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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
6
Chicago and surrounding markets report active cattle trade with fed steers and yearlings up to 15 cents higher, while hogs remain at ceilings around 14.75 for 170 pound pigs. Western lambs hold near 16 dollars as buyers show steady demand across multiple yards and regions.
Chicago grain markets opened lower but recovered with short covering and demand. Wheat rose to about 1.60 May, corn around 1.11 later, oats steady to down, barley inching up, with cash prices for wheat No. 2 red 1.75 and corn No. 5 yellow 1.03 plus various seed and forage prices listed.
Chicago market shows butter receipts at 4 026 tabs steady with 92 score A and 90 score B. eggs receipts 10 414 cases with steady demand and 38¢ 40¢ off extras. New York Eggs firm at 25 497 receipts and wholesale quotes for mixed colors and standard grades. Butter receipts 553 892, firm. cheese receipts 200 766 nominal with no annotations.
Miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese prices from Plymouth show small variations in U S twins and cheddars with minor changes. New York bond market opened with a mixed session, slight gains and losses, some rates rising while others held or fell amid cautious demand for industrials and utilities.
The stock market gained modestly with rail stocks leading in a thinning session. Volume fell to about 1,000,000 shares, the lightest since late December, while overall support lagged and gains could not be extended by close.
The local hog market remained mostly steady on Wednesday. Top prices reached 14.45 for prime butchers and 13.70 for packers, with various weights and grades listed. multiple other livestock quotes and a wide range of commodity stocks and firms are recorded in the page’s market column.
Market notes show corn and soybeans across grades with prices for yellow corn old and new, soybeans No. 2 yellow at 32.04, oats and rye values, hay types including clover and timothy, poultry prices by weight and breed, livestock prices for hides calves and horses, plus fruits vegetables and potatoes with assorted per unit costs.
Special to The Gazette reports Marine Sgt. John F. Meyer on 30 day leave from Tarawa and Tinian service. Updates on engagements, furloughs, medals for S/Sgt William McCormick with 35 missions and DFC, four oak leaf clusters. X ray program in Tama county high schools with parental consent. Local accidents and a missing in action case and a prisoner of war notice. New staff appointed for Wapsi Hi Herald at Anamosa High School.
Obituaries list services and survivors for Hattie J. Clark Peter Hasler Aaron A. Hillis Fred Gernand Amelia Fischer and others across Monticello Dysart Dysart areas with funeral details at Goettsch Burnham St John Kutheran Zion Lutheran churches and Arlington families including Hasler siblings and Lorenz Lorenzen noted.
A 42 year old American mother Mrs Iraline Dunning Acosta and her two children were flown to U S lines after hiding in Manila with Filipino guerrillas during six months of occupation. Her husband Darmo Acosta and son Boots were police and guerrilla figures. She described police work under Japanese control and brutal torture reports. she and her daughter Dolly survived the siege with courage and resourcefulness.
David Nieuwenhuis, son of Mr and Mrs Dick Nieuwenhuis of Springville formerly of Marion East Eight Avenue, has been reported missing in France since January 1. His wife Kay Edwards a nurse at a hospital and their eight month old daughter Kathie are staying with her parents in Williamsport. He was with the Seventh Army and said a transfer was planned when he last wrote December 27.
Marion High School moves to honor World War II veterans with two memorials. A box social after the Marion-Manchester game in the school gym will fund the project, and the public is invited. One memorial will list all alumni serving, the other will carry Gold Star names, both enclosed in wall cases.
Paul Stark 48 of Cedar Rapids seeks a new trial and exceptions to court instructions at 10 a.m. February 9. He was found guilty Sept. 27 of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and is serving a revoked one year sentence from 1942 for being a third offender. The hearing will involve three defense motions alleging prejudicial newspaper publicity. Judge Hamiel has overruled them. Stark will be transported from Fort Madison by the sheriff for the hearing.
The adult advisory committee to the M C A Keen Teen Klub held its first meeting Monday night with Mrs R K Stoddard as chairman. Five couples will act as parental representatives from McKinley Franklin Roosevelt Wilson Marion districts. Representatives at large include Fred Winter Rev William Jacobs Dwight Krumholtz Robert Bickel Roy Taylor and Paul Anthony.
Mrs J W Ballard was re-elected president of the Public Health Nursing association for the twenty first consecutive year at the annual luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. Re-elected officers include Mrs B C Dows vice president and Mrs Carl Thomas secretary with J M Ely treasurer. New board members are Amos Melberg Alvin G Keyes Dr Florence Johnston and Mrs C S Krause. Existing board members re elected were Carl D Thomas S C Dows Ralph Hunting W E Peschau Henry Ristine and Glenn Fletcher.
Dr. Marion Williams, pastor of the First Christian church, addressed the Roosevelt dinner of the Kiwanis Club in Cedar Rapids marking the thirtieth founding anniversary of Kiwanis and the club's twenty-fifth anniversary. He praised long service and the charity driven by Kiwanis as members recited the oath and sang the Kiwanis song.
Capt L A Hoffman of the Coe college military department heads the army specialized training reserve unit now stationed at the college. The reservist unit, for 17 year olds, ranked top for the Seventh service command in achievement tests given in December. The unit has been on the campus since last June.
Pattern 709 offers outdoor headwear and indoor shoulder wraps using scrap wool. It describes a tulip brim with bright wool and a fascinator shawl in worsted yarn, with directions and stitches. Send 15 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. in Chicago for the pattern and include name and address.
The Roosevelt Hi Y club elected second semester officers at the YMCA Tuesday night. Tom Harmon is president, Al Schamberger vice president, George Schamberger secretary, and George Petrezelka treasurer. The chaplain will be elected next week.
Classified notice seeks a married man 25 to 35 to represent a manufacturer and distributor of engineering and drafting supplies in northern Illinois Chicago area excluded. Salary and car provided. Apply with photo and details to Box F-6 Gazette. Also job ads for assistant bookkeeper and office help at Cedar Rapids Hatchery and Socony Vacuum Oil Co. positions.
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