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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
3
Chicago hogs held steady to ten cents lower as buyers and sellers paused in a sluggish session. Cattle prices were mostly steady with some steers and heifers hitting fresh highs. Limited lambs kept the market from establishing a clear lamb quote while grain quotes and mixed weight ranges appear in the daily report.
Cattle and hogs receipts mix with heavy pounds and varied prices. Steady to higher bids on steers, heifers up to 17.14, bulls mixed but generally steady. Cows scarce, quality ranges with stock cattle tight, prices quoted across multiple grades and weights amid broad local and out of town demand.
Receipts show cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with varying demand. Calves about 300 head, best grades steady to higher, with choose stretch for higher prices. cows up to 13.25, bulls steady. Hogs 13,000 to 13,200 total, weights 260 to 330 pounds, prices 10.25 to 13.45 for various grades. sows weaker for large weights, feeders steady. Sheep and lambs limited, prices by load, bids higher on some grades. Overall market broad, some factors higher, many classes steady or down.
Raw data shows bulk butter prices in cartons, quotes by Creamery and various grades with scores AA to C. Receipts totals for two days include 1,315,869 for firm, 487,395 for wholesale, and 47,074 for firm rent. Poultry figures list geese, turkeys, fowls, capons, and broilers with per-pound ranges and averages.
Receipts show 17 026 cases with steady extras and various items including teer, daisies, and prints. Arrivals list 207 on track, 80 California stock, sales per California song whites indicating decay, with washed sacks and delivery details across sizes and prices.
Wisconsin dairy market notes price quotes for cheese types including twins and cheddars. AP report records varying price levels and market notes across regional producers.
New York AP report says Lt Gen Mark W Clark whose Fifth Army troops captured Rome is named Father of the Year by the National Fathers Day committee. The designation was announced Monday.
Hog prices across grades show no change on the Cedar Rapids market. Top butchers fetch 13.45, packers 10.25, with several weight ranges listed from 160 pounds to 360 pounds and related notes on delivery and quality lambs and ewes also appearing in the listing.
Prices listed for grains and farm products in Cedar Rapids include shelled corn at $1.00 per bushel, oats at 0.16, wheat at 1.40 and rye at 0.95. Hay and straw priced from $10 to $16 per bale, poultry delivered prices for heavy springs and hens, eggs around 0.25, and wholesale fruits and vegetables with crates and citrus prices.
Wheat futures rallied late Monday to recover from early losses as rye held steady after heavy opening liquidation. Oats remained weak on favorable crop weather with July prices given for wheat, oats, rye, and barley.
Chicago AP note records commodity prices for hay and fodder blends. Timed figures show red clover at 31.50 per unit and sweet clover at 10.80, with other items listed including scores and miscellaneous feed costs.
The Mother Church in Boston held its annual meeting where directors urged freedom as a spiritual gift to be realized through understanding. They cited universal resolve for a just peace and said true freedom goes beyond politics, aligned with Christ Jesus’ teachings. The gathering, limited by wartime travel, featured 428 volunteer wartime workers.
In New York AP reports stock market investors cashed further profits as Rome's fall news was viewed as already discounted. Traders anticipated fresh incentives for a bullish revival with near closing losses of fractions to over a point and transfers around 900000 shares.
A group of low to mid priced rails entered supply at lower levels while declines were small. Investment type equities in the industrials and utilities remained well supported. In the final hours, St Paul, B and O, Rock Island, and New Haven held steady or slipped modestly. Hudson 4s and Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis 4s firmed.
Mrs Homer Lester of 844 First Avenue NE is hospitalized at Mercy hospital. A free cooking class occurs in the Glow room at the Gas Company Tuesday at 2 15 pm. The City Plan commission meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the white courtroom of City Hall. At Cub Pack No 6 annual picnic awards went to Tommy Dunker Jack Marshall Brandon Smith Ronny Hawkins and Orville Towner. Bob Winter and Keith Whitmer were advanced in Scouting. The city council approved extending a lease for two parking lot adjacent lots for 75 dollars monthly to Franklin Maliy. Hearing on sewer projects along Soutter Avenue SE Knoll Street to Thirty second Street and J Avenue NW Fifth Street to 625 feet east is set for 10 am June 22 in the council chamber.
The Rotary club meeting at the Roosevelt hotel featured a noon showing of Men of Tomorrow, a film tracing the YMCA’s first century. Governor Bourke Hickenlooper attended as a Rotary member and guest.
In 1935 an American Red Cross Staff assistant has arrived in North Africa, released from Red Beington headquarters. The release mentions Joe Madden of Fenton and notes Miss Madden was employed in an Al.
The subject, in Albuquerque New Mexico, left a law office to join the Red Cross as she had previously taught at Fen ton and Ladora. She studied at Coe College and the University of Colorado, reflecting a background in education and law.
The will of William F. Brockschink who died May 17 in Cedar Rapids was admitted to district court. Alice L. Brockschink named executrix. Milo Bulicek appointed executor for the will of his mother Marie L. Bulicek who died in Bertram on May 16.
Iowa City area officials reported that a 6 million dollar flood control dam on the Iowa River above Iowa City was revived as a postwar project. Testing above Lake Macbride will continue six weeks, after which flood control plans for the Iowa River area will be reassessed. The Coralville dam concept, last debated in 1939 40, faced conservation pushback over Lake Macbride impacts and was shelved with U.S. entry into war.
MOSCOW INS reports Johnston Frank, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, told Soviet officials at a luncheon that American Communists lack originality and imitate Soviet policy. He praised manganese and contrasted private minded Americans with Soviet state minded capitalists, saying Americans are against fascism and warned against left wing press mislead. He ended abruptly amid the unfinished remark about feeling like an...
Polish Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk was to arrive in Washington Monday for talks with U S officials on Polish and European questions. The U S government invited him and offered good offices in the Polish Russian dispute, an offer rejected earlier by the Soviet Union.
The Office of War Information appealed to housewives to boost waste kitchen fat donations to reach a salvage goal of 230 million pounds for the year. The goal is two and a third times last year’s total due to heavier industrial use of fats and oils in wartime.
Rev Arthur W Henke and Irving F Finger hosted Sunday dinner at the Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids honoring members of the Metho dist church senior class who graduated from Marion high school. Valedictorian Richard Schrimper leaves for ASTC Fargo ND. James Hucker sails for navy June 22. Also present were Dick Dice Bob Mathewson James Miller Ray Fay and Dick Tanner with other service classmates listed.
Services for Mrs. Clarence Bugg were held at Yocom chapel with Rev. Frank Andrews and Rev. Lloyd Patton officiating. Burial followed in Cedar Memorial park. A long list of relatives and attendees from Oklahoma to Minnesota attended. Local clubs and meetings are announced including Indian Creek Bluebirds Four-H, Rainbow division, Masonic lodge work, and various visits and gatherings around town.
President Roosevelt nominated Ivy William Duggan of Georgia to be governor of the Farm Credit Administration. If confirmed, he would succeed A. G. Black whose resignation was announced in March. Roosevelt also sent Charles Franklin Brannan of Colorado to be assistant secretary of agriculture, vacancy created when Grover B. Hill left.
Funeral services for William D. Shank a retired Milwaukee railroad conductor were conducted Saturday afternoon by Rev W R De Jong. Burial followed at Oak Shade. Attending were Burt Warren of Des Moines Mrs John Wendt of Rockford Ill Mr and Mrs George Shank and Mr and Mrs Fred Myers of Pearl City IL Mr and Mrs Wayne Pollhill of Freeport Ill Emma Jean Dailey of Durant NL Mrs Maude Ireland of Bish Neb Mrs Joe Pulley and Mrs Bruce Nichols of Savanna Ill Sar Welch Mr and Mrs Floyd Welch and Mrs Alice Despain of Williamsburg and Mrs Margaret Ely of Maquoketa. Eleanor Hanna Homemaking instructor at Fairmont Minn high school arrived Saturday to spend the summer with her mother Mrs Mary Hanna. Quest deodorant powder 3K advertised. L C Low leaves Tuesday for Spokane and Seattle for a two week vacation visiting Fred Putnam family at Spokane. Seaman Ralph Berryhill arriving from Shoemaker Calif for leave with wife and daughters Marilyn and Barbara Ann leaves Tuesday for San Bruno Cal. Servicemen wives club meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in light company recreation room bring scissors. Pvt Charles Meroshek Jefferson Barracks Mo spent the weekend here with his wife and refugees Judy Catherine and Jane.
Classified clippings show several lost and found items including a small tan female dog named Yr Eyagerst, a white terrier found at a bus stop, and a missing Eastern Star pin. Reward offers accompany each item. Also listed are watches, jewelry, clothing, appliances, a rummage sale, and small service ads. Local contact details reference Palo, Iowa and nearby streets.
Earl Hart, secretary to the Iowa real estate commission, told a Cedar Rapids Real Estate board luncheon at the YMCA that realtors should not oversell buyers. He warned of buyers urged to keep up with the Joneses and urged homes bought within income. He noted an upcoming legislative push for uniform and reciprocal license laws for brokers.
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