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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1945
Page
5
Oelwein Nursery advertises fresh strawberries on the vines priced at 25 cents per box. Local shoppers urged to visit the nursery for early season pickings and direct sales.
A compact crossword puzzle list with across and down clues including several entries such as Crustona sore river names and various body and object terms plus a long set of related hints for interlocking words.
Classified notes list items for sale including a 720 tractor and corn plow, a Remington Standard typewriter, and a sui couch with partial addresses. Regional hog and cattle market reports show prices, loads, and trends in Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Chicago with notes on wheat and corn futures, weather impacts, and milling demand.
Market reports show egg receipts and poultry trading with no change in tuck end. Heavy fowl and leghorn varieties noted with prices, receipts tallied, market firm with limited movement. Potatoes and California arrivals listed, local tract market offered with good ceiling.
In Chicago grain activity the market showed a strong upturn as wheat rose while May corn resisted the trend with fractional losses at close. Wheat finished up 3 to 4.11 cents, corn gained 1 to 1.8 cents, oats up 1 to 1.4 cents, rye slipped 3/8 to 3/4, barley higher, amid replacement buying and board of trade firmness.
Financial markets show mixed gains with U S government bonds and curb stocks shifting irregularly. Corn and wheat edge up while other grains show varied changes. hogs active, cattle steady to firm at Chicago wholesale market.
The Fayette Peony Garden hosts a family reunion at the Ste Park with Mrs. Clark’s sister organizing. Charles Clark and Miss Lillian Clark visit at the home of her parents. Also noted: Glen Lil returns from a German POW camp on 60 day furlough. LaVerne Gremmel plans Philadelphia trip for officer training. Pastor Hawkins takes two charges and reports 23 new Burr Oak and 9 new Calmar members.
Names, family updates, and visits across towns including Mrs Jessie Bushnell and Mrs Wright traveling from South Dakota and New York state. Residents Mr and Mrs Archie Weed Sr and Dr W S Bailey visited local homes while Miss Margaret Holmes stayed with Miss Mabel Stiles and Janet Kiel spent time with Mrs Grant Kiel.
A dense listing of station promos and times for daily programs including news, music, shows, and specials. Mentions various programs, stations, and hosts with scattered times such as 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 and 10:30, reflecting a broad schedule collage for an evening.
Radio listings across WMT CBS and NBC detail 6:00 to 12:00 Tuesday programs. Pres Truman speaks on the San Francisco Conference closing, then early evening lineups include Inner Sanctum Bandwagon Theater of Romance and News segments. NBC also features Truman addresses, Minsters Theatre, Bob Hope Show and varied comedy and drama programs.
A compact rundown of CBS ME BS and other stations with evening programs from 6:00 PM to midnight, listing shows such as Tack Kirkwood, Danny O’Neil, The Saint, Dr. Christian, Big Henry and the News, Ray Noble’s orchestra, Great Moments in Music, and News Roundups. Includes orchestras led by Olsen, Blue Barron, Art Kassel, and Nelson Kaltenborn, plus a late night rhythm parade.
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