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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1945
Page
2
Hog prices topped at 14.75 with 13 000 hog receipts, 10 000 more direct packer shipments. Beef cows held steady to 25 cents lower while top yearling steers reached 17.25. Heifers remained scarce as stock cattle cleared at 9.50 to 12.50 and fleshy feeders at 13.25 amid steady early sheep trading.
AP notes Chicago livestock trading with 13 000 table and 23 000 total receipts. Fat sows bring about 14.60, steady cattle and calves mixed with lower canners. Early sales show good to choice natives around 15.00 with varied cow and cutter values and scarce feeder stock.
Salable cattle and sheep receipts listed with mixed tone as slaughter classes open steady while demand remains uneven. Cattle showing slow to weak movement with feeders steady. beef steers priced around 12.00 to 14.56, cows varied. sheep buyers slow with lambs and ewes quoted near 6.50 to 16.00 for various grades.
Reports from the sale reflect 1500 calves and three day trend with uneven steers and- slow bids. Feeders steady, some cows and canners at varied levels as receipts near 6500 to 7000 head. Slaughter lambs and ewes scarce with early steady bids and some good native lambs priced above 12.75 dollars.
Hog receipts at the Des Moines market, measured over 24 hours to Friday 6 a.m., show an uptick to 43,300 head from 0,000 a week prior and 42,900 a year earlier. Prices moved higher for active butchers and sows, with loads lighter than the prior week but good to choice barrows and gilts recorded around 13.80 to 14.30 per cwt for various weight ranges.
Fragmentary AP copy notes prices and packing remarks for penne butchers in Des Moines. It lists various price points and weights with unclear context, mentioning Austin and figures like 13.40 and 13.65 amid packing observations.
Utility tub prices steady around 4.474 tubs, 92 score B orcas, receipts at 9.713 cases steady. Cheese items including Twrins and daisies show steady demand. turkeys ducks fryers and geese priced, potatoes arrivals around 8 dollars track, old stocks weaker but U S No 1 western market firm at ceiling with Russet Burbanks and Michigan Mountain No. 1 values noted.
An AP report from York indicates mixed butter receipts with fluctuating prices. Listings reference various weights and grades including 45 pounds and over 4486473, with current receipts around 42.3. The text shows scattered figures for standard grades and checks, reflecting a volatile market.
A garbled line from a Wisconsin cheese sale listing appears with partial phrases and broken pricing. The readable bits suggest a small municipal or market notice about a cheese sale, but key details are lost.
Chicago AP reports grain markets were dull with small price changes. Wheat dipped briefly on selling pressure but recovered as commission house buyers supported the market. May wheat around 1.66 and corn near 1.12. oats and rye also showed minimal moves.
The readable text shows scattered terms like psoas SpecTOR SASL malting seeds and a monetary figure. No clear event, person, organization, or place forms a coherent news item.
In New York the rails and industrials hit seven year peaks while several leaders pulled back after profit taking. Transfers reached about 2 million shares with closing quotations uneven and spotty.
Local hog market advancing with both butchers and packers up ten to fifteen cents. Top prices reach 14.25 for prime butchers and 13.65 for packers, with bids listed for various weights and classes from 130 to 550 pounds.
Market report lists prices for corn, rye, and oats including No 2 red and No 1 white varieties. Farm goods cover hay straw clover timothy, poultry items with weights and prices, and wholesale fruits and vegetables with onions potatoes and yams. Hide calf and horse prices are noted along with general market terms and units.
New York bond market shows ongoing strength with upward movement toward higher levels. Leaders push for gains, while occasional pullbacks occur in recently issued bonds as the forward thrust remains intact.
Senate Democrats received an open invitation from Sen. White of Maine to join Republicans in backing sound legislation and opposing unsound proposals. He said a coalition could move bills in a Senate with 57 to 39, and noted Democrats may align with GOP on key measures. White and GOP chair Brownell foresee a future Republican program while continuing cross party votes.
Three youths from Cedar Rapids and five from eastern Iowa enlisted in the naval reserve via the Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Accepted from Cedar Rapids were Gerald Jerome Urbin of 10123 Sixteenth Avenue SE LeRoy Taylor of 1930 E Avenue NW and John Donald Singer of 2019.
Donald Wright, 31, of Walker, pled innocent in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court to uttering a forged instrument. He was held in county jail in lieu of 3000 dollars after arrest by Deputy Harlan Snyder for cashing a 209.12 dollar check at Shells Service station on Dec 31 for gasoline. The check was signed George L. Harrison and drawn on City National Bank of Chicago, allegedly stolen from James B. Elliott in Independence.
Paris AP reports the U S Army lost slightly more than 500 000 gallons of gasoline during the German offensive as fuel dumps and tank cars were overrun. The loss amounted to about 1 percent of stocks in the advance area. Communications zone HQ said lubricant losses in the advance and rear areas were well under 2 percent, with negligible enemy benefit.
Allied reports say Canadian forces push forward along the road east of Alfonsine to within a mile and a half of San Alberto, eight miles north of Ravenna in the Adriatic coastal sector as counterattacks rack the line.
Two families were ordered to evacuate a street as flames shot ten feet into the air from a mine on Pierce Street in Monessen. The blaze caused multiple holes to open along the street prompting emergency action.
Allied forces strike at the Belgian bulge as British troops reinforce American doughboys on the front. Field Marshal von Rundstedt’s counter offensive prompts a race to flank the German spearhead with US divisions pulling troops from the front. British Second Army units fight beside Americans as the battle intensifies with expected heavy casualties.
Thirty two men from all three Linn county draft boards left for Fort Snelling Minnesota to enter service. The group included George Reed David Jones Robert O Connor Francis Vrba LeRoy Hill and many others with residences in Cedar Rapids Lincoln Ames Marion Palo Walker Center Point and Swisher. Transfers listed include Richard Alman Lale Hinrichs and Adolph Weiss among others.
A 15 year old from Dearborn Michigan was arrested by highway patrolmen near Pine Inn on Highway 30 and taken to the city jail after admitting he ran away. Also in custody are three navy shore patrol stragglers from Chicago Louis J Nagurka 30 Sam Sirio 20 and John Cornitcher 19 who were arrested on a North Western train and placed in local police care. LeRoy Woodings 30 was fined 25 dollars for disturbing the peace and discharged after a rock Island shop altercation with foreman W F Wratten. E J Dahms reported stolen from the Roosevelt hotel grill rack a headpiece valued at 10 dollars.
Services at St John’s Lutheran church Ely will be conducted by Rev J Hamilton Dawson of Des Moines at 11 a m Sunday.
Howard Parks a Gazette route carrier reports losing an envelope with 18.60 in war stamps Thursday evening between his home at 1023 Daniels Street NE and his route location.
President Roosevelt said the next meeting with Churchill and Stalin will occur after his January 20 inauguration. He joked the venue could be at the North or South Pole depending on ice, and noted attendance of others remains uncertain. He planned to take Earl Halifax’s book The English Spirit to the pole and offered no firm confirmation on Stettinius’s presence.
Services for Chester B. Chet Myers an Iowa Electric Light and Power company official who died early Thursday of a heart ailment will be held Saturday at 1 30 pm in Turner's chapel The Rev Don Cassiday pastor of the Re organized Church of Latter Day Saints will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at Turner's.
Services will be held in the Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday for John W. Schafer a Rock Island railroad switch man killed Wednesday Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery Rev P L Bornhoeft will officiate Friends may call at Beattys Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs John Schafer Cedar Rapids and he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Switchmen's union
Mrs. William Jay of 914 G avenue NW died at home at 3 45 a m Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 3 p m Saturday at the Brush chapel with Dr Marion H Williams officiating. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. She is survived by her husband a son Cpl Darrell Jay in England and a brother Herman Stock Morrison. Friends are asked not to send flowers and may call at the Brosh chapel.
Edward Womacka 49 of 1125 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids died at 12 50 p m Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a lingering illness. Born July 29 1895 in Cedar Rapids he lived here all his life. A World War I veteran he belonged to Hanford Post American Legion and the Benefit Association of Railroad Employes. He is survived by his wife three sisters Mrs Leo Kolar Cedar Rapids Mrs Thomas Coughlin Jr Cleveland Ohio and Mrs L D Ross Englewood Colorado two Cedar Rapids nephews and a cousin in Omaha. A brother in law Capt Emil Bartosh was killed in action in Germany November 14 1944. Services will be held at the Polansky funeral home at a time to be announced.
Mrs Josephine Stourac 88 Cedar Rapids resident for 59 years died at 1435 L Street SW Thursday at 4 45 p.m after an extended illness Born in Czechoslovakia March 19 1856 She is survived by two daughters Mrs Martin Uridil and Mrs Frances Racer and two sons Frank and Joseph all of Cedar Rapids 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Services will be conducted Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at Janeba funeral home by Rev Milo Filipi Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home.
Hoyt E. Buttolph of Bennett charged and received $813.63 over the price ceiling when selling a used truck and trailer to S. L. Bowman of Maquoketa. The Office of Price Administration filed suit for treble damages in federal court on January 7, 1944, seeking $2,440.89. Marvin C. Levsen, district enforcement attorney, filed the suit.
Phoenix AP report says three more German prisoners of war who tunneled 200 feet from Papago Park camp on Christmas Eve were captured Friday, bringing retaken to 15. Ten escapees remain at large.
Clarence Aug Wendt 69 died and his son Art 41 injured when a North Western freight extra westbound struck their car at the Stanlake grade crossing near Clarence at 7 50 p m They were en route to a neighbor's to play cards Frost on side windows hid trains from both directions Art was taken to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids The Wendts farmed three miles east of Clarence Funeral plans for August Wendt are pending
Cartwright corporation of Cedar Rapids filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital $20,000. Incorporators are E. R. Cartwright president Blanche Cartwright vice president and Miriam A. Seigler secretary all of Cedar Rapids.
Card of Thanks expresses sincere appreciation to friends and relatives for support during illness and death. Lost notices include a social security card, a youth center car, and a silver item. many items such as rings, a locket, a cufflink set, a pin, a ring, a watch, an army wristwatch, a coat, a purse, a ration book, and keys with several contact numbers and addresses listed for reward.
A miscellaneous page of 1960s style classified items includes restaurant dining options, jewelry services, watch repairs, machine quilting, dressmaking, and personal notices. It mentions a Grand Café offering good food, Vincent's Jewelry Store, and several service ads with contact numbers and locations.
Fragmented ads show positions for store clerks bookkeepers and bakers with partial details. Entries mention Cedar Rapids Rock Island Theata area and employment terms including day work and steady positions. Names and full addresses are unreadable in the clipping.
Wanted Lady Sarment Preas machine operator at Albert's Dry Cleaners. Day cook wanted. Apply Union News Lanchroom.
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