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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
12
Chicago trade shows active cattle with most at 16.00 to 17.60, hogs at ceiling prices, packers claiming direct sales. Sheep market steady with shorn lambs up to 15.35. receipts include 1,500 cattle and 5,000 sheep in latest run.
Salable receipts show 1200 hogs with steady prices as pigs over 140 pounds fetch $14.45. Cattle receipts reach 399 with varying bids, feeders steady, and medium grade cows around $13.00 to $16.25. Sheep third of market with good lambs steady near $97.50 and ewe scarcity noted. Hog sales stay fully steady with 140-390 pound ranges around $14.45 to $89.90. Sioux City and Des Moines reports mirror limited gains and cautious buying.
Unclear OCR fragment lists prices and codes for livestock and packing goods in Des Moines. Mentions pounds, numbers, and dollar amounts with scattered product terms. No coherent event or outcome emerges from the text.
Cedar Rapids hog market remains at ceiling levels with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Quoted prices cover hogs, cattle, calves, and early grain notes, with references to beef cutters and utility classes. Also listed are sheep and lamb quotes, grain prices, poultry rates, and Mississippi River stage summaries for Davenport and La Crosse rivers.
Buyers re entered the stock market Friday driving up rails and industrials as about 1 200 000 shares changed hands. Dow Jones averages edged higher near the close with notable gains in railroad and diversified industrial issues, while many issues showed fractional advances.
Chungking dispatch quotes Netherlands Ambassador Lovink saying the Netherlands will deploy 200000 troops and the Dutch navy to the Far East to join the effort against Japan.
Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 16 805 with steady extras and various grade scores. Egg totals reach 32 839 cases with steady overall activity. Cheese, live poultry, potatoes, and other items are listed with multiple grade prices, regional references, and shipment statuses across California, Louisiana, and New York markets.
United States submarines have sunk 14 more ships in Pacific waters, including a destroyer and four other combatants. Non combatants include a large tanker and several merchant vessels. Submarine Salmon surfaced after depth charge attacks and fought the tanker’s escorts before escaping.
Chicago AP reports grain markets fell at open with wheat, corn, oats and soybeans weaker. Prices rallied late Friday erasing much of the losses with mixed finishes on several futures contracts and regional price quotes for malting barley and seed grains.
The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society says 11 Baptist missionaries and a 9 year old boy were beheaded by Japanese on Panay island in the Philippines. Executions occurred December 19 or 20, 1943, after the group fled to a mountain refuge named Hopewell to continue preaching teaching and healing. They had escaped Japanese forces for five years but were betrayed by a captured Filipino guerrilla officer.
Louis B. Weiss files suit against Don M. MeccIntyre Alec McIntyre and E. K. Hendricks as Midland Industries partners seeking 3025.32 for negotiated contracts plus 300 for expenses and a court order to disclose all contracts and transactions defining commissions.
Judge G. K. Thompson dismissed Stella M. Payton's slander suit against Helen E. Biggart after the plaintiff failed to file her petition by the deadline. Payton had sought 5000 dollars in damages.
Violet P. La Grange had her divorce petition against John F. La Grange dismissed on Friday at her request. The filing date was April 24. Separately, Elsie J. Walsh filed a maintenance petition against Louis T. Walsh.
President Truman told Congress that soldiers returning from overseas would be ordered home for 30 days on the house. The stay is at government expense and not charged against annual peacetime furlough or treated as leave, highlighting redeployment's human side.
In San Francisco AP dispatch the Tokyo radio concluded that the Okinawa push and B 29 raids appear aimed at securing an early peace and ending the Pacific war.
In Germany near US 12th Army Group territory a German doctor and his assistant operated a camp where they removed SS tattoos from prisoners. The pair conducted the activity as part of their business, drawing attention from Allied forces.
Washington reports outline that Guy M. Gillette resigns as chairman of the Surplus Property board prompting senators to urge immediate revisiting of the surplus property act. Leaders Barkley Ellender Wilson push for reforms and study to empower the board amid debates over postwar plant dispositions. President Truman notes Gillette sought to stay briefly to adjust to White House duties and may quit by July 15.
Senator Brewster said London and Paris authorities heard reports that Russians are liquidating professional people in Berlin and other areas under Soviet control. He noted the Mead committee was denied access and that the report described targeting lawyers and businessmen while fraternizing with ordinary Germans. Senator Ball said US authorities pressuring Russians to open controlled areas to Americans.
City briefs report St Margaret’s circle will gather at Immaculate Conception church at 8 40 a m Saturday to attend the funeral of E Claire Goslin United Brethren church Shueyville hosts 9 30 a m worship 10 30 church school and 8 p m Bible school program Rev Lyte K Anderson pastor. The Purple Heart was posthumously awarded to Sgt Marvin J DeWitt and received by his wife Evelyn 1114 First Avenue NE Sgt DeWitt died in action in Germany April 10 when his vehicle hit a land mine. he was buried in Holland. Henry E Gundling of 2224 Country Club Parkway SE has been chosen for the National Music Camp at Interlochen Mich July 1 to Aug 26 per Dr Joseph Maddy. He plays cello and studies with Alan Richardson at Wilson High School. He has won several contests. Billie Dean Hootmann, 15, is missing from near Edgewood School since Thursday afternoon. He is described as 5'6" tall, 135 pounds with black hair, brown eyes and a scar over his right eye. He wore a white polo shirt, striped overalls, leather jacket, red and black cap, and plow shoes. he might go to Canada and had extra clothes in a feed sack.
A string of lost items includes a World War II keepsake cap with red piping from Daddy overseas, a brown Triumph Sheasfier Lifetime pen near 7300 Bever and 37518 BE, and a student’s shell rim glasses with reward. Also missing are an Eastern Star pin between West Hichlands and the loop, a fraternity keepsake pin, a BILLPOLD note from Coe College on 1st Ave, and a pair of Bernard Boots with contact numbers 3-3216 or 2-0332 for rewards and pickup.
A miscellany of lost items and personal notices from Gazette classifieds. Entries include a missing billfold with reward, a lost ring, requests for transporting a 9 year old girl to Los Angeles, a driving job offer, jewelry and watch repair services, and various local service ads for printing, framing, saddle horses, and beauty treatments. Includes several address-like references and contact methods.
Local ad notes Duffy's Riding Academy at N 13th St and Cold Stream Ave offering English and Western saddles with 75 cents per hour weekday rates and 1.00 dollar Sundays. Mentions Silver Leaf Room Magnus Hotel, bus route, and paper note about Sundays and Mondays closed for duration. Includes assorted classified items: saddle horses for hire Fairfax Stables, dance event Townsend Orchestra, and various service ads.
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