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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1945
Page
11
Official Wednesday estimates show salable livestock receipts with hogs about 11,000, cattle 1,500, and calves. Fed steers and yearlings were steady to 15 cents lower, most hogs sold at ceilings, native spring lambs steady to 10 cents higher amid Chicago market activity.
Cattle and hogs saw varying shifts with hogs at 14.75 for 140-lb choicest barrows and gilts, sows at 14.00, while cattle receipts reached 8,000 with steers and yearlings down modestly. Spring lambs held steady to up, with shorn natives mostly down to 6.50. Bulls and cows showed uneven activity across grades.
Salable receipts 5 000 hogs and 2 000 sheep. Hogs steady near ceiling with barrows and gilts around 14 45 and sows 13 70. Cattle steady to weak with steers and yearlings near 15 00 to 17 00, cows up to 13 50 for good ships. Sheep weak to 25 cents lower with native lambs 15 75 and yearlings around 1 00 discount.
Cattle receipts 7,300 with calves, stockers, and mediums trading uneven but mostly steady. Hogs receipts 4,500 and fully steady with barrows and gilts up to 160 lbs at 14.45, sows and stags weaker. Sheep receipts 2,100 with 1,500 salable, no early action on red shorn lambs.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Interior Town and Minnesota for 48 hours ended Tuesday were 28,800, up from 24,000 a week ago and 34,400 a year ago. Active steady loadings, some heavier than last week. Prices listed for various hog weights reflect market activity and product quality.
Market notes show hog price data across Des Moines Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin with ranges for good butchers sows and packing hogs. Prices listed include 14.00 to 14.45 per hundredweight across several lots and variations by weight and quality.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market remained at ceiling levels Tuesday. Prime butchers up to $14.45, packers $13.70, various weight classes listed with per hundred pricing. Cattle quotes show ranges for steers, yearlings, cows, and bulls across quality grades, with calf and sheep markets also noted and grain, hay, and poultry prices included.
In New York trading, selected stocks reached new eight year peaks though the advance faded near the close. Some stocks rose two points or more then fell back as declines spread. Total transfers neared two million shares, among the year's largest to date.
The army purchased 12 cars of cheese in Plymouth Wisconsin. Nine cars of twins and cheddars cost 23 1 2 cents per pound, two cars of square prints and one of midgets cost 24 54 cents per pound.
New York rail bonds showed irregular activity within a narrow pattern as some favored issues advanced. In the foreign government list Brazil 3 745 series 24 dipped while Denmark 6s posted gains amid a generally quiet session from governments.
Chicago Produce notes steady butter and eggs with strong demand and firm prices. Cheese and live poultry show varied quotes. potatoes see good demand and high ceiling markets with U S shipments rising and new stock prices listed for California, Arizona, and Virginia lots.
New York AP reports wholesale prices for butter at 1,318,137 firm. cheese at 748,878 nominal with no quotas. eggs receipts 25,801 firm. Current wholesale figures list mixed colors extras No 1 to No 4 39.7 to 41.3 cents per pound for 45 lb and over, standard No 1 to No 4 36.24 to 38.0 cents, current receipts 36.2c, dirties 35.2c.
Chicago reports a broad upward movement in grain futures on Tuesday with wheat leading gains after the open and holding near highs. Wheat closes 34 to 1 percent higher than Monday, July prices noted. corn and oats show mixed changes, rye and barley rise, while July figures vary across grains.
AP listing from Chicago markets notes no wheat sales and corn prices for No 3 yellow at 1.1742, No yellow at 1.173, No 5 yellow at 1.16. Oats 3 mixed at 170 cents. Barley malting at 1.15, feed at 1.18.
Judge Floyd Philbrick signed Monday two summary judgments totaling 3892.28 in favor of J. F. Sharp against Loftus company and George A. Thomas. Sharp claimed 1525.22 for an unpaid bill and 1932.96 on a Loftus check. Northwestern Steel and Wire sought 434.10 on an account. Both plaintiffs sought summary rulings June 12. with no resistance, judgments were granted.
Grace Sickles files a suit seeking 3063.50 from Glenn Crouch for damages after a July automobile crash on Highway 13 two miles south of Ryan. The claim covers 63.50 for car repairs and the remainder for personal injuries.
Examinations for county teachers certificates will occur Wednesday Thursday and Friday in the Linn county courthouse office of Walter A. Shupp. Sessions begin at 8 15 a.m. and 1 15 p.m. Kenneth V. Murdock of Marion appointed executor of Helen N. Dahn's will. Dahn died June 11 in Marion. Bond set at 1000 dollars.
A Des Moines Office of Defense Transportation representative will be available at the Chamber of Commerce from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday for consultations. Rotary figures Cyril Kegler, James Keevers, and Durk Offringa attended a fourth area club assembly in Washington, Iowa, with Mr Offringa on the program to discuss Rotary International service.
Iva Mae Nelson of 1151 Fifth Street NW was arrested by Patrolman Merle Burt at Mc Donald's tavern on Monday night and charged with intoxication. She had recently been released from the city jail where she was serving a $10 fine for drunkenness.
Kent Hawkins of Cedar Rapids earned a bachelor of science with honors in aeronautical engineering from Iowa State College on Saturday. He received the senior award for best airplane design and is affiliated with Pi Kappa Phi. Hawkins previously worked for the Howard Green Company and is a nephew of Mr and Mrs Meril Wright of 1720 Sixth Avenue SE.
Washington AP reports legislation boosting basic pay for 1.2 million federal white collar workers was sent to the White House for presidential signature on Tuesday.
Marion News reports A R M Burton Kellogg arrived Tuesday from the South Pacific to visit his mother Mrs A J Kellogg. Radioman Lodell Leidigh, son of the Wilson Leidighs of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Robins, is also on leave after duty in the South Pacific. Both sailors, Marion High School graduates in 1943, are visiting their hometown for the first time in two years. Local real estate transfers include Arthur B Nollsch buying 291 Eleventh Street from John Keith who moved to Delhi, Earl Baumgartner selling 1044 Fourth Avenue to Albert Wheeler and moving to Mt. Vernon, Willard Armstrong selling 1251 Thirteenth Street to Robert Repstein of Cedar Rapids. sales noted by Earl Booze.
Keystones Dorothy Thede wed Grant Glade at St. Johns Lutheran. Oxford Junctions Pfc Fred Otte and Pfc Elmer Hauck return from captivity in Africa. both have 97 points toward discharge. Mrs Lucile Foley receives Purple Heart posthumously for husband Cpl John Foley killed in Germany. Mrs Glenn Bright learns her husband in Germany earns Bronze Star. Clayton county Masonic picnics hosted by Monona lodge with state senator F E Sharp speaking. Memorial service for Pfc Jerald Timm held in Hawkeye. Captain Donald Dunn awarded Air Medal. his wife Clara Buck is Hawkeye born. Marengo to host Fourth of July celebration with carnival, races, baseball and fireworks. A supper in Marengo for Rev Carl Wilsons return to Marengo church. Uniform county teachers examinations at Jones county offices. Jones county aid totals: 395 people received $12,895.10 in June old age assistance. 4 blind people received $120.10. aid to dependent children $737 benefiting 67 children in 24 families. McCauleys son Staff Sgt Howard E McCauley awarded Bronze Star for service in Germany Feb 24 to March 1. Tech Sgt Herbert spending 30-day furlough from Italy. Postville Sgt Alois Swenson on 30-day furlough from 5th air force in Italy. wears Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster and four battle stars.
Tech Sergeant Rudy Foitle has been honorably discharged after service in the South Pacific. After visiting relatives at Marshalltown, he plans to return to Marion to run his late brother James Foitle's bakery.
Sgt. Bob Newcomb, homeward from the European theater with the Eighty sixth Division, arrives in Marion to visit his parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Newcomb. He wears the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in Germany while serving with the United States Army.
Mr and Mrs Robert Johnstone of 898 Twenty fifth street have learned their son Marine Pfc Lawrence Johnstone was wounded by shrapnel on Okinawa and is in a field hospital there. It is their first word from him in almost three months.
Mrs John Troy is advised of the death of her sister Mrs H F Dearborn in Des Moines on Sunday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at Stone ity.
The Marion school band under Mrs. Vesely performs at 8 pm in the city park while the war band show Song of the Islands screens at Marion theater with showings at 7 and 9 pm. Local ads note job openings and personal notices among residents of Marion.
A pasted page of ads highlights straw hats from Jack's Store and beauty services at Eady Beauty Shop and Ruth Thompson Beauty Salon. It lists gift items, cold wave services, hair permanents, and nearby theater ads. Also mentions Eyench Naptha cleaning product and Claxt College Pharmacy offerings.
Obituary style note honors Pfc Jerry Swaton who died of wounds in Italy on June 26 1944. The message wishes he is not forgotten and stays in the heart, a personal remembrance from a loved one. The page also lists numerous lost and found notices and small classified lines including contact numbers and brief ads for services and goods.
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