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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
7
Chicago and surrounding yards report sustained cattle and hog receipts with high top prices. Buyers held back premium offerings with steers and yearlings trading near top quotes while cows and heifers meet firm demand. Sheep and lamb markets show limited supply but strong bids for best lots across Des Moines and Sioux City regions.
Chicago receipts show no car movement with seven trucks at a firm market. cheese and butter prices hold firm with varied scores, eggs softening in top grades while overall balance steady. New York reports butter firm at ceiling, cheese nominal, eggs wholesale prices mixed across color and size categories.
Plymouth Wisconsin buyers reported the Army purchased a car of twins or cheddars at 23 1/3 cents per pound.
Grains weakened late in Chicago trading as profit taking and short covering faded. Wheat moved modestly lower with May prices around 1.62 while corn and oats showed smaller losses and barley edged up. Cash market notes reflect mixed No 4 yellow wheat and mixed oats as prices and samples varied across grades.
London based Minister of State Richard K Law sharply criticized the Belgian government for inefficient food distribution organization. He contrasted it with France noting an impressive re‑equipment of railways and their efficient use.
In New York on Wednesday led by rails steel motors and industrials stocks rose a fraction with profit taking offsetting some gains. By late morning trading around 2 200 000 shares changed hands as the uptrend remained in place.
Cedar Rapids hog market remained at ceiling Wednesday with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. The listing covers hogs from 160 to 600 pounds, cattle bids, and miscellaneous equity quotations from merchants and companies as part of a daily market rundown.
Market report lists corn No. 2 yellow at 1.00, old rye at 2.04, oats No. 1 white 0.13, wheat No. 2 1.48, rye No. 2 1.00. Hay prices include clover 14.00, timothy 12.00, 18.00. straw 14.00. Poultry prices cover heavy springs over 3 lbs 0.25, leghorn and heavy hens 0.16–0.21, ducks 0.20. current receipts 0.30. Hides, calf hides, horses priced. fruits and vegetables include California celery 5.50, lemons 7.00, lettuce 4.50, onions 2.00, yams 3.57, jonathans 4.05, grapefruits 3.85, navel oranges 5.65.
Martin Baulmer a 32 year old Burr Oak farmer and trucker pled guilty to manslaughter before District Judge T H Goheen. Sentencing deferred for a medical exam after Baulmer struck and killed Julius Spande of Mabel Minn while he walked on highway 52 on February 7. Police testimony noted Baulmer admitted drinking earlier and misjudging Spande s distance.
Arthur Hoover of Linn township presented a petition Tuesday to Linn county board of supervisors to establish a secondary road district to surface a half mile of road running east to west two and a half miles south of Springville. The petition went to the county engineer for report and plat. The board also sold a portable conveyor from Iowa Manufacturing Company to C. B. Dewees of Marion for 500 dollars, located at the County Home sheds.
William Everett Blackwell owner of the Mirror Lounge at 226 First Avenue NE filed in federal court a bankruptcy schedule listing liabilities of 15,730.48 plus taxes and unknown claims. Wages 152.87, secured claims 6,683.30, unsecured 8,894.31. Assets include stock in trade 778.80, personal property 6,229.38, bank balance about 3. Represented by M. W. O Rieley.
A well children’s clinic sponsored by the Community Nutrition Service will be held Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon in room 401 at city hall. The event serves children aged 2 to 12 to prevent illness, with examinations by an attending physician and a follow up mother nutritionist consultation. Appointments can be made by calling 5515.
Pvt Craig E. Seeley of the Third Army is awarded the Bronze Star, wife reports. He has five months in service and six weeks overseas. he is the son of Mr and Mrs George Poole of 1111 Ellis Boulevard NW.
Eight new Boy Scout units were planned Tuesday night at a meeting of the new organization and extension committee led by John Heidel. New troops and packs are planned at the Second Christian church Olivet Presbyterian church St Matthew's and St Ludmila's Roman Catholic churches First Baptist church Hayes school Community House and a Negro group at 512 Sixth street SE.
New York detectives held a man on theft suspicion connected to a Knoxville Tennessee case. A telegram from the city chief urged not to apply for gas to return the prisoner, urging his release.
Marion area notices list obituaries for Mrs. C R Creglow 85 with services at Springville Hunt Chapel. Other items report school program Feb 20, store lease by Ed Sigfred company, promotions for seamen in the South Pacific, real estate moves, travel to visit relatives, and community events including showers and picnics. Typhus note references Granada sieges and Napoleonic campaigns.
U S troops of the 76th Division in Germany recount close combat over a pillbox. Pfc William R Forpanek of Chicago describes the struggle with limited gear and mines, praising medics who risked and lost their lives. They retook the position after using improvised weapons and bazookas amidst tanks and 88 mm guns.
Waubeek area Boy Scouts executive board will assemble at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Y M C A. Elizabeth Sherman dismissed her divorce action against Cletus Sherman in Judge G K Thom p son's court Wednesday. The suit began January 25. Iowa engineering examiners schedule professional exams March 13 and 14 with land surveying March 15 in Des Moines. Florida commemorative stamps sale starts March 3 in Tallahassee announced at Cedar Rapids post office.
A schedule lists an 8 am gathering, noon lunch, and a banquet at 6 pm in the Consistory dining room. The 32nd degree will be shown at 7 30 pm with Col. Frank Hallagan of Des Moines Consistory as guest.
William and Mary president announces the dismissal of Marilyn Kaemmerle the student editor who wrote an editorial calling for Negro admissions in the future. The student body votes against publishing The Flat Hat under faculty supervision, asserting no censorship.
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