Live cattle and hog market drift on thinning offers
Chicago and Midwest livestock markets show buyers paying top fed steer bids near 17.10 while many sellers hold back due to higher asks. Hogs move at ceiling prices for good and choice. calves and sheep follow steady to firm tones across Chicago Omaha Sioux City Des Moines markets with varied receipts and active trading.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock
WFAI
Omaha
WFA
Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Grain futures rise on short covering amid light trade
Wheat and rye futures gain as short covering drives prices higher while overall grain activity stays subdued. May wheat at 1.6134-5, corn up to 44, oats and rye also firm, barley modestly higher. Chicago cash bids show No 2 red wheat ceiling at 1.75 and mixed sample corn bids around 91 to 99 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Reports Unchanged Prices
AP reports from Chicago and New York on live poultry eggs butter and cheese markets. Butter receipts and prices steady with unchanged ceilings, eggs firm with mixed color and standard grades, cheese nominal with no quotations, potatoes and other stock lightly offered amid firm demand.
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Chicago
U. S
Florida
Bliss Triumphs
NEW York Produce
New York
Wisconsin Miscellany Plucks Mixed Dairy Prices
Plymouth Wisconsin report lists sales of four carloads of twins and cheddars at 23 4 cents and one carload of square prints at 24 4 cents per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Cieest
Plymouth
Wis
Fire Sweeps Republic Steel Cleveland Coke Plant
A spectacular wind whipped five alarm fire swept the benzol section of Republic Steel's Cleveland coke plant after an explosion. Only about six employees were present and all fled to safety. No injuries reported. Possible damage in the hundreds of thousands, threatening a key war production facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
INS
Republic Steel Corporation
Stock Market Rebounds After Early Dip
New York AP reports the stock market righted itself after a sharp morning dip and closed with most leaders gaining fractions to around a point. Some specialties rose two or more, with about 1,100,000 shares traded.
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New York
Hogs Mostly Steady On Cedar Rapids Market
Cedar Rapids hog market shows stability with a small rise for light prime butchers. Top prices reach 14.45 for prime butchers and 13.70 for packers, with various weights and grades listed alongside cross-market quotes and a long list of commodity figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mason
Synteroo Ottumwa Austin
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Market Report Grain and Livestock Prices
The Cedar Rapids market lists corn at 81 00 per unit for CRE and 1.03 for No 2 yellow soybeans at 2.04, oats 31 40, rye 1.00, and various hay and straw values. Livestock includes leghorn and heavy stock prices, current receipts, and poultry prices, with wholesale fruit and veg values for celery lemons lettuce onions and apples. Hides, skins, and leather prices, plus horse and calf values, round out the report with scattered figures for timber and glue inputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Texas
Naval
Ford aids 2 veterans in jail find rehab path
Two Guadalcanal veterans Arthur Davidowicz and Mitchell Lodzinski, both 22, jailed after a tavern burglary, admitted guilt. Henry Ford intervened, arranging transfer to the Ford Motor Company veteran rehabilitation camp, as police urged restitution and a clean record if they succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Detroit
Guadalcanal
Arthur Davidowicz
Mitchell Lodzinski
Davidowicz
Hamtramck High School
Florida
Pollice
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Pilot Killed at Sioux City Base In Propeller Accident
Sioux City, IA, reports that Staff Sergeant Paul C. Harris was killed Tuesday at the Sioux City Army Air Base when he inadvertently walked into a revolving airplane propeller. Col. Downs E. Ingram, the base commander, issued the confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Paul C. Harris
Sioux City Army Air Base
Downs E. Ingram
American Planes Dominate Sky Over Luzon AP Report
The Japanese Dome news agency complained on Wednesday that American planes rule the skies over Luzon, describing Allied air superiority as if they own the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Luzon
Triplets All Land On Casualty List Within Five Days
Washington (UP) The Brock triplets from Texas were casualties within five days. Floyd Brock was killed in action on Nov 19. Boyd Brock was seriously wounded on Nov 16. Lloyd Brock was missing in action on Nov 20. Parents Mr and Mrs Roy D Brock reside near Clarendon Texas. Brig Gen Robert A Dunlop, acting adjutant general, sent condolences praising the brothers' gallantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brock
Texas
France
War Department
Floyd Brock
Boyd
Lloyd
Roy D. Brock
Clarendon
Robert A. Dunlop
Former Wife of Maharajah Weds Mail Carrier
Marguerite Lawler Holkar, once wife of the Maharajah of Indore, has married W Masters a Laguna Beach area mail carrier. Records show she wed in January while the Maharajah and she were estranged. Masters, a Coast Guard veteran, was a substitute letter carrier at Laguna Beach. The partnership follows her earlier marriages and divorce from the maharajah.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Marguerite Lawler Holkar
Indore
Laguna Beach
Calif
Justice of the Peace
Holkar
John Branigen
Minneapolis
U S Accidental Death Toll Drops 1944
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council reports 1944 home front accidental deaths fell 5 percent to 94,000 with 9,750,000 injured and 4.85 billion dollars in costs. All accident deaths were 70.4 per thousand, lowest since 1922 if prior years are excluded.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
United States
Enlistments and honors fill Cedar Rapids brief
City reports Joseph Franklin Dytrt and Stanley Straatsma enlisted in naval reserve through Cedar Rapids recruiting offices. Cpls Llewellyn and DeEulis received Good Conduct medals. DeEulis on temporary duty in Des Moines. Dr and Mrs Herman D Mitz will speak at Four Square Gospel Tabernacle. Wednesday service canceled. Social security and employer withholding tax returns due Jan 31 will be considered timely if mailed to Cedar Rapids IRS office and postmarked tonight.
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Joseph Franklin Dytrt
Hamilton Street
Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids
Stanley Elmer Straatsma
Sioux Center
University of Iowa
Cpl
M. M. Llewellyn
Siverina DeEulis
Cpl. DeEulis
Des Moines
Herman D. Mitz
Nes
Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle
First Avenue SW
First Class Scouts Swim Course at YMCA
A swimming course for first class Scouts starts Wednesday February 7 at the YMCA under Gur ney Day physical director. It will count toward swimming and life saving merit badges. Keith Benner Scout executive urged all eligible boys to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurney Day
Keith Benner
Five criminal cases set for Monday in district court
Judge J. E. Heiserman assigned five criminal cases for Monday. Defendants include Don Wright for uttering a forged instrument, Mildred Becker for cheating by false pretenses, Everett W. Leonard for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, Orville Trimble for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, and Don Fritz and E. H. Fritz for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heiserman
Don Wright
Mildred Becker
Everett W. Leonard
Orville Trimble
Don Fritz
E. H. Fritz
Petition for Grant township secondary road district
A delegation led by Albert Hudson of Walker presented a petition to Linn county supervisors on Tuesday to create a secondary road district in Grant township to surface one mile of road two miles south of Walker extending east and west. The petition was referred to the Linn county engineer for report and plat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hudson
Walker
Linn County
Grant Township
Petty Named Public Bidder for Linn County Tax Sale
Clare H. Petty, chairman of the Linn county board of supervisors, was designated by the board on Tuesday afternoon to be public bidder for the annual tax sale to be held at 10 am Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare H. Petty
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Japs Plan Mercy Ship to Captives
London dispatch says the Japanese government plans to send a mercy ship with Red Cross parcels and gifts to Allied prisoners at Singapore and on the islands of Sumatra and Java, as announced via Tokyo radio.
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London
Red Cross
Singapore
Sumatra
Java
Tokyo Radio
How U.S. Armies Are Distributed Across Theaters
Washington AP reports the War Department lists American armies by theater and location. First Army in France, Second in Memphis Tennessee, Third in France, Fourth in Texas, Fifth in Italy, Sixth in the Philippines, Seventh in France, Eighth in the Philippines, Ninth in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
France
Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Italy
Philippines
Japanese Say Five Generals Die As War Toll Rises
The Japanese Domein agency reported Wednesday that five more Japanese generals have died, bringing the total killed since May 23, 1944, to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Domein Agency
Otto Wilson Plea Deadline Set After Sanity Ruling
Otto Wilson admitted butchering two women in a skid row hotel last November. A Los Angeles judge ruled him sane at the time of the killings and set February 20 as the deadline to enter a plea to murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Otto Wilson
Skid Row
Marion high school junior class play Ever Since Eve set for March dates
Marion high school plans the three act comedy Ever Since Eve for March 15 and 16 in the Lincoln auditorium under director Miss Margaret Blaine. The cast includes Helen Frazier Beverly Lutz Carol Jean Buckner Joan Crew Jean Nickeson Lewis Mottinger Ed Wainwright Dick McCalley Douglas Hutchins Bill McCann Chandler Boettcher Calvin Robison Bill Travis and Harry Fox with Theola Lint and Betty Jo Hamblin assisting.
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Marion
Lincoln Auditorium
Eve
Margaret Blaine
Helen Frazier
Beverly Lutz
Carol Jean Buckner
Joan Crew
Jean Nickeson
Lewis Mottinger
Ed Wainwright
Dick McCalley
Douglas Hutchins
Bill McCann
Chandler Boettcher
Calvin Robison
Bill Travis
Harry Fox
Theola Lint
Betty Jo Hamblin
Roosevelt Praise For March of Dimes Birthday Appeal
In a White House broadcast President Roosevelt lauded public generosity in the infantile paralysis drive and said the March of Dimes success guarantees better medical care for the afflicted. He thanked millions of Americans and noted wartime limits prevented personal talk on his birthday. Meanwhile nationwide celebrations and fundraisers surged to support the effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Peraonally
Baruch Warns Against Haste In Reconversion
Washington wartime adviser Bernard M. Baruch warned that despite good war news, war production must continue to the uttermost until Germany and Japan surrender. He cautioned against premature reconversion and urged maintaining employment and credit measures, tax reductions, and a broad public works program to prevent peace jitters.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Germany
Japan
Baruch
White House
United Press
Senate unit votes extension of CCC to 1947
The Senate banking committee approved a bill extending the Commodity Credit Corporation life to June 30, 1947 and boosting its borrowing power from 3 billion to 4.5 billion dollars. The measure sets a 845 million dollar ceiling on food subsidy spending for CCC in the year starting July 1, including 500 million for dairy subsidies, 120 million for non crop programs and 225 million for crop subsidies. If the war ends before December 31 only half of the dairy and non crop subsidies may be spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Sailor Accused Of Auto Larceny In Anamosa Area
A charge of auto larceny was filed against John P. Houska 22 of Central City a sailor on leave. He allegedly took a car to Marion and abandoned it there Tuesday night. Cedar Rapids police arrested him at the request of Anamosa authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Houska
Central City
Anamosa
Marion
Houska
Cedar Rapids
Austria Bombed by Italy Based Planes
Rome dispatch reports Mediterranean command heavy bombers hit strategic targets in Austria during daylight, including oil plants at Moosbiersbaum northwest of Vienna. It marks their first attack in ten days and follows a push by Italian based forces.
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Rome
INS
Mediterranean Command
Austria
Moosbiersbaum
Vienna
War Labor Board relaxes wage rules for essential war work
The War Labor Board amended general order 31 to allow above minimum pay for essential war workers when the War Manpower Commission reports a critical hiring problem. The change applies to firms with defined wage ranges and permits higher wages for a portion of staff to address skill gaps during wartime staffing shortages.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
War Manpower Commission
Ihire
Iowa Deaths Bring Funeral Rites In Several Towns
Obituaries from Iowa towns report services held for Mrs. Catherine Dougherty Urell 75 in Waukon at West Ridge Catholic church with three sons and several grandchildren surviving. Edith IL Drumm 26 buried in Keswick Methodist church at South English. John Grimm former Wapello resident dies. burial planned in California. Dr A J Charlton 74 Lowden physician dies. private services in Tipton with burial in Lowden cemetery. John D Caldwell 86 dies near Center Point. services Thursday at Sarchett funeral home.
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Waukon
West Ridge Catholic
Catherine Dougherty Urell
Harry
James
Thomas
Union Prairie Township
Sarah Dougherty
Wapkon
Keswick Methodist Church
Edith IL Drumm
Evan Drumm
Wapello
John Grimm
Leila Matthews
Linwood
Calif
Herbert Wilton
California
Lowden
A. J. Charlton
McCormick Funeral Home
Tipton
Lowden American Legion Post
Center Point
John D. Caldwell
Gladys Dennison
Linn County
Fern McVey
Marion
Sarchett Funeral Home
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Republic Steel
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T. T
Allied’ Gem
Johns “Manvile
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Hennecoke Copray
Allis Chalmers
Heresge
Kroger
Libby McNell
Sai Amn Loco
Subey Nner
Itis
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Lockheed
Amin Steel Fdys
Amn Tel
Gnee Amn
Martin
Parry of
Armour, Co Ae
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Mols Moline
Balto
Ohio
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Dairy P
Fame Hola “Co
Beth Steel Noy Central
Ciees
Oelng v
Pac - Borden Co
North Amn Co
Paramount
Penick, Ford
Phillips Pet
Cessna
Cerro de Pasco Iit
Ches & Ohio
Radio Corp
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Radio Keith
Rem Rand
Coca-Cola
Colg Palmolive
Colum Gas
Servel Inc
Cons Copper
Shell Union
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Simmons Co
Benet Deey
Si Sinclair Oil
Socony Vac
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Crucible Steel
Bi Sperry Corp
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Stew Warner
du Pont
Studebaker
Tex Corp
Flee Autolite
HI Tex Gulf
Elec Boat
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Goodrich BP
Goodyear Tire
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Graham Paige
Nor Ry Pr
Sore Greyhound
Walworth
Houston Oil
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Homestake
West Union
Hudson Mtrs
Westahouse EL
Ills Central
Wilson and Co Lis Hall Narigr
Weatworths
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Butler, Bros
Swift and Co
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Swift Intl
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Walgreen
Rock Island
St. Paul
Timothy Wayeeia
Lfc
City Briefs
Ask Road
U.S
Slayer
Marion News
Jordan
Albert Jordan
Capt. Jordan
Curacao Island
Caribbean Sea
Roy
Douglas
Jordane
Clydecott
Prairie Chapel
Bob Zingula
Albert Martin, Jr
Clarence Boesenberg
Darrell Daubenmier
Bob Scott
Air Corps
Houser
Jack Norris
Ted
Melvin Houser
England
Seaman Sommers Home
Marion Sommers
Mediterranean
W. D. Shank
W. M. Hotz
Ray Hotz
Seventh Avenue
A. F. Chesley
Sgt
James Chesley
New Guinea
Owen
Stanley M. Hotle
Camp Bradford
Norfolk
Avilison
Marion Road
Memorial Hall
Tom Thompson
St. Edward
E. F. Biggs
City Hall
Michael Cira, Jr
Pfe
Tommie
Dubuque
Marine Pvt
Tom Moore
Pvt
Moore
South Pacific
F.R
U.S. Navy
I Baruch
Senate
Sailor
Indy
May
McClellan
Keen
Jean Chittick
Tapiel
1St St
Pep
Johnson
First Street
Singer Sewing Machine Company
1St Ave. SE
Jack’ S
Post Office
Home Recording Co
1St Ave
Probasco Jewelry
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Claxton College Pharmacy
Gazette
A. B. Steele
3Rd Ave
Vincent's Jewelry
Schaefer
MFG
Kresge
H.K. Schaefer
Esas
Richards Laboratories
Norah A. Gott
Guaranty Bae
Fuller
Anns P. Clark
Masseuse
Dial
Ssands
2Nd St
C. G. Hover
Phoenix
Arizona
Helene Curtis
Mabeline Beauty Shop
Thompson Beauty Salon
Iowa Theater
Academy
Ce-Mar
Bob Welty
Ber Pile
Montrose, Hurdle & Halter Inn
Montrose
Good Foods
S&t. Lee's
Melody Lane
6Th St
Lee
Stanwood
Roy Leeper
Mack Augustine
Sparta
Novak
Iowa Radio & Disttieration Service
4Th Ave
Lakes
Center Point Road
Kramer Construction Company
Arnold
Ellingson
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Ronnie
Funk
I. Kirkpatrick
Ates
Eeeee Soong
WMC
Quaker Oats Company
Priebe & Sons, Inc
Montgomery Ward
Colonial Baking Co
Std Ave
Bramson Truck Sales
First St. NW
Searles Dairy
E Ave. NE
United States Railroad Retirement Board
Red Crown
3Rd St
Reid Way Corporation
Elks Club
Olson Lumber Co
Festiggehinson Ave
Twin Towers
Ber Bostwat
Kilborn Photo Oper Co
Fry Cook
Northwood Dairy Fem
Rfice
Pioor the Killian CO
Guaranty Bk
Ap- Dig
Guaranty
Lily A
Pat Ay
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