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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
2
CHICAGO AP hog prices declined further on Wednesday across all weights with slow trading. Fed steers and yearlings held steady while choice stock was dull and lambs fell 25 cents. shorn ewes sold steady.
AP WPA report notes Thursday estimates of livestock receipts including cattle 5900, sheep 1000, and total values near 18000 dollars, reflecting market activity for the period.
AP WPA market summary shows hogs mostly lower with top around 13.80 per cwt and many fat cattle and calves holding, while steers and yearlings stay steady. Sheep offerings scarce but spring lambs steady to lower with prime lots near 15.00 and common grades near 4.50 to 6.00. Prices reflect broad activity across weights and classes.
Receipts total 11.606 head with slow uneven demand. Cattle steady to 25 cents higher on some barrows and gilts. top hogs around 13.80. Feeder and veal prices steady. cows around 11.56. Sheep market active with good lambs at 34.50 and 23.90 for medium to good. ewes 5.50 to 6.00, some down to 3.50.
The report covers 24 hours ending Bam with 34,800 total, up from 34,790 a week ago and 54,900 a year ago. Active market with higher prices on weights under 276 pounds. Heavy sows and barrows show gains up to 25 cents, while lighter loads fluctuate. Prices listed for 160 to 13.50, 180 pounds at 4.12, 208% at 13.06, 240 to 275 pounds at 13.50, 300 to 336 pounds at 12.54 to 12.80, and 320 to 360 pounds around 12.55. Sows 270 to 380 pounds at 11.16 to 10.55, 360 to 400 pounds near 11.00, with several weight ranges and quotes noted.
In Sioux City, hog receipts reached 490 head with moderate demand and steady to higher bids for butcher weights 180 to 270 pounds. Early sales show good to choice lots at 12.60 to 13.65, with sows advancing up to 15 cents. Slaughter lambs and feeding lambs held steady to higher, Ewes steady near 5.25, with feeder offerings limited and cattle mixed across common to good grades.
Fragmentary OCR data shows scattered numbers and codes with no clear events. Names like Mason and Austin appear amidst inconsistent figures 11.45 to 13.89, but no coherent context or actions are evident.
Chicago market recap shows steady receipts and mixed scores across commodities. Produce items include turkeys and poultry with varied prices, and potatoes with light shipments, reflecting strong demand. California white onions and regional varieties noted with pricing.
Market notes list prices for cheese at ceiling and receipts with nominal values. It cites ore prices for various lots including No 1 No 2 48-50 oz, 45-47 lb at 46 45¢, No 4 at 68-59 lb, and other scales. Wholesalers report maximum census prices and sales of geese, turkeys, hens, young poultry, guineas, and leghorns with varied cents per pound. a sparse, weathered ledger of market activity.
Wheat futures reversed a mid session decline as commercial demand appeared in late trading. Prices closed higher on July contracts while oats and barley edged lower with July futures showing%. values reflect a volatile session in Chicago after AP reported the movement.
Fragmented OCR text cites prices and goods for Chicago markets including rye, corn, white and red varieties, with mentions of mixtures and feed terms. Details are unclear. appears as a supermarket or grain listing with uneven numbers and illegible portions.
Eliza beth Manche of Clinton died at age 92. Her passing leaves a long local tie, with neighbors and family recalling a life devoted to community service and faith. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Delivered prices for straw hay and corn products in Cedar Rapids. Grain prices show No. 2 corn at 76c and No. 3 at 7c. Straw at 72.00 per hundred, various eggs and poultry rates, wholesale fruit and vegetables with Florida celery at 6.50 a crate and California naval oranges at 5.75. Hides and calf hides listed with No 1 horse at 6.50, other animal byproducts and glue offered at reduced rates.
On Wednesday buying focused on rails, radio issues and specialties in New York stocks. Industrial leaders showed little movement, with most shares ending near their prior close after about 1.3 million shares traded.
Tokyo radio reported about 30,000 schoolchildren from Tokyo were evacuated to rural districts since July 8 under a government plan to move children from major cities as a precaution against further American air raids. Third to sixth graders with provincial relatives were evacuated from important cities, while those without relatives were grouped islandwide. The broadcasts noted the measures are not compulsory.
In Bogota President Alfonso Lopez resumes command after army officers who kidnapped him and other officials are captured while fleeing toward Ecuador. Rebel leaders Col. Diogenes Gil and Maj. Paz Figueroa surrendered in Tuquerres and will face a military court under martial law. No death penalty exists in Colombia. Lopez was unharmed after being kidnapped while reviewing maneuvers at Pasto.
CHUNGKING AP reports Japanese forces press a full assault on Hengyang in Hunan along the Canton Hankow railway using ground thrusts supported by air and artillery bombardment and gas. The CHI communique notes a desperate effort to seize the Chinese stronghold.
The New York AP reports a narrow trading range with a cloudy final hour. Some issues rallied, including Commercial Mackay Income 4s jumping over 6 points to a new high near 160, while Denver Rio Grande Western bonds rose about 2 on restructuring news and Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburgh and West Virginia declined.
Arthur Woods of a Central City area farm was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Whittemore on a statutory rape charge involving a 16 year old girl. He waived preliminary hearing, was bound to the grand jury, and jailed in Linn county on a three thousand dollar bond. The girl was placed with juvenile authorities.
Mrs. Gertrude Krebs appealed a $40 fine from police court in superior court before Judge Harry Johnson Wednesday. The fine was sustained.
The Sisters of Mercy doing business as Mercy hospital at Anamosa have filed suit in Linn county district court against John D. Whitman and Mabel I. Whitman, husband and wife, for $150 due on account.
Agnes Kuba Tremaine has re signed as clerk in the auditor's office effective July 15.
The Cedar Rapids board of supervisors on Tuesday accepted the bid of Charles E. Hayes and Blanche B. Hayes for lot 30 in block 27 of James C. Young's third addition. The lot is vacant.
Two longtime bank employees at Peoples Savings Bank were promoted. Donald L. Estes becomes assistant cashier and Charles E. Kreesi is promoted from teller to auditor after many years on the staff.
William Baldridge, 63, proprietor of the Baldridge studio and camera shop at 218 Third Street SE, died of a heart attack at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday at 2143 Mt. Vernon Avenue SE. Born November 13, 1880 in Story county Iowa, he lived in Belmond, worked as a mason, toured for a Chicago photographic concern, opened studios in Kansas City and Cedar Rapids, and shot Cedar Rapids first aerial photo in 1919. He belonged to the Elks South Side Civic club and was a thirty second degree Mason. Surviving are his wife Alice two sons Charles and John Cedar Rapids a daughter Mary Johnson two brothers Frank Brainerd Minnesota Louis Edwardsville Ill two sisters May Thomas Billings Montana Sadie Follett Davenport and three grandchildren. A brother George preceded him in death. The body is at Turner funeral home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
E Stahl of Lisbon with one sister Mrs Katherine Randall Manly and two sons Robert B Stahl Cedar Rapids and F Whitney Stahl San Diego plus a daughter Mrs George Elder San Diego and two granddaughters. wife died 1940. Lena Schroeder Crowder 70 former Cedar Rapids resident died in Detroit after brief illness. Born Benton County June 8 1874 she lived here much of her life. Surviving husband three daughters and a son all of Detroit. Sister Mrs Lottie Krippner lives in Owatonna with nephews and nieces in Cedar Rapids and Marion.
Mrs Joan Nalley wife of John Nalley of 120 Eleventh Street NW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born March 3 1885 in Maquoketa she married Jan 13 1904. They moved to Cedar Rapids in 1917. Survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Roy Bintler two brothers Leonard and Clyde and several nieces and nephews. Services at Turner chapel 2 p m Friday burial in Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call at the chapel.
London dispatch from the Madrid News Chronicle reports Germany made at least six attempts to win negotiated peace since February. The first effort involved Gen. Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen flying to Lisbon. another came after Rome fell, and four occurred after the Normandy invasion.
The Cedar Rapids Waubeek district council will hold its July meeting at Camp Waubeek Friday evening. A fish fry starts at 7 p.m. An inspection of the council camp before its Sunday closing will be held. This week's registration at Camp Waubeek is 107, bringing total summer registrations to 357.
A clipped mixed local notices page lists lost items with rewards including a Bibiacw parasol from West Highlands bus and a billfold. lost keys and sunglasses with rewards. a yellow gold item and a SINGER sewing machine rental. shop ads and services from J C Penney Co Balcony to Vincent's Jewelry and Kresge bids. various addresses and contact cues.
Louis L Rabik 40 of Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 11 50 AM Tuesday Born in Bohemia he came to the United States in 1910 Employed by Grissel Sheet Metal for 20 years Survived by wife Viasta daughter Ariene son Richard his mother Anna Rabik three sisters Mrs Anna Kups Mrs Gustav Sibrava and Miss Rosie Rabik Cedar Rapids three brothers Joseph Charles near Center Point and Rudolph Services set for 2 PM Thursday at Brosh chapel with Rev Zdenek F Pauk officiating Burial at Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at Broshs
Cedar Rapids post office received a bulletin from the postal department warning senders of mail to army personnel overseas to include both the APO number and the name of the post office at the point of embarkation through which the APO receives mail. Mail addressed without these details will be returned to the sender.
Boy Scouts in Waubeek area canvass and solicitation raised 320000 in war bond pledges. Scout executive Keith Benner announced the total on Wednesday.
Charles J Keil aged 59 died at his home 318 First Avenue NW at 9 15 p m Tuesday Born November 24 1883 he lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years and worked 26 years as a salesman for Otis Leather He belonged to St Patrick s Church and the Catholic Order of Foresters He survived by wife Margaret a son Lawrence J at home a cousin Delia Kelly and a nephew Harry Speckhart Funeral arrangements to be announced later
London AP reports the German news agency DNB said on Wednesday terrorists set fire to the house of Marcel Deat, Vichy minister of labor, in central France.
Mrs Harry Mentzer of 1216 Eleventh Street NW died Tuesday night at Center Point where she had resided. Surviving are her husband a Cedar Rapids daughter Mrs John M McGuire a Powell Wyoming son Earl Mentzer four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Private services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Satchett funeral home Center Point conducted by Rev D A Loferski flowers omitted per family request.
William F Stahl longtime Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday in San Diego California. He had lived in Cedar Rapids for 20 years before moving to San Diego four years ago. Survivors include one brother and other family members.
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