Hogs Steady as Light Trade Persists in Chicago and Omaha
Chicago market shows hogs steady with top $14 for 270 pounders as salable receipts hit 9,000 and no holdovers. Cattle turn softer with buyers scarce and cows and feeders weak. lambs mix steady to firm in spots. Omaha reports mixed hogs and cattle with 4,000 barrows and gilts. steady near $13.50 for 190-270 pound hogs and creasing demand for feeder cattle as weekend outlook looms.
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Chicago
Omaha
Sioux City
WFA
Eaeeer
Fairey
Sioux City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Hog receipts 4600 with strong early clearance and mixed weight demand. Cattle receipts 1100 with steady stockers and feeders, and lamb market shown steady with several loads shifted. Des Moines hog prices list good packing sow values and range across weights and buyers in multiple markets.
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago and New York produce lists show receipts for butter eggs cheese and live poultry with steady markets. Prices vary by grade with higher numbers for top quality western potatoes and mixed New York egg and butter figures reflecting current wholesale demand.
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Chicago
New York
Wisconsin cheese and river racing notes muddled in brief
A jumble of figures from Wisconsin cheese exchanges and Mississippi River racing updates appears. Entries list car counts and prices for cheese, with scattered references to destinations and individuals, interspersed with unclear race results and prices.
Memorial Services for Sgt Robert Boddicker
Memorial services for Sgt Robert Boddicker son of Mr and Mrs John F Boddicker will be held Tuesday at 9 30 am at St Pauls Catholic Church the Rev M Keffeler will officiate The rosary will be recited by the Altar and Rosary society Sunday at 8 pm and again Monday 7 8 pm The nephew of Sgt Boddicker Tink Kelly, who was killed in a Flare crash last September, is the other Newhall casualty.
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Sper
The
Gazette
Nfwhali
Robert Boddicker
John F Boddicker
Haly
St Pauls Catholic Church
M. Keffeler
Altar and Rosary Society Sunfis
Ketteler
Roeddicker
Tink Kelly
Newhall
Sugar Rise Stocks Drift In Early Month Trading
New York stocks opened with an uncertain tone as purchasing in some specialties, notably sugars, showed moderate demand while leaders lacked broad support. turnover hovered around 800000 shares as price quotes moved in narrow fractions across many issues, with a mix of gains and declines across major lines.
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New York
NEW York Bond Review
Hog prices rise a nickel in Cedar Rapids market
Most hog prices moved up a nickel on Friday in Cedar Rapids. The top price for prime butchers reached 13.45 dollars while packers paid 13.15 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Manchester Brothers In Service Reunited
Special to The Gazette two navy brothers Burdette Harrington and Leo Harrington reunite at their parents’ home in Manchester after long separations. Burdette has served in Atlantic campaigns including Sicily Africa and Normandy with a 30 day leave. Leo has seen the South Pacific theater from Australia to Guadalcanal and six months at Pearl Harbor and returns to duty December 15.
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Manchester
Harry Hartington
Burdette Harrington
Atlantic
Leo Harrington
Leo
South Pacific
Australia
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Manus Island
Pearl Harbor
Burdette
Sicily
Africa
Normandy
Flood Control Bill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved by voice vote a billion dollar flood control bill authorizing hundreds of postwar flood control, power and irrigation projects and sent it back to the House for conference. Senator Murray opposed an amendment creating Missouri Valley authority to supervise Missouri basin development, while Roosevelt supports MVA. The bill awaits further consideration in the next session as amendments give the reclamation bureau authority in the upper Missouri basin.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Murray
Dmont
Missouri Valley Authority
Missouri
Roosevelt
MVA
Len Overton
D-La
Bureau of Reclamation
Cedar Rapids Market Prices for Grains Livestock and Produce
Market notices list prices for corn oats wheat rye straw hay and haylage. eggs poultry hides and dairy items. Wholesale fruits vegetables and various regional produce items are shown with prices for lemons lettuce onions and potatoes plus cattle and horses prices.
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California
Florida
N. H
Idaho
Texas
Rye Prices Break Sharply at Finish
Chicago AP reports rye prices fell sharply at the close as December rye tendering rumors sparked renewed selling. Other grains fell in sympathy, with corn dropping 34 to 115 and wheat slipping to 1 1/2 cents higher at 1.66. December rye settled at 1.08, oats at about 0.84, and barley near 1.38, reflecting a broad market retreat.
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Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Chicago
Chicago Cass e Provisions Price Report Readout
Chicago market note lists cash wheat at 71% ceiling and nominal, corn at 1.0454 to 1.0534, oats 7c, barley around 1.181 to 1.374, and field seed values per hundredweight for timothy, red clover, and alsike with nominal figures. Prices vary by grade and region in a brief commodity update.
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Chicago
Death notices from Iowa towns list local obituaries
Iowa deaths from Lisbon Riverside Victor Dysart Anamosa and Anamosa list Freder ick Staab Mary Gelhaus S A Mussetter Maria Burger Guy Byerly and relatives. Surviving spouses children brothers sisters and grandchildren are named with locations including Cedar Rapids Portland Mont and Des Moines. Services were held at home for Staab and burials planned in Montana and Minnesota where noted.
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Lisbon
Frederick John Staab
Thomas Bickett
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Bickett
Mary Butler
Vernon
Charles Staab
Riverside
Mary Gelhaus
Maryland
Anna Stegmann
Washington
Elizabeth Mellecker
Joseph Gelhaus
Portland
Ore
Henry Gelhaus
Montana
Victor
S. A. Mussetter
J. R. Cunningham
Santa Maria
Calif
Charles
Four Roses Brothers and Local Obituaries
Four brothers L. J Rose H. C Rose Ronald Rose and Roscoe Rose from Oregon Cedar Rapids and Boone listed. Waukon Stanley Fox 31 died from haying accident injuries last July survived by wife and family. Anamosa Mrs Allen Poppe 19 died at Iowa City hospital survived by husband and parents. Decorah George Headington 91 died at Decorah hospital born Ohio 1853 came to Decorah at seven. eight children in west and Canada. 17 grandsons and four granddaughters in service.
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L. J Rose
Oregon
H. C. Rose
Ronald Rose
Cedar Rapids
Roscoe Rose
Boone
Waukon
Stanley Fox
Anamosa
Allen Poppe
Iowa City
Decorah
George Headington
Ohio
United States
Canada
G O P Opposes Roosevelts Surplus War Board Picks
Senate Republican steering committee plans to oppose confirmation of two Roosevelt appointees to the Surplus War Property board. Chairman Taft says most Republicans will vote against confirming former Gov. Robert A. Hurley of Connecticut and Lt. Col Edward Heller. The dispute centers on a $2 million Nar ragansett Machine loan guaranteed by the War Department. Hurley lost Connecticut governor race. Heller defended by the department and may be replaced by Sen. Gillette as third member in January.
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Washington
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Roosevelt
Surplus War Property Board
Taft
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Edward Heller
War Department Finance
Boston
Senate Military Committee
Narragansett Machine Company
Hurley
Heller
War Department
Department
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
Iowa News in Brief Highlights From Several Towns
Special to The Gazette reports varying notes from Iowa towns. Grinnell College professor Dr Neal W Klausner spoke on The Church and the Postwar World at a Men s Fellowship dinner. McGregor reporter Sear Hoseley named for Judge Goheen. Hoseley family to stay in McGregor. Earlville Sgt James W Klaus and Pfc Donald Powell met in Italy. Dysart band director C J Ball to conduct a public concert. Webster resident Bessie Oster receives posthumous Purple Heart for son William Oster. Manchester Girl Scouts to salvage tin cans and waste paper. McGregor Kiwanis sponsor Christmas tree, movie, candy for local children. Brooklyn junior class presents Almost Summer. DySart hot lunch program resumes for winter with federal support. North English Capt Robert B Hatter visits sister after 63 missions and seven Nazi aircraft downed.
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Brooklyn
Neal W Klausner
Grinnell College
Methodist Church
L. L. Kinnamon
McGregor—Sear Hoseley
McGregor
W. L. Eichendorf
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Hoseley
Earlville
James W Klaus
N. J. Klaus
Pfc
Donald Powell
Clarence Powell
Italy
Dysart
C. J. Ball
Webster
Bessie Oster
Pfe
William Oster
France
Manchester
McGregor Kiwanis Club
R. R. Brooks
E. C. Schroeder
J. J. Goheen
Tommy McGeorge
John Montgomery
Marjorie Hall
Kathleen Niner
Teddy Buchenau
Dorothy Gallagher
Merlin Manatt
Charles Rhinehart
Norma Clayton
Patricia Doud
Marvin Lacaeuse
Georgianna Stewart
North English
Robert B. Hatter
George Smith
Capt
Hatter
Merl Hatter
Ottawa
Ill
Iowa WWII death toll surpasses WWI losses
Des Moines reports Iowa WWII fatalities near 3,752 total with 281 more names added in November raising the state count to 3,752 dead, surpassing the 3,578 lives lost in World War I.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Historical War Records
Warner Brothers Quit the Hays Office Break in Film Censorship Pact
Warner Brothers Pictures withdrew from the Association of Motion Picture Producers breaking the 22 year old Hays Office censorship arrangement. Jack Warner cited lack of cooperation by other producers over labor issues and disputes around Hollywood Canteen and Winged Victory. He said profits from the films went to Army Emergency Relief and accused the guilds of blocking production budgets, noting a $250000 out of court settlement with the Screen Actors Guild not related to the Hays office.
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Hollywood
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors
Hays Office
Will H. Hays
Jack Warner
Warners
Hollywood Canteen
Winged Victory
Army Emergency Relief
Warner
Hollywood Guilds
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Mass U Boat Killing in English Channel
London Evening Standard naval correspondent calls the battle the greatest mass killing of U boats in the war. Five British anti submarine flotillas kept a week long vigil after D day convoys fought off and sunk several subs. Only one big ship was lost amid numerous hits and sightings.
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London
Evening Standard
English Channel
Europe
Veteran of 51 Missions Visits in Independence
Special to The Gazette Independence Sgt. Harold L. Brooks and his wife and son stayed two weeks with his parents after his return from the Mediterranean theater where he completed 51 missions. He holds the Presidential Citation with two Oak Leaf clusters, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal with three clusters, the Good Conduct medal and the E F C ribbon with two battle stars. He has served since January 1942 as a radio operator on a B 24 Liberator bomber and will report December 8 in Santa Monica, California.
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Independence — Tech
Harold L. Brooks
Terry
Brooks
Bert Brooks
Personal ads and classifieds collage from local paper
A dense block of classified listings covers pawn shops jewelry sales and loans, watch repair, rummage and cleaning services, hauling and moving ads, job ads for truck drivers clerks and mechanics, and used car buying offers. It mentions Katz Jewelry Loan across from the Post Office and Probasco Jeweler, along with several repair and service shops and personal notices.
12 Men at Once Face Postwar Job Push in Essential Industry
Now is the time to land a peacetime post in a thriving essential industry with a solid operation record. The notice urges men to pursue permanent or temporary positions as the economy shifts from wartime production.
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O. F. Paulson Construction CO
Iowa
LaPlant-Choate Mix _Co., Inc
American Optical Co
Merchants Bank
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Iowa News
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Independence
Earl Selk
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Call Railway Express
Pirst
Slee Personals Loans
Katz Jewelry & Loan
Post Office
Tne
Probasco Jeweler
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Acme Watch Shop
Guaranty
Hall Bicycle Shop
Walt Moscript
Schaeper
MFG
Schaefer
Kresze
Dallas
Dini
Vincent’s Jewelry Store
R. Cepa
Steele
3Rd Ave
E.squse
First Lutheran Church
10Th St
Frank Jinoch
1St St
Nelson
Marion
Nelson Jewelry
Mullin
Ce Mar
Hammond
Hurdle & Halter
Contentment and
Zada Maddock Hotel
Montrose
Regulat Phlease
Dancel
Cisnars
Kingston Ballroom
Ray Memlar
Cowboys
Lee's
Townsend Club
P. Hall
Center Point Road
Novak Heating Co
MORRIS_FUR SHOP
Kutcitera Fuel CO
Ray Leeper
Crshmnan Plumbing & Heating
Dial
Harry Davis
Mack Augustine
I. Kirkpatrick
Sparta
T Thomas
Reliable Man
DE Nee Pauling
Call Noble
Kintertor
Leo J. Smith
L. D. Broadstone
R. W. el
Desire Bank
Mmanure
Ork
Traian
WMC
Limback Lumber CO
3Rd ST
Kacena CO
Electric Welding Company
Cedar, Rapids
Texaco
L. H. Sidwell
Witwer Dairy Farm
Atkins
14Th Ave
St. SW
Parm
Paramount
Dwest Fruit
union _STATION
Quaker Oats Company
W. G Block Co
2Nd St
Nzelte
P. O. Box
Red Crown
St. NE
Century Engineering Corp
Third ST. SE
IBM
Collins Radio
35Th St
Roosevelt Hotel
Peter Pan Bakery
6Th Ave. SE
Martin's
Colonial Baking Co
Sth
Ave
East
Liggett's
Sad
Barron Motor Supply
Avon Cosmedes
Good Housekeeping
Ruth Mullenix
Wash
LEE
College Inn Cafe
Kory Inn No
Butterfly Cafe
Chevrolet
Rapids
Chevrolet Co
1St Ave
Allen Motor Co
DTAL
Studebaker
Schamberger Motor CO
4Th Ave
Pontractudor
3Rd Ave. SE
Packard
Sun
28Th St. Dr
116Th Ave
Auto Parts & Service
Rapaport
West End
16Th Ave
Bridge Auto
Ling Shoreine
All
Goodyear
Coryell L
13Th ST
Cave
Willys Parts Langhurst Motor Company
Andrew
Ist St. SW
Claxton Pharmacy
Fisher Drug
Helene Curtis
First Avenue SE
Erma
Thompson Salon
Iowan Theater
Paris Academy
Hall Larry Hunter
National Oats Co
16Th Street
Tee Offi Laplant-Choate Mfg, Coo., Inc
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Quaas
Montrose Hotel
Asters
Bockne
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