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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
2
Chicago markets held steady with scarce hogs on sale and cattle and sheep steady. Cattle and sheep salable volumes around 200 head with steers near 616.00 and cows 14.25, calves 8.00 to 15.50. Sioux City reports slow pace with slaughter steer prices rising about 25 cents, fat lambs strong, and mixed results across cows and yearlings. Grain quotes noted for Chicago.
Omaha lwestock report shows receipts 600 hogs and 400 cattle with fluctuating bids. Hogs top at 14.25 for under 186 lbs while sows around 13.70. week totals edge higher for barrows and gilts. Cattle include four loads top fed steers at 17.00 and choice heifers 15.75, cows 12.75, vealers 14.00. Sheep receipts about 1,000 with fed lambs steady, top 14.00 for good and choice. yearlings and ewes mixed with modest gains seen.
Des Moines pig market receipts for 24 hours to 8 am Saturday reached 45,500 across 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, up from 34,000 a week earlier and holiday last year. Activity fair to mostly steady with few bids 10 cents higher for butchers. Prices listed for barrows, gilts, and sows across weight ranges. Continuous figures indicate ready demand and varying lot sizes with per hundredweight quotes ranging around 12.80 to 14.70 within the reported bands.
Prices for hogs at Mason C Waterloo Otto show mixed bids with quotes around 12.45 to 14.10 per hundredweight. Packing sows hover near 13.65 with several entries in the 13.60s and 13.70s, reflecting market volatility and varying lot sizes.
Chicago market summary reports 102 arrivals and 732 ships with 170 shipments. Utility and washed, jobbed prices listed for Idaho russet Burbanks and U S No 1 varieties. Michigan Pontiacs and Minnesota North Dakota items show unwashed and washed prices. Eggs receipts cited with steady prices and standards. miscellaneous items include BUR and Girties notes.
CHICAGO AP grain markets showed an irregular session with initial rally fading before close. In May contracts May wheat at 1.63, corn around 1.10, oats near 0.65, rye about 1.10, barley up to 1.06. Cash bids listed for No 2 yellow corn and sample yellow oats, with field seed prices for Timothy and alsike clover.
NEW YORK INS reports guarded forecast by a U S staff officer that the German offensive may yield the war’s greatest slaughter, surpassing Stalingrad. American holds improved though Germans counter-attack near Munschau, with 70 tanks knocked out in a single position. Weather cut in.
New York reports a few favorites making limited headway while many leaders struggle in a choppy recovery. Early trends show irregular improvement, then turnover around 500000 shares, about half last Saturday as quotations end spotty near the close.
The Cedar Rapids hog market showed no change Saturday with top price for prime butchers at 14.10 and packers at 13.70. The report lists various stocks and prices across multiple companies and commodities, reflecting a broad market snapshot rather than a single focal item.
The listing shows Old No. 2 yellow corn at 1.00 per unit and No. 3 beans at 0.65, with various grains and hay prices. Oats, rye, timothy, pesitry, poultry prices, wholesale fruits and vegetables details, Russet potatoes at 3.95, Texas grapefruit at 3.25, and livestock prices for hides, calves, and horses included in the market report.
In northwest Greece the Elas army pushes into Edes territory, seizing two towns as 15 miles deep incursions provoke a British appeal for help. Edes forces, about 12 000 strong, fall back into fortified mountains while Scobie seeks a truce based on withdrawal of Elas troops from Attica. Medical teams assess typhus risk amid blockade and food shortages in Athens.
New York bond review notes moderate improvement in rail issues on Saturday while most corporates outside rail list showed extremely narrow price zones. Government securities moved with subdued changes as traders paused before the holiday.
Report from Davenport and La Crosse shows river stage readings with unclear figures. Mentions McGregor and a 43 reading with other fragmented numbers and notes about river conditions.
James Marlow reports from Washington on Secretary Stettinius efforts to reorganize the State Department and curb stubborn secrecy. He gathers 2500 employees for a publicized meeting with new aides and notes how officials view openness versus tradition. The event, initially off the record, signals a push for more accessible information and the test ahead for lasting reform.
President Roosevelt urged Americans to keep on the job and sustain steady war output to aid troops and withstand Nazi counter thrusts in Europe. He warned he cannot yet see Germany's defeat and urged elastic war financing until victory is assured, while stressing no definite end in sight.
Neil Keasey and Charles Bowers pled guilty to an escape in Jones county district court. Judge M C Hamiel sentenced them to five years in the reformatory, to begin after their existing prison camp terms at Independence on December 10, with capture occurring two days later at Mason City.
A fire destroyed a five room house belonging to John Schroyer. The estimated loss is about $1,500.
In a fierce morning assault near a recaptured Belgian town, two American companies fought through German defenses. They killed at least 120 enemy troops and knocked out 11 mobile guns with grenades bazookas and small arms before the survivors withdrew to the hills. The fight was described as the toughest yet, with heavy artillery and tank encounters as soldiers pushed the Germans back.
Special to The Gazette reports clergy Christmas services at St. Mark's Lutheran Anamosa officers installed in the Methodist WSC S. Treasurers and secretaries named New Tama city assessor appointed Royal Neighbors lodge officers elected Anamosa divorce petitions filed in Jones county Central Fiber to host turkey dinner and dance Eastern Star officers to be installed Jan 16 Golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Mixell Decorah power company proposes new rate schedule saving about 5800 annually effective Jan 1
The Athenian club was entertained Friday at a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Paul Reinsch and Mrs. Walter Reinsch with Miss Florence Kruger and Mrs. Carroll Roberts singing. Margaret Ann Reinsch and Jimmie Kruger performed a piano duet, Emma Klein gave a reading, and Mrs Marvina led carol singing amid co hosting by Mrs Barney Gipp Miss Helen Crane and Mrsene Wilber.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Eyestone of Cedar Rapids bought the Bryan B Sanborn residence at 88 Fourteenth Street. Eyestone is an engineer with La Plant Choate company.
Mrs N A Baker and her sister Mrs Clara Wilson will move to the A B Black home at 816 Ninth Avenue later this winter. The Blacks are building a new home in Minneapolis. Also notes on New Year's ledgers, gifts, and local ads. Holiday events include Lt Bill Nickeson's visit from Camp Hood and various dinners and sales around Marion.
Marion area churches announce Sunday worship times and sermons. Calvary Baptist Cedar Rapids pastor William Dykhui Zen to lead morning and evening services with a Christmas Eve program at 7 30 pm raising funds for Maywood Illinois Children's Home. Catholic St Joseph's Masses 8 and 10 am Father T J McElliott. Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong morning worship 10 55 with Christmas cantata at 4 pm. Youth groups and door caroling noted. various church schools hold 9 45 am Sunday schools.
Mr and Mrs Edward Hines of Des Moines spent the holidays with his brother and sisters John Florence and Marion Hines. Mrs Hines mother Mrs C C Carpenter, who had been visiting in Despong returned to Marion with her. George Weis of Muscatine former Marion resident visited this week with Mr and Mrs Willis Jordan en route to Oakdale to see their daughter Lt Kathryn E Weis. Mrs Martin A Hall of Los Angeles is visiting her sister Mrs Ethel Hart of Marion and her parents Mr and Mrs J H Leaf of Morley.
American Seventh Army troops press the Siegfried line in snowy Germany, seizing a pillbox after a tight assault in which 15 doughboys entered the shell, were trapped inside, and later relieved by a fresh assault. Commanders note pillboxes shelter Germans and hinder counterattacks as observation and artillery suffer from heavy snowfall.
Death notices from Wilton Junction Central City Blairstown Clermont Urbana Monticello Edgewood Oxford Manchester describe services, survivors, and relatives for Fred A Matthews Louis Grosse Leo F Davis William E Curtis Patrick McGreevey Mrs George Chambers Mary Haley Phin Wandell Glenn Kennard Lizzie Van Voltinbergh and others with service dates and family connections.
City briefs note Rev Lyle K Anderson will address the congregation at the morning service of the Shueyville United Brethren church. A Christmas program is planned for 8 and Sunday school starts at 10 30 am. Mrs Annette Marvis of 128 Fourth Avenue SE is recovering after eight weeks at Mercy hospital. Gazette newsboys and street circulation manager Alex Idler visited Horace Spencer, state theater manager, Friday to view Holiday Inn and True to the Army.
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