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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
11
In Chicago market action, hogs sold at ceilings while cattle were unevenly steady to 25 cents lower across classes. Sat receipts totaled 2,600 horses, 560 cattle, and 100 sheep, with good fed lambs at 15.35 and native shorn stock from 68 to 7.75.
Willard W Wait 85 of 713 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids died 5:30 am Friday after a long illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital He was once Northwest champion fiddler and earned a prize in Minneapolis He formed a fiddler and Jig team with Milan Shaw in Cedar Rapids Their acts were often in a back room at 406 Second avenue SE He won a blue ribbon at Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and a gold medal in a South Dakota contest Born August 20 1860 in New York he came to Cedar Rapids about 11 years ago Married to Clara Van Norman in 1889 in South Dakota She died in 1934 Surviving three sons Thomas Marion James Cedar Rapids and John San Gabriel Calif two daughters Mrs Gaylord Young and Mrs James Snodgrass a sister Mrs Augusta Hall Olympia Wash Several nephews nieces grandchildren and great grandchildren Services are in Turner chapel at a time to be announced Friends may call at the chapel.
Chicago livestock receipts and prices show 1,600 hogs and 1,000 cattle on sale. Hog prices steady to firm with barrows and gilts around 45.9 cents per pound and top hogs near 16.75 per head. Cattle and calves offer multiple classes with steers, heifers and bulls priced, beef cows and veal calves noted. Sheep receipts about 500 with steady prices around 98 pounds for clipped lambs and various pelts available.
MAHA INS indicates salable receipts totaling 1206 cattle and 106 sheep with active trade. Cattle steady, red steers $1769, many loads around $18.25 to $18.78. Sheep show nominal steadiness. native spring lambs around $1500, shorn lambs No 1 about $14.75, ewes $7.00 scarce buyers, overall market mixed and moderate.
Sioux City cattle receipts total 450 with steers and heifers uneven trading slowly to steady. top fed steers around 13 to 17 dollars per cwt and 1000 plus figures cited. Hogs receipts near 1500 with bulk to good quality broadly steady around 14 to 15 dollars. feeder pigs scarce and light weights mixed. Sheep receipts about 2500 with nominal steady tone across grades.
Des Moines area combined receipts for 24 hours ending Friday show 23,200 head moving to interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Figures compare to 74,850 and 37,400 the previous years. Prices list for barrows, gilts, sows across weight ranges with several dollars per hundred weight variations.
Fragmentary NES MOVIES market note lists various prices and weights for meat products and packing costs. Mentions Mason Watrrion Ottumwa Austin and multiple figures such as 14.00 14.40 and 19.80 along with hundreds and tens in a budget-like ledger.
Cedar Rapids markets report hog prices at ceiling levels with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers 13.70. cattle quotes show steers from 12.60 to 16.70, yearlings 15.60-16.75, and cows 10.50-12.50, with bulls and calves also listed. Grain, hay, poultry, and produce prices follow, including corn 1.04, soybeans 2.10, oats 0.92, and various fruit and vegetable quotes.
New York AP reports a selective stock market recovery with rails and specialties rallying while many leaders show a pallid tone. Rail issues like Central of New Jersey and Lackawanna, International Telephone and Onta, and Western Rail were among movers.
In Plymouth Wisconsin a market listing shows cars of twins and cheddars sold to the army at prices around 13 and 244, with single varieties and mideets offered at 245 and 243 cents per car. The fragment hints at cheese lots and pricing for military sale.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt returned to the White House to honor the memory of a close friend of her late husband. In the rose garden President Truman presented a distinguished service medal to Major General Edwin M Watson an aide to President Roosevelt.
Chicago and New York produce desks report firm markets for butter cheese and potatoes with limited price shifts. Receipts indicate steady demand and unchanged quotes on several items including US No 1 and 2 potatoes and mixed cheese colors. California white onions and raw market figures show tight supply but few sales.
The Associated Press says two Dutch newspapers quoted by Netherlands radio Friday criticized what they called benevolent attention from the Allied administration toward Germans. They noted German farmers have horses while Dutch peasants are left without them, and cited reports from London about utilities and entertainment restoration in Berlin under Russian occupation.
Chicago AP reports profit taking and hedging pushed grain down briefly then cash buyers stepped in. Wheat futures rose 7 to 14 cents, corn mixed to higher, oats up, rye and barley higher. cash quotations listed for No 2 red wheat No 2 hard wheat No 5 yellow corn and other feeds.
OMAHA AP Milton Petersen of Omaha was elected president of the P F Petersen Baking company of Omaha and Cedar Rapids and the Peter s Pan Bakery of Davenport to succeed his father who died weeks ago.
In Linn County Iowa the state sued a five passenger Pontiac coupe owned by C. J. Daman of McGregor. The court found the vehicle used to transport intoxicating liquors on May 31 and forfeited Daman's title. The sheriff will sell the car after costs, with remaining proceeds to the county school fund. police were ordered to destroy the liquor involved.
Judge Floyd Philbrick granted the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss the case of Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Co. v Albert Brewster, stating the matter had been settled. Brewster resides out of state. Also, Hazel Kleinfelter was named executrix without bond to Harry Kleinfelter’s will, who died May 7 in Mt Vernon. Clara A Welsh named executrix without bond to William A Welsh’s Cedar Rapids will, who died May 9.
City briefs report a Children's Day program at Pale Methodist Church at 10 a.m. Sunday with Rev. C. W. Harrop speaking on In the Beginning God. Rev Lyle K. Anderson speaks on Witness-bearing for Christ at Shueyville United Brethren Church at 11 a.m., with church services at 9:30 a.m. and church school at 10:30 a.m. A district meeting is set for Olin at 3 p.m.
Harry W. Thomas of 1124 Fifth Street NW was fined 25 dollars and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson on Friday after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. He is alleged to have thrown a butcher knife at his wife.
George T. Ronk of 1718 Seventh Avenue SE has been re elected to a three year term on Ashland College board of trustees in Ashland Ohio. He serves as president of Aurax Tool and Die Company Inc and president of Transport Trailers at 620 First Street SE.
Stephen Wickman three year old son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Wickman of Newhall was released from St Luke s hospital Friday after head injuries from a fall Thursday afternoon while riding in a moving taxicab with his mother.
River stage readings from Davenport Hastings and Prairie du Chien show no change. Entries list various stations with minor fluctuations, including Dubuque and Gordon Perry, all near previous levels.
Miss Margaret Burke of Winthrop died Wednesday in Independence after a brief illness. Born June 13, 1873 in Louisville, she lived near Winthrop 40 years. Survived by four brothers Patrick Winthrop Frank Strawberry Point Martin Long Beach Calif Tom Coggan and sister Mrs. Mary Gaffney Winthrop. Services Saturday 9:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Masonville with burial at Montic Cemetery. Friends may call Fawcett funeral home Winthrop before services.
The Rev. Wenceslaus Hradecky, appointed pastor of St. Wenceslaus church at 1224 Fifth Street SE, will assume charge in about three weeks from Protivin where he led KEely Family church. He follows the late Rt. Rev. Msgr. August Vojacek, who died April 27 after 25 years with the parish.
John Oscar Ogren a former Olin resident and World War I veteran died at Oakdale Tuesday. Services will be at 2 p m Saturday in Turner chapel with Rev J Bertram of Iowa City officiating, burial at Cedar Memorial park with Hanford post American Legion military services at the grave. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services were held Thursday at Marengo for Mrs Mina Hull 80 of 1509 Bever avenue SE who died Tuesday at University hospital in Iowa City of pneumonia after an operation Widow of A H Hull former Marengo Republican editor she had lived in Cedar Rapids 30 years Surviving is daughter Mrs Evelyn Hartson who lived with her
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Wiles of 1745 Higley avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 6 50 a m in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born June 3 1943 in Chicago he moved with his parents to Cedar Rapids last October. Surviving are a sister Linda Ann three grandparents Rev Mr and Mrs Richard L Wiles Wichita Kan Mrs Bertha Deadman of Chicago. Private services will be in Moon chapel Saturday with Rev Taylor Guthrie burial Cedar Memorial park flowers omitted.
Arthur Ferdinand Staab of 2243 B avenue NE died Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Barta-Hesser chapel with a Christian Science church reader officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Mrs. Sarah Emily Shrader of 541 Fourteenth Street SE will be held Saturday at 3 30 p.m. in the Barta-Hesser chapel conducted by Dr. Charles J. Bready. Burial follows in Keota cemetery.
An International News Service report notes calls in Japanese quarters for a drastic revamp of the government to grant extraordinary authority amid an impending decisive battle. Support favors rule by decree and deems the move an urgent necessity as the final struggle is seen to unfold on Japanese soil.
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