Hogs and cattle prices hold at ceiling in Chicago market
Hog receipts rise to 13 000 with ceiling prices for all classes as buyers push steady to higher bids. Cattle and calf demand mixed with steady to lower moves on yearlings while lamb and sheep trade slows amid high asking prices across Chicago Sioux City Omaha and Des Moines markets with steady to firm price trends for hogs and strong heifers and cattle at select lots.
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Chicago
WPA
Sioux
City Livestock
Sioux City
Tw P
Nebraska
OMAWA
Omaha
Iowa
Des Moines
WFA
Town
Rinmeigts
New York Produce Prices and Chicago Market Totals
New York price slate shows butter at ceiling 722,712 and cheese 648,042 with unchanged firm prices. Chicago reports large Butter tubs at 92 score A 4K, Eggs 11,573 cases steady with various standards, and Cheese twins 25 31/5 with longhorns.
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New York
NEW York 4
Chicago
Colorado
Red McClures
U.S
Nebraska
Bliss
Wyoming
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Cobblers
Wisconsin Cobblers
Profida
Triumphs
Florida
Grains Markets Show Erratic Moves in Narrow Range
Chicago futures edged up and down in a restricted span as traders cashed profits and watched stock weakness. May wheat traded around unchanged to lower while corn and oats fluctuated, with barley mixed and feed values appearing nominal. Prices listed include May wheat near 164 and May corn around 1.03 with various grades and seed values noted.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Cheese Prices Mixed At Plymouth Market
Market notes from Plymouth show varied cheese quotes with eight cars and four cars, including no 1 twins or cheddars. Listings include prints, midgets, and single square pieces with several cent amounts and display notations.
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Wisconsin
Plymouth Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Rail and Industrial Shares Hit Wider Losses in Slump
In New York, rail and industrial leaders extended their decline as selling pressure eased later. Turnover reached about 1,500,000 shares. Bond market reviews noted fractions around two points of declines, with offerings swelling and buyers scarce before a late hour lull.
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New York
NEW York Bond Review
Butchers Gain Nickel On C R Hog Market
Auction notes show butchers five cents higher on the local hog market with packers steady at ceiling. Top price for prime butchers $14.40, packers $13.70. hog weights listed from 160 to over 300 pounds with varied prices and ranges for cows, bulls, and sheep in the market report.
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Peeves & Werveee
Steree
Stock Destroyed In Ward's Store
A crowd of more than 50 entered the Montgomery Ward and Company store in Dearborn and overturned counters and damaged merchandise. Manager R. L. Estabrook said losses reach into the thousands as UAW flying squadrons supported the four Detroit area Ward stores amid a Dec 9 strike.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward and Company
Dearborn
R. L. Estabrook
United Automobile Workers
CIO
UAW
Montgomery Ward
CSO
Picket Lines at Montgomery Ward Plants in Kansas City Strike
Workers walkout at Montgomery Ward and Company plants in Kansas City as unions protest Sewell Avery defiance of the War Labor Board. Company comments unavailable. one employee says strikes are small and operations in retail and mail order continue.
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Kansas City
Montgomery Ward and Company
Dewey to Speak in Washington on Lincoln Day
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will address the Lincoln Day dinner in Washington on February 8. The nationally broadcast speech marks his first capital visit since the November presidential campaign and his first Washington appearance since then.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
De Gaulle Gesture To Poles of Lublin
Moscow based Tass reports Gen de Gaulle’s government exchanged representatives with the five month old Polish regime at Lublin. Polish sources in Moscow say Czechoslovakia is expected to follow France’s example.
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Moscow
Tass
City Briefs from the Chamber Meet and Local Incidents
The retail merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday at noon at the Roosevelt hotel. Mrs. Andrew Holland is a patient at St. Luke's hospital for a physical checkup. Marine Lt. Charles J. Pribyl reported losing a billfold with a $27 check and $40 in cash at Danceland Monday night. Leo Lubbers suffered a dislocated right shoulder after a fall into a sluice trench at the Iowa Electric Light and Power plant and was taken to St. Luke's hospital by ambulance.
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Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Andrew Holland
E Avenue NW
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles J. Pribyl
Second Avenue SE
Danceland
Leo Lubbers
Seventh Avenue
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Names of crash casualties released near New Cumberland depot
Officials in Harrisburg disclosed the casualties from the army transport plane crash near the New Cumberland army air depot. The list showed no Iowa victims among the dead.
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Harrisburg
INS
New Cumberland Army Air Depot
Cedar Rapids grain and live stock price listing
An A Z list of corn oats wheat rye and straw prices in Cedar Rapids along with poultry egg and wholesale fruit and vegetable rates. Includes hides horses kips and pony items with varied small lot quotes and notes on carded sale terms.
V-1 Bomb Strikes Hit Manchester in England
Berlin said Manchester had been struck by V-1 bombs in a report that suggested German planes made daring sweeps toward northern England or that V-1s had longer range.
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London
Berlin
Manchester
England
Ghosts Haunt Capitol Tunnels Jittering Newsroom Quiet
Washington report describes alleged nightly ghosts in the Capitol and underground tunnels terrorizing staff. Witness Herman claims eerie footsteps, talking doors, and spectral electricians in passages that lead nowhere. The tale links past rumors of hauntings to modern midnight disturbances and ghostly typing over newsroom activity.
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Preston
Herman
Senate
Capitol
Charles Curtis
Harold R. Beckley
Press Gallery
Beckley
Curtis
V E Forecast Delays Victory Date With German Power
Washington reports military planners now estimate victory in Europe could take three to six months longer. Eisenhower's forces face a challenging western front while Russian plans and Japanese timing remain unsettled, with intelligence and strategy under scrutiny amid attrition and regrouping.
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Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japan
Asia
Pacific
Red Army
Germany
Polish
Eisenhower
Christmas Aid Reaches Cedar Rapids Family in Need
An $8 Christmas aid bundle funded by the Public Welfare bureau and donations from The Gazette and local charities supported a young Cedar Rapids mother caring for three children. A father’s A W O L status left the family without income, while community groups and individuals supplied toys, clothing, food, and cash, with gifts ranging from baby items to sweaters and a new hat for the mother.
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Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
A.W.O.L
Christmas Exchange
Relief Office
Mt. Vernon
Bohm suit over washing machine price violation filed
Walter and Agnes Bohm sue J J Dalton in district court seeking 150 dollars over an alleged sale of a washing machine and two tubs for 90 dollars. They claim ceiling prices of 27 50 for the machine and 12 50 for tubs, totaling 50 dollars overcharge under 1942 price control. A series of Linn county clerk staff changes and a cigarette permit grant are noted along with a divorce action dismissal and executrix appointment.
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OPA
Walter Bohm
Agnes Bohm
H Avenue NW
J. J. Dalton
A Avenue NE
Dalton
Bohms
German Chutists Aim at Officers
London AP reports Stars and Stripes says a task force of about two battalions of German parachutists in American uniforms infiltrated Allied lines to kill high officers. They carried sulphuric acid vials in matchboxes to blind captives and were trained for sabotage in the German offensive.
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London
Stars and Stripes
Rear Admiral Ernest G. Small Dies at 56 Pacific Hero
Rear Admiral Ernest G. Small, 56, a noted Pacific naval hero, died Tuesday after hospitalization at Brooklyn Naval Hospital and Memorial Hospital since October 5. He commanded the cruiser Salt Lake City which helped halt a Japanese fleet aimed at Guadalcanal in 1942.
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New York
Ernest G. Small
Japan
Tuday
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Small
Salt Lake City
Guadalcanal
Peron Voices Support for Democracy in Argentina
Buenos Aires AP reports Col. Juan Peron, vice president and war minister, declared support for democratic nations and the democratic form of government. He said Argentina’s constitution mirrors the U S system and promises a representative republic while denying Nazi sympathies and asserting political prisoners are few and Argentina has no concentration camps, only jails.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Peron
United States
Argentina
Chile
Mail theft from Army in France investigated
The U S army probes theft linked to black market after 28 mail pouches 56 mail sacks and other government property were found in an abandoned army truck at a civilian home near Nantes. Authorities recovered cigarets gasoline tires and other items. the truck driver was found badly injured in a civilian hospital.
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Paris
United States Army
Nantes
War on Wild Ducks Near Fort Madison
The Iowa conservation commission shipped 2500 shotgun shells to Fort Madison to combat wild ducks along the Mississippi River. Officials say as many as 300000 ducks have gathered since December 8 and are consuming between 500 and 1900 dollars worth of unpicked corn daily. Farmers will receive special permits to shoot the ducks.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Fort Madison
Mississippi River
Eggs with Catsup At Army Hospitals Sparks Probe
Washington report from the House Military Affairs Committee says corrective actions followed a survey of 89 Army hospitals in 20 states and D C. It notes cases of storage eggs served with catsup to mask taste and cites deficiencies in floors ventilation fire protection and capacity usage across facilities.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
District of Columbia
Card of Thanks and Lost and Found Notices Collage
Card of thanks for sympathy and flowers after a death. Also multiple lost and found items including a platinum bar pin with diamonds and white sapphires, a rhinestone bracelet, a truck tire and rim, a white fur and brown leather handbag, a lost black cocker spaniel puppy and a large Dane dog named King, and a leather pouch with ration books. Reward offers and phone references appear throughout.
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4Th Ave
6Th St
First Lutheran Church
10Th St
3Rd Ave
8Th Ave
Vinton and LaPorte
Shell Oil Co
9Th St
Cedar Rapids
Humboldt County
Local Pawn and Jewelry Ads Include Various Goods
Classified notices show Katz Jewelry & Loan and Probasco Jewelry along with stores selling menswear, identification bracelets, watches, and novelty gifts. Also listed are garment sewing lessons, orthopedic products, and beauty pharmacy items at Claxton College Pharmacy.
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Katz Jewelry & Loan
Post Office
Jack’s
First Street
Probasco Jewelry
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Acme Watch Shop
Guaranty
Ist Ave
Osteo-Patha Ik
Oerderhoffs
East
Richards
Ted
18 Ave
Claxton College Pharmacy Beauty Shops
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Waterloo
Ottumwa
Austin
Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
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Associated Press
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Nat Dairy
Central
Aharenney
Bendix Aviataby Pallips Petadio
Beth Steel
Boeing
Sears
Chrysler
Con Edison Hd Ltd
Ind
Curtiss Wrigh
Studebeker
Deere 4
Swift & Cr
Texas Co
Oods
United Arl
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Goodrich
Goodyear
West UN
Kennecott
Wilson
Fesse
Woolworth
C. R
Ward
Dewey
de Gaulle
Lublin
City Briefs
Timothy Hayes
Kure
California
N. H
Idaho
Us&s
Texas
North England
Frederick Cothman
Othman
George Washington
James E. Preston
Henry Clay
John M. Hightower
Highutower
Irussians
West Wall
France
Toledo
Center Point
the Exchange
Lucille Murray
Miss Murray
Linn County
Gladys Rejsa Leichsenring
Dorothy Jacobs
Arthur Axmear
Sara L. Dudley
Troyills
Erma L. Stastny
Stanley J. Stastny
G. K. Thompson
Anna John
Frank J. John
Army Hospital
Tin
Pord
John M
Prank Ward
Brady Mortuary
Brandfather
Clifford Ford
Anderson Monument, Co
Third Avenue SE
Schaefer
Kresge
A. K. Schaefer
Kresge Blde
Arizona
Dallas
Gazette
Delhi
Vincent’s Jewelry
3Rd SE
Steele
Nelson
1St St
2Nd St
G. Hover
Srd Ave
W. Fuller
Fuller Dealer
Helene Curtis Cold Reaves
Enery
First Avenue
Seiie
Paris Acaden Dial
Anna
Fi Balan
Bob Welty
Orch
Lorraine Lee
Nd Lewis Hiotman
Tom Owen
Coliseum
AL Marney
Betty Lee
American Cigar
Hurdle & Halter
Contentment
Fran Richey
Montrose
Hi- Way Gardens
Stanwood
Iowan
Dancin
Lee
Ce-Mar
NPL
AL Nida
Center Point Road
Novak Heating Co
Morris Pur Shop
Granby
Arnold Ellingson
J. Hansen
Vinton
Mack Augustine
Ray Leeper
Hoover
Marion
Call Noble
Cashman Plumbing & Heating
Sparta
Thomas
Reliable Man
Ipcaster Contracting
Kirkpatrick
Harry Davis
Leo J. Smith
Jazette
Priebe & Sons, Inc
Spral
Ist Bt
Allen Motor CO
Perso New Process Laundry Co
Iowa “Theatre
Red Crown
Kilborn
Photo Paper Co
Clarence Hertle
Newhall
ACA
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