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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1943
Page
11
Chicago estimates say about 10,000 of 16,000 hogs unloaded Wednesday may remain unsold, prompting the hog marketing committee to urge farmers to curb shipments until after the new year. Cattle trends mixed, sheep steady, sows strong, and varied price levels across hog sizes and weights amid receipts of 29,000 hogs in Chicago area markets.
Chicago market notes steady butter extras and eggs with varied scores. Potatoes, peppers and fresh items show mixed receipts and prices, while live poultry and cheese show modest changes amid ongoing wholesale activity in New York and Chicago markets.
Fragmentary dispatch notes river levels at Des Moines with a brief AP dateline. The text includes scattered phrases about river stage updates and unrelated item snippets mentioning individuals and events in Los Angeles areas.
Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market results show hogs down 10 to 25 cents with packers steady. Top hog price 1344 on 200 to 300 head. varied weights and prices listed for good to prime cattle and calves. lambs and sheep values noted with weight ranges and price bands.
In New York, industrial stocks slid again despite a midday rally on news of rail strike threat removal. Rails posted small gains while overall volume topped a million shares as early trading showed modest selling and a brisk opening followed by a taper.
The Cedar Rapids market lists oats, wheat, rye, corn, soybeans with varied grades and prices. Hay and straw values appear alongside poultry, eggs, logs, wholesale fruits and vegetables, and hide market figures including calf hides and horses.
Grain futures recovered from initial losses as traders awaited Friday’s wheat ceiling price. Wheat closed higher by about 0.73, oats fell around 5 to 7 cents, rye slipped 4 to 5 cents, and barley down roughly 38 cents. Chicago cash provisions list No 5 yellow corn at 1.07 per bushel and various oats barley field seeds with nominal quotes.
New York reports the formation of an American association to support an international office of education. The eight-point program seeks minimum educational standards, funding for rebuilding schools, adult education for demobilized forces, refugee resettlement, retraining for teachers, and curricula to foster international understanding with Dr. Harlow Shapley of Harvard Observatory as chairman.
Congressman Gore of Tennessee, 36, was inducted as Private Albert A. Gore, marking the first time a high public office holder entered the armed forces as a private. A farmer, he has represented Tennessee's Fourth District since 1938 and is the father of one daughter.
Police hunted a four man group after they held up Mrs. Lucille Kunitzmann in Carlinville Illinois. They escaped with 20 cents and a box of cough drops.
The Soviet embassy accused the Finns of war crimes in a bulletin. It cites concentration camps at Petrozavodsk with 16 hour workdays and brutal beatings, plus other camps where guards mocked prisoners drank, beat them unconscious, and used them for target practice.
Gasoline use fell 15 percent in Iowa during the first full year of rationing. State tax receipts for 1943 totaled 514 326 071.19, down from 16 868 576.60 in 1942. Gas taxes reflect sales from Dec 1, 1942 to Nov 30, 1943. rationing began Dec 1, 1942. December 1943 receipts were 1 164 236.60 versus 1 535 362.76 last December.
Washington report says the threat of enemy attacks on the U.S. mainland has eased, allowing the Civil Aeronautics Administration to eliminate much paper work for civilian pilots outside defense zones. Authorities will still require recording takeoffs and landings as pilots and plane owners were certified after Pearl Harbor.
Mrs Minnie Myers and daughter Marie visit relatives in Chicago and Milwaukee. Townsend club No. 7 hosts social hour and dancing Thursday at 8 p.m. at 117 F avenue NW. Main library closed New Year’s Day and Sunday. Sixteenth avenue W branch closed Saturday but opens Friday 3 to 5 45 p.m. Linton evangelistic campaign continues at Calvary Baptist church with 7 30 p.m. nightly services through Feb 9 1944 and a 4 p.m. Jan 23 service at First Congregational church discussed by Citywide Council of Christian Youth officers at 325 Twenty second street NE. Officers: Carol Holmquest Bill Cohen Mary Ann Paulu Polly Spohn.
The Linn County board of supervisors authorized moving 42 470 96 from three funds to the general fund. Twenty thousand dollars came from the food stamp fund, once advanced from the general fund. The remaining 12 627 07 from the poor funding bond fund and 9 843 89 from the road improvement bond fund were also transferred to the general fund after bond retirements.
Walter L Gearhart age 44 of Ryan pled guilty to forging a promissory note for 374.67 payable to North Linn Savings Bank Center Point. In Judge Linville's court he received one year in Linn county jail with all but one month suspended after arrest by Deputy Sheriff Whittemore in Nevada Iowa and brought to Cedar Rapids.
County supervisors appointed R. N Fitzgerald of Marion L. A Hinton of Coggan and Thomas B Yuill of Cedar Rapids to the board of apportionment to appraise and make special assessments against property in secondary road districts. Districts listed include 172 Otter Creek 173 Maine and Marion 180 Jackson Boulder Maine and Buffalo 181 Jackson 191 Boulder.
The will of Maggie M Hardnacke, who died December 3 in Cedar Rapids, has been admitted to probate in district court. The Peoples Savings Bank was named executor. Mary Mikulas has been named administratrix for the estate of her husband, E. J. Mikulas, who died December 21 in Cedar Rapids.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved 1500 dollars from the domestic animal fund on Tuesday. The fund consists of county dog taxes and will support the annual contribution to the Linn County Humane Society.
Esther Kluss, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred J Kluss of 245 Twenty third Street Drive SE Des Moines, will assume duties as a senior worker in the reviewing section of the division of public assistance at the state department of social welfare in Des Moines on January 3. She will review 16 counties in northwest Iowa after serving as junior social worker in Webster County Fort Dodge.
Washington The Office of Price Administration backtracks on planned winter vegetable price roll-backs due to miscalculations. The new order will set lower roll-backs than first announced and is expected to be issued in a few days.
Lorraine Scherrer daughter of Gertrude Scherrer Hazleton postmaster accepts a Justice Department position in Washington DC and will report January 3. A 1943 Hazleton High School graduate she studied at Iowa State Teachers College for the last six months.
Phyllis Ford daughter of Mr and Mrs B Harrison Ford 1001 Twelfth street and Donald H Scheer son of Mr and Mrs Henry C Scheer of West Branch were married in Marion Christian church at 8 p m Tuesday by Rev Vernon H Carter. Doris Ford maid of honor Robert Scheer best man. Ushers Lynn Ford and Charles Scheer. Reva Ford sang with music by La Verna Crew. Reception for 150 at the Ford home. Ford is Marion high school and St Luke's nurse graduate. Scheer a farmer near West Branch.
Winnie Ella Herbold 78 died at 1 30 am Wednesday at her son Louis Herbolds home 501 Seventh Avenue after a brief illness Her husband Louis P Herbold died 22 days earlier Born Riverton March 10 1865 she attended the school for the deaf at Council Bluffs met her husband there and married October 21 1885 They lived on a farm near Newton later moved to Benehhland Mont then Marion in 1934 Survived by six other sons Charles A and Russell Des Moines Victor P William E Walter C and Fulton all Montana 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Service 2 pm Friday at Yocom chapel burial Cedar Memorial Park.
Classified notices list heating and repair services, hauling firms, farm manure for sale, decorating and wallpaper, and a veteran army officer seeking work. Entries include Novak Heating Co repair services, Morris Fur Shop, Charile's Law Service, Household Service Show, Iowa Livestock Exchange, interior decorating, Walter Ehlers hauling, Bud Myers fertilizer, Leo J. Smith hauling, and a 24 year old army officer seeking personnel management work.
Young man can earn weekly profits delivering newspapers on Cedar Rapids Gazette routes. Work after school, save for the future, with routes in several parts of the city becoming available. Apply now for first choice.
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