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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1944
Page
2
Chicago AP report notes hog prices climbed above established support for the first time since mid April as buyers paid up to 13.85 for a small lot. Steers and yearlings held near steady, native spring lambs unchanged amid mixed early week cattle and hog market activity.
Chicago livestock receipts total 13,000 with 1,400 head slaughtered on the day. Slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to firm with good and choice fed cattle around 150 to 170 pounds and up to 430 pounds. Stockers and feeders weak to slow, with calves near mid-teens, lambs steady, and native spring lambs bringing around 1.08 to 1.62 per pound for shorn ewes.
Local livestock market notes varied bids and prices for cattle and sheep. Steers and stockers held steady to higher with Good selection noted, while heifers remained unchanged. lamb demand soft with some fall shorn offerings arriving at auction. Cattle volumes around 4,300 head with bids hovering. buyers showed cautious activity amid mixed qualities.
Sows 16 cents higher with good sows at 410.85 to 1.00, hogs steady to higher, and fat cows up to 25 cents. Cattle show stronger pricing in higher grades with choice steers near 16.56 to 16.85 and choice heifers around 15.60. Receipts total about 1,500 head with feeders steady to strong and lambs feeding down.
Swine prices and movement reported for the 48 hours ended Monday show 36,100 head in the combined Des Moines area interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Prices listed for various weights include gilts 160-180 lbs at 10.50, 180-270 lbs at 11.00, 270-300 lbs at 11.50, 300-330 lbs paid 11.50, sows 400-450 lbs at 9.95, 450-550 lbs at 9.80 to 10.50, with other weight brackets noted.
New York produce market reports two day receipts for butter and other dairy items. Prices show variations with butter quoted around two dollars per pound and different grades noted. Delivery metrics and wholesale figures are included along with overall totals and firm wholesale notes.
Fragmented OCR notes show Chicago WPA poultry receipts listing Leghorn fowl roasters and various percentages, with scattered figures for eggs and cooking quantities. Document mentions receipts totals, checks, and deliveries across dates, plus references to shipments and centralization of records.
Mrs Patricia Frontzak and her 14 pound 9 44 ounce baby were reported in good condition Monday. It was the twelfth child for the mother who stands five feet ten inches tall and weighs 295 pounds.
Prices on light hogs were steady on the Cedar Rapids market Monday but heavy butchers and packers were ten cents higher. Top price on butchers reached 13.45 dollars. Odd lines mention lambs and sheep prices and weights, reflecting mixed livestock notes.
Grain and produce rates show wheat at No 2 and No 3. corn at 27.1 04. te and straw prices vary. Hay bales priced around 8.00. poultry, hides, and glue offered at substantially reduced half prices.
Chicago AP reports a surge in hedge selling and weaker milling demand pushed wheat futures sharply lower. July wheat finished about 1.5 to 2 percent down from Saturday, with oats and rye also lower and barley unchanged to slightly down. Market quotes showed July prices around 1.55 percent lower.
An AP styled market note shows figures for wheat at 1.61 and 1.15 for barley, with corresponding prices and readings. The text indicates commodity quotes and trading references, reflecting a concise snapshot of grain pricing.
Treasury data show expenditures for the year ending June 30 at 93.744 billion dollars, a record high, with 95 percent for war efforts. War spending reached 87.039 billion, while RFC subsidiaries added 2.682 billion. Revenue from taxes and misc. sources covered 46 percent of outlays. The year posted a 15.565 billion increase in outlays versus 1943, but a smaller deficit of 6.0 billion. Net deficit stood at 49.595 million with public debt at 210.003 billion. Total receipts were 45.408 billion.
New York AP reports demand shifted within the stock market causing a broad advance with favorites up fractions to three or more points. The day saw peaks not seen in seven to eleven years and a turnover near 1,400,900 shares as trends neared their best at the close.
New York bond review notes generally higher market activity with multiple carriers heavily traded at varied prices. Northwestern railroad issues led turnover with gains around one percent. notable 4 9 cent open at 72 and rising past 73 on a 1,090,000 transaction.
London AP reports flying bombs killed Maj. Gen. Sir Arthur Scott retired his wife Aimee Byng a novelist and Sir Percy Alden longtime campaigner against slums in a single disclosure Monday.
New York dispatch reports Berlin radio quoted rumors from American diplomatic circles in Lisbon that the Roosevelts may visit Europe within the next few days. The claim, aired Monday, suggests a possible F R journey amid ongoing war talks and European diplomacy.
A Geneva dispatch to the New York Times states 1,715,000 Jews were killed by the Germans in upper Silesian extermination camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau in two years ending April 15, 1944.
President Roosevelt signed a pay increase for glider troops boosting officers warrant officers and nurses up to 100 dollars a month and enlisted men up to 50 dollars a month. The measure applies to both training and combat units, placing glider troops on par with paratroops.
Labor dispute at Chicago bus terminals over neckties led to 14 workers wearing ties while 3 refused and walked out in solidarity. Pickets lined the stations as service continued with free rides for some travelers and longer waits for others. One passenger reported being tied up 24 hours seeking information. A Phoenix family struggled to find porter help amid the chaos.
Lightning was blamed for a fire Sunday at the Central Iowa fairgrounds that destroyed the Merchants Arcade building in Marshalltown. Loss was estimated at 27,000 dollars, with furnaces from the Lennox Furnace car inside the building totaling 25,000 dollars.
City offices close Tuesday with Sunshine Mission main office shut while the city market remains open until 11 lam per safety director Wes Benesh. July 4 Want Ads close at 9 45 am and Dial 2 1121 to place ads. Free archery classes at Ellis Park July 4 from 6 to 8 pm, instruction and equipment provided by Recreation Supt Bob Black. A bicycle accident left 9 year old Dick Fuller injured after colliding with a car driven by Ed Zettick. Mrs R M Laughlin and Dr Laughlin buy 515 Fairview Dr SE from Mrs Anna Hruska, with name misprinted as McLaughlin previously. The Rev Mr and Mrs Louis Meskimen and Cynthia visited Cedar Rapids natives the Blackstones at 1247 Hazel Dr NE with Sunday dinners for Mrs Anna Stout of 1524 A Ave NE. Meskimens formerly lived in Cedar Rapids.
Dorothy Hayes daughter of Mrs. Gladys Basen and the late Newell Hayes of Marion wed Pfc. J. Donald Swan of Sioux Falls South Dakota son of Mrs. Millicent Swan of Englewood New Jersey in a Sunday evening ceremony before 50 relatives at the presbyterian church A reception followed at the bride’s mother home 1240 Eighth avenue The bride a 1942 Marion high school graduate has worked for Collins Radio Company He is a radio instructor at the Sioux Falls Army airfield The couple plan a brief wedding trip and will reside in Sioux Falls plus a guest listed Mrs Paul Sodergren of Dixon Kentucky attended
Mrs. Howard Leeks marked her daughter Sylvia's eighth birthday with a Saturday party at 608 Eighth Avenue. Refreshments were served to guests Joyce Anne Kolda Charlese Ingham Shirley Glass Barbara Rus Sandra Myers Bonnie Secrist Lee Secrist Robert Bunting Jimmie Epperson Carl Krog Gary Woods and Bobby Seeks.
Pvt. Tom Gallagher is reported by his parents as signed on. Mrs. Paul Oakes and daughters Annabelle and Pauline, along with Miss Martha Schaefer, have returned to West Lafayette Indiana after visiting Mrs. Oakes' relatives. Seaman Frederick Newcomb and his wife with daughters Sandra and Kay Ann, of Chicago, visited family here and will relocate to Burlington. Newcomb reports for Great Lakes on July 10.
Mrs. Myrtle Bingham known in Marion as Mrs Vern Scott died June 23 in Livingston Montana. She moved from Marion about 15 years ago. Survived by son Doyle Scott two daughters Shirley Scott Seattle and Lorraine Olson Livingston and seven grandchildren.
Complimenting her son, S Sgt Ellsworth Fleming, who is spending a furlough here after two years in foreign service, Mrs Clarissa Kemp Fleming entertained Sunday at dinner. Sgt Fleming will report July 10 at Los Angeles.
Local ad notes K V cafe will open on Thursday July 6. Mrs John Knapp senior is convalescing at home after Cedar Rapids hospital operation. Mrs J O Sheets learns her husband, a field artillery corporal, has arrived in France.
Louis C Ross of the Red Cross announces arrival in France as cleaning services urge calls. Marion Cleaners Laundry advertises service and phone. Mrs Paul W Wright returns home from Fort Leavenworth after six weeks with husband now at Fort Lewis. Owens Drug Store to close July 4 for early hours.
Civics offices and public buildings will close for the Fourth of July. Mail deliveries will be confined to war plants with a 5 p.m. city-wide collection. The Red Cross rooms, post office, library, and public offices will be closed to the public.
Washington AP reports Democratic National Committee officials announced two top speaking spots at the convention opening July 19 in Chicago. Helen Gahagan Douglas, actress and wife of Melvyn Douglas, and Mrs Gladys Tillett head of the party’s women’s division, were selected to address sessions. Mrs Douglas was nominated for Congress in California.
H A Smith proprietor of Western Transport at 720 Fifth Street SE reports two break ins through a basement window. On June 21 or 22 $10 was taken and on June 29 $6 was stolen. Police investigation ongoing.
H L Haywood of Chicago told Rotary Club at the Roosevelt Hotel that Indians in the Western hemisphere are flourishing not vanishing. He predicted future populations would double since Columbus and traced present Indians to Maya ancestry while noting their stance against interracial marriage.
Miss Ethel R. Outland of Coe College returned from Vermillion South Dakota where she represented Pi Delta Epsilon at the Alpha Chi Alpha national convention of women journalists held at the University of South Dakota.
Mrs W J Konigsmark and Mrs Donald Torrence hosted a baby shower for Mary Catherine Brenneman at the Konigsmark home. Marion Chamber of Commerce meeting postponed to July 11. Mr and Mrs Don Finn of Elgin Ill visited the W H Applegate home. Marion Red Cross rooms to host surgical dressings on Tue Thu mornings. Mr and Mrs John B Finney returned home after a week at Backbone State Park. Presbyterian Westminster guild to picnic Thurs 6 45 pm at Thomas Park. Workers in war loan drive asked to submit reports to Reuben Smith by Wed morning. Mrs Cecil Travis of Merrill Wis was weekend guest of sister-in-law Mrs J D Currier. Tillie Buresh of Marshalltown visiting Mrs Bernard Struck. Ann Zenor returned to Des Moines after visiting sister Mrs O R Ness and relatives at Atkins. Dwayne Ness to spend several days in Everett City. City council to meet tonight at 7 30. Mrs Elizabeth Smeltzer entertained Sunday at dinner for son Pfc John Smeltzer on leave from Fort Leonard Wood Mo. Mrs John Smeltzer to reside with her parents Mr and Mrs John Jurgenson in Wyoming.
Otto F. Hanzlik, Republican candidate, was appointed Linn county auditor by the board of supervisors to succeed acting Auditor Ray C. Coutts. Bond set at $10,000. Coutts resigned effective immediately after serving as acting auditor since April 6 following Robert M. Vesely’s resignation.
Information filed Monday against Mrs Thresay Steg gall 59 of 932 Fifteenth Avenue SE charging beer sales without permit. Police say Carl Badger and John Hlavacek bought beer at her home Sunday. Clarence Gordon 38 of 3420 was charged with intoxication. 30 day sentence suspended by Judge G P Linville for good behavior.
Bert Heidt of Marshalltown pled guilty before Judge Linville Monday on a charge of vagrancy and was given a six months senior suspended on good behavior.
Elsie Nelson, employed by the air transport command at Fairfield Ohio, arrived Sunday to spend a week with her parents the Fred Nelsons. The Methodist Gleaners division will meet Wednesday at 2 pm with Mrs Elmer Seeves.
In the estates of Alta Heil who died June 4 in Cedar Rapids and William E Heil who died June 15 in Cedar Rapids Leona Heil their daughter was appointed administratrix in the probate records.
In the suit of Opal Clark for eee ee ee ee case was dismissed Monday af motion of Mrs. Clark's counsel, with costs to her.
Linn county must reach the $2 860 800 series E portion of the $10 025 000 national war bond drive to have its queen eligible for a week’s free trip. If not met soon, a brief extension may be allowed. Queen candidates will boost totals at Memorial Coliseum Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Navy show with the Helena survivors’ band will be featured along with captured war matériel. Cedar Rapids exceeded its county quota, while the remainder of Linn County trails. Arlene Rose leads queen voting with 39 250 votes, followed by Virginia Dunahugh and Helen Sykora. The women’s division, led by Mrs. Edwin H. Wadsworth, reports $125 780 pledged so far.
Assistant Police Chief A I Mikota warned about casualties tomorrow as he eyed a no casualty Fourth of July. Police Chief Tom Condon announced a special enforcement campaign during the holiday season in step with a nationwide National Safety Council drive to cut the annual holiday death toll.
Betty Jean Gaffney 19 of Winthrop, injured in an Alburnett area crash, was listed in fair condition at Mercy hospital after suffering a lung injury and broken ribs. Her cousin Mary Lou Gaffney 16, also hurt, was reported considerably improved with a dislocated left hip. The two rode in a rumble seat driven by Lester E. Burns of Masonville. the other car was driven by Carl Oliphant of Yorktown Sask. Eleanor Burns and Anna Mae McGraw were shaken but not seriously hurt. Betty Jean worked at station WMT Cedar Rapids.
One person died and 12 were injured as the city reported a drop in accidents for June 1944 versus June 1943. The traffic bureau noted 42 collisions involved motor vehicles, four involved vehicles and pedestrians, and two involved vehicles and bicycles. The fatality was a motor vehicle striking a pedestrian.
Mrs H C Wilson and family urge support for war bond drives as part of a local promotional appeal. The plea emphasizes patriotism and community effort alongside broader wartime financing.
Prescription missing for Williams. Lost three stray items including a small brown and white dog. Contact local officer to reclaim.
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