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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
12
Chicago and Omaha livestock markets show hog receipts up to 13 000 with prices generally higher for good grades. Cattle receipts around 12 000 with steady to higher bids on fed steers and yearlings. slaughter cow and bull values mix, while sheep receipts near 5 000 with active slaughter lamb demand.
Iowa hog prices at packing points show varied figures for 16 17 with ranges around 12.25 to 13.55 for different classes and weights. Grain quotations from Chicago through Lamson Brothers list values near 1.30 to 1.31 per bushel with multiple decimals, reflecting market activity.
Receipts strengthen in many lines with firming prices for eggs and butter in New York and Chicago. Potatoes show steady to dull demand with northern stock and Idaho russets colored by price ranges. dressed poultry remains strong while live poultry prices hold, with various regional quotes and premiums noted.
A brief Wisconsin item lists weekly notes for Plymouth and surrounding areas with river stage data for the Mississippi at Davenport Keokuk and Dubuque. It records small changes in river heights and portage cane readings with no major shifts noted.
Joseph Ben Decker, 58, former vice president and general manager at a munitions plant, died in a hospital from self-inflicted shotgun wounds hours before beginning a three year federal term for mail fraud. United States Marshal August Klecka reported the suicide near the plant in Elkton Maryland.
Cedar Rapids hog market reports steady prices across all grades with top butcher hogs at 13.55 and packers at 12.90. Cattle and sheep figures show varied bids from choice to common categories, with steers, heifers, cows, bulls, calves, and lambs listed by weight and quality.
A listing of values for oats, wheat, rye, corn, soybeans, hay, straw, poultry, eggs, wholesale fruits and vegetables, citrus, apples, potatoes, grapefruit, and hides. Includes rates for No 2 and No 3 grades, delivered and current receipts, with meat byproducts and animal hides noted.
Chicago ap reports opening navigation on Lake Superior delayed possibly to mid month reducing Canadian grain imports. Wheat futures closed unchanged to 4% higher at July 1.72%, oats flat, rye up to 5%, barley up to 5% with May and July contract levels noted. Chicago cash provisions and seed prices for timothy red top red clover and sweet clover listed.
The treasury released a 4 800 word guide outlining salary stabilization rules, setting a 15 percent yearly limit on merit raises for white collar workers earning above $5,000 or under certain administrators not covered by unions. Promotions follow the greater of the position’s minimum or a 15 percent rise, unless aligned with established wage practices effective Oct 3 1942.
The National Father's Day committee announced a father bond drive to run through Father’s Day June 18. In partnership with the treasury department the drive urges people to buy and give bonds to dads under the theme the strongest of bonds your dad and your country.
New York shares edged up fractionally on light buying with final hour profit taking trimming gains. Volume was about 800000 shares aided by a 38000 share issue of Jones and Laughlin Steel, while traders watched a cautious advance in speculative rails and higher priced industrials and utilities.
London AP reports the Allied blockade on Europe was relaxed to raise Greece food shipments by 50 percent. Monthly allotments rise from 20 200 to 31 200 tons, with initial addition of up to 9 000 tons of wheat as a gift from Argentina. The United States under lend lease will supply further foodstuffs to Greece.
City Briefs note Valley camp No. 2136 R N A will meet Wednesday at 8 p m in Maine lodge hall 838 First Avenue NE Cpl Liliam M Bergeron transferred from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo station The Women s Missionary Society of First Lutheran church meets Thursday at 2 p m at 1511 D Avenue NE A Davenport district WPB rep will confer with Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce 9 30 a m to 4 p m Thursday Mr Herman Lodge No 263 AF and AM meets Thursday 7 30 p m at Masonic hall Bob Ferrie radio editor of WOI Ames visits Cedar Rapids Miss Ellabeau Ferrie and Miss Thelma Nicodemus depart for Lakeland Fla Townsend Club No 7 hosts picnic supper Thursday 6 30 p m at 117 F Avenue NW regular meeting 7 30 p m with social hour A report on Des Moines state convention Enlistment Paul King Thompson of Iowa City as sea man 1 c for navy radio technician training Thompson 17 son of Lt Matthew Thompson Gleams in Iowa City Navy Preflight Thompson s enlistment reported Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station Auxiliary to the Fighting 34th meets Thursday 7 p m potluck in Glow room Gas Company Women to bring covered dish and men s fasts.
A notice invites war veterans and spouses plus veterans’ relatives to a regional gathering. The week features Rev. Kwang Won Kim at First Evangelical church with communion observance on Thursday. Pvt. James W. Wilkinson earns the Purple Heart for Italy wounds. his parents live in Independence. Cedar Rapids Scout officials visited Monticello Rotary to discuss boosting local Scouting activities. Katherine Becker becomes secretary to A L Taylor at Cedar Rapids Chamber, succeeding Beulah Detwiler who departs for new Cedar Rapids work.
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