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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1945

Page

9

Cattle and Hogs See High Receipts Amid Market Activity

Chicago reports Thursday hog receipts around 5 000 cattle 6 000 and sheep 6 000 with cattle at times topping 17 per cwt for heavy steers and long yearlings. Earlier Wednesday totals reached 16 500 head as eastern shipper demand rose after embargo lift. across Des Moines Sioux City and Omaha markets, hogs cows and lambs traded steady to firm with prices mainly holding or advancing.

Chicago Chicago Livestock WFA Atlantic Seaboard Iowa Des Moines Minnesota

Wheat and rye rally on profit taking and short covering

Chicago grain prices moved mixed as wheat and rye sagged then reversed near the close. May wheat fell modestly while corn and other grains showed small gains along with cash wheat and field seed quotes from Chicago markets.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Summary

Chicago reports firm butter receipts 183,611 with market unchanged. eggs and cheese show steady to unchanged quotes across varieties while potato arrivals total 898 on track. New York notes butter receipts 811,297 firm with prices unchanged. eggs and cheese receipts also steady with mixed color prices and standard quotations.

Chicago North Dakota Red River Triumphs Wisconsin New York

Mrs. Marvin Gates Dies in Arizona

Clinton mourns as Mrs. Marvin Gates dies in Phoenix after long illness. She was mother of Artemus Gates assistant secretary of the navy for air. The body will be returned to Clinton for funeral services to be arranged.

Clinton Marvin Gates Artemus Gates

Irregular Stocks Hover As Rails Lead Market Session

New York stocks showed uneven moves with rails and select specialties driving brisk bidder activity at times while overall trading stayed narrow. Transactions totaled about 1.5 million shares as leaders fluctuated and the market closed with improved action for some issues.

NEW York

Cedar Rapids Hog Prices At Ceiling Levels

Hog price levels on the Cedar Rapids market held at ceiling Wednesday with top beef hogs around 14.45 dollars and pickers near 13.70. Various weight classes for hogs and cattle are listed with price ranges from 6.00 to 15.00 dollars, including mixed yearlings, heifers, cows, bulls, and lambs, reflecting broader market segments.

Sioux City Cedar Rapids Cammers Bologna Culls

Cedar Rapids Market Prices and Livestock Listings

Market notes show corn values No 2 yellow at 81.00 and old No yellow at 1.03, oats and rye quotes, fruit and vegetable prices for California produce lemons and apples, plus wholesale hides calf and horse prices, and livestock terms including leghorn stock and various poultry figures.

Pfeameriee California Texas Midy

Petrillo Union Targets Interlochen Music Camp

The American Federation of Musicians labeled Interlochen National Music Camp in Michigan unfair. Faculty led by Dr. Joseph E. Maddy face losing work or suspension from the union, cutting income during the two month operation period.

New York James Caesar Petrillo American Federation of Musicians AFL Interlochen Mich Joseph E. Maddy University of Michigan Petrillo Musicians’ Union

Higher Sergeant Rank Is Proposed

Washington reports mixed reactions to a proposed new enlisted rank of chief sergeant with four arm rockets and extra pay as a solution to reward sergeants. Critics note wartime commissions previously recognized bravery and leadership, while supporters argue for clearer rank prestige and recognition. Teletypes-typewriters wired for field use had been carried by soldiers.

Washington Army Horace C. Boren

City Briefs highlights and notices from Cedar Rapids area

Isaac Anderson of Seventh avenue SE recovers from Mercy hospital operation and may receive visitors. Cedar Rapids Order of Ahepa chapter 194 meets at St John’s church with initiations and refreshments. Camp Fire orchestra meets at Y M C A Little Theater after school. attendance urged. Ray Breedlove of 806 C avenue NW confined at St Luke’s hospital after operation. condition good. Laura S. Pierce seeks separate maintenance from Carl A. Pierce in district court. married August 3 1931 in Nevada. Donald Duane Pearson and Elmer Paul Miller both 17 enlist in naval reserve via Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Harvey Lindahl Jr 26 Blake Terrace SE reports theft of billfold with $9 in First Presbyterian church gym Feb 1. Pur chasing Agents of the Chamber of Commerce hold general meeting Thursday noon at Montrose hotel with War Production board officials Lineberry and Edwards providing priorities update.

Donald Duane Pearson First Street Elmer Paul Miller Wellman Naval Reserve Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Montrose Hotel Arthur Lineberry Karl Edwards Davenport The War Production Board

Benters Charged After SE Collision At Bever and Fifteenth

Morris Benters of 1218 Seventh Street SE faces a Wednesday charge of failure to yield the right of way after a Tuesday night crash at Fifteenth Street and Bever Avenue SE involving Benters’ car and a taxi driven by L. F. Slezak of 1236 Fifth Avenue SE.

Morris Benters Seventh Street SE Fifteenth Street Bever Avenue SE Benters L. F. Slezak Fifth Avenue SE

War Labor Board hearing on Me Too meat cutters hours

A War Labor Board hearing addressed working hours for meat cutters at W. A. Drake company Me Too stores. Panel members included Rev. Raymond J Conley of Des Moines as chairman, Chester S. Johnson of Cedar Rapids, industry, and James W. Soutter, secretary of the Des Moines Trades Assembly, AFL labor.

War Labor Board W. A. Drake Company Federal Building Raymond J Conley Des Moines Chester S. Johnson Cedar Rapids James W. Soutter Des Moines Trades Assembly AFL

Navy says labor shortage delays warship construction

Navy leaders told the Senate military affairs panel that manpower shortages hinder completion of warships for planned Pacific operations. Secretary Forrestal warned time is essential as the draft proposal faces debate, with figures showing high turnover and large net losses at shipyards and ongoing delays across carriers and cruisers.

Washington Navy Senate Military Affairs Committee Forrestal Thomas Utah Ralph Bard Navy Yard New York Shipbuilding Corporation Todd Pacific Shipyards Tacoma Wash Tarawa Ernest J. King Pacific Bard Stimson Patterson

Parsons Sues Cedar Rapids City Lines For Bus Fall

A jury led by foreman John W. Dew of Mt. Vernon awarded Lois Parsons of 1133 Ninth Street NW a 1500 judgment in Judge J E Heiserman’s court. Parsons claimed injuries from a fall when a City Lines bus jerked forward while she alighted at K Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW on April 29.

John W. Dew Mt. Vernon Lois Parsons Ninth Street Cedar Rapids K Avenue Ellis Boulevard

Petitions for Surfacing Roads Filed in Linn County

Linn county board of supervisors on Tuesday filed petitions to surface roads and form secondary road districts. Delegations led by Ollie Kula of Prairieburg and Joseph Biderman seek districts in Boulder, Bertram, and Franklin townships for multiple mile stretches. A hearing was set for February 27 at 2 p.m. in Grant township for 1.25 miles near Walker.

Linn County Linn County Board of Supervisors Ollie Kula Prairieburg Boulder Township Bertram Franklin Mt. Vernon Joseph Biderman Linn County Supervisors Grant Township Walker Albert Hudson

Deere Exercises Option on Dubuque Factory Site

Deere and company announce it has exercised options on a 328 acre tract called the Peru townsite two and one half miles north of Dubuque. The property will be held for postwar development as a factory site officials say with no further details released.

Moline (Ap)—Deere and Company Peru Dubuque

Marion family learns of Lt Titus en route home

Lt Robert A Titus son of Mr and Mrs H M Titus advised them by telegram from Salt Lake City that he would arrive in Marion the last of the week. Titus was among five men rescued January 19 from a rubber life raft 1000 miles off the California coast after their transport sank. He had been in a Hawaiian hospital for observation after rescue.

Robert A. Titus H. M. Titus Salt Lake City Marion Titus California Hawaiian Islands

Marion Business Girls Elect Wescott President

Helen Wescott is elected president of the Marion Business Girls club succeeding Louise Cippera who resigned Marilyn Balcom becomes vice president The pair won at a Tuesday night meeting at the H F Breed home after a Dutch treat dinner at a Marion cafe.

Helen Wescott Marion Business Girls Club Louise Cippera Marilyn Balcom Wescott Balcom H. F. Breed Marion Miss Balcom Arminta Davidson Alice Hyde

Condemned G I Explains Stand

Pvt Henry P Weber 27 sentenced by court martial to be hanged for refusing to drill told an AP photographer at Camp Roberts California that he has a revolutionary mind Wars are caused by the society in which we now live and which cannot prevent a third world war He was formerly a Vancouver Washington shipyard foreman and spoke before his execution was to occur.

Camp Roberts Calif Henry P. Weber Associated Press Vancouver, Wash Weber Brices Helene Curtis First Avenue SE

War talks and service stance amid camp Ellis accounts

Camp Ellis reports detail a local soldier's stance on conscientious objection and transfer requests during service. The piece notes a prior court martial and six months hard labor, alongside a separate sports score where Ottumwa naval air base loses to the Camp Ellis team 54 to 32. It also lists numerous lost and found, personal ads, and local business notices.

Camp Ellis, Ill Camp Ellis Ottumwa Naval Air Base

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