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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1945
Page
2
Market summaries from Chicago and midwest centers show large cattle receipts totaling about 22 000 head in Chicago with steer prices steady to H15 lower on average. Hogs and sheep receipts around 5 000 and 8 000 respectively with firm to steady prices. Iowa and Sioux City reports mirror steady demand and variable bids across cattle hogs and lambs.
Hog prices hold at ceiling in Cedar Rapids with top prime hogs at 14.45 per cwt and packers at 13.70. Market lists ranges for hogs, mixed yearlings, cows, calves, and sheep with several price bands across weights and grades. Lambs, ewes, and bucks shown with adjustments for weight and market conditions.
New York AP report says securities and commodity exchanges nationwide were closed on Lincoln's birthday Monday while livestock markets stayed open.
Chicago live poultry steady with hens at 25 cents and fryers 28 to 42 cents. Roosters 21, ducks 22 to 28, geese 26, turkeys 33 and a third. Potatoes arrivals up to 88 with strong demand. market firm with new stock coming Sunday. Butter and cheese quoted with Twins at 25.2 and single dairies at 26 cents.
A miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese item from Plymouth reports one carload of twins or cheddars sold to the army at a new pound. The brief note highlights an Army purchase of dairy products with no further details.
The column lists commodity prices for grains livestock and produce in Cedar Rapids. It includes corn, soybeans, oats, wheat, rye, hay, poultry, eggs, wholesale fruits and vegetables, hides and furs, and livestock values with assorted quality grades and pricing across No 1 No 2 categories and weights.
Cedar Rapids lodge No 4 De gree of Honor will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in Sokol hall. A War Dads program with Dr H Roe Bartle includes free tickets at U S O headquarters and starts 7 15 p m at Memorial coliseum. The 101st Iowa Consistory reunion opens 8 30 a m Tuesday with degrees, meals, and ongoing sessions through Thursday.
Forces supported by tanks move through the Irrawaddy valley toward Mandalay. Ghurkhas meet only light resistance as they advance on Singu after capturing Thila to the north, closing the last Japanese obstacle on the east bank.
Al Dubin, 54, famed lyricist behind two thousand songs, including Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Among My Souvenirs and Tip-toe through the Tulips, died Sunday after a brief illness in New York. Born in Zurich he began writing at age sixteen.
Reports claim Russia would join the Anglo American combined chiefs of staff in Washington to coordinate plans against Germany. Officials note Soviet suspicions about missing out on top war planning and consider an Anglo Russian American coordinating body as an alternative. Eisenhower reportedly did not know the timing of a recent Russian East offensive.
Citizens abroad urged not to send postal notes to service members overseas as overseas bases cannot cash them. Notes, valid two months from issue, may only be cashed in the United States. Since Feb 1, 376 notes totaling 1743.39 have been issued to Cedar Rapids clerks. about the same amount could be on hand.
London reports that a German decree makes every woman and girl liable for auxiliary service with the volkssturm under Himmler. The Berlin radio also announces in absentia marriage for sailors at Atlantic ports to aid communication with awaiting officers.
Sidney Hillman urged a new world labor organization include the American Federation of Labor at the world trade union conference in London. The CIO Political Action chair said unions in 40 represented countries should vote soon, and the new international labor body would reserve a seat for the AFL in its councils.
The air ministry announced that Berlin endured about 60 000 tons of bombs during the war, roughly one ton for every 70 inhabitants. About 15 000 tons were dropped by the United States Eighth Air Force and the remainder by the Royal Air Force.
A Cedar Rapids Hi-Y council formed at the M C A with officers from Roosevelt McKinley Franklin Wilson and Marion clubs. Bill Pfeffer Roosevelt named president with Don Gunn Franklin as VP and Jerry Cimburek McKinley as secretary. An executive committee includes Bob Foile Marion and Don Havlik Wilson. A city wide basketball tournament plan was discussed and a committee was appointed to organize it.
Warren Wheaton 54 of 511 Eighth Avenue SE paid 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. His son Marvin pled not guilty to a similar charge with trial set for Thursday after a Saturday night arrest on the Second Avenue Bridge. August Holub 49 of 1012 Sixth Street SE also fined 25 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after a fracas at Frankie’s tavern. Kenneth Ward 1413 Fourth Street SE fined 25 dollars after a Saturday arrest at Snyder’s tavern following a refusal to go home. L L Harris 412 Fifth Avenue SW faced the same charge but his fine was suspended on paying costs.
Charles D Brower 82 known as king of the Arctic dies of a heart attack. He was a New York native who built a trading empire on the Arctic rim and fathered 14 children with two Eskimo wives. Brower befriended Stefanson Wilkins Lindbergh Amundsen Wiley Post and Will Rogers. Brower and Will Rogers were killed in the 1935 crash near Barrow during a visit.
Members of Kenwood Park Presbyterian church voted after worship to extend a call to Dr. R Franklin Galloway of Bristol Ohio to accept the pastorate at Kenwood church. If he accepts he will begin duties mid April. The pulpit has been vacant since Rev Charles Bridges resigned last November. Dr Galloway and wife born in Washington Iowa. Their daughter is Mrs Dawson E Grim.
Dan Kruidenier, former Cedar Rapids public safety commissioner, has received an honorable discharge from the naval construction battalion and returns to Cedar Rapids. He served about two and a half years as chief boatswain's mate in the Navy, mostly in the Aleutian Islands, and is a World War I veteran. He plans to resume his police duties after medical clearance and canceling his leave of absence.
The American Federation of Labor executive council urged Congress to enact a comprehensive postwar housing program to build fifteen million homes and create jobs for about nineteen million workers in construction materials furnishings and equipment.
Springfield crowds and Boy Scouts joined a 20 mile Lincoln trail march from New Salem to the Lincoln shrine to mark the 136th birth anniversary. Dr. Stanley Pargellis of the Newberry library spoke to the Abraham Lincoln association noting Lincoln's conservatism with a dynamic element and emphasis on expediency over planning.
I. B. McGladrey of McGladrey Hansen Dunn tells Rotarians at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon about new simplified federal income tax regulations. He notes changes such as the exemption for dependent children over 18 and altered limits on bad debt losses.
Memorial service for Lt. Dale Goodyear killed Jan 22 in action over France will be held next Sunday at 2 30 p m at Marion Presbyterian Church with Rev C V R DeJong and Rev A B Curran officiating. Goodyear son of Mr and Mrs George Goodyear served with the Ninth air force. LinN chapter DeMolay inactives to meet at 7 30 p m with a 6 30 p m picnic for Mothers circle members and families. A dance will follow. Agnes Mullaley Pat Baughman and Carol Stimson of Wawokiye Camp Fire group entertained mothers at dinner at guardian Mrs Earl Bailey home. they work on firemaker rank.
Amos Stewart, after ten years as assistant manager at Spahn and Rose Lumber in Marion, has been chosen manager of the Stockton Illinois yard and will start about March 1. Mrs. Stewart and their son John will join him later.
Norwegian partisans captured 11 German tugboats and a salvage vessel at Frederikstad in the Oslofjord, allegedly carried out under German authorities’ noses, a reveal reported Monday.
Senators Connally and Bloom will serve as advisers to the U.S. delegation at the Mexico City conference. Non governmental leaders joining include Eric Johnston of the Chamber of Commerce, Alfred Goss of the National Grange, David McDonald of the United Steelworkers, and George Meany of the AFL-CIO.
Chicago dispatch reports Col Dan A Hardt of the production urgency information committee says American artillery shocks German troops. Overseas reports indicate prisoners from Russia Africa and Italy find Western Front combat tougher. One German officer with two years’ service says the major Nazi challenge is U S artillery.
German V bombs killed 585 and wounded 1 629 in Britain during January the Home Security Ministry reported. The January totals were nearly double December and the highest since August except for November.
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