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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1944

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War Dads collect over 18 tons of tin cans in Cedar Rapids drive

Despite a manpower shortage the Cedar Rapids War Dads collected more than 18 tons of tin cans during a weekend salvage drive. Scouts were unable to canvass house to house due to camp, but trucks gathered cans citywide ending with a large pile at the old waterworks. The effort aimed for a carload and awaits September’s follow up.

Cedar Rapids George Cockburn Cockburn Kenwood Old City Second Street

Hog prices rise across weights in Tuesday cattle market

Chicago reports Tuesday estimates show live cattle receipts around 7000 head and 1000 sheep. Hog trading remains highly active with prices 15 to 50 cents higher than Friday's close. Fed steers and yearlings stay steady while lambs start slow and natives sell steady.

Chicago

Iowa and Des Moines market report cattle hogs and sheep prices

Sioux City hog receipts 16 560 head with barrows and gilts mostly 16 to 20 dollars per hundredweight, sows 28 to 35 higher, cattle bids steady to firm with top steers around 17 60, cows 9 to 12, heifers 11 75 to 15, bull and feeder activity mixed. Sheep and lambs slow with native spring lambs 12 75 to 14 25 and ewes 4 to 5 25.

Oeea Ar Iowa Des Moines Od Coestumes Austin

Omaha Livestock Market Report

Salable hog receipts 12 500 to 15 300 with prices offering 20 to 45 cents higher than Friday and up to 35 cents over Saturday for 180 240 lb hogs. Sows stronger, carcass price around 14 45 to 14 45 per 100 weight. weights above 613 70. Cattle salable 7 500 to 8 100. calves included. Killing cows steady, stocker and feeder up to 5 percent of run. Fed steers 17 35 per cwt for 1135 lb, bulk 15 00 to 17 00. grass cows 12 25 to 12 50. Spring lambs 15 to 14 7, native 13 00, Idaho new crop lambs 12 25 to 13 00.

Joux City Sioux Laibie Idaho Texas Omaha Livestock Omaha WFA

Des Moines Livestock Prices Reported With Mixed Weights

Iowa hog market activity shows higher prices for sows and heavier weights while lighter weights and gilts show varied gains. Prices listed for multiple weight ranges from 180 to 550 pounds reflect overall strength in interior Iowa and a day based report ending at a.m. with deliveries and loads noted.

Wisconsin Cheese Prices Tugged by Week of Trade

A brief market note from MISCELLANEOUS WESCONSIN CHEESE YMOUTH reports weekly trading figures for dairy products. It lists twin or cheddar varieties at specific per pound prices, reflecting modest shifts in the cheese market.

Wesconsin Cheeseymouth Wis

New York Poultry Steady with Mixed Wholesale Prices

The report lists steady wholesale poultry prices in New York with multiple categories. Hens, turkeys, ducks, and geese show varied per pound or pair rates. egg receipts around 28.31. mixed species prices range by grade from No 1 to No 4. Current receipts total 1 034 658, with maximum prices set to OPA for bulk butter.

Ucks Vroilers Egos Alarade

Unclear OCR Summary of Receipts and Specials Across Regions

Fragmented text references receipts and specials with numeric codes, region names such as California Idaho Washington New York and vague product mentions like steeder, turkeys, roosters, ducks and daisies. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the readable fragments.

Cprer Steeder Turkey Hensive de Broilers Stone California Idaho Bliss S. Mo Washington Sons New York Cobbiers U

East Side Registrants Leave for Fort Snelling

Two Linn county selective service board No 1 registrants from the east side have left for Fort Snelling Minnesota for armed forces duty. Vernon P. Smith of 3229 Carlisle street NE and Roy Lee of 320 Eighth avenue SE received gifts from the United Service Aides as they departed.

Linn County

Hog Market Soars As Packers And Butchers Hit Ceiling

On Monday the Cecar Rapids hog market saw ongoing gains with heavier grade butchers reaching 13.70 while packers topped at 13.35. Listings show varied hog weights from 160 to over 500 pounds with multiple price levels for good hogs and packers, plus cattle and calf market figures and lamb values. The report captures broad price tiers across hogs, steers, cows, calves, and lambs with no clear single event beyond the market-wide ascent.

Cecar Rapids Caiths Market Windauses Cas

Cedar Rapids Market Prices Summary

Grain and produce prices list from Cedar Rapids featuring corn No 2 yellow at 1.04, soybeans at 1.86, oats 76c and 75c, wheat No 2 1.40, hay straw 10, hay 14. poultry prices for heavy springs over 3 lbs 26c, light 24c, heavy hens 22c, leghorn 20c, current receipts 30c. eggs Henneries 32c, No 1 28c, No 2 21c. fruits and vegetables prices for lemons 17, naval oranges 5.75, lettuce 6.99, sweet potatoes 5.10, extra price 4.25. hides No 1 12c, No 2 11c, calf hides 34c, kip 11c. full tail and other notes.

California Naval

Rye Leads Grain Futures Decline in Late Trading

Chicago grain futures eased with rye leading the drop. Wheat finished around 42 to, oats down, rye down about 1 percent to 244 for September, barley 144, and barley September at 1.13 1/2.

Chicago

Chicago Cash Provisions Report

The Chicago cash market shows prices for wheat and oats across multiple grades with No 1 hard at around 1.58 and No 2 mixed near 1.56. Oats list No 1 mixed about 0.80 to 0.83 and white varieties near 0.79 to 0.81. Feed and sample grades are noted with slight variations.

Chicago

City Briefs Welfare Meeting and Park Picnic Planned

Public Welfare Bureau schedules a Tuesday 12 noon gathering at the Roosevelt hotel. Hard of Hearing society invites members to a Bever Park bandstand picnic Thursday at 6 p.m. The Retail Merchants Bureau executive board meeting, normally Tuesday, is canceled this week.

Public Welfare Bureau Roosevelt Hotel Hard of Hearing Society Bever Park Retail Merchants Bureau

Linn County War Fund Committee Meet Set at Roosevelt Hotel

The executive committee of the Linn County War Fund will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel to discuss the county campaign and work on quotas.

Linn County War Fund Roosevelt Hotel

Bicycle Crash Injures 10-Year-Old Douglas Houghton

Douglas Houghton aged 10 of 06 0 avenue NE sustained a slight injury when his bicycle collided with a car driven by G M Rutledge of 314 Sixth pe SW at 831 Third avenue on Sunday.

Douglas Houghton Avenue NE G. M. Rutledge Sixth Pe Third Avenue

Henson Resting At Home After Heart Attack

Fred C. Henson of 415 Seventh Avenue SE has been confined to his home after a heart attack and was resting easily Monday with no visitors permitted.

Fred C. Henson Seventh Avenue SE

Free Canning School Held Tuesdays at 2 15 P M

A free canning school takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 2 15 sponsored by Emma Miles Home Service Director of Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company in cooperation with Linn County Food Preservation Committee.

Emma Miles Home Service Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company Food Preservation Committee of Linn County

New Orleans Trade official visits Cedar Rapids for postwar commerce

A. P. Fant industrial secretary of the New Orleans Association of Commerce spends Monday and Tuesday in Cedar Rapids to promote postwar foreign commerce via the port of New Orleans. He meets Chamber of Commerce officers and will confer with industrial executives, accompanied by E. N. Crowson, foreign freight agent for Illinois Central.

A. P. Fant New

Stocks Early Upturn Fades on Monday Trading

The New York market opened with a possible rebound but buying in rail and industrial shares weakened, leaving mostly fractional gains by close. Transfers ran about 1,000,000 shares, a light session for a full day since June 9, with final trends cloudy.

New York

Bombers Collide During Spokane War Show

A crowd of about 100000 watched two attack bombers collide during a Spokane air show. The aircraft, part of the Stay-on-the-Job display, broke apart and fell in flames, killing four men. Major Spaeth placed the crash about 200 feet above the crowd as spectators remained seated through the tragedy before the program resumed after a delay.

Spokane Wash Navy Helldivers Spokane Air Service Command Arthur F. Spaeth

Bond market steady with mixed moves in railroad issues

In New York on Monday bonds traded in irregular territory amid continued selling. Missouri Pacific loans led gains among corporate issues while Northern Pacific and Illinois Central softened toward the close.

New York Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific Ilinois Central

Army Faces Severe Shortage of Heavy Trucks in 1944 Plan

Washington report says the army warns of a serious deficit in heavy trucks, urging the industry to speed production. Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell states the 1944 truck program will fall short by more than 5000 units without immediate action. Industry representatives pledge intensified output but cite a manpower deficit of about 4500 workers to meet needs.

Washington Sns War Department Army Brehon Somerveil Army Service Forces Somervell

Hopes to Reach E Bond Goal Fading

With only a week left Linn county trails the Series E bond goal of 2 860 800 by midnight July 31. Sales to date total 2 080 146 requiring about 97 456 daily to meet the goal. The unofficial county total for all bonds stands at 13 652 983 well above the 10 025 000 quota.

Linn County

Speedboat Driver Fined For Ordinance Violation

H. L. Olson of 321 Sixteenth Street NE was fined five dollars and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to violating the river traffic ordinance. The judge suspended the fine on payment of costs. Olson was driving a speed boat linked to a Cedar River incident July 16 when Bob Hoff of 619 Nineteenth Street NE overturned a canoe. Hoff was not charged. the canoe’s origin was from Gare boat.

H. L. Olson Sixteenth Street Harry S. Johnson Johnson Olson Cedar River Bob Hoff Nineteenth Street Huff Gare

Cars Driven by Two Brothers in Collision

Dale Annis 32 of Central City and Jack Annis 21 of Coggan collided on highway 13 five miles northwest of Central City. Jack’s car sideswiped Dale’s and rolled over. Both vehicles were damaged. Jack suffered a broken collarbone.

Dale Annis Central City Jack Annis Coggan Highway 13 Sheriff's Office Jack Dale

City Approves Transfer of Funds for Gasoline

City council approves transferring 585.57 from several city funds to the rotary fund for gasoline for city trucks and cars in June. Public improvements 245.49 building 11.40 police 153.53 garbage disposal 99.56 sewage rental 10.09 playground 15.07 water works 50.43.

Rotary Fund Public Improvements Department

City Council Approves Twelve Transfers of Funds

City council approved a series of fund transfers Monday totaling twelve items. Transfers include park improvement to public improvement for materials 1440 dollars and park to bridge maintenance for light bulbs 21.28 dollars, with several labor and material reallocations among park, cemetery, playground, water works, and public improvements departments.

Storm topples Elm Menaces Home Front

Mrs Charles Daws and her son in law Mr and Mrs Charles Schmatt with children in Cedar Rapids escaped injury when a large elm tree fell at 476 Eleventh street in front of the Carl Falcon home at six PM Sunday. Schmatt driving south on Elev enth street sped away as the tree toppled, striking the sedan’s rear left window and crushing the rear of the top.

Charles Daws Eleventh Street Charles Schmatt Cedar Rapids Carl Falcon Schmatt

Miss Schmidt to Wed in Chicago Ceremony

Lorraine Alice Schmidt of Chicago daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin H Schmidt 864 Twelfth Street Marion will wed Bernhardt C Thousand of the Army in a Grace Evangelical Lutheran church Chicago ceremony Saturday at 7:30 pm The note also states a repair permit for 72 Tenth Street to William Kacena and that E B Castle and Son handle the work Mrs Mark Walter former O K Drive In operator plans to run a restaurant

Miss Schmidt Marion Lorraine Alice Schmidt Chicago Melvin H. Schmidt Twelfth Street Bernhardt C. Thousand Army Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Tenth Street William Kacena E. B. Castle

Social news notes and travels among area residents

Mrs. A. Levitt of Portland visits son Aaron Miller in Chicago. Chicago guests Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tvrdik vacation with Mrs. Tvrdik’s mother Leta Marchant. E. B. Castle heads to Clinton for a week. Mrs. L. M. Phelps visits cousin Mrs. L. D. Thompson in Chicago, a hospital patient. Don Hall at Veterans hospital in Des Moines. Born July 23, Gary Paul Wulfsberg in Cedar Rapids at St. Luke’s. Wulfsbergs’ daughter is Blanche Hamm. Squibb sunburn cream advertised at 39 cents. Dr. and Mrs. H. O. Young vacationed. Mrs. H. W. Newlin accompanied by ill husband to Chicago. Leslie McDonald hosts dinner for Harold Simmons and James McCormic near Center Point. Major and Mrs. Oscar Wente and son Michael John visit Denver, Iowa, then return. Donna Bruss of Milwaukee visits aunt Neal Bunting. Mrs. Mary Woolsoncroft and granddaughter Marilyn Nickeson return from Scottsbluff and Denver. Mrs. Louise Putnam of Topeka visits sister J. W. Bowman. Adeliza Daniels showing improvement after Cedar Rapids hospital. C. R. Biddick hosts guests including J. L. Ritchie Sauk City and Mr. and Mrs. William Mulroney Saint Maries Idaho. S/Sgt. Edward Conrad informs wife and William Conrad he’s in Pacific area with amphibious tank battalion medical corps. Mrs. Jack Norris learns son Melvin Houser promoted to corporal in England.

Paul Wulfsberg Cedar Rapids Gary Paul St. Luke’s Hospital Wulfsberg Blanche Hamm E. C. Hamms

Bond Set In theft case and civil suit filed

Appeal bond was set at $2,000. Noble is accused of stealing two $25 war bonds and a wrist watch from a local hotel July 15. F. E. Fluegel, assignee for Henry S. Butcher, is suing Walter Arnold and Leona Arnold in district court for judgment of $357.68 with 6 percent interest from Dec. 7, 1942. The case involves a promissory note.

Noble F. E. Fluegel Henry S. Butcher Walter Arnold Leona Arnold

Defrauding Hotel Keeper Leads to Jail Arrests

Courthouse resident Edward Oncken aged 4 of 1424 Second Street SE and William Achey 25 of Marion were arrested Saturday and Sunday by Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore on charges of defrauding a hotel keeper. Both jailed in Linn county. Jack J Schwarnte 19 of the same charge was returned to Linn county jail by Whittemore.

Edward Oncken Second Street SE William Achey Marion P. J. Whittemore Linn County Jack J. Schwarnte Benton County Whittemore

City Hall Notes on Permits and Extensions

Public Improvements Commissioner D L Williams set August 10 as the deadline for filing oiling applications. The council referred Haegg Construction's request to extend railroad tracks between Seventh and Eighth Avenues SE to the city engineer. A cigarette permit and a class B beer permit were issued to Myrtle Fatka at 227 Fourteenth Avenue SW and a class C beer permit to John J Moses at 719 Third Street SW.

Public Improvements D. L. Williams Haegg Construction Company Seventh and Eighth Avenues SE Myrtle Fatka Fourteenth Avenue SW John J. Moses Third Street

Man Jailed For Larceny In Iowa County Court ruling

John W. Noble, 28, of Waterloo, pleaded guilty to larceny in Judge G. K. Thompson's court. He was sentenced to one year in Linn County jail with all but 60 days suspended.

John W. Noble Waterloo Linncoun G. K. Thompson

Eightieth Birthday Observed for Mrs C E Clark

Mrs C E Clark marked eighty with a Sunday celebration at a Cedar Rapids cafe hosted by her children. Attendees included Mr and Mrs C H Sweet Mr and Mrs Frank Clark and Bonna Lee Clark. The group then attended a theater matinee together.

C. E. Clark Cedar Rapids C. H. Sweet Frank Clark Bonna Lee Clark

Services for Mrs Arthur E Fairhurst Held at Yocom Chapel

Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Yocom chapel with the Rev Arthur W Henke and the Rev C V R De Jong officiating. Marion cheater O S E officers assisted as the body was taken to Springfield Massachusetts accompanied by her husband and her mother Mrs Addie McCulloch.

Arthur E. Fairhurst Yocom Chapel Arthur W. Henke C. V. R. de Jong Marion Cheater O. ES Springfield Mass

Titus Promoted to First Lieutenant After War Service

Robert A Titus son of Mr and Mrs Howard Titus with the ferry command at Memphis has been promoted to first lieutenant. He was reported missing in the European area May 29 1943 and interned in a neutral country. He returned to the States last March 12. Before service he taught woodwind instruments at an Iowa City high school. Lt and Mrs Frank Whittemore who have visited his mother Mrs Lillian Whittemore left Saturday for Chicago. Lt Whittemore will report at Westover field and his wife will return to Mirion.

Robert A Titus Howard Titus Memphis Titus Iowa City Frank Whittemore Lillian Whittemore Chicago Lt. Whittemore Westover Field Mirion

Dinner Guests in Pearson Home

Dinner guests Sunday in the C. E. Pearson home were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Showalter of Gilman and Don C. Pearson and Gillin Johnson of Cedar Rapids.

C. E. Pearson Chris Showalter Gilman Don C. Pearson Gillin Johnson Cedar Rapids

Lost and Found notices and local classifieds mosaic mixed

A collage of lost items including a brown billfold with Wilson check and government check near Ellis Park with a reward offered, a black Persian cat lost near Northwest district, red leather billfold with ID cards and a reward, and various personal ads, store offers, and service promotions from local businesses and residents.

Hyde Sentley Ave Wi Wilson Ion Pdane Cereorisea Csacieecio Cetteree Ellis Park Elaine Mitchell Northwest District Oakland Ave Bob Giovanazzi

Local Home Services and Repairs Classified Ad

An assortment of service notices lists painting interior and exterior work with contact numbers, chimney and foundation repairs, mason work with guaranteed results and free estimates, welding and plumbing offerings, hauling ashes and rubbish, and several names and addresses for scheduling. The fragmentary item shows multiple small ads with phone numbers and a 3rd Street address.

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