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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
11
Hogs and cattle faced uneven demand with prices drifting. hogs 500 head and cattle 500 head estimated salable in Chicago with lambs slow. Omaha Des Moines Sioux City sales reflected dull to steady ranges across many weights, while Iowa hog prices varied by packing plant and weight class.
Chicago area prices and receipts for butter eggs cheese live poultry and potatoes. Notes include tub prices extras and firsts for butter several grades for potatoes Idaho and U S regions with current Quebec etc. New York prices show butter cheese eggs with current receipts and price ranges across grades and weights.
Weekly snapshot from Plymouth Wisconsin shows prices for various cheeses and river stage changes. River gauges at Davenport Hastings La Crosse Portage Prairie du Chien McGregor Gordons Ferry report rises and falls with small increases.
A Bloomfield fire, likely from a basement heater used to prepare baptismal water, destroyed the Christian church Thursday. The $25,000 building had full insurance, and revival services led by Rev. George E. Purdy of Des Moines were interrupted, continuing Thursday night at the Weatherdist church which offered use of its building.
All hog grades fall by 25 cents with exceptions in a narrow band for good to choice hogs 200 to 270 pounds. Prices listed for various hog weights and packers, cattle market ranges shown from good to prime steers 14.00 to 15.00, heifers and cows, plus lamb and sheep figures and per hundred pricing for buck lambs.
The listing shows prices for oats, wheat, rye, corn, soybeans, straw, hay, poultry, and hides. Florida celery, lemons, oranges, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, apples, potatoes and Texas grapefruit are noted with crate or bushel prices. Hides and live animals priced. notes include no. 1 and no. 2 grades and various weights.
CHICAGO UP Grain futures closed steady to easier with rye weakness dragging the market. Oats held firm while barley and some grains slipped. Wheat unchanged, rye down about percent, oats steady, rye and barley losses cited. Cash provisions show values for wheat, barley and seed mixes with listed nominals.
Edwin Powell sues P. A. Mills in district court seeking 121.60 and costs after a truck collision west of Hoover Church in Buchanan county. Francis A. Heald named administrator for William D. Henecke estate who died Jan 6 in Cedar Rapids. David McNee will probate. Andrew J. McNee and Olive Burgess named executors. Sheriff’s office reports first quarter 1944 fees total 449.65 versus 256.10 in 1943.
The Yank prints a Friday lesson of practical French phrases for soldiers including I would like a drink Have you got a friend You ve got nice eyes Are you married Why not My wife doesn unde tana This aims to aid soldiers ahead of a potential operation with phrases suitable for daily encounters.
In New York the market logged a third straight selective upturn as many leaders lagged. Losers remained numerous near the close while fractional gains prevailed. Total transfers for the session stayed under 600000 shares.
A long list of stocks and commodities quoted for Friday, with many prices abbreviated or garbled. Large numbers indicate share prices and instrument codes from Adams Express to Woolworth, Lockheed to Union Carbide. The item resembles a market page illustrating current bid prices and notable gains across numerous firms and sectors.
New Sunday closing hour ten p m begins April 30 at Krebs Dutch Girl Dairy 2907 First avenue SE. Two 17 year olds Enlist in U S naval reserve LeRoy E Muller and Robert J Pogge Riverside. Dr David I Berger Coe college Bible prof spoke at Iowa synod meeting Clarence. Lyle K Anderson to speak Guidance for Daily Living Shueyville church 9 30 a m. Church school 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor 8 p m. Mrs James Sigmund Red Cross travels to Purcell Okla returning next Wednesday. Alice Briles 17 1121 Thirteenth avenue SE 30 days Linn county jail intoxication sentence. Quaker Oats party at plant with chorus Banty Harvill orchestra dancers and satOists. Luther Leaguers First Lutheran Beach comedy Waiting at the...
A church basement stage hosts a play Saturday at 8 pm featuring Marion Miller Bill Davenport Bill Klein Andrea Lowe Jim McLain Ortha Berger Ruth Klein David Schultz Barbara Klein and Leila Derby. Directed by Miss Nola Berger.
Herbert A. Hedges of Kansas City president of the National Association of Life Underwriters spoke at the Cedar Rapids Montrose hotel luncheon. He outlined three reform groups seeking to reshape the insurance system including government operation expansion of social security and state takeover. He warned such moves would destroy individual initiative and cited a congress bill to raise social security to a luxury level.
A landing ship acted as an improvised hospital at Hollandia in the Southwest Pacific. A 14-operation, 51-patient effort ran with rapid convoy cooperation. Lt Beal led supplies chase for sodium sulphadiazine and blood as Lt Wagner and Lt Nash coordinated a rescue craft to deliver essentials from another ship.
The White House announced that President Roosevelt nominated Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton commander of the Ninth Air Force and Maj. Gen. Barney Giles chief of the air force staff to be lieutenant generals. He also named Brig. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada to be a major general.
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