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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1945
Page
2
Chicago market shows cattle at top $17.25 with steers mostly $14 to $16 while hogs steady near ceilings. Sioux City and Des Moines reports note mixed receipts and modest gains with feeders steady and sheep values uneven as waves of cattle and hogs move through major yards.
Hog prices hold at ceiling levels with top prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Good hogs 160-170 lbs fetch 14.00, 170-400 lbs 14.40, packers 270-600 lbs 13.70, 600-650 lbs 12.60. Sheep prices show choice west lambs 15.50, native lambs 15.00, good lambs 14.00-14.50, fair 12.00-13.00, cull ewes 3.00-4.00, plus weight adjustments for quality.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for corn, soybeans, wheat, rye, oats, and local farm products. It includes livestock rates for hens, ducks, geese, eggs, and buttered dairy items, plus wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted regional values.
Plymouth Wisconsin lists up sales including three cars of dairy products and two twin cars. Chicago provisions show prices for wheat corn oats barley and seeds with bid ranges and several forage and clover varieties. The document records market quotes with several fractional percentages and per hundredweight figures.
NY and Chicago stock listings show the market at new highs since 1937 with gains led by steel, rail and motor shares. rails and utilities attract steady bids as investors push prices up, while several blue chips post fractional advances near the close.
In Des Moines the Iowa House adjourned before considering six school code bills listed as special orders of business. The Senate introduced six new school measures in a busy session. A group of 33 representatives proposed doubling lawmakers salaries from 1000 to 2000 per regular session and 10 to 20 per day for extra sessions. Colonel Perry Brown urged states to study integrating defense with the federal system and suggested a state military college on university campuses and a state guard for post combat-age men.
The Chamber of Commerce groups schedule a noon meeting at the Roosevelt hotel for retail merchants and another noon session at the Montrose hotel for public welfare. City council files a sanitary sewer petition for Wilson avenue SW from J street to west of Third street. Beer permits are granted to Walter Haddy and Vincent Lastuvka. Trowel chapter Royal Arch Masons meets Tuesday evening with work in high degrees followed by refreshments. Unscheduled bureau meeting Thursday allows attendance at Golden Gloves. Dinner at 6 15, Chamber building open for games afterward. Lt Col J S McQuiston, Cedar Rapids physician in service, visits city for two days then returns to Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne where he serves as chief of medical service.
Wheat and rye rose modestly while other grains held firm as short covering and commercial buying emerged after an irregular opening. By session close May wheat at 1.6334 3, corn 1.1234, oats 0.67, rye 1.1456 34, barley 1.10 as of May contracts.
New York and Chicago wholesale prices show varied egg receipts and firmness in butter with mixed lots. Eggs climbed for extras and standards while midwestern and nearby lots reflect ceiling prices. butter ranges from 39 to 41 cents, with steady reads on firsts and extras.
General Douglas MacArthur at his headquarters in Luzon praised the Bataan defense as a decisive world battle that enabled UN resistance in the Pacific. He said the garrison, though destroyed by hardships, achieved a magnificent victory and its deeds deserve lasting honor.
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in England after a trip that included stops in Athens and Cairo en route from the Crimea conference.
Secretary of War Stimson urged families of servicemen to push for immediate senate passage of the Mayo-Bailey work or jail bill. He accused opponents of serving trivial interests at war’s grim cost and warned of dangerous delays and weapon shortages if the measure fails. He said the senate committee has too often listened to special interests.
The Presbyterian auditorium hosted a memorial for Lt. Dale B Goodyear killed January 22 in France and buried in Belgium. Rev A B Curran spoke on What Is Your Life from James and urged living as the Lord wills. Marion Legionaires posted colors. ushers included Lt Robert A Titus and Cadets Wayne Carpenter and Melvin Meggers.
The sixth grade chorus directed by Miss Rose Wilcox presents Songs and Scenes of Many Lands on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Lincoln auditorium with junior high faculty members assisting. Performances include piano solos, a flute solo, a reading of The Story of Noahs Ark, and piano quartet numbers. Admission is free.
Wolters, Texas to Fort Ord, California, furlough with parents Neal Miller and grandparents H B Leasure. Yeoman Claire Roberts visits from Great Lakes with parents Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Roberts. Seaman Bill Hutchins on leave after 10 months in Southwest Pacific with parents A F Hutchins. Chief Pharmacist's Mate Clair Nicholson arrives from Wildwood New Jersey for leave with mother. Marion reports birth of daughter Jan 16 to Gail and Mrs Gail McCann Boulder Colorado, former Marion residents.
Representative Rankin charged the War Department issued an order barring distinctions against Communists in the army. He warned it could allow Trotzkyite Communists to receive commissions and called the measure treasonous. The War Department did not confirm the order.
CIO United Packinghouse Workers head Lewis J. Clark said the possible strike at five meat companies is postponed at least until Tuesday night. He cited assurances from War Labor Board officials that prompted delaying any strike notice for 125,000 workers at Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson and John Morrell firms over a wage-dispute that was first filed last August.
Officials of United Packinghouse Workers Local 3 in Cedar Rapids say they have heard nothing from President Clark about permission to hold a strike vote. Two union representatives had returned from Washington regarding the WLB's delay in ruling on the wage case affecting 125,000 packinghouse workers in the CIO federation.
The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York filed suit in Judge J E Heiserman's court seeking 1533.28 from E L Mead. The bond attached to a Davenport lawsuit, and the company later paid 1350 to Leo T Noll, Mead's opponent, seeking that amount plus 183.28 in attorney fees and expenses.
Paul Reid of Mt. Vernon, 28, pled guilty to false uttering of a $25 check drawn on Mt. Vernon Bank. Judge J. E. Heiserman imposed a suspended sentence up to seven years in Anamosa, after Reid already served 30 days in jail. He had earlier pled guilty in January and was arrested by deputies Snyder and Smith. Laura B. Gordon's divorce action against Clarence Gordon was dismissed without prejudice in district court, begun January 30.
Moscow dispatch says the Hungarian provisional government issued a decree restoring sovereignty over areas in Romania Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia that were earlier removed by Hungary. Tass announces the move on Monday.
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr visiting Washington predicts remnants of the Japanese fleet will not engage in current Pacific actions. He says Japan has little to fight with and that he fears no imminent showdown, noting the Philippines invasion plan change stemmed from new intelligence after a downed flyer provided key information.
Numerous lost items listed with rewards including a Bulova watch a sorority pin a 1942 green fly outfit a black fur glove a small velvet purse a brown pillfold and more. Found ads include overshoes sale a rummage sale and jewelry shops. Local services advertise repairs printing tax prep and beauty and hauling with various contact numbers.
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