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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1944
Page
7
Cattle receipts large as Monday run pushes prices down. Hogs and lambs show mixed demand with steady to strong trade in lambs. Regional figures for Des Moines and Sioux City detail receipts and price ranges across weight classes and classes of livestock.
Receipts total 5 500 cattle with weights around 270 lbs down. prices mostly 15 cents higher. Good and choice cattle 190 270 lbs bring about 14 000 or 14 300 dollars with top 14 60 paid on packet accounts. Calves selling steady with some buying interest. steers stockers and feeders steady. Sheep and lambs show early bids steady to higher. western Nebraska lambs around 13 60 straight. ewes steady to strong.
Wisconsin cheese exchange prices at Plymouth list varied lots including three cars of US No. 1 twins and cheddars at 23 cents per pound, one car of square prints at 24 cents, and one car midgets at 24 cents.
Report covers receipts and prices for fowl and ducks with leghorn and roosters values, fattened ducks rates, and heavy poultry totals. Includes potato arrivals and shipments with Idaho Russet figures, Michigan and Minnesota prices, and varying quality grades amid steady or firm demand.
Market notes show maximum bulk butter prices in New York delivered to creamery with varied scores for A B C grades. Cheese prices for different grades and weight ranges are listed with margins and color labels. Data includes receipts and wholesale price movements across extra and standard grades.
CHUNGKING AP The Chinese high command announced Monday night the fall of Hocith in Kwangsi province, 95 miles west of Liuchow, as the Japanese sweep toward Kweichow. Hocith lies 20 miles from the Kweichow border and 120 miles southeast of Kweiyang, Burma road town, placing Japanese forces to strike at Chungking.
Chicago Cedar Rapids hog market reports show price declines of fifteen to twenty five cents across weights. Prime butchers top $13.75, packers $13.35, with various hog classes and lamb prices listed for ranges from 160 to 560 pounds.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for corn, soybeans, oats, and wheat with varying grades. It also notes straw and hay bale prices, gas vent receipts, fruit quantities, and currencies. Prices for vegetables and fruit include celery, lemons, oranges, lettuce, sweet potatoes, and russet potatoes, along with various hide prices, horse, calf, and kip fetishes.
Chicago AP reports grain futures were mixed with light trade. December wheat fell sharply while oats held steady and barley rose at times. Wheat closed up about 4 to 1 4 percent, at around 1.65, corn steady to higher near 1.11, rye mixed, barley up roughly 1.25, near 1.12.
Market notes mention prices and nominal values for corn and red assets with scattered figures such as 1.1541.37% and 756.95, plus seed and Clover related terms including Timothy and Alsike, indicating agricultural price updates and commodity values.
The High Twelve club hosts an annual ladies night Friday at 6 30 p m in the Masonic hall. The War Appeals Coordinating committee meets Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce at 4 p m. F M McGuire reports four White Rock chickens stolen from his chicken house Saturday. City council approves three Finance Commissioner L D bills and orders warrants. Pershing Scott reports tire and wheel stolen from his car parked at Collins Radio lot on Nov 7. Mrs William Hemmer returns to Cedar Rapids from Fort Smith Ark with her aunt and two children. City council accepts river front improvement commission report establishing the river front line.
W L Fahey as assignee for the Alburnett State bank files in district court to recover 300 dollars on a promissory note with 6 percent interest from July 11. The suit seeks judgment for the principal plus accrued interest.
New York stocks showed mixed trading with mild selling and pockets of gains as leaders drifted, leaving transfers around 700 000 shares. Quotations varied, with several names rising and others slipping, reflecting an overall uncertain session for the market.
Market shows substantial progress in spots as many groups face backward pressure. By the final hour, Eastern and Western sectors diverge with notable activity in Great Northern and St. Louis San Francisco issues.
Housewives warned they will be limited by the blue stamps they now have plus Y5 Z5 A2 and B2 valid Dec 1. No more stamps will be validated until after the first of the year per the Des Moines district office. Blue stamps are worth ten each. Tokens are no longer valid.
Three 17 year olds were accepted for enlistment in the naval reserve on Saturday. They are Virgil W. Gardner of 120 Fourteenth Street NE, Albert S. Lindquist of 1000% Sixth Street SE, and Daniel P. Brust of 1032 Tenth Street SW.
Dr David I Berger dean of Sinclair Memorial chapel at Coe College warns that parting from religious foundations risks eroding American national life. He reviewed Americas spiritual heritage at a luncheon meeting of an area club, noting hymns reflect national character.
Mrs. Virginia Emery reported the loss of a dark blue handbag containing two $50 bonds, twenty-one $25 bonds, $35 in cash, and papers valued at $625. The bonds belonged to her son, reported missing in action in Italy last January. Call 28271 or police with information.
Charles M. Karch 60 longtime Linn county resident died Sunday at 7 30 am in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born April 8 1884 at Alburnett he worked on a Witwer farm near Marion and belonged to the Alburnett Evangelical church. Survived by wife Iva Taylor three daughters Lydia Quaas Coggan Winnie Arduser and Pearl Quaas three brothers Peter Walter and Karl Karch. Services Tuesday at 2 pm Yocom chapel with Rev R E Kerney officiating burial Cedar Memorial park.
Evelyn Newcomb Rich 26 a former Marion resident died Sunday night in a Chicago hospital after a brief illness. Born Evelyn Newcomb she was daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Newcomb of Marion. Survived by husband daughter Joyce Diane parents five brothers and a sister. Body to return to Marion for services and burial with details to be announced.
Four Marion high school students Diane Biddick Dorothy Heefner Bob Coen and Gerald Stark were elected to the Y.M.C.A Keen Teen Klub board. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. to plan December activities.
Mrs. Jack Norris learns via telegram that son Corporal Melvin Houser was seriously wounded in France. Several service members and relatives visit or relocate, including Leland Wells at Barksdale training, Alan Benson transferred to Buckley Field, and Charles Schaefer family guests. Misses Bolland and Cippera host Trojan lodge meeting. lost heart shaped locket reported. ads note vitamins and rental requests.
Arthur Wood age 31 of near Central City received a six months jail term with three months suspended after pleading guilty in Judge G K Thompson s court. He had been indicted for rape linked to the same facts as the lewdness case, but the rape charge was dismissed as he was unavailable to the state and costs were paid by Wood.
Election results announced for the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber. Re-elected: Howard I Bair James Allen Pete Bezanson Cliff Jordan Frank Nye Lee Winger. New members: Russ Borgstrom Virgil Haight Art Hoskins Ed Kiouda Don Reid Lloyd Sidwell Ray Spielman Sidwell. The board will elect officers at its first meeting.
Washington AP reports John A. Sheridan 47, FHA zone commissioner for red midwestern states, died Sunday. The page lists multiple Lost and Found notices including a Fox Terrier named Korky, various jewelry and wares for sale, and personal ads, with rewards and contact numbers across downtown area, reflecting a mixed newspaper page of obituary and classifieds.
Multiple entries advertise hauling ashes rubbish manure and dirt removal. Services include interior painting plaster contracting window cleaning washing walls and upholstery ironing and housework needs. Dial numbers listed for each business and service request immediate contact.
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