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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1945

Page

17

Market Receipts Show Mixed Livestock Trends In Chicago

Friday estimates place salable hogs at 6000 head, cattle 2000, sheep 6000 with eastern rail transport cited as a factor. Hogs and cattle were generally steady to slow, with top prices around 16.75 for mixed steers and heifers and 18.75 for top mixed cattle. lambs remained around 16.65, while regional yards reported varied activity and strong demand in parts of the Midwest.

Chicago Ap—Iwpa WFA Omatnia Livestock Omaha Sioux City

Chicago Produce Market Report Highlights Stable Prices

AP dispatch notes steady butter and egg markets in Chicago and New York. Prices for U S extras, standards, and various cheese and potato items remain unchanged amid steady receipts and track sales.

Chicago U. S Idahos Nebraska Maine Katahdins Wisconsin Chippewas NEW York Produce New York

Wisconsin Dairy Car Flips in Plymouth Crash

A Plymouth Wisconsin mishap closes on a highway when a single car veers off an unlikely path. The report notes cheese products like twins or cheddars involved and a 23 cent impairment figure.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis

Stimson Signals Manila Reopens Harbor and Corregidor Return

Secretary of War Stimson told reporters Manila harbor will be opened to American shipping signaling a likely reconquest of Corregidor. He said the Philippines government would be reestablished in Manila and American bases would cut Japanese sea routes to the East Indies and Malaya.

Washington Stimson Manila Corregidor East Indies Japan The Indies Malaya

District Committee Will Discuss Senior Scouting

Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts district committee meets Friday at 6 p.m. in the YMCA to review the Warbeck area council annual program with Earle Behrend of Kansas City attending. At 7 30 p.m. older Scouts leaders and committee members will view a senior scouting movie in the YMCA little theater.

Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts Y.mca Earle Behrend Kansas City Cedar Rapis Warbeck Area Y.M C.A

Wall Street Ends Day Clouded By War News

In New York AP reports a wary close as talks of a quick European war end temper stock optimism. Traders saw slow dealings with large blocks of low quoted shares. total transfers around 1.5 million.

New York Berlin

Cedar Rapids Hog Prices Hold At Ceiling Levels

Cedar Rapids hog market prices stayed at ceiling Thursday with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Reports list varied quotations by hog weight class and quality, plus general cattle and stock listings and stock market closings.

Iowa Des Moines Mason C Waterloo Ottumwa Austin Goa C.R Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids grain and market price list itemized

A detailed list of commodity prices and market items including corn oats wheat rye hay straw and live stock products. It records prices for corn yellow beans oats wheat and rye as well as hay straw and various poultry and animal offerings with multiple price points and units.

McKellar Attacks Williams for REA Nomination

Len McKellar dispatches sharp rebuke of Aubrey Williams as head of the Rural Electrification Administration. He says Williams lacks rural know‑how and business sense, while acknowledging Williams is personable. Wheeler counters Williams has more experience than Ed Stettinius.

Washington Len McKellar D-Tenn Aubrey Williams REA McKellar Senate Agriculture Committee Rome Sen. Wheeler Ed Stettinius Secretary of State Appropriations Committee Williams WPA NYA

Rye Leads Sizable Downturn in Grain

Chicago AP report shows grain futures sinking after liquidation at midsession. Rye led losses with declines up to three cents. wheat about 2% to 25% lower, corn down 1% to 1 1/4%, oats down 2% to 238, rye 3 to 35% lower, and barley 4 to 14% lower as cash prices show varied readings across wheats, oats, and barley with sample grades listed.

Chicago Commission House

French Bitter at Parley Exclusion

Paris reports a French government stance that France will not be bound by decisions of the Big Three without consultation. French newspapers condemn the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin talks as conducted without French participation. Paris argues France, as Germany's neighbor, bears the heaviest burden in policing and stabilizing postwar Germany.

Paris France Germany Reich Britain United States Europe

Home Economics Group To Meet In Iowa Saturday

Home economics teachers from Iowa colleges will gather at the Roosevelt hotel Saturday. Miss Minna Wikoff of Coe College chairs the group with panel leader Miss Mildred Deischer. The discussion centers on reframing the college home economics curriculum to meet student needs. Other panelists include Dr Hester Chadderdon Iowa State College Miss Pearl Jansson University of Iowa Miss Luella Ninde Cornell College and Miss Eloise Smith Wartburg College.

Iowa Roosevelt Hotel Minna Wikoff Coe College Mildred Deischer Coe Hester Chadderdon Iowa State College Pearl Jansson University of Iowa

Franklin Hi-Y elects officers for second semester

The Franklin Hi-Y club elected officers at the YMCA on Wednesday night. Donald Gunn was named president, Rollo Pickford vice president, Jack Burns secretary, and Bull Buse treasurer. Gunn will appoint committees to be announced next week.

Franklin Hi-Y Club Y.M.C.A Donald Gunn Rollo Pickford Jack Burns Bull Buse Gunn

Marion Hi-Y initiates seventeen in candlelight ceremony

Seventeen new members join the Marion Hi-Y club at Marion High School tonight starting at 8 A. Salisbury is adult sponsor. The list includes Kenneth Bailey Robert Burns Dallis Carsner Jr William Cooney Maurice Dahn Richard Fontaine Harry Fox J Winton Gable Willard Haak Jr Eugene Hastings Harold Horner Douglas Hutchins Peter Kepros Robert Kerns William McCann John Vernon and Robert G Williams. The ceremony features a talk by Jerry Heyl Cedar Rapids YMCA boys work secretary on The Challenge of Hi-Y.

Marion Robert G. Williams Hi-Y Jerry Heyl Cedar Rapids Y.M.C.A

Sinatra Taken For Three Day Draft Health Review

Frank Sinatra was moved from the Newark induction center to Second Service Command at Governors Island for a three day observation to determine his draft classification. He appeared before physicians on orders of his Jersey City draft board and was classified 4-F in 1943 for a punctured eardrum with no explanation given.

Newark N. J Frank Sinatra Second Service Command Governor's Island Sinatra Induction Jersey City Singer

Mary Virginia MacRae Dies in Council Bluffs

Mrs. Mary Virginia MacRae former national president of the American Legion Auxiliary died after a long illness in Council Bluffs. Widow of Col Donald MacRae who led mobile hospital No 1 in France during World War I, she served as auxiliary president in 1930 and founded the original Comfort club aiding soldiers with food and medical supplies. She was born at Ft Madison.

Council Backs Pension Plan for City and County

The Cedar Rapids city council passed a resolution endorsing the principle of pensioning city and county employees. The action follows a letter from Claude E. Sprague of the Employes union AFL affiliate and aligns with four Iowa legislature bills under study.

Claude E. Sprague Cedar Rapids and Linn

Lincoln’s birthday bank closures and local notices

Cedar Rapids banks will be closed all day on Lincoln’s birth day Monday February 12. Various community items follow including meetings at Kenwood library and Maine lodge, bird club dinner in Cedar Rapids, Lost items at bus depot and a range of local business ads and services.

Cedar Rapids Lincoln Kenwood Lee Melody Lane St. Rosd Kenny Hofer Marion Iowa

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