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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1944
Page
18
Market reports show hogs steady with very dull activity, cattle and sheep mixed as receipts vary by region. Prices held firm for lighter hogs while heavier weights and sows showed softening tendencies. cattle and calves also posted gains and losses as buyers remained cautious.
UPI and New York market notes show receipts and prices for poultry butter cheese eggs and potatoes. Listings include 2 cent to 41 cent ranges for hens and leghorns, paned vegetable and fruit values, and U.S. No 1 washed potato quotes with several grade brackets.
Deputy collectors at the Cedar Rapids internal revenue office urged taxpayers with a June 15 1944 quarterly payment to wait for their payment due notice before sending remittance. Some payments have arrived and will be credited, but taxpayers should remit with their notice to ensure proper credit. Notices of payments due will be sent soon from the rector's office in Des Moines.
Liquor stocks sparked Friday's session with notable gains amid a broad rally in specialties and leaders. Near the close most issues posted fractional advances while turnover ran around 800000 shares as traders priced specialties and blue chips.
The bulletin lists cheese prices in Plymouth Wisconsin for May 22 to 27 featuring “Twins or cheddars” at 2344c. River stage updates cover Hastings La ene Davenport Keokuk and surrounding towns with daily rises and falls noted, including no change in several locations.
Chicago reports show rye advancing about three cents from early lows on Friday with the commodity closing at 146 cents a bushel. Wheat and oats rallied but did not fully recover and barley rose to around 1.25 to 1.44 dollars per hundredweight in cash provisions.
The Senate approved a bill to raise the limit of payments to heirs of deceased soldiers in preliminary settlement of service accounts from $500 to $1,000.
All hog grades remained stable on the Cedar Rapids market Friday. Top prices reported are 13.45 for butcher hogs and 10.30 for packers, with weights ranging from 160 to over 450 pounds. Cattle, calf, and sheep sections list varied price ranges by grade and weight.
Grain prices list No 2 yellow corn 1.04 per bushel No 2 soybeans 1.86 Wheat No 2 1.40 Rye No 2 0.95 Hay straw prices 10.00 12.00 heavy. 14.00 16.00 hay. Poultry prices heavy and leghorn hens and eggs range 20 29 cents. Wholesale fruits vegetables prices include California naval oranges 5.175 per crate onions 2.84 lettuce 6.99. Potatoes cobblers 31.5 cwt. Hides calf and horse prices listed with No 1 cured hides 12c No 2 ile No 1 calf 134c No 2 calf 124c horse 6.50 36.00. Paltry misprinted terms and locality notes.
Oak Park visitor C H Petersen stays in Cedar Rapids through June 1. Van Buren school Cub Pack 26 hosts its final indoor meeting of the year with charter presentation and awards. Wynne M. Kolosik 17 of North English enlists in the U S naval reserve via Cedar Rapids recruiting station. Justice H R Churchill fines Howard Hollingsworth 25 dollars and costs with 15 dollars suspended for fishing without a license. Conservation Officer Ray Beckman and Howard Cherry of Cherry Burrell Cedar Rapids plant involved. Cherry recovering after operation at St Luke's. his son John Cherry of Chicago visiting.
Cedar Rapids labor organizations will assist the Mercy Hospital campaign to be launched June 19. Daniel D. Harrington is the railroad Brotherhoods’ representative and invites rail craft to a Wednesday meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel. P. R. Farris of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 125 will serve on the hospital labor committee. The AFL group meets Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Labor temple. The goal is 150000 dollars with a 70200 dollar federal grant for a nurses home and training school, and additional federal funds hoped to complete a 400000 dollar structure.
Washington reports Senate land house conferees agreed to continue the 50 million federal state school lunch program for two more years and to extend the Farm Security administration for another year confirming ongoing federal aid to rural schools and farmers.
Southeast Asia Front reports Allied forces trap a Japanese reinforcement column west of Myitkyina as bitter fighting continues around the besieged city. Chinese jungle troops ambushed the relief column with heavy casualties, while Stilwell's forces and British imperial troops win ground elsewhere with significant Japanese losses.
Edgar Homer Bascom, 26, of Center Point, pled guilty in Judge G P Linville's court to forging a $25 check on May 20. He received one year in Linn County jail with all but 60 days suspended after arrest by Detectives Kudina and Marshall Thursday.
The Cedar Rapids Women’s Allied Industrial golf league invites entries by Monday night. The league begins play at 5 30 p m June 5 at the Kenmore course. Mrs Helen Teufel of the Y W C A said to call 8169 to join or be placed on a team. Captains of teams already entered will convene Monday evening.
A crowded classifieds page lists items for sale including jewelry and loan services at Katz Jewelry and Loan 112 First St SE across from the Post Office and various stores selling hats beauty services hair permanents and equipment. It also notes cleaning services heating and repair ads and a help wanted section with men and women responses and regulatory notes.
The National Cash Register Company seeks young men 18 to 35 to learn repair and inspection of cash registers and bookkeeping machines with permanent positions and steady advancement for qualified applicants. Salary during training. Veterans preference. Apply at 322 Third Street SE.
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