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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hogs advancing 25 cents on weights 270 pounds and lighter, with top at 14.65. Yearling cattle at 18.35, fed steers up 25 cents but limited to good and choice. Sheep bids steady with native lambs 14 to 14.25, western range ewes inactive.
Receipts and bids show mixed cattle activity with heavy weights steady to firm. Calves and yearlings price ranges reflected by strength in heavy feeders and steady vealers. hogs up to 25 cents higher for 270 lb and lighter categories. cows and heifers show modest gains. Sheep demand fair, native slaughter lambs steady to higher with several lots at $14.00 to $14.25.
Sioux City livestock receipts show 4200 saleable hogs with good and choice barrows and gilts around 14.50 to 14.75. Lambs steady to higher with feeding lambs around 9 to 11. Cattle receipts 2975 with slow bidding. loaded yearlings to 16.50, choice medium weight steers to 17.75, canners and cutters 5.75 to 7.50, stockers slow.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Minnesota drop 24 hours to 8 am Tuesday, at 40 000 from 37 400 last week and 50 900 year ago. Prices rise few notches for various hog weights from 14.10 to 13.65 dollars per cwt across classes. steady to 15 cents higher. Gilt and sow figures listed for 270-360 and 270-550 lb ranges with Good and Choice and other price bands.
Commerce Department reports 1944 first three calendar quarters show total income payments at 115 billion dollars, nearly double 1929 levels. Salaries and wages reach 81.75 billion for the nine months, while dividends and interest trail 1929 by about a billion. September payments total 13.6 billion, with salaries about 9.25 billion and dividends and interest 1.25 billion.
Receipts show 2 857 potatoes with total shipments 614 and 128 in transit. Unwashed Idaho potatoes priced around 2.05 and 2.7242 per unit, with 98 arrivals and notes on quality and firmness.
Hogs were steady to five cents higher on the Cedar Rapids market Tuesday. Prices top at 14.05 for prime porkers, with various weight classes showing gains and steady ranges for packers.
A listing of prices for corn soybeans rye hay straw and poultry at Cedar Rapids markets with current receipts and wholesale fruit and vegetable prices. Includes hides and calf prices and notes on manes and glue half price.
Wisconsin cheese exchange notes sales of two U S No 1 twin cheddars and cheddars at 23 4 cents with bids uncovered and no bids received in Plymouth market report.
An AP brief notes river stage readings at La Crosse with updated figures for fall levels and no change to the previous reading. The report lists several numeric values indicating stage measurements and changes.
McKinley high school teacher Marian J. Martin was granted a leave of absence to join the American Red Cross field service. Ferris A. Clarke at Wilson was noted as resigning. The board met with a bare quorum and noted pension bonds redemption and several contract bids.
New York AP reports security and commodity exchanges closed nationwide on election day while most livestock markets remained open and operating as usual.
Western Allied command has abandoned hopes of a swift knockout of Germany and now faces a costly attritional war. Germans defend the Siegfried Line with stubborn resistance after losses in Normandy and Brittany. Analysts say breaking or flanking the Siegfried Line will require costly amphibious or airborne operations or a sustained power drive.
News brief lists a chicken dinner bazaar at Grace church on Wednesday night 5 to 7 30. Jackson P T A reschedules to 8 p m to attend McKinley open house. Office of Defense Transportation rep visits Des Moines chamber 10 a m to 5 p m Wednesday. Willis W Shaner Grinnell enlists as seaman in navy air combat crewman program train at Jacksonville Fla. Rev H K Cornish to speak on The Revived Roman Empire at Four Square Gospel Tabernacle. I O C F lodge to confer second and third degrees on 10 candidates Wednesday. Kiwanis luncheon 12 15 p m at Roosevelt hotel features Mrs Clyde R Sanborn discussing music for WWII veterans.
The War Department announced Maj Charles B Claypool received the Silver Star for gallantry under fire in Dutch New Guinea on April 22. The Gazette published the award in June and a GI Gazette Sunday story will include Maj Claypool among Coe athletes in service. Mrs Claypool resides at 1222 Second Avenue SE.
The Roosevelt Hi V club holds a 7 30 p m meeting at the Y M C A with a quiz program announced by president Dick Gard. Plans are made for induction of new members on Tuesday Nov 14 and officers include Bill Cohen vice president Tom Harmon secretary Al Schamberger treasurer Len Sturm program chairman and Bill Pfeffer chaplain. Jerry Heyl Y M C A boys work secretary acts as sponsor of the club.
After Belgium fell the zoo’s animal cages were emptied for four years. British troops and Belgian Forces of the Interior drove out the Germans and now the cages hold collaborators who are on view to the public.
The Marion city council on Monday voted to ask the Marion Water company to set a purchase price for its water plant and file it with the city by December 1. A cigarette renewal license was granted to the Me Too Super Market and a class B beer permit to Edaburn's Dine and Ice.
Pvt. Ray Hoglund, after 25 months in the Aleutians, phoned his wife Ruth Culver from Seattle to say he would reach Marion in about two weeks.
Marion chapter No. 183 O E S outlines a special meeting for November 15 to honor past matrons and patrons. Dinner will be served at 6 15 p m and reservations must be made with the secretary by November 13.
The Red Cross chairman Mrs L C Ross says more volunteers are needed to make surgical dressings. Production rooms will be open all day Thursday and sewing will occur Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also notes a nephew Sgt Clarence Reinhard arrived in Italy and other local family updates.
Cleveland shoppers reveal reactions to holes in socks after removal in stores. Edward Wilson, a 46 year veteran salesman, notes that all women ex-...
In a brief exchange, Willie Willis notes his intention to be courteous by offering the largest share to his sister though she lacks sufficient resources or appetite for the portion. The remark reveals family dynamics and consideration.
The article notes press awe at a discovery and quotes a man saying he found a hole in his hose, a response contrasted by men who blame their wives for holes in their socks. Orrin Kohl, a salesman, laments that he could retire if he had a dime for every man who says he must repay a wife for such holes.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and flowers after a death. The page lists numerous lost and found notices including pocketbook with $95, various pets and collars, jewelry, and two fox terriers with addresses and reward offers. Also includes ads for shops, services, and holiday goods.
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