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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
1
Chicago market notes show light steers at a top of 18 25 while best heifers reach 17 50. Lamb sales are slow to weak with natives at 4. Hog receipts outpace consignments as trade remains active with ceilings around 14 75 and 14. Prices quoted by Lamson Brothers.
Hogeads and cattle receipts detailed with weights 189 and over 240 pounds. Top hog prices around 14.75 to 14.06 for various grades. Cattle noting good and choice steers at 18.25 and 17.50 heifers, cows weak to steady, bulls firm. Sheep market weak with slaughter lambs 14.0 to 14.4, ewes around 5.50 to 5.55, native and western stocks show mixed declines. Trade described as slow to steady with some classes weaker late Wednesday and Thursday.
Salable hog receipts about 4 500 with varying weights and moderate demand. medium to heavy hogs around 169 pounds and 14 706 at 1 4 50. Cattle receipts around 3 000 with calves 400 and steady slaughter and stocker demand. steers up to 15 60, heifers to 14 25, cows 7 50 to 10 75. Sheep receipts about 3 000 with slaughter steady to strong. native lambs and westerns at 14 60 and 12 3 75. yearlings and ewes varied near 12 50 and 5 25.
Combined receipts at interior Iowa and southern Minnesota packing plants for 24 hours ended 8 am Thursday totaled 38 960 head, up from 29 199 a week earlier and 32 700 a year ago. Moderately active, mostly steady to slightly lower for larger hogs, with loading heavier than the prior week. Prices shown for various weight ranges and categories indicate steady to higher values for good and choice hogs and sows.
City livestock receipts show 3 000 cattle 8 000 sheep and 3 000 hogs. Prices edge lower for cattle feeders while good to choice fat lambs hold steady to firmer with Montana and Idaho lots tight. Slower selling butchers hogs and sows find steady trade as feeders and cattle still see uneven demand and mixed weights.
Prices from the AP Packing point in Des Moines list various hog classes with quotes per hundredweight. Values show Good grade barrows and gilts around 13.50 to 13.70, with ranges for weights 240 to 500 pounds and different locations or handlers noted.
Chicago Sutter market shows steady receipts across eggs cheese and produce. Potatoes arrivals total 136 with 886 total shipments. Idaho Reds and Colorado Reds feature mixed washed and unwashed pricing, while milled daisy cheese and longhorn values appear with small variations.
Fragmentary OCR text shows numbers and terms like receipts firm prices nominal and percentages. No complete event or identifiable entities are present to form a coherent news item or notice.
A jumble of garbled notes from Wisconsin cheese bids leads to confusion at the dairy auction. Officials promise to reconvene as bidders seek clarity on cheddar and cheese allocations.
Fragmented OCR text mentions IPPI RIVER AGES and locations Davenport Prairie du Cre with scattered numbers and labels, but readable facts are minimal.
Classified notice seeks district sales managers aged 30 to 45 with at least five years in automotive wholesale operations. High school education required. Districts open nationwide with salary, travel expenses, and factory car furnished. Present employees aware. Address Box N-13 Gazette.
New York AP reports leading stocks faced heavy selling in the final hour Thursday with widespread losses and few signs of a late rebound. Trading around 900000 shares.
The Cedar Rapids hog market eased for lighter weights on Thursday while prices for prime butcher and packers held at or near ceiling levels. Top prices reached 14.45 for prime meat and 13.70 for packers with various quoted figures for cattle and calves in a broad market quotation page.
Market notes list prices for straw and hay at $19.00 and $14.00 per bale, poultry items including heavy springs at 24 cents and various hens, ducks and geese prices, produce such as celery, lemons, onions, Valencia oranges, and apples with per unit or crate pricing. Trade terms show hides, calf hides, corn, soybeans, oats, wheat, rye, and vegetables quoted in dollars per unit with some illegible entries.
New York bond market showed limited activity with modest investment interest mainly in higher priced corporates. Reorganization rails and popular funds remained near the prior session, while a few favored issues tested wider ranges.
A mid session rally in grain futures did not hold and prices slid to new lows as traders liquidated holdings amid favorable war news and profit taking. Wheat fell about 5 percent to December at 1.637s, corn down around 1 percent to 214, oats off 4 to 1 lower, rye down about 15 to 1.11-1.12, and barley 3 to 5 lower at 1.065s.
A terse Chicago market note lists cash wheat at No 1 81.72 and No 2 red 1.71 with ceilings, oats nominal, and yellow corn quoted around 2.19 with nominal values. It mentions red clover at 31.50 and other forage items, reflecting daily commodity prices in the Chicago market.
The city council on Thursday granted a class C beer permit to W. J. Flynn of 629 Second Avenue SE. A second permit was issued to Byron K. Linnenkamp of 3334 First Avenue NE.
The Marion Teachers club entertained 32 members and guests with a buffet dinner in the Lincoln building kindergarten and home economics rooms. Martha Smith chaired, with Bertha Harlan and Dorothy Muller directing decorations and Bess Patterson overseeing dinner.
Entertainment at the Ives home on English boulevard honors Milo Glass who has enlisted in the navy. A dinner for him is planned by Fred Bohiken. A house at 940 Central avenue changes hands from Mrs. Herman Koch to Mr. and Mrs. Claude J. Port, with sale by Dr. J. J. Booth. The Booth brothers visit from Evanston and Cedar Rapids. The Birthday club held a picnic luncheon for Mrs. Pearl De Wald Smith of Waterloo with eight covers.
Mrs L A Levasseur is a patient at St Luke s hospital Lt John Stewart on leave from Camp Hood Texas visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J A W Stewart Elsie Stewart of Des Moines is in Marion to see him Pvt Merle Coon son of Mrs Millie Coon has arrived in France Mrs Grace C Koppenhaver acting Marion postmaster confined at home with fractured toe Donald Roberts of Chicago visits his parents Mrs and Mrs J L Roberts Mrs H O Keele to return from the west coast after two weeks with Lt Keele Mrs William F Sortor travels to Chicago to visit daughter Miss Leta Sortor
The condition of Mrs. A B Black, who suffered a severe heart attack Saturday, shows some improvement as she remains a patient at St. Luke's hospital. No visitors are allowed.
Seaman second class Charles Johnson has departed after a leave spent with his wife Judy and daughter at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. F F Han. He left on Wednesday for Farragut, Idaho.
Clifford Armstrong is ill at his home located at 708 Seventh avenue.
The council approved a $50 refund to Clarence L. Glee after a cigarette permit was surrendered. The action completes the permit cancellation and disposal of related fees.
The council adopted a resolution of intention to assess a sanitary sewer on Avenue NW from Fifth Street to the 10 inch main 625 feet east of Fifth Street NW.
An advertisement announces Hallwood Cafe offering eight flavors of homemade ice cream for customers to enjoy.
Mrs Paul Anderson, who has been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Tilton, has returned to Washington D C. Her mother in law Mrs F G Anders of Mt Vernon accompanied her.
London AP reports Archbishop William Temple died of a heart attack at age 63. He had led the church from Canterbury since April 23, 1943, amid bomb damage to the cathedral.
Classified notice for a four piece Safex Hostess Set advertised as ne:test in ash trays priced at 73 cents at Owens Cut Drug.
The annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission shows Quaker Oats paid John Stuart chairman and R Douglas Stuart president 60000 each and Robert Heller Associates 107129 for services during the year ended June 30.
Sgt Milo Webb is being relocated from San Antonio to a new posting. The transfer details specify reassignment within military channels and indicate movement to a different duty station.
Mrs John Cone and Mrs Ralph C Seager have traveled to Chicago for a weekend trip. They will attend events and return soon.
Ralph Dunn of Mitchell with Mrs Dick Hyde and Mrs Bess Siiines join Mrs Johnon and Mrs Harriet F Ives for a labeled afternoon entertainment. Guests mingle in a social event highlighted by notable local ladies.
Rummage sale set for 1258 H Ave Northeast Friday morning. Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club to meet at 8 p m Thursday in its clubrooms on Sixteenth Avenue SW. Iowa night at Inglewood California to be Oct 31, sponsored by the Inglewood Chamber of Commerce. Basket dinner followed by evening entertainment.
Joe Kroupa was elected president of the Rainbow veterans organization and Ralph Hartwick chosen secretary treasurer. No vice president was elected.
Archil M Bolton dismisses his district court suit with prejudice against Ethel Harte Century Cab Harry Bell and Lyman Howe related to a car collision. Defendants dismiss counterclaims without prejudice. Bolton sought 10691.50 for damages. Howe claimed 5386.52 for injuries and Bell 1225 for property damage.
People's Furniture seeks the return of personal property valued at 200 dollars and a judgment for the property value plus 50 dollars damages if the article cannot be found. J B Crossley is named as manager in the complaint.
Katherine Pearson seeks maintenance from Adrian Pearson and Eloise P. Baird seeks maintenance from Raymond M. Baird. Both couples married in Cedar Rapids, Katherine and Adrian on April 15, 1930 and Eloise and Raymond on February 20, 1943.
City council approves departmental fund transfers across multiple departments. Transfers include 20.20 from parks to waterworks for park water shutdown, 72 from airport to parks for weed mowing, 4.91 from dam repair fund to waterworks for dam repair, 0.71 from dam repair to waterworks for shutting off water, 506.70 from sewage disposal to waterworks for equipment repair, 196.70 from park improvement to parks for labor, 66.06 from airport to parks for posts, 182.13 from cemetery to parks for labor and mower parts, and 307.26 from river front improvement to public improvement for dismantling a barge.
East Lansing hosts Michigan State and Kansas State in a football game played under a non scouting agreement. No scouting allowed, officials confirm.
A scattered catalog of lost items and rewards appears, listing a coon hound, wallets, a watch, a bicycle, a red leather billfold, and various contact numbers. Also includes sales pitches for jewelry, watches, sewing machines, and beauty services, with addresses and phone numbers for local shops and notices for travel and vacancy offers.
The notice promotes Ce-Mar Roller Rink open all year with private party reservations on Mondays and Thursdays. Contact numbers 609 Marion and 9334 Cedar Rapids plus a Hammond Electric Organ repair service at 419 Center Point Road offers repairs for all makes and furnace cleaning at 1.56 with parts available as needed. Williams Furnace Shop is also listed.
An ad from Pigman & Co lists services including tree topping trimming spraying moving and for sale fertilizer black dirt fill dirt and cinders. The piece mentions related items and services with a contact number Dial 1825.
Mechanics service salesmen and helpers sought for steady postwar employment at Rapids Chevrolet Co. Good pay and secure future. Apply in person at 601 1st Ave. E.
Job notice highlights essential industry openings at Sanitary Farm Dairies for steady permanent work with good wages and benefits. Positions likely include production and support roles seeking reliable applicants.
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