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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1944
Page
1
Chicago market reports indicate scarce hog receipts at 500 with prices nominally steady and a top of 14.15. Cattle and sheep receipts ran about 1,000 each with markets steady. lighter hogs 240 pounds and under down 25 to 75 cents, lighter weights off as much as a dollar, heavier hogs steady or up slightly.
Market receipts weak with hogs scarce. Cattle prices generally steady to higher on vealers and bulls, with steer and heifer classes mostly steady to 25 cents higher. Sheep receipts absent. lambs and ewes mostly steady to 25 cents lower with some spot declines.
Receipts show 3 500 hogs and 1 500 sheep with mixed demand. Hogs varied from 13 40 to 13 90 per cwt for good to choice weights while steers and cows softened and stockers gained slightly. Lambs held firmer with good and choice native and western types listed around 13 75 to 14 25.
The Chicago market shows steady receipts with hogs at around 13.50 to 14.00 and bulk prices near 13.75. Calves and beef cattle are steady to higher with beef steers 16.05 to 18.40 and cows 8.00 to 14.00. yearlings about 12.00 to 12.50. Sheep and lambs show steady trends with lambs 13.50 to 14.40 and feeder lambs 11.00 to 13.25.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday at 19 concentration yards and 11 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota fell to 4,300 from 47,800 a week earlier and 38,700 a year ago. Prices posted for various weight classes and sows show moderate activity with month-like volatility across packing points including Des Moines Ottumwa and Mason City.
Market list shows assorted grain and produce quotes with fragments for rye and celery. Items include Michigan celery at 1.40 per dozen, Parco celery 4.25 per crate, and California Valencia oranges around 0.86 to 0.41 each, with additional rough figures for hides and wholesale fruits and vegetables.
Pvt. Charles L. F. McIntosh, once sentenced to 13 years by a martial court for going AWOL with heiress Mrs. Alice Rand de Tarnowsky, was released from Jefferson Barracks rehab center having served under a year. He awaits reassignment as Capt. Charles Rowan confirms.
In New York stock activity was mixed with a cautious tone as voters prepared for the election. A short Saturday session showed some gains in many issues while most stayed near unchanged, with transfers around 400000 shares.
New York bond review notes sharp advances in a few rail issues on Saturday while U.S. government securities remained steady amid overall market irregularity.
Chicago produce market mixed with receipts for eggs at 6 647 and potatoes arrivals 73 on track. Western stock cited as best quality with prices for various items including 3.30 to 3.24 and Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin staples noted for commercial sales.
New York markets opened with prices holding steady at 86, unchanged amid thin trading as investors await further guidance. Analysts note limited movement across major indices and subdued activity in key sectors.
Miscellany from Plymouth reports the Wisconsin cheese exchange offering two cars, with no bids. The item notes sales of cheddars and other varieties at 23 4c, but no takers.
Washington AP President Secretary Stephen Early said Senator Carter Glass of Virginia phoned to confirm he will vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt next Tuesday. Early cited Glass’s son Powell questioning a report of his father’s support and noted Glass wanted the President informed of his intended vote.
All hogs gain on the Cedar Rapids market with top prime butchers at 13.90 and packers 13.45. Cattle sees choice to prime steers 11.00 to 15.50, yearlings and heifers 10.00 to 13.00, and lambs 13.00 to 13.25 with culled and cannery animals priced per hundred.
Chicago based grain markets eased in late trading after a steady session. Wheat closed near unchanged with December at 1.63 145, corn down fractionally, oats steady to lower, rye steady, barley little changed amid light selling and army flour purchase reports.
AP market wire shows no sales for wheat and no bids for corn. No. 4 yellow corn at 1.04, No. 5 yellow 1.00, oats sample grade white 58, barley nominal 1.25 to 1.37, feed 75e 31.00, No. 3 1.02. Field seed Timothy 6.25, red clover 31.50 nominal, alsike 28.50 nominal.
London AP reports a German terror campaign aimed at crushing Norwegian Patriots in Normandy with mass arrests. Norwegian officials warned of terror on a scale unknown and urged patriots to go into hiding until the danger passes.
Paul Guy a 42 year old Milo Indiana restaurant operator was indicted by the Polk county grand jury for manslaughter in the death of Des Moines girls Verna Rhoades 16 and Helen Hess 15 from an auto accident on May 29. The report ignored charges of driving while intoxicated and bond was set at 6000 dollars. Betty Berry 18 was seriously injured in the same crash.
Louis Nikodim of 1321 Twenty-first Avenue SW sustained a fractured left shoulder after a fall at his residence. He will be confined to bed rest as he recovers from the injury endorsed by local authorities.
United Council of Church Women designated the first Friday in November for World Community Day in Marion. Sixty five women answered roll call at the Christian, with Mrs. Robert M. Stull presiding and Mrs. Clyde Scott conducting church roll calls. Notables spoke on relief and rehabilitation, economic independence, the home front, and principles of peace, with musical interludes by local soloists. An advertisement notes a modern seven room house for sale by phone 5011. The column reports Mrs. Alta Webb Penne’s serious illness and that no visitors are allowed. her husband serves as a Seabee petty officer in Alaska.
Two naval officers Lt Condr James H. Suddeth and Lt Randolph Dickins sue the AFL Teamsters union and president Daniel J Tobin for 400000 alleging libel in affidavits printed in the International Teamster. The suits claim the affidavits accused them of drunken disorder and sought to influence a union election. Suddeth is on active duty in Washington and Dickins is on leave in Florida.
W H Sprole former Traer resident died at his Zanetta farm. services set Sunday at 2 p.m. Cedar Falls and 3 p.m. Traer. He left a wife a son Marvin and three daughters. Joseph Clarence Harrison 58 died at his Traer home. services Sunday at 2 p.m. States funeral home. He served 35 years at Traer Electric Light Co and was plant superintendent. survived by his wife three daughters five sons two sisters and two brothers.
Vincent Hatt, Jr. four year old son of Pharmacist's Mate third class and Mrs. Vincent Hatt recovers at his grandparents home after burns to ears and face when a jack o lantern set fire to the mask and wig he wore to a Halloween party.
A bicycle stolen a week earlier from Carmel Ann Nicholson, 12, daughter of Mrs. M. J. Nicholson, was found Friday at the Cedar Rapids police station by neighbor Ralph Parks. Police had picked it up on Halloween night from the St Matthew's schoolyard for lacking registration.
A detailed church roundup lists service times and pastors for Marion area congregations including Baptist Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m for several denominations St Josephs Catholic the Congregational Free Methodist and Methodist churches provide sermon topics special music and midweek prayer sessions.
A collage of local classifieds shows shops offering menswear like linen vests and wool coats, jewelry stores, watches, and gifts. Additional listings advertise fur coats, hunting knives, belts, and cleaning services, with notices for driving to Los Angeles and various salon and beauty services in the area.
A German short wave broadcast cited by the Associated Press claimed Marshal Tito was wounded by Serbian nationalists. The item appears among a jumble of notices including lost items and personal ads, with no independent verification provided.
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