Cattle Prices Set For Subsidy Eligibility
Washington AP The Office of Price Administration and War Food Administration on Saturday announced for points other than Chicago the maximum and minimum live cattle purchase prices qualifying for full subsidy payments. Chicago prices were set in October under the OS Director Vinson. The agencies fixed standard dressed carcass yields and issued price differentials from Chicago for nine of eighteen principal beef cattle markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Chicago
Office of Economic Stabilization
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
WFA
Imom
Commercial
Bologna Bulls
St. Paul
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
Milwaukee
Caney
Wis Choice Ee
Utility Ee Ee
Sioux Falls
Choice Free
German Division Transferred from Russia to Italy
Allied reports describe heavy, advancing actions on the Italian front. American and New Zealander forces push into San Pietro and Orsogna while a new German fifth mountain division arrives from Russia to reinforce lines. San Pietro’s fall could open the way to Cassino and the Liri valley.
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Algiers
Russia
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
San Pietro
Rome
8B. L. Montgomery
Orsogna
Filignano
America
San Vincenzo
Alfedena
Fifth Mountain Division
Italy
Mignano
Liri
Clark
Spasine
Cassino
Venafro
Fifth Army
Pass
Poe
Cedar Rapids Soldier Broadcasts in Arabic
Three American soldiers briefed in Arabic gave short speeches for morale at British supply depots in Britain. Privates Fadel H. Audeh of Cedar Rapids and William C. Nikosey and Edmund B. Baraket of Brooklyn recorded the messages for Near East transmission, then toured Syrian clubs in London with a BBC commentator. Audeh, born in Palestine, plans an article on Syrians in America for a London paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Near East
British Broadcasting Corporation
Fadel H. Audeh
Cedar Rapids, Inc
William C. Nikosey
Edmund B. Baraket
Brooklyn
N. Y
BBC
Audeh
America
Palestine
United States
A. Sheronick
L Street
Cedar Rapids
Barn Burns on Farm East of Cedar Rapids
Fire destroyed a barn on a farm owned by H. L. Van Cleve Route 3 after a bonfire spread to the structure. Cedar Rapids Fire Department said they could not save the barn though the house and several small outbuildings were saved from further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
H. L. van Cleve
Highway 30
Linn Relief Cases in November 1942
In November 1942 Linn county relief department handled 640 cases with 285 relief and 355 service cases. November total cases reached 996, with 145 applications: 2 rejected, 36 relief accepted, 102 service. Medical aid went to 240 recipients, 96 with no other care. 80 received old age assistance medical care. Expenditure was $12,742.06 for relief that month, up from $9,540.46 previously.
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Linn County Relief Department
Family susceptibility to infantile paralysis shown in study
A study finds that susceptibility to polio runs in families. researchers note inherited or familial patterns in risk among participants. The report highlights the genetic or household factors that may influence who contracts the disease.
Travel Increase May Still Compel Rationing in 1944
The Office of War Information reports U.S. passenger travel almost doubled in the past year and expects a 15 percent rise next year. OWI quotes Director Joseph B. Eastman noting travel rationing remains possible as civilian and military traffic climbs. One in five rail trips and one in three bus trips were deemed unessential in 1943.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
City Briefs and Local Notices From The Cedar Rapids Page
The American Office Building offers attractive second floor corner offices for rent. Mr and Mrs Elwood Royster depart for Detroit to spend Christmas with Bertha E Gray. Cedar Rapids lodge No 304 Loyal Order of the Moose to meet Monday at 8 p.m. in Moose hall. Townsend Victory club No 8 to meet Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at 838 First Avenue NE for a covered dish dinner. Meat potatoes rolls.
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Mrs. Elwood Royster
Fourth Street NW
Detroit
Cedar Rapids
Loyal Order of the Moose
Moose Hall
Townsend Victory Club No. 8
First Avenue NE
Kenwood Pack 6 Holds Christmas Party at Presbyterian Church
Cub pack No. 6 of Kenwood school held its Christmas party Thursday night at the Presbyterian church. Awards were given for Silver Arrow Jimmy Silliman Victory Arrow and Service Star Zane Naibert Service Stars Jack Elgin and Raymond Novak. Coffee and a 25 cent gift exchange were provided.
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Kenwood School
Presbyterian Church
Silver Arrow
Jimmy Silliman
Victory Arrow
Zane Naibert
Jack Elgin
Raymond Novak
Grass Fires Reported in Vacant Lot and Doty Property
At 2 25 p m Saturday a grass fire burned in a vacant lot between Twenty seventh and Thirtieth streets on Franklin avenue NE At 2 56 p m a grass fire erupted in a garden at the J C Doty home 70 Twenty ninth avenue SW
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Twenty-seventh
Thirty-second Streets
Franklin Avenue
J. C. Doty
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Philbrook to Speak To Masonic Group
Dr. Rowland F. Philbrook dean of Trinity Episcopal cathedral Davenport will headline Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M forty first St Johns day and Past Masters night on Dec 27 in Masonic hall A supper at 615 p m will precede a program Music by the Inter Ocean Girls trio.
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Rowland F. Philbrook
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Davenport
St. John’s Day
Crescent Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Inter-Ocean Girls Trio
Germany seeks Hungarian aid to subdue Yugoslavs
London report says Germany appealed to Hungary for troops to fight Yugoslav regulars and Partisans in Yugoslavia. In exchange Germany would pull Hungarian forces from the Russian front and allow procurement of eastern Yugoslav territory near Vukovar Zupanja and along the Save and Danube. Partisan broadcasts claim fierce battles with German armor in eastern Bosnia.
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London
Germany
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Yugoslav Information Bureau
Cairo
Europe
Budapest
Hungary
Vukovar
Zupanja
Save
Danube
Free Yugoslav Radio
Stalin Holds Talks with Benes and Aides in Moscow
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met in Moscow with Czechoslovak President Eduard Benes, Czech Ambassador Col. Zdenek Fierlinger, and Soviet Foreign Commissar V M Molotov to discuss postwar alignment and questions of state cooperation.
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Moscow
INS
Joseph Stalin
Eduard Benes
Zdenek Fierlinger
V. M. Molotov
Turkeys a Gambling Subject in Britain
Christmas turkeys are scarce in Britain this season forcing dealers to run lotteries to decide who may buy the birds. The shortage makes the purchase a gamble for shoppers and dealers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Chicago Tribune Sued by Union for 100000
The National Maritime union filed libel suits of 100000 each against the Chicago Tribune and publisher Col Robert R McCormick. The suits allege libel from a Tribune reprint of Akron Beacon Journal copy implying union members refused to unload supplies for armed forces on the Solomon Islands and were guilty of treason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Maritime Union
CIU
Chicago Tribune and Tribune
Robert R. McCormick
Joseph Curran
Ferdinand Smith
International
Tribune
Akron Beacon-Journal
Solomon Islands
Troops land on Arawe in New Britain invasion
American soldiers wade ashore at Arawe on New Britain in the South Pacific operation. The image shows rifles ready as part of the invasion, one of the first signals from the latest assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arawe
Upper
New Britain Island
South Pacific
Signal Corps Raio
U. S. Army Signal Corps
New Britain
Two Men Taken Ill in Downtown Area
Two men were taken ill in the downtown area within about 10 minutes Saturday afternoon. Edward Nemecek aged 61 of 611 A venue NE was taken ill at 4 40 PM at 411 Second avenue SE and taken home by police officers. At 4 50 PM John Tebo 62 of 227 Thirty first street drive SE was taken ill at the corner of Second avenue and First street SE and also taken to his home by officers.
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Edward Nemecek
Avenue NE
Second Avenue SE
John Tebo
Thirty-first Street Drive
Second Avenue
First Street
Radio France Demands Herriot Unconditional Release
In Algiers on Saturday Radio France insisted on the unconditional release of former Premier Edouard Herriot, said to be a Nazi prisoner. The broadcast warned the Vichy government it would be held strictly accountable if Herriot’s health worsened.
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New York
INS
Radio France
Algiers
Edouard Herriot
Vichy
Herriot
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W. T. Sands Printing
Beress
Second Street
Cedar Rapids Soldier
Linn
City Briefs
Philbrook
Stalin
Aides
Benes
Personna
Voeally
Biede
China
Psig
Txuneus
Personna ,Blade,co, Inc
Nation
Ave
Mew
York
Chicago Tribune
Union
U. S
Signal Corps
Ask Herriot
WPB
Office of War Utilities
Electric Utilities
OWA Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa
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