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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1943

Page

18

Hogs Active and Prices Steady in Chicago Market Note

Salable hog receipts hit 16 000 with totals near 35 000 as demand stayed active and prices held steady to strong. Top hog price reached 14.40 per hundredweight while fed steers and yearlings showed steady to strong movement. Cattle and sheep also traded with varied prices and limited high-end sales across multiple markets.

Chicago Dept. Agriculture Omaha Monnday Sioux City Livestock Gsioux Ccity Asain Idaho

Chicago Produce Markets Hold Steady Across Commodities

Chicago receipts show steadiness across butter cheese and potatoes with prices unchanged from prior quotes. New York poultry and butter markets remain firm with limited supply and firm wholesale pricing for various fowl and eggs.

Chicago New York Leehorns Broilers

East River Stages and Unclear Data Notes

Fragmentary OCR text references measurements and an estimated figure of 98 million annually. Details of event, location, or context are missing, leaving an unclear record with numerical snippets and incomplete phrases.

Local Hog Prices Steady Amid Market Listings

Cedar Rapids hog market shows steady prices across grades on Tuesday. Tops for butchers reach 14.10 while long haul no-fill sits at 14.20 and packers at 13.85, with varied values for good and prime cattle and sheep categories.

Ivy Packing Son Cedar Rapids Gogie

Cedar Rapids market listing and commodity prices

A dense market listing showing grain prices for No. 2 white wheat No. 3 rye and other grains, hay and straw prices, poultry market quotes for broilers leghorn hens and pullets, and wholesale fruits vegetables and meats with numerous figures including citrus boxes apples boxes and hides and small livestock values.

Florida California Sip

Rye rises to season high as large purchases push prices

Rye prices jumped two cents a bushel driven by big orders from commission houses with eastern links. Despite profit taking from late sales, rye closed at the top for the season, two cents above Monday, with July at 93 93 and September at 94 75. Wheat rose about five eighths, corn held steady at ceilings, oats gained 1 53. Cash grain readings: No 3 yellow wheat at 1.06 44, No 4 yellow soybeans at 1.054, malt barley at 80 cents.

Chicago

Yanks Describe Sardinia Raid as Easy Despite Fierce Fire

American pilots in Gen Jimmy Doolittle's force of 300 plus planes reported the Sardinia raids as easy compared with earlier assaults. They said anti-aircraft and fighter opposition was light and explosions were visible for miles. One pilot described a ship in Terranova harbor as a squashed tomato after a direct hit.

Strategic Air Force Northwest Africa Jimmy Doolittle Nnday John Taylor Pasadena Calif Terranova North Dakota Alghero Herbert C. Ross Stockton Carloforte Harbor

Stocks Edge Higher Amid Light Late Trade On Rail, Industrial Bids

In New York the market rose modestly late as bids for selected rails and industrials supported stocks. Turnover neared 1,000,000 shares with gains mostly fractions to about two points and some four point spreads, while losses were broadly spread. The New York Bond Review notes an uneven price pattern with several issues unchanged. Santa Fe 4s of 1995 rose near the year’s best on redemption news, while Atlantic Coast Line 4s, Burlington 4s, St Paul General 4s and 5s of 75 showed strength at times.

New York NEW York Bond Review Santas Fe Santa Fe Atlantic Coast Line Burlington St. Paul General Great Northern Missouri Pacific Seaboard Group

Jap Savagery in Search for Tokio Raiders

AP dispatch from St Louis reports Father George Yager of the Vincentian China mission testified on the brutal Japanese raids in northeastern Kiangsi province after the Doolittle raid. He described torture, murder, arson across 26 towns, burning Yukiang hospital, and cannibalism among the crimes while the search for Major General James H. Doolittle and his airmen continued.

Hemisphere Yager Yukiang Doolittle Shang-yoo

Race to retreat as Japanese forces press from the west

Accounts describe American fliers in China aiding each other after bailing out near Shwang and Poyang. Crews were sheltered by mission members and priests including Fathers Dunker and Lee Moore while Lieut Harold F. Watson recovered. Japanese advances reached Yingtan about two weeks after the last Americans left.

Shwang Wendelin Dunker Lee Moore Harold F. Watson Poyang Edgar D. McElroy McElroy Yingtan William Glynn Chicago Nanchang Doolittle Father Dunker Watson Father Yager Ying-tan

Taft Deflates Crusade for Four Freedoms Postwar Plan

Washington reports Sen. Taft of Ohio rejected postwar crusades to implant the four freedoms. He urged cooperation like the League of Nations but warned against world interference, arguing freedom arises from safeguarding U S liberty and opposing aggressive regimes. He critiqued Atlantic Charter on the same grounds.

Washington Ins Sen Taft Ohio Grove City College League of Nations United States Japan China Germany Czechoslovakia Poland

Unit Vetoes Ouster of Govt Employes

A Senate appropriations subcommittee rejected a House provision to drop three government employees over alleged subversive ties. The trio includes Dr. Robert Lovett and two FCC staffers Dr. Goodwin Watson and Dr. William E. Dodd Jr. The vote aims to keep the issue for conference between Senate and House.

Washington INS Senate Appropriations House Robert Lovett Interior Department The Virgin Islands Goodwin Watson William E. Dodd, Jr Federal Communications Commission McKellar Dtenn Senate Appropriations Committee Senate

County Officials Told They Know Local Needs Best

Robert W. Kenny of Los Angeles urged U S county governments to assert their role in guiding policy. In a prepared speech for the National Association of County Officials meeting in Omaha he said local agencies are the most direct link to everyday life and should drive national war effort planning.

Omaha Robert W. Kenny Los Angeles National Lawyers Guild United States Kenny National Association of County Officials

Poppy Sale Planned by Marion American Legion Auxiliary

The Marion American Legion auxiliary will run the annual poppy sale in Marion on Saturday with Frances Wahl as chairman and junior auxiliary help. John L. Peters services were held Monday at Yocom chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial Park.

American Legion Auxiliary Marion Frances Wahl

Army 14 Day Furloughs to Begin June 1 at Camp Dodge

Camp Dodge reception center will start issuing 14 day furloughs to army selectees on June 1. After the 14 days they return to Camp Dodge for later assignment and shipment to military units. The previous furlough period was seven days.

Des Moines Orson B. Powers Camp Dodge Army

City Briefs Parade of Local Notices and Club Events

Red Cross unit will not meet Wednesday. Kiwanis Ladies Night at 6 30 Wednesday at Roosevelt hotel with round table replacing noon program. Miss Eunice Buol, formerly Cedar Rapids Chamber secretary, visited Cedar Rapids friends. now in Newark New Jersey. City council not renewing Deluxe Cab taxi insurance. sold to Century Cab. Transfers balance funds among cemetery, parks, and waterworks. park projects funded. Gazette carrier John Sullivan lost 8 dollars on C avenue NW Monday. John L. Miller, Gazette president, fractured pelvis but reported in good condition at St Luke's hospital.

Kiwanis Club Roosevelt Hotel Eunice Buol Cedar Rapids Ace Mutual Insurance Company Deluxe Cab Company Century Cab Company Ellis Park Daniels Park Bever Park John L. Miller Avenue NE the Gazette Company St. Luke's Hospital Probasco Jeweler Palace Theater Acdox Eby's L. A. Lower Albert L. Copple Lows Claxton Pharmacy Fisher Drug Morris Huron South Dakota 1St Ave Robert Hay Vincents Jewelry Griffith Feather Mattress Co Gazette K. Schaefer Kresse Bidk Day Nursery Children’s Club

Food Conference Plot Charged by Ohio Congressman

Rep. Smith of Ohio accuses the United Nations food conference of planning an international body with sovereign powers to enforce its will. He calls it world power politics and warns of proposals for a coordinated world economy and expanded production. Smith, stationed at the Homestead hotel, asserts the conference could lead to price and production controls domestically.

Hot Springs United Nations Smith Ohio Homestead United States

Italian Claim Rumor Sinks 11 Enemies at Sea

Rome radio said Italian submarines sank 11 Allied vessels totaling 80 000 tons in the Atlantic between May 1 and 24 including a cruiser and two destroyers.

London Rome Atlantic

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Classifieds and Lost Found Items in Cedar Rapids Gazette

A collage of classified ads and Lost items lists from the Cedar Rapids Gazette includes rates for want ads, instructions for placement, and several Lost notices. Items mention lost cape, jackets, dogs, a wrist watch, and a red cocker spaniel with rewards offered.

Gazette Black Cape Lady's Tewart Ellis Park Vicinity Franklin School Rewnard Bever Park AOL

Barta Family Attends Benes Reception in Washington

Frank W. Barta and his wife attended last Wednesday’s reception at the National Press Club in Washington honoring President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia who visited to confer with President Roosevelt. The Bartas have spent six months in Washington visiting their son Adolph K. Barta, a local attorney, before returning to Cedar Rapids Sunday.

Frank W. Barta Fifth Avenue SE National Press Club Washington Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia United States Roosevelt

Welch Smashed Thumb Yet Finishes 69 At Spokane Course

Defense worker and national public links golf champion Bill Welch injured his left thumb in machinery but played the par 72 Spokane Country Club course in 69 using a baseball grip during practice for a local tournament.

Spokane Wash Bill Welch Spokane Country Club

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