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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
18
Chicago AP reports slow hog trade Friday with improved outlets and holdovers reduced to about 7,000 head. Fed steers and heifers steady, lamb receipts tiny. Cattle prices mixed with grass fed offerings weaker. cows steady, heavy stockers steady around 14. Sheep market minimal with lambs and ewes quoted at modest levels. Chicago grain quotations also noted.
The Omaha market shows varied livestock activity with hogs and cattle traded across weights. Notable prices include choice fed steers around 16.60 for 1186 lb, yearlings near 15.60, heifers about 15.50, and cows mostly 9.00 to 11.50 with some higher. Lambs and ewes also listed with mid-teens pricing. overall salable totals and holdover figures noted for supply planning.
Combined receipts of 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Friday were 36 700, down from 37 400 a week earlier and 25 106 a year ago. Demand was slow to steady with prices 10 cents lower on sows. Loadings about 32 800 weekly. Hog and gilt markets showed varied quotes across weight ranges from 166 to over 360 pounds with price ranges around 10.25 to 13.40 per cwt.
Receipts total 1,000 with all salable animals, mixed cattle and hog prices. Slaughter classes mostly weak to 25 cents lower. top weights around 10.15 to 11.75 for mid grades, sows near 10.00, feeder pigs firm to higher up to 10.50. Canners and cutters about 7.00 to 9.00. bulls up to 13.00. hog prices around 10.10 to 11.00 with some variance by weight. no early action on lambs and limited dealer sales noted.
Market reports show varied receipts and prices for poultry and produce. Turkeys and ducks fetch modest gains while roosters and geese list lower. New York totals for eggs and cheese remain firm with wholesale prices noted. California stock movement remains slow as shipments and supplies adjust to moderate demand.
Plymouth Wisconsin AP brief notes a midweek summary for June 12 to 17. It mentions prices or rates for cheese and dairy products, including cheddar varieties and related items. Details are fragmented but indicate a 23 percent figure tied to a category, likely price or yield.
Newton officials announced Friday that Maytag manufactured the actuating units that retracted B-29 landing gear and opened bomb bay doors during missions over China and Japan, enabling bomb drops.
In New York, post invasion bull run continues with about 23.5 million shares traded. Industrial and rail leaders advance fractions to around two points as motors steels rubbers coppers rails and blue chip stocks sustain gains. Near closing, prices stayed near session highs.
Prices for hogs held steady across all grades on the Rapids market. Top butcher hogs brought 15.45, packers around 15. A range of weights from 170 to 330 pounds shows modest variation with quotes for 400 to 500 pound packers also listed. Cattle offerings include prime to choice steers at 15.50 to 16.50, others from 12.90 to 14.50. cows and cutters shown with varied prices. Lambs and sheep cited with standard regional adjustments and weight-based pricing.
The market opened higher with broad gains but many active issues weakened as the final hour began. Film spots like Big Pour 5s and bonds from Chicago Terre Haute Southeast and Illinois Central 4s showed signs of tiring. New Haven loans and International Telephone 4s and 2s and Katy first 4s traded under water.
The Chicago market for wheat and rye futures was erratic Friday as traders awaited senate and house conferees action on a price control extension bill. Wheat closed to lower for July at 1.5934 5s, oats unchanged to 1c lower at 75, rye off 45 to percentage for July at 1.087% 1.09, barley unchanged to 7s lower at 1.19%4.
Grain and feed prices listed with Corn No 2 yellow at 1.04 Soybeans No 2 yellow Cats No 2 white No 2 tee No 3 T5e Wheat No 2 1.40 Rye No 2 95c Bay and Straw Bayed straw 10.00 12.00 Baled hay 14.00 16.00 receipts noted.
Citizens urged to view war bonds as a civic duty and moral support for troops, not merely a financial vehicle. Government appeals emphasize national victory, postwar reconstruction, and collective sacrifice through every purchase.
Mrs. Marjorie Camp undergoes major operation at St. Luke's hospital and may receive visitors. Heerner reunion planned for Sunday in Bever Park with a 1 p.m. dinner. St Patrick's auditorium Fairfax hosts chicken dinner Sunday June 18 from 11:45 to 2. tickets at Three-Twelve Grill. Gazette staff and newsboys attended Buffalo Bill at the Paramount theater. manager Orville Rennie hosts. Rev Lyle K. Anderson to speak at 9:30 a.m. United Brethren church Shueyville. church school at 10:30 a.m.. children’s day program at 8 p.m. Fresh berries cherries and vegetables offered for cash under Gazette Want Ad classification 28. dial 2-1121 to place ads. Cedar Rapids Boy Scout district organization committee to meet at 5:30 p.m., with 8 p.m. adjournment at Central Park Presbyterian church where Bert Foote presents a program on Scouting for parents.
Emma M. Young appointed administratrix for the estate of her husband William Fred Young who died June 14 in Cedar Rapids. Dr. David I. Berger of Coe College will speak on American Heritage and Destiny at the vesper service at Iowa State College Sunday afternoon. F. E. Fluegel, assignee for National Funeral Finance, sues Harold Rastora and Lumir Petranek in district court seeking judgment of 371.58 plus 5 percent interest from Nov. 20, 1942 on a promissory note.
WAPELLO The following Louisa county selectees left early Friday morning for induction in the U S army at Camp Dodge Des Moines Gene Church Duncan Russell H Dovdna Charles F Van Auken LeRoy W Heither Calvin L Peters Columbus Junction Edward L Reddick Muscatine Lyle H Bickford Wapello Roy W Watson Charles W Crist James W Hickenbottom Arthur M Carpenter Adolf J Beysen Morning Sun Glenn D Lopez Burlington Eight were sent to Des Moines Thursday morning for pre induction examination
The BBC reported that German authorities in Czechoslovakia ordered the deaths of about 3,000 Jews. The victims were moved from Birkenau to Perezin and executed in gas chambers last March.
Patrolman Bill Milke stopped a confusion of reports on Third street and A avenue NE when a seven year old boy wearing a PW shirt was mistaken for a German prisoner of war. Ralph Carlin of 323 Thirty eighth street NE had just returned from military school in Wisconsin and was uninjured. Milke’s crew later handed him to the jail, and the boy explained the idea behind his shirt.
Washington learned Friday that Britain Russia and China accepted a U S invitation to a Washington conference to form a new international peace organization with an assembly council and world court. Senate scrutiny and Moscow participation questions loom as August date nears.
New York dispatch quotes James Stewart former CBS correspondent in Chongqing on US B 29 raids using bases in interior China. He says 430000 Chinese laborers built fields by hand without cement and with bare stone laid layer by layer under Lt Col Waldo Kennerson supervision as plans were approved in Washington in 1943 with Gen Arnold.
The Petroleum Administration for War cut overall civilian gasoline allotments in the third quarter to 1,250,000 barrels daily, down 7,000 from the current quarter. PAW chief Harold L. Ickes called the cut “greater than might be expected.” District Two in the Midwest sees 514,000 barrels daily, a 22,000 drop, with 75 percent tied to reduced agricultural and industrial needs.
United Press reports Maj. Gen. Fritz Witt commander of an elite guard armored division was killed in action on the invasion front. The Gusi DNB agency reported the death Friday. broadcast dispatch was recorded by U S government monitors.
Two army engineer rescue units were dispatched to the Little Sioux river southeast of Sioux City after reports of renewed flood danger. High Missouri river waters continued spilling across Iowa and Nebraska farmland. The body of 27 year old Arthur Ludwig, who drowned Tuesday while swimming near Anthon, Iowa, was recovered about five feet from the spot of the drowning. His widow and a survivor are named Gomer.
Truckers using T gasoline coupons are urged to contact the War Price and Ration Board immediately to insure their ration for the third quarter starting July 1. Operators must take or mail their ODT certificates of war necessity to the board when applying for the ration. Delays may cause backlog and hinder truck transportation, says A. T. Pleune, chief clerk.
Thomas Liken Dorothy Brauer and G L Nystrom filed a motion with the clerk of U S court to amend the complaint in their action against Van Vechten Shaffer et al They asked leave to add Irene Larue Fred W Mueller Carrie Mueller and Mrs W E Godso as plaintiffs and to change Shores company to The Shores company wherever it appears in the records and to file an amended complaint
A. T. Pleune, chief clerk, warned consumers Friday that fuel oil applications must be returned to the war price and ration board this month to ensure the return of coupons in July. Persons who neglect to return the applications may find themselves without coupons for the fall months.
Governor B B Hickenlooper will address the National Association of Salesmen during the monthly meeting at the Roosevelt hotel at noon Saturday. All salesmen are invited, members or not, secretary G E MacFalls said Friday.
We thank friends and relatives for acts of love and sympathy after the loss of our husband and father and for the beautiful tributes. Mrs Abadeely and family. Joseph Abadeely and family. LOST pen Bulova watch and other items offered rewards. Various locations and contact numbers provided for return.
A dense mixed-page classified listing shows businesses offering tree spray with Richards SS gas hectic sprayers for rent and free delivery, jewelers, sewing machines for rent, beauty salons with cold wave processing, a law location and lawn care services, heating, plumbing, and general repairs. Numerous phone dials and addresses indicate a bustling neighborhood services directory with employment notices and domestic chores requests.
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