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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1944

Page

14

Hogs Trading Dull as Weights Dip Across Markets

Chicago and Sioux City report extremely dull hog trading with prices uneven as lighter weights move near 270 pounds, 12s to 13s. cattle and sheep receipts rise with mixed bids. Iowa and Omaha show slow bids, with top hogs around 12.75 to 13.75 and yearlings steady, while some regions note declines on heavier lots.

Iowa Des Moines Interior Town Southen Minesota Omaha API Gowd Butchers Pounds &Siason Waterloo Ottumwn Austin

Chicago and New York Produce Market Receipts and Prices

Chicago and New York market notes report receipts across poultry, cheese, eggs, and vegetables with prices for hens, leghorns, geese, Swiss cheese, eggs per dozen, potatoes, and various fresh and unwashed stock. Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Alabama, Louisiana, California, and New York listings appear with pricing and delivery notes.

Chicago UPI Utter Idahos Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Alabama Diss Louisiana California New York York Reese Lake Bors Dire

Air Cadet Killed In Ottumwa Crash

An aviation cadet in the final stages of primary fleet training at the Ottumwa station died Friday when his plane crashed about a mile from the station. The cadet's name was withheld temporarily pending identification by authorities.

Ottumwa TetiGeation Af Hs Nearest

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Packers Ten Lower On C R Hog Market

Cedar Rapids hog market Friday shows all packers ten cents lower with top butcher price $13.45 and packers at $10.60 to $13.45 for various weight ranges. Cattle and sheep sections list mixed prices for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves, and lambs by grade and weight with several ranges and per hundred pricing.

Cedar Rapids Eacererine

Grain and produce prices from Cedar Rapids market report

Market items list grain prices including wheat corn and soybeans, hay straw, poultry, eggs, hides and fur, fruit and vegetables with various grade prices. Florida celery lemons naval oranges lettuce and potatoes appear with quoted per unit or box prices. Includes beef and calf hides and other minor commodities in a dense local pricing sheet.

Rerneries Veretsbies Florida California Naval Pony

Grains Nervous Trend Is Lower on Friday Trading

Chicago AP reports nervous grain pits with erratic price swings. May wheat oats and barley largely unchanged while active futures show fractional declines. Cash grain offers reflect modest shifts with timothy and clover prices noted.

Chicago

Mis spelled sports times from Mississippi river race update

The report lists various river stage times and rises for Davenport and nearby towns including La Crosse Prairie du Chien and Dubuque, with mixed results and several rise values. Wisconsin cheese headlines note Plymouth and May week notes about dairy products and a Twins or cheddars line.

Mississippi Rivcor Davenport Hastings la Crosse Partase Aeeee Na Change Prairie du Chien Dubuauc McCreyor Gordons Perry Rabee Davenport Dacre Keokuk Wisconsin Plymouth Wis

Cadet Nurse Corps Induction Ceremony in Des Moines

Cadet Nurse Corps induction program set for Saturday at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals in Cedar Rapids. Parade from Greene square at 2 30 p m with ceremonies at 3 00 p m in Coe chapel featuring Sister Mary Mercy Dr Karl Meister Mayor Frank Hahn and Sister Mary Maura among speakers.

Mary Mercy Mercy Sister Mary Mercy Dr. Meister Mayor Hahn Cedar Rapids Mother Mary Maura Thelma Tanke Phyllis van der Sluis Junor St Luke's Stansbury

Market Tumbles After Midday Decline In Friday Trade

New York stocks opened mildly higher on light demand but failed to hold gains as prices slipped after midday. Trading was steady around 700000 shares with activity picking up late as several medium priced issues and a mix of industrials and utilities moved.

New York U. S Foreign Department

Nazis Emphasize Counter Invasion After Allied Landings

London reports quote Nazi radios claiming the D day invasion has begun and hint Rommel will counterattack in Britain. Berlin dispatches describe Rommel as Hitler’s western commander and discuss appointing a strong police-gauleiter for France amid fears of French unrest.

London Britain Erwin Rommel Jean Paquis Paris France Axis England Rommel Berlin la Suisse Geneva Hitler Europe Low Countries Mediterranean Vichy Marshal Petain

Doctors and Ministers Share Viewpoints at Hospital Day Luncheon

A luncheon at the Y to honor National Hospital Day brought doctors and ministers together. Dr Wayne Foster of Cedar Rapids compared roles, noting ministers raise patient morale and that organized church aid starts hospital care. Dr Russell Dix of Chicago urged ministers to train under experienced doctors. A 3 PM unveiling of Warner Sallman's painting Head of Christ at St Luke's closed the observance.

National Hospital Y.mc.a Wayne Foster Cedar Rapids Russell Dix Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago Dix First Presbyterian Church St. Luke’s Hospital Head of Christ Warner Sallman Merchants National Banking Mullins Armstrong’s Aemisefone Dini Lester de Varmon Higley 3Rd Ave Severa Eh Gazette Hobb 1St Ave Aleve Lafayette Cafe 2Nd Ave. SE Ideal 2Nd St. SE Coheed Inn Cafe M.D Naxera Dia

Seventy five girls enroll for YMCA free swim classes

Seventy five girls registered for the YMCA girls free swim school and will report Saturday at 2 and 2 45 p m for the second round at the YMCA pool. War Emergency Radio Service meets at the YMCA at 7 p m Saturday with a high frequency transmitter on display and explanation.

Y.M.Y.W.C.A. Girls’ Free Swim Y.M.C.A War Emergency Radio Service

South Siders Oppose Closing Any Fire Stations

The South Side Civic club adopted a resolution opposing the closing of any fire stations. It sent the resolution to the city council to be recorded and urged the council to exhaust every remedy to prevent such an eventuality.

South Side Civic Club

Lodge Back from Italy Hospitalized in Washington

Maj. Henry Cabot Lodge former Massachusetts senator has been returned from active duty in Italy and hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with an acute intestinal disorder the War Department announced Friday.

Washington Maj Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts Italy Walter Reed War Department

Lawsuit Over Car Crash Involving Century Cab Firm

Archie M. Bolton of Marion sues Ethel B. Harte and Century Cab with Harry Bell and Lyman A. Howe seeking 10 266.50 plus costs for personal injuries and 400 for property damage from a Jan 25 1944 collision at First Ave and Twenty seventh St SE Norman Pollock 19 of Central City a navy deserter faces lar ceny of a motor vehicle charge after a theft in Marion Antonia Jinoch seeks separate maintenance from Frank Jinoch. they were wed 41 years ago in Czechoslovakia

Archie M. Bolton Marion Ethel B. Harte Century Cab Company Harry Bell Lyman A. Howe Bolton Howe Hell First Avenue Twenty-seventh Street Norman Pollock Central City Des Moines G. K. Thompson E. W. Lake Coggon Antonia Jinoch Frank Jinoch Czechoslovakia

Election Postponed For Cedar Rapids Renderers

The National Labor Relations board branch office in Minneapolis postponed indefinitely an election among Cedar Rapids Renderers Otis Tower SE production employees to decide if they want a bargaining agent. The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Local 170 requested the vote and a telegram delaying the election was received in Cedar Rapids advising a new date would be set soon.

Cedar Rapids Otis Tower SE National Labor Relations Board Minneapolis AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America

McDonough Son Reported Prisoner of Germans

Mr and Mrs Harry McDonough of 1625 N Street SW learned from the war department that their son Corporal Albert H. McDonough, 24, is a prisoner of the German government through Red Cross channels. He had been missing in action on the Italian front since February 5 and was previously reported prisoner in a German broadcast with no confirmation until Friday. He was a national guardsman and served in the Thirty fourth division.

Harry McDonough N Street War Department Cpl Albert H. McDonough Red Cross Cpl. McDonough

Council Approves Transfers of City Funds

City council approves transfers totaling 597.71 from multiple funds to the rotary fund for April gasoline costs by departments. Also authorized 586.59 from incinerator construction to garbage disposal for a chimney. 5,648.76 from waterworks to sewage rental for disposal service. Public improvements led all items with 250.16.

Rotary Fund

Local Cedar Rapids ads mix jewelry buys and work offers

A cluttered page lists jewelry shops Katz Jewelery and Loan Co and Vincent's Jewelry Store with items like diamond rings watches and locket. It also shows numerous help wanted notices for roles in hotels, cleaning, drivers, laborers, and farm work, plus local sales and services across Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa.

Katz Jewelry & Loan CO

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