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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1945

Page

5

Cattle Run at 7 Year Crest Amid Large Receipts

Chicago market faced strong selling as receipts hit 27 000 head the heaviest since 1936 January. Fed steers and yearlings eased 25 to 50 cents while hogs sold steady to 10 cents higher, with top at 14 75. Lambs remained steady with early tops near 15 50 as Sioux City and Chicago reports show mixed demand and wide price spreads across cattle hogs and sheep.

Chicago INS Fed Sioux City WPAI WFA Helfers Omaha Livestock Omaha WFAI Tamb

Chicago Produce Market Report Summary

Chicago produce prices and arrivals show steady to firm movement across dairy eggs poultry and vegetables. Notable items include eggs receipts of 6 062 cases and butter tires with various grades, red russet burbanks and Triumphs potatoes, with mixed conditions from washed to unwashed and occasional price adjustments.

Chicago Idaho Cobblers U S Wisconsin New Jack Street Florida Triumphs U. S

Wisconsin cheese exchange offers twins and cheddars

An item from Plymouth Wisconsin lists Wisconsin cheese exchange products including five twins or cheddars and cheddar squares. Prices shown as 23 and 24 cents per unit.

Gwisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange

Lt Borak Appointed Personal Affairs Officer for Cedar Rapids

Lt Leo Borak of the Coe College military department is named the army's personal affairs officer for the Cedar Rapids area succeeding Lt Arthur W Fritton. He will advise servicemen ex servicemen and dependents on rights and privileges under laws and regulations and will not perform agency functions. Military contacts and information requests should go through appropriate channels at Coe College.

Leo Borak Coe College Military Department Army Cedar Rapids Arthur W. Fritton Lt Borak US Employment Service The Bar Association Social Security Board Veterans

Prices Hold Steady On Cedar Rapids Hog Market

Prices remained steady on the Cedar Rapids hog market with top prime butchers at 14.25 and packers at 13.65. Listings show varied values for hogs by weight, cattle categories, calves, sheep, and lambs, reflecting mixed feeder and slaughter stock quotes across grades and weights.

Cedar Rapids Oped & Ghese

Cedar Rapids Market Prices for Grains and Produce

Grain and produce prices list for Cedar Rapids include corn at No. 2 yellow 1.00 and old No. 12 yellow 51.03, soybeans No. 2 yellow 2.04, oats No. 1 white 75c, wheat No. 2 1.40, rye No. 2 1.00, hay and straw at 14.00, heavy springs 25c, various fowl prices, eggs at 33c for No. 1, 10c for No. 2, pullets 23c, wholesale fruits and vegetables with California celery 4.05, lemons 7.20, lettuce 5.99, onions 1.70, apples Jonathans 4.00, potatoes 2.95, grapefruit 3.25, and hides and leather at listed rates.

Iowa Des Moines TRE Sad Mason & Waterloo Ottomwn Austin California Idaho U. S Texas

Grain markets rally after mid session lag

Chicago AP reports grain futures moved higher late trading as wheat corn oats rye and barley gained. Wheat May futures at 1.6656, corn up to 1.13, oats about 0.14 to 1.10, rye around 1.24, barley near 1.18.

Chicago

Chicago price report lists grains and field seeds

AP Chicago markets show hard wheat at 174 a ton No 2 fed at 1.76 per bushel corn No 2 yellow 1.07 No 5 yellow 1.02 oats No 1 mixed 0.794 No 1 heavy 0.781 arleySep near 1.37 red top timothy 66 6 25 red clover 31 50 alsike 28 50 field seed per hundred rates noted

Chicago Arley Timothy Law Tclaver Alsike

Japs Use Flying Bombs in China

Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault says Japan uses flying bombs for Chinese air defense but its launch method is unclear. Flyers report objects that chase or parallel American planes, but pilots evade them. Chennault notes Japan’s air force lacks effective defense and will continue trying.

China Kunming Claire L. Chennduit Chennault

Montgomery Took Command on Own Hook

London writer says Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery assumed command of Allied armies on the northern flank of the German salient days before formal confirmation. He reportedly acted on forebodings about German moves and urged leadership as the situation grew desperate.

Montgomery London INS Wilson Broadbent London Daily Mail Bernard L. Montgomery Broadbent

Stock Market Rebounds in Broad Rally

New York trading opens with rails and industrials pushing to seven year highs as gains approach three points. Volume runs near 1.8 million shares with many favorites closing at intraday peaks and a mix of gains and retreats across issues.

New York

Tokyo says two B twenty nine bomb Nagoya raid

Tokyo radio reported two Superfortresses from the Marianas conducted separate night raids on Nagoya, starting a fire in one area.

Tokyo Nagoya New York INS Marianas

Mrs Worden Hurt In First Avenue Crash

Mrs Worden aged 53 at 1005 Thirty second street NE suffered multiple rib fractures after a collision with a car driven by Clarence Foster of Waterloo at First avenue and Tenth street E early Sunday. Both drivers said glare from approaching headlights blinded them and they failed to see each other before the crash.

Lee Worden Thirty Second Street Clarence Foster Waterloo First Avenue Tenth Street E Worden Foster

Over 3 000 Register At Iowa State College

Iowa State College reports 3181 students on the fifth day of winter quarter. Registration was Jan 3 with late enrollments expected to reach about 13300 for the quarter. Among new arrivals 645 are in the navy V-12 program and the remainder civilians.

Ames Iowa State College J. R. Sage Sage Navy

Hold Youth 21 for Theft of Cash Bond

Robert Charles Burrow, 21, of 1103 Center Point road NE, was charged with larceny from a building. Detectives Stusak and Simon arrested him Sunday at First avenue and Third street NE at 8 p.m. Burrow allegedly took 11 dollars in cash and one E bond from Mrs. Alice Wennemark at 417 Sixth street SE on Saturday.

Robert Charles Burrow Center Point Road L. F. Stusak H. R. Simon First Avenue Third Street Burrow Alice Wennermark Sixth Street

Montgomery in Tribute to G I Courage

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery praised American valor and Allied resolve after a German offensive in Belgium failed to gain advantage. He highlighted the Second and Seventh Armored Divisions and the 82nd and 101st Airborne as performing well and emphasized unity with Eisenhower amid British press criticism. He warned against outsiders driving wedges between Allied leaders.

Montgomery St. Vith Bastogne United States Airborne 82Nd 101St War Department Washington United States Army Ike Gen Eisenhower

British Paper Says State Dept Groups Tipping Off Pearson

The Sunday Pictorial accuses squabbling U. S. State Department groups of whispering international secrets to American columnist Drew Pearson. It warns against British documents being used as weapons by rival American diplomats and urges more foreign office discretion.

State Dept Pearson London The Sunday Pictorial United States State Department Drew Pearson Eictorial Britain Economist Foreign Office

City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Notices

City officials schedule a Public Welfare board meeting at 4 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce. Cedar Rapids residents enlist in the naval reserve and the West Side Mutual Fire Insurance Association plans its annual Linn county meeting. Probate granted for Elizabeth Gilchrist and executors named. City grants beer licenses to Nick Zervakis and Lee Nassif. Cedar Rapids Bird Club gathers at Coe College. Marjorie Brunner reviews The Murmur of Wings and Virginia Slauson presents Hawk Mountain sanctuary film.

Public Welfare Bureau Board Chamber of Commerce West Side Mutual Fire Insurance Association Linn County Cedar Rapids Bird Club Science Hall Coe College Marjorie Brunner Leonard Dubkim Virginia Slauson Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

Follow Me Leadership Is Of The Spirit

Edgar A. Guest presents a poem praising leadership that inspires others to rise beyond fear. The speaker urges following a bold, unselfish leader whose courage routs tyranny and leads to victory, emphasizing inner virtue over rank or parade.

Marion News aids blood plasma fund drive and local notices

Marion community reports contributions to the blood plasma fund led by Mrs Pauline Naso with several groups giving amounts from 1 to 10 50. Local notices include service changes post and hospital recalls and a list of residents and families with moves births and medical events.

Aid Pauline Naso Blood Plasman Fund Eastern Star Otto Kieckhaefer Rebekah Lodge Tuchabache Club Reva Hoffman Springville American Legion Auxiliary Prairie Chapel W.S.C.S Cheerful Companions Christian Church Reading Circle Marion Klatter Klub Hazleton

British Forces Clear Athens Peninsula in Military Advance

British armor cleared the Athens peninsula southeast of Athens and fought to reduce an Elas strong point in a mountain defile 25 miles northwest. Lt Gen Ronald Scobie said the peace offer no longer holds under original terms after Elas seized civilians as hostages and blocked Red Cross visits to camps.

Athens Elas Ronald Scobie Scobie Sezure Red Cross He Isald

Washington Job's A Chinese Puzzle

New York AP report quotes Jean A Brunner commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars asking a niece about a war job in Washington She answers with a lengthy title describing data analysis work in the War Manpower commission division of occupational analysis and manning tables within the bureau of labor utilization.

New York Jean A. Brunner The Veterans of Foreign Wars Washington Division of Occupational Analysis and Bureau of Labor Utilization War Manpower Commission

R A F Dam Buster Guy Gibson Presumed Dead

Wing Commander Guy Gibson, who led the 1943 Mohne and Eder dam raids, was officially listed as presumed killed in action, after previously being listed as missing in action.

London Guy Gibson Mohne Eder Ruhr R.A.F

War Costs by Allies and Powers from 1940 to 1944

United States spending nears 235 billion while Britain and Russia together exceed 330 billion. Soviet Union expenditures near 100 billion since 1940. Germany estimated at 130 billion. Japan and Italy contribute sizable sums, with incomplete, department-based estimates across multiple governments.

Washington United States Commerce Department Soviet Union Russia Great Britain Dominions Germany Japan Pearl Harbor Italy

Nylon hosiery release delayed by postwar planning

New York AP report details that civilian nylon hose will need about four and a half months from release to shelves. The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers estimates three million dozen pairs must be on hand before distribution to retailers, with three and a half months for production and one month for distribution. Silk may account for about 20 percent of hosiery after the war.

New York National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers Pacific

Card of Thanks and Lost Items Ads in Jay Minnesota

A collage of notices expresses thanks for kindness after a wife and mother’s loss. Separately, items lost include a brown leather billfold with railroad tickets and cash, two strands of pearl beads, a blue flower pin, a gentleman’s gold inlaid cameo ring, and a coal chute. Rewards and contact numbers accompany several losses, with multiple business ads and personal notices following.

James E. Bennett & Co Merchants National Bank Bldg Cedar Rapids Kresge's Cracmer'’s Eagle Corl Co First St Indy

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