Hog and cattle markets hold at near peak in Chicago notes
Chicago market reports show hogs 150 pounds and up selling near the ceiling at 14.75, sows steady at 14.00, with cattle and sheep prices mixed but mostly steady. Embargo on eastern railroads reduces demand, while shipments shift to local buyers. hogs, cattle, and sheep in Chicago Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines yards posted varied but largely stable to firmer prices amid transportation constraints.
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Chicago
Chicreo Market
TOWA
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Following Rye Lead Grain Firms Buy Rye Futures Rally
Chicago futures traded across grains as commission houses boosted rye buying, lifting prices across wheat corn oats rye and barley into firmer territory. May contracts showed gains with wheat at 1.615 1 35, corn 1.121 1 1, oats 0.6653-3, rye 2.113 14-35, barley 1.0934, while cash wheat No 2 at 1.757 and No 4 corn at 1.06-1.13. Field seed and forage prices also noted nominal shifts with Timothy, red top, and clover listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commission House
Wisconsin Cheese Prices Notice in Plymouth Market
Miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese report from Plymouth shows UOP1 Wisconsin cheese exchange primes. Twins and cheddars priced at 23 ac and 24 c, square prints listed at 24 2 c. No sales reported.
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Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
U S. Twins
Square
Chicago Butter Receipts and New York Dairy Prices
Chicago butter receipts show 4.103 tubs with steady extras and various grade scores. Egg receipts total 7,456 cases with current and dirties values noted. New York price quotes list butter 283,130 firm, cheese 352,139 nominal, eggs 16,162 firm with current wholesale ranges for grades No 1 to No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Idaho
Burbanks
U S
Colorado
Red McClures U
Florida
New York
Lost dog returns with ad reader in Cambridge
In Cambridge Nebraska a man seeking his lost dog placed an ad in the Cambridge Clarion. The dog walked in on its own, answering the ad and reuniting with its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Neb
Don Haryst
The
Cambridge Clarion
Stock Mart in General Rise
NEW YORK AP reports the stock market continued to rise with broad gains across departments. Transfers approached 1,300,000 shares as near closing hours yielded fractional to multiple point increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Mart
New York
Hogs Market Steady Ahead of Friday Trade
The local hog market remained largely steady on Friday with prime butchers at ceilings of 14.45 for top hogs and 13.70 for packers. Prices cover various weight classes for hogs and cattle, with notes on mixed yearlings, heifers, cows, lambs and related commodities, reflecting a busy, numbers-driven market segment.
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Bennett & Co
W. H
Reeves
Genene Sationas
Adams Express
Allied Chem
Johns E Manville
AlMed
Kennecott
Allis Chalmers
Kresge
Seoesse
Owens Sistory
Lig
My's
Bologna
Link
Bel AP
Lockheed Am
Loews, Inc
T&t
Gichlson SF
Mariel K . Aviation Corp
Mont Ward
Choice Western Wool
Bendix
Natl Dairy
Good and
Béth Steel
Boeing
Alrp
NY Central
Borden Co
Nor Pac R
Korg Warner
North Amn Co
Nor Amn
Burroughs
Penick
Ford
Philips Pet
Philco
Ohio
Chrysler Motors
Radio Keith
Rem Rand
Colg Palmolive
Rend Steel
Colum
Gus
Gam Sylvents
Schenley Oil
Copper
Sears Roebuck
Cons Edison
Servel Inc
Shell Union
Cons Aircraft Ie i Simmon Co
Conti
Sinclair_ Oil
Motors
Skelly Oil
Conti Oil
Socony
Crown Drug
Sou Pac
Crucible Steel
Cub Amn
Sperry Corp
Curtiss Wr
Calif
Deere, Co
Ind
Douglas Air
J Fey du Pontreo
Biew Warner
Erle RR
Gore
Elec Autolite
Corp
Elec Boat
Nes
Gull
S. Sith Eiie Bnd
Fruehauf
Goigwater
Apameen
Gaton Ride
Gen Foods
Wilson & Co
Woolworth
Youngstown
Zenith Radio
Chicago
Butler, Bros
Beit Co Chicago Corp
Edison
Walgreen
Cedar Rapids Grain and Produce Prices Vary by Item
Grain and produce lists show corn, soybeans, oats, wheat, rye, and hay with varied unit prices. Poultry, eggs, and poultry products priced. vegetables and fruits include celery, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, apples, and grapefruit. hides, calf hides, horses, and kips priced by grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
U_ S
Carver man arraigned on assault at McDonald’s tavern
Orville Trimble, 31, gave 52114 Fourth Avenue SE as his address and pled not guilty at arraignment before Judge Floyd Philbrick. Held in Linn county jail with $2,000 bond after Monday arrest following an altercation at McDonald’s tavern, accused of striking E. P. Kenny at 8060 Avenue NW with a beer bottle, causing a head wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Trimble
Fourth Avenue SE
Floyd Philbrick
Linn County
Trimble
McDonald's
E. P. Kenny
Avenue NW
Kenny
Farmer Hosts 140 Snowbound Drivers During Blizzard
James W Ehrmentraut of Churchville New York opened his 14 room house to more than 140 stranded motorists as a blizzard halted travel. Hosts provided shelter food and beer as travelers slept on floors and in four bedrooms with Ehrmentraut and his family offering hospitality and saying southern hospitality can’t beat this.
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Rochester
WN. Y
James W . Ehrmentraut
Churchville
Ehrmentraut
Clayton Mudd
Louisville
OPA Lets Free Sale of Shoes During Holiday
The OPA authorized a ration-free odd lot sale of men and women shoes from Feb 19 to March 3. Over 4.5 million pairs expected, about 3 percent of rationed stock. Retail sale price must be 25 percent below regular price, and retailer markup on shoes bought from other dealers cannot exceed 33 1/3 percent.
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Washington
OPA
Suspension Revoked for Gladys Walker 39
Judge Heiserman revoked an 11 month suspension and imposed a one year Linn County jail sentence for Gladys Walker 39 on a daytime larceny from a building charge dated Oct 19 1943. She will serve 11 months in the Rockwell City women’s reformatory as Linn County jail limits apply. Deputy Harlan Snyder arrested her. Officials say Howard Birch 20 who drew a suspended fine for larceny does not live in High Amana and is not an Amana Society member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heiserman Thursiday
Linn County
Gladys Walker
Bealer Court SE
Rockwell City
Harlan Snyder
The
Amana Society
Howard Birch
High Amana
Birch
Paper Supply Tight for Three Years After War Ends
Washington AP reports the commerce department says the global paper and wood pulp market will stay tight for at least three years after Europe’s war ends, impacting supply for newspapers, packaging, and other industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Commerce Department
Birthdays Marked for MacArthur and Krueger in Luzon
In Luzon, Friday marked Gen Douglas MacArthur’s 65th birthday and Lt. Gen Walter Krueger’s 64th birthday. Krueger commands the Sixth Army, whose forces are advancing across Luzon as operations continue.
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Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Regimental Stand Beats Odds in Maginot Line Fight
In France near Hatten and Rittershoffen, the 315th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division and attached units held off two and a half German divisions for 11 days. Col. Andrew J. Schriver Jr led a valiant defense with Negro 827th tank destroyer battalion supports, pushing back German paratroopers and tank forces. Despite heavy casualties, American troops held key streets until ordered withdrawal on January 20.
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Seventh Army
France
Maginot Line
Hatten
Rittershoffen
Andrew J. Schriver
Mt. Holly Springs
Morris W. Goodwin
Jacksonville
Fla
Stornike
E Company
Robert F. Jones
Casper
Wyo
Hell
Billion for Iowa In Contracts
Washington report shows Iowa received 1,029,366,000 in major war contracts from June 1940 to Oct 1, 1944, among 205,000,000,000 nationwide. Of Iowa total, 841,264,000 covered supply contracts and 188,102,000 covered facility projects, with breakdowns in aircraft, ships, ordnance, and other categories and regional eastern county figures forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Towa
War Production Board
Iowa
Babecka Released From Jail on Bond
Anton S Babecka 28 of 1022 Sixth Street SE was released from Linn county jail on 500 bond at 5 pm Thursday. He had pled innocent when arraigned in Justice H R Churchills court Thursday morning on a reckless driving charge in a head on collision Tuesday night on highway 151 near Marion. Rabbi Herman Schaalman Temple Judah, Mrs Schaalman and Mrs Frances Bendon of Olin were injured in the collision. Mrs Bendon was a passenger in the Babecka car.
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Anton S. Babecka
Sixth Street
Linn County
Babecka
H. R. Churchill
Highway 151
Marion
Herman Schaalman
Temple Judah
Schaalman
Frances Bendon
Olin
British Flyers Freed by Russians in Eastern Offensive
MOSCOW RP two British airmen are reported as the first Allied prisoners freed by the Russian drive into Silesia. They said they were shot down in France last January and held at a camp at Kruezburg near Breslau. No American prisoners have yet been found by the Red Army.
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Moscow
France
Kruezburg
Silesia
Kruezberg
Breslau
Russia
Red Army
U S War Crimes Delegate Change Announces Replacement
Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew said Herbert Pell is relieved of his post on the United Nations war crimes commission in London due to lack of congressional appropriations. Lt. Col. Joseph V. Hodgson will replace Pell as the United States maintains active interest in punishing war criminals.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Herbert Pell
United States
United Nations War Crimes Commission
London
Grew
Joseph V. Hodgson
Hawaii
Pell
Iowa air corps crewed C-47 unit flies cargo mission
Six Iowa men serve with the 13th Air Force cargo plane unit in the Southwest Pacific. The group has carried 10,000 sick and wounded soldiers to rear base hospitals, dropped supplies to front line Yanks, and hauled millions of tons of freight for the army. Pfc Donald E. Foster of La Porte City is among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th
A.A.F
Southwest Pacific
Iowa
Pfc
Donald E. Foster
la Porte City
Emma Young dies wife of retired Cedar Rapids pastor
Mrs Emma Young, wife of Dr F G Young a Methodist minister who retired in 1935, died at home at 7 15 am Friday after a brief illness. Born Sept 13 1874 at Independence she married Dr Young Oct 8 1891 at Hazelton. Surviving are her husband a daughter Ruth Belkema of Duluth five sons Ross Keen Donald Cecil and Ralph and 11 grandchildren. Services 1 30 pm Monday Turner chapel burial Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Young
F. G. Young
D Avenue
Young
Independence
Hazelton
Cedar Rapids
Farley
Death notices and funeral plans from Cedar Rapids area
Warner dies Thursday at 1723 C avenue NE. Service in Turner chapel at 9:30 AM Saturday, burial at Scotch Grove cemetery near Monticello with grave side services at 11:30 AM. Jesse Davis, 66, of 2617 Fruitland Blvd SW, dies after long illness. funeral plans to be announced. Rock Lubin dies Thursday. service at Barta chapel at 2 PM Saturday, burial in St Johns cemetery. Alva Van Alst to have services at Turner chapel Saturday 1:30 PM. burial in Linwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Davis
Fruitland Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Turner Funeral Home
Barta
Rock Lubin
First Street
T. B. Hlubucek
St. John’s Cemetery
Barta's
Alva van Alst
Turner Chapel
Frank H. Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids City Briefs Highlight Enlistment and Events
Robert Edward Salasek of 920 Twelfth Street NE enlisted in the naval reserve via Cedar Rapids recruiting station. Rev. C. W Harrop to speak on By Faith at 11 a.m. Sunday service at Pale Methodist Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. A guest night dance will install Cedar Rapids Assembly No. 11, Order of Rainbow for Girls, Saturday at Masonic Hall. Power outage hit downtown Cedar Rapids for about a minute Friday around 12 40 p.m. Helen Landis, Coe College junior from Polo Iowa, won the Pan Hellenic poetry reading at Coe, reading The Murder of Lidice by Edna St Vincent Millay. finalist Marian Johnson and Rob Mildred Fuller also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edward ‘Salasek
Twelfth Street
Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids
C. W Harrop
Pale
Cedar Rapids Assembly No. 11
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Helen Landis
Coe College
Polo, IA
Coe
Lidice
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Miss Landis
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Marian Johnson
Oak Park
Rob Mildred Fuller
Settlement Offered by Buttolph Accepted in OPA Suit
The offer of Hoyt E Buttolph Bennett to pay 1400.45 as settlement of an OPA suit for 2440.89 was accepted by U S District Judge Henry N Graven at Waterloo. The OPA charged Buttolph with demanding and receiving 813.63 above the ceiling price when he sold a used truck and trailer to S L Bowman of Makquoketa Jan 7 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt E. Buttolph
Bennett
OPA
U. S
Henry N. Graven
Waterloo
Buttolph
S. L. Bowman
Maquoketa
Tama Man Posts Bond on U.S. Liquor Charge
Walter L. Anderson of Tama posted $2,000 bond in the U S Commissioner’s office after being indicted this week at Waterloo on a charge of giving liquor to several Indian girls from the Tama reservation. He was held for the grand jury after a hearing on October 15 and his trial is set for April 3 in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Anderson
Tama
Tama Reservation
U. S
Charles L. Benesh
Waterloo
Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Five Persons Fined for Buying Stolen Cigarettes
Five people were fined $100 each in Fort Dodge after arrest on charges of receiving stolen property tied to a theft of 12,000 cigarets earlier in the week. Dale Spurlin, 17, confessed to stealing from a railroad freight house and named the five buyers who purchased the cigarets from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Dale Spurlin
E. W. Markle
James J. Leach Dies Pioneer Resident of Coggon
James J. Leach, 88, pioneer resident of Coggon, died Friday at 5 30 am at his home. Services set for Sunday at 2 pm at Coggon Methodist Church. Survived by five sisters Mrs Belle Kirkpatrick Waterloo Mrs Nancy McLeod Cedar Rapids Mrs Charlotte Blodgett Mrs Flora Page Central City and Mrs Elmer Fay Coggan. The South American automobile bag carries a white light in front and a red one behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coggon
James J. Leach
Coggon Methodist Church
Belle Kirkpatrick
Waterloo
Nancy McLeod
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Blodgett
Flora Page
Central City
Elmer Fay
Coggan
Cold Wave Slows War Production Across Regions
The current cold wave crippled war production in more than twenty plants Friday. Ten deaths, six in New York and four in New England, were attributed to the cold. Col. E A Lynn urged residents to cut natural gas use as plants curtailed operations. Ohio cities faced coal shortages while Interior Secretary Ickes said Akron dealers refused lower grade coal and warned of possible government seizure of coal yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York
New England
Col. E. A. Lynn
Cleveland District Army Ordnance Chief
Ordnance
Ohio
Washington
Ickes
Akron
FEPC Debate Highlighted by House Unit Action
In Friday proceedings the House unit rejected an amendment to manpower legislation, denying statutory backing for the Fair Employment Practices committee program. The page also lists numerous Lost and Found notices, classified ads, and small business pitches from local merchants and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Fair Employment Practices, Committee
Representative Wanted for Northern Illinois and Iowa
Manufacturer and distributor of engineering and drafting equipment seeks a representative for the Northern half of Minnesota Chicago area and Iowa. Male, 25 to 35, married preferred, with car, salary and commission, permanent post, photo and details requested, replies confidential. Write Box P-6 Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Twin Bridges
Montana
L. B. Lamb Sales Co
1St St. NE
Leo Klinger
Klinger Paint Co
2Nd Ave
Kilborn Photo Paper Co
1St Ave
Perecure Corporation
Oakland
RCA
Casentt Iborn Photo Paper Co
Mary Floyd
Candy
May
Merchants National Bank
Ethong
Machinn
Lefebvre Corporation
Oakland Road
Davis Cleaners
Igirls
Ilady
Stolba
Vernon Ave
Second Avenue
Virginia
Taft Grill
Butterfly Cafe
3Rd Ave
2Nd ST
Kory Inn
Paramount
Kelleany
Lafayette Cafe
Minols
Chicago
Iowa
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Chicago -Ins
Omaha
WFAI
Sioux City
Ottumwa
Austin
Lamson Brothers
H. R. Mowrey
Bearley
May W Lotete
Joe
Rye
C. R
IAP
Ralis
St. Paul
Baltimore and Ohio
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Central of Georgia
Central of New Jersey
Monon
Southern
Erie
Mido Markets
Farmer
Birch Not Society
M’arthur, Krueger
Bow
Clinton
Dubuque
Iowa - Jackson
Johnson
Linn
Muscatine Poweshick
U.S
William B. Warner
City Briefs
Tama Man
Kozy Inn
Sam Kacere
Wilson
16Th St
John Blackford
Toddville
American Woolen Co
Ck's
Help Dial
Richards R. R
Probasco Jewelry
Palace Theater
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Home Recording CO
B. Steele
Vincent's Jewelry
R. M. Schaefer
Chaefer
MFG
Sands Printing
2Nd St. NE
G. Hover
1St St. SW
Fuller Brushe
Fuller
Anna FP. Clark
Masseuse
Helene Curtis
Addi
Lovely Lady
First Avenue SE
Mabeline Beauty Shop
Thompson Beauty Salon
Iowa Theater
Paris Academy
Ce Mar
Montrose
Fran Richey
Randall & Greyson Co
10th “St._NE
Novak Heating Co
Jows Radio
Distinctio
Dia
4Th Ave
Center Point Road
Arnold Ellingson
5Th Ave. SE
Kramer Construction Company
Mack Augustine
I. Kirkpatrick
Cashman Plumbing & Heating
Call Noble
Ray Leeper
Sparta
J T Thomas
Leo J. Smith
ASNES
R. C. Holland
Marton
Nelson
Mullin
Ronnie
Morris Fur Shop
Granby
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Priebe & Sons, Inc
DIAL
1St St. NW
Jergen's Woodbury CO
Drug and
Chas L. Mayness
Montrose Hote
Colonial Baking Co
5Th Ave
Parkenty
Fifth St
Harold Eller
Tipton
Red Crown Bowling Ailey
3Rd St
Mid-West Insulation CO
Depentinn Corporation
Ole
Rogar
Allen Motor Coo
Petersen Baking CO
Fiein
Keeshin National Freight Lines
First St. SE
Cedar Raulds
Union
L. B
Amb Sales Co
Public Finance Co
Kresge Coo
Troy Laundry
Rapids Chevrolet CO
Al's Furniture
High Saatary
Care Gazette
Socony Vacuum Oil Co
Twin Towers Cafe
Allison
Tom Owen
HIS Cowboys
Hall
Grand Cafe
Good Foods
Drive Inn
Dancine
Kingston
Elmer Young
Lee
Walt Anthony
Hi-Way Gardens
Stanwood
Townsend
Quaker Oats Company
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