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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1945
Page
6
The embargo on eastern railroads slowed eastern buyers on strictly good and choice steers through Wednesday while medium grades stayed active. Local killers bought in all classes as cattle receipts reached about 15 000 with few cows and bulls. Choice mixed yearlings topped 16.75 and best steers and heifers 16.50. fed steers mostly 14 to 16. Fat lamb bidding was weak to 25 cents lower.
Receipts 4,000 hogs with steady to firm bids and 16,000 cattle with mixed strength. Hogs see buyers steady overall as sows and stags bring about 13.70. Cattle show general steadiness with some strength in midweight steers and feeders. Sheep receipts 10,500 with weak to lower slaughter demand and firmer feeder activity. several lots of good to choice sheep and lambs moving to market. Des Moines reports mixed prices across cattle and hogs with varied ranges in fat and feeder classes.
Receipts total 315000 cattle with 800 salable calves, prices steady to mixed. Cattle shows slower trade on strips and choice steers due to embargo, mid grades active, best steers around 16 to 16.75, cows scarce, sausage bulls to 13.25, heifers 16.50. Sheep receipts 6000 with slaughter lambs steady and some bids weaker, native lambs around 16.25 to 16.50, ewes about 8.50, slaughter ewes scarce and market light. Des Moines concentration yards report active trade, barrow and sow prices cited for various weights.
Sioux livestock market reports receipts for calves steers heifers and cows mixed demand with cattle steady to firm. Hog and sheep offerings show active demand with hogs steady and sheep chiefly steady with high quality ewe prices around eight to nine dollars and lambs holding above sixteen dollars per head.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were unchanged on Monday. Top price for butcher hogs was 14.45 and for packers 13.70. Listings cover weights from 160 to 550 pounds and include mixed yearlings and heifers, cows, bulls, and cutter cows with varied price ranges.
Grain and produce list includes No 2 yellow corn at 1.00, white gar and straw at 3.00, petreles pears and various produce prices. Notes on receipts and wholesale fruits record California yams at 83.57, grapefruit 43.85, naval oranges 5, and northern cobboliers 3.50.
A Wisconsin UP report describes a single vehicle incident involving cheese products described as twins or cheddars. The vague note suggests a roadside mishap with dairy goods in transit near Wisconsin.
New York and Chicago stock activity points to gains in motors and industrials with favorable peace prospects leading the market. Major names such as Adams Express, Libby, Caterpillar, General Electric, American Motors, and Boeing show notable movements as traders assess tensions and economic signals amid a buoyant session.
The bond market opened Monday with a steady undertone as traders focused on a select list of rails and industrial specialties. Main buying attention centered on these sectors amid cautious sentiment across broader issues.
Chicago traders saw firm to strong grain futures on Monday as wheat and rye led the advance. Light offerings and shorts covering supported higher prices with May wheat around 1.63 and corn around 1.10 to 1.14 per bushel. Cash prices show No. 2 corn at 1.75 and various yellow and white corn grades near 1.06 to 1.15. Field seeds ranged with timothy around 66.25 per cwt and clover prices modestly set across several types.
Chicago market notes show mixed receipts and prices for eggs and poultry and firmer demand for potatoes. Prices listed include eggs 41 cents per dozen, fowl 26 percent, and No 1 Florida onions at 2.72, with light old stock and strong demand outlook.
The record lists rush of butter carton prices under Office of Price Administration rules in New York. It shows creamery marked cartons with 92 score AA priced at 42.25 and 2 score A at 41.85. It notes non insured eggs receipts and various grade classifications with prices and weights, indicating regulated pricing adjustments.
Quito dispatch reports Ecuador has informed American governments that its constitutional assembly considers it to be at war with Japan, signaling a formal wartime stance despite broader regional ambiguities. The note reflects constitutional and diplomatic signals during heightened global tensions.
City officials discuss a continuing dispute between LaPlant-Choate and residents of Thirty-second Street Drive SE Emerald Avenue SE and Grove Court SE. A letter to C H Sage cites noisy yard operations lacking mufflers, street loading of steel, trash on streets, and missing a promised retaining wall. The Plan Commission will review a request to combine 37 parcels into one deed.
Articles of incorporation were filed Monday with the secretary of state in Des Moines by the Iowa Engineering Company Inc of Cedar Rapids. Officers are Howard Hall president Kenneth Lindsay vice president and James F Plumb secretary treasurer. The new Iowa Engineering is a Fruehauf Trailer subsidiary and has no ties to the former corporation sold to Fruehauf in January 1944.
United Service Aides meet at 10 15 tonight at Union stations Travel Chapter No 49 Royal Arch Masons meets in Masonic hall Tuesday at 7 30 p m for Mark Master degree and refreshments Mrs N F Alderman 1529 Seventh avenue SE released from Mercy hospital and confined at home after a pelvic bone fracture from a Friday ice fall
The city council approved selling an alley in block 57 Young's Eighth addition to Honeymead Products for 700 dollars. The alley lies next to the Y's grounds and is not used by the public and Honeymead requested its vacation.
The article notes the appointing of LeMont and Edward G. Richard Redmond to the fire department, signaling new members joining the force.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee votes to hold closed hearings on the work or else bill delaying Senate action at least a week. Chairman Thomas faces a rebellion over speedup plans as Johnson cites Patterson statements and war department positions on administration of the bill.
Jury impaneled in Judge J E Heiserman's court hears personal injury suit by Lois Parsons of 1133 Ninth Street NW seeking 10000 after a fall from a City Lines bus on April 29 near Ravenne and Ellis NW. Parsons claims the operator jerked the bus and moved before she could alight, causing serious injuries.
Fred H. Kubicek, attorney, urged immediate recording of deeds during a Cedar Rapids Real Estate board luncheon at the YMCA. He warned survivorship deeds require precautions to protect all family members and stressed precise descriptions and correct initials in transfers.
Detectives investigated the theft of 59 dollars in cash from multiple rooms at the Eleanor hotel between December 30 and February 3. The money belonged to hotel guests. Separately, vandals broke four windows at Home Oil and Gas on Ninth Avenue SE over the weekend, valued at four dollars.
The Highland Golf Club of Iowa Falls settled its suit against Sinclair Refining Company, filed May 23, 1944, by directed verdict from Judge Henry N. Graven at Mason City. Costs were assessed to the plaintiff. The club claimed $12,000 for a fire from Sinclair storage tanks near the grounds that destroyed the clubhouse.
Orville D. Sweeting seventeen of 1209 Second Street NW was arrested early Sunday and given a ten day suspended sentence after pleading guilty to intoxication in Justice R. Churchill’s court. He was alleged to have threatened a bellboy at the Allison hotel. Police said a loaded thirty two caliber revolver was found in his hotel room and forty two bullets on him at the station.
The city council issued a club beer permit to Colum bus Club Inc at 720 A avenue NE and class C permits to Joe F Ely 1532 Ellis Blvd NW and Adolph W Sramek 1000 Seventh St SE. A class B permit went to John Sprinel 100 First Ave NW, with surrender of a B permit and cigaret permit for Fred G Merklin at the same address. a $25 refund was issued. The cigaret permit of A J McConkie moved from 1915 Mt Vernon Ave SE to 1507 First Ave SE, and a new cigaret permit was granted to R H Claxton for Mt Vernon Ave address.
Lt. Dale Goodyear 22 of Marion was killed January 22 in France while serving with the Ninth Air Force. He entered service February 1943, earned wings and a commission at Lubbock Texas in spring 1944, and had been overseas since November. Survived by wife Kathleen Oxley and his parents.
George L. Erwin Jr now promoted to major while serving with the Third Army in Luxembourg. His letter to parents from 1675 Seventh Avenue notes six months of active combat in Southern France and Luxembourg with two commendations. A Coe College graduate, he worked for Inter-Ocean Reinsurance before 1941 enlistment. wife and children Kathy and George Frederick reside in Iowa City.
Bob Hagerman of Alburnett was elected president of the Linn County Older Boys and Girls conference at Marion Methodist church. Peggy Lake Cedar Rapids was named vice president and Frances Ford secretary. The officers were installed at a candlelight ceremony as 150 attendees enjoyed a church basement picnic.
Fifth Army advances reported on the Italian front near the Serchio valley and Serchio river sectors. Troops reoccupied positions taken in a German counterattack with continued patrolling and renewed operations along the army's west flank despite heavy snow and mist.
Lost and found clippings list a clear bracelet on 1st Ave and 1st Street East with reward offered. Also a lost set insignia bracelet and a lost Bets on Ring item with separate contact numbers for reward. Dial the given numbers to claim.
Local ads promote Valentine gifts at Jacks Store and other merchants. Listings include jewelry shops, sewing services, tax services, and beauty offerings with phone numbers and addresses in the 1945 era. Multiple businesses advertise seasonal sales and personal services across 3rd Ave, 1st St SE, and nearby avenues.
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