Wives Of Downed Airmen Await News In Alaska
In Fairbanks Alaska five wives wait anxiously by telephones for word on the four known survivors from the B 29 Clobbered Turkey wreck 95 miles north of Nome. Rescuers know survivors identities but cannot report due to radio failures and planes circling overhead. Elizabeth Larson of Colfax Wisconsin and others hope for word as crews struggle to confirm identities and coordinate rescue efforts.
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QTE
LA Crosse Tribune
Fairbanks
Alaska
Turkey
Nome
Wisconsin
Aiken Mays
Air Forces
Elizabeth Larson
Lyle B. Larson
Colfax
Arthur Larson
Larson
Chicago Grain Table Shows Mixed May Wheat and Soybean Moves
A Chicago grain table reports May wheat opening at 2.92 with highs near 2.94 and closing around 2.946. Corn and soybeans show varied moves across May July and September contracts with multiple highs, lows, and closings noted.
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Chicago
Market quotes show mixed livestock and grain prices across cities
Milwaukee reports hogs steady to lower with weights 170 to 300 pounds and bulls and sows at varied values. cattle include steady steers and yearlings with prim to choice calves. Chicago wheat and corn mixed with No 3 yellow at 2.53 percent and oats around 1.31. field seeds and barley also listed with nominal prices.
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Chicago
Power Drives Giant Radio Tube to Move Cars Uphill
Power used to operate a massive radio tube in a broadcasting station reportedly could push two cars up a steep grade, demonstrating the tube’s extraordinary mechanical effect.
Meat and poultry prices and receipts in Chicago market report
CEICAGO PRODUCE reports two day receipts for butter and eggs with price shifts and quality grades. Live poultry and fowl prices are listed with truck receipts and case prices. wholesale market values for ducks and toms noted. Argentina rice scarcity mentioned.
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Ceicago
U. S
USDA
Poultry and Eggs Prices and Buy Hours Notice
Swift and Co La Crosse Wis lists buying hours 8 am to 5 pm except Sunday effective December 29 1947 with grades A B C 35 26 28 and poultry weights prices for heavy breed leghorn and stag categories. Also Cape Town hospital confirms removal of 2500 pails from a man who survived.
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Swift & Co
la Crosse
Wie
Puliet
Leghorn Springs
Cape Town
South Africa
Livestock Quotes Chicago Sale Mixed as Prices Move
USDA market notes show salable hogs 19 000, cattle 13 000 and calves 800 with uneven demand and prices mostly steady to slightly lower for hogs. Sows under 600 lbs. 25.50 24.50. steers and yearlings 34.50 38.50, heifers 26.00 32.00. bulls 20.00 21.50. Sheep 4 000 to 4 500 with bids around 25.50 26.00 for good lambs. wooly yearlings steady.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
USDA
Gillis
Bologna
Economic Conditions May Reduce UW Veteran Enrollment
Wisconsin ex GI enrollment stands at 13 365 of 23 442 students. Kenneth Little predicts a national drop in veterans in higher education if current economic conditions persist. Universities with higher veteran enrollments include California Minnesota Illinois and Ohio State.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Kenneth Little
Tojeter
Wisconsin
California
Minnesota
Illinois
Ohio State
Youth Fractures Leg While Sliding at Grand Crossing Farm
James Anderson 12 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Anderson of 2126 Loomis street was taken by police ambulance to a local hospital Saturday for treatment of a fractured leg after sliding down a hill near the Shiftar farm at Grand Crossing.
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James Anderson
Henry Anderson
Loomis Street
Shiftar
Grand Crossing
Tender Hearted Sheriff Helps Stricken Family in Kingfisher
Sheriff Francis H. Perdue of Kingfisher county aided Frank C. Pence and his family after Pence's arrest for second degree burglary. He housed them in a hotel, assisted with Christmas needs, arranged a job and transportation home with Red Cross help, and offered fatherly counsel to prioritize wife and children.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Welch
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Francis H. Perdue
Kingfisher County
Frank C. Pence
Pence
Perdue
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Chi. & NW
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Pan Am. Airways
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Ore
Milwaukee Livestock
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Ket
Shane
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Daisy Cheddar
Hormel's Dairy Brand
Lachu
Exsun Pineapple
Swift
Jar
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Rose St
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Ass’t. Beverages
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Haig and
Haig
Macnish
Price Reg
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San Marino
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Hoeschlers
Fifth Avenue
Main Street
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
Tom R. Blaine
Ee Cigaret
Dover
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