Hogs Cattleand Sheep Markets Report Chicago May 1
Hogs 500 traded with week losses of 10 to 20 cents. top 14.75 with bulk 14.60 to 14.70 for butchers. Sows 14.40 to 14.60. Cattle 6500 head. calves none. Strictly choice fed steers and yearlings about steady. other grades down 25 cents, mediums 50c lower. Top 17.05 for strictly choice. 15.00 to 16.00 weaners. Sheep 500. lambs strong with best wooled 16.40 and clippers 15.00. ewes 9.00 to 9.50.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Produce Market Report May 1
Chicago May 1 UP reports produce receipts for eggs at 35 351 cases as market remains firm with ERA firsts at 374 percent. Current receipts range 35 to 44 with dirties 34 and checks 33 14.
Chicago Cash Grain Report May First
Chicago cash grain prices listed for May first show corn with various lots including 2 yellow 107 and 3 yellow 06s, plus 4 yellow 10344 and 56 yellow 101, and 2 white 123 percent. Oats include 1 mixed 67 and 2 mixed 6744, plus several white lots from 68 to 6614 and red Special GT percent.
Farm Girls Dream Turns Sour in Country Escape
Beulah and Candida, longtime city stenographers, pool savings to buy a small farm with a 100 chicken hennery a cow horse pig and crops. Their plan collapses when Beulah discovers Candida in a fling with Barnaby Xerxes leading to a tense split and a late night return to farm life.
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Candida
New York
Mortimer and Brown
Naaman
Barnaby Xerxes
Hillside
Barnaby
Stearns
Chicago Grain Table May 1 Open High Low Close
Grain prices for Wheat Corn and Oats across futures contracts show varied figures with Sep and Dec positions. Notable values include Wheat Sep 144% 1454 14415 and Corn Sep 105 105 105 105 with oats around 60 to 62% in Sept and May around mid 80s.
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Chicago
Iowan contends fear led to murder confession
Leroy Ritchey of Gowrie Iowa testified he signed a confession to the hammer slaying of Abigail Williams a California schoolteacher on a Utah Indian reservation because he feared FBI agents. The first degree murder trial for Ritchey and co defendant James Rodel of Oklahoma City resumes after a recess.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Leroy Edward Ritcher
Gowrie
Iowa
FBI
Abagail A .Williams
San Leandro
Calif
Ritchey
Williams
Lend-Lease Food To Russia Reaches Army First
Only a small portion of U S lend lease food is given to civilians with most delivered to the Russian army. Since November Russia has received more food from the United States than England. The Ukraine North Caucasus and Crimea normally produced about two thirds of Russia's harvest.
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U. S
Russia
England
Ukraine
North Caucasus
Crimea
Science fuels farm productivity in wartime Food for Freedom
A government and state research effort brings science to six million farms. A 9 000 strong task force converts findings to practice across 3 000 agricultural counties. The Food for Freedom drive reports yields up to 25 billion pounds of meat and 122 billion pounds of milk, with practices like chilling cow water, milking three times daily, and higher grain feeding boosting output.
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America
Department of Agriculture
State Colleges of Agriculture and Experiment Stations
Agricultural Extension Service
Systematic Tool Storage Very Important on Farm
Rutgers extension engineer urges farms to create a dedicated repair and storage space. He outlines a solid topped work bench with vises and a hanging wall of tools. A well equipped shop includes drills, hammers, chisels, wrenches, pliers, soldering gear, grinders, files, and hoists for self sufficiency in maintenance.
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W. C. Krueger
Rutgers University
Krueger
Recap of Tire Recapping Rules for Vehicles
Available owners of passenger cars and commercial vehicles using tires under 7.50 by 20 may obtain casings recapped with reclaimed rubber without certificates from local war price and rationing boards. Recapping of commercial vehicle tires with truck-type camel back remains subject to current rationing restrictions.
Hot Springs Found in Iceland
Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, draws its hot water from nearby boiling springs. The discovery highlights geothermal features supplying the city’s energy needs.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Answer Tokio Killers by Buying War Bonds
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr calls for a national drive to borrow 13 billion dollars. He urges Americans to support war bond purchases to avenge slain air crews and defeat Japanese war lords.
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Henry Morgenthau, JR
Secretary of the Treasury
Tokio
What Kind of Health Program is Needed in Iowa Rural Areas
A Radio Study Club program on WOJ May 4 from 3 30 to 4 p m will discuss rural health needs in wartime Iowa. Participants include Mrs Raymond Sayre Iowa Farm Bureau state women's chairman and Miss Alma E Hartz public health consultant state health department. Mrs Leslie Gates urges farm women to listen.
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WOJ
Iowa
Raymond Sayre
Iowa Farm Bureau
Alma E. Hartz
State Department of Health
Leslie Gates
County Home Project
Tnis
Frost Sparks Minimal Damage Fears as Growers Gauge Risk
Last night’s low hit 36 degrees above freezing with frost seen early today. Experts doubt the drop will heavily harm crops already well along, suggesting limited damage to sensitive growth stages.
Callister Service at Keota Monday
Funeral services for Raymond Callister 25 a cadet in the navy air corps will be held at three oclock Monday afternoon in the Keota high school auditorium. Marsh funeral home Keota in charge with burial in Keota cemetery. Callister son of Mr and Mrs R D Callister of Keota was killed in an airplane accident near Corpus Christi Texas with navy department notifying his parents earlier this week. Body with military escort will arrive in Washington tonight at 11 59 oclock.
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Raymond Callister
Navy Air Corps
Keota High School
Marsh Funeral Home
Keota
Callister
R. D. Callister
Corpus Christi
Texas
Navy Department
Washington
Iowa State Guard Seeks 250 New Recruits
Des Moines reports Col. Arthur T. Wallace chief of staff announces the Iowa State Guard seeking 250 men. Recruitment details and eligibility not fully listed in the fragment.
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Iowa State Guard
Des Moines
Arthur T. Wallace
The
Midway Sale and Friday Auction Listings
Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction holds weekly sales every Wednesday. A Friday Community Sale occurs at Whittaker sale barn. May 8 marks a closing out sale of household goods at 414 South Second Avenue starting at 1 30. Mr and Mrs Alvin Walker listed as contacts.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Whittaker Sale Barn
South Second Avenue
Alvin Walker
Brooke Named Prime Minister in Northern Ireland
Sir Basil Brooke was appointed prime minister of Northern Ireland by the governor the Duke of Abercorn today. He succeeds John M Andrews who resigned amid cabinet discontent over unemployment and production lag. Brooke 54, former commerce minister and president of the Unionist army, is expected to dismiss the Andrews cabinet.
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Brooke
Northern Ireland
Belfast
North Ireland
Basil Brooke
Duke of Abercorn
John M. Andrews
Andrews
Unionist Army
Gulf to Sea Duval Street in Key West
Duval Street in Key West Florida runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean linking the two seas along a famed coastal thoroughfare.
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Duval
Key West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Iowa State Guard Launches Push for 250 Recruits
Iowa State announces a campaign to recruit 250 additional guardsmen. Recruits may apply at any national guard armory or the capitol.
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Iowa State Guard
National Guard
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