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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1945
Page
6
Tuesday livestock markets showed steady results with cattle and sheep receipts dipping slightly yet hog volume at 8,000 marked the largest salable swine run in over two months. Combined Iowa Minnesota receipts reached 31,800 for 48 hours, aided by steady demand for good and choice hogs, steers, and lambs amid mixed lots and varied weights.
Salable cattle receipts 9 000 head with steady to higher bids on select classes. Slaughter steers and heifers slow but steady on early cases. cows steady. stockers and feeders scarce. Prices shown for various weights and grades, including mixed loads and part loads. hogs receipts 68 500 with active, mostly steady demand. sows and barrows mostly steady. Sheep receipts 1 560 with all salable as market trucks in. lambs and feeder pigs listed with quotes from Des Moines area markets.
Savable receipts around 5500 in market with feeders steady, cows and bulls stronger. Cattle generally steady with high demand for fed steers around 1525 to 1700, Nebraska fed top near 1790, heifers and shipping kinds rising toward 1400. Sheep and lambs active with spring lambs at 380 to 410 per head, vealers mixed and timbs scarce.
Cedar Rapids hog market held ceiling prices with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle quotes show steers dressed at upper tiers, with AA and A grades around 8.60 to 12.50 and various utility classifications. Sheep and lamb markets list choice and good wool lambs, ewes, yearlings, and culled stock with price ranges, plus grain, hay, poultry, and hide market notes and river fares.
New York reports a mixed market with aircrafts vans and utilities recovering while leaders mostly stay in the loss column. Fractions to over 2 point gains narrowed near the close as total transfers hovered around 1.3 million shares.
The piece notes a large number of rats influencing departents and a late hour shift in leadership. Turnover climbs in loans as a capital readjustment plan gains holder approval. Rock Island shows solid performance as others edge higher or lag.
Chicago produce market reports firm receipts across carrots butter cheese and eggs with mixed scores and steady demand. Poultry and potatoes show arrivals and track figures with no notable sales, while California supplies and U S No 1 prices are cited amid firm market conditions.
New York produce market reports receipts for butter cheese and eggs, prices hold firm at ceiling. Butter receipts 2,094,504. cheese 670,978. eggs 41,632 with current wholesale prices listed for mixed colors extras No 1 to No 4 and weight brackets from 45 lbs up to 44 lbs. Also notes 36.2 cents per dozen checks at 35.2 cents.
In a Commons address, Prime Minister Churchill said Britain conducted secret negotiations with the French Vichy government in 1940 but argued Vichy was under German duress and could not guarantee that the French fleet would not be surrendered to the Nazis. He referenced Marshal Petain’s claim of a secret treaty with Britain during the German occupation.
CHICAGO AP grain futures show oats lagging behind others as wheat, corn, rye and barley move in varied directions. July prices: wheat 1.672-58. corn 1.1813. oats 0.614-55. rye 1.4355. barley 1.12. Cash provisions list nominal No 3 red and No 2 hard at 1.784-1.80, corn and oats mix of smaller bids with malting barley priced around 1.539s and feeds near 1. The report notes no field seed and redweight sales.
Boo Rowell enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and was sworn in at Omaha on inactive duty. Pvt. Hatt, wounded in the South Pacific, is hospitalized in Hawaii with shrapnel injuries and paralysis. his wife Mrs. Harry Decious reports. Marion school band to give second concert in city park under Mrs. Wesely. Several local notices include visits, births, transfers, and advertisements for goods and services amid World War II era updates.
Barbara Rosenstiel, 12, daughter of Roy and family from 1790 Second Ave, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg Monday at 4 45 p m 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.
Mrs J Franklin Parsons formerly of Marion and now Center ville resigns from the state health department and takes a school nurse post at the University of Dubuque reporting August 1. She taught home nursing for the Red Cross in Marion for several years.
Word has been received in Marion of the marriage of Venard McLaughlin at Phoenix Arizona. McLaughlin formerly a Congregational minister in Marion until retirement due to ill health is now practicing law in Phoenix. His bride is a nurse who cared for him during a recent illness.
A new YMCA boys junior swimming class will be organized after the 2:15 p.m. Monday and Thursday session reached its enrollment limit of 30. The special class is for boys seven years old.
Mt Hermon lodge No. 263 A F and A M will observe its seventy fifth anniversary Thursday at 6 30 p m with a banquet program at Masonic hall. Iowa Supreme Court Justice Frederic M Miller of Des Moines will speak. About 1350 reservations have been made for the dinner by invitation only.
The Gazette reports Mrs Leland Glade of 233 Sinclair avenue SE signed an information against Pat P Bannon of Iowa City for assault and battery. The information was signed by Peggy Ann Glade 19, daughter of Mrs Glade, per Justice W A Bali. The story cites police records.
In Justice H. R Churchill's court Tuesday three Coggon men Forrest C Potter 48 Durant?ence G Peyton 34 and Roy Waterhouse 53 were ordered to pay 25 dollars and costs after a drunkenness charge. Sheriff James H Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder had brought them in at Coggan at 1 am. Each faced 100 dollar fines and costs with most suspended on county attorney's recommendation. The men paid and were released.
George L Kramer and Rachel M Kramer named executors for the will of their brother Robert C Kramer who died in Bertram township May 28. Two estates filed in Clerk Arthur Axmear's office Theresa Dick died Cedar Rapids May 16 Rose A Harrington appointed administrator Margaret Deditz died Cedar Rapids June 10 Merchants National Bank appointed administrator.
Five women postal workers in New York were jailed on $250 bail each on charges of rifling packages returned from overseas. The cases allege the servicemen addressed were dead or missing in action, prompting the investigation.
A dispatch reported nine dead in a pitched battle in northwest Spain between the civil guard and armed groups opposing the Franco regime. The clash underscored continuing unrest as authorities crackdown on opposition.
Cairo announces the end of martial law and restoration of the right to public meeting. The move marks a return to civilian governance and civil liberties after years of emergency rule.
Residents of San Francisco and Seattle joined Mrs Kellogg’s husband who works in the Hawaiian Islands and was on a vacation. The gathering highlighted family ties across distant postings and leisure travel.
London dispatch reports Japan's Diet approved an emergency mobilization act drafting males aged 15 to 65 and women 25 to 45 for a home guard. Final brackets may shift to 17 to 40 for women and mobilization will be sectional rather than nationwide, with guards serving as guerillas in invasions and urged to arm with available weapons.
BERCHTESGADEN UP The 1941 death of Col Gen Ernst Udet famed German stunt flyer was disclosed as an honor death by his own action after dismissal as Luftwaffe inspector general. A Nazi notice said he died testing a secret weapon. an aide to Goering claimed the weapon was a service revolver to his head in his Berlin home.
Washington AP reports the War Production Board announced vacuum cleaners may be manufactured again if materials are available without priority. The ban on production is revoked except under authorization due to shortages of textiles and components likely to curb output for several months.
A card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during a father’s sickness and death. The page also carries numerous Lost and Found notices, personal ads, and small business solicitations including jewelry, sewing, cleaning, repairs, and home services with contact phone references and addresses.
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