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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1944
Page
5
Market reports from Chicago, Omaha, and Sioux City show slower hog trading and price softness. Receipts: hogs around 17,000 in Chicago and Omaha, with steady to weak results on cattle and mixed lamb bids. Iowa and Chicago cash quotes edge down. leading sows and heavy hogs hold around mid-teens per hundred weight.
Wholesale dairy pricing shows bulk butter in cartons delivered to New York Creamery priced by quality levels, with higher rates for 92 score AA and 90-89 score grades. Cheese, eggs, and dressed poultry supply details follow, with regional variations and price ranges across New York and Chicago markets.
Chicago AP reports a firm undertone in wheat with subdued trading as war and European politics weigh on markets. Rye dipped briefly but recovered. oats and barley were largely unchanged while May wheat hovered around 1 73 3 percent higher, with several price points cited across futures.
On Monday the C R hog market showed steady prices across all grades. Top butcher hogs hit 13.55 while packers reached 12.95, with a range of weights from 160 to 500 pounds reflected in steady bids across hog and cattle categories including steers cows and lambs.
Grain and produce quotes list No. 2 oats 76c bushel No. 2 wheat 1 ash Ad No. 2 corn 1.04 Soybeans 1.86 May and straw prices. Baled straw 7 12.00. hay 14 00016.00. Poultry market delivered Springs 2éc. Heavy hens 23c Leghorn hens 21c eggs 22 23c. Florida celery 6.00 6.50 per crate. Lemons 7.45. California naval oranges 5.75. Lettuce 6.99 onions 2.84 sweet potatoes 5.10. Apples Winesaps 4.25 box. other 3.35. Potatoes 3.15 cwt. Texas grapefruit 3.85. Hides cured 12c 11c. Calves 1 No 2 kip 11 14c. Horse 6.50 6.00. Pony terms vary.
Wisconsin cheese prices report partial weekly figures with Twing and cheddar at 23 percent for April 3 to 8. Mississippi River stages show modest rises and falls across Davenport Hastings La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque and Gordons Ferry, with Davenport noting a rise to 6.03 feet and Keokuk at 5.53 feet.
Free cooking school in the Glow room at the Gas Company Tuesday at 2 15 p.m. V F W auxiliary police meeting canceled Tuesday with sessions resuming next week. South Side Red Cross workroom closed Easter week April 5 to 12. Trowel chapter Royal Arch Masons to host picnic supper at 6 15 p.m. Tuesday followed by regular meeting and social hour. Mrs Theresa King and daughter to Burlington visit. United Service Aides to assist sendoff ceremonies at Union bus depot 6 15 a.m. April 6 and 7. Stark Building company files limited partnership certificate with Robert Stark R W Rand erknecht M E Stark H S Rand erknecht named partners. Ellinor apartment building sold to Mr and Mrs Marvin J Sperman by Mrs Carrie A Kendall. Three stories with stucco exterior. Transaction handled by Harold A Pickerill company. Cub Pack 26 Van Buren school awards listed: Richard Hancock wolf badge denner stripe gold arrow Dale Frye wolf badge Joseph Grumman wolf badge Eugene Hoppe denner stripe Leo Sindelar denner stripe lion book silver arrow John Peal bobcat pin Billy Myers bobcat pin bear book Edward Allick bobcat pin bear book
New York reports a tepid stock session with rails leading the declines while a handful of issues finish higher. Volume soft at around 800000 shares as traders retreat and rail, Allied, Johns Manville and other names show mixed moves.
Dr. David I. Berger of Coe College spoke at First Presbyterian church as Holy Week began. He outlined Christ’s purpose as restoring life to divine intention and forming a society of believers with God as Father and neighbors as brothers. He offered four clues to history including God’s initiative, human personality as divine vehicle, delayed yet inevitable victory, and the need for human response. Ruth E. Massey sang solo and Eleanor Taylor played the organ.
Emmanuel Tsouderos, premier of the Greek government in exile, reportedly resigns Monday according to a Cairo dispatch cited by Exchange Telegraph. His departure comes amid unsettled conditions in the exile leadership and the broader war situation in Europe.
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