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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1944
Page
11
Chicago and Omaha livestock markets report the heaviest hog arrivals in a decade with 54 000 head in Chicago and mixed cattle and lamb pricing. Cattle mostly steady, hogs down on light weights, with direct consignments and carryover hogs noted. Des Moines and Sioux City show varied bids across 160 to 450 pound ranges and sow prices, while grain quotations accompany the market summaries.
Plymouth Wisconsin foods feature weekly cheese varieties including twins or cheddars. River stage reports show La Crosse at 52 falling and Davenport at 49 falling with Keokuk rising as trends noted for the Mississippi River levels.
Chicago receipts show butter at 92 score A and 90 score B, with extras and various firsts. eggs steady with high volumes and mixed shell prices. Potatoes remain light with diverse U S No. 1 prices. New York markets report firm butter and nominal dressed poultry.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris head of the RAF bomber command acknowledges Berlin destruction is only 50 percent complete. CBS London correspondent cites Harris expectation that the city may cease to exist by early March.
Cedar Rapids market prices held steady on Monday with hogs and cattle showing broad ranges. Top hogs reached 200 to 300 pounds good to choice, while cattle listings showed choice to prime steers around 14.00 to 15.00 and various grades for yearlings, heifers, and cows.
New York AP report notes a sluggish first session of 1944 with mixed gains and declines among industrials and rails. Overall volume around 500000 shares, transfers modest as investors faced cloudy trends and soft spots.
The Cedar Rapids market lists oats at 76 to 35 cents for No 2 and No 3. Wheat at $1.40 for No 2, rye at 95 cents, shelled corn at $1.04, No 2 yellow soybeans at $1.80. Hay and straw prices show baled straw at 10 to 13 dollars, baled hay around 14 dollars. eggs No 1 at 30 cents, No 2 at 28 cents, and current receipts 30 cents. Fruits and vegetables include Florida celery 6 to 6.50 per crate, lemons 7.45, California naval oranges 5.75, lettuce 6.99, onions 2.84, sweet potatoes 5.10, Winesaps apples 4.25, Texas grapefruit 3.85 per box. Hide market shows No 1 cured hides 12 cents, No 2 11 cents, No 1 calf hides 13 to 42 cents, No 3 calf 12 to 14 cents, No 1 horse 66.50, with mands on manes and fall.
Grains showed a weaker undertone Monday with moderate declines amid disappointment over no ceilings on hard wheat. Market supported by mill buying as oats and rye moved, barley steady, prices given for May contracts and feed values, with field seed quotes listed by CHICAGO CASS PROVISIONS.
Courthouse: C. L. Beeson of Cedar Rapids is chosen chairman of the Linn county board of supervisors for 1944 at the board’s first meeting. He succeeds Elmer Seevell of Marion.
William Joseph Boots, 43, of 2321 Blakely boulevard SE, pled guilty in Judge G. P. Linville's court to breaking and entering. He received a suspended one year sentence and was fined $25 plus costs. Boots was arrested Sunday after a vacant Otis road SE house was broken into. tools valued at about $25 were taken from E. M. Rodman of 625 Fifth avenue SE. He signed a confession and is married with six children.
Allied forces in New Guinea retake the Saidor tract of rubber trees as part of a mounting offensive against the Japanese. The nearby Tagup plantation is reported to contain 200 to 300 acres of rubber trees.
Allied headquarters announced that Britain awarded Vice Admiral Henry K. Hewitt, commander of U S naval forces in the Mediterranean, the title of knight commander of the Bath for his inspiring leadership and undaunted devotion to duty in the Mediterranean campaigns.
Over the weekend two traffic crashes occurred in Council Region. Joe Splichal, residing at 1020 Seventeenth street NE, suffered a cut on his left forehead after his car collided with Henry Jensen of 1224 K street SW near B avenue and Seventeenth street NE. Jensen received a charge for lack of control while Splichal was cited for failure to yield right of way. fines and costs totaled $2 for each. A second collision involved W. W. Sutliff of Palo and Lee Wagner of 328 Fourth avenue SW at Third avenue and Eighth street SW, with vehicle damage exceeding $35.
The Navy released 129 additional names of casualties across the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, bringing total losses since December 7, 1941 to 33,432. Among the Iowa entries is Edward L. Holecek, USMCR, wounded, listed with his mother Mrs. Betty S. H. Parks of Cedar Rapids at 1019 Sixth Street SE.
War bonds drive a patriotic savings effort with citizens urged to invest for victory. Citizens nationwide are called to support the war economy by purchasing bonds through banks post offices and authorized agents.
Washington AP Truman committee rejects inquiry into a high official's statement about threats of steel and railroad strikes delaying victory in Europe. President Roosevelt aides suggest alignment with military thinking while union leaders denounce the unnamed source as cowardly and palace guard chatter.
A group of Brazilian air force fighter pilots and ground troops departed Rio de Janeiro by multiple transport planes for an unspecified front. The move marks Brazil's first active deployment abroad.
Sgt. Joseph C. Petrak son of Mr and Mrs Charles Petrak route 3 has been awarded the Good Conduct medal for exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity His fighter group now dive bombing the Germans in Italy served through the desert campaign with the British Eighth army covered the invasion of Sicily and continues the campaign in Italy
City Plan Commission set to meet at 7 30 p m in city hall superior court. V F W auxiliary police to resume 7 30 p m meetings at the police station. Bonnie Hampton returns to University of Iowa after holidays with her mother Ida Hampton 1220 Second avenue SE. Karl Edwards from War Production Board Davenport office will be at Chamber of Commerce 9 30 a m to 2 p m for priorities consultation. Cedar Rapids navy recruiting office announces Norman Lewis Pollock 17 Central City enlisted as seaman in regular navy. Cedar Rapids Stamp Club meets 7 45 p m at Montrose hotel club room. stamp collectors invited. Miss Mary Eleanor Ryan 1716 Grande avenue SE leaves for extended trip to San Francisco and San Rafael Calif guest of her brother Ph W L Ryan. Mr and Mrs Theodore N Kasner Jr married Dec 26 spent week in bride’s Ames home with Kasner parents 912 Eighth street SE. couple to reside Seattle Wash. Rotary lunch features captured enemy film on Nazi coast defenses and Allied bombers in North Africa. new members give brief talks.
City Treasurer Walter Miller notes dog tax sales on Monday show 124 more tags than a year ago. Higher early purchases follow a December notice to 1943 dog owners. Tax is 2 dollars for most dogs and 3 dollars for unspayed females, with penalties starting April 1.
The court 8-1 holds a draft registrant must report for duty to test the board’s classification. Nick Falbo of Jehovah’s Witnesses argued for ministerial exemption but was ordered to civilian work and jailed for five years after failure to report. The decision also limits federal court review of rate orders and upholds indictments for OPA price regulation violations.
Extracts from a diary kept by a former storm troop leader in the Hitler Youth reveal a rapid shift from zeal to disillusion after serving in Italy. Entries from 1943 show excitement on enlistment, then growing hatred of Nazi brutality and a wish to desert when possible, with plans to undermine the regime's weakest points.
Sunny Ainsworth, 19, once seventh wife of Tommy Manville, said she was frozen with fright when three gunmen robbed her in a Chicago hotel Sunday, taking a $750 watch and a $400 ring.
Allied forces face a brutal Italian blizzard as Fifth Army troops endure freezing rains and deep snow on the Adriatic front. Canadian armor advances slow near Pescara while German transport targets are hit by raiders. A no man’s land tragedy of an Italian woman and children’s frozen bodies is noted.
Community items include visits by Ernest Farley after army discharge, social events at the Farley and Hempy households, and church guild meetings. Public school opening at 9 am Tuesday. Classifieds list rental, lost items including a sterling bracelet, a gold Elgin watch, pets named Rusty Spot Boy and a brown leather purse with initials. Dial numbers provided for rewards and inquiries.
Blanche Conn Shields of Marion died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 05 a m Monday after a brief illness. Born January 11 1876 in Blairstown she lived in Cedar Rapids and Marion with her daughter Mrs D A Bailey. She was a former Cedar Rapids teacher and a church official. Her survivors include two daughters Mrs Robert C Byrnes of Cleveland and Mrs Bailey of Marion, two sons J T and Frank A Conn of Hartley Iowa, and four grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Turner Chapel Cedar Rapids with burial in the local cemetery.
Senator Millikin reported War Department approval to extend furloughs for enlisted men by travel time. Soldiers far from home spend six days or more traveling, reducing the 15 day furlough. department instructions now allow extending furlough by the time spent traveling where military conditions permit.
The comptroller of the currency Monday issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Friday December 31 1943. The Federal Reserve Board issued a call on state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a call on insured banks not members of the Federal Reserve System.
Des Moines reports that M. V. Ellis state superintendent of banking issued a call for the condition of all state banks as of December 31. The notice requests detailed financial standings to be filed by banks with the banking department.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery arrived in London from Italy on Monday and was named to command British ground forces under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the supreme invasion.
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