Markets Chicago Livestock Report March 5 Nineteen Fifties style
Chicago livestock market report shows hogs 8 500 head active steady with good and choice barrows and gilts at 14 85. sows 14 10. Cattle 8 000 head calves 700 fed steers and yearlings steady to weak. heifers and bulls mixed. beef cattle prices range 9 to 17 75 with top steers at 17 75. Sheep 4 500 head slaughter lambs not established. western lambs 16 and woolskins around 16 to city butchers. native ewes 8 down.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce Market Report for Poultry and Eggs
Chicago market notes show hens and chickens firm with assorted delivery cars and trucks. Fowl receipts include 24 063 cases with market stability and varied price levels for different egg grades and packaging, pressures steady despite mixed car counts.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table Highlights March Trading Ranges
Chicago grain table from March 5 shows wheat May and July around 183 and 1831/4 to 1831/2. Corn values for May July Sept and Dec display varied ranges with surrounding data. Oats sit near 83 to 81 1/2 with small percentage shifts.
Chicago Cash Grain Report Updated
Chicago markets report cash grain prices for wheat corn oats soybeans and barley with no sales. barley values range 125 to 155 percent of N and feed 114 to 12416 N in the session context.
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Chicago
Britain to Maintain 1.1 Million-Strong Armed Forces
Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the Commons that Britain will keep a semi permanent force of 1.1 million men under arms and study unifying the army navy and air forces into a single striking arm for the Atomic Age. Peacetime conscription will continue to provide a pool of trained men. By end of 1946 forces to be reduced to 1.1 million: 175000 Navy 750000 Army 275000 Air Force.
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London
Clement Attlee
Commons
Britain
Attlee
Royal Navy
Four U.S. Officers Profit From Allied Yen Trade
Four American officers held for illegally exchanging U S currency for Japanese yen earned nearly fifty thousand dollars in the black market. They were arrested March 1 to 4 after a fire at a Japanese brokerage exposed their transactions and papers. Capt Michael G Frisch CID chief said one officer with access to military funds exchanged yen for dollars at the legal rate of 15 to 1 and split profits with three colleagues.
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Tokyo
U. S
Allied Headquarters
Michael G. Frisch
CID
Life Histories Shared At Rotary Luncheon
Three speakers at the Rotary luncheon recounted life histories. Harry Sowden described his Chicago birth, Burlington upbringing, hotel training and 1936 move to Washington. Walter Friedman traced his Minnesota roots, Iowa move, Montgomery Ward career and family. Dr. M J Cruise recalled five years as a dental officer through World War II and service in Europe. Dr E B Grice of Egypt attended as a guest. Ralph Bauer introduced the speakers.
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Harry Sowden
Washington
Chicago
Burlington
Iowa
Walter Friedman
Montgomery Ward
Austin
Minnesota
Carroll
Atlantic
Cedar, Rapids
Davenport
Spencer
Moline
Billings
Sioux City
Plattsmouth
Wis
M. J. Cruise
Ft. Mead
S. C
Cedar Rapids
Camp Crowder
Carlisle
Camp McKain
Miss
Ft. Jackson
Ralph Bauer
Declam Contest Set for West Chester District
A pre district declama test will be held at 7 Wednesday evening in the Chester school building. The event features oratorical dramatic and humorous selections with contestants from six district schools including Columbus Junction Letts Lone Tree West Chester Keota and Webster. Three judges hail from Oskaloosa.
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Chester School
Columbus Junction
Letts
Lone Tree
West Chester
Keota and
Webster
Oskaloosa
Hughes sets new transcontinental speed record in constellation flight
Howard Hughes, producer, circled an east-west record covering the continent in 10 hours 15 minutes. He flew several film stars from New York to Culver City aboard a TWA Constellation plane, departing LaGuardia at 4:48 a.m. EST and landing at Hughes Plant at 12:03 p.m. PST. The prior mark was 10 hours 49 minutes set by a different Constellation last February 1.
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Culver City
Calif
Howard Hughes
New York
TWA _ constellation
LaGuardia Field
Hughes’ Aircraft Plant
Constellation
Keota and West Chester Lodges Celebrate 50th Anniversary
John Mangold, a longtime member and charter of the Keota lodge, will attend as a special guest at the 50th anniversary observance. The event, held this spring, marks a half century of the Keota and West Chester lodges hosting their fraternal celebration.
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Keota
West Chester
John Mangold
Journal sale date column listing weekly auctions in Iowa
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales every Wednesday at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. March 7 closing out sale 114 miles east of Washington on highway 92 and 1 mile north of No 11 school. Fred Jarvis.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Washington
No. 11
Fred Jarvis
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