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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1944
Page
4
Chicago and Omaha report hogs easing modestly in a generally steady week, with top bids near 13.90 for 190 pound offerings. Cattle trade remains slow and uneven, with slaughter steers and yearlings mostly 14 to 11 dollars, while sheep and lambs show limited activity and mixed prices across markets in Chicago Des Moines and Sioux City.
In Chicago, a firmer tone emerged as corn and rye rose by about a cent or more, wheat up fractions. Light trading left prices buoyed by smaller orders, with December wheat around 1.67 and corn near 1.12 to 1.13, barley mixed, and No 1 grains cited with specific bid levels.
Wholesale prices for butter cheese eggs and other dairy items updated in New York and Chicago markets. Butter ranges with 92 score premium marks, eggs receipts listed, cheese varieties and potato arrivals noted, with general wholesale levels and regional quotes.
On Cedar Rapids market hog prices remained unmoved. Top price for prime butchers is 13.45 dollars with packers at 13.15. Prices vary by hog weight from 160 pounds to over 360 pounds and by grade from mixed yearlings to good to choice. Lambs and sheep show mixed, with lambs around 12.50 to 13.50 and ewes 4.50 to 10.00. All buck lambs priced at one dollar per hundred weight less.
Market list shows grain and feed prices including New waite No. 2 at 68c, No. 3 at 65c, Rye No. 2 at $1.00, Clover hay 14c, timothy, straw, and heavy springs. Animal values include hens 20c, ducks 22c, geese 23c, No. 1 eggs 34c, hide and calf prices, horse and kip ranges, with fruits and vegetables such as celery $5.25, lemons $7.20, oranges $5.70, onions $1.40, and apples Jonathan $3.75.
Wisconsin cheese exchange reports four cars sold and various grades with prices noted. Mississippi River stage figures show small rises and falls across Davenport La Crosse Dubuque Keokuk and related towns with no major changes overall.
The City Plan commission plans a Thursday 7 30 p m session at the city hall superior courtroom. Cub Pack No 5 of Central Park Presbyterian church reports 4300 pledged for the sixth war loan canvass. Red Cross appeals for women who can sew to help with kitbags. Y M C A production rooms open Tuesday Wednesday Thursday. Rev Michael Martin of Loras College speaks to Knights of Columbus Tuesday at 8 p m about a Loras scholarship contest to be held in Cedar Rapids parochial schools.
Hollywood AP United Press report says James Petrillo paused his ban threat on union musicians after negotiations with NBC. Jack Benny insisted he is an innocent bystander and the program proceeded with no reference to the dispute.
New York rail shares surged to seven year peaks as steels and other Industrials climbed in one of the strongest volumes in months. Turnover neared 1.5 million shares with gains from fractional to about two points and close prices trimmed in spots. Top names included Allied Stores Kresge McKesson Pan Am and many rail and utility issues. bond market also rose with rail issues among the day’s active performers.
In Columbus Georgia a neighborhood game of Cowboy and Indians ended in tragedy as Ernest Bell age 9 was burned to death after being tied to a tree during the play. Other children were involved and police began a probe while noting the boys claimed to be acting out a frontier scene. The victim’s family is described as having a father in the navy and a brother in the air corps.
Washington reported by W L Clayton that in the last five months the government disposed of 111,779,000 in surplus war goods at 76.1 percent of cost or appraised value.
Harry Parker 49 of Marion and Alice Lenway 48 of 110 Fourth Street NW were arraigned Monday in Judge G. K. Thompson's court on sodomy charges. They asked until 9 am Thursday to plead after being arrested early Sunday by Patrolmen Carl Badger and John Hlavacek in Parker's parked car on Old Marion road.
Henry Haegg outlined Cedar Rapids veterans service center aims to coordinate local agencies and aid returning servicemen beyond forms. He stressed collaboration among civic groups, education on loans versus gifts, and the center’s role in understanding, assimilation, and rehabilitation for discharged service members.
Washington report recounts the wartime U S maritime commission ship naming process led by Mrs Eleanor Kunitz of San Francisco. She rejects calls to name ships after Frank Sinatra or grandmothers, preferring Liberty ships named for merchant seamen who died and Victory ships for American cities. The Frances E Willard saga and champagne christenings are noted as historic episodes amid policy debates and wartime humor.
Aboard a ship, eight months into the voyage, the crew notes a persistent caller urging a postwar job at Pullman Standard Car. The protagonist vows to confront any leering suggestion with firm action, even an axe if provoked.
Bearing 173 signatures, a petition filed Monday asks the city council to place a stop sign on First avenue at Twenty-seventh street E. It cites speed on the avenue, two fatal accidents nearby, and dangerous rush hour pedestrian crossings. The traffic department will report and act.
Sigmund L. Grupp, 23, of 716 First Street SW, pleaded innocent in Judge G K Thompsons court to larceny in the night time. He is jailed in Linn County on 3000 bond. Arrested Sunday night for theft of a bag of tools and a portable radio from a car at 213 Fifth Avenue SW owned by Robert Smith. Detectives Harley Simon and Leonard Stusak arrested him at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE after a room search found the goods valued at 75.
A long jumble of lost pets and items fills columns, including a white Fox Terrier with black markings, various lost purses and jewelry, keys, a red cocker spaniel, a man’s Elgin watch, a small tan leather box, and multiple personal notices. It lists rewards, contact boxes, and several business service and sale pitches interlaced with classifieds and helper wanted notes.
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