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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1943
Page
8
Chicago dealers report only 300 hogs on Saturday, futures steady near Fridays close with top bids around 16.10 per hundredweight and packers resisting higher offers. Cattle demand rises with Illinois primes at 17.75 per hundredweight, the second highest March price on record. sheep and lamb markets show mixed moves as buyers stay cautious.
Sioux City receipts for cattle and sheep show weekly totals with bid prices. Cattle strong to higher for select end steers. common to medium steady. Calves around 17.00 per cwt for top grades. cows and cutters vary near 8 to 13 per cwt. Sheep receipts 1,720 with fat lambs 15.00 to 15.85, feeder lambs steady. woolly feeders 13.50 to 15.35 per cwt.
Cattle receipts reach 200 with top steer price at 17.75 and near 1937 highs. heifers and stockers show gains though some beef cows steady or down. Sheep receipts around 2,590 with fat lambs easing. hogs supportably steady as shippers absent, weights up about 10c.
Slab sales for hogs and cattle show steady to higher prices with selective gains in slaughter cattle. Hog receipts around 3 000 head and cattle receipts about 600 with top fat steers near 16.50 and bulk good to choice cattle 15.00 to 16.48. sheep receipts 450 with lambs mostly 15.60 to 16.00 and breeding lambs around 15.00.
Combined receipts in Des Moines and interior towns show a 4 hour total near 200 units, down from 36 600 a week earlier and 23 300 last year. Readings this week remain lower with Monday totals near 48 200, indicating a weaker demand pattern.
In Austin Minnesota the hog market shows varied quotes by weight. Prices range with 170 to 190 pound hogs at about 14.60 to 15.05 per hundredweight and heavier 360 to 400 pound hogs around 15.15. Sows 270 to 360 pounds fetch roughly 14.60 to 14.90.
A terse list of hog price figures from Ottumwa and related markets. The data shows bid and ask levels for hogs and sows with varying cents per pound values and assorted lot numbers, reflecting daily market quotes.
The U S and Department of Agriculture report a highly active market in Boston and nationwide with bids on 56 million yards of wool cloth and 16.3 million army blankets. Orders will demand substantial grease wool. prices rose about a cent over prior grease prices. Domestic and foreign buyers competed as mill buyers entered seeking all grades above 44s.
A New York poultry firm reports scarce supply and trade up under OPA controls. The operation lists poultry by weight with one cent promissory price for deliveries under ten pounds and assigns grades accordingly.
Lamson Brothers furnishes Chicago grain quotations with H R Mowrey serving as Cedar Rapids office manager at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
A brief item notes 1941 42 activity for Wisconsin dairies showing nominal figures with no sales offerings or bids recorded. The report mentions no quotations and references a butter firm context.
Chicago butter and eggs market reports steady receipts and varied price quotes. Potatoes show light supplies with unsettled market. U S No 1 russets listed at 4.00, Michigan russets at 2.35, and North Chippewas No 2 over 2.35.
Prices on all hog grades were five cents lower on the Cedar Rapids market Saturday. Top hog price for butchers was 15.30, long haul no fill 15.40, packers 15.00. Hog weight ranges and prices are listed, with cattle and calf market figures and assorted sheep and lamb values included for reference.
A Cedar Rapids market list shows prices for oats wheat rye corn soybeans hay and straw along with poultry fruit vegetables and hides. Items include oats No 2 65c No 3 63c Wheat No 1 1.20 No 2 1.16 Rye No 2 75c shelled corn No 2 yellow 89 1/2c soybeans No 2 yellow 1.66 and baled hay 14.00 16.00. Poultry prices list leghorn hens 21c heavy hens 25c ducks 20c pigeons 1.00 per dozen pullets 24c and more. Market also notes Florida Colorado fruits vegetables and potatoes with various crate box prices and No 1 cured hides 12c.
In Chicago the grain pits saw a late surge as houses with commercial ties bought wheat, erasing earlier losses. Rye and oats followed wheat higher, with rye aided by short-covering while oats traded lighter than recent sessions and overall activity remained muted.
Washington AP reports March income tax payments totaled 4,731,981,878 dollars, a gain of 1,649,354,732 over the prior monthly peak. The treasury released the figures Friday in its March 31 statement, noting the previous record was in March of last year.
Utilities and scattered rails rose to year or longer highs in New York stocks as investors stayed cash minded after Friday's stumble. The market showed little change in war and economic outlook with many industrials still weak. Two hour volume reached about 700000 shares as low priced blocks supported activity.
In New York on Saturday the bond market showed no clear trend with rails advancing on heavy buying. Central Railroad of New Jersey 4s and 5s rose over a point, Morris and Essex 4s and 5s and Delaware and Hudson refundings added 1 to 2, while profit taking cooled other carrier loans. Utility and industrial issues were softer with U S governments and foreign bonds lightly traded. South American issues posted some gains.
Guards watched Friday night over flickering traces of a prairie fire that started Thursday in a hay land strip 20 miles long and 15 miles wide. Ranchers told Fire Chief Eauclaire Dewey that an army plane dropping flares might have caused the blaze, but FBI and military sources could not confirm.
William George Knepper, 22, of Salem Ohio, a member of the seventeenth battalion at the U S navy Preflight School in Iowa City, died early Friday of acute peritonitis in the navy ward at the University of Iowa Hospital. He attended Ohio State University 1940 41. His wife and family prepared funeral arrangements.
The maternal death rate in Great Britain has declined from 4.27 per thousand births in 1906 to under 3 per thousand. This progress reflects improved maternal care and public health measures over the period.
Dorothy Lamour announced she would marry Capt. William Ross Howard III of the U S Army Air Forces within about ten days. The couple met at the San Bernardino air depot seven months ago and plan marriage after the captain secures leave. Capt Howard, a former Maryland legislator and Virginia lumber mill owner, has been married once before. Lamour has also been married before to Herbie Kay.
Services for Mrs. Dora M. Lillie who died Friday at the home of her daughter in Rochester Minnesota will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the Yocom chapel with Rev. Frederick N Nelson officiating. The body arrives in Marion Sunday evening and burial is in Oak Shade cemetery. She was the widow of C D Lillie a pioneer Marion grocer who died August 17 1940.
Firemen were called Friday to the Busenbark farm east of the Prairie Chapel church where chimney sparks started a roof fire. The township truck arrived as the fire was nearly out and damage was slight.
Fifteen boys, nearly all Marion high seniors, took the army navy tests this week at Marion high school. Sponsored by the University of Iowa, the tests cover mathematics reading interpretation and vocabulary. Selection for officer candidate schools will come from this group.
Iowa Senate committee proposes a resolution urging governors to curb business hours to suit farmers summer schedules. The move aims to align with natural labor hours without disrupting transport. It signals an alternative to standard time legislation and calls for a farm manpower survey commission and county coordination with federal agencies.
The list details sermons worship times and events for multiple faiths in Marion. Churches include Baptist Bible school 9 45 morning worship 10 45 B Y P U 6 30 evening services and midweek prayer. Catholic mass 8 and 10 am. Christian services with sermons "The Door Which None Can Shut" and youth activities. Presbyterian and Congregational schedules. Free Methodist and Methodist services with sermons "God The Great Persuader". Lutheran and Church of God listings with Sunday school times. Also noted are junior and senior youth activities, Lenten services, and community meal plans.
Forty-five men were interviewed by H. Joseph Dickens, Navy Seabees recruiter, at the Cedar Rapids recruiting station. Applications were accepted from about half for service in the construction battalions. Accepted applicants will report to Des Moines for physicals and be sworn in with ratings assigned. Construction and mechanical experience are key, while many applicants were refused ratings as their pare skills were closed temporarily.
Lawrence Hoyle 21 of 2208 Fruitland Drive SW, a Colorado soldier, refused to return his 10 day old child to Alice E. Hoyle. Judge G K Thompson ordered 30 days in Linn County Jail for contempt after Hoyle allegedly took the infant March 31 and did not return it. Judge J E Heiserman ordered the child's return. the baby remains with Hoyle.
Aw W. Sanders speaks on Europe’s fate in light of Bible prophecy at Seventh Day Adventist Church 3424 First Avenue NE Sunday evening at 7 45. Services follow on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Pittsburgh AP report on Duquesne University plans to scrap a sports card program and shift focus to intramural sports and a physical fitness program for students. The article notes Duquesne as a smaller school with strong football and basketball programs and mentions a wartime context.
Richard M. Clark 50 of 1670 Park avenue died suddenly Friday at 4 p.m. at the Linn county shop. Born May 4, 1892 near Marion, he was a long time county road employee and a past commander of Marion post No. 298 American Legion. He served in World War I with the 163rd depot brigade and saw action at Argonne and Meuse. He is survived by his wife Rose Hepp a daughter Frances Ann a son George Rich ard three brothers and a sister. Funeral services Monday at 2 30 p.m. in Yocom chapel with military rites at Orphant cemetery.
Mrs H B Christianson and daughter Bonnie visit Savanna guests of Mrs M W Courtney as word arrives that Lieut Col Christianson has arrived overseas. Other families share news of loved ones, hospital stays and relocations including Private Earl Fulton at Camp McCain and Delmar Burns moving from Norfolk to a destroyer.
The Iowa House rejected by 72 to 23 a one page substitute for the 437 page school code bill. The session focused on an amendment to include rural schools with six pupils in the equalization section, opposing the original 12 pupil minimum. The body planned a Saturday session with 60 members staying, and will resume work Monday if Saturday attendance is insufficient.
Washington AP reports 13 navy casualties, including Ensign Edward Jilberto Rohner from Iowa City listed as missing. Casualty totals rise to 24,614 of navy marine corps and coast guard personnel since December 7 1941, with 7 007 dead 4 467 wounded and 12 960 missing.
The Navy reported Saturday the death in action of Morris Edward Fricke, son of F. E. Fricke of State Center Iowa. He had been listed as missing on July 3.
Classified page shows Lost and Found notices for items including a Lost ration book, beagle named Corky, car keys, a lady’s watch, and contact numbers. The ad column also advertises printing, beauty services, and a nursery, with hours and phone numbers for the Gazette Want Ads department.
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