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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1944
Page
4
Chicago and Sioux City hog bids firm to slightly higher with top prices near 13.85 for light loads. Cattle and sheep sales show uneven gains and widespread adjustments across regions including Omaha and Des Moines in a busy livestock market report.
Iowa hog prices and market data from Des Moines list denominations for good butcher hogs and packing sows with weights and bid prices. The report includes towns Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin with multiple price points and ranges such as 11.35 11.50 and 10.40 to 11.90, plus time stamps and totals for various weight classes. It accompanies Chicago grain quotations and notes packing and sale details for hog categories.
Market notes show New York butter prices with bulk carton deductions and creamery grade marks, cheese and eggs receipts, and live poultry rates. Chicago region lists similar items with livestock prices, butter and egg quotations, and various potato shipments and prices.
Data from towns including Davenport LaCrosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque and McGregor shows stage measurements with fall values for the Mississippi River levels. Readings list numeric depths in feet at Gordons Ferry Davenport and nearby points during the period.
Mrs Patricia Frontzak gave birth to a 14 pound 9 14 ounce baby in Chicago on Sunday. It was the mother’s twelfth child. she stands five feet ten inches and weighs 295 pounds.
Prices on light hogs were steady on the Cedar Rapids market Monday while heavy butchers and packers gained ten cents. Top prices list butchers at 13.45 and packers at 10.60 with various weight ranges for hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep.
New York stock market moved higher on Monday as demand shifted between sections. Many favorites rose fractions to several points, with turnover around 1.4 million shares. North Western railroad led turnover with gains, while utilities and industries remained steadier.
Market notes from Cedar Rapids list corn No 2 yellow at 1 04 late wheat No 2 at 1 40 rye No 2 5c hay and straw prices from 10 to 16 dollars per bale delivered poultry prices for heavy springs over 3 lbs 25c light springs 23c hens 19c eggs 28c wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted prices including Florida celery lemons naval oranges and apples Winesaps box price 4 25 per box and other values. Hides calf and horse prices given with various grades.
Wheat futures fell sharply amid heavy hedge selling and weak milling demand. July contracts slid to about 1.56 while oats rye and barley also posted declines or small losses across July prices.
Market report notes Chicago APJ Wheat No 1 red and barley figures with quoted prices and percent changes. The garbled data shows a closing near $1.25 for wheat and variations around 1.44 percent, indicating price movement but exact figures are unclear.
Treasury report shows fiscal year total expenditures at 93.744 billion, with 95 percent allocated to war efforts. War activities reached 87.039 million. RFC and subsidiaries spent 5.682 billion on war needs. Tax and miscellaneous revenues offset part of costs. receipts rose to 45.408 billion. Public debt surged to 201.003 billion.
German cargo planes arrived in Lisbon over the weekend carrying an undisclosed number of cases of gold bars. The report appeared Monday.
Flying bombs killed Maj. Gen. Sir Arthur Scott and his wife Aimee Byng, a novelist, along with Sir Percy Alden, a longtime campaigner against urban squalor, in a London attack reported by AP.
New York dispatch reports Berlin radio suggesting rumors from Lisbon diplomatic circles that President Roosevelt may visit Europe within the next few days. The broadcast appeared to seek confirmation of the trip.
A Geneva dispatch to the New York Times says 1 715 000 Jews were killed by Germans in upper Silesian extermination camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau in two years ending April 15 1944.
President Roosevelt signed legislation granting glider troops 50 percent extra pay, aligning them with paratroops. The raise could reach about $100 a month for officers, warrant officers and nurses, and $50 a month for enlisted men.
A necktie dispute at Union bus terminal led 14 ticket-sellers to refuse work, with other staff walking out in solidarity. Picket lines formed as service continued crammed with July 4 crowds, riders boarding curbside to Denver and Toledo areas. A conciliator from the Labor Department was summoned to untangle the knotty issue.
Lightning blamed for Sunday blaze at the Central Iowa fairgrounds Merchants Arcade in Marshalltown. Loss estimated at 27 000 dollars. Building owned by Marshalltown merchants association valued at 2 000 dollars. Lennox Furnace company furnaces stored there worth 25 000 dollars were also lost.
Sunshine Mission main office to close Tuesday. Safety Commissioner announces city market open until 11 am Tuesday despite holiday. Want Ads deadline 9 45 am July 4th. Free archery classes at Ellis Park July 4 from 6 to 8 pm. Bike accident injures 9 year old Dick Fuller. Local house sale and incorrect name on build ing page. Rotary talk on flourishing Indians in Western hemisphere. Miss Ethel R Outland attends Pi Delta Epsilon Alpha Chi Alpha merger gathering.
Dorothy Hayes daughter of Mrs Gladys Hayes and the late Newell Hayes Marion and Pfc J Donald Swan Sioux Falls S D were married Sunday at 8 p m at the Presbyterian church The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev C V R De Jong with 50 relatives present The bride wore blue crepe and white accessories The groom is a radio instructor at the Sioux Falls Army Airfield A reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home The couple plan a brief wedding trip to Sioux Falls and will reside there afterward.
Marking the eighth birthday of her daughter Sylvia Mrs How ard Leeks 608 Eighth avenue entertained Saturday at a party. Refreshments were served to Joyce Anne Kolda Charlese Birmingham Shirley Glass Barbara Ondrus Sandra Myers Bonnie Lee Secrist Robert Bunting Jimmie Epperson Carl Krog Gary Woods and Bobby Seeks.
Pvt Tom Gallagher of the signal corps arrives in France per family notice. Mrs Paul Oakes and daughters Annabelle Pauline and Miss Martha Schaefer return to West Lafayette from a visit. Mrs Martha Flanagan hosts in Oelwein. Seaman Frederick Newcomb and family visit from Chicago. he reports July 10 at Great Lakes. Mrs John Knapp Sr recovers from Cedar Rapids surgery. Mrs J C Sheets learns corporal husband arrives in France. Mrs Nettie Stobaugh hosts birthday party as family plans move to Amana.
Most civic offices and buildings will be closed for the Fourth of July and mail deliveries will be confined to the war plants. The Chamber of Commerce city hall courthouse ration office post office and Red Cross workrooms will close to the public. A city wide mail collection will be made at 5 p.m. The public library will be closed.
Washington AP report says the Democratic National Committee booked two women for top speaking spots at the July 19 Chicago convention. Helen Gahagan Douglas and Gladys Tillett will address sessions, marking the first prominent recognition of women on the program. Mrs. Douglas was nominated for Congress in the California primary.
Otto F. Hanzlik, Republican nominee, was named auditor by the board of supervisors to replace acting Auditor Ray C. Coutts who resigned that morning. Bond set at $10,000. Coutts had served as acting auditor since April 6 after Robert M. Vesely resigned.
Monday information filed against Mrs Thresay Steggall 59 of 932 Fifteenth Avenue SE alleging beer sales without a permit. Officers Badger and Hlavjacek testified they bought beer at Steggall home Sunday. Also Monday Deputy Sheriffs Whittemore and Snyder charged Clarence Gordon with intoxication after a Sunday arrest.
Linn County must reach 2,860,800 dollars of its 10,025,000 overall war loan quota to keep the queen contest eligible for a week long Hollywood trip. The drive faces a race against the clock as organizers push supporters to surpass early pledges, with the queen candidates set to boost totals at a Memorial Coliseum Navy show. Cedar Rapids has topped its quota while the county outside the city trails. Arlene Rose leads the queen field with 39,250 votes and the women’s division reports 125,780 pledged so far.
Assistant Police Chief Al Mikota warned about possible deaths tomorrow if drivers ignore caution as a no casualty Fourth of July is pursued. Police Chief Tom Condon unveiled a special enforcement effort aligned with a National Safety Council drive to cut the annual holiday death toll and urged citizens to join to protect lives and property.
Betty Jean Gaffney 19 of Winthrop remained in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after a Saturday evening auto crash near Alburnett. Cousin Mary Lou Gaffney 16 was much improved. both were riding in a rumble seat driven by Lester Burns of Masonville.
The city’s traffic bureau reports one death and 12 injuries in June 1944, down from June 1943. In June 1944 twelve motor vehicle collisions caused injuries, four involved vehicles and pedestrians, two involved vehicles and bicycles, with a fatal pedestrian strike.
Classified snippets show waterproof watches wedding rings and jewelry from N Jew elry Probasco Jewelry and Vincent's Jewelry Store plus diamond loans and a bicycle shop relocation. Also listed are dry cleaning self serve naphtha sellers hospital ads maternity hints and a bedbug killer promotion with various help wanted and lost and found notices.
A family tribute to PFC Ernest Wilson features a heartfelt memorial note from MR. AND MRS. H C WILSON AND FAMILY. The notice blends grief with memory and honors the son’s service and impact.
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