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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1945
Page
9
Active cattle trade lifts steers yearlings and yearling heifers 25 cents with top price $17.35 for 1 140 pound steers. Cattle receipts reach 18 000 head with hog arrivals 12 500 and sheep 7 000. Lamb buyers ask $16.75 and up while hogs hold ceiling prices in a strong market.
Feeder steers and vealers show steady to higher bids amid light supplies. Slaughter steers and yearling heifers remain strong with multiple loads priced up to 17.25 for strictly choice cattle. Sheep and lamb values steady to slightly higher with fed wool lambs around 16.50 and natives topping near 16.25. hogs active with steady to firm auction figures. Receipts list sizeable totals across cattle, calves, sheep, and pigs with market retarded by high asking prices in places.
Receipts show mixed cattle prices with steers medium and good up to 16.00. yearlings and heifers around 12 to 14.25. cows from 9.25 to 12.25. cann ers and tear around 7.25 to 8.50. Sheep receipts total 6600 with feeders strong at 14.45 for feeder pigs and lambs around 15.75 for wooled lambs, with other values noted for ewes and slaughter ewes. General tone: steady market, quality varied from good to medium.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Minnesota and southern towns for 48 hours ending Monday morning totaled 42,500, up from 41,900 a week earlier and 51,000 a year ago. Active and steady with loading about as heavy as last week. Good and choice barrows and gilts 160 to 313 pounds priced around 14 dollars. Good and choice sows 270 to 400 pounds at roughly 13.70 to 14.13. Heavy sows 400 to 450 pounds around 13.70 to 13.45, 450 to 550 pounds near 15.7.
Market notes show receipts for one truck and one car with prices for fowl and live poultry including Leghorn fowl at 26 to 30 cents and roosters around 29 cents. Butter firm with several price lines. eggs and cheese prices listed. Potatoes arrivals and shipments detailed with Idaho Russet, Triumphs, and Bliss varieties cited. Cheese and butter receipts and current wholesale price ranges provided. mixed colors and dairy product pricing noted amid strong demand and light new stock.
A miscellaneous Wisconsin item mentions percent figures 23 and 24 connected oddly to event cars and cheddars and a ceremonial or casual context. The fragment includes unclear references to sir and midgests without coherent names or dates.
Early trading Monday shows markets steady with rail stocks pacing activity. Great Northern 4s traded near previous levels while Northern Pacific advanced to 106 percent and Southern Pacific moved at 118 percent. Union Pacific traded around 106 percent as investors digest the investment block.
Cedar Rapids grain and wholesale produce notes list No 2 yellow corn at 1.00 per bushel and other items. Poultry, fruit, vegetables, and staples include celery 5.75 per case, lemons 1.00, lettuce 2.45, yellow onions 2.05, Nancy Hall sweet potatoes 3.30, Jonathans apples 4.03, grapefruit 4.16, conblers 1.50.
NEW YORK AP reports stocks fell for a fourth straight session on Monday as selling remained light and casualties, overall, were relatively modest.
The post office department reminds that pre war Series A savings bonds begin maturing March 1. They are redeemable in cash and may be reinvested in Series E bonds with a $18.75 minimum purchase. Redeem at any paying bank or trust company or send to a Federal Reserve bank or the U.S. treasurer with a payment request and authorization to issue war bonds. Part reinvestment is allowed with the rest paid in cash. War bonds used as payment are exempt from Series E ownership limits of $3,750 per year.
US 14th Air Force liberators reported sinking two Japanese vessels Sunday in the South China Sea. High altitude raids by American bombers supported by escort fighters were credited with the successes during ongoing operations in the Pacific theater.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market stayed at ceiling levels on Monday with top price on prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70 dollars. Good hogs in the 160 to 170 pound range listed at 14.09, 170 to 400 pounds at 14.49, and packers 270 to 600 pounds at 13.78 with 600 to 650 pounds at 13.60. Sheep and lamb markets show choice western wool lambs at 15.50 and other classes at various quotes. buck lambs and yearling prices are noted amid mixed listings.
Chicago AP reports rye fell sharply and other grain futures slipped as liquidation by commission houses and selling by professionals eroded support. Wheat finished lower by about 5 percent with May at 1.334, corn down around 4 percent at 1.1154, oats steady to 3 percent lower, rye down near 1 percent at 1.1112-5, and barley down about 15 at 1.07% for May.
Price list shows cash provisions for corn, oats, barley, and field seeds. Corn at sample grade yellow 68 41 964 4c, oats red 85c, barley making $1.20 plus 1.392 feed $1.06 1. Timothy hay per cwt $6.00 696.25. red top $15.50 16.00. red clover $31.50. sweet clover $10.65. alsike $28.50.
Katherine Luberger, daughter of Mr and Mrs Balcom Luberger, 1937 Second Avenue SE, was sworn into the Women's Army Corps Sunday. After basic training she will serve as a psychiatric social worker in an army general hospital. A Coe College sociology major, she has worked at a Los Angeles war plant and will report to Fort Des Moines March 14. Her sister, Mary Brown, was a WAC recruiting lieutenant before an honorable discharge.
City Briefs note a noon luncheon at First United Presbyterian with 50c admission. Harlan Hauskins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hauskins, now in Minneapolis, underwent an emergency at St. Barnabas hospital Sunday. Mrs. H C DeWitt of 1963 B avenue NE is called to Minneapolis due to her grandson’s illness.
The Rev. William A. Jacobs told Rotary Club members at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon that the big postwar opportunity lies in promoting understanding and fellowship between nations through Rotary organizations worldwide. His remarks marked Rotary's fortieth anniversary observance.
Civil Air Patrol cadets from four city high schools will drill in the Memorial building basement at 7 30 this evening. Next week they resume meetings at the training center located at First avenue and Sixteenth street NE.
About 140 Coe College cadets in the Army Student Training and Research program are slated for active duty as their unit disbands this week. Capt. Hoffman notes many will be routed to army air force reception centers after 12 day delays. eligibility ages range from 18 years four months to 18 years six months.
A proposed revolutionary food stamp program would ensure city families need spend no more than 40 percent of income on food, funding a basic nutrition allotment via coupons. The plan targets malnutrition, aims for a stable market for foods, and could cost up to 750 million dollars yearly set against 1942 figures.
C A Garrison manager of Marion Cleaners and Launderers suffered injuries when struck by a car at Seventh avenue and Tenth street at 3 am Monday. He was thrown 30 feet into the Dickey grocery wall and remained unconscious for a period. The driver fled and remains unidentified. Garrison had been returning home from the laundry where he checked the boiler.
The city sold 125000 dollars of airport bonds to Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids who paid a 200 dollar premium for taking the issue at an 8 percent rate. The city will retire the issue by 1956 with scheduled annual payments totaling 96000 over five years and 17000 in the final year. The sale follows a 1942 authorization for airport spending and builds on earlier bond issues and land purchases for the airport.
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Davin of Marion received a letter from the 634th tank destroyer battalion detailing their son Pvt. Robert L. Davin's death on December 27 in Belgium due to enemy shellfire. He was buried in an American cemetery in Belgium with a Catholic chaplain officiating. The note also states he was recommended for the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart was awarded posthumously to Pvt. Davin.
Loraine circle members at the Masonic temple dinner and initiation of Ruth Maier and Hannah Johnson. Anniversary club marks twenty third wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibney with sixteen guests. Red Cross War Fund drive meeting set at 7 45 p m at the K V cafe. Electa circle and King’s Daughters host picnics and donate funds to blood plasma Red Cross and hospital magazine. Mrs. Frank Ford and family visiting, updates on Mrs. Walker’s son’s arrival in France, and births in Perry. S L Stamy and family news include an operation and travel notes. Death reported for Lillian Berry Dennis formerly of Spickard Mo.
Roosevelt High School wins the district forensic championship at Waterloo coached by Arvil Cuick. Debaters Dick Bukacek Charles Campbell Thelma Trimble and Michael O Rourke form the winning team and tie for high speaking honors with 18 of 20 points. They advance to the state meet at the University of Iowa March 29 30 31 to debate reducing legal voting age.
Lloyd Lala sues Roy Bowers of Center Point in Judge Heiserman's court over a $609.77 fence damage claim from an Oct 24 1942 incident. The case began Monday with no jury impaneled. Separately Raphael Inc sues Carney's Inc in district court seeking $868.59 on an account for merchandise.
Stray black Scottie dog found Saturday near Ward listed by Mrs. Vernon Brocka Merion. Contact Bill Heasmer to claim. Lost ration books with blue handles and a single strand peak marker noted. call 3461 or 8257 to report.
Classified fragments show mispelled health claims for age reduction tonic advertises cheap trial sizes in Cedar Rapids shops list jewelry watches cleaners tax returns beauty services and a dance night with Bob Welty orchestra at a local venue. The jumble mentions May's Cut Rate, Probasco Jewelry, Claxton College Pharmacy, and Metropolitan Beauty Salon among others.
Earls Pixit Shop offers washing sewing machines vacuums bicycles and repairs at 1564 E Ave NE dial 7598. Cashman Plumbing Heating lists services and contact 8921 921. Hauling ashes rubbish and fertilizer available with multiple phone numbers Dial 2 6362 Dial 2 1101 Dial 2 735.
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