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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1943
Page
8
A light hog offering left buyers noting sharply lower quotes after Washington dispatches predicted a government price ceiling of 14.50 dollars per hundred pounds. Chicago observers described scant supply and tentative bidding amid the market uncertainty.
Salabie market shows steers at mixed levels with good and choice cattle near 16 to 17 dollars. heifers and cows vary, light stockers steady. Sheep and hogs trend softer to steady with west coast and native offerings influencing prices. tops reach around 16.25 to 16.60 for lambs, hogs nominal amid tight supplies.
Receipts 175 cattle and 820 sheep for the week show fed steers up to 25 cents higher with best 1,221-1,420 lb at 17.10 to 17.15. bulk, good to choice 15.25 to 16.50. Heifers up 15 cents, mid to good 12.75 to 14.75. several choice steers 15.25 to 16.00. Cows weak to 2 cents lower. stockers rebound with medium to good at 12.50 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 820. market steadied with best lambs 15.75 to 16.10, natives 15.50 to 16.00, ewes 7.50 to 9.00, feeder lambs around 15.0 to 15.65.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration verges and packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Saturday totaled 27,900 versus 32,200 a week earlier and 17,300 a year ago. Loadings were uneven but fairly active with heavier weights averaging around 400 pounds. Prices were listed for barrows, gilts, and sows in various weight ranges from 160 to 500 pounds with bid ranges from 13.75 to 15.10 per hundredweight.
The bulletin lists live weight bands and prices for hogs and sows in Austin Minnesota. Prices range from 160 to 500 pounds with per hundredweight figures and various quotes for different weight classes.
The fragment lists cattle and animal market figures for Ottumwa with multiple weight ranges and prices. Values show several head counts, weights from 180 to 500 pounds, and price points around 14 to 15 dollars, reflecting a volatile livestock trading snapshot.
Market notes show steady butter receipts and varied cheese prices with several grades listed. Potato arrivals and track conditions are described as light with limited offerings and old stock noted. several regional markers and trade terms appear alongside miscellaneous utility mentions.
In Boston reports from AP the US Department of Agriculture notes strong demand for fine and medium grades of domestic wool during the week of April 12 to 17. Contracting remained active to the western territory states and Texas at term prices, with most contracted wools resold onward.
Grain quotations are provided by Lamson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey as Cedar Rapids manager at 503 Merchants National Bank building. Contact phone number 2 3141 for details.
Prices on all grades of hogs fell 35 cents on the Cedar Rapids market Saturday. Top price for butchers was 14.90 dollars, long haul no-fill 15.00 dollars, and packers 14.60 dollars.
Market listings show rye and corn prices for No 2 and No 3 grades, shelled corn and soybeans with various regional rates. Poultry prices include springers Leghorn stock hens ducks and geese with per dozen and per bird figures. Wholesale fruits vegetables and hides sections give crate, per item, and by-product prices across Florida Colorado Texas and local markets.
In Chicago, Rye led a rally in grain futures Saturday with futures closing up 1 to 1 1/4 cents a bushel. Wheat rose 4 to 1, corn held steady to up 2, and oats gained 4 to 7 percent.
Chicago cash provisions show No 4 yellow corn at 98 cents, No 2 white oats at 66 cents, No 4 oats at 64 cents on sample grade 64 cents. Soybeans No 4 yellow at 16.10 to 16.20 per bushel, Timothy rough cut at 4.75 to 5.00 per cwt, Fancy red top and red clover listed, sweet clover around 7.50 to 9.50, alfalfa 32 to 39 per ton.
Churchmen educators and townspeople gathered at King Memorial chapel for the funeral of Dr. John Benjamin Magee eighth president of Correll college. Attendees included college trustees Methodist church leaders and a delegation from the University of Iowa with presidents Virgil M. Hancher W T Smith Malcolm T. Price Earl A. Roadman and Charles A. Anderson. The sermon was given by Rev. John B Magee Jr of New York awaiting foreign ambulance duty.
President Roosevelt told a midwinter story at a press conference about a mechanic friend who complained of living costs yet enjoyed fresh asparagus and strawberries. He used the anecdote to illustrate that many people have more money in envelopes on Saturdays than ever before and that higher taxes and greater saving are needed to curb inflationary spending.
New York stocks edged higher on Saturday with selective bids for rails and industrials while many leaders remained down. Volume approached 1,060,000 shares as traders warned against expecting a sharp rebound after Friday's steep drop tied to the president's anti inflation drive.
Speculative rail bonds sold off fractions to around two points on Saturday following Friday's downturn spurred by anti inflation news. Illinois Central, Baltimore and Ohio, St Paul, Rock Island, Chicago and North Western and numerous other railroad systems showed retreating tendencies from the opening bell.
Two teen age Cedar Rapids lads paid fines and costs in police court after separate crashes. Kenneth Reed 17 of 1673 Eighth St NW was fined 5 dollars and 1 50 costs for failing to have his car under control after an accident at Fifth Ave and Sixth St SE. Bert Cooper 18 of the Y M C A paid 2 dollars and 1 50 costs for careless driving in a minor fender bender. No one was injured. Another collision involving A F Schmitz 50 of Van Horne and Earl Usher 17 of 446 Eighth Ave SW occurred at 6th Ave and Ellis Blvd NW about 11 p.m. Friday.
Barbara Jean Maule, 5, daughter of Rev and Mrs Theodore Maule, died after her clothing ignited near a school bonfire earlier Friday. The tragedy occurred in Nevada Iowa where she was playing when the accidental burn incident happened.
Washington AP report on a House standoff over pay-as-you-go tax legislation. Leaders debate a quick vote and whether to delay the bill for Easter recess as Republicans demand an open rule to allow floor amendments. Democratic and Republican leaders swirl around a possible compromise plan amid long-running deadlock.
Mrs. Thomas Sullivan of Waterloo Iowa is endorsed as the typical mother for Mother's Day by the Catholic War Veterans national department. The five sons who died aboard the U S S Juneau are cited along with her advocacy for peace and freedom. Father Matthew J Toohey announced the nomination.
The War Department says Hargrave Construction Co of Cedar Rapids Iowa won the Garfield county Oklahoma airfield contract. Work will cost between 500000 and 1000000 dollars.
Joseph P. Powelkas and wife of Wyoming observed their golden wedding anniversary last Sunday at the home of their son Manfred and daughter in law in Maquoketa. Ten guests attended a dinner. Married in Cedar Rapids they farmed near Oxford Junction 28 years then Cedar Rapids eight years and have lived in Wyoming since 1929. They have two sons, Robert and Manfred, and five grandchildren.
Mrs Ralph J Williams hosted the Reading circle Easter luncheon with sixteen members at two tables. The program featured a lesson on Iowa and featured miniature Easter bonnets as favors. Also reported are hospital notes, club meetings, and community notices from Marion and surrounding areas.
Local churches in Marion list times for Bible school morning worship and midweek events. Baptist, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic, and Lutheran congregations provide service times, sermons, youth programs, and upcoming rallies or guest speakers.
William Fox the former film mogul serving a year and a day for bankruptcy related fraud and obstruction will be paroled May 3 his attorney said. Fox surrendered in Philadelphia last May 16 to begin the sentence at Lewisburg penitentiary in Pennsylvania.
Charles Forsythe is a patient at Mercy Hospital and may receive visitors. United Service Aides are asked to meet at the Union bus station at 1 a.m. Tuesday April 13. The Gazette invites garden advertisements in classification 29 Victory Gardens. Jack Illian underwent a tonsillectomy at St Luke's Hospital Saturday morning. John E. Crawford reported his car struck and moved into the street in front of his home Friday. Miss Marjorie Walters was taken to St Luke's Hospital for treatment after a two day illness. The will of Lieut Edwin C Novak is admitted to probate. Mrs Mary F M Novak named executrix. A motion to dismiss with prejudice the case Charles Sharp Jr vs Wilson and Co Inc was filed in Cedar Rapids federal court. the April term begins Tuesday.
Corp. Russell E. Cain previously stationed at the Cedar Rapids army recruiting station since February first left Saturday for a new assignment at Fort Crook Neb head quarters of the army seventh service command.
Cedar Rapids detectives seek a “boomer butcher” who worked briefly for Hladky's grocery at 1600 Fourth Avenue SE. After receiving $10, he did not return and was sent downtown to buy purchase price tags, according to Chief of Detectives William Kudrna.
The Agriculture Department projects the 1943 winter wheat harvest at 558,551,000 bushels, down from last year’s 703,253,000 and near the ten year average. Planted area fell to 37,482,000 acres from 38,339,000, with 10.4 percent abandonment due to winter damage. Pastures and other crops show mixed results in April conditions.
Iowa farms held 357,190,000 bushels of corn on April 1, up 7 percent from a year earlier. Wheat stocks reached 2,442,000 bushels, oats 80,572,000, and soybeans 13,366,000, with soybean storage not recorded for 1942. The total corn stock compares with 333,956,000 on April 1, 1942 and marks the second highest on record aside from 1940 and 1941.
Mrs. Gertrude Ackerly Brooks obtained a Nevada divorce from Senator C. Wayland Brooks Republican Illinois. The hearing before District Judge A J Maestretti was held behind locked doors and lasted about ten minutes. She charged extreme cruelty in the complaint.
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