Chicago Market Report Hogs Steady Cattle Mixed Sheep Strong
Markets report for Chicago on March 20 shows hogs at 22 000 head with steady tone, sows up to 110 higher, good to choice 160 to 350 lb hogs at 13.50 to 14.40, top 14.40. Cattle 19 000 with fed steers steady to weak, top 417.00, calves 15.50 to 16.25 for feeders, wealers down to 15.50. Slaughter lambs active and steady to strong with 16.25 to 16.50 bids, undertone steady. totals: hogs 20 000? cattle 9 000? sheep 4 000.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Report Prompts Mixed Market Signals
Chicago March 29 report shows eggs receipts at 27,904 cases with weak market bids and firsts around 33 dollars. Poultry movement limited with no car shipments, two trucks, market firm. ducks and geese listed with varied figures, turkey data included.
Grain table shows mixed wheat oats rye futures on March
Chicago market report lists a grain table with lead wheat contracts at Sep 166 to 167 and May 172 to 177, oats at Sept around 74 to 74⅔, and rye around 126 to 128 with minor bid offers. Lee figures show small adjustments across months.
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Lee
Civil service rep to visit Burlington, Navy seeks civilian shipyard workers
J. K. McWilliams, a civil service representative, will visit Burlington March 22 to 25 and set up an office in the U S employment service. The Navy seeks skilled civilian workers to repair ships at a west coast yard or Pearl Harbor with no rigid physical exams or age limits.
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J. K. McWilliams
Civil Service
Burlington
U. S. Employment Service
Navy
West Coast
Pearl Harbor
Lim
Local Army Personnel News at Camp Roberts and Fort Des Moines
Pvt. Cleo R. McCoy has a new address 37691519 Co 88 Inf Training Bn Camp Roberts Calif Pvt Dorothy Jean Conner returned to her post at Fort Des Moines yesterday after a short visit here with her mother Mrs Walter Conner.
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Cleo R. McCoy
Inf
Camp Roberts
Calif
Dorothy Jean Conner
Fort Des Moines
Walter Conner
Mrs Bauer Hosts W C T U Group in West Chester
The West Chester W C T U met at Mrs Lou Bauer’s home Friday afternoon with nine members and three guests. Devotional reading followed by prayers and a program on alcohol education featured speeches on The Union Signal and its role in informing congressmen, church involvement, and child character development. One new member joined. Rev Arthur Peters closed the gathering with prayer and refreshments were served.
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West Chester
Lou Bauer
Ida Hough
Amos
Joshua
E. F Bauer
Union
Congress
Elizabeth Smart
Ruth McDowell
H. W. Munster
T He Church
Edith Bauer
Arthur Peters
Raver
Mississippi River deposits lower valley footprint over millennia
Dredged rock material carried to the sea by the Mississippi reduces the valley floor by about one foot over a span of three to four thousand years, reflecting slow geological reshaping of the region.
Workers urged to join essential war effort now
McWilliams explains that men in essential war work should not apply for other jobs. Transportation and meals are provided, and men hired for this work may leave immediately if they wish.
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McWilliams
Mena
George Dempsey Burial Tuesday
George Dempsey a longtime Davenport restaurant and hotel operator died recently. He started as a lunch counter in Rock Island and expanded to Davenport with the Dempsey hotel on Main Street. A civic leader, he served in Elks Knights of Columbus Kiwanis Chamber posts and was knighted by Pope Pius XII in 1912.
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Rock Island
Washington
Dempsey
Columbus Junction
Eldon
Trenton
Altamont
Davenport
Main Street
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St. Gregory
Funeral rites held for Mrs Nat ey Jane Strouse
Funeral services for Mrs Nat ey Jane Strouse were held Sunday afternoon at the New Haven Baptist church with Rev Arthur Peters officiating. Lois Cudleback and Jean Strum performed a vocal duet, Mrs Peters accompanied, a solo by Mrs Peters, and Mrs Vern Dill on piano. Pallbearers included Charles Mayer, Robert Hyde, Glenn Yoder, Edward Engel, Howard Manfel a, Victor Masson. Burial followed in New Haven Cemetery.
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Jane Strouse
New Haven
Crop Acreages See Increase in Spring Plantings
The Agriculture Department reports higher spring acreage with 19,805,000 acres planned for all spring wheat, up 14.6 percent from 1943, and corn plantings projected at 99,583,000 acres, a 2 percent rise over last year.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Riverside Family Dinner Hosts Milford Cook Family
Mr and Mrs Milford Cook and son Jimmy visited Mrs Anna Krotz in Riverside for dinner yesterday. They spent the evening with Mr and Mrs Joe A Soukup in Riverside.
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Jimmy
Cook
Anna Krotz
Riverside
Joe A. Soukup
Community Friday sales at Whittaker sale barn
Public sale listings mention a weekly Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn plus a March herd sale of high grade Holstein cows at Ottumwa Community Sale Barn starting at 1:00. Rex Dimmitt to host a March 23 horse sale at Riverside, Iowa, at 1:00. Closing out sale planned March 23 near Washington and Havre at 11:00 by Mrs. Lee Hesseltine.
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Viaduet
Iowa
Rex Dimmitt
Riverside
Riverside Sales Company
S. E
Washington
Havre
Lee Hesseltine
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