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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1944
Page
7
Unofficial Monday receipts show cattle hogs and sheep steady with light hogs scarce. Top hog price 14.75, grain and cattle quotes vary by weight and class across Chicago Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines market reports.
Miscellaneous items include Plymouth Wisconsin sales with U S No 1 cheese bids noted as none bid. River stage reports show Davenport rising 3.8 and Ferrz 19.0 with other stations steady or changing.
Chicago market report shows butter receipts at 3 929 runes and eggs at 5 843 cases with steady trays. cheese and potatoes list varied bids including Idaho russets arrivals and shipments, Washington and Colorado lots, and Nebraska Triumphs with prices per unit, decay notes, and procurement charges.
CHICAGO AP grain futures opened firm but rising offers pushed prices down. Rye and corn led declines with December wheat at 1% lower, corn down 55 to 7, oats down to 66 cents, barley 14 higher, and cash provisions showing No 2 hard wheat 31697 and No 2 red 17179.
Eugene Allen, editor of the AFL Oregon Labor Press, wrote as editor that the paper would back President Roosevelt yet as an individual planned a state tour urging the election of Gov Dewey. The discrepancy sparked debate over editorial duty versus personal political action.
The Cedar Rapids market posted a weaker price trend on Saturday with prime hogs at 14.20 for top primes and 13.60 for packers. Prices cover hog weights from 160 to 500 pounds and cattle from choice to common grades, with ranges for cows, bulls, calves, and sheep including lambs and yearlings.
Market notes list commodities with varying prices across grains and livestock. Corn Old No 2 yellow at 1.04 to 1.04 per bushel. soybeans 1.86 old, 2.04 new. oats No 2 66c. wheat No 2 1.40. rye 1.00. Straw 10.00 to 12.00. bay 14.00 to 16.00. Poultry prices include heavy and light springs, hens, ducks, geese. Eggs and creamery items priced. fruits, vegetables and potatoes with multiple regional prices. Hide and calf prices shown. horses, kip and other hides listed. tail and moustache notes incomplete.
In Decorah the Winneshiek County Tuberculosis association will meet Monday to set plans for the christmas seal sale. Charles Allfillish will chair the seal committee. The item appears in the Iowa news in brief section with other local notes.
London dispatch reports Gen Priest, a German infantry general, killed in action on the Gumbinnen front in East Prussia. He is the fourth German general announced dead in the last 24 hours, others including Gen Schneckenburger killed at Belgrade, Maj Gen Reinhardt on the western front, and Maj Gen Erich von Kirchback from wounds on the western front.
Allied amphibious units have occupied the Mediterranean island of Piscopis northeast of Rhodes, according to a Saturday communique. The action marks a notable development in the Allied campaign in the area.
New York stocks drifted with light demand as selective gains appeared during a restrained Saturday session. Major leaders failed to register broad advances while several issues moved higher with scattered fractions, trading around 300,000 shares.
Obituary notices from multiple Iowa towns report Adolph Hanson age 66 dying Thursday with services planned Sunday in Illyria. Surviving family includes a wife eight children and many relatives in Elkader St Olaf New York and nearby communities.
Elmer Smith aged 77 was found dead near his Decorah summer home. Services were held Friday. Surviving are three brothers in Albia Centralia Washington Canoe township and Bluffton. Mrs C I Holland died October 24 in Clearwater Florida widow of former Winthrop Congregational pastor.
Marion social items note dinner for Mrs. Monn hosted by Mrs. John C. Smith with 14 guests, a handkerchief shower for Mrs. Jerry J. Monn, birth announcements for a son to Pvt. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Cornell Jr. in Des Moines, and various visits, travels, and local events including hospital returns, training news, Halloween gatherings, and short ads. Notable names include Mary Lowe Dickinson circle, Mrs. J. K. Plate, Pvt. Kenneth E. Cornell Jr., Des Moines, Camp Bowie, Miss Kathryn Whalen, W. S. Farrells, Lilian Chudzinsky, and Tech. Sgt. Hopkins.
The notice lists church lines for Marion area congregations including Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St. Pauls Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, and Prairie Chapel. It details pastors, service times, Bible schools, sermons, special music, youth programs, and upcoming social events such as a pot luck supper and Homebuilders church picnic.
About 200 parents attended the YMCA parent night program on Friday. Rus sell Knapp opened with basketball awards for the Community House junior and senior teams led by Carl Neu feldt. Gurney Day and Don Kriz introduced staff. Jerry Heyl and Bob Dresher with Bill Buse were noted. The event featured Y shop displays and a work room tour plus twenty minutes of gymnastic acts and water stunts.
The Rev Lyle K Anderson will speak on Cooperation at the 9 30 lam service Sunday in the United Brethren church Shueyville Church school is at 10 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 8 p m Dr Irving L Churchill head of Coe College English and Miss Grace E Lamber attended a meeting of the Iowa Association of Professors of English at Iowa State College Churchill is president of the association The Rev Mr and Mrs S E Dooty and daughter Samuel la of 138 Sixth Street NW attended the nineteenth annual conference of the Church of God in Kansas City Mo this week Kenwood Cub Pack No 8 met Thursday night Awards were given Service stars Dick Spencer Kenneth Gracy Dickie Flynn denner stripes Kaye Keister Austin Fernow and assistant denner stripes Larry Smith and Jimmie Hepner Area Commissioner Al Truesdale visited the meeting Cedar Rapids Bottling Works will be closed all this week for vacation Open for business Monday November 6 Har Mon Beverages Advertisement
Two month old Ronald Clarence Buelow son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Buelow near Independence dies Friday at St Luke's hospital. Also survives brother Dickie and grandparents Mr and Mrs John Mazur of Independence. Also appears are numerous lost and found notices, personal ads, and shop ads from local businesses listing rewards, contact numbers, and sale items.
The advertisement page highlights an entertainment lineup at Hotel Montrose Kingston Ballroom with Ann Tyler and Kenny Hofer's Orchestra on Saturday October 28. Additional listings promote barbecues, dances, and a Sisco orchestra along with a wide range of home services and trades offered for hire, from welding and plastering to chimney repair and furnace servicing. Local businesses such as Pigman & Co and Goertear Service advertise repairs, roofing, and cleaning services. Community notices include help wanted ads for both men and women and various household tasks.
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