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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
3
In Chicago the hog market held steady with prices at ceiling levels for hogs 180 pounds and over at 14.75. Demand cleared the 18,000 head supply while cattle receipts fell to about 2,200. The cattle as a rule were butcher stock with many cows and few steers, and sheep trading was light with scattered sales on good and choice lambs.
In Chicago AP report prices show hogs and cattle at firm to rising levels. Sows and feeder pigs meet strong demand with receipts around 2,000. Cattle top at about 14.25 for best heifers, with beef cows trading 9.00 to 13.56 and heavier cows 13.50 to 15.50. Lambs scarce with limited bids, western fed lambs around 15.25 per hundred.
Omaha market report shows hogs at 160 lb and 45 to 40? price ranges, sows and stags around 13.70, calves near 180 with weakness in cattle and steady slaughter classes. Sheep receipts about 3 500 with good and choice fed western lambs around 14.25 to 14.50 and town fed yearlings around 13.15, skins noted at 12.50 and 11.00.
Receipts total about 7 200 head with calves and stockers steady to weak while slaughter cattle trend uneven. Top beeves around 14 40 to 16 65, medium trades 11 00 to 13 56, and most cows 8 25 to 4 75. Lambs and yearlings show strength with good and choice fed wooled lambs near 15 00 and yearlings about 12 50. Feeders scarce. late Thursday loadings include 72 lb lambs at 13 00.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Friday totaled 50 000, up from 48 200 a week ago and 46 400 a year ago. Markets showed steady activity with steady loads. Prices listed for various weight ranges and hog types including good and choice barrows and sows across multiple weight classes.
Prices on all hogs remained steady Friday with prime butchers reaching 14.35 and packers around 13.60. Cows, bulls, and sheep showed varied but steady figures, including choice lambs at 13.75 and mixed yearlings around 11.90 to 12.00, reflecting a stable market across categories.
Grain prices listed for Cedar Rapids show No 2 yellow corn at 1.06, old at 1.26, new at 2.94, No 2 at 68c, No 3 at 65c on Bar and Straw. Clover hay 190, Timothy hay 180, U S No 1 quality notes and Texas grapefruit priced at 3.25.
New York stocks showed a broad advance led by motors rails and steels as the market neared seven year highs. Fractions to more than a point gains were common near the close while top prices lagged. Volume reached about 1,806,000 shares, the strongest since December 15.
A long list of stocks and percentages compiled for Friday quotations. Companies include Adams Express Manville Allied Chem Caterpillar Coca Cola General Electric Union Carbide Ford and many others. The list shows equity positions with bid and percent values across diverse industries in a dense market update.
New York AP reports rail issues advanced in Friday dealings, with several issues gaining around two points. Notable movers included Illinois Central Michigan Ohio State St Paul Missouri Pacific and New York Central amid firmer sentiment and higher fractions.
Chicago produce prices show steady demand with mixed quality. Eggs top at 12.401 cents per dozen with extras around 42.95 cents. Cheese and live poultry pricing listed, while potatoes report very light demand. market firm for top stock. New York market receipts near 16,797 with mixed colors and standards priced around 43 to 45 cents per pound.
A miscellaneous page item highlights a cheese exchange and car notices with brief entries. The short snippet references two prints and a 24 percent figure, indicating pricing or discount context within a compact classifieds style listing.
W. Shrader of the Iowa Electric Light and Power company was named president of the unnamed bureau of the Chamber of Commerce after a Thursday night vote. He succeeds Henry Gundling of Knapp and company. L. J. Nilles of The Gazette company was chosen vice-president and Clifford Davis of Cherry-Burrell corporation was named treasurer.
John Beck was elected chair man of the retail merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at a Thursday meeting presided over by Earl Nichols who had been appointed vice president by Don Hines the Chamber president Nichols serves on the Chamber board of directors
Chicago AP grain futures rallied late Friday to erase most losses after a volatile session. Corn held steady amid hedging against strong country purchases while wheat and oats edged lower and rye mixed. May prices shown for futures were around 1.63 for wheat and about 1.10 to 1.11 for corn with other grains fluctuating in modest ranges.
Chicago cash prices show barley at 1.18 to 1.37 percent nominal for feed and malting timothy at 6.256.50. red clover 31.50. alfalfa 28.50. The report notes No. 5 ye and various grains including corn and wheat with limited data.
Cedar Rapids federation accepts International Union of Operating Engineers Local 275 as a new member. President Robert E. Kehne Jr and delegates Nyal W. Boise Edwina Benedict and Leo Lubbers will represent the union in meetings. Also noted: grand prize winner David Myers 100. Other actions include veterans service center group membership, requesting reappointment of labor commissioner Charles W. Harness, scheduling Des Moines meeting January 10, and bills for the prevailing wage introduced by senators Byers and Nielsen.
Chicago AP Bing Crosby led the 1944 Down Beat musicians poll with 2406 votes for best male singer unconnected with a band. Frank Sinatra received 1606 votes and Dick Haymes 690. Duke Ellington won best swing band, Charlie Spivak beat Tommy Dorsey in the sweet band division. Dinah Shore topped best girl singer with Helen Forrest and Jo Stafford second and third.
Warden George W. Humphrey of Sandstone federal prison announced Bioff and Browne, serving ten and eight year terms for a million dollar extortion plot against the motion picture industry, have been released. Federal Judge John C. Knox ordered their release citing that they aided the government with their testimony in the trial of six men charged with labor racketeering.
Four eastern Iowa boys have enlisted in the naval reserve through the Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Norman Proesch, Bennett, entered the reserve as hospital apprentice (2/c). Other 17-year-olds accepted are Donald Lee Grimm, Urbana. Clyde Richard Taylor, Olin. Arthur Nelson Busch, Olin.
Linn county nears the Series E bond goal as Friday sales total 57,699.75 with 45,956.25 in Series E bonds, bringing the county’s grand Series E to 2,290,068.25 of a 2,331,006 target. Cedar Rapids dominates county sales, while outside areas show struggle to meet their 1,000,000 plus quota as deadline nears.
Lt Gen Omar Bradley decorated Lt Gen George S Patton Jr with the Oak Leaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Cross for the Third Army rapid dash across France last summer in a ceremony signaling high wartime praise by allied command.
Albert Henderson aged 19 of 1104 Second Street SE pled guilty in Judge G K Thompson's court to lewdness. He was sentenced to six months in Linn County jail with all but 30 days suspended after confession. Henderson allegedly lived with a 17 year old Cedar Rapids girl for several days in a hotel room.
City briefs note the Pale Methodist church will host Rev C W Harrep for an 11 a m Sunday service with Sunday school at 10. The Shueyville United Brethren church has Rev Lyle K Anderson speaking on Enduring Power at 9 30 a m with church school at 10 30. Mrs J G Munson of 611 Ninth Street SE is a Mercy Hospital patient. A revival campaign led by Evangelist E R Fortner of Vincennes Ind will begin Sunday morning at the Free Methodist church on 800 Gevenue NW and run through January 14.
Mrs. Olla Peyton Mullan of 600 First Avenue NE is confined to St Luke's hospital with a pained left leg after slipping on ice Wednesday in front of her home.
Aaron Bayford Fanton of 419 Fourteenth Street NE was enlisted into the naval reserve on Thursday, according to the local enlistment office records.
Frank A. Beals of 501 Knollwood Drive SE is reported in good condition after a Christmas Eve recurrence of a prior illness. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital and remains under physician care on Friday.
Fifteen Chick Bed representatives from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas met Friday at the Roosevelt hotel for an all-day session. Otto Kohl, Cedar Rapids proprietor, presided at the noon luncheon where Bill Smith of the Chicago advertising agency spoke. The meeting ended at five in the afternoon.
Dr. Thomas B. Lacey, 64, superintendent of the Glenwood state school for the feeble minded, died early Friday after a severe operation at University Hospital Iowa City last October. A pioneer in X ray work, he served five years as superintendent and three years as the school physician. Born in Council Bluffs, he was a respected medical specialist in radiology.
Kenneth L. Dixon profiles Lt. Col. Samuel M. Hogan of Texas and his unit in Belgium as they battle through encirclement, suffer heavy losses, and execute a dramatic Christmas escape. The force penetrated 30 miles, endured panzer pressure, used radio artillery calls, and retreated 10 miles toward safety with stubborn resolve.
Walter Cronkite reports Roof Top Willie as an unidentified doughboy hero, fighting a German regiment in Echternach. For 72 hours he and his unit held off enemies, cleared a house, and slaughtered 40 Germans with grenades and rifle fire amid snipers and wrecked streets. Captain Lang recalls the hour long rooftop stand and the toll of battle.
Keen Teen Klub plans for a New Year party at the Y M C A with Howard Drake's orchestra from 8 30 p m to 12 30 a m. Guests admitted with members. floor show by Adelen Hutchison school of dancing. a 9 o'clock swim, game room and snack bar open. decorations and dance band committees listed.
Pvt. Wesley Nosek age 26 was wounded December 16 in Germany according to word received by his parents Mr and Mrs Vaclav Nosek 292 Hamilton Street SW He is an infantryman overseas 11 months Nosek attended Wilson high school and worked with his father as painter and paper hanger before enlisting in April 1942 His former wife and age Jr live in Stanton Illinois.
Lillian L. Anderson sues the Waterloo Cedar Falls and North ern railroad for 5600 in district court claiming injury from an explosion and fire on January 3 1943 aboard the train at Urbana Iowa. Attorneys Leming and Hobson of Hampton represent the plaintiff.
Emerald M. Callander who runs a Dodge Manufacturing plant restaurant in Mishawaka advertised for waiters offering salary and free meals plus a package of cigarettes, hoping to attract staff in what was described as a tough labor market.
A historic 1887 overflow of the Hoang Ho river submerged vast areas causing an estimated seven million Chinese to lose their homes and livelihoods as floodwaters swept through major regions.
Raymond B. Lewis, 33, of Hopkinton, arrested by Constable George Thomas on a charge of cheating by false pretenses. Held in Linn county jail pending arraignment after taking a car from Dyersville on contract without payments. The disputed auto was seized by Thomas.
A W Doubrasky of Lee ington avenue SE is convalescing at home after hospitalization earlier this month. He was released from St Luke's hospital on December 22 and hopes to return to work in a week or ten days. The exact diagnosis was not disclosed.
Memorials at pre war prices advertised for Anderson monuments at 1029 Third Avenue SE. Private ownership listed with contact phone 2087S for arrangements.
Multiple notices report lost items including black cloth with ration books, a women's handbag, a bracelet, overshoe from a car, a ballpoint pen, a rosary, a pin, and a tan dial. Rewards offered. Contact numbers provided: 2-4818 2-1635 2-336 23-9850 3-3363 5268 53-0498 3-0329.
A collage of local ads offers overcoats wool jackets and mackinaws at First Street outlets. Jewelry shops at 308 2nd Ave and 310 3rd SE advertise watches diamonds and repairs. Other services include income tax, prescript transfers, dry cleaning, machine quilting, and general hauling. Frequent small notices list shop names, contact numbers, and locations.
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