Hogs Down as Much as 25 Cents in Chicago Trade
Chicago market reports show hogs slumping up to 25 cents with buyers unsure on ceilings set by the Office of Price Administration. Cattle and sheep mostly steady to weak with light Friday run. top hogs around 14.40 with most 13.75 to 14.15, spring lambs up to 14.60. Other Midwest quotes list mixed results across Omaha Sioux City Des Moines and Peoria markets.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
U. &. Dept. Agriculture
Washington
Sioux City
Breauys
OMARA
Omaha
Dept. Agriculture
Feoria Livestock
Peoria
Ill
Chicago Produce Market Receipts and Prices Report
UPI market report shows Chicago and New York produce receipts with prices for hens fryers and leghorns, butter, eggs, and potatoes. Notable items include heavy hens 22 3/4c, No 2 hens 18 4c, leghorn hens 24 1/4c, white rock fryers 24c, Idaho Triumph russets and Bliss potatoes with various washed and unwashed grades, and New York listings for russets and Cobblers.
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Chicago
Prranee
UPI
Cuth Rock Springs
White Rock
Orns
Mai
Tbs
Rey
Triumph
Bliss
Triumphs
Twin Falls
Russet Burbanks
U. S. Mo
Oreron
Colorado
Wisconsin Cobblers
Biles Trumphs
North Dakota
Valley
Virginia
New York
Long Island
Market report on poultry and dairy prices and futures
Market notes show mixed poultry and dairy figures with firm prices on dressed fowl and live poultry varying by grade and region. Butter and egg futures are cited with storage standards and contract values, reflecting weekly commodity activity for holiday demand.
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Lamson Fires. and Co
Cedar Rapids Hog Prices Lose Ground
Hog prices in Cedar Rapids slipped Friday as butchers paid 15 cents less for 200 to 270-pound hogs, topping at 1370. Long-haul no-fills were quoted at 13.80, while packers offered 10 cents less, with a top price of 1315.
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Iowa
The
Associated Press
Good Butchers Funds
Mason
Waterloo
Ottum
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Report Grain and Produce
Grain prices show No 1 wheat $1.02 and No 2 98 cents, oats 43 and 40 cents, rye 5 cents, corn shelled 77 cents, soybeans 61.8 cents. Bay and straw values listed, hay and straw bales detailed. poultry, fruits, vegetables, and hides also itemized with various price points and lot sizes.
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Tame Bay
Foultry
Springs
Leghorn Springs
Bond Markets Show Small Movements Near Treasury Sale
New York bond market opened with slight irregularities as Missouri Pacific issues firmed then softened in late trade. U S governments held steady amid the treasury offering's second day. Corporate loans mostly held, with several names in modest territory, while American and Foreign Power and other issues drifted unchanged to lower. The foreign list posted a mix of small gains and losses.
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NEW York Bond Review
New York
API
Missouri Pacific Railroad
U. S
Treasury
Wisconsin cheese and wool market notes from Plymouth
The page lists quotations for week of Sept 7 12 including Wisconsin junior grade cheddars 2044c bid and state brand daisies and horns 224c bid. U S Agriculture notes activity in Texas wool with 50 000 pounds sold at country prices around 45 cents. Egg production in New York cited at nearly 1 00 million dozen annually.
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Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Boston
Supi
U. S. Dept. Agricultures
Texas
Stock Trend Is Downward
New York investors saw a generally downward stock market on Friday with small declines across leaders. Some specialties showed strength while most stocks were unchanged or slipped, and heavy trading concentrated in low-price issues. Downtime came in the final hour with slight losses among many leading names.
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NEW York
Santa Fe
American Telephone
Standard Oil
N. J
Sears Roebuck
Kennecott
Dow Chemical
Eastman Kodak
International Harvester
United States Gypsum
Indiana
Market Street Railway Preferred
Western Union
Bethlehem Steel
Johns-Manville
Wall Street Quotation Highlights From Friday Trading
Abbott Lab to Wall Street lists numerous stocks with prices, including Intl Harv 4615, Adams Express ti 2, Alaska Jureau 94, Allied Chem 13142, Coca Cola 75, GM 37, Ford 2714, Union Carbide 67.%, Sears Roebuck 54, General Electric 26%, and many others across industries. The page shows Bid and Offer quotes and market summary from J Z Bennett & Co and Merchants National Bank building, with regional Chicago quotations also noted.
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J. Z. Bennett & Co
W. B. Dum
Merchants National Bank
Freiday
Abbott Lab
Adams Express Ti
Alaska Jureau
Nickel
Allied Chem
Allied Stores
Sea
Allis Chalmers
Johns Manville
Amn Can
Kennecott
Kroger G & B
Ann
Penigh Val Amn Intl Corp
Libbey Owens
Amn
Maracaibo Lenx Heach Aed
Amn BA 'Loews, Inc
Amn Holl Mills
Lorillard
Amn Steel Fdys
McKesson
Marshall Fid
Tag & Tv
Martin
G. L
Mathiesen Ark
Maytag
Natl
Ostris
Barber
Pow & LL
Bendix
Nor Pav
North Amn. Co. i
Borne Ac
Ge "Sah Ag
Bridgeport Gt
Packard Mtrs
Brines
Paramount
Sir Penne BR
Century Foundry
Generara Bane
Cerro de Pasco
Pullman Co
Ches
Ohio
Cole Fuel
Columbaa
Schenley
Seaboard Ol
Sears Roebuck
Sou Railway
Sperry Corp
Timken
Eaton
Gen Foods
Uni Drug
Gen Motors
Uni el Coal
Gillette & Ro
Uni Pruit
Gimbel Bros
Uni Gas Co
Gotbel
Uni Gas
Goodrich
Sit Goodyear Tire
Walworth
Westghse AB
Ats Hecker
Aise Hiram Walker
Houston Oil
wWillys Ovid
Howe
Gov. Wilson Names Veterans Leaders to His Staff
Gov. George A. Wilson appointed five Iowa veterans organization leaders as lieutenant colonels on his military staff. The appointees are John M. Gudgel Shenandoah G A R Daniel J. O'Brien Des Moines American Legion R L Whelan Cedar Rapids Disabled American Veterans William Schoenig Muscatine Spanish American War Veterans and F M Munnich Laurens Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Veterans’ Organizations
John M. Gudgel
Shenandoah
Daniel J. O’brien
American Legion
R. L. Whelan
Cedar Rapids
William Schoenig
Muscatine
F. M. Munnich
Laurens
Camden Board Drops Six Day Week Plan After Parental Input
Camden New Jersey board of education abandons plans for a six day school week and mid winter vacation after receiving hundreds of parental protests.
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Camden
N. J
Camden Board of Education
Parel
Crop Estimates Cut Grain Prices
Government forecasts of record and near record wheat crops in Canada and the United States plus a larger domestic cereal harvest drove grain futures lower by fractions to about a cent a bushel. Soybeans fell about 2 cents on a 211 million bushel U.S. crop outlook while wheat, corn, oats and rye also declined. Cash provisions in Chicago showed No. 2 mixed wheat at 2.24 1/2, No. 3 B 3 1/2 to 3 1/2 for oats and malting barley around 98 to 70 cents. Field seed Timothy and other items traded nominally.
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Chicago
Canada
United States
World Semi-Pro Title Series Postponed to Spring
The semi pro baseball world championship, set for Havana October 3 to 12, will be postponed until spring. National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress president Ray Dumont cited transportation guarantees for American players as the main issue. Wichita Boeing Bombers will represent the U S against Cuban champions next spring.
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New York
Havana
Cuba
Ray Dumont
Wichita, Kans
Boeing
Hearings Next Week on Youth Draft Bill
Chairman May of the house military affairs committee said hearings likely would begin next week on a bill to draft 18 and 19 year olds. The War Department noted college students in enlisted reserves may be called at age 20. May sought recommendations from Gen George C Marshall and Major Gen Lewis Hershey as hearings were expected to be lengthy with broad testimony.
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Washington
LLP
May
D-Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
George C. Marshall
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Sheriff Tells High Twelve of Lewis and Clark Trip
Sheriff Jim Smith spoke to the High Twelve club detailing the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Louisiana Purchase and its milestones. He highlighted Sacajawea's memorials and the death of Sergt. Charles Floyd near Sioux City as early Iowa history markers.
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Louisiana Purchase Territory
Jim Smith
High Twelve Club
Mr. Smith
Hobby
Oregon
Sacajawea
Sergt
Charles Floyd
Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa City Opens Fall Practice For Hawkeye Baseball
University of Iowa coach Waddy Davis started the Hawkeye fall drills with a squad of 30 candidates reporting for practice. Two lettermen among the group prepare for an intra squad scrimmage set for Saturday.
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Iowa City
Waddy Davis
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Mystery Sickness Forces Shutdown Of Arms Factory
In Erie Pennsylvania 39 workers at Lovell Manufacturing a defense contractor were struck by an unexplained illness since Labor Day prompting a plant shutdown. E C Doll VP called for FBI and chemist investigations. About 300 employees, 12 remaining hospitalised including 10 women.
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Erie
Lovell Manufacturing Company
E. C. Doll
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Chemists
Doll
Hamot Hospital
Butler 4-H Colt Judging Team Wins Waterloo Contest
Butler county dominates the Dairy Cattle Congress horse judging event capturing the team title with 1679 points. Individually, Russell Husmel of Butler tops with 563 points, edging Gale Wiebke and Floyd Edson. Webster and Boone counties place high as crowds reach 100000 attendance across four days. Grand and honorary champions announced for Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle.
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Waterloo
Butler County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Boone County
Webster County
Black Hawk County
Russell Husmel
Allison
Butler
Gale Wiebke
Floyd Edson
Joe Coughlan
Robert Schrage
E. S. Estes
Congress
Jane of
Vernon
Lee's Hill Farm
Morristown
N. J
Jane of Vernon
Raven Glenn Farms
Antioch
Ill
Women at Omaha War Role Conference Sept 18
A meeting to discuss the house wife farm woman and club woman roles in the war effort is set for Sept 18. Representatives from 34 national women's groups under the advisory council of the War Department's Bureau of Public Relations will attend from nine states in the Seventh Service Command. Army officers will address health morale and welfare issues affecting service members.
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Omaha
Women's Interests
War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Seventh Service Command
Cash clothing allowances for Navy recruits announced
The navy said all new enlistees in the navy coast guard naval reserve or coast guard reserve may receive their clothing allowance in cash immediately. The current outlay is $133.81 with quarterly $8.75 after a year and a $250 advance on promotion to chief petty officer.
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Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
Naval Reserve
Coast Guard Reserve
Montgomery fair awards five prizes to male baker
At the Montgomery county fair in Hatfield Ua, women judges sampled cakes without knowing the cooks names. They awarded five prizes to a man named Donald Hileman who said his father taught him the craft.
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Hatfield, Ua (Ap
Montgomery County
Donald Hileman
Hileman
Retailer Fined for Two-Cent Toothpaste Overcharge
In Baltimore, a retailer was fined 50 dollars and costs after a two-cent overcharge on toothpaste. The case marks the nation’s first conviction under the triple damages clause of the price control act, with the plaintiff asserting a 23-cent March purchase and a 25-cent July charge. The defense appealed.
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Baltimore
People's Court
stMe
Horn Treatment for Torturers of Tires
The National Safety Council urged motorists to use the V signal with three short and one long horn blast to deter reckless drivers. The blunt advisory claims even the most careless drivers will learn from the sound.
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Horn
Chicago
TTP
National Safety Council
Lost and Wanted ads fill Gazette classified pages
Classified section lists lost items such as purses glasses and pets with reward offers. It also includes personals, services and merchandise for sale from various local businesses and individuals with phone numbers and addresses for contact. The page presents typical small ads like dress sales and home services and notes ad rates and conditions.
Local classified ads list services and job notices
A dense page of classified listings includes thriftily washed items and services for cleaning and repair, furniture and clothing, and numerous help wanted opportunities. It also notes plumbing heating and waterproofing services, hauling and junk buying, and several “wanted” employment notices across Cedar Rapids Gazette style classifieds.
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NOBLE
Cashman Plumbing & Heating
de Marah
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U .S. Dept
Santee
Minnesota
Austin
Astin
Minn
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Michigan
Marketa
Eureg
Mississipfs River
Davenport
Hastings
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Dubuque Ne
St. Keokuk Louis
Ala Eae
Wall St
Gov. Wilson
Whelan
Hawk
Dorese Bell
United Nations Victory Queen
Victory Girls
Dorese
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Alexandria
Monroe County
Lucas
Ntee
Nien
Luptott
Re. Perr
Jone i Lins
Gazette
Chiliford
Cic
Palace Theater
St. SE
Green Sheaffer
L. Raper
Katz Jewelry & Loan
Post Office
Lyman & Son
Shell
A Ave
2Nd St
Ehree Roofing CO
Dial
Frank’ Meel
Baldridge Studio
St Bo
L. A
St. S
Richards Lab
Collier's
American
Companion
Mary Adams
E. E. Severn
Montgomery Ward
Everett Dye
18Th Ave
1St St
H. K. Schaefer
Kreste
C. R. Knitting Co
Younker Gros
Kriz & Son
Sand6 Printing Co
Griffith Feather. Mattress Co
Marion
Probasco
Aizes Jack's
Danceland
Bocleg
Leo Peiper Orch
Doc Lawson
Woody Herman Hayes
Music Box
Universal Crusher Co
Temple Roller Rink
Swisher Pavilion
WMT
Bohemian Band
1St Ave
AL Baumann
Hi- Way Gardens
Stanwood
Parkson
2Nd Ave
Little Ranch
Cou Falls
Sun Ce-Mar
Marton Bird
Lovely Lady Oil
Bishop's
Lovely Ixoy Beauty Shop
Paris Academy Beauty School
Sparta
JT Thomas
Novak Heating CO
Kutchera Sodding & Fuel CO
Stenographiic
Prescott Letter Shop
East Side
G. Eh
Es Jewel Tea Company
Burton
Pullman Hotel
Call Journal
Williamsburg
Lal
Goshen
3Rd Ave
Box K-35
Gazette Co
Kelly
Jans
Clinton
Santsd
Hindks's
4Th Ave
Duster Brothers
Ee, Bramson
Diamond T
Dysert’s
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Glenn Martin
a_ young
Indy
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co
Seenenriaenl
McKinley
Second Ave
Newman
Nuat
Kory Inn
Dysart
Ridgeway
Ellis Blvdew
T'O San
Lbeen
Bing
Semdicae Inc
Mong
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