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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1944

Page

7

Livestock Receipts Steady Across Midwest Markets

Unofficial Monday livestock receipts show hogs 20,000 cattle 18,000 sheep 9,000 in Chicago AP notes. Sioux City reports lighter cattle and variable hogs with mixed price gains for steers, heifers, and calves. Omaha Des Moines and Iowa markets indicate steady to firmer feeders and fat cattle, with hogs trading around 12.75 to 14.75 per hundredweight and lambs showing mixed strength.

Chicago Sioux City Idaho

New York Produce Prices for Poultry and Cheese

Irregular wholesale price list shows live poultry and ducks with varied rates for geese turkeys roosters fowls pigeons and squabs. American cheese prices posted for New York City wholesalers with whole milk bases and cheddar variations. Butter egg and potato entries from Chicago and other regional markets included with receipts and grade details.

New York New York City Americas

Trade in Wheat Mainly Mill Buying Caps Trading Activity

Chicago report shows professional wheat futures trading limited on Saturday with a mostly mill buying pattern to cover flour sales and hedge cash interests. Prices finished lower across months, oats and rye mixed lower, while barley held steady amid light volume and easy undertone.

Chicago

Lull in Hog Prices on C R Market

Saturday hog market was quiet after earlier fluctuations. Top butchers price 1420 dollars. packers 13.35. Good hogs 160-170 lbs 12.50. 170-180 lbs 12.50. 180-250 lbs 15.25. 240-400 lbs 14.20. packers 270-360 lbs. Cattle market lists steers and cows with varied prices. sheep prices shown for lambs and ewes. Lambs and sheep priced per weight with mixed quality notes. Prices reflect market conditions and weight ranges.

Cincago Livestock Chicago Montana Hecht Omana Livestock Omaha Eavier California Iowa Des Moines Minnesota Mason C Waterloo Ottumwa Austin

Cedar Rapids Market Report Mixed Grain and Produce Prices

Grain and produce prices steady with No. 2 corn at 1.04, soybeans unchanged, oats 0.ibe, wheat 1.40, rye 0.95, and hay straw ranges from 10 to 16 dollars per bale. Poultry and eggs show slight shifts. wholesale fruits and vegetables list various regional offerings. hides, furs, and livestock values provided, plus remarks on manes and bones with price notes.

Wisconsin Cheese Trade and Mississippi River Notes

Miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese market update from Plymouth noting weekly activity as 96 Tay SlAug. 5. Mississippi River stage reports from Davenport compiled with various river towns showing small falls or no change.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Davenport Hastings la Crosse Portage Franije du Chien Dubuque A McGregor Gordons Ferry

Anamosa Legionaires To Have Own Clubrooms

Arthur McCullough post of the American Legion in Anamosa has bought a two story brick building on North Ford street to remodel as clubrooms. Funds came from subscriptions and a 10 year 3 percent loan from 40 members. Ground floor leased to E W Gordon for five years. The post, now 130 members, plans to grow as veterans return.

Anamosa Arthur McCullough American Legion Ford Street Post E. W. Gordon

Stocks Mixed In Dull Trade

In a brief Saturday session on the New York market, stocks showed mixed results with modest gains in some favorites and declines elsewhere. Transactions were light and many leaders remained in the red as investors lacked clear buying or selling incentives. transfers hovered around 250,000 shares.

New York

Treasury Explains New Bond Redemption Plan

The Treasury outlines a plan to use commercial banks as cashing agents for war bonds while preserving the 60 day holding rule for new purchases. Older bonds can be cashed immediately, with banks compensated per transaction to ensure bondholders receive full value. The goal is to speed payouts and aid holders needing cash, with the move to take effect within 60 days.

Washington Treasury Federal Reserve Banks Morgenthau Bank The

Youth Captured in C. R. Given 10-Year Sentence

Joseph Armata a 15 year old Milwaukee youth was sentenced Friday to 10 years in the state reformatory at Anamosa on a car theft charge He was arrested at Cedar Rapids after taking the car of Grace Numbers at Clinton on July 12 A companion Alfred Jensen who was also involved in the crime broke jail at Clinton but was arrested in Milwaukee.

Clinton INS Joseph Armata Milwaukee State Reformatory Anamosa Cedar Rapids Grace Alfred Jensen

Grace Lookhoff Resigns from Coe College Music Dept

Grace Huddle Lookhoff resigns from Coe college music department to teach voice at Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware Ohio. She pursues a master's degree at the University of Michigan while continuing as a soprano soloist with opera radio and concert experience and previously directed music at Second Christian Church.

Grace Huddle Lookhoff Coe College Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio University of Michigan

Wheel and Tire Stolen From Parked Automobile

Andy Andrews reports a wheel and tire stolen from his car last night while parked in front of his home on Thirty-fifth Street SE. Value of the wheel noted at $20. Motor Transfer Co reports loss of a carton of welding rods from a truck Wednesday afternoon, valued at $30. Detective Albert Wilson returns Edna Kahn and Mildred Waterman to Cedar Rapids Friday in connection with a $100 theft from Max Smithson. Waterman, 25, arraigned on larceny, given until Tuesday 9 a.m. to plead.

Andy Andrews Thirty-fifth Street Motor Transfer Company Albert Wilson Edna Kahn Mildred Waterman Waterloo Cedar Rapids Max Smithson Seventh Avenue SE Miss Waterman G. K. Thompson

Transfer of Iowa State naval training post announced

Capt. A. F. Duernberger, commander of the Iowa State college naval training school since February 1942, is being transferred to another post. Lt Comdr C W. Myers will replace him, coming from Notre Dame where he headed the navy training school's executive department. The change takes effect Saturday.

Marion News: Business Girls Dinner and Local Notes

The Marion Business Girls club plans a dinner and meeting Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at the O K Drive In with reservations through Arminta Davidson. The issue lists local visits, travel, illness recoveries, military deployments, and community notices including church, school, and club activities around Marion Iowa with multiple named residents and nearby towns.

Business Girls Marion Business Girls Club O. K Arminta Davidson

WFA Accused Of Failure to Regulate Hogs

Des Moines reports the agricultural advisory committee charges the War Food Administration with failing to stabilize hog prices or ensure orderly marketing. Proposals urge quality based hog purchases, federal grading, adequate processing space, extended floor price, and pork pricing aligned with costs. The panel opposes diverting hog subsidies to cattle while praising cattle subsidy gains.

Des Moines INS Agricultural Advisory Committee OPA War Food Administration WFA

Deaths of John S Chandler and Carl W Sprowls

John S. Chandler 50 lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and Chandler company warehouse manager died suddenly at his brother’s home. Born Oct 26 1893 he was WW I veteran and Peoples church member survived by wife Marie a daughter Jeanne mother Estella Mrs Philip Chandler and siblings. Services Monday Turner chapel burial Linwood. Carl W Sprowls died at his son’s home Friday after a lingering illness born Feb 11 1873 in Lebanon Ohio married Helen Ward May 31 1900 lived mostly in Cincinnati then Cedar Falls two years in Cedar Rapids. Survived by wife two sons Robert W and Carl W a brother H L Sprowls and two grandchildren. Body to Sioux City for burial.

John Shade Chandler Cedar Rapids Chandler Company Philip Chandler Highland Drive The Peoples Church Marie Jeanne Estella M. Chandler Philip C. R. Chandler Freda Higley Ruth McKay Helen Randall Lexington Turner Chapel Linwood Cemetery Carl W. Sprowls Robert W. Sprowls Seventh Avenue SE Lebanon Ohio Helen Ward Lawrenceburg Ind Cincinnati Cedar Falls Christian Science Church Masonic Order Robert W Carl W Sioux City H L. Sprowls Bloomfield Moon Chapel Anderson Chapel Ee City

Death Notice of Jay Grady Workman of Cedar Rapids

Jay Grady Workman 617 Seventh Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at home at 6 20 p m Friday after a long illness Born March 24 1891 in Stanwood he came to Cedar Rapids from Mechanicsville Married Anna Marie Hamer December 4 1912 in Marion Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Oliver Cox a son Orlie Workman another daughter Mrs Roy Kaester of Rock Island Ill a twin brother Ray Workman Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Harold Ellison Cedar Rapids Mrs Agnes Reynolds Lisbon two other brothers Reed Workman Stanwood and Clark Workman Clarence two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews He was a member of First Lutheran church Services will be held 2 p m Tuesday at Turner chapel Rev Paul Luther Miller in charge Burial Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the chapel

Jay Grady Workman Seventh Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Stanwood Mechanicsville Anna Marie Hamer Marion Oliver Cox Orlie Workman Cedar Roy Kaester Rock Island Ill Ray Workman Harold Ellison Agnes Reynolds Lisbon Reed Workman Clark Workman Clarence Workman First Lutheran Church Turner Chapel Paul Luther Miller Cedar Memorial Park

Meeting Wednesday To Discuss Ceilings For Used Autos

A meeting at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 p.m. Wednesday will cover price ceilings on used automobiles. The OPA conducts the session for automobile dealers in four counties but it is open to the public, correcting a Gazette error that claimed Tuesday.

Chamber of Commerce OPA

Local Church Services and Schedules Listed

A compilation of Sunday schedules across churches including Marion Churches, St Josephs Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, and Prairie Chapel with varied service times, Bible schools, masses, and evening programs. Names of pastors appear for each denomination.

Benjamin H. Shaw St. Joseph’s T. J. McElliott Vernon H. Carter Bible School James M. Lower C. B. Patrick James P. Gable C. V. R. de Jong St. Paul's Prairie Chapel A. B. Curran Epworth League

Maquoketa Farmer’s Conviction Reversed

DES MOINES I N S The state supreme court reversed a five year sentence for Joseph Dunne a Maquoketa farmer accused of assault with intent to commit murder after the Jackson county district court erred in two jury instructions. Dunne shot Frank James 84 near Maquoketa May 2 1942 during an attempted holdup.

DES Moines INS Joseph Dunne Maquoketa State Supreme Court Jackson County District Court Dunne Frank James

Democrats Name New Members to State Committee

Democrats assign new leaders to Iowa state central committee in district caucuses ahead of the state convention. Frank Beymer becomes Seventh district chairman replacing Bert Jeck while Alberta Kelly is named First district vice chairman. Florence Lynch re elected Eighth district vice chairman despite becoming national committeewoman. Presidential electors named for each district and committee members elected to nominate two at large.

Des Moines Democratic State Central Committee Frank Beymer Avoca Bert Jeck Atlantic Iowa Jeck Alberta Kelly Nichols Genevieve Lee Davenport Florence Lynch LeMars Frank J Comfort William R. Hart Iowa City James Bell Burlington W. J. Jackson W. A. Sternberg Pleasant Max H. Jenk Dyersville Paul H. Huston Cedar Rapids Anna Lawther Dubuque

Anzacs Break Through Near Florence in Italian Front

Desert-hardened New Zealand veterans pierced Nazi defenses south of Florence and entered the last mountain line five miles from the city. German counter-attacks and Tiger tanks caused heavy fighting as the Kiwi advance from Cerbaia bridgehead pressed into the hills. South African troops also crossed the Greve river near Impruneta, tightening the threat to Florence amid a quiet sector elsewhere along the Fifth Army front.

Rome Florence Pesa Cerbaia Greve Impruneta Fifth Army Lower Arno Pisa Pius

Court Lenient in. Sentencing Mother In Child's Death

Louise Flack, convicted of manslaughter in the starvation death of her eight year old daughter Dolores, received a one year county jail term and five years probation from Superior Judge Alfred Fritz. The judge cited no malicious intent and favored rehabilitation. The defense and probation report supported leniency with some jail time. The jury also urged leniency.

San Francisco INS Louise Flack Dolores Alfred J. Fritz Fritz

Tough Spot Pinning Under Car With Poison Ivy Patch

Franklin Schenck was trapped under his car after a wreck in Pittsboro Indiana. He realized the danger was worsened by being pinned in a dense poison ivy patch nearby.

Pittsboro Ind Franklin Schenck

Taxi Drivers Strike Grounds St. Paul Fleet

Yellow Cab association officials said all 48 taxicabs remained in the garage Saturday as drivers walked out in protest of reduced mileage allowances amid a gasoline shortage.

Yellow Cab Association

Lost and Found Notices Mix From A Small Town

A mixed loss and gratitude notice listing family thanks for Gertrude Lavina’s illness and death, along with several lost items including a gold expansion bracelet near Plaza hotel and 3rd Ave, a lost foxhound and a lost springer spaniel with rewards, lost navy service knife, keys, and flight wings with contact numbers.

Whigeett E. Blomgren Allison Bren Auson Nove Gold Aviation Wings Liberal

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