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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
3
In Chicago the hog market eased as receipts rose and buyers paid about 10 cents less per 100 pounds for 270 pound weights. The top hog price settled near $14.10, a low in recent weeks. Cattle trading improved with steers and yearlings 15 to 25 cents higher to around $18.50, while lamb bids weakened with native sheep at about $14.50.
Lamson Brothers furnishes Chicago grain quotations. H R Moowrev listed as manager with Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank. Guilds mentioned in association with offices and contact details.
Receipts at Chicago show 16 000 peace eee and 18 000 total with cattle and sheep mixed. Cattle demand steady to higher with good and choice fed yearlings up 15 to 25 cents and top steers 18 56. cows and calves active. sheep slow with lamb bids around 14 50 and natives at 4 50 to 6 25.
Sioux City market report shows hog receipts 6600 with 4500 salable and early trade led by top ped and choice barrows and gilts around 270 lbs. Prices mostly 13.70 to 13.85 for sows, feeders quoted at 14 to 14.5 per 100 pounds. Slaughter classes steady to mixed, lamb and ewe loads present, cattle with steady to uneven bids, steers around 1000 pounds in the 16.25 range, cows and canners mixed with lower ranges. Overall activity slow, bids scattered with several loads moved on feeding lambs and stockers.
Receipts and prices for Omaha livestock show mixed activity. Hogs: 5,500 head with steady trends. 271 lb hogs up. sows and stags near 13.70. bulk hogs around 13.96. Cattle: 4,000 receipts. calves 700. mixed slaughter demand. steers up to 16.25 with several grade ranges. cows to 12.50. yearlings to 13.25. Sheep: 4,000 receipts. western lambs and natives strong. ewes and lambs around 13.85 to 13.00 with various feeder levels.
Hog receipts across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday show 36 000 head, down from 46 800 a week ago and 55 409 a year ago. Prices for various weights and grades listed with steady to higher trends and loads around 40 000 last Friday.
The report lists Chicago market figures with tubs steady extras and various scores for potatoes. It notes prices per cwt and per unit, with references to Idaho russets, Burbanks, Red McClures, North Dakota river sections, and Wisconsin quality grades. Arrivals and total shipments are provided alongside washed and unwashed lot distinctions and quality qualifiers.
Mixed wholesale egg prices, weights from 30 to 45 pounds with varying c per pound. Receipts show nominal totals including 589.265 and 15.244 with blanks and unclear context. Fragmentary text mentions checks and a few codes such as 340734.
Penick and Ford directors in New York have declared a 75 cent dividend payable December 14 to common stockholders of record December 1. Announcement by J. W. Markey, office manager of the Cedar Rapids plant, notes this is the fourth dividend of 1944 and keeps the yearly dividend on a $3 basis.
Registrations are taking place at the YMCA boys department for game tournaments to be held Friday at the Y. The lobby closes Thursday for Thanksgiving and reopens Friday at 8:30 a.m. Events include billiards pong checkers and Chinese with separate age divisions. Bill Buse directs registration.
New York stocks opened firm and led to an uneven session as major averages stretched Tuesday gains by small fractions. Trading volume was around 800000 shares as the market drifted unevenly through the day.
Published by J. K Sennett & Co with W. H B Jump as manager. telephone listing 8151 403. Bank pull listing and Quak O bids appear alongside measurements 80-82 and 12 percent. Also mentions Cherry Burt Swit Co, Chicago Corpse Intl 307s, Comw Edison screen 30.
Hogs on the Cedar Rapids market advanced a nickel or held steady. Top price on prime butchers is $13.85 and packers $13.45. Prices listed for various hog weights from 169 to over 500 pounds, with mixed yearlings and heifers also showing price ranges. Cattle and calf market notes appear with calves and lambs listed, reflecting overall livestock trading activity.
Partial OCR shows Cedar Rapids area items with misread names and prices. Includes celery and various product fragments like beans and barley. Missing clear items, quantities, and context. summarizing readable bits only.
In Chicago on Wednesday grains paused after initial gains then rebounded, with wheat ending unchanged to 2 higher, corn up around 1.1 percent, oats gaining about 15 percent, rye rising to roughly 4 to 7 percent, and barley showing mixed movement. December prices were provided for each grain, reflecting volatile intraday activity and renewed session highs.
Chicago AP reports cash wheat prices with No 2 mixed at 1.66 and No 1 red at 1.71 percent ceiling, No 4 yellow at 1.02, sample grades mixed, plus No 1 oats red 72 cents and yellow 2.10 on track. barley near 1.37 1/2. timothy 6.25 50 nominal, red clover 31.50 nominal, alfalfa 28.50 nominal.
Wisconsin cheese exchange notes price data from Ymouth area. One car lot 8. No. 1 twins or cheddars priced at 23 percent content. Market brief summarizes dairy trading and terminology.
The market moved along with gains generally under a point in the main corporate list. Boston and Maine 4s and 4 25s St Paul 5s Rock Island 4s Big Four 42s Commonwealth Edison 3 2s Hudson Coal ae International Telephone 4 2s and 5s held slightly higher positions in late trade.
Marion, Indiana resident Alice Papes, advisory secretary to the YWCA in Brazil, said during a nationwide tour to foster YWCA ties that South American women are gaining greater freedom and entering business more often, inspired by U.S. women.
Miss Nettie Cira was elected president at a dinner meeting. Mrs. Violette Jacobs became vice president, and Mrs. Anna Detlefsen was named secretary and treasurer. The club contributed 3 to the blood plasma fund.
Storm's Variety advertises Toytown opening Friday with the largest selection of toys gifts and related items ever shown.
Mr and Mrs Guy W Miller travel to Milwaukee for Thanksgiving with daughter Mrs Melvin Gallatin. Cira’s Fruit Store closes at 12 noon Thanksgiving day. Lt James Frazee Jr and wife arrive from Albuquerque to visit parents in Marion for Thanksgiving. Haliwood Cafe closes 11 am Thanksgiving. Dr J J Booth reports his brother Dr F W Booth improving after a stroke. Miss Betty Wenzel arrives in Marion to live with parents who moved from Isabel South Dakota and bought 1042 Fourth Street residence. Mrs Clementine Schminke visits Rock Island to see her children Eugene Schminke and Mrs Earl Aubrey.
Mrs. Donald L. Torrence reports returning from Elizabethtown Kentucky where she accompanied Mrs. George Kolda and her children last week. Mrs. Kolda has taken an apartment there so she can be
Local items note Thanksgiving closings at K.V cafe and Owen's Cut Rate Drug and indicate guests visiting from Van Nuys California and Cedar Rapids. Miss Arminta Davidson injured, and Mary Lou Thomas acting as cheerleader at Frances Shier College hockey game. Obituary thanks from Harold and Joyce Ann Burgess family.
John Joseph Brown, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Brown of Cedar Rapids, is meritoriously advanced to pharmacist's mate second class in the U S Navy Reserve for actions in battle. Under heavy machine gun and sniper fire he aided evacuations and gave first aid to wounded Marines, following prior commendations by Fourth Marine Division officers. A McKinley high school graduate and former basketball captain, Brown served two years in the medical corps with the fleet Marine forces.
Charles A. Hendryx of Williamsburg pled guilty in Justice Churchill's court and received 30 days in Linn county jail on two counts. He was accused of defrauding Magnus hotel of 36.30 and Allison of 21. Frank O'Connor alias William Conway, 38, was sentenced to 30 days after pleading guilty to defrauding a hotel keeper, accused of taking 40.25 from Roosevelt hotel and arrested by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder in Davenport.
Two state cases have been continued until the January 1945 term of district court. Albert Chesley 58 proprietor of Club Royal of Marion faces a beer to minors charge. Don Fritz 22 and E H Fritz 20 face assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury after a Foxhead tavern altercation that left several injured.
T. M. Deal files suit against Shelton Smith seeking total judgment of 1644.70. One count on a promissory note asks 211.50. The second count for farm stock and products asks 1433.20.
Minnie Grace Doering named administratrix for the estate of her husband Henry J. Doering who died in Cedar Rapids on November 4.
A jumble of lost and found items and rewards across the district. Items include a small cameo pin, a lady's silver pin, a Parker fountain pen, and a gray and black kitten, with contact numbers for reclaiming. District locations center on 3rd Avenue W and 20th Street with West and East side cues.
Reward offered for return of a white female terrier with black spots and a black diamond on its head. Descriptions include a Delaware collar and a terrier named Pox. Contact Springer Spantel or caller after 6:00 pm at the provided phone numbers 310 and 2.4939.
List of local contractors and service offers including hauling ashes and rubbish. Seeks sewers cleaning and repair, plastering, plumbing, and furniture hauling. Classifieds feature women typing at home and help wanted notices amid miscellaneous business listings.
Geneva Steel Company in Utah seeks workers for war production with no prior experience required. Good wages and transportation provided. Ample housing and free medical examination offered. positions at 1714 FP Ave North.
Ann Tyler promotes a relaxing evening at Hotel Montrose with the Rest and Play Tonight event. Visitors are invited to unwind in a quiet lounge setting featuring light entertainment and comfortable atmospherics. The piece highlights the hotel’s amenities and welcoming atmosphere.
The Ce Mar Roller Rink offers all year round sessions with Mondays and Thursdays reserved for private parties. Dial in for leather shoe skool and Gale Hammond electric organ performances.
An item notes a Thursday November 23 event featuring hall poultry stalls and Czech kitchen kolaches at Queen Kingston Ballroom organized by Frank Walron's Orch. Booths with handwork and Czech cuisine highlighted.
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