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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1945
Page
8
Unofficial Monday receipts show cattle and sheep steady while hog prices hold near steady levels. Des Moines reports combined hay receipts at 26 800 over 48 hours, Omaha and Sioux City markets list steady to mixed results for hogs cattle and sheep, with top prices around 14 75 to 17 00 for select grades and large volumes traded in futures season style listings.
Cedar Rapids hog market remains at ceiling with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 1370.8 to 1360 ranges. Prices cover hogs, sows, calves, and sheep with varied grades from good to common, including lambs at 15.50 to 15.75 and bulls from 7.00 to 12.00.
Grain prices list No 2 yellow corn $1.05, No 2 yellow soybeans $2.10, No 2 wheat 3140, No 2 rye $160, bale straw $14, Clover hay $14. Timoth y hay $12. Poultry prices include heavy springs over 3 lbs 26c, leghorn etc. Pigeons $1.00 per dozen, current receipts 30c. Fruits and vegetables show California celery $5.75 26.00, lemons, lettuce, onions, potatoes, apples Jonathans $4.05, grapefruit $4.10, oranges $5.89. Hides and livestock prices listed. various grades from No 4 cured hides to No 2 kip.
In Detroit the Briggs Manufacturing strikers voted by a 10 to 1 margin to end the eight day stoppage and return to war production Monday at seven Briggs plants following a plea from union officers.
New York trading on Saturday saw stocks recover much of recent losses with rails and industrials posting gains while some negative signs appeared near the close. Transfers reached about 700000 shares as leaders such as American Express, Allied Chemical, U S Steel and Coca Cola helped lift the market in a brisk session.
Chicago produce prices and receipts list butter eggs potatoes and cheese. Butter steady at 92 score A 4le. eggs 13 469 cases with 35.2 36.1 cents extras. potatoes Idaho russet shipments 829 total with No 1 size A and washed prices 2.66 to 2.73 per 50 lb. cheese Twins daisies longhorns 25.2 26 cents.
New York bond market review notes general debt issues steady for industrial and utility sectors with selective gains. Rail and transportation bonds like Baltimore and Ohio and Central of New Jersey show modest movements while some 1975 issues and Lehich Valley bonds reflect refunding activity. Wisconsin cheese sale reported as one car to the army at 34.5 cents.
Beijing dispatch reports China's Communists branding Gener alissimo Chiang Kai-shek a despot and dictator and demanding his ouster. The statement from Communist headquarters rejects Chiang's plan for a national assembly in November, calling it a congress of slaves and accusing him of plans to absorb Communist forces.
London AP reports the Canadian corvette St Thomas sank a German submarine lurking along the route of a recent Atlantic convoy. The action was announced Saturday.
CHICAGO grain futures eased after an early rally as traders paused for weekend developments. Wheat finished mixed with slight losses and gains, corn mixed with small moves, rye and barley showing uneven changes, while cash provisions in Chicago reflected nominal prices for No. 2 hard wheat and No. 4 yellow corn. Field seeds ranged in nominal bids across timothy, red top, red clover, sweet clover, and alsike.
Multiple Iowa briefs report Jones county inductees to Ft Snelling including Ralph Netcott Raymond Buel Merion Sauer and Glen Koppen haver. Anamosa Rotary Farmers banquet speaker Dr M L Koenig Cedar Rapids and 600 homes surveyed for labor housing find 44 part time 21 full time workers and 15 rental rooms.
Flood waters receded through most of the Ohio valley on Saturday easing danger. The Red Cross and local agencies cared for thousands of refugees with 8,000 Ohio families evacuated. Losses to crops homes plants and production ran into millions.
United States Eighth Air Force sent over 1350 bombers into a raid on German freight yards and rail targets in the Ruhr and nearby areas on Saturday. Targets included Dortmund Soest and Paderborn with fighter cover from about 500 Mustangs and Thunderbolts. The Mosquitos continued their Berlin offensive with an eighteenth straight night raid Friday.
Mrs. Margaret Williams, 81, lifelong Linn county resident, died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She leaves three daughters and four sons, service at Yocom chapel, burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Also notes marriages, relocations, and residents serving or traveling in J. W. Bowdish Jr. visit, Drummond and Chesmore wedding, military moves, ads, and local updates from Marion Iowa.
Marion Baptist church led by Rev. Charles Moore schedules Bible school at 9 45 Morning worship at 10 45 Torch Bearers at 6 30 Evening worship at 7 30 Midweek prayer and Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m St Josephs Catholic mass at 8 and 10 a m Christian church with Rev Vernon H Carter holds 9 45 Sunday school 10 45 morning worship sermon Didn t I Tell You Christian Youth Fellowship 6 30 Congregational church led by Rev James M Lower 9 45 church school 11 morning worship 4 30 S C S group 4 30 Church council Monday 7 30 at parsonage Bay Ambassadors Wednesday 6 30 Midweek prayer service 7 30 Free Methodist led by Rev C B Patrick Sunday school 9 45 preaching 11 a m and 7 45 p m Y P M S 7 15 p m Midweek prayer 7 30 p m Methodist Rev James P Gable church school 9 45 worship 11 Dr Russell Cole president Cornell College to preach memorial service for Pfc James Beer sman at 3 pm The Rev Carl T 1
The column lists memorial and funeral notices for Pie. James O. Beerman at the Methodist church at 3 p.m. and tributes to Ben Marquardt and Adelene Kinkead. It also notes pastors and service times for St. Pauls Lutheran, Presbyterian, Bethany Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, Prairie Chapel, and other local congregations with Sunday schools and worship schedules.
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