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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1944
Page
4
Chicago commodity notes show hogs active with steady to firm quotes. cattle veering in with fed steers near week-ago levels and sheep steady. Market reports from Omaha Sioux City and Waterloo list hogs, cattle, and lambs with price ranges and receipts, reflecting brisk demand and mixed supply across regional yards.
The report lists Culcace and Ace Poultry items with roosters ducks and fryers, plus potatoes and onions. It notes New York produce prices for butter and eggs, and describes wholesale vegetable prices, with Russet Burbanks and Bliss Triumphs among the notable potato varieties and regional price ranges.
Allied dispatches say Polish troops join the Eighth Army north of the Cerenetro Adriatic sector as Brazilians push toward the western flank near Pisa. Resistance is reported along a broad line with reef positions at Mondasio Serafini and other coastal fortifications.
Cedar Rapids hog and cattle markets show steady prices Monday. Top hogs reach 14.45 for butchers and 13.70 for packers, with various weight ranges listed. Cattle quotes include prime steers up to 16. Be, and calves and sheep prices are noted with multiple categories.
New York stocks opened buoyant on war news and peace prospects but soon pulled back. Utilities and industrials showed strength while most leaders faded. fractional losses persisted toward the close as liquidations continued.
Wall Street stocks list and trading figures for several corporations including Johns Manville Libby McNeil Libbey Owens Lockheed Packard Mercantile and more. The page also notes bond reviews and market movements across Chicago and New York with various fractional changes.
Market notes from Cedar Rapids list prices for grain and livestock, including No 2 yellow corn at 1.04, soybeans at 1.88, oats 76 to 713 cents, wheat 1.40, rye 1.05 May, and baled straw 10 to 12 dollars. Poultry and eggs show varied rates, with hens around 18 to 32 cents and current receipts 2. For produce, Michigan celery 1.30 per dozen, lemons 7.84, California oranges and grapefruit priced, and potatoes and onions listed. Hide and leather prices appear, plus small horse and kip rates.
Chicago reports a firm cotton market and light grain offerings as futures rally. Wheat ends unchanged to 34 higher, corn up 14 to 4, rye 1% higher, barley 1% higher. September prices listed. Cash wheat ranges labeled No 1 dark hard at about 1 58 to 1 59, oats varying, barley around 1.15, and seed prices for clover and timothy noted.
Walter Baker, 58, of 365 Forest Drive SE, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The court fined him 300 dollars, suspended his license 90 days, and cited Patrolmen Henry Overman and George Rubey for the arrest after an erratic drive in the 1900 block of Bever Avenue SE.
In Italy Churchill met with Lt. Gen. Mark Clark and reviewed the American Thirty-fourth Infantry Division. He spoke of crushing the sources of evil and personally fired on German positions north of Pisa during the visit.
Clifford F E Campbell age 52 of 815 Division St SE pled innocent to carrying a concealed weapon at a Linn County court. He is jailed on a 2500 bond after deputies found a revolver and cartridges as he lay on Seventh Street SE. He allegedly took the weapon from Jane Anderson at that address. Merchants National Bank named administrator for the estate of George Kee ler who died in Los Angeles County. July 23. John Blauts Sons sued Mr and Mrs Warren Duke in district court for 52680 on a promissory note.
The Cedar Rapids war appeals coordinating committee meets Tuesday at 4 pm in Chamber of Commerce rooms. Mrs. E W McCrackin and daughter Regis return from Riverside California after visiting Pvt E W McCrackin Jr stationed at Camp Haan. The Beatty and McAllister family reunion was held at Bever Park with 73 attendees from Shellsburg Palo Atkins and Cedar Rapids. Officers re elected were Grace Narber president Chester Hagan vice president Eleanor Saha secretary treasurer. Lost items include a blue tricycle at P Ave Bridge with reward, an army insignia necklace with picture, a red purse from an apartment, a man 5 watch with leather strap, a gold bridge with teeth, and a brindle bulldog. Call numbers listed for each reward.
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