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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1944

Page

8

Steady Livestock Prices Across Midwest Markets

Unofficial Monday receipts show cattle 18 000 hogs 25 000 sheep 12 000 while Saturday quotes mark hogs steady cattle and sheep steady amid light salables. Week comparison finds hogs down about 10 cents from last week with late top around 13 90.

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All Prices Steady On C R Hog Market

Hog prices remained steady on the Cedar Rapids market after a slight late-week dip. Top price for prime butchers is 13.25 and packers 12.95. Sales include various weight ranges for hogs, cows, bulls, calves, and sheep with multiple price points across categories.

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Grain and Produce Prices Listed in Cedar Rapids Market

Market report from Cedar Rapids shows prices for corn, oats, wheat, rye and Bay and Straw hay. Includes wholesale fruits vegetables prices and hides, with figures for various grades and weights of livestock and furs.

Stock Orders Slow Tape To Lag Behind Trades

New York AP reports heavy buy and sell orders Saturday slowed the ticker tape by about two minutes after a period of mixed results. Isolated gains appeared near the close while many shares fell. transfers totaled around 1,000,000. Rail issues drew buying interest with some lenders showing fractions to over a point.

New York NEW York Bond Review NEW York (Ap Maine Central Denver

Wisconsin Cheese, Plymouth Market Report Brief

Wisconsin cheese exchange notes prices for two No 1 twins or cheddars at 23 3 4 cents and a 24 4 cent square print. Mississippi River stages show Davenport up 0 6 feet while Dubuque and Keokuk fall 0 2 to 0 3 feet and La Crosse, Hastings, McGregor, and Dubuque all report declines or no change.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Davenport Hastings la Crosse McGregor Fall Dubuque Slinton Rise Keokuk Fall

Chicago Produce Prices and Arrivals Report

Chicago market receipts show butter eggs and cheese steady with mixed commodity gains. Potatoes arrive at 96 tons, Idaho russets and Burbanks priced from 3.10 to 3.52 per 100 pounds with assorted unwashed and jobbed grades across Idaho Nebraska Minnesota and North Dakota shipments.

Chicago Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota Cobblers South Dakota Wisconsin

Ports of Rouen and Le Havre Restored

Paris reports the Rouen and Le Havre ports on the Seine are restored and handling more tonnage than before the war. Facilities now allow 75 percent of US army supplies to be shipped to France directly from America. The Germans aimed to destroy Rouen Le Havre, Antwerp, Cherbourg, but the two Seine ports recover.

Paris Rouen le Havre Seine United States Army France America Antwerp Cherbourg

British envoy Clark-Kerr arrives in London from Moscow

Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr the British ambassador to Russia arrived in London by plane on Saturday after a stopover in Moscow.

London Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr Russia Moscow

December Wheat Reaches Highest Since May in Chicago

Chicago price action shows December wheat at 1.6834, up from Friday with other grains steady or higher. Declines and gains appear across corn oats rye and barley with cash wheat quoted No 2 red at 1.71 and field seed prices listed for timothy red clover and alsike.

Chicago Timothy

Senate Divided on Anti Bloc Position Proposal

Washington insiders report Senate leaders backed polite rebukes by Secretary of State Stettinius to Great Britain over Greece and Italy policy. Ellender urged the chamber to oppose blocs for military purposes outside the world security organization while Reynolds supported the measure amid concern over Russian blocs. Burton warned such resolutions could hinder State Department efforts.

Washington INS Ellender State Department Security Organization Sen. Reynolds D-N.c Foreign Relations Committee Hitler Stalin

House Approves Five-Star Ranks in Army and Navy

The House voted without dissent to create temporary five star ranks General of the Army and Admiral of the Fleet. The bill assigns four five star ranks to each service, while preserving General Pershing as The General of the Army. Potential appointees include Marsh, Arnold, Eisenhower, MacArthur for the Army and King, Leahy, Nimitz, Halsey for the Navy.

Washington House Army and Navy John J. Pershing Vinson House Naval Committee Army George C. Marshall H.H. Arnold Dwight D. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur Navy Ernest J. King William D Leahy Chester W.nimitz William F. Halsey

Wacs and ATS Peeved by German Assignment Report

American Wacs and the British ATS angrily reacted to a Field Marshal Montgomery HQ report claiming they would be sent to Germany mainly to stop fraternizing with German women. A WAC officer called the statement strong and demanded to meet the author.

London ATS Bernard L. Montgomery Germany WAC

Rural Telephone Agency Proposed

Senator Hill introduced a bill to appropriate 100 million dollars to establish a Rural Telephone Administration. The proposal allows loans to individuals, corporations, state or municipal bodies, cooperatives and mutuals to finance construction and modernization of rural telephone systems and to create new entities.

Washington LLP Sen Hill D-Ala RTA

Give to the Yanks project to ship boxes from Legion hall

Mrs Margaret Leming and her committee will pack 16 boxes Sunday at 2 30 pm at the Marion American Legion hall for the Give to the Yanks who gave drive. Boxes go to Schick hospital Clinton Monday. Contributions of money or gifts accepted before 2 30 pm Sunday.

Margaret Leming American Legion Auxiliary Carl Kassler Otto Kieckhaefer the Legion Hall Schick Hospital Clinton

Local Church Schedule Highlights Diverse Worship Times

Marion churches list morning and evening services across denominations. Notable entries include Baptist Bible School at 9 45 am with sermon by Rev. Charles Moore, St Joseph Catholic Mass at 8 and 10 am, Methodist worship at 11 am with sermon "His Star Still Shines," and Presbyterian 10 55 am service with Revelation sermon.

Baptist — Bible School Charles Moore West Side Rescue Mission Chicago St. Joseph’s Vernon Hi. Carter Bible School Christian Endeavor James M. Lower Young Life C. B. Patrick James P. Gable Upper Parlor C. V. R. DeJong World Wide Bible Westminster Fellowship St. Paul's Lutheran Carl T. Wuerffel Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue W. W. McMicken Prairie Chapel A. B. Curran Epworth League

Roosevelt signs 15 percent boost for veterans' disability payments

President Roosevelt signed legislation Friday increasing service connected disability payments by 15 percent for peacetime regular army veterans and veterans from wars prior to World War I.

Washington Roosevelt Regular Army

Touring salon says public still uninformed on war

Representative J Parnell Thomas and a congressional trade tour report Americans lack awareness of wartime shortages and harsh front conditions. He cites poor public PR, currency issues, and scarce religious items for soldiers as proof of mismanagement and calls for action to fix the exchange rate and supply gaps.

Paris INS J. Parnell Thomas Congressional Committee Western Front War Department United States Thomas New Jersey George S. Patton Third Army

Harmon Named Commander of Strategic Air Force Pacific

Lt Gen Millard F Harmon was named to command the strategic air force in the Pacific Ocean area. The move follows his lead of a large air strike on Iwo Jima alongside Navy ships. The operation involved B 29s Liberators and Lightnings, with five Japanese Zeros shot down and one damaged.

Allan E. Smith 11Th Army Air Force Kuriles Second Marine Aircraft Wing Palaus Iwo Navy Pacific U. S. Bomber Command Saipan

Ministers To Speak At Churches In Weekend Services

The Rev S H Aten speaks at Kenwood Park Presbyterian at 11 a m Sunday The Rev J Hamilton Dawson presides at St John's Lutheran Ely at 11 a m The Rev Lyle K Anderson discusses On Giving Gifts at Shueyville United Brethren 930 a m Sunday Church school 1030 a m choir 7 p m

S. H. Aten Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church J. Hamilton Dawson Des Moines St. John’s Lutheran Church Ely Lyle K. Anderson Shueyville United Brethren

Churchill Praises Eisenhower and Clark as Allied Leaders

In a London speech Churchill calls Eisenhower a remarkable American supreme commander whose wisdom and fellowship are admired and whose orders are to be obeyed. He also cites Lt Gen Mark W Clark as a daring and skilled American general under whom an army mostly British or British controlled has been placed.

London Churchill Eisenhower Mark W. Clark Italy

Babs and Reventlow Move Toward Custody Settlement

Hollywood report says Barbara Hutton and ex Count Kurt Haugwitz Reventlow seek a settlement in their custody dispute over son Lance 9. Attorneys Hiesler and Lewinson announce ongoing conversations aimed at a best interests formula for the boy and avoiding harm to either parent.

Hollywood Barbara Hutton Kurt Haugwitz- Reventlow Lance Lancelot Haugwitz- Reventlow Jerry Hiesler Miss Hutton Joseph L. Lewinson Reventlow

B 29 Bombers Hit Shizuoka Rail Center in 1945 Raid

SAIPAN AP reports an American B 29 weather recon dropped incendiaries on Shizuoka an important Japanese rail hub about 100 miles southwest of Tokyo early Friday. The action underscores Allied air power targeting transportation links in Japan amid ongoing total war.

Saipan Shizuoka Tokyo

Leeing Dine Dance Roller Skate Diversion

A fragmented notice highlights a 1626 event involving a dine and dance scene with roller skating. Limited readable details mention a diversion or disruption linked to social gathering.

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