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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1945
Page
6
Unofficial estimates show Monday cattle 16,000 hogs 10,000 sheep 12,000 in Chicago. Saturday bids were nominal with small supplies, salable hogs 200 cattle 500 sheep 100. hogs sold near ceilings, little change in cattle and sheep.
Chicago livestock markets show steady trade with top hogs at 14.75, cattle receipts around 500 and calves 100. Beef steers fetch 16.50 to 18.00, yearlings 13.00 to 17.50, cows 9.00 to 14.50, bulls 10.00 to 15.25, and feeder steers 12.00 to 15.50. Sheep and lambs also hold steady with lambs 14.50 to 15.35 for choice shorn, and feeder lambs 11.50 to 13.50.
Sioux City market brisk with hogs 800 head, steady vs last week. cattle receipts about 250 calves and steers steady to weak with some medium grades 11015c lower. bulk of steers 15.25 to 17.00 with top lots 1,125 to 1,605 lb at 17.10 to 17.25. heifers scarce with mid to high grades 12.25 to 15.50. cows weak to 25c lower with most 9.50 to 12.00. sheep 500 head, fed lambs 10c to 25c higher, No 1 skins around 15.35 to 15.50, spring lambs scarce, slaughter ewes steady.
Salable hog receipts 125 with barrows and gilts around 14.45, sows 13.70, firm to steady from Friday. Calves 275 salable, fed steers and yearlings steady to weak, some spots 10 15 cents lower. Cows mostly weak, bulls down 25 cents, stockers and feeders steady. Four loads of choice fed steers around 17.35 per cwt, feeders 16.85, good cows up to 1350, bulls to 1375, steers 1500 at 16 75, cows 10 50 to 12 75, canners and cutters 6 75 to 8 50. Kansas feeder steers 14.00 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 100, slaughter classes 25 cents higher, feeder lambs 25 50 cents higher, native and Kansas lambs 15 75 to 16.00, old crop shorn lambs 14 50 to 15 00, four loads 15 25 at high time. Shorn lambs and native spring feeding lambs quoted around 13 50 to 14 00.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 23,000 for the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. Saturday, up from 22,500 last week and down from 33,600 a year ago. Prices ranged for barrows and gilts and sows across weight brackets, with offers around 13.45 to 14.45 per hundred pounds and varying loads, leaves market activity described as very active and steady.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market remained at ceiling levels Saturday with top hog prices around 14.45 for prime butchers and 13.70 for packers. Cattle quotations cover grade categories from AA to D, with various weight ranges and utilities, plus calf, sheep, grain, poultry, eggs, fruits and hides markets, and Wisconsin cheese and New York bond review notes.
Milo Paula of 122 E avenue NW suffered bone fractures Saturday morning when a 300 pound gear fell on his left foot at the Iowa Manufacturing company. He was taken to Mercy hospital.
NEW YORK AP reports uneven trading on Saturday as rails motors and utilities led buying. Minor gains appeared near close while numerous issues posted fractional advances and many others fell. About 1,000,000 shares changed hands in the two hours.
Chicago produce results show butter receipts at 12.697 titbs with steady extras and various grade scores. Eggs receipts 19.872 cases with steady extras and standard prices. cheese listings include Twins and daisies at 25.2 to 26 cents. Potatoes arrivals total 51 on track with 76 on U S shipments. market firm with light offerings and prices for California and Arizona long whites cited.
Alfred de Marigny, living in Canada since March after an acquittal two years earlier in Nassau on murder charges in Sir Harry Oakes death, has volunteered to serve in the Pacific theater and will report for induction Monday, authorities said Friday.
Lowden-Walter Mensing 52 died Friday evening from a heart attack in Oelwein while attending a meeting of Oelwein Chemical Co. His body will be moved to Lowden for services. Survivors include his widow, his father Henry Mensing, a daughter Meldin Licht of London, and a son Sgt. Richard Mensing overseas. Elkader services were held Friday for George Larson 61 who died after a brief illness in a Dubuque hospital. He lived in Elkader all his life and is survived by five brothers Pete John Henry Martin and William Larson.
CHICAGO UP Grain futures turned easy Saturday with weekend liquidation and liberal hedge selling in the Southwest. Wheat led losses with sharp declines while rye, corn, oats, and barley also fell, reflecting a broad market slide to weaker levels.
Chicago market notes show no sales for wheat corn and oats. Barley traded with $1 39 nominal for feeds 90 cents to 1.18 nominal. Prices reflect a quiet market with limited demand and selling activity.
The veteran 34th Red Bull division in U S Fifth Army Italy is being built to full strength with troops having under 85 discharge points and may be sent against Japan. More than 4,000 have been shifted from the 85th to the 34th as the 85th and 88th divisions, both selective service units, appear slated for deactivation. The 34th was drawn largely from Iowa and Minnesota national guardsmen and has served 41 months.
In Boston the homecoming scene goes comic as Sgt. Tommy Carpenter leaps from a transport to a tug, swims to the WAC boat, is saved by a life preserver, and is greeted with a kiss from Pvt. Mary Delage amid cheering soldiers. The Hamburg Arkansas native, overseas since 1942, calls it a reception.
Copies of the Acorn Coe college yearbook have arrived and may be picked up at the Coe business office. A wrist watch valued at 60 dollars and an automatic pencil worth 5 dollars were stolen Friday from Marie McAleer's room at 1725 Grande Avenue SE. Police hold James H Watts, 22, for military authorities after he went AWOL from Camp Bowie Texas since June 12. Mrs Leo P Carlson of 879 Twelfth Street NE recovering after major operation at St Luke's Hospital. Services at St Johns Lutheran Ely will be at 11 a.m. Sunday led by Rev MacLean of Des Moines. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. "Like a Tree" will be the sermon topic at Shueyville United Brethren Church with services at 9:30 a.m. Church school at 10:30 and Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the kitchen contents and wall and part of the roof of the George Dietz home at 129 Thirty fifth street SE shortly after noon Friday. The Dietzs were away and firefighters battled the blaze for more than an hour.
Courthouse action shows Judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed the divorce petition of Catherine C Cosgrove versus Edmund F Cosgrove without prejudice on the plaintiff s motion. John W Curran named administrator of Ellen T Curran estate with a 3000 bond. Ellen T Curran died in Cedar Rapids on Nov 24 1941.
Connally says the senate will ratify the United Nations charter with a comfortable edge over two thirds. He cites non political support and bipartisan backing. UK action is promised, with final vote expected in eight weeks or by early September after hearings set for mid July and a month of debate. President Truman will address the closing session.
At the Upper Iowa Methodist conference in Mt. Vernon Iowa Paul Brown of Jesup challenged a Cornell college resolution endorsing local option and Anti Saloon League tactics. He argued Methodists oppose local option and Iowa should not pursue it. The resolution asked state liquor monies be used to treat alcoholics and drug addicts. The temperance board did not report amid debate over local option.
Australian Ninth Division advances in Borneo have captured the Miri airfield after landing at Lutong near Miri. Allied planes continue raids against Japanese forces in North Borneo and hit Balikpapan with 240 tons of bombs. One Japanese plane was destroyed by Allied fighters.
Manila AP report states General Douglas MacArthur denied columnist Drei Pearson’s claim that he dismissed Dwight D. Eisenhower from his Philippines staff before the war. Eisenhower, under MacArthur from 1935 to 1939, served four years as chief of staff. MacArthur said he released Eisenhower with reluctance after a longer-than-usual foreign service term and rejected the speculation as unjust.
LONDON AP reports that the Faris radio states French troops will occupy the southern Rhine land the Saar the Rhenish Palatinate the greater part of Baden a corridor through Luxembourg and Bavaria and the Austrian Vorarlberg province.
Spanish plain clothes officers maintained a 24 hour watch outside the French embassy in Madrid as French Spanish commercial ties remained suspended by Madrid.
The Linn County Rural Letter Carriers association hosts a picnic at Ellis park. Local residents report family dinners, leaves from El Toro, hospital visits, and travel to Ames, Greeley, and Minneapolis. Notable items include a birthday party, a wedding attendance, and multiple relatives visiting or traveling.
A list of Marion area church services including Catholic Mass at 8 and 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s led by Rev. T. J. McElliott, Baptist and Bible school at 9:45, morning worship at 10:45, Young Peoples meeting at 7 p.m., and evening services at 8 with various pastors. Christian and Congregational services feature sermons and school activities. Presbyterian, Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, Prairie Chapel and Epworth league events noted with times and leaders.
Gordon Lee of Aberdeen South Carolina, an American mining engineer, led 400 miners to safety during the Sewell copper mine fire near Rancagua Chile. He and others were trapped by flames but escaped through tunnels. About 500 workers perished in the disaster reported Friday.
A petition signed by about 500 Towans and Des Moines widow Mrs. E T Meredith Jr asks Governor Blue to transfer Dorn Machover from Iowa State Penitentiary to Boys Town Nebraska. Machover, 17, received life sentence after killing his stepfather near Renwick at age 15. He was with Boys Town until May 1944 when the supreme court denied his appeal and he was returned to prison.
A landslide across the Burlington mainline a few miles north of Keokuk, caused by heavy rains, suspended service between Keokuk and Burlington. Mainline trains from St. Louis to Burlington and Minneapolis were detoured through Quincy, Illinois.
A collage of lost items, ads, and service notices from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, listing brown billfolds with money and IDs, a yellow gold Bulova wristwatch, a handbag with gas coupons, and several rewards. Regional shops, jewelers, and service ads fill the page with contact details and inquiries.
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