Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Slide in Chicago Markets
Chicago markets report mixed week for livestock with hogs down up to 40 cents to 14.45 and 14.20 to 14.40 for butchers. Cattle steady to lower with steers and yearlings weak 26 cents. heifers steady to 25 cents lower. Sheep sales show strictly choice wool lambs at 16.25, bulk 15.75 to 16.15, fall shorn 15.50, California spring lamb crop noted as being slaughtered on the west coast.
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Chicago
California
Land Prices Up Cont from Page One
Land storage capacity in Iowa shows a rise with about 4,000,000 bushels more capacity than February 16 1942. By April 1 1948 total grain stocks reached 5,035,000 bushels about half bulk capacity and more than half working capacity. Wheat 40 percent corn 26 percent soybeans 15 percent oats barley and flaxseed lower.
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Iowa
Storzee
Cyc .c
Scotsman Built Early Torpedo From Austrian Plans
A Scotsman constructed the first self propelled torpedo using design plans supplied by an Austrian. The article notes the historical achievement and credits the inventor with early torpedo development. No further technical specifics are given.
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Scotsman
Man Pays $15 Debt After 30 Year Lapse
Forrest City Arkansas merchant Sam Sharpe received a check from a North Carolinian who borrowed $15 from him more than 30 years ago. The payment includes interest and restoration of faith in humanity as the man apologizes and settles the old debt.
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Forrest City
Ark
Sam Sharpe
Perfect Husband Proves Bigamist in Los Angeles
Louis L. Huot listed as city engineer and Louis H. Meeks as an architect faced a double life with two wives in the same city for 18 years. Wife Ethel Huot, 58, and wife Olive Meeks, 63, contend over a $30,000 estate as detectives and lawyers reveal incompatibilities and prior knowledge. Huot died before a planned confrontation.
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Los Angeles
Wife No. 1
Louis L. Huot
City Engineer's Office
Louis H. Meeks
Ethel Huot
Olive Blanche Meeks
Nick Harris
Huot
Mrs. Huot
Sea Monster Caught in Calgary Lagoon
Calgary residents claimed the ogopogo or sea serpent captured in Bow Ness Park lagoon at the city play center. Commissioner R McDonald severed its head with an axe, describing a five foot fish that tasted grand. A second childreported fire breathing monster appeared in the North Saskatchewan river at Rocky Mountain House.
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Alta
Bowness Park
North Saskatchewan
Rocky Mountain House
R. McDonald
Bow River
Commissioner McDonald
Priorities Make the Hen Go Back to Work Again
Akron report notes that officials at B. F. Goodrich reveal government ban on rubber used for modern brooders. The move makes the mothering business return to the hen as officials describe the wartime rubber use as nonessential.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Company
U. S. Death Rate Reaches Record Low For 1941
The 1941 death rate in the United States stood at 7.4 per 1,000, the lowest figure ever recorded.
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U. S
Katheryn Hoover Weds Lt McKenzie in West Chester Church
Katheryn Hoover daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Hoover West Chester and Lt David T McKenzie of Decatur Illinois were married in a candle light ceremony at West Chester United Presbyterian church. Rev Arthur Peters officiated with a reception for 200 at the McAlhenny house Fairfield. They will reside in Decatur after May 22 at 90 Fairview place.
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McKenzie
West Chester High School
State University of Iowa
Parsons College
Elzevir Sorority
Pleasant Plain
Decatur
Fairview Place
Thunderbolts Based in Britain Confirm U S Fighter Squadrons
The Manchester Guardian reports that U S Army Air Forces fighter squadrons in Britain are equipped with the most advanced single seat fighter aircraft in quantity production there. This marks the first public mention of the types used by American squadrons based in the United Kingdom.
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London
Britain
Manchester Guardian
United States Army Air Forces
United States Army
Soviet Woman Pilot In Heavy Air Combat
Soviet air force pilot Tanya Osokina has flown over 80 missions against German positions, as reported by Red Star. This marks the first time the army newspaper cited a woman aviator by name in front line dispatches.
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Moscow
Tanya Osokina
Red Star
Warman
New Orleans Store Explores Mule-Drawn Deliveries
A New Orleans furniture shop examines mule-drawn carts to cut tire wear on home deliveries and reduce fuel costs. The plan tests practicality for city routes and customer service.
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New Orleans
Family Picnic Marks Glendale School Year End
Glendale held a noon family picnic on the last day of school. Forty eight attended the dinner. A short afternoon program featured seven pupils and instructor Mildred Meyer. Guests included Mrs J W Meyer Mrs Alice White and children Bob and Martha of Ainsworth who formerly attended Glendale. Miss Meyer will teach Glendale another year.
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Mildred Meyer
J. W. Meyer
Alice White
Bob and
Martha
Ainsworth
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Sorrows
A note of gratitude from Mrs. Mary A. Meeks and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Zeck and Mr. and Mrs. John Westphal for comforting sympathy floral offerings and acts of kindness during their recent sorrow.
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Mary A. Meeks
Ralph Zeck
John Westphal
Bristle Trade Tied to Labor in Asia and Russia
Before the war the United States imported about 6 million pounds of hog bristles annually from northern China Manchuria and Russia. Families in these regions earned livelihoods by hand plucking bristles from slaughtered hogs. American hogs yield bristles of similar quality yet local production lagged due to cheaper hand labor abroad for decades.
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United States
China
Manchuria
Russia
America
Orient
Ennius Develops 1100-Sign Shorthand System
The Roman poet Quintus Ennius devised a shorthand system around 200 B C using about 1100 signs to speedily write on material and preserve memory of speech and thought.
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Quintus Ennius
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