Livestock Markets Show Steady Tendency Across Regions
Tuesday livestock receipts in Chicago show cattle 17,000 hogs 25,000 sheep 10,000 with salable hogs 1,000 not tested. Omaha hogs 4,500 available at nominally steady to firm. cattle and calves mixed, top steer prices near 15.75 per 100 pounds. Sheep receipts 500 with fat lambs and feeders steady to higher. western feeder lambs quoted later.
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Chicago
INL
Omaha
Medum Ic
Fearling Wethers
Sauchter Ewes
Cood
Evore
Western
Lambs
Sock City
Hesfers
Furont
Mostir Ste Hisher
Brie
Etockers
Salebie
Stocks at New 7 Year Crest Surges on Bullish Market
The New York stock market hit a seven year high amid a broad rally led by industrials. The 60 stock average rose to its peak since September 17, 1937 as trading volume neared one million shares on a Saturday in 1944, reflecting strong investor demand and sustained bullish momentum.
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New York
No Change in Prices on C. R. Hog Market Report
The market shows stable hog prices with top prime butchers at 14.35 and packers at 13.70. The report lists varied weights and prices for goats, calves, cows, bulls, yearlings, and lambs, along with numerous company names and stock references, indicating a broad pricing snapshot and market activity.
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C. R
Chicago Livestock Receipts and Market Spread Report
The page details livestock receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Sioux City and Jowa markets. It lists feeder steers calves cows bulls yearlings and lambs with price ranges and noting changes from prior periods. Prices include cattle receipts near 300 headed and hog and lamb figures with varying category quotes and regional references.
Cedar Rapids Market Report Mixed Grain and Produce Prices
A dense listing of grain and produce values with Old No 2 yellow corn at 91.00, Old soybeans at 1.26 to 2.04, oats and straw details, hay, poultry prices, and fruit and vegetable bids. Numerous commodity codes and unit prices appear for corn, oats, hay, timothy, berries, eggs, hides, and various meats, reflecting a broad wholesale market snapshot.
Armstrong Named State Dept. Adviser
Washington AP Secretary Stettinius named Hamilton Fish Armstrong editor of Foreign Affairs as a special adviser to the secretary of state. His first assignment is to advise on international political questions.
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Washington
Stettinius
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
Foreign Affairs
Chicago Produce Prices and Shipments Report
Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 4 556 tubs with mixed scores, eggs at 8 907 cases with varied extras and dirties, cheese at 25.2 cents a tin, potato arrivals totaling 789 with several regional lots listed. Includes Idahos and coloradowarehouse grades with prices from 2.80 to 3.97 per 50 pounds and washed or unwashed distinctions.
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Chicago
Colorado
Red McClures
U. S
Nebraska
U S
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Florida
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Offers Mixed Items
Plymouth Wisconsin sales list shows six cars and three items with No 1 twins or cheddars. Includes a 23 percent sale and a single daisies 2444c as well as square prints and a midgets 24 percent item.
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Wisconsin Cheese
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
May Rye and Grains Hit New Highs in Heavy Trading
May rye climbs to a five month high while other grain futures rise in heavy year end trading. General buying by commission houses and professionals, light offerings, and stock market strength push wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley higher. Chicago cash provisions show varied prices for No. 2 hard red winter wheat and yellow corn, with field seed values listed.
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Chicago
Tragic Farewell as Mother Collapses at Train Scene
Edith A. Thompson 54, mother of Pfc Elmer L. Thompson, former Vancouver policeman, collapsed and died in her son's arms at the train station while bidding him farewell on his furlough end. The incident occurred in Vancouver Washington.
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Vana
Edith A. )Thompson
Pfc
Elmer L. Thompson
Vancouver Noliceman
Ding
Red Forces Push Drive for Vienna
Soviet and German forces clash across Hungary as Malinovsky and Tolbukhin captur e blocks in Budapest and push toward Vienna. Crossing the Hron river the Second Ukrainian army builds a bridgehead near Bratislava while 6,000+ prisoners fall to Moscow. German defenses destroy city hall and battle rages in the capital.
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London
Budapest
Hron
Bratislava
Vienna
Red Army
Stalingrad
Royal
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Moscow
Sahy
Berlin
Malinovsky
Danube
Lake Balaton
Europe
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Tolbukhin
Deaths Harold Stevens Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Harold Stevens died December 25 at his home in Joplin Missouri after completing a YMCA membership drive there He had served as assistant secretary in Cedar Rapids and was secretary in Joplin He suffered a heart ailment Surviving are his wife a son in service and a daughter in California
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Harold Stevens
Cedar Rapids
Joplin
John B. Northcott
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Stevens
Northcott
California
Grover Unger
First Avenue
Keokuk County
Benjamin Unger
San Jose
Calif
Goldie Steele
Des Moines
Leta Epperley
Zern Nation
Beatty Chapel
Beatty's
Obituary notices for Poore and associated figures
The text records funeral and family notices for Mrs. Mary I. Poore widow of Alvin Brainard Poore a Cedar Rapids physician and for Mrs Jane Thompson mother of several residents. It notes Poore died at 89 in Auburn City Hospital and lists survivors including her son two sisters and a niece. Interment is planned in Syracuse Oakwood cemetery.
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Mary I. Poore
Alvin Brainard Poore
Cedar Rapids
Jenn
Hazeltine
Skaneateles
N. Y
Poore
Auburn City Hospital
Syracuse
John Haverly Brooks
Schenectady
C. M. Mallars
Clarissa Marsh Dawson
Henry Scott Miller
St. James ‘Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Smykil Funeral Home
Anamosa
Jane Thompson
Davenport
E. A. Baldwin
Mt. Vernon Road
Harold Drew
Nineteenth Street
Arthur W. Belknap
Eagle Pass
Texas
W. D. Belknap F
Huntington Park
Calif
Purse Lost and Porch Glider Stolen Reported in City
Ms Luther Fuhrmeister reported losing a purse while shopping in the loop on Friday. The bag held eight dollars and ration books along with her glasses. Loise Burch said a porch glider worth fifteen dollars was stolen from her porch Thursday night. Mrs Don Ackerman reported siphoned gas from her husband’s car parked at their home on Thursday night.
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Luther Fuhrmeister
Fifth Avenue SE
Loise Burch
Fourth Avenue SE
MVRS
Don Ackerman
Hull Avenue SE
Oleo Sales In Iowa Soar With Butter Rationing
Des Moines AP reports oleomargarine sales rose from 2,842,932 pounds in 1942 to about 4,900,000 pounds in the current year as butter rationing drives purchases. The 5 cent per pound tax gathered on oleo is projected to reach about 245,000 dollars, with 1943 sales at 4,511,028 pounds and butter points climbing to 24. A statistician estimates Iowans saved roughly 73,500,000 red points in 1944 by using oleo instead of butter.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Small House Burns Off Fortieth Street Fire Destroys Structure
Police could not determine ownership of the small house off Fortieth street SE beyond the city limits after it burned to the ground on Friday. Nearby residents did not know who tenanted the property, and investigators found no clues indicating anyone was inside.
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Fortieth Street
Stork Delivers Baby On Hospital Steps In Cleveland
Mrs Ruth Zellman 33 saves birth of a six pound thirteen ounce girl on St Luke s hospital steps after a rush to the hospital in her brother in law s car when an ambulance was unavailable Emil Schoen rushed from Cleveland Heights and parked at the hospital entry the mother and baby are reported well
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Cleveland
INS
Ruth Zellman
St. Luke's Hospital
Zellman
Emil Schoen
Cleveland Heights
Schoen
Chessie Plans Coast to Coast Rail Service After War
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway intends through passenger service from coast to coast without changing cars, state by President C. E. Newton. The plan aims to remove waits at Chicago and St Louis, linking east and west coast points after the war.
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Chessie
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
C. E. Newton
Newton
Chicago
St. Louis
Severe Security Measures Strain Paris Troops
In Paris area severe security measures were imposed affecting Allied military personnel amid a German counter offensive. The moves restricted troop movements and heightened alert as spy threats loomed.
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Paris
Three East Iowa youths join U S Naval Forces
Three eastern Iowa boys have been enlisted by the Cedar Rapids navy recruiting office. Roger Dean Bartholomew of Iowa City was accepted in the navy, while Joseph Thomas Haun of Anamosa and Robert James Beachler of Vinton joined the naval reserve.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Navy Recruiting Office
Roger Dean Bartholomew
Iowa City
Navy
Naval Reserve
Joseph Thomas Haun
Anamosa i
Robert James Beachler
Vinton
German Defeat by September Seen by Huss
INS veteran Pierre J. Huss predicts Allied victory in Europe by September 1, 1945, based on Western Front analysis. He notes stronger American leadership under General Omar Bradley and persistent Allied resolve despite Von Rundstedt’s spring offensive and German delaying tactics.
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Huss
Belgium
Pierre J. Huss
INS
Europe
U. S
von Rundstedt
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Missouri
America
France
Dinner for Blok crowd honors son leaving for service
Marion residents gathered at 416 Twentieth Street for a dinner honoring Rich ard Blok as he prepares to enter military service next week. Guests included Beverly Lutz Joan Gibson and Bette Blok among others.
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Blok
Richard Blok
Neal Blok
Twentieth Street
Beverly Lutz
Joan Gibson
Joanna’ Dumbalton
Bette Blok
Ven England
Virginia Scott
Bueta Gleason
Art Fay
Joé Derlfinger
Jack Scott
Earl Hulshizer
Dick McCalley
Bernard Blok
Marion
Sonny Draker
Springville
Seaman
Warren Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Multiple Churches Report Weekend Services in Marion
Local churches list their Sunday schedules. Marion Baptist Bible school at 9 45 morning worship at 10 45 sermon titled To Whom Shall We Go But to Thee conducted by William Dykhuizen. Catholic St Joseph’s Mass at 8 and 10. Christian and Congregational services described with pastors and times. Included prayer meetings, youth groups, and evening events.
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Baptist—Bible School
William Dykhuizen
Cedar Rapids
St. Joseph’s
T. J. McElliott
Vernon H. Carter
Christian Endeavor
James M. Lower
Free Methodist
C. B. Patrick
James P. Gable
W.S.C.S
Annnal Congregational Meeting
St. Paul's Lutheran
Carl T. Wuerffel
Prairie Chapel
A. B. Curran
Epworth League
Newspaper circulations hit new highs in 1944
Editor and Publisher reports a 3.3 percent rise in weekday circulation to 28,565,387 and a 0.98 percent increase on Sundays to 30,582,039, despite wartime paper rationing. The survey covered 104 morning, 145 evening, and 143 Sunday papers and suggests strong reader trust in newspapers.
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New York
Cedar Rapids Pair Jailed at Elkader
Three Cedar Rapids men and a fourth from Edgewood were jailed in Clayton county on charges of breaking into and robbing the Maggert garage in Elkader on July 13. Donald Kuemmerer 19, held to the grand jury under a $1000 bond, Toomer and Fogel were arrested earlier and remain in jail. all three failed to furnish bonds.
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Elkader
E. W. Carlsen
Donald Kuemmerer
Cedar Rapids
Clayton County
Justice of the Peace
George Ehrhardt
Kuemmerer
Maurice Toomer
Harry Fogel
Edgewood
Maggert
Toomer
Fogel
Clayton County Jall
City Briefs Return From Christmas Weekend Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Mearl Lauber of 405 First Avenue SW have returned home after spending the Christmas weekend with Mr. Lauber’s parents Mr. and Mrs. William Lauber in Little Rock, Ia.
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Mearl Lauber
First Avenue
Mr.Lauber
William Lauber
Little Rock
Eight Die In Fire In Columbus Indiana Home
Five children aged three months to nine years and three adults perished in a house fire that destroyed a small home housing two families in Columbus Indiana Saturday.
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Columbus,ind
Mexican Senate approves troop deployment to front
The Mexican senate passed by voice vote a bill empowering President Manuel Avila Camacho to send Mexican troops to the fighting front. The notice appears amid a page of classified and public notices including religious listings and business ads.
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Mexico City
Senate
Manuel Avila Camacho
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Ninth Aveniue
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Army Band
Fort Benning, Ga
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G. L. Snyder
Chariton
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Elizabeth
M. J
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Washington, D
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Hallwood Cafe
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Iowa University
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Dale Gritz
Rodeo
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W. G. Steele
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Owen
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Virginia Knapp
Gail
Major
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Major Shipman
Mobile
Ala
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Woodville
Iss
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Great Lakes Naval Training Center
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Rockford, Il
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City Briefs
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Third Avenue SE
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D. Ave
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Arras OR
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Clarence L. Sective
4Th Ave
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1St Ave
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H.R. Schaefer
Kresge Bldg
Sands Printing
2Nd St. NE
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Jack's
First Street
Singer Sewing Center
Dini
Probasco Jewelry
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Encent
Richards Laboratories
Neil R. Bennnes
5Th Ave
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3Rd Ave
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Uller
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Avenue SE
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Betty Lee
Ta American Cigar Stave
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Kingston Ballroom
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Lee
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