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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1945
Page
1
Receipts and price trends show Monday markets steady with limited test sales. In Chicago hogs cattle and sheep moved at steady levels with small salables. Sioux City reports mixed advances with higher slaughter steers, heifers, and feeders lifting values and lambs firm to higher.
Des Moines reports combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday. Compared to last week totals show 237.100 head lighter and 47.900 lighter for week’s total. Entries describe loading steady to slightly lighter than last weekend with markets for barrows and gilts good to choice and various weight ranges priced accordingly including 169 lb hogs at 13.50 to 14.45, 180-360 lb at 14.0, and sows in several weight brackets around 13.70.
Market notes from Des Moines record hog price ranges across weight classes with prices listed for 160-190 pounds and heavier categories. The data shows bids around 13.65 to 14.45 per hundredweight, with specific brackets for weights 170-360 and 370-500 pounds reflecting typical U.S. commodity quotes.
Receipts and prices for Chicago dairy and produce show steady arrivals across butter eggs and cheese with varying scores and solids. Potatoes report strong demand and light old stock with notable seed stock prices cited for Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota consignments.
Eight cars were sold in Plymouth Wisconsin with five twin and cheddar varieties at 23 percent discount. One square print sold at 24 cents and another piece at 24 cents. A third item described as midgests sold at the same rate.
Chicago AP reports grain futures firmed in the last 30 minutes as short covering and limited offerings set the tone. Wheat rose about 4 percent to 1.64 a bushel in May dealings, corn gained around 4 percent to about 1.12, oats and rye advanced, and barley slipped about 4 percent to 1.077 in May trades.
Wheat quotes show no sales with No 2 and No 4 yellow soybeans at specific bid levels. Prices list nominal values for red top hay and clover types, with diverse per unit figures and percentages across grains and forage items.
A Linn County district court jury returned a sealed verdict at 10:30 p.m. Friday awarding Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York $183.28, part of a total judgment of $1,533.28 against E. L. Mead. The suit involved attorney fees and expenses included in the total. The firm had contended it signed an attachment bond and claimed payment of $1,350 to opponent Leo T. Noll. The three day trial in Judge J Heiserman’s court went to the jury at 4:25 p.m. Friday.
Moscow reports the death of a Russian author aged ninety four, a distant relative of Count Leo Tolstoy. The obituary notes his long literary career and ties to the Tolstoy family.
In New York, light selling trimmed quotes as caution dominated Wall Street. The Allied Rhineland advance revived postwar economic concerns with about 600000 shares changing hands. Fractional declines led near the close as investors weighed future economic impact.
Cedar city hog quotes remain at ceiling with top prime price around 14.45 dollars. Market listings show flurries of packer bids and assorted cattle and stock quotations from Chicago stocks, with numerous firm prices and several named firms cited in the Saturday quotations.
Market notes list corn prices No 2 yellow at 1.00 and old No yellow 1.03. soybeans No 2 at 2.04. rye No 2 at 1.00. Timothy hay 12.00 per ton. poultry eggs No 1 at 29 cents. wholesale fruits include California celery 5.75 to 6.00. lettuce 0.94. onions 2.05. Jonathans apples 4.05. Texas grapefruit 0.10. naval oranges 0.89. northern cobblers 3.50. Hides priced by grade with No 1 cured at 12. No 2 at 12.4. Horse price 6 dollars.
New York bonds opened strong but retired on Saturday with an irregular tone. Moderate losses appeared in several issues including Baltimore and Ohio Central Pacific 5s Rock Island 4s 1988 St Paul adjustment 5s and Erie 4 1/2s.
Mayor La Guardia announced night clubs in New York City may keep current hours until he receives federal guidance on a midnight curfew order. Present rules allow 4 a.m. openings six nights weekly with 3 a.m. Sunday close. He planned talks with Anna Rosenberg and denied extending curfew to 1 a.m.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth LIndsay report Harold G Lyman and family found in good condition in Santo Tomas prison camp Philippines. Lyman an oil engineer for Pennzoil lived in the Philippines two years before Pearl Harbor attack. Former Cedar Rapids and Los Angeles residents.
The fragment reflects on Edgar A. Guest as a celebrated poet known as the Poet of the People. It contrasts freedom and style, cites courage and beauty, and hints at enduring themes of resilience, memory, and family through time.
In Moscow a Soviet Major uses a German speaking operator to call Berlin's mayoral secretary. The officer pretends to be the burgomaster of town N and claims Soviet troops captured the town an hour earlier. The secretary questions the call and the officer plans to meet in person.
Chicago police link escaped Michigan convict Joseph Medley alias J H Gardner to two nude female deaths eight weeks apart in New Orleans and Chicago hotel bathtubs. Victims Laura Fischer and Blanche Zimmerman were found after rooms were rented by an unnamed man who checked out nearby signs. Authorities compare handwriting and fingerprints while pursuing leads across cities.
American gunnery experts confirmed a new 1,000 pound rocket mortar used by Japan on Iwo Jima. The missiles exploded on the southeast beach where U S Marines landed four days earlier, with nose fuse and rocket motor details noted.
Staff Sgt John D Griffin age 22 was reported missing in action January 22 near St Vith. He is identified as a prisoner of Nazi forces and associated with SS affiliations in the captured report.
The Rev and Mrs Charles Moore host a farewell party at the Baptist parsonage on Ninth avenue for Bob Whittemore leaving for service. Announcements include Frank E Naso and Nellie Geren marriage in San Diego on Feb 11. Houses sold, Easter cleaning ads, and several social notices from Marion area.
The United States and allied nations presented proposals at the Inter American conference to strengthen the Pan American system with a world security framework limited to regional troubles, promote a Monroe Doctrine backed by American states, and push for immediate moves toward greater inter-American authority while advocating free access to information and the end of wartime censorship. Brazil and Colombia urged sanctions and disputes resolved by the Americas, while the U S urged rapid extension of the inter American system and freedom of information as essential to peace and security.
The notice lists multiple churches with pastors and service times including Marion Churches Baptist St Josephs Catholic Christian Congregational Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian Westminster St Pauls Lutheran Seventh Day Church of God Prairie Chapel and their weekly schedules and programs such as Bible school worship services and youth groups.
A collection of lost and reward notices includes items from Christian Hour listings. Stationery, razor blades, soda straws, and a green billfold are sought to be returned to Hach Bros Co. and Vicasea at Park Avenue. Also listed are keepsake bracelets, a black money clip, war bonds, a dog tags, and a brown and white Pekingese, with contact numbers for claims.
The Cedar Rapids studio announces closure and invites inquiries by phone for all services and details.
Fragmented notice lists men’s dress shoes with Goodyear welt soles at 3.49 a pair and a sale at Ace Store. Also mentions refrigeration service, dry cleaning demand, DIY with French Naphtha at 49 cents a gallon, and naphtha at 35 cents a gallon. Sewing machines repaired with advance estimate. Dial numbers included.
Iowa City AP report says Shirley Ann Hanks, 10, has returned home to Keokuk after surgery to correct an upside down stomach at University hospital. Parents Miraeae Hanks said surgeons corrected a heart position issue noted during treatment.
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