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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1944
Page
1
Official livestock receipts estimated with cattle at 900 and sheep at 3 000. Hogs under 270 pounds rose about 25 cents to a top of 15.50 while over 270 pounds stayed near 14. Buyers absorbed about 12 000 salable hogs in a fairly active market. Eastern order demand held steady on common and medium grades. Early bids suggested a steady market with natives from 14 to 14.40.
Chicago livestock receipts total around 30 500 with hogs holding at 12 000 and cattle at 16 000. Packers paid mostly steady to firm prices with top steer bids near 18 35 and bulk slaughter steers 13 80 to 17 75 while cows ranged from 5 25 to 11 50 and hogs traded 12 00 to 14 00 per cwt.
Heavy cattle steadier as slaughter classes show strong demand. Top cattle reach about 14.25 per cwt with frequent bids around 14.15 to 14.25. Steers in the 271 to 270 lb range hold near 13.70, while lighter stockers and feeders run around 16 to 17 for good quality loads. Slaughter lambs and ewes show gains with native lambs above 14.50 and ewes around 5.25.
Sioux City livestock market shows cattle receipts of 11,200 with fed steers and heifers trading at top gains. most up to 235 cents, good and choice mostly around 1150 pounds. Cows and bulls higher, stockers steady. lambs from 12 to 14 dollars, feeder-type lots active, and several loads of yearlings noted. Westerns and Nebraska lambs priced around 13.75, with feeder yearlings around 12.15 to 12.59.
Combined receipts for 48 hours ending Monday showed 35 080 loads across 19 concentration yards with 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Barrows and gilts moved slowly with weights 166 180 lbs at 12 204 to 14 90 dollars, 180 200 lbs at 13 70 to 14 05, 200 360 lbs at 13 45 to 13 70. Sows ranged 270 420 lbs at 15 dollars while 400 450 lbs at 13 30 to 13 65 and 450 550 lbs at 13 10 to 13 60.
Prices for hogs at the packing point in Ottumwa are listed with various weight ranges and bids. The figures show bids around 12.50 to 14.00 dollars per hundredweight for different hog categories and weights.
Market notes from Chicago show live poultry and eggs prices with Delaware Leghorn fryers at 28 to 30 cents per pound. Ducks, roosters, and turkey items listed with varying per-pound figures. Egg receipts and balances indicated steady demand, with cheese and dairy prices reflected in low to mid forties.
Fragmentary text references bulk butter, scores around 92, premiums, receipts, and various cryptic numbers. No coherent event or identifiable entities beyond general dairy product grading terms.
A miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese item recalls Plymouth and notes a dairy event or entry. The fragment mentions Wisconsin and Plymouth, implying a local cheese context and potential fair or exhibit details.
Local hog market prices rise by a nickel to a dime with top butcher hogs at 14.00 and packers at 13.55. Read across weight classes from 160 pounds to 270 pounds with various bids for good and medium hogs and cattle prices for steers and cows.
Market listings show corn, soybeans, oats, wheat and other commodities with varied prices. Also includes poultry, fruits, vegetables, hides and wholesale items with regional supplier notes and Monday quotations from Adams Express to Wilson.
Grain futures posted modest gains on Monday as cash buyers and short covering supported prices ahead of Tuesday’s election day recess. Wheat rose about 1% with December at 1.64, corn up roughly 1% near 1.09, oats higher, rye up about 1% and barley steady to slightly higher for December.
Chicago market notes list No 1 dark wheat at about 1.09 to 1.19 dollars per bushel, yellow varieties near 1.01 to 1.10, with malting at 1.15 to 1.37. Feed and seed prices show timothy around 6.25 to 6.50, alsike 28.50 and red clover 50. Includes scattered commodity quotes and unit weights.
The United States Chamber of Commerce said a referendum of local chambers and trade associations showed strong support for universal military training after the war. It urged peacetime training, flexible scheduling to minimize disruption to education and work, and placement of non-enlistees into reserve components.
Cedar Rapids World War II veterans who are members of the American Legion and other honorably discharged veterans are asked to gather in the Memorial Building Wednesday at 8 p.m. to form a unit of veterans of world War II within the Legion. The meeting is for World War II veterans only.
New York stocks opened with a cautious mood ahead of a vote. Traders moved modestly for top issues, with light selling in many shares and many prices closing little changed as volume hovered near seven hundred thousand shares.
The market ended with little change in close trading as rails showed mixed results while other major groups stayed near Saturday’s levels. Investors watched the final hour for a decisive move with farm stocks lacking a clear trend.
In Paris a report from veteran American bomber crews says planes bounced erratically during a Germany raid, likened to balloons in wind. Officials cite weather or air pockets, while pilots suspect invisible flak as a possible secret weapon.
Harry Apgar sixty? three, fore man of the Milner hotel railroad switch crew, was shot in the throat by LeRoy Brookman and released from Mercy hospital Sunday. Doctors say he is not fully recovered but well enough to go home. Brookman, arrested after the shooting, was sent to the state hospital at Independence.
Robert Keith Malone of 214 First Street NW enlisted in the naval reserve through the Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Trow s chapter Royal Arch Masons will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic hall with no degree work. Robert Melsha and his son Tunney of Refrigeration Equipment Co left for Denver to install a cold storage plant for Maplecrest Turkey farms. Evangelist Carl Bassett at Calvary Baptist Church will show stereopticon pictures and speak on A Crown of Thorns tonight at 7 30 with nightly services except Saturday. Henry E Haegg, Cedar Rapids public welfare bureau chair and Linn county Civilian Defense director, spoke on readjustment for returning servicemen at a Rotary luncheon.
Law and daughter links to Everett Brunscheen of Wyoming and Marjorie Dukek. Rental ad for unfurnished apartment. Mrs J O Biesecker tours California to visit son Robert Biesecker and relatives in Los Angeles. Democratic HQ at Ethel Hart home with pie and coffee. Dr Dora Dietz announced at 743 Twelfth Street. Pfc Raymond Wells returns from Fort Wright N Y to visit family. Mrs Margaret McEnany ill after heart attack, sister Mrs Joe Phillips cares for her. son Dale McEnany and family visited.
Four hundred fifty Cedar Rapids and Linna Woenen worked 4010 hours in Red Cross workrooms during October per county chairwoman Mrs L K Cornell. About 70620 surgical dressings were made and 157400 finished dressings sent to West supply centers. Mr and Mrs George Sigmund returned from Wadena Minn after Frank Sigmund died Thursday in Motley Minn. Brother D C Sigmund of Osceola Wis also survives.
Rubber footwear for the family advertised. S/Sgt Glenn McGowan, son of the H E McGowans, moved from Aberdeen Maryland to Fort Jackson South Carolina to head an instrument section repairing watches sights and field glasses. Mrs H S Massingate returned from Webster City to tend the ill Mrs W E Cornthwaite. Mrs Clara Wilson reports her son Carl H Wilson, a radio representative, has reached England after visiting Australia and New Guinea. Also an ad for a 3 month old male black cocker puppy with phone contact.
Cedar Rapids district boy scout commissioners meet in the board room at 7 30 p m Wednesday to discuss Cub and Scout roles in the Sixth war loan starting November 20. Residential canvassing will be directed by commissioners. Camping and activities committee meets in the council office at 7 30 Thursday.
A two day gathering of Iowa life underwriters opened at the Montrose hotel with Philip Hobbs of Chicago addressing a luncheon of general agents and managers. William H. Andrews of Greensboro NC was slated for a Monday night dinner address and Hobbs Andrews and Charles Stratton of Dubuque will run a school of instruction Tuesday from 9 am to 4 pm.
The War Department said more than 57 000 U S service men and women prisoners of war will not be allowed to vote in Tuesday's election. Absentee ballots are not extended to war prisoners due to military secrecy and prisoner welfare concerns.
Marion News Services for C Perry Beckner 95 who died Saturday will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Yocom chapel. Officiating will be Rev James P Gable with burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Born December 11 1848 he lived his life in Marion. He married Margaret Evelyn Weigold February 27 1885 and built his present home that year. Surviving are two daughters Genevieve L Weaver Marion and Grace Reiber Savanna. Eldest daughter Jessie Garnett died January 18 1943 in San Diego. Six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the chapel.
The instruction requests carrying salt pepper sugar bowl salad dressing napkins and preserves on a tray to the table in a single trip. It emphasizes efficiency and minimizing trips while ensuring all listed items arrive together.
A long notice lists numerous lost items including money rewards for a post office to railroad track find, various personal items such as purses watches wallets and dogs, plus several local business ads and service offers from jewelers, pawn brokers, printing, beauty shops, and job postings in a city publication. Names include William G Williams Roscoe Ausmus and Kiloe with contact numbers and locations across local streets and landmarks.
Classified notices list welding and acetylene repairs at 1247 3rd St NW plus chimney work, roofing, plumbing, and general repairs. Trade ads offer appliance service, hauling, sewers cleaned, furnace work, tree removal, plastering, and a position wanted for sales or mechanics with interview arranged.
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday for a Milo Glass picnic at Memorial hall. Milo Glass is the son of Mr and Mrs Howard Glass and left later Sunday for Des Moines to enter service. Forty seven relatives attended from Monticello Springville Central City Walker and Marion.
The Presbyterian congregation will meet tonight at 7 30 for a prayer service in observance of D day and for prayer as a fitting service before election.
Seaman Frank Heffron will return Tuesday to Lakehurst New Jersey after spending a leave with his parents Mr and Mrs John Heffron in the community.
Sgt. Ray Jiruskas is spending a furlough from Gainesville Texas with his wife Jeanne Lanning formerly of Marion in the home of his parents Frank C Jiruskas and on Mount Vernon road Cedar Rapids.
Transportation furnished by Ethel Hart noted in a brief advertisement labeled Shame 626.
Mr N J Waffle and Mrs Waffle participate in a convention, with coverage of their activities and presence among attendees.
An advertisement notes the sale of a Yello Bole pipe at Owen's Cut Rate Drug, highlighting available smoking accessories and promotional pricing in a small town storefront listing.
S/Sgt. Ken Gibson of the Marine Air Corps has arrived in Hawaii, as reported by his wife and his parents, the Frank Gibsons, of 970 Tenth Street.
Mr and Mrs Earl Dukek are advised of the birth of a daughter on November 1 to their son in law and daughter. Local family celebrates the addition with congratulations and well wishes.
Local notice lists positions for a truck driver city delivery with steady work at Limback Lumber Co and bindery work in a Miller area. Includes incorrect fragments and stray addresses such as Minders 1410 18 St. and 1018 St. SE with a write box reference in Iowa noting immediate needs.
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