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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1945
Page
12
CHICAGO AP reports best hog receipts in a week with 16 000 head yarded, 5 000 billed direct to packers. Cattle about 9 500 head, sheep 5 090. Steers mostly medium to good, 13.50 to 15.50 with early top 16.50. buyers scarce for top types. Grain quotations provided by Lamson Brothers.
CHICAGO AP WPFA hogs receipts 11 000 with total 16 000 active to all interests steady choice bar rows and gifts 140 lbs up to 14 75. top 16 50 and some held higher. cows steady to weak bulls steady with sausage bulls in narrow demand. yearling cattle to 14 25 vealers firm at 15 50. Sheep receipts 4 000 to 5 000 yarding back early sales fully steady at 16 50 and above for good fed western lambs. native ewes steady at 7 50 to 9 50 to shippers.
Receipts show mixed results with cattle and calves trading unevenly. Feeder buyers hold steady pricing with choice cattle around 16.50 to 13.50 and good cows near 12. Sheep and lamb figures indicate weak to mostly steady demand with feeding lambs active and four loads of good to choice fleshy lambs around 14.65 for shearers and 14.00 for 66 pounders.
Des Moines reports combined hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday totaled 26 790 head, down from 27 300 a week earlier and 52 700 a year ago. Trading remains at ceiling prices with lighter loads than last week. Prices listed for various weights and grades of borrows, gifts, sows and good sows.
Receipts total about 6 500 cattle and hogs with calves mixed. Slaughter cattle remain active with steers and stockers steady to firm, while medium and good feeder stock are limited. Hogs show steady to higher action with feeder weights around 160 to 400 pounds. Lambs meet a steady to firm tone with good to choice ewes near 9.25.
A fragment shows meat prices from various butcher shops in Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin. Figures include pork and beef price points per pound with ranges around 13.70 to 14.45. The note mentions good packing sows and weight ranges between 170 and 360 pounds.
Chicago AP reports wheat prices remained firm with May contracts at 1.64 as commission houses moved the May lot, markets finishing mixed. Corn and oats fell modestly while rye and barley showed small declines or gains compared to Monday's close.
The market notes show No 2 hard CHIC price at 1.75 cents, corn around 1.11, oats near 1.15, and hay and forage values with timothy 15.50, red clover 31.50, sweet clover 16.65, and alfalfa 28.50. Prices reflect commodity bids and sample quality notes.
Report lists various produce items with prices and quantities, noting butter tubs, printers, and standard rates. Mentions arrivals on track with shipments from Idaho Nebraska Minnesota and Minnesota markets. Yard totals show mixed pricing across ADL and regional suppliers.
Market summary shows mixed color receipts and current wholesale totals. Cheese receipts listed at 407 600 with no quotations. overall receipts at 944 834 for the week. Prices described as firm at ceiling. no further detail provided.
Pfc Donald R McLeod 21 infantryman missing in Germany since December 21 is now a German prisoner of war he told his parents Mr and Mrs R W McLeod 1806 Mt Vernon Avenue SE who received a card from him Monday He had two years in service and had been overseas since former ASTP member transferred to the air corps.
In Switzerland cheese is frequently produced from goat milk and aged in caves. The note highlights traditional methods influencing flavor and texture, with caves providing stable temperatures and humidity for curing.
In New York the market ebbed from an intraday peak but still closed higher as selling pressure tempered gains. Trade volume reached about 1,800,000 shares with widespread fractional declines and numerous plus marks late in the session.
Prices on the Cedar Papids hog market remained at ceiling levels Tuesday. Top price on prime butchers is $14.45 and packers $12.76, with broad quotations for good hogs and cattle across the market.
A telegraph style price sheet lists local grain and straw prices including No. 2 wheat at 1.00, rye at 1.00, straw 14, clover hay 14, timothy hay 12, and miscellaneous items. It also shows current receipts 3 percent, eggs 29 cents, and assorted fruits and vegetables with Jonathan apples 4.05, Texas grapefruit 3.85, and eastern cobblers 3.50.
Trends crept into the bank market late Tuesday as supply declined slightly around noon. Earlier raids by major railroads, including the Baltimore and Ohio and New Haven, influenced activity and contributed to a cautious mood.
A confusing UP report from Plymouth Wisconsin notes a car crash involving three vehicles, including two cars driven by twins. The incident details remain unclear amid fragmented text.
Mrs. Nellie Patterson of 400 Fifth Avenue SW is seriously ill and hospitalized at St. Luke's. Henry Kling speaks on seeds at a Thursday noon traffic men's luncheon at the YMCA. A story hour is set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the branch public library, 1908 Mt. Vernon Avenue. Lenten services go on at St. John's Episcopal Church on Wednesday with Holy Communion at 7:30 and 10 a.m. and a Lenten service at 7:30 p.m.
The personnel managers committee of the Manufacturers Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Wednesday noon at the Roosevelt hotel. Mrs. Gayle Zedick of Link-Belt Speeder will discuss workmen's compensation.
H L Guzzle of 1312 D Avenue NE has been promoted to car foreman for the Milwaukee railroad and transferred to Manilla Iowa. He and his Cedar Rapids neighbors, Mr and Mrs Guzzle, will move to Manilla after eight years in Cedar Rapids.
After Cedar Rapids council No. 909 gathers at 8 p.m. Tuesday a male quartet from the ASTRP unit at Coe college performs. Coe ROTC student Robert Colston accompanies and will play several piano numbers.
The Cedar Rapids school board approved a $6,000 purchase of about 80 school and janitor items for the next year. It bought 400 cases of paper towels for $1,076 and postponed insurance decisions to March 21 while seeking binders. The board hired Hazel Cory as mathematics instructor at $1,713.60 annually and Ruth Kirkpatrick Jean Richardson Martha E. Smith and Loretta Yeates as instructors at $1,598.60 each. Helen Hrubesh resigned Feb 23 for a government post. Polling places for the March 12 election were set and Frances McFall named deputy secretary for absentee ballots.
William A. Starnes of Dubuque attempted to end his life in the city jail at 2 20 a m after being jailed for drunkenness. He ripped a tin cup and slashed his left wrist, receiving five stitches at St Luke s hospital. He was to be sent home later Tuesday.
The Gazette de Lausanne reports in Bern that control of the German foreign ministry may have shifted under Heinrich Himmler after a serious cue with Joachim von Ribben.
OPA district director Walter D. Kline and district enforcement officer Floyd L. Whittington met with the Chamber of Commerce retail merchants bureau at the Roosevelt hotel to seek a solution for ceiling price violations. A food price specialist will visit Cedar Rapids Thursday to aid dealers with OPA rules and interpretations. The officials pledged to avoid a crackdown if compliance improves, but warned harsher action for noncompliance.
City Clerk Maude Krebs announced completion of updating registration records in Cedar Rapids. Names of nonvoters since 1940 were withdrawn, triggering many citizen notices and many calls from families of service members. Servicemen can vote. they must reestablish Cedar Rapids residence to vote after discharge.
Mrs Anna Anderson 85 Ottumwa mother of Mrs A H Hall gren and Oscar A Anderson died Monday in an Ottumwa hospital She would have been 86 on March 12 Survived by husband Aaron Anderson other children Mabel Sutherland and Harry B Anderson with seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Services set for 1 30 p m Thursday at Johnson Funeral Home Ottumwa burial in Ottumwa Cemetery
Mayor F K Hahn spoke to the Canopus club at the Roosevelt hotel outlining Cedar Rapids airport history. He noted Civil Aeronautics Administration listing in 1942, a 1942 43 contract, city land dedication, government funding around 1 million dollars, and 150000 spent by the city to acquire land and improvements. The project was delayed to fall 1944, the government relinquished control, and the port was turned to the city. The city plans a sanitary system and water facilities and a master plan for a well laid out port.
Mrs Leath em 83 a former Cedar Rapids resident died in Minneapolis Friday. Born in Sweden she came to America in 1868 and spent most of her life there but lived in Cedar Rapids from 1922 when married to Mr Leathem until his death in 1929. Surviving are a sister six children including Mrs John E Powers and 16 grandchildren. She was a member of Saron Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids.
William F Rick of Ashtabula Ohio died in West Palm Beach Florida where he was wintering at 7 30 p m Saturday after a brief illness The Grand hotel Cedar Rapids longtime associate moved away 40 years ago His body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Wednesday morning and be taken to Monahan funeral home friends may call Wednesday evening Funeral arrangements to follow
William Sporman 524 Seventh Street SW and member of the Sheet Metal Workers union died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Beatty chapel conducted by Rev. P. L. Bornhoeft with burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Wednesday at Beatty chapel.
Lost items include a white gold Bulova wrist watch with a brown leather band and a brown billfold found near Montrose Hotel. Reward offered. Call Dial 4253 or R 3-1947 at Olin, Iowa Route 1.
Classifieds list rubber overshoes in multiple styles and sizes at low prices, plus watches, jewelry, dry cleaning, tax services, recording services, and varied local shop offers. Highlights include waterproof wrist watches, diamond buying, trusses, Swedish massages, beauty salons, printing, and a dance event lead.
World War I veteran Edward T Waterbury died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services are set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Moon chapel with the Rev. William Wilson of Toddville officiating. Burial will follow in Dunkard cemetery. friends may call at the chapel.
Des Moines AP report notes five school code bills advancing in the house after debate. Measures include raising teacher minimum salaries, increasing elementary and high school tuition maximums, and allowing public hearings on contract cancellations. Other bills authorize district facility consolidation and inter-district contract for future education.
Edgar Bascom 21 of Center Point faces larceny from a motor vehicle charges after police arrested him at the Wilson and Company lot at 7 30 am Tuesday. Detectives say he admitted stealing a battery from a car owned by Chester Goldsberry of 308 M Avenue NW. the battery was found in Bascoms car. Police report several parking lot thefts in the past week. Bascom previously served two months in county jail last summer for forgery with a one year sentence, ten months suspended.
An order for destruction of merchandise labeled Rex Wheat Germ Oil Violin Corporation Monticello Illinois seized by Robbins Inc Cedar Rapids Henry N Graven Mason City and others was issued after a hearing held in Sioux City on February 12 and actions followed in Illinois federal court.
Fragmentary notice lists Grand Cafe in Iowa offering dining and dancing with fried chicken and melodies. It also mentions a drive in and ashes hauling services with inconsistent names and phone numbers for Cal Noble and Harry Davis.
Reward offered for a lost pair of glasses described as a gold frame with a wire nose bridge. Last seen near Butterfly Cafe. Contact will party or call number 4233 if found.
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