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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1945

Page

7

Hogs Steady in Chicago Market Amid Mixed Receipts

Chicago market reports show hogs quoted nominally steady with barrows and gilts up to 25 cents higher on strong demand. Week’s top priced at 14.75 per 100 pounds with salable receipts around 5,000 hogs and 500 cattle at the Chicago Livestock Market. Cattle and sheep also listed with receipts and steady to mixed changes across classes. OMAHA and SIOUX CITY values noted for hogs and cattle with varying prices and supplies. Des Moines Iowa price listings included for reference.

Chicago Omatia Omaha Choice Sioux City Good

Towa Hog Receipts Drop in Iowa Minnesota Week

Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 12 pack plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended Saturday show 39 900 head, down from 44 690 a week earlier and 45 700 a year ago. Prices listed for various hog categories.

TOWA Des Moines UPI WFA Iowa Minnesota

Chicago Produce Arrivals and Prices Note Potatoes

Chicago prices show Idaho Burbanks U S No 1 unwashed at 3.57 per 100 lbs with 42 arrivals and 98 total shipments. Minnesota and North Dakota Triumphs washed jobbed 3.13, commercial 3.01, cobblers 3.11, Kotahdins Maine commercial 3.59. Florida Sorb sack Triumphs washed 2.78.

Chicago Idaho Burbanks U. S Minnesota North Dakota UO S Maine Kotahdins Florida

Wisconsin cheese market notes and missing sales

Wis cheese exchange report from Plymouth shows no sales reported for U S twins and cheddars and various 24 percent prints. The item lists miscellaneous cheese related notes with no further transaction details.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wisconsin Cheese Exchange

Americans Pound Rhineland Routes

More than 750 American heavy bombers with 550 Mustang fighters struck German supply and communications centers in the Rhineland. Fortresses bombed freight yards at Rheine and Heilbronn and the Rhine river rail bridge at Mannheim.

London Rhineland Rheine Munster Heilbronn Stuttgart Rhine River Mannheim

Those Jap Bomb Shelters Are Cold

The Dai Nippon Physical Culture society announced through a United Press broadcast reviewed by the FCC a program of air defense calisthenics. Japanese residents sheltering in cold air raid spaces would warm up with exercises to avoid freezing during the long winter days.

United Press Dai Nippon Physical Culture Society FCC

Davenport Barber Named Outstanding Citizen of 1944

Davenport barber Clarence Hazen Davenport who wrote 866 letters to servicemen in under four years and sold nearly 150000 dollars in war bonds was named Davenport’s outstanding citizen of 1944 and will be honored at a February 22 dinner.

Davenport Clarence Hazen Davenport Barber Cheen

Behn Bat frag Resessors WAULE PAD IN ss ream

Behn Bat fragment centers on a local issue with WAULE PAD in a review of a ream process. The notice highlights a dispute over equipment or procedure and the involvement of regional authorities. Details remain partial but indicate procedural concerns and potential filings.

Ss Ream

Wall Street Slumps Amid Moderate Saturday Trade

New York stocks fell on a moderate volume session with declines led by Bethlehem Steel and Coastal- Gasoline lines. Motors and rail shares dropped about a point, utilities were steady to lower, while a broad list of industrials showed mixed to softer performance in the latest market quotations.

New York INS Bethlehem Steel Coast Line

Cedar Rapids Hog Market Sees Prices At Ceiling

All hog prices on the Cedar Rapids market hit ceiling levels on Saturday. The record shows top prime hogs at 14.45, packers around 3.70, with varied pricing across weight classes for good hogs, packers, mixed yearlings, and cows. Calf, sheep, and bull values are listed, noting weight bands and quality grades.

Cedar Rapids

Grain Quotations Fall Off Sharply on Saturday

Chicago AP reports grain futures slid with wheat at lower close and rye and barley hardest hit. May prices drifted down with corn and oats also weakening while cash provisions priced wheat, corn, oats, and barley and field seeds showed varied nominal values.

Chicago Gebaco (Ap Red Glover Clover Alsike

One Missing Four Suffer Burns in Farm House Fire

Ottumwa Iowa report states Mrs Helen Giltner 28 and daughter Martha 9 burned critically after a farm home fire. Twin Margaret 4 is missing. Marilyn and Max Giltner suffered shock. Fire started in a cookstove. Max tried to rescue family as Margaret remained unaccounted for.

Margaret Giltner

Cedar Rapids Market Prices for Grains and Farm Produce

A detailed list of commodity prices at Cedar Rapids including corn yellow No 2 at 1.00 and old No 2 at 1.03, oats No 1 white 5c, rye No 2 1.00, straw and hay prices, eggs No 1 at 41, wholesale fruits and vegetables with California celery 4.95 and lemons 7.20, Russet potatoes 2.95, and various cured hides and livestock prices. plus notes on poultry, poultry products, and general market items.

California Idaho Texas

City Briefs and Local Notices Highlight Community Events

Henry Bencke, 2938 Oakland road NE, returns home from St. Luke's Hospital improved. NAACP will meet Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Zion Baptist Church. Omer McGlaughlin, 39 Oakland road NE, returns from Emden Mo after his mother Annie McGlaughlin’s death. Jeannie Hoffman 523 Sixth avenue SE reports theft of $4 and ID papers at McDonald’s tavern. High mass for Gus Kutrules, died Jan 12 1933, to be held Sunday at St. John’s Hellenic Orthodox church. Christ Sanctified Holy church on Fifteenth street SE hosts weeklong meetings Jan 22–29 with guest speakers. Rev. H. G. Darden is pastor. Robert Irving, 20, 417 Fifth Javenue SW, allegedly drove through a stop sign in Second Street NE, causing damage to Frank McCollin’s car. Irving faces driving without a license charges.

Gus Kutrules St. John’s Sixth Avenue SE Christ Sanctified Holy Church Fifteenth Street SE H. G. Dardens Robert Irving Second Street Frank McCollin First Avenue Irving

Cornell College President to Speak at St Pauls Church

Dr. Russell Cale president of Cornell college Mt. Vernon will lecture at St. Pauls Methodist Church at 11 am Sunday on Christian Education and the Churchs Responsibility. Cornell alumni receive a special invitation with auditorium seating reserved for them.

Russell Cale Cornell College Mt. Vernon St. Paul’s Methodist Church Cornell

One Driver Fined After Cars Collide

Fred Waddel of 1006 Twelfth Street NE was fined $5 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to losing control and rear ending Glen Yernes of Route 2 Iowa City on Friday night. Yernes’s car was damaged but no one was hurt as he stopped for a crossing flagman at Fourth Street.

Fred Waddel Twelfth Street Harry S. Johnson Glen Yeries Iowa City Yernes First Avenue Fourth Street

Pvt John Cole Home From 10 Months Overseas

Pvt John Cole 20 son of Mr and Mrs W S Cole of 210 Thirty Fourth Street SE is on furlough at home after ten months overseas. He drove a duck for amphibious engineers based in England and was part of a guard escort for Eisenhower Fatton and Churchill. He entered service July 3 1943 training at Camp Wallace Texas and Fort Meade Maryland and will report to Fort Lewis Washington for further orders.

John Cole W. S., Cole Thirtyfourth Street Pvt. Cole Amphibious Engineers England Eisenhower Fatton Churchill Pvt Cole Camp Wallace Texas Fort Meade Fort Lewis Wash

Iowa in Brief: marriages, awards, and notices across towns

Divorce petitions filed in Anamosa cite cruel treatment and claim of business ownership. Scouts honor Lee Sanner with 25 years of service in Jones county. Anamosa officers installed. X ray program hits 90 percent county school participation. Inductions and anniversaries noted in Marengo, Tipton, Solon, and Anamosa with military and civic updates.

Anamosa Mildred C. Meek Edward F. Meek Kahoka Mildred Crane Lee Sanner Waubeek Area Boy Scout Council Cedar Rapids Jones County

Pfc Stanley Davis Wounded in Action in Belgium

War department message informs Pfc Stanley Davis of 1237 Third Street NW that he was wounded in action in Belgium on December 20. He serves with an airborne division, has over two years in service, and has been overseas since last August, with his wife and son residing at the listed address.

Pfc Stanley Davis Belgium War Department Third Street NW Davis

Marion News Briefs Highlight Transfers and Local Events

Seaman Harold Caldwell has moved from Great Lakes to Hunters Point while his wife and children join relatives in Los Angeles. Mrs. May Wahl hosted a luncheon for her son Flight Officer William H. Wahl. Local notices include visits by Marion residents, a hayrack party by the Marion Business Girls club, and church and naval service updates.

Seaman Harold Caldwell Great Lakes Hunter's Point Calif Howard Caldwells Los Angeles A. E. Smith May Wahl Eleventh Street William H. Wahl Marion Business Girls Club Harry Scott Marion Doris Scott Vernon Blietz Dorothy Slater

Area Church Schedules and Services Listed

Multiple churches in Marion outline Sunday and midweek services. Cedar Rapids-born speaker William Dykhuizen preaches at Marion Baptist Bible School. Armored by Rev T J McElliott at St Joseph’s, and Rev Vernon H Carter at Christian church. Evening services and youth activities noted along with joint and revival plans.

Baptist—Bible School William Dykhuizen Cedar Rapids St. Joseph’s T. J. McElliott Vernon H. Carter Christian Youth Fellowship Orval Walker Waterloo James M. Lower Brotherhood of Man Iane McKellop Janet Drakenbrod The Soldiers and Gospel Mission of South America C. B Patrick James P. Gable Methodist Church Mr. Gable Youth Fellowship Presbyterian C. V. R. DeJong Iowa City Capt. Whittaker Eddie Rickenbacker Ben Gill St. Paul’s Lutheran Carl T. Wuerffel Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue W. W. McMicken Prairie Chapel A. B. Curran Epworth League

Czech-Czechoslovak government plans move to homeland

London reports indicate Eduard Benes and the Czecho slovak government plan to depart for Czechoslovakia within three weeks to form a new regime from resistance leaders. The Economist cites Moscow’s ambiguous stance, noting Soviet sympathy for Ruthenian irredentism against the pre-Munich frontiers.

London Ruthenia Eduard Benes Benes Economist Moscow Soviet Union Czechoslovakia

Senator Wilson Seeks Streamlined Congress in Iowa Visit

U S Senator George A Wilson, after a Rochester hospital stay, says he is healthful and hopeful a joint congressional committee to streamline congress will work quickly. He notes possible changes could improve efficiency, including Iowa legislative rules.

Wilson Congress Des Moines U. S George A. Wilson Statehouse Washington Rochester Congressional Iowa Senate

Northwestern Students Protest Tuition Increase

About 1200 Northwestern University students rallied on campus to oppose a six percent tuition rise approved by the board. Undergraduate tuition jumps from 336.50 to 400 dollars per year next September while graduate rates go from 274 to 350 dollars. The protest committee agreed to confer with President Franklyn B. Snyder as classes continued.

Chicago Northwestern University Franklyn B. Snyder Board of Northwestern Snyder

Mrs Donald Nelson Granted Divorce in Chicago

Mrs Helen W Nelson was granted a divorce from Donald M Nelson 56 a Roosevelt administration official and former War Production Board chairman in Chicago Superior Court. The decree carried no alimony but approved any private property settlement terms not disclosed. The couple married December 18 1926 and had no children with separation dated December 15 1940.

Chicago Helen W. Nelson Donald M. Nelson Roosevelt War Progunion Board William J. Lindsay Chambers Nelson

Deming Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Morals Charge

Donald Clay Deming 32 given 30 days in Linn county jail and a $100 fine after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was arrested by Detectives Kudina Davis and Hanna after allegedly keeping a 16 year old girl in his hotel room.

Donald Clay Deming Linn County G. K. Thompson Deming W. J. Kudina Stanley Davis John Hanna

Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People Resolute

A short verse by Edgar A. Guest reflects on resolve to keep vows and try again in forty six. The piece also muses on temptation and money with simple rhymes about its power and limits.

Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People

Union Reimburses Nix for Plane Fare

Union local No. GRS reimbursed Carpenter's Mate 2/c Maurice Nix for $98 borrowed to pay for a plane ticket after being bumped by a dog incident while en route to base in San Francisco. Nix had emergency leave to visit his four children.

Granite City, Ll INS Maurice Nix Red Cross Dallas Tex Col Elliott Roosevelt Blaze

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