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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
4
Chicago and midwest markets show sharp drops in receipts with hogs trading around 14.35 to 14.65 per cwt and cattle near 13.00 to 15.40, while hogs at Omaha and Sioux City follow a similar trend. Snow weather official estimates noted lighter demand ahead of the holiday period.
Chicago AP reports grains firm to strong on Friday with buying by commission houses and local traders. Wheat rose to May 1.63 53, corn up to May 1.11, oats up 1 to 1 1/2, rye 1 to 2 higher at May 1.10 1/1, barley up to May 1.04.
Chicago and New York produce markets report mixed trends with butter cheese eggs and potato receipts. Butter quotes around 41 to 44 cents for various grades while cheese shows firm or nominal quotations and eggs list firm current receipts. Idaho russets Nebraska Triumphs and North Dakota cobblers appear in track sales with prices given for washed and unwashed lots.
The Pilot Boston archdiocese paper editorializes that Churchill sold Poland down the river as Chamberlain did Czechoslovakia. It laments Poland being used horribly and argues silence by De Gaulle and the U.S. State Department condones the murder of innocents.
New York AP reports selected stocks led by rails climbed back into the forward ranks as favorites rallied. Transfers totaled about 1.3 million shares with intermittent slowdowns and late-day recoveries. market activity slowed ahead of Christmas.
Cedar Rapids hog market shows no price fluctuation Friday. Top prime butchers fetch 14.10, packers 13.70. Listings cover hogs by weight, packers, calves, cows, bulls, and lambs with varied price ranges across market classes.
Wisconsin Cheese exchange reports sales of two and one half dozen Cheddar blocks at 23 1 4 cents per pound and 241 cents per square print. Mississippi River stages show Hastings at 4.2 feet with a rise of 0.1, Dubuque at 7.3 with a 0.1 rise, Davenport at 4.0 up 0.5, Keokuk at 2.2 down 0.2, and other readings across La Crasse and McGreror areas as listed.
Olis Surratt, 46, was killed when struck by an Alton railroad train in Jacksonville Illinois. As he lay in the ambulance he gave his 12 year old son thirty dollars and asked him to buy Christmas presents for everyone in the family. He died before reaching the hospital.
Henry E. Haegg was re-elected Master of the Kadosh of the Iowa Consistory at the Scottish Rite temple. Also re-elected were Ray C. Coutts James H. Smith George F. Miller E. E. Sparling and William C. Henning. H. A. Palmer was elected to the executive committee and named trustee of Fidelity Company.
Mrs. Mildred Becker of Davenport pleaded innocent to a charge of cheating by false pretenses at Judge G K Thompsons court. She was released on a $1000 bond after detectives arrested her at a local store with goods bought under fictitious names.
The market note lists farm and livestock prices including corn oats and hay, straw, and clover, with readings for oats No 2 white at 68 cents and No 2 prices for eggs and poultry. It covers wholesale fruits vegetables citrus and potatoes, hides, leather, and various meats with multiple grade distinctions and regional offerings.
City Assessor James F. Scolaro announced a four day training school for field assessors from December 26 to 29 at City Hall. Eleven assessors will begin the annual 1945 assessment January 2, with sessions covering personal property real estate monies and credits and exemptions. The program, the fifth conducted by Scolaro, follows prior familiarization with Iowa assessment and revenue laws and notes the heavier workload due to the 1945 revaluation.
An outraged woman smoker grabbed two packs from a gift box of cigarettes priced at 1.35 dollars in a Washington drug store. Other customers supported her action and the salesgirl removed remaining gift boxes. OPA officials said they would look into the price ceiling and tie-in sale violation.
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information endorses George Lyon in Europe who called the German offensive blackout stupid. Davis says Lyon will return to the United States soon and that the remark was not connected to his travel. He regrets the public statement but agrees with Lyon’s stance.
Lt. Arthur P. Driscoll from Elmira, N Y, describes how a U S Army mechanic in a Belgian town near the First Army front trapped three German spy troopers posing as Americans and driving a U S Army jeep. The trio, seized at an ordnance depot, contained $1 900 in U S currency and claimed to be guards at a POW camp.
A series of small thefts and cash losses were reported to police on Thursday. A. J. Franks lost hat and coat valued at 55 dollars from a McDonald’s tavern hook. Patty Santee reported a five dollar billfold theft from her apartment. Alice Northrup said 5.93 dollars were stolen from her billfold at Bus Depot Lunch. Mrs. William Lasley reported a purse theft from Yager’s store, containing 35 dollars. Floyd Inskeep’s purse of 50 dollars was returned.
In Paris the U S air service unveiled new safety devices for flyers. The items include an anti crash nose to deflect obstacles, soft red instrument panels to ease eyestrain, lightweight armor aprons to protect engines, a gyroscopic gunsight for targeting, and numerous supply caches for downed airmen on both sides of the channel coast.
John M. Lynott visits Glendale to see brother James Lynott formerly of Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Alvin Nelson attends funeral of her father Lewis Silseth in Grove City Michigan with two sons a daughter and six grandchildren surviving. The Hedges company held a Christmas breakfast for 16 staff at the Roosevelt hotel. A voters meeting at Trinity Lutheran church was called for Sunday at 2 p.m. to consider a teacher candidate. Jack Phillips remains in Nigney hospital with a throat ailment. Public library closings include Christmas day with special hours for Northwest and Lincoln stations Tuesday evenings.
Mao Tze tung declared negotiations between the Chungking government and the Communists failed to attain even the least result. Speaking at Yenan he warned of Japanese risk in the northwest and southeast and urged unity with all anti Japanese forces to secure a quick victory.
President Roosevelt gives a scroll of his D-day prayer as a Christmas gift to White House staff. More than 300 executive office employes guards and servants receive presents early so the Roosevelts can enjoy a quiet Yuletide. The Roosevelts family plans a Dickens reading and Christmas Eve dinner with Mrs Boettiger and her grandchildren present. Community Christmas tree ceremonies start at 3 15 p m on the south grounds with a national broadcast at 4 15 p m to the group nation and armed forces.
An American Army captain near Reisdorf Germany in World War II spotted a town as a potential command post and walked through it with a map. He fled after realizing the town was occupied by Germans and survived by grabbing the city limits sign as proof of his solo raid. He quipped that no one would believe the incident without the sign.
In Milwaukee two women Eleanor Hansen and Marian Fiegel faced one to ten years in the state prison for kidnapping Billy Clark age 3 from a downtown toy department on November 27. They admitted taking the child and holding him for 26 hours until he was returned to his mother the following day. A cousin testified that the child seemed to vanish when she dropped a package.
Mrs. Frank Kovac died at her sister’s home on Sixth Street SW. Services Tuesday begin with an 8:30 a.m. prayer at Kuba funeral home and 9 a.m. Mass at St. Ludmila's Church officiated by Rev. Frank R. Hruby. Burial in Cedar Memorial. Born May 1 1897 in Czechoslovakia she came to the United States in 1913. Survived by husband, daughter Marie Lackman, parents, sister Frances Wallace, brother Godfrey Popelka, and several nieces and nephews. Rosary Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Kuba chapel.
John Henry Fielman retired farmer of Newhall died in Cedar Rapids Hospital at 5 05 p m after a long illness. Born February 28 1864 in Clayton County he married Jennie Murphy November 4 1891 in Vinton. Surviving daughters are Mrs J C Barnhart West Branch Mrs S A Fontaine Marion and Mrs J C Quinn Winchester Mass four grandchildren James Donald Barnhart Marilyn Richard Fontaine. Services set for Newhall Presbyterian church at 1 p m Tuesday burial in Raetz Cemetery Newhall. Friends may call Turner chapel until 10 06 a m Tuesday.
Washington AP reports Democratic chairman Hannegan told Friday that a Warm Springs conference with President Roosevelt produced no controversy and no talk of postmaster generalship. Chicago Sun insider notes Hannegan will likely stay in his current role, with possible future governorship chatter but no cabinet promotion.
The National Museum removed a WW II era poster showing the eight points of the Atlantic Charter after President Roosevelt stated no such formally drafted document existed. OWI had distributed 244,000 copies in 1943 at a cost of 2914 dollars to educate the public, but the poster proved an imitation of a document that never existed.
Washington, UP report quotes Rev. Edith Nourse Rogers urging Congress to consider a universal service draft if military nursing needs persist. She notes the army seeks at least 10,000 nurses and says both men and women may be drafted to win the war, though she abhors a general draft.
Governor elect Robert Blue announced four women to be assistant secretaries in his future staff. Ruth Patty Shenandoah now at the state tax commission Diota Harmon Vinton formerly on Gov. Hickenlooper's staff Martha McCord Albia now with the state executive council and Ardyce Shaner Des Moines formerly with Polk County Republican headquarters. Also named R. E. Ed Hill of Oxford Junction as executive secretary.
A series of lost and found notices seeks returns and rewards for items including a brown crocheted purse with about 15 in it, a gent’s Bulova watch, a Cordova watch, a child’s identification bracelet, and a brown woolworths item. Contact Agnes Taylor or Woolworths for details and postage or rewards.
A collage of lost wallets coins jewelry and bags, with references to Mercy hospital receipts in the name Clorn Heath and a tan billfold. rewards offered for return. Personal ads promote jewelry and loan services and a sewing center offering lessons.
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