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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1945
Page
1
In Chicago the cattle market showed strength with top steers at 17.75, up 30 cents from Friday. Hogs held steady and sheep were unchanged, while cows and bulls edged higher. Most cattle trended from 14 to 17, with weighty sausage bulls at 13 and cutters at 8.50 down.
Sioux City dairy cattle receipts 9,500 with calves 250 salable. Slaughter steers and heifers slow. cows in narrow demand. Stockers scarce. good and choice fed steers and yearlings 15.25 to 17.00, medium to good 12.25 to 15.50. cows 9.00 to 12.25. Hogs receipts 5,500. market active and firm. Barrows and gilts 14.45. sows and boars 13.70. feeder- account hogs around 14.00. Sheep run 5,400 with 4,000 salable. red shorn lambs mostly trucked in. no early action.
Hog receipts 5,590 with prices around 14.45 for barrows and gilts and 13.70 for sows. Feeder pigs at 15.00, some heavy weights 14.45, bred gilts and sows 15.00 to 15.25. Cattle receipts about 12,000 with calves 200, feeding stock steady to slow trade. steers and yearlings around 15.00 to 16.75, cows steady to weak, bulls under pressure. spring lambs 16.00, good to choice lambs 15.75, shorn lambs 14.00 to 14.75, yearlings 1.00 off, ewes 7.50 to 7.75.
Hog prices hold steady with 140 lb barrows and gilt categories at 14.75 ceiling and sows at 14.00 as complete clearance noted. Cattle receipts at 16,000 with top steers reaching 17.75 and best heifers at 17.70, cows scarce and strong. stock cattle slow. Sheep receipts 2,500 with native lambs around 16.00 to 16.25 and bucks near 15.00, ewes steady, older stock around 6.25.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ended Monday show 31 800 head, up from 30 400 a week earlier and 43 300 a year ago. Activity very steady with lighter loadings than last Tuesday. Prices for barrows and gilts 160 to 180 pounds 13 50 to 14 45, 180 to 360 pounds 14 20 to 14 45, sows 270 to 400 pounds 13 45 to 13 70, 400 to 450 pounds 13 45 to 13 70, 450 to 550 pounds 13 30 to 13 70.
Cedar Rapids hog market Wednesday shows top prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Market notes cover cattle prices by grade, calf values, sheep and lamb quotations, grain prices, hay and straw. poultry receipts and fruit and vegetable prices also listed. A last item notes army purchase of six cars of twins at about 2.40 per pound, totaling roughly 240000.
New York prices stayed near an eight year high as heavy buying in rails and various specialties offset declines in key industrials. The trading mood showed strength in rail and related stocks with broad participation from railroad and utility issues, despite some softness in major industrials.
Chicago AP reports rye jumped up to five cents as the market hit a 20 year high and pulled other grains higher. Wheat rose 7 to 13 percent above Saturday, July wheat at 1.72, corn mixed to up 14, oats up 1.34, rye up 2 to 41, July price 1.55 to 1.5544, barley up 2 to 5 with July 1.20.
Chicago price snapshot shows Wheat No 1 yellow and Corn No 4 yellow with bids around 1.17 and 1.39 percent. Oats No 4 white quoted near 0.74 to 0.84. Malting and feed grades appear with varied quotes, reflecting market conditions for grains.
Public welfare board to meet Tuesday at noon at the Roosevelt hotel. Mrs. Thomas Sturgeon returns home from Mercy hospital after five weeks. Edward B. Zbanek rests at St Lukes hospital with a heart ailment. No visitors. Unnamed bureau plans a Marion county club meeting Tuesday evening with a golf invitation. Trowel Chapter No 49 Royal Arch Masons meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic hall for degrees and refreshments. Librarian Miss Alice B Story additions total 10643 38 and expenses 26316 43 plus building costs 7136 04 bring total library figures to 44095 85.
The New York market opened higher on Monday with moderately active demand for selected rails. Leaders included New Haven bonds in 4s 4% 2s and convertible 6s, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern 5s, Central of Georgia 4s and 5s, Missouri Pacific 5s, Rio Grande Western first 4s and Seaboard Airline refunding 4s.
Chicago produce prices and receipts show butter at 11 206 tubs with steady demand. Eggs total 14 475 cases with mixed prices for extras standards and checks. Live poultry markets steady with hens and fryers listed. Potatoes arrivals total 865 with light stock and firm ceiling prices across U S categories. California and Virginia sack prices cited for No 1 and size cobblers.
The army took over Chicago truck lines after a 10 000-driver strike, with soldiers manning and escorting trucks. More troops arrived, bringing 1 500 military police into service and planning for a 5 000 strong force. Striking drivers face possible reclassification by draft boards.
AP reports current New York egg receipts show firm overall trading with easier wholesale demand. Grades No 1 to No 4 weigh 45 pounds and over at 39.7 to 41.3 cents. medium 40 to 44 pounds at 38.3 cents. standard No 1 to No 4 over 45 pounds at 36.2 to 38 cents. Dirties at 35.2 cents with checks noted.
Collins Radio Co completes a revolving credit agreement with Northern Trust Chicago for up to 10 million dollars. Participating banks include Harris Trust Chicago National City Bank New York and Peoples Savings Cedar Rapids. Term matures by April 15 1947 at 3 percent interest plus a commitment fee on unused funds. funds may cover receivables inventories and certain government contract claims. The new loan supersedes the 1.5 million prior credit and contemplates liquidation of government advances.
Picket lines ring Goodyear plants in Akron after an unexpected Sunday strike by United Rubber Workers CIO. About 20,000 workers are affected as the union cites 32 grievances in ongoing contract talks under Smith Connally act provisions.
R H Hunt of Warehouse Point Conn visited Henry Kaiser's Swan Island shipyard to earn big wages but collected only 15 20 for two days work at week end. Board cost 14 02 with tax withholdings 1 and 17 cents in other deductions. He refuses to cash a one cent check saying it costs more to cash it.
Two Cedar Rapids playgrounds did not open on schedule due to delayed arrival of visiting directors. The sites at Arthur School Twenty seventh Street at B Avenue NE Sinclair Park and Twelfth Avenue at Fifth Street SE were affected. Playground Superintendent Robert Black said they would open as soon as possible.
Margaret Deditz of Cedar Rapids left her Linn county home in Walker to four Skallerups Walter M. Jr Glenn Harvey and Forrest equally. Personal items including radio dishes bedding and flowers were split among Belle Brewer Marie Holster Mrs Belle Skallerup and Dr Walter M Skallerup was confirmed as executor with bond under $2000.
Dr. L. S. Nelson of Salina files in district court against W. T. and Ruth M. Ellis of 1927 Ridgeway Drive SE for 70 dollars with 6 percent interest from April 27. The suit states a promissory note of 343.50 dated May 1, 1937, payable in 20 dollar installments each month, with payments to April 27 reducing the balance to 70 dollars. Mr. Ellis is a state agent for Great Northern Life Insurance in Cedar Rapids.
In Brussels labor unions and leftist parties threaten a general strike Monday if King Leopold resumes the throne. New anti Leopold demonstrations arise as cries of Death to Leopold Hang him! erupt at Waterloo during Napoleon monument ceremonies. Liberal Social and Communist parties join in urging compatriots to block Leopold’s return.
Waterloo Waterloo area restaurant operators announced a plan for two meatless days per week and a policy to stop serving butter at all meals. The decision, tied to an OPA quota cut effective July 1, mirrors Des Moines actions and aims to cut red points by twenty percent.
The YMCA craft shop shifts to summer hours announced by Director W J Dawson. Open 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 Mondays, 8 to 12 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, closed Wednesdays. It serves boys 8 and older with monthly attendance around 200. Arts range from birdhouses to 12 piece sailboats.
The city council added 14 projects to the street oiling program on Monday. Projects include Sixth Street SE to Twelfth Avenue, Hamilton Street SW from Nineteenth to Twenty First, and Emerald Avenue SE from Thirty Second Street Drive to Grovecourt. Other items cover streets on J Street, Wilson Avenue, Thirteenth to Fourteenth Avenues, and areas around Blake Boulevard and Nassau Street.
Two Cedar Rapids men, German prisoners of war, have returned home. Pvt. John M. Gutierrez Jr. 26 medical corps, 27 months in German prisons. wife Antonia at 523 C avenue NE. Technician Cletus H. Osweiler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Osweiler, 109 Tenth street NE, overseas three years, prisoner last 13 months. freed April 22.
In Wiesbaden AP report says bodies of Paul von Hindenburg and family along with his wife were recovered from a secret Nazi underground shrine at Bernterode near Mulhausen. Found April 27 by a six man US 350th ordnance depot detail. Also uncovered vast trove of imperial jewels crowns battle flags and state seals.
Davenport AP Maj. Robert Lapham a 28 year old Davenport native and noted guerilla leader on Luzon in the Philippines is reported alive after four years absence. Parents learned six months ago he was alive after three years leading a guerrilla band with Filipinos and a few Americans against Japanese forces.
Dubuque police report a weekend break in at a wholesale grocery. The thief took 44 cartons of cigarets and six candy bars. Chief Joseph Strub issued the update Monday.
Mrs Anna Mary D Louhy 68 widow of Frank R D Louhy died Sunday at 8 am in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness She was born December 30 1876 at Oxford Junction married there April 26 1902 moved to Marion about 1910 survived by son Frank R D Louhy two grandchildren and two sisters Services set for Tuesday 4 30 pm at Yocom chapel with Rev James P Gable officiating and Cedar Memorial Park burial calling hours at chapel
Services for Mrs. Joseph H. Murphey who died Saturday will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in the Yocom chapel. The Reverends Grant Anderson and Frank H. Ward of Cedar Rapids will officiate. Burial is Cedar Memorial Park. Granddaughters Mrs Ned Brewer and Mrs Joe Nelson and their children arrived Monday from Independence Missouri to attend.
Robert L. DeSotel son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert DeSotel Central City married Kathleen Caroline Paul daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest R Paul Alburnett Sunday at 2 pm in the Methodist parsonage by Rev James P Gable. They were attended by Merna Crookshank and Darrence Sweet. The bridegroom has recently received an honorable discharge from the navy and is a farmer. For rent light housekeeping or sleeping room furnished Phone 2491.
O W Rust, manager, announced beginners and other swimmers will begin sessions this week at the Legion swimming pool. Instructors include Al Miller, Gertrude Jacobs of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs Dorothy Ford Jacobs of Marion. Seaman 2/c Bob Whittemore to be stationed at Shoemaker, California. Mrs O M Carson returns to Marion. Carson to be released Thursday. Ads note help wanted at Marion Cleaners and Launderers. News brief also reports visits and dinners in Marion, Columbus and Denver areas.
Mrs. Louis travels to the west coast to join her lieutenant husband with the Pacific fleet. The Durham nieces host Mrs. Clarence Hershey of Boise while Mrs. Ladd and family visit relatives in Maywood. Osh details include sanatorium entry for Earl Block and hospital discharge for Mrs. Cunningham. Joe Gatewood returns from a Pacific merchant marine voyage for a family visit.
A jumble of lost items is listed including a billfold with social security and photos, a purse with money and ration books, a stray black Persian cat, other valuables and several calls for the return of items. Several contact numbers and rewards are given for return or information, with miscellaneous personal ads and shop notices mixed in.
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