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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1945
Page
7
Newspaper crossword puzzle from June 27 191 likely a partial grid with clues for across and down entries. Includes terms like Beak Cry of a croy Stick Express it of sorrow Stir up Correct Propriete Terror Exist and more across hints as well as down clues for generic crossword fill. Contains garbled end text indicating date line and damaged OCR.
Chicago livestock market shows active steady demand with good and choice barrows and gilts at 14.75 ceiling and sows at 14.00. Cattle numbers reach 13 000 with calves 800, feeders and yearlings mostly steady to 25 cents lower, beef bulls at 15.35, sausage bulls steady to weak with top near 13.00, weaners unchanged around 14.50.
The market shows a steady to fairly active tone with lambs and hogs listed. Lambs range 16.00 to 16.35 for good and choice, with various weights and pelts noted. hogs top at 14.45 with typical butcher and sow quotes, while Cedar Rapids shows steady prices for top weights and sows. Prices cited include 16.00 16.35 lambs, 14.45 hogs, and sows around 13.70 to 13.70 for various weights.
Market news reports receipts and prices for eggs and fowl, with heavy leghorn stock, roosters, and longhorns traded against Chicago produce. Data include egg receipts of 16 679 cases and various price marks, with California and Arizona long whites figures and delivery to secondary jobbers noted.
Chicago grain futures mixed with steady gains in wheat on firmer demand and government buying prospects. Wheat edged higher near the close while corn held steady to small up moves, oats retreated then steadied, rye strengthened slightly with July and September light selling for December and May deliveries. Weather remained unsettled in the southwest but did not hinder harvests. country marketings stayed light and overseas markets showed firmness.
Financial markets show irregular trading with stocks and U S government bonds moving unevenly. Commodities list mixed changes including cotton steady and wheat up modestly, corn and oats small gains, rye slight drop, and oats at a higher level. Forest nut varieties are described as plentiful across northern and southern states, with species such as black walnut and pecan noted along with historical chestnut blight reducing vast chestnut forests.
The article notes the American shift to soybeans with rapid gains in usage since 1941. Civilians used about five million bushels in 1944, five times the amount in 1941, signaling accelerating adoption ahead of China in the long view.
Cpl Dawson O Clark returns to Wadena after discharge from the army at Jefferson Barracks Missouri He enlisted October 10 1940 and overseas February 7 1943 participated in Sicily Naples Arno Southern France and the Rhineland campaigns He earned the Purple Heart for chest concussion and head wound at Magny France after 20 days hospitalization he rejoined unit and was home on VE day in Austria He completed 132 points Ray Herwig Sr and Jr depart Norfolk VA for 16 day leave with father Ray Herwig Sr then returns to Norfolk William Aynsworth leaves for Alamogordo after 16 day furlough with Mrs and Mr Ch Edgar Dunn arrives for a 30 day leave with family Dunn received a shoulder wound in the Pacific and will report back to the Denver hospital after leave
Public Transit timetables list Delwein connections to Chicago Kansas City Rochester Minneapolis and Clarion with daily departures including No 1 at 2 06 am No 2 at 2 15 am and No 3 at 7 30 am plus several others to Cedar Rapids Waterloo and beyond. A note covers Rochester route routing via McIntire and links to Jefferson bus lines. Also includes scattered data on turnip greens iron content linked to seasonal growth and nitrogen fertilizer effects.
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Bailey, 34, assistant commander of the 96th Infantry Division, was killed by a Japanese bullet at a forward observation post on Okinawa. He fell just 24 hours after his commander Lt. Gen. Simon Buckner Jr. Bailey, a native of Waco Texas, is survived by his wife in Washington DC and son Maj. Gen. Massey Sr. (International)
In a late night car ride Helen confronts love with responsibility. Paul urges commitment while Helen worries about Philip Brownell and the risks of marrying without certainty. Back at the homestead a defense project conference unfolds with Miss Minerva, Aggie, and Philip planning a public presentation and town event.
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