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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1945
Page
6
Chicago reports show all livestock weak with hogs 10 to 25 cents lower, top at 14 dollars per cwt. Week over week, hogs down 65 to 85 cents, while strictly choice steers and yearlings held steady. Slaughter lambs and yearlings closed steady to 15 cents lower amid Thursday estimates.
Chicago livestock market reports show hogs steady to 10 cents lower with top at 14.10 and bulk around 13.14 to 13.90. Cattle receipts 2,000 with ranges from calves to beef steers, yearlings up to 18.00, cows around 11.00 to 12.50, and stockers 12.00 to 15.00. Sheep receipts 1,000 steady with feeder lambs 13.00 to 15.25 and ewes around 7.35 to 8.00.
USDA reports hogs mostly 400 pounds lower with some under 300 pounds and medium grades down 1.06. Feeder cattle mostly lower with some 50 cents to 1.50 drop. steers and heifers near unchanged to weak. Cows steady to 13.85, feeders varied. sheep futures show lambs and yearlings weak to 25 cents lower with several price ranges across native wooled and fed lambs.
Prices in Omaha show hogs down 40 to 50 cents with barrows and gilts under 270 pounds mostly 14.06 to 14.10 per cwt paid to shippers while sows and stags around 13.25 to 13.75. Beef cattle bid up to 25 cents higher on mid grade fed steers and cows, vealers at 14.50, top feeder steer 15.25 and top steer calves 16.25. Slaughter lambs advance early week then settle near steady. ewes 4.5 to 5.0 beyond. Market notes include bulk fed steer prices 15.25 to 17.65 with grass cows 10.50 to 12.50, stocker and feeder steers 13.00 to 14.75.
USDA cattle prices in Kansas City show Good and Choice slaughter steers 25 to 50 cents lower, stockers and feeders steady to strong, vealers and calves steady, bulls weak. Loads and quotes include good steers up to 16.75 to 17.25 per cwt and good cows around 12.50 to 13.75, with stocker and feeder steers 13.00 to 15.00.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Saturday were 43 000, down from 75 900 a week ago and 39 900 a year ago. Prices steady with slight loading. barrows and gilts mostly 160 180 pounds at 13 acting as a price guide, various weights to 14.00. Sows 276 400 pounds 13.00 13.50. 400 450 pounds 12.90 13.50. 450 550 pounds 12.80 13.50.
Cedar Rapids hog market reports steady quotes with top prime butchers at 13.90 and packers at 13.15. Prices shown for hogs 160 to 200 pounds range 13.20 to 13.70, while cattle quotations list grades AA and A through D with varied price bands. Grain and poultry figures appear alongside a Dow Jones averages snapshot from Saturday.
New York traders pushed the stock market toward a 14 year average peak as leaders posted fractional gains and several standout issues saw wider jumps across sectors.
Prices held near previous levels as main buying interest centered on a selective list of secondary rails. New York Central 4s and 42s moved ahead of the general loan run on a fair volume.
Chicago produce market shows nominal steadiness with mixed category readings. Butter prices appear steady with several grade breakdowns and varying scores. eggs list extras and standards with quoted rates. Market items include Twins daisies prints and horns at 26c.
In Ymough Wisconsin last week a carload of PL twims and cheddars was sold for 23 and a quarter cents per pound to the Dairy Products Marketing association.
Albert Pahl 59 died Wednesday in Decorah. Services were held Saturday. Surviving include his widow, a son listed as Pfc. in France, two brothers Aaron and Fred, and two sisters Mrs. Anton Oehler and Mrs. Ferdinand Oehler. Dorothy Wandling 14 died Thursday night in an Iowa City hospital. services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church in Marengo with Clarence Wandling and family noted in the record. Traer notice for Mrs. Albert Mathern, Tama county resident, who died Friday in a Waterloo hospital. husband and two children Paul of Waterloo and Mrs. William Steimel are listed as survivors.
Chicago AP shows rye futures slipping in late trading after a bullish start as traders ponder new CPA regulations tied to rye ceilings effective June 1. Wheat and oats finish mostly steady, December barley unchanged, December prices listed for other grains.
Chicago cash provisions show No 2 red wheat at 1.79 nominal and No 2 hard at 1.79 nominal with ceilings. Corn and some oats listings exist, with barley at 1.21 to 1.39 percent. Field seed prices include Timothy 5.25 to 50.00, red clover 31.50, sweet clover 10.75, alfalfa 33.50 to 36.50, and related items.
Mrs. Robert M. Carson 69 of Davenport died Saturday at St. Luke's hospital Davenport after a lifetime in Iowa. She helped found Gamma Phi Beta chapters at Iowa and Iowa State and served as a sorority leader. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Kenneth Burtt Davenport and Mrs. John Schutte California. Services Tuesday in Davenport and Iowa City. Burial in Oakland Cemetery Iowa City.
Mr and Mrs Arthur La Frantz purchased the house at 1209 Twelfth Street Marion from Mr and Mrs Leslie Dunn The La Frantz couple includes a veteran and is related by marriage to Mr and Mrs L ne The sale was handled through C
A Colonial bread truck caught fire inside Marion city limits on Seventh avenue east at 4 a.m. Saturday. The blaze started in the truck interior and caused the gas tank to explode before firefighters arrived. Miss Maud A. Robinson hosted a picnic supper honoring Mrs. Ethel Gorsuch's birthday.
Seaman Neil Sills informs his wife Bernita Zier of his arrival in San Pedro California and will report to Minneapolis for discharge. A lost male wirehaired terrier with Scott County license offers a reward. William Harlan arrives from Norfolk for leave, served on the Idaho near Okinawa and in Tokyo Bay. Ruth Ostrander of Iowa University is ill with influenza at her parents’ home. Fresh creamed cottage cheese and orange aid advertised. Robert Bruce Walker arrives Friday from Minneapolis with discharge papers after three years in the navy. Mrs. J Philip Bunting hosts N F club pheasant dinner at 310 Seventh Avenue. Donald Parsons transferred to field artillery at Fort Sill Ohio. wife stays with her parents. Roland Fowler hosts dinner for daughter Mrs. Joe Stark of Cedar Rapids. seven covers. Bailey’s Milk Bar ads. Bernice Johnson, PE instructor at Washington High School, visits Kathleen Goodyear.
Congress votes to return the Employment Service to state control within 30 days by the House and 120 days by the Senate as the wartime job transition moves toward peacetime.
Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist government claims a diplomatic victory as Russia delays withdrawal from Manchuria for one month. The pact allows nationalists to administer Manchuria and Chiang's forces to advance, while officials avoid detailing any price for Soviet cooperation. Sources say the accord blocks Communist access to major industrial assets and hints at joint control of mines and power facilities.
A community page lists radio program reminders for the Christian Hour at 7 00 AM on WMT and a long catalog of lost items including watches chains dogs and small valuables with multiple contact phone numbers. It also includes personal notes ads for clothing sewing cabinets jewelry and various services from local businesses and individuals.
The page lists worship times and activities for multiple faith communities in Marion. Baptist pastor Rev Charles Moore leads Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 10:45, with evening services and midweek Bible study. Additional notices include Catholic Mass at 8 and 10 a.m., Methodist and Presbyterian services, Christian and Congregational offerings, and youth fellowship events.
Mrs. Clara LaTourette McDaniel died at 1055 Oakland Avenue NE Cedar Rapids after a 40 year residence. Born June 1 1880 in Shellsburg she married Charles F. McDaniel on August 30 1911. Surviving are numerous nieces nephews and cousins. Funeral at Turner chapel 1 30 p m Monday burial Linwood Cemetery flowers omitted.
Franklin A Mills 91 of 105 Fourteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 12 15 a m Saturday after a brief illness. Born January 31 1854 in Palo he spent his life in Linn County. He married Viola J Page January 1 1880 in Palo. Survived by three daughters Edith Brown Georgia Mills and Myrtle Troupe two sons Leslie P and Joseph ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral announcements will be made later. Friends may call at Moen chapel.
Kenneth Bogaard learns of his mother Mrs. H. B. Bogaard death in Orange City after a lingering illness. Pioneer Sioux county resident who came with the Oregon trail as a baby. Nine children survive including William Bogaard of Cedar Cedar City. Services to be held in Orange City.
A house senate conference committee approved legislation to return the United States Employment Service to state control within 100 days. The compromise defied a White House recommendation as President Truman had urged a different approach.
Classifieds list floor cleaning, furnace repairs, chimney work, hauling, sod farming, manure sales, and sewing. also postings for employment including a sales position with Crawford Manufacturing and a general handyman wanted. Entries name Cecil Reed and Claus Ehlers with phone numbers and boxes for responses.
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