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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1945
Page
6
Chicago and Omaha stockyards report Saturday salable receipts with hogs active and steady at $14.75 for 170 lb barrows, cattle mostly steady to lower across grades, sheep steady to higher on good western lambs, buyers cautious as prices firm.
Salable receipts include 900 calves with steady cattle classes and active hogs. Iowa hog receipts at Des Moines show steady to strong demand with good and choice bars and sows trading around 12.50 to 14.50 per hundredweight amid large yards and multiple plants.
Coarse grains weaken amid liquidation by commission houses blamed on German reverses. Wheat falls 14 to 4 on the day with May at 1.62 1 1 4, corn marginally higher to 1% lower, oats down 5 to % and rye down to 2 34, barley soft. Pronounced prices listed for No 2 red wheat, yellow corn, No 2 white oats, and barley in Chicago casis provisions.
Chicago and New York produce figures show steady receipts across butter eggs cheese and live poultry. Prices vary by grade with butter around 39 to 41 cents per pound and eggs priced for various color grades. potatoes show Russet Burbank and Triumphs priced per hundred pounds while New York reports firm wholesale dairy and dairy product quotes.
Plymouth Wisconsin reports varied cheese sales with Up and twins and cheddar noted in peculiar measurements. Market chatter mentions single dairy items and square prints as part of local goods catalog though details are unclear.
New York reports a weak stock market as good war news cooled sentiment. Rails and industrials fell one to two points with scattered gains but overall activity waned. Transfers totaled about 1.6 million shares amid widespread losses near the close. Bond loans retreated while other corporate bond sectors held steady with minor late declines.
Prices on hogs were mostly steady Friday with butchers five cents higher. Top price on prime butchers is 14.45 and packers 13.70. Listings cover hogs from 160 pounds up to 550 pounds, cows, bulls, calves, and sheep with varied prices across categories.
Attorney General Biddle filed a civil complaint in Trenton New Jersey federal court against Carnegie Illinois Rand Bethlehem Steel and 15 other steel manufacturers charging conspiracy to restrain trade and fix prices in the stainless steel industry. A federal grand jury has already indicted the same firms and six officers.
Washington reports the treasury department will cooperate with the Bank of Italy to print Italian lire in the United States. The move is described as a commercial transaction due to Italy’s dye and engraving shortages after liberation.
The condition of Roberta Sue McLaud, daughter of Mr and Mrs George McLaud of 1218 Fifteenth Street SE, was described as fairly good Friday afternoon by Mercy hospital attendants. Her sister Rebecca Anne and brother Robert died Tuesday. the children were born Monday night and early Tuesday with Roberta Sue as the second born.
Still carrying mail, the famed Indian runner Tom Longboat, who set multiple records from 1907 to 1915, has a mail route between two Curtiss-Wright corporation plants in Baltimore. He remains a notable figure in athletic and corporate history.
Grain prices for corn soybeans oats wheat rye and hay are listed with various qualities. Wholesale fruits and vegetables show California cranberries lemons lettuce and apples with prices. animal products include hides, horses, kip and Eip values.
President Roosevelt lauded the continued operation of three joint American Canadian British boards coordinating production raw materials and food until Japan is defeated He praised their cooperation and highlighted plans with the Soviet Union plus a notable coal initiative that boosted Allied supply.
William P. Engel 76 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and Crescent Masonic lodge member died at 8 45 pm Thursday at his Minneapolis home. He was born in Harrisburg Pa and survived by his wife a daughter Katherine Perry five sons and 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services for Antonia Lou Kota Dvorak will be held Sunday in Brosh chapel with burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
James Benedict 80 of 803 Fifth Avenue SW died at home at 4 30 p m after a lingering illness born Feb 26 1864 in Millville he owned a second hand shop at 225 First Street SE in Cedar Rapids survived by four children and seven grandchildren services set for 2 p m Saturday at Rohn chapel burial in Linwood cemetery Friends may call Friday evening Annie Prescott 1047 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at home 8 30 p m Thursday born April 25 1867 in Houston Texas survived by siblings and nieces member of First Christian church services 3 30 p m Saturday at Turner chapel with Dr Marion H Williams officiating Friends may call at chapel
Mrs Myrtle Alberta Popelka widow of Frank S Popelka died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 p.m. Thursday after a long illness. She had lived in Cedar Rapids all her life and resided with her sister at 2116 First Avenue NE. Born September 6 1882 she leaves two daughters Dorothy M Nelson of Chicago and D M Cornwell of Detroit two brothers Earl F Heinze of Cedar Rapids and Leo E Heinze of Tillamook and three sisters E E Reynolds of Cedar Rapids O A Powell of Oklahoma City and D M Perham of Redwood City California a grandson and a granddaughter. She was a member of the First Baptist church. Turner chapel will hold services at 10 30 a.m. Saturday with the Rev Grant Anderson officiating burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Roy Radebaugh deputy sheriff of Linn county since 1923 who died Wednesday will be at Turner chapel 1 30 p m Saturday with Dr Marion H Williams pastor of the First Christian church officiating burial in Lawood cemetery Friends may call at the Turner funeral home for the body was sent Friday to the Turner funeral home for viewing The other notice reports the death Thursday of 67 year old Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Lillian De Camp Sibert wife of A B Sibert and a former Cedar Rapids resident with funeral plans at Porigensiite to be announced later.
City Briefs report Arthur Knapp travels to Miami to visit son George Thomas Knapp on business. St Johns Lutheran Ely holds 11 a.m. service with Rev J Hamilton Dawson on charge. sermon topic The New Commandment. Frederick Reynolds fined $10 for drunkenness at police court, address 1122 Eighth NW disputed. Rev Rodney Gould of Calvary Baptist to lead evangelistic campaign at First Baptist Newton beginning Sunday night. Rev James Phillips is Newton church pastor.
A survey shows nurse recruiting gains after President Roosevelt urged compulsory service. In Linn County, more than half the 1944 total volunteering, 11 take exams at Schick General Hospital, 9 applications pending, and 21 of 52 single nurses volunteered. Cadet nurses from Mercy and St Luke's anticipate final training and military placements.
President Roosevelt joked that the first twelve years in the White House are the hardest at a news conference in Washington. He brushed off questions about a possible end to his term and about retirement VP Henry A. Wallace, saying Wallace would not starve and noting his hybrid corn.
Washington reports the War Labor Board held that workers moved between jobs by government order retain their seniority rights. The ruling could influence cases under work or be drafted laws.
Lumir Stanek Ernest Stanek and Anna Zalesky sue Eva Stanek executrix to cancel probate of John Stanek who died June 17 1944 at 2001 O avenue NW. They claim Mrs Stanek exerted influence over the ill man and gained control after their marriage September 19 1941.
The city of Cedar Rapids seeks a 96.86 judgment against Charles E. Meyer and Vernon Jons in district court for property damage from a Dec 23 collision at Fifth Avenue and Second Street SW. City alleges negligence caused the crash damaging a city fire hydrant.
The will of Verde Yearick, deceased in a Cedar Rapids hospital, is admitted to probate with executor Yearick Wil named to administer estate.
Jan 10 admission to probate and appointment of executrix Dr Emma J Neal. Vaughn Stoddard named executor for the will of his wife Rose Stoddard who died in Cedar Rapids on November 30.
Aviation ordnanceman Ralph Sanders 20 of the Navy has been wounded in the Southwest Pacific. His mother Mrs. Frank Sanders of Lincoln Heights SE has been notified. Sanders in service two years and overseas since last October. Also appears multiple lost items and local classifieds notices surrounding the same issue.
Classifieds show dairy and farm service needs in Iowa. An experienced farm manager and cattle feeder seeks work anywhere with references. Part time labor and household services offered, including curtain and tablecloth laundering and rooming house management.
The 1940 Buick sedan has a fully re conditioned motor, with a clean interior and exterior, and good tires. This ready to drive vehicle emphasizes solid mechanicals and preserved condition.
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