalo. Board of adjustment set final meeting for Tuesday afternoon at city hall. Seven complaints against assessments filed to date.
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Charles Usher
Fire Department
William = Court
Riverside
Clifton Wade
Daniels
Marvin Michel
Bever
Lens Biondo
City Council
Mt. Vernon Avenue
D. Burges
Municipal Officer Finance Association
Buffalo
N.Y
Board of Adjustment
Claim Trust Breach On Animal Medicine
A federal grand jury in Chicago charged two corporations and individuals with an anti trust scheme to restrict sales of vaccines serums and viruses for livestock. The indictment says the firms sold only to licensed veterinarians denying farmers and livestock owners access and conspired to maintain an arbitrary distribution program limiting sale channels.
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Chicago
Six Army Flyers Die In Florida Crash Near Lakeland
A four motor bomber from Crane Field crashed near Lakeland Florida during a training flight killing six airmen and injuring two. The craft struck near a phosphate pit about 11 p.m. Wednesday after developing engine trouble noted by residents.
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Lakeland
Fla
Cranefield
Army
Burma Stand Gave Time to Reinforce India, Wavell Says
Gen Archibald Wavell told reporters in New Delhi that Allied defense in Burma delayed the Japanese advance and allowed India to strengthen its defenses. He cited improved air defenses at Calcutta and Ceylon and noted over 80 percent of British and Indian forces escaped encirclement to reach India.
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Burma
India
Wavell
New Delhi
Archibald Wavell
Calcutta
Ceylon
Singapore
Malaya
Harold Alexander
Dawn Ends First 1000 British Blackout Nights
London report notes the closure of the initial 1 000 nights of the blackout that began September 1 1939 as World War II air raid controls eased.
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London
Smoke Rings for Military Use by Westinghouse Engineers
AP dispatch from Omaha reports Westinghouse researchers claim they can blow smoke rings up to a foot and a half at 90 miles per hour, with potential to damage aircraft and buildings if scaled. They suggest rings could replace smokestacks for camouflage, drawing factory smoke into drums to form sky rings.
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Omaha
Phillips ‘Chomas
Westinghouse Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Thomas
Deaths Carl L. Ditch 62 Linn county resident dies at home
Carl L. Ditch 62 lifelong Linn county resident dies at his Center Point road home ten miles north of Cedar Rapids at 9 20 am Thursday after a long illness He was born August 4 1879 in Linn county Surviving wife Stella a daughter Mrs Dean Clark of Lisbon a granddaughter Nancy Kay Clark Lisbon two brothers Charles Estherville Frank W and a sister Mrs Ella M Ogg Fredericksburg He was a member of Green's Grove Baptist church Body at Beatty chapel with friends to call Funeral announcement later
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Carl L. Ditch
Linn County
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Stella
Dean Clark
Lisbon
Nancy Kay Clark
Charles
Estherville
Frank W
Ella M. Ogg
Fredericksburg
Green's Grove Baptist Church
Beatty Chapel
Obituary notes for Navratil infant and Swanson in Cedar Rapids
Jerry Navratil eight week old son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Navratil died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 3 pm Wednesday. Services were held at the Kuba chapel with burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Mrs Hanna Swanson died at her daughter’s home after a two month illness born November 6 1865 in Denmark and had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1925. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Fred Troy of Sandwich Illinois and Mrs Fred Doetzel Jr plus others.
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Jerry Navratil
Edwin Navratil
Hull Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
John
Anton Navratil
Christ Niedermayer
Kuba
Bohemian National Cemetery
Hanna Swanson
Freed Doetzel, Jr
C Avenue NF
Mrs Swanson
Denmark
Fred Troy
Sandwich
Fred Doetzel, Jr
Want Ad Rates and Information
Classified ad rates and placement rules outline word counts price per line and duration. Instructions emphasize timing cancellation and payment, with example rates and special notes on box numbers mailing and out of town ads.
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Cetar Rapids
Gazette
Mrs Swanson obituary and various help wanted notices
Mrs Swanson obituary notes she made her home with Mrs L L Doolittle of Anamosa and leaves a son William Swanson of Sterling along with 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. No services locally. body to Morri son for services to be announced. Turner chapel to host visitors Thursday evening and Friday until noon. plus numerous Help Wanted ads for jobs in Marion and Cedar Rapids area including millwork kitchen maid nanny stenographer and laundry positions.
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L. L. Doolittle
Anamosa
William Swanson
Sterling, F1
Marion
Gazette
Virginia Cafe
Ave
Pantry
Cedar Rapids
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Hayes Music Box
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Rocky and the Rockets
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Arrow
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Temple Roller Rink
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TOP Hat
Sackson
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Earl Munt
Hi-Way _Gardens
Hwallwood Cafe
Marion TS
Schaefer
Kreste Ride
Anenter Rroaline Co
By Galbraith
Katz Jewelry & Loan Co
Max's Cut State
Probasco
Palace Theater
Sacrifice Pinas
Anderson Monument
Vincent’s Jewelity
Srd
Lyman Shell Service
Iowa Loan, CO
Montgomery _ Ward
Griffith Feather Mattress Co
SANDS
Bishop's
Lallian Suchy Beauty
Jrd
Ann Novak
Paris Academy
DIAL
Ewe Lw Business Services
Willman Coal and Wood Co
Kutchera Sodding & Pul CO
Sparta
Nu T Thomas
Novak Ueating CO
Gardner
Wal
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Penn Certe RY
Clevinic State-Itonter Cashman Plaumbuie & Dentine
Onzette
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Manneer
Ilinois
Lyle Wison
Orand Hotel
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Tor
Indy
1St Ave
Aman
Dibhwas
Hole Man
K St. SW
P.O
Watkins
K St
Marlon
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