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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1944
Page
5
Chicago hogs steady near the 14.75 ceiling as hogs 8000 head and cattle 11 000 appear on Tuesday receipts. Cattle demand weak with lamb market slow. Omaha data show mixed cattle bids and steady butcher hogs. Des Moines receipts total 28 100 with broad demand and steady markets for light to midweight hogs and sows.
The Cedar Rapids market held steady with prime hogs at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle quotes show steers from 11.00 to 15.75 and cows from 5.00 to 11.50, with bulls and yearlings also listed. Regional feeds include Des Moines and Chicago notes with slaughter and lamb prices, reflecting a broad livestock market snapshot.
Chicago and New York markets show steady demand with mixed wholesale prices for butter eggs and cheese. Leghorn fowl roosters and broilers quoted with varying cents per pound while butter and eggs deliver fluctuating but stable receipts and standards across multiple grades.
Column lists dairy related entries with references to Wisconsin cheese, Plymouth, mixed items, and Mississippi River stations. It notes upsales, car numbers, no twins or cheddars, and price or rise changes across Davenport Hastings Crosse Prairie du Chien McGregor Keoknk and Dujuan entries.
Actress Gertrude Lawrence was saved from a sinking motor raft on the Seine in France as amphibious trucks escorted her party of entertainers. The raft suffered motor trouble and drifted for hours before sinking under strong currents.
A Stockholm Tidningen private dispatch claimed on Monday that ten Messerschmitt 164 planes, fueled for a long flight, were suddenly prepared by Adolf Hitler and his staff.
Grain and feed prices list for Cedar Rapids items including corn No 2 yellow at 1.04 per bushel soybeans 1.86 oats prices 0.68 and 0.65 wheat 1.40 rye 1.05. Livestock and products include hay straw prices, heavy and light springs hens leghorn hens and other poultry, wholesale fruits vegetables and produce with multiple regional price points, and various hides and byproduct prices.
Chicago grain futures gained after a quiet start as wheat rose 1. to 2% and September soybeans near 1.91 a bushel. Corn mixed to firm with December futures around 1.08%4, oats and barley up modestly, rye higher, and field seeds and timothy priced nominally.
Eight U.S. congressmen urged Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for permission to tour the fighting front in France. They warned they would question why labor leaders received priority for a similar tour if their request is denied. The move follows reports the trip had been postponed and amid delays felt by lawmakers.
Ray Edmundson of Springfield Illinois a leader of the autonomy movement was ruled off the United Mine Workers of America presidential ballot by John L Lewis in a Cincinnati convention finding him not in good standing and not employed around the mines. The ruling was sustained by delegates and no appeal was possible. Officers will be elected by referendum in December.
Scattered favorites advanced while many main leaders lacked bidding fuel in a thin session. Turnover around 350000 shares was among the year's smallest, with prices finishing broadly mixed after a tentative start.
Esther Richards of North Platte Nebraska became the first American Red Cross worker killed in World War II to receive Italy s War Cross of Military Valor The hospital social worker at Anzio died February 9 from German bombs The citation praised her duty and sacrifice noting her defense of civilization and Rome She had earlier earned the Purple Heart in World War I.
London AP dispatch says Germany disarmed all regular Slovak military units in the puppet state. Some troops sent to concentration camps near Bratislava, others to German arsenals. Communique cites fighting in the upper Vah valley with no major shifts and repulsed strong German attacks in the Nitra valley.
The Associated Press provides distance estimates to Berlin from several fronts. The Western front is 315 miles from Stolberg, the Russian front 312 miles from outside Pulatsk, and the Italian front 581 miles from two miles below Rimini.
Washington reports a rift between the United States and Great Britain over Italy policy. Brigadier General William O Dwyer returned to present findings from Italy to President Roosevelt before his Quebec trip. Americans favor quick restoration of Italian industry to lessen relief burdens and to open Italy to American business, while Britain seeks a weak, import dependent Italy aligned with British Mediterranean policy.
On Peleliu D day a Montana tank commander Sgt Herbert M Jones 24 Bridger Mont and his crew knocked out four enemy tanks at the island airfield in a single burst of action. Teamed with Lt Jack F Teighman of Philadelphia they added three more tanks and others finished the rest.
Local ad invites entries for a $10,000 O Cedar contest with 111 prizes. Readers must write a brief personal testimonial about an O Cedar product and submit at Cartwrights Decorating, Cedar Rapids. Nearby merchants advertise hunting coats, hats, jewelry, sewing machines, and service offers.
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