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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1944
Page
7
Unofficial Monday receipts show hogs 30 000 cattle 15 000 sheep 10 000 in Chicago with prices steady on select hogs and firm undertone for sows. Cattle and sheep largely steady while calves, yearlings and feeders see varied strength and weakness across Omaha Sioux City Des Moines markets with top steers around 17.00 and light calves weaker.
Chicago prices for produce show receipts and scores across dairy, eggs, cheese, and potatoes with mixed figures. New York wholesale poultry and other items list varied weights, sizes, and regional quotes, indicating a volatile market with decay in some lots and differing grades.
Chicago reports show wheat futures slipping after news the Commodity Credit Corporation loan rate increase may not halt early liquidation. July wheat fell to 8.15 and oats eased, with mixed results across corn and rye as traders weigh policy impacts.
Cedar Rapids hog market shows prices largely steady with top butchers at 13.45 and packers at 11. Good hogs across weights from 160 to 500 pounds are listed with various price points. Cattle and sheep sections note ranges for steers cattle cows and lambs, with mixed yearlings and muttons and a general emphasis on stability in broader livestock values.
A detailed snapshot of market quotes includes corn No. 2 at 1.04, soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.86, oats and wheat ranges, and straw hay bale prices. Poultry prices cover heavy and light springs, hens, and Leghorn hens, plus current receipts. Wholesale fruits and vegetables list crates and per unit prices for celery, lemons, oranges, lettuce, onions, sweet potatoes, and apples. Hides, calf and horse prices, kip terms, and glues are also noted.
PlymouthWisconsin AP reports miscellaneous notes on cheese from Plymouth for the week of July 10 to 15. Davenport meanwhile logs Mississippi River stages with La Crosse 9.4 feet, Prairie du Chien 10.8, Keokuk 11.8 and falls varying around 0.2 to 0.8 feet.
Maj Louis Rothschild Lefkoff of Atlanta 34 was sentenced to one year hard labor confinement and dismissed with forfeiture for ordering nine prisoners flogged at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi. Six white and three Black inmates were lashed with a rubber slug weighted whip. one collapsed and was hospitalized. Roosevelt review pending as first such case in current war.
Buyers showed renewed courage on Saturday lifting rails and many industrials to multi year highs. turnover reached about 700000 shares in two hours with top quotes easing near close. prominent listings include Adams Express Johns Manville Allied Stores Kennecott Copper and many more among rail and utility plays in New York and Chicago quotes.
London report cites French sources that Nazi civil servants, Gestapo, Todt, and archives are being evacuated from Paris to Nancy as Allied forces close in. French patriots claim joint operations delayed the Das Reich division in Normandy, with heavy German losses and resistance counterattacks.
A wartime appeal urges readers to invest in war bonds to secure financial stability for families and support the nation's war effort. The notice emphasizes prudent savings and patriotic duty for citizens.
Local social notes recount a Friday miscellaneous shower at the Galliven home for bride-elect Kathleen Oxley with pink and green decorations. Cedar Rapids guests include Mrs. J W Stoddard and Mrs Gladys Cord. Other items mention military moves, visits, injuries, and community notices through Marion and nearby towns, with ads and club activities.
A listing of church schedules in Marion including Baptist pastor Rev Benjamin H Shaw Bible school 945 worship 1045 Torch Bearers 630 p m Evening 8 midweek prayer Wednesday 8 p m St Josephs Catholic mass 8 and 10 a m Christian Rev Vernon H Carter Bible school 945 worship 1045 sermon Prayer Is Power Christian Endeavor 630 Congregational Rev James M Lower church school 10 worship 11 sermon The Hand of God nursery provided Free Methodist Rev C B Patrick Sunday school 945 preaching 1045 730 Y P M S 7 midweek prayer Wednesday 730 Methodist Rev James P Gable church school 945 union morning worship with Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong preaching subject What Are You Singing Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong Sunday school 945am morning worship at Methodist Westminster Fellowship 645 pm in church basement St Pauls Lutheran Rev Carl E Krog Sunday school Bible study 830 worship 815 and 1030 subject The Two Testimonies of Christ Voters Assembly Tuesday 8 pm Seventh Day Church of God Sixth street at Ninth avenue Sabbath school Saturday 1030 preaching 1130 Prairie Chapel Rev A B Curran pastor Sunday school 10 am morning worship 11 Epworth league 730
U S troops crossed the Vire River near Airel in a bold operation, not a single man of the first two infantry groups lost. The breakthrough opened a bridgehead and threatened German positions along the Cherbourg peninsula. Reports describe pontoon bridges, house-to-house fighting, and rapid American repairs as engineers secured two permanent bridges and pushed toward St Jean De Daye despite heavy mortar and artillery fire.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey spent a day on his 486 acre Pawling farm after his nomination, greeting about 600 neighbors on Quaker Hill. He urged mutual support and nonviolence, tying farming community spirit to national unity amid wartime challenges. Local officials and residents praised his nonpartisan welcome and remarks on liberty and mutual aid.
Burlington Iowa report says Harry Nelson aged 51, a Morning Sun area farmer, died in hospital Friday from a broken neck and injuries after four hay bales fell on him Thursday at his farm. Local authorities described the accident as he was working near Morning Sun. Nelson was well known in the rural community and leaves a family.
Card of Thanks JOSEPH ROZEK We wish to thank our kind friends neighbors relatives and Polansky Undertaker for acts of love and sympathy also for floral offerings during the loss of our brother Mrs Fre Nowotny Mrs Anna Wintz Mrs Wm Vick and the Misses Adeline Clara Matilda Rozek BEAN JIMMY We wish to express our sincere thanks to neighbors friends and relatives for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of our beloved son Mrs Myr and Mrs James R Bean Lost and Found Will person who found blue leather purse in convertible call S171 be tween and 5
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