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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1945
Page
4
Chicago market shows steers steady with top choice at 16.85 per 1,450 pounds and mixed hog activity near ceiling prices. Receipts vary, with cattle and lambs uneven but largely steady while hogs stay firm. Omaha and Sioux Falls readings echo similar trends in feeders and calves.
A fragmented OCR item lists various price figures and weights with city names Waterloo Ottumwa Austin and numbers like 180 176 14.00 14.45 14.28 percent. The text reads like a disordered goods pricing table with no clear event or full item description.
Wheat trade remained quiet with light commission house demand in Chicago. By close, May futures were around unchanged to modestly up with corn higher and oats and rye mixed. prices shown for May contracts.
A garbled Chicago AP text shows mixed prices for yellow corn and related feed items with several figures like 1.07 1.15 3.11 1.20 and 10.65, but the content is unclear and partially unreadable. No clear event or outcome is present.
A grain and produce ledger fragment notes Chicago area onions and potatoes arrivals, numbers for U S shipments, and fluctuating prices. It mentions Russet Burbanks and Nebraskas Bliss stock with scores and market terms, indicating steady or firm receipts and light sales activity.
The listing notes Lotter 792 008 firm unchanged at a ceiling price of 18 629 nominal. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR. NoGuota 793 appears alongside easy current general fellow mixed colors and a reference to Girvies, 3 lbs.
Eight cars were sold at Plymouth Wisconsin including five twin and cheddar lots at 234 ac, one system lot at 264 sc, one sin ear lot, and one midgests lot, reflecting mixed cheese offerings in a local sale.
OPA announced a price regulation change will reduce retail prices by about one cent per pound for fresh and frozen North Atlantic species including cod haddock flounder and whiting. The adjustment applies to items sold to consumers and aims to ease consumer costs while supporting fishermen.
A last minute surge in buying lifted the market in New York as the day wore on, with the late hours shaping most of the gains in a session that closed with more than 1,000,000 shares traded. Quotations listed for Adams Express through Zenith Radio show broad activity across industrials and utilities.
Cedar Rapids hog market shows prices at ceiling Tuesday with prime hogs topping 14.45 dollars. Good hogs in 160 to 170 pounds fetch around 624.00 per hundredweight, 170 to 490 pounds around 14.45, and 270 to 600 pounds for good packers. Dry lot beef trades near 9.00 to 7.00. Lambs and sheep mixed quality priced accordingly with native lambs at 15.06 to 14.50 and all bud lambs at 1.66 per hundred.
In late trading New York bond prices firmed while morning trading showed little movement. Rails advanced fractions to about a point, and the corporate list looked steadier as the session moved toward close.
Judge G K Thompson reduces Rob ert Charles Burrow sixteen months into five months of a Linn county jail sentence. Burrow 21 of 1103 Center Point road NE was arrested after selling trousers at a clothing store and accused of stealing them from a truck while a delivery worker. He had earlier faced a daytime burglary charge and an $11 cash bond case from Mrs. Alice Wennermark's home. The original six month sentence had all but 30 days suspended.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt advised that family size should be guided by common sense at a news conference. She said she did not discuss birth control and that her remarks on national birthrates were misinterpreted.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids including rye and No 2 hay with straw Clover hay Timothy hay and heavy springs seeds. Wholesale fruits display California celery onions sweet potatoes grapefruit Naval oranges and northern cobblers with prices. Hide and leather prices for cured hides calf hides horse hides and kit kip listed. Pony and clue half price noted.
A War Department official said most 18 year olds go overseas for combat duty well under a year after induction. The minimum 26 weeks to combat includes 3 weeks post induction furlough, 1 week at reception, 15 weeks at a replacement training center, and 7 weeks more. in practice many have another month or two before deployment.
Larry Crissman, son of Mrs. W. W. Crissman of 383 Seventeenth Street SE, reported sighting the season's first robin on Tuesday. Lt. Crissman, Linn County attorney on leave, is cited in the notice.
First Lt. Donald Arp 31 of Marion is officially listed dead by a war department message received by his wife and daughter Jackie Lu of Moline. An Iowa State College graduate, he worked for a Moline implement firm before joining the army air forces. He was a Japanese prisoner on Mindanao for two years and was aboard a freighter sunk last September carrying war prisoners. He is survived by his wife and daughter, his parents, and four brothers including LeRoy in San Francisco Melvin with a hospital corps in England Richard in the Solomon Islands and Henry Jr. in Marion.
Chief Petty Officer Thomas Ondrus, a North Atlantic veteran, has received an honorable navy discharge and returned to his home at 584 Seventh Avenue. His wife, Margaret Reinheim, is noted as Mrs. Ondrus.
Mr and Mrs Henry Boesenberg learn their son Henry has been promoted to pharmacist's mate (3/c) and is stationed on Tinian island. Their son Paul is a seaman (1/c) and Clarence serves at the Great Lakes naval training center.
Red Cross drive to meet at K V cafe at 7 45 with John J Wagner of Cedar Rapids speaking and supplies to be distributed. Marion real estate and rental ads include 7 or 8 room house on full lot offered by Uptown Realtors. Mrs Daubenmier moves from farm to Denver. Mrs Lydiz Dean of Harford to dine with Mrs Albright. For rent 2 or 3 room furnished apartments Miller Apartments. Red Cross sewing rooms open 10 to 4 Wednesday. Mrs J E McCoy visiting from Denver. Fidelis Circle to host farewell for Mrs Irving Drake. Petty Officer William C Jess left for Washington after 10 day leave. Rotator brush at Owen's Cut Rate Drug. Mrs Virgil A Kellogg to visit San Francisco. Sewards return from Edgewood after helping move drug store. Lost black underarm purse reward. Roy Behel ill on farm north Marion. Harold Miller hosts family picnic for Pvt Robert Miller. Relatives visit Gilbert Gordon home. Pfc Lawrence Martin arrives in France with Seventy-first division. Andjean Forbes birthday buffet at 387 Eleventh Street. Ed Gage sells house at 1666 Seventh Avenue to Francis Shay and moves to farm east of Marion.
Price Administrator Chester Bowles told Congress he hopes to reduce clothing prices by 6 to 7 percent by August. He warned that clothing costs have driven living expenses higher since the hold the line order, with clothing up 11.6 percent while overall items rose 1.5 percent.
Fuel Administrator Ickes warned that coal shortages and a possible strike threaten U.S. supply. He said many industrial activities or coal consumers must be curtailed and that a national crisis could arrive by next winter if wartime conditions persist. Even with mines running, coal output would fall 50 million tons short of 1945 needs.
Jennie M Mitchell 90 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Long Beach California. Born July 25 1854 in New York state she was daughter of James and Margaret Mitchell a United Presbyterian member. Grace Beile Shores widow of George Shores died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Anamosa burial in Oak Hill cemetery during services at Turner chapel with Rev W A Jacobs officiating.
A collage of lost and found notices including a lady's yellow gold wrist watch at Paramount theater with a reward, a brown top coat taken in error, rewards offered for a lost dog, a found pocket book and a lost black billfold with coupons and license. Multiple ads for watches, refrigeration, sewing lessons, tax returns, jewelry sales, and other services appear alongside local business mentions and a Montrose hotel page.
Ad promotes a fish dish at a cafe with enthusiastic lines and bold claims. The fragment emphasizes taste and familiarity, using catchy phrasing to attract diners.
Various local ads list repair services for heating electrical appliances washing machines and floors. A farmer seeking work and a draftsperson are also advertised with requirements and contact boxes.
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