Livestock Market Sees Slump Reversal in Chicago Prices
Saturday estimates show salable hogs 8,000 head with top weights under 270 pounds at 14.40, cattle and sheep volumes steady as buyers chase higher bids. Chicago and Omaha reports reflect active trade, with cattle tops near 18.50 and hogs lifting from recent declines, while Sioux City and Des Moines yard totals reveal broad strength in regional markets.
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API
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Chicago Livestock
WFA
Ottal
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Wyoming Wheat Field
Soux City Livestock
Sioux City
IUPI
Carrie
Oregon
TOWA
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Minnesota
At & Am
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Across Items
Chicago wholesale market reports steady receipts and prices across vegetables eggs and dairy. Butter cheese eggs live poultry and potatoes show firm tones with varied grades and regional listings from Chicago and New York markets.
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Chicago
New York
Wisconsin cheese prices and rail market roundup
Wisconsin cheese exchange notes U S No 1 twins or cheddars at 23 c per lb with varied regional rises. Davenport Hastings La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Keokuk Gordon Ferry and McGregor show mixed movements. New York bond review reports market advance with rails leading and industrials utilities steady after a week of gains.
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Plymouth
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Wisconsi Cheese Exchange
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Psris Sterr Geet
Davenport Ta Hastings
Rise
la Crosse Siee
Portag Peer
Prarie du Chien
Dubuque
McGregor Fall
Gordon Ferry
Davenport
Fall
Keoku
NEW York Bond Review
New York
Wartime Pigskin Shoes to be Sold Without Ration
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration plans ration-free sale of wartime pigskin shoes, potentially 15 million pairs yearly. Upper materials will use bacon rind pigskin described as strong and durable, with plastic or rubber sole options and new men sizes planned.
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Washington
OPA
Plane Slump Hurts Stocks In Post Thanksgiving Trading
New York markets opened weak after Thanksgiving with airline shares leading the decline and many major issues failing to attract buyers. Trades around 700000 shares were reported as brokers noted uneven demand across industries. Airlines showed renewed selling pressure while several large manufacturers and retailers posted small gains or losses amid cautious investor sentiment.
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New York
iLocal Hogs Steady To Dime Higher
Cedar Rapids market reports show hog prices advancing a dime with prime butchers reaching 13.95, packers 13.55, and various weights listed for good to choice hogs. Cattle and lamb figures appear mixed with multiple weight classes and categories noted along with several cow and bull price ranges.
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Sesseneresvene
Seces
Cale Market
Grains Nervous in Unsettled Markets
CHICAGO AP Prices fluctuated nervously in unsettled grain futures on Friday. Wheat hovered near the prior close, corn edged higher after early weakness, and trade was so light that small orders moved trends. Dec wheat at 1.664, corn 1.10, oats varied 1 to 3 percent, barley mixed. cash wheat No 1 red measured at 1.205, No 2 red 1.17, oats no sales, field seed prices listed.
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Chicago
Solons to Consider Freezing Age Tax
Washington AP report says the House Ways and Means Committee voted 15 to 9 to block revival of coal industry regulation. The panel also agreed to consider freezing the Social Security tax at 11 percent for workers and employers, delaying an automatic 2 percent rise due Jan 1. Hearings begin Monday.
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House
Ways and Means
Allied Raids Base Chungking Threat
Allied and Chinese air units attacked Japanese positions across occupied China this week. A Chinese spokesman said damaged supply lines briefly removed a threat to Chungking and Kweiyang, while noting the Japanese were consolidating Kweilin Liu chow and Ishan and facing an expected two to three month window before a new offensive.
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China
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Kwangsi
Kweilin
Liuchow
Ishan
Cedar Rapids Market: grain livestock and produce prices
The Cedar Rapids market reports mixed prices on grain soybeans and livestock. Old No. 2 yellow corn at 1.00, soybeans 184 down to 2.04. white corn 48c, oats 48c, wheat 81.40, rye 1.00, hay and straw values listed, poultry prices per dozen, fruits and vegetables with California lemons 6.41, onions 1.40, celery 3.75, potatoes 3.75, grapefruit 14.00, assorted hides and livestock prices including horses up to 6.50 and kip at various rates.
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Michigan
California
Jerry
U. S
Idaho
Texas
Quaker Oats Declares 75 Cent Dividend for Common Stock
CHICAGO AP Quaker Oats directors declared a quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share on common stock payable December 23 to stockholders of record December 4. A 144 percent quarterly dividend on preferred stock is payable February 28 to stockholders of record February 1.
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Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
Social Agencies Council Hears SUI Doctor Talk
Dr. Paul Huston of the University of Iowa outlines how endowments funds and clinics support psychiatric care in Iowa. He notes state and private hospitals are understaffed and overcrowded, urging clinics in larger population centers to aid child guidance, juvenile courts and returning service members adjusting to civilian life.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Huston
University of Iowa
Council of Social Agencies
Iowa
Two Men Fined For Disturbance In Police Court
Albert Jones and Roy Rowden paid fines of 25 dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace by fighting in police court Friday. They were arrested by Detective Hanna and Patrolman Shannon at Kingston hall Thursday night. Trinidad Contreras, listed as Third street SE near Fourteenth avenue, was arrested at the hall and held for investigation with a six months suspended sentence and order to leave town issued a week earlier.
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First Street
Roy Rowden
C Avenue
Hanna
Shannon
Kingston Hall
Trinidad Contreras
Third Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Thehall
Car Rams Into Train Injuring Ralph Hardin
Ralph Hardin, 42, of 609 avenue NW, suffered a cut above his left eye when the car he drove crashed into the side of a Milwaukee train on Ninth Street SW Thursday night. He was taken to St Luke’s hospital and released after treatment. The car’s front end was badly damaged.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
CIO Urges World Labor Unity for Victory and Peace
In Chicago the CIO passed a resolution urging international labor cooperation to speed victory in the war and secure a just lasting peace. It backs President Murray's London invitation to join British and Russian labor leaders next year and advocates a united labor voice in peace settlements. It also denounces soft peace and calls for retribution for Nazi crimes. Secretary Ickes criticizes the campaign as the dirtiest in history and praises political education by the CIO and the PAC.
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London
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Teamster Leader Declines London World Labor Conference
NEW ORLEANS (UP) The AFL convention opened with Daniel J. Tobin, head of the Teamsters, saying he would not attend the world conference on labor in London. He argued that unions not free from government wage control should not sit at the same table, though he would serve American labor at a peace conference if ordered by the government. Tobin noted past cooperation with CIO officials and clarified his comment did not apply to American unions.
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American Federation of Labor
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters Union
London
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Tobin
Philip Murray
CIO
Banquet to honor VFW Auxiliary National President in Des Moines
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars will honor auxiliary national president Mrs Hazel Miller at a Roosevelt hotel banquet Saturday at 6 30 pm. About 300 people are expected. Brig Gen Charles H Grahl Iowa adjutant general and state selective service director speaks. Capt John A Quigley Des Moines veterans rep for US Employment Service serves. Rod ney Selby Iowa postwar rehabilitation commission executive director. Mrs Miller will be master of ceremonies. auxiliary members meet Sunday at 10 30 am at the Roosevelt. VFW members meet 1 30 pm at the veterans club 709 Second avenue SE.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt Hotel
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Selective Service
John A. Quigley
U. S. Employment
Dinner for Hick Is Strictly Stag Affair
The Chamber of Commerce announced a strictly stag dinner Thursday to honor Gov. Bourke B. Hick enlooper on his U. S. Senate election. Also to be honored are Robert D. Blue governor elect and Kenneth A. Evans lieutenant governor elect. The 6 30 p m event will be at the Montrose hotel with ticket sales favoring chamber members until Tuesday before public sale.
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U. S. Senate
Chamber of Commerce
Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Robert D. Blue
Kenneth A. Evans
Montrose Hotel
Purple Heart for Cpl Jesse N Cortez in Germany
Cpl Jesse N Cortez 21 currently in Germany received the Purple Heart for wounds from action on October 29. He has returned to duty per a war department notice to his mother Mrs Antonia Cortez of 809 Division Street SE. A former Gazette newsboy, he attended McKinley High School and worked for Wilson and Company before enlisting. He has been overseas six months. his brother Pfc Joe Cortez recently received a medical discharge from the air corps.
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War Department
Antonia Cortez
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Gazette
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Wilson and Company
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Joe Cortez
Air Corps
Hedges Sees Sports Boom in Postwar Era
Cedar Rapids official Horace G Cap Hedges spoke at the High Twelve club predicting postwar expansion of athletic programs. He cited Ohio State ticket sales totaling 154000 and argued army and navy momentum will fuel growth while praising Big Ten football. He noted population as a factor in college football talent distribution and questioned Ohio State’s dominance amid the Michgan Ohio State game buildup.
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Cap” Hedges
Cedar Rapids
Army
Navy
Hedges
Ohio State
Akers Fined for DWI and License Revocation
Charles Henry Akers 53 of Anamosa was fined 300 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. His operator's license was revoked for 66 days after arrest by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon in September.
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Anamosa
G. K. Thompson
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Larry Condon
G I Veterans Seek Independent Foreign Policy After War
Iowa veteran Bill Jenner, newly sworn in as Indiana Republican senator, predicts postwar G I leadership will push free enterprise and craft a distinct foreign policy. In a soldiers’ discussion group abroad, a veteran mocked the idea of milking cows for Arabs, reflecting wartime resentments over past hardships.
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Africa
Robert Boddicker Killed in Action in Italy
Special to The Gazette Newhall. Technician 4/g Robert Boddicker, 25, son of Mr and Mrs John F Boddicker, was killed Oct 23 in action in Italy after being reported missing. He went overseas Feb 1943. Survived by four sisters Mrs Oren Kelly Springville Mrs Charles Sick Blairstown Mrs Arlo Becker and Mrs Norma McKnee Watkins and four brothers Pfc Regis Harold Franklin Junior Boddicker. Memorial services will be held in Newhall at a later time.
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Springville
Charles Sick
Blairstown
Arlo Becker
Norma McKnee
Watkins
Pfc
Regis, Harold
Franklin
Junior Boddicker
Salvation Army OK’d to Erect Kettles in City
City council approved Salvation Army permission to place street kettles during the Christmas shopping season. Kettles will be set at Third Avenue and Second Street SE, Second Avenue and Second Street SE, First Avenue and Second Street SE, and on Second Avenue SE between Second and Third Streets.
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Plans Changed For Holiday Liquor Sales In Iowa
DES MOINES AP A meeting between the Iowa state liquor control commission and Des Moines district OPA officials led to altering the holiday liquor sales plan. The commission may have violated OPA rules by tying extra whisky to the purchase of wine or rum. OPA reports a flood of inquiries from merchants about tie in sales. The Iowa Anti-salon league protested the Christmas bonus plan, saying it promotes liquor use.
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Iowa State Liquor Control Commission
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Ce-Mar Roller Rink Ad for Private Parties and Skates
A compact listing promotes Ce-Mar Roller Rink open year round with private party slots on Mondays and Thursdays. It notes contact numbers 609 Marlon and 9334 Cedar Rapids for reservations and mentions leather shoe skates and a Hammond electric organ for sale.
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Marlon Or
Cedar Rapids
Beauty Shops Offer Special Savings at Local Salons
Classified ad blends salon promotions and home services. It lists Rose and Vere Ir, Artiste Salon at 119 3rd St NE, Lovely Lady Beauty at 27 First Ave SE, Thompson Salon at 209 Iowa Theater Ride, and Paris Academy with various services like natural permanent waves and dye clinics. Also includes machine repairs, sod, hauling, plumbing, plastering, and help wanted notices, plus a farm store salesman position with Montgomery Ward.
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Genteraint Road
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Center Point Road
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Cashman Plumbing & Heating
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Dolores Shedek
16Th Ave
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H Ave
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Marion
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