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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1945
Page
9
Chicago AP reports hog prices gained 10 to 15 cents as demand firmed after Friday's decline. Sows held steady at the 14.75 ceiling for all good and choice barrows and gilts over 190 pounds. Cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges for calves, yearlings, and Western lambs are listed with mixed gains and steady to higher indicators.
Receipts of 19 concentraters and 11 packing plants in interior Lowe and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8am show a Monday total of 44 600 versus 65 400 the prior week and 54 400 a year ago. Hog prices were active with butchers steady to 10 cents higher. sows steady to slightly stronger. Good and choice borrows gilts 160 to 180 pounds at 12 to 15 dollars. 180 to 300 pounds at 13 to 14. 300 to 360 pounds at 12 to 14.25. sows 270 to 400 pounds at 13.5 to 14.00.
Cattle receipts 12 500 with calves around 600. fed steers steady to higher and bulls vealers steady. stocker and feeder classes about 15 percent. Hog table receipts 7 000 with barrows and gilts mostly 10 cents higher. sows and stags 13 70 to 14 40. calves around 14 45. Sheep receipts 13 000 with slaughter lambs steady to 25 cents higher. good and choice fed western wooled mbs 15.00. field ewes around 7 50. feeding lambs up about 25 cents.
Butchers moved up by a dime on the Cedar Rapids hog market Monday while packers held steady. Top butchers price listed at 14.30 with pacers at 13.65, covering various hog weights from 170 to 600 pounds and cows in the 11.00 to 13.00 range.
A fragmented price sheet lists cornmeal and related goods plus livestock terms. Entries include yellow corn prices at $1.00 and $2.04, straw costs at $14.00, Timothy at $12, peas under 3 pounds at 25 cents, stags at 16 cents, and calf classifications No 1 and No 2 with tip distinctions. It also mentions pony and partner price notes and truncated vendor notes.
Rails and armament stocks fell sharply on Monday in one of the season's steepest market declines. The market slid as investors liquidated after a long climb to new highs since 1937, with some low-priced motors posting small gains as others recovered.
A historical market page lists numerous stocks with percent changes and prices from various companies. It names firms like Atlantic Rig, Baldwin Loco, Coca Cola, General Electric, Gen Motors, Union Carbide, and Woolworth, among others, with percent shifts and price marks across the session.
New York market activity eased with modest declines in most sectors as selling pressure grew in tails and industrials specialties. The drift was broad but trading remained quiet with only a few scattered movements among individual issues.
Grain futures moved in choppy trading with wheat and corn mostly lower after early declines. May wheat at 1.63, corn down about 3 percent to 1.14. oats and rye also fell, barley slipping as May prices ranged around 1.34 to 1.55.
An OCR fragment lists prices for oats and hay feeds with figures like No 1 White oats 82 cents and No 2 White heavy oats, timothy and red clover hay prices, and per hundredweight or bushel style amounts, reflecting a mid market commodity listing.
The fragment notes arrivals and shipments figures for Idaho, including a total value, with references to stock and an odd assortment. Details are fragmented and incompletely legible, offering few concrete names or dates.
President Roosevelt nominated Edwin C. Wilson a veteran diplomat to be ambassador to Turkey. The appointment fills the last major American post open in the European area.
Iva Mae Nelson and Carol Rice were each sentenced to three months in Rockwell City reformatory after pleading guilty. Nelson was found with George Bouck in a local hotel. Bouck later sentenced for motor vehicle larceny. Rice was with Pvt. Addison Beckwith, tied to a separate larceny case. Bonds set at $1000, with appeals.
Joseph Crotos alias Morris Kincade eighteen of Medina Ohio pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle and was sentenced to up to ten years in the Iowa Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa. An appeal bond was set at three thousand dollars. Crotos was arrested in Marengo on December twenty sixth after allegedly taking a pickup owned by Dean Clark of Lisbon who had employed him at the service station.
Linn County grand jury met Monday for the January term of district court with Judge J. E. Heiserman presiding. Foreman O. C. Brewer of Central City led the body as county attorney Carl Hendrickson noted only routine matters were before the panel. Other jurors included E. E. Bach Washington township A L Bright Viola Charles Elson Fairfax L B Heaton Jackson township S W Johnson Linn township and Fred Travis Mt Vernon.
Archie Tomkins, 54, of 827 Tenth Avenue SE, was sentenced to six months in Linn County jail with all but 30 days suspended after a guilty plea. Detectives Harley Simon and Leonard Stusak arrested him Saturday night as a suspect in the theft of a billfold containing $11 and a ration book from Lumir Ceynar of 1629 Fourteenth Avenue SE.
Louise Pearl Mitchell, 20, of Tama, was sentenced to six months in the Linn county jail with all but 30 days suspended after pleading guilty in Judge J E Heiserman's court. She admitted taking a pen and pencil set from a guest room at a local hotel where she worked.
Violet M. Yanda has been named administratrix for the estate of her husband F. W. Yanda who died January 11 in Cedar Rapids. Yanda was president treasurer and general manager for Commonwealth Apartments Inc located at 1400 Second Avenue SE.
A crash at 11 55 a m Sunday on highway 150 about 12 miles north of Cedar Rapids involved C E Robison 67 of Rowley and Bert Edaburn 72 route 1 Toddville. Robison sustained facial injuries and bruises while his wife suffered arm injuries. Edaburn escaped unharmed.
A fragmented OCR entry presents miscellaneous notes with cryptic terms, numbers, and incomplete phrases. Readable items hint at a catalog or ledger fragment lacking clear context or names, likely part of a longer archival page.
More than 300 people attended a mortgage burning ceremony at First Congregational Church 361 Seventeenth Street SE Sun Day afternoon after a dinner. G H Tellier led the platform ceremony as the final $16 000 payment on the $92 500 building was acknowledged with a program featuring church leaders and guests from Chicago and Grinnell.
The Cubmasters roundtable meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Scout board room O R C building. Mrs N H Johnson of 1738 Mt Vernon Ave SE is improving in St Luke s hospital. Chamber of Commerce committees meet Tuesday noon at Roosevelt hotel and Montrose. Westminster church group hosts an evening session at the Sunshine mission Monday 7 30 with prayers for men in service. Cedar Rapids district den mothers plan weekly round tables in the Scout board room O R C building 7 30 Thursday led by Mrs Harold Miner.
The Cedar Rapids United States employment service will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 45 p.m. starting immediately per regional office directive. Previously the hours were 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Marvin Paul Bramow, 17, of 1334 Tenth street NW, charged with breaking and entering, was ordered to enter a plea by 9 a.m. Thursday after arraignment in Judge M. C. Hamiel's court. He is held in Linn county jail on a $1,500 bond. Bramow was arrested Sunday night by Patrolmen Henry Overton and Murphy Davis while peering into a window at Mrs. Frank Johnson's home. He carried a loaded revolver at arrest and admitted entering Mrs. Jean Brown's apartment on November 30 and stealing jewelry worth $105. He had posed as a radio repairman to gain entry, later stealing a key to the rooms. He also admitted stealing a cigaret lighter, an electric razor during deliveries, and a purse from the public library.
Information on the gallantry award for Lt. Col. Carleton K. Smith of Cedar Rapids was released in Des Moines by Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl. Smith, a long time National Guard member, is the son of Mr and Mrs A J Smith of 2235 Mt Vernon Ave SE Cedar Rapids.
A memorial service for Flight Officer Melvin LeRoy Fernow was conducted at the church with Rev James P Gable delivering remarks. The service honored those who serve in uniform and emphasized devotion to the common good. Mrs La Verna Crew played organ, and Marion Legion Post members advanced and retired the colors under Commander Herbert P Price.
Nona I Powell and Glen W Chopek were married with Clifford Lake as attendant. Both Chopek and Powell work for Collins Radio. The event was led by Dr C E Drummond, justice of the peace, at 3 p m Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Boxwell at 1200 Tenth Street received a letter from her grandson Pfc Byron Boxwell, 21, wounded November 28 in Germany with the Seventh Army. He suffered shrapnel wounds to leg and side, has had two operations, can stand, and moved from a French hospital to England. He lived in Marion and Spencer before enlistment. Mrs. Robert Newlin returns from Indiantown Gap to visit husband, a sergeant.
AFL representative Lewis G. Hines told the House military committee that replacing the Little Steel wage formula offers the best path to solve manpower shortages. He argued War Labor Board wage freezes suppress morale and hinder production in key plants, urging higher wages to speed war output.
Classified notices list numerous lost items including purses with money and documents, a military ration book, a dog, a white gold bracelet, keys, glasses, and a leather case. Contact details and rewards are given for each item. Also includes ads for jewelry, tax services, and various local businesses.
AP reports 30 new trichinosis cases in the Lowden vicinity raising total victims to 73 in what is deemed Iowa’s worst outbreak. Tipton confirms two cases as health officials investigate smoked pork sausage linked to the illnesses. No deaths reported though several patients are seriously ill. Further animal checks and field visits by Dr. Carl F. Jordan are planned.
Rev. Peter Paches of Plymouth Massachusetts urged the Rotary club to bridge the cultural gap between European and American life for new arrivals. He, a Lithuanian immigrant youth, said the motivation of immigrants mirrors that of the Mayflower colonists seeking religious, economic and political freedoms. He noted misunderstandings on both sides hinder adaptation and urged better mutual understanding of American culture and immigrant cultures.
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