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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1945
Page
2
Chicago AP reports steady livestock prices as cattle and sheep receipts slip. Hog offerings reached 8,000, the largest salable swine run in over two months, with 7,000 cattle and 2,000 sheep among receipts.
Combined purchases at 19 concentration yards and inland plants in interior Iowa show varied hog weights and steady pay. Barrows and gilts 160-180 lbs fetch about 14.20 to 14.45 dollars, sows 270-403 lbs around 13.30 to 13.76 dollars, with larger weights over 400 lbs offered around 13.45 to 13.76 dollars.
Market notes show hog receipts around 8,000 and cattle at 14,000 with steady to lower prices. Top steers bring about 17.95, heifers 17.50, cows around 14, while bulls reach 15.25. Sheep receipts near 2,000 with prime native lambs 15.75 to 16.00 and shorn lambs around 14.35 to 15.35, with general declines of 15 to 25 cents.
Receipts total 1 500 head with mixed cattle and hogs. Slaughter steers and heifers slow but steady. cows steady. stockers unchanged. Fed steer and yearling quotes 17.00 to 17.25 for 1200 to 1300 lb loads. bulk choice heifers 16.50 to 17.50. cows 9.50 to 12.25. stocker stock calves 11.75 to 14.00. Sows around 13.76. feeder pigs 14.45. red shorn lambs in supply with no early action.
Good butchers: Pounds Mason c Waterloo Ottumwa Austin 166-170 and 170-360 price ranges listed. Prices per pound show $14.00 to $14.60 for early weights and $13.90 to $14.46 for others. Packing sows 270-500 pounds priced around $13.65 to $13.70 per pound.
Cattle receipts reach 12,000 with calves 250 salable. fed steers steady to 15.25 16.75 cents, Nebraska fed heifers around 17.00, cows 10.75 to 12.50. Sheep receipts 1,000 with spring lambs selling 15.78 and 14.50 for other grades. top lambs 16.00. Availability scarce for ram lambs and pelts.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market hold at ceiling levels with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle bids vary by grade from 9.10 to 12.75 for cows and 11.60 to 12.25 for utilities, with calves and yearlings shown in separate ranges. Grain, hay, and poultry quotes accompany the market data.
New York reports a mixed stock market with aircraft rails industrials and utilities shifting toward recovery though many leaders remained in losses. Gains of 2 points or more narrowed toward the close as total transfers hovered around 1,300,000 shares.
Fragmentary OCR lists company names and percentages including Butler Bros Cent S W at Cherry Burl Chicago Corp Com Edison E and Swift Co 734 Swift Intl 31 es ie co H. J mnett Dial Merchants Bank b. The text shows a jumble of business names and financial terms without a coherent event or date.
Firmness in a sizable number of rails provided steadying influence on other departments Tuesday. Leaders at hour's end rose major fractions with heavy loan turnover in the Baltimore and Ohio after word that a readjustment had the approval of a majority of bondholders and issues stayed strong among top performers.
Chicago market notes show poultry receipts at 1 car and 13 trucks with firm and unchanged prices. Butter receipts total 71.41 with varied scores and grades, carrots and other vegetables noted with firm values and unchanged status. Potatoes arrivals on tracks with California and Cork sacks mentioned, price 4.47 for No. 1 sacks.
New York prices for butter and cheese receipts remain at ceiling with firm current wholesale levels. Butter receipts at 2,004,504 pounds, cheese receipts 70,978 pounds, with mixed color grades and standard sizes listed. Current receipts quoted around 36.2 to 35.2 cents per pound for various weights.
In the house of commons Churchill said Britain conducted secret negotiations with the Vichy government in 1940. He argued Vichy was under German duress and could not assure the French fleet would avoid surrender to the Nazis.
CHICAGO AP grain futures showed oats as a weak spot while other grains mostly held steady or gained. Wheat finished about higher for July, corn mixed, rye modestly higher, barley flat, with oats down significantly for July contracts.
Market note on cash grain values with Chicago prices for nominal and No. 2 hard, quotes around 1.78 to 1.80 and 1.15 to 1.39 percent, plus references to seed and feed items though text is fragmentary and unclear.
Bor Rowell son of R B Rowell has enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve. He was sworn in at Omaha Nebraska on Friday and is on inactive duty.
Community event advertised on the church lawn invites residents to an ice cream social on Wednesday at 6 30 p m. Proceeds likely support church activities and fellowship.
Mrs. Harry Decious reports five pigeons stolen from a pen at her home on Hamilton Street SW. The theft occurred Sunday night with an estimated value of 3 dollars 75 cents.
Advertisement notes a Wednesday 2 p.m. event at Bungalow Canning School. Details are limited to timing and location for the advertised sale or event.
A new YMCA boys junior tadpole swimming class will form after the 2:15 p.m. Monday and Thursday session reached its 30 boy limit. The class targets boys seven years old and aims to accommodate more participants.
Mt Hermon lodge No. 263 A F and A M will observe its seventy fifth anniversary Thursday with a 6 30 p m banquet at Masonic hall. Iowa Supreme Court Justice Frederic M Miller of Des Moines will be speaker and about 350 reservations have been made for the dinner by invitation only.
The Gazette reports Mrs Leland Glade of 233 Sinclair Avenue SE signed an information charging assault and battery against Pat P Bannon of Iowa City. The informant was Peggy Ann Glade 19 daughter of Mrs Glade and the charge was filed under Justice W A Ball. The Gazette story came from police records.
One hundred people attended a Monday night dinner at the Cedar Rapids YMCA hosted by the Real Estate board for office assistants salesmen and their families. The evening featured a program with community singing led by Miss Maurine Hamblin solo numbers by Miss Rose Marie Jun a dance specialty by Leo Roseberry and accompaniment by Elmer Young followed by dancing and a social hour.
Three Coggon men were ordered to pay 25 dollars and costs for intoxication in Justice R. Churchill's court Tuesday. Forrest C. Potter 48 Dorence G. Peyton 34 and Roy Waterhouse 53 were picked up at Coggan at 1 a.m. Tuesday by Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder. Each was fined 100 dollars and costs with 75 dollars suspended on county attorney recommendation. They paid the fines and were released.
Barbara Rosenstiel 12 daughter of Roy and Mrs Rosenstiel 1790 Second Avenue Marion sustained a compound fracture of the left leg Monday at 4 45 pm when struck by an automobile driven by John Wroblewski of Anamosa as she crossed Seventh Avenue near her home Police say Wroblewski was driving slowly at the time of the accident.
Mrs J Franklin Parsons formerly of Marion and now Center ville has resigned from the state health department to become school nurse at the University of Dubuque. She will report August 1. Parsons led Red Cross home nursing classes in Marion for years.
Word arrives of Venara McLaughlin wedding in Phoenix Arizona. The groom, formerly a Congregational minister in Marion, retired due to ill health and now practices law in Phoenix. The bride is a nurse he cared for during a recent illness.
An advertisement notes a Monday evening tomato plant sale sold out of Rutgers varieties with no more plants available. The note thanks customers for strong season progress in plants and seeds at Coast to Coast Store.
Mrs Elizabeth Hatt learns her son Pvt Harry D Hatt wounded May 15 in the South Pacific is hospitalized in Hawaii. He was struck in the spine by shrapnel leaving his legs paralyzed and he underwent an appendectomy June 6. His wife resides at Fairfield.
The Marion school band directed by Mrs. William F. Vesely will give its second concert of the season tonight at 8 o clock in the city park.
Miss Mabel Beatty of Omaha visits Mrs. Neva Reynolds at the Waterhouse Reynolds home. Pfc Milo McNiel arrives from Camp Howze Texas to visit family in Cedar Rapids and Marion. A daughter Margaret Leslie born to the McNiels on June 7. Hospital Apprentice Richard Awbrey on leave from New York City visits his parents. New hours posted open daily 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. except Mondays. Bailey's Milk Bar advertisement.
Cpl Albert Van Fossen spends furlough from Fort Worth Texas with his parents Walter E Van Fossens. Margaret Evenson of Stoughton is guest of Mary Jane Iller.
Mr and Mrs L L Burger of Des Moines and their son Wayne were weekend guests in the W J Hoglund home. The brief notice offers lawn mowing services and provides the contact phone 4841 for potential customers.
Mrs Gilbert Gordon travels to Perry to visit her nephew Storekeeper Alan Major on leave from duty aboard a destroyer in the Atlantic. He is to be transferred to the Pacific fleet.
Dinner guests Sunday at H. P. Kline home included their grandson Sgt. Robert E. Kline recently released from a German prison camp, his Clinton wife, and his Iowa City parents. Pvt. James Reynolds informs his wife of a transfer to Camp Wolters Texas from Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Mrs. E. F. Kelley and her daughter Edith of Hedrick visit J. P. Jarard home. Warm Morning stoves arrive soon, reserve now. Castle Bros. phone 175.
George L. Kramer and Rachel M. Kramer have been named executors for the will of their brother Robert C. Kramer who died in Bertram township on May 28.
Theresa Dick died in Cedar Rapids May 16 and Rose A Harrington her daughter was appointed administrator. Margaret Deditz died in Cedar Rapids June 10 and Merchants National Bank was appointed administrator.
Weekend guests of Mrs. Ellen McGuire were her sons Edward of Ottumwa and James of Perry with their families. Pvt La Verne Leeks advised his wife of a transfer from Jefferson Barracks to Fort Knox. Aaron Abernathy, son of Melvin Abernathys, fractured his right arm while visiting grandparents in Oelwein. Edward Failor, son of the Failors, was sworn into the ASTRP at Des Moines. Seaman Robert Mullaley, son of the Mullaleys, is home on leave from Great Lakes. Kitcher and K V Cafe advertise help wanted. Mrs A J Kellogg and daughter Barbara have returned.
Five New York post office employees were held on bail of 250 dollars each on charges they rifled overseas return packages. The notes were addressed to servicemen who were dead or missing in action.
New York dispatch reports nine dead in a pitched clash between Spanish civilians and groups opposing the Franco regime in the northwestern region of Spain.
Cairo officials announced Tuesday the end of martial-right governance and a restoration of public meeting rights, signaling a return to normal civic proceedings after a period of control.
Sourced from San Francisco and Seattle, the group met Mrs Kellogg's husband on a Hawaiian Islands vacation where he works. The reunion highlighted travel between West Coast cities and the Pacific vacation hotspot.
Tokyo reported the diet approved an emergency mobilization law covering males 15 to 65 and women 25 to 45 for a new home guard. The age range for women may be revised to 17 to 40, with mobilization to occur regionally during emergencies and guards instructed to arm with family swords, bamboo spears or other weapons.
BERCHTESGADEN Germany. The 1941 death of Col. Gen. Ernst Udet famed German stunt flyer was ruled an honor death by own action after his dismissal as inspector general of the Luftwaffe. An official Nazi announcement said he died testing a secret weapon with a service revolver to his head in his Berlin home.
Washington authorities lifted a production ban on vacuum cleaners pending material availability and proper authorization. The move acknowledges textile and component shortages that would limit output for some time.
Card of thanks for kindness during sickness and death of father. Lost items include jewelry, a brown billfold, a gold bracelet, and $70 in bills with multiple contact numbers. Also personals, sales, services, and notices for Father’s Day gifts, rummage sale, and cleaning and repair ads. regional locations referenced across SE and NE districts.
Disjointed classified notices show tree topping and trimming, cleaning, fumigation, and fertilizer sales along with appliance and refrigeration service. Local vendors advertise lawn mower service, foundations and chimney repairs, roofing work, and insurance. Dial numbers provided for Novak Heating, Iowa Radio Refrigeration, Ziesman Wagner, and Charlie's repair shop.
Community entertainment listings feature Don Reid and His Orchestra at Marion Blvd Swisher Pavilion on June 14 with Fritz Heilbrann and Doris Donavan, plus Hi-Wa Gardens with Lee and Kek Cowboys on June 13. The Melody Lane offers meals, the Drive In offers fried chicken, and Draport Inn schedules limited hours due to shortages.
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