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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
9
Chicago AP market recap records cattle mostly steady with sausage bulls weaker by a quarter. Hogs sold at ceiling prices, with good and choice bars and sows strong. Sheep active and generally steady to strong, top cattle at 17.65 and vealers down to 16.50, receipts around 1,000 cattle and 500 calves. Grain quotations follow.
Cattle receipts around 300 with calves in light supply test market. steers and yearlings quoted near 17.25 to 18, cows mostly 7.25 to 13.25. hogs 2,500 head active and steady with barrows and gilts around 14.60 and sows to 23.70. sheep and lambs 600 receipts with fed lambs around 14.60 to 15.25 and ewes 7.50 to 8.00, light demand for spring lambs and yearlings mixed.
Omaha AP summary notes hog receipts at 2,000 with barrows and gilts around 14.45 and sows near 613.70. Cattle receipts 700 with calves 100, feeders steady, steers and yearlings 15.00 to 16.25, medium cows 9.00 to 10.32, canners 6.75 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 500 with lambs 15.75 to 16.00, ewes 6.00 to 8.00, clearances emphasized.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending 8 am Friday totaled 20,300, down from 21,200 last week and 35,400 a year ago. Prices quoted for various weights and grades of borrows, gifts, sows, and other cattle: 160-180 lbs at 13.80 to 14.45, 180-360 lbs at 14.20 to 14.45, 270-400 lbs sows at 13.4 to 13.70, 400-450 lbs at 13.45 to 13.70, 450-550 lbs at 13.30 to 13.70.
AP report lists wholesale and retail price levels for hams, loins, and packing sows in Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa and Des Moines. Prices per hundredweight vary from 13.50 to 14.45 dollars across sizes 160 to 500 pounds, with slight differences among retailers and packers.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market held at ceiling levels with top prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Quotes cover hogs 160 to over 600 pounds and cattle categories from calves to cows with varied price ranges. Also notes grain, hay, poultry and wholesale fruits while reporting Mississippi River stages and Wisconsin cheese sales to the army at 23 1/4 cents a pound.
New York report says scattered specialties showed strength while many leaders slipped from multi year peaks. Volume reached transfers around 2,000,000 shares, among the best for 1945 to date.
The New York bond market opened on a mostly positive note with small gains and scattered backsliders. Demand picked up for higher priced corporates as the seventh war loan neared its wrap up, while U S governments remained quiet but steady and foreign issues like Norway 4s and new Brazilian bonds showed modest strength in a narrow list.
Chicago market notes steady receipts across vegetables and dairy. Butter and eggs show strong demand with high scores, while poultry and potatoes move slowly. California and U S potato offerings mix with elevated pricing and tight supply.
New York AP report notes prices unchanged at ceilings with Hanes and eggs listed firm. Mixed colored extras and standard sizes appear in wholesale figures, with varying weights and numbers across categories.
Chicago grain trading opened with a brief rally before noon then fell sharply. Rye led losses dropping up to three cents while wheat, corn, oats and barley also posted declines from Thursday's settle. July wheat at 1.6755, December corn 1.1734, rye July around 1.54 to 1.55, oats July 1.834, barley July 1.1435.
AP report from Chicago notes no wheat or corn sales. Prices listed for No. 1 mixed 7415, No. 2 white, with ARLEY-Nominal malting 1.15 to 1.39 per unit and feed at 90 to 1.18. Market terminology appears garbled but reflects futures or cash bid ranges.
The New York Stock Exchange voted to close on Saturdays during July and August and on September 1, the Saturday before Labor Day. The NY curb exchange announced a similar move due to depleted staff from military service and slow replacements. Last year the market closed on August 19 26 and September 9 because of heat.
Sixteen naturalization petitions were filed in federal district court here Friday by Clerk Betty Engle. M. W. Campbell, president of the Northern Union conference, will speak at the 11 a.m. service of the Seventh Day Adventist church Saturday. Twenty-five young people of the church will participate in a symposium at 3 o'clock.
Evangelists Keith L. Hume and M Marie Hume conduct daily revival meetings at the Church of the Open Bible. Gospel singing and preaching fill the 7:45 p.m. sessions held daily except Saturday from now through June. The Humes are Open Bible Institute graduates from Des Moines.
The Rt. Rev. Elwood L. Haines bishop of Iowa will make his annual visitation and administer the sacrament of confirmation at Grace Episcopal church Sunday evening at 7 p.m. After the service a reception will be held in the Guild room honoring Bishop Haines and members of the class.
At the closing session of the thirty seventh annual communication of Electa grand chapter Order of Eastern Star at Bethel A M E church, officers were named Worthy matrons Mrs Sarah E Jett Des Moines and Mrs Rose Johnson Cedar Rapids and others including associate matron Mrs Mary Range Fort Madison grand secretary Mrs Mary Johnson Mason City grand treasurer Mrs Odessa Roberts Davenport grand conductress Mrs Rose Johnson Cedar Rapids associate conductress Mrs Mary Johnson Mason City grand patron Rev S J Caulder Cedar Rapids associate patron Rev A R Parks Cedar Rapids.
Dudley Solon Martin, decorator, died in a local hospital at 5:30 p.m. Thursday after a lingering illness. Born March 5, 1880, in Jamestown, Missouri, he married Gladys Mather in 1905. They moved to Cedar Rapids in 1926 and resided here since. Surviving are his widow, four daughters, two brothers, a sister, and six grandchildren. Funeral announcements to follow. friends may call at the Moen chapel.
Louise Broghammer of Decorah died in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. Services set for Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St Benedicts Church Decorah with burial in St Benedicts Cemetery. Body moved from Dr B G Broghammers home to Decorah residence Friday afternoon. Friends may call Monahan funeral home for information.
A plea to housewives to bring their own paper sacks and bags for shopping was issued Friday by A. L. Taylor executive vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce. Retailers are increasingly short of paper sacks Taylor said and in many instances are out of them completely.
London AP reports a secret US Air Transport Command operation ferried over 3,000 important passengers from Sweden during the final year of World War II. The mission moved under Gestapo scrutiny, with Liberator and C-47 aircraft dodging German batteries and fighters. Swedish authorities limited traffic to three planes per 24 hours and set narrow corridors, while crews wore civilian guise and carried fake papers. The effort included evacuees from Norway, France, the Netherlands, Russia, and interned Allied airmen and officials, and it avoided any fighter losses despite heavy German opposition.
In Abilene Kansas General Eisenhower greeted two childhood friends, C. H. Case and C. M. Harger. Case told Ike he might be a big shot elsewhere but not to them. Ike retorted with a mischievous grin, Who the hell said I was, eliciting laughter.
Sgt LeRoy T Wolfe, blooded German prisoner for 25 months, comes home to Cedar Rapids on a 60 day furlough to stay with his mother Mrs E T Wolfe at 843 Second Street NW. He served three and a half years overseas and was captured in Africa. His father serves in the Philippines with the Seabees and his brother Seaman DeVere Wolfe is in the Marianas.
Articles filed in County Recorder Dempsy Jones office Friday create Cedar Rapids Wholesale Beer Distributors with principal business in Cedar Rapids. H C Jensen serves as president with E J Weis as vice president and Ed E Hach as secretary treasurer. Directors include Merl Holloway Carl J Janacek Jensen Weis and Hach. Open membership to individuals or entities engaged in wholesale beer or non alcoholic malt beverage distribution in Cedar Rapids and vicinity.
Elda Hanover filed in district court Friday for custody of three minor children and support against Roy Hanover. The couple married in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1920. Elsie J. Walsh had previously been granted a decree of separate maintenance.
A cluttered page lists numerous lost items and personal ads including wallets watches keys and a camera with rewards. It also carries small classified notices for rental and services along with welfare style personal notices and shop ads from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids areas.
A jumble of classified style lines lists Sears service and repair for Kenmore washing machines with contact numbers and addresses such as 318 RD AVE SE and 419 Center Point Road. It promotes servicing all makes, mentions air conditioning and refrigeration firms, and includes scattered help wanted notes and ads for summer canaries.
Help wanted ad seeking steady employment with overtime. No experience necessary. Workers urged to apply, promising on site opportunities and potential advancement.
A concise note describes the value of steady dependable security work in sustaining a political party. It emphasizes reliable service, calm discipline, and consistent support to maintain party stability and public trust. Committees seek workers who combine vigilance with courteous conduct.
Employment ad seeks a superintendent at National Oats Co with steady work and permanent job security. Highlights good pay and stable wartime to peace time record. Location 1515 Have NE and mentions excellent career prospects.
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