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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1943
Page
9
Tuesday hog receipts estimated at 14 000 with bids down 40 to 50 cents a hundredweight. Prices dipped to 15.30 from 15.80. Cattle and sheep also eased with varied alters across markets including Omaha and Sioux City reporting softer bids and limited demand for light and feeder cattle.
UPI dispatch from Chicago and New York lists stable to firm quotes across poultry, cheese, butter, eggs, and potatoes. Hen and turkey prices range with small daily shifts while dairy markets show firm butter and mixed creamery scores amid unsettled egg values.
Prices for all hog grades fell 40 cents on Monday in Cedar Rapids. Top butcher price $14.50, long haul no-fill $14.60, packers $14.20, with various hog weights and classes listed for good to common lots. Cattle market shows steers and yearlings ranges up to $15.00 and down to $10.90, cows $9.50 to $12.50, calves and lambs priced per weight and quality.
Grain prices list for oats wheat rye and soybeans with No 2 yellow rye at 89 1 2 cents per bushel and No 2 yellow soybeans at 1666 cents. Hay and straw prices range from 12 to 16 dollars per bale. Poultry and eggs show springs at 25 cents and other fowl prices. Fruit vegetables and potatoes included with assorted crate and cwt pricing. Hides calves kip horses and pony tack priced, with totals and terms as listed.
Chicago based grain futures rose with rye leading gains as rye prices climbed 1 to 1 4 percent per bushel. Wheat advanced 4 percent, corn was unchanged, and oats posted gains across various grades amid active trading.
Packed audience attends the Cedar Rapids one act play festival at Wilson high school auditorium. Four schools perform short plays with smooth scenery changes and no long delays. Wilson Drama Guild presents The White Phantom. Roosevelt Gamma Delta Eternal Life. Franklin The Devil and Daniel Webster. McKinley Footlight Club Rich Man Poor Man.
Applications must be filed by 5 pm to take the examinations. Tests will be held April 21 at 7 30 pm at McKinley School 620 Tenth Street SE. Firemen must have a common school education be 23 to 32 years old 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 pounds minimum. policemen have the same requirements with age 25 to 35.
The Senate approved by voice vote and sent to the White House a bill to appoint women physicians and surgeons in the army and navy.
The market opened with modest gains led by rail shares but buying was cautious and most early advances faded or reversed by close. Around 1,000,000 shares changed hands, one of the lightest full-session totals in a month, as traders awaited the second World War loan drive.
New York dispatch reports Elliott Roosevelt son of the President appears in a North Africa photo wearing full colonel insignia. No formal announcement has been made about his promotion from lieutenant colonel.
Mrs Lemar Mc Farland died in Minneapolis Friday. Funeral services will be at St Patrick's church at 9 a.m. Wednesday led by Rev D J Lenihan. Burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. Body moved from Brady mortuary Tuesday noon to 722 Sixth Street SW home of Mr and Mrs Sam Dale. Rosaries at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Dale home and at 8 30 p.m. by Knights of Columbus.
Services for Albert Hearne, who died in Dubuque Saturday, will be conducted by Rev. D. J. Lenihan at St. Patrick's church at 9 am Tuesday. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Rosary will be recited at Brady mortuary at 8 pm Monday. Friends may call at the mortuary. Deliah Shich, Cottage Grove avenue SE, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 10 am Monday after months of illness. Born in Shteyville Feb. 13.
1881 obituary notes Miss Shieh a Cedar Rapids resident of ten years. Survived by brother Bady R. Shieh of Cedar Rapids and several nephews. Body at Barta chapel. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Samuel Orr 54 of 525 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was born Oct 1 1888 in Cedar Rapids and lived here his whole life. He served in World War I with battery F 345th field artillery 90th division overseas. Survived by wife Mable two daughters Mrs Ralph Franks Mrs William D Achey Mrs James McDowell all Cedar Rapids two sons Samuel E Orr Harold R Orr Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Hattie Barker Mrs Lloyd Kizer and a brother George W Orr all Cedar Rapids seven grandchildren. He was a Jan Hus church member. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Turner chapel officiated by Rev P F Hillman burial Oak Hill cemetery with American Legion Hanford post military honors. Friends may call at the chapel.
Emily M Kopecky 63 wife of Joseph W Kopecky of Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 135 am after a short illness. Born January 13 1880 on a Fairfax township farm she lived in Cedar Rapids 44 years. She leaves Milo J Kopecky two daughters Mrs William B Jirsa and Mrs Lumir Asenbrener two grandchildren Betty Jean Jirsa Robert L Asenbrener two brothers John Straad Swisher and Frank Strand Cedar Rapids. Services are 230 pm Wednesday at Janeba funeral home with Rev Zdenek F Pauk. Burial Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
Allan Kline of the Iowa Farm Bureau told the Optimists Club that Iowa farmers face three main tasks this year supply more food despite manpower limits curb inflation and plan for postwar demand He warned that inflation control under current policies will fail and that higher taxes and forced savings may be needed He cautioned the postwar outlook could mirror early 20th century farm stress unless growers change course and stressed Iowa’s role as a key breadbasket with weather and faith.
Marion residents share events from church picnics to family dinners. Notables include Mrs Downing leaving for Ida Grove and nephews visiting from San Francisco, with many local families hosting and traveling. Students secure FBI clerical appointments and locals attend clubs and church meetings amid illness and travel news.
A discussion on continuing global food supply and establishing a fair exchange of goods. It warns that choosing to produce less would lead to strict government administration dictating crop variety, quantities, and price controls.
City Briers announces free cooking classes every Tuesday at 2 in the Glow room of the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric company. The Retired Railroad Employees Association will meet Tuesday at 2 in Memorial Hall at Marion. William Wooden dies in Denison Texas. R A Mikesell returns home after six weeks with X ray treatment. YMCA lent meeting moved to Thursday at 2 for the Lent series with Rev Elton D Wells speaking on The Gift Distinctive.
A damaged OCR fragment lists various numbers and prices with uncertain context. It includes sequence fragments like 1 Words Day up to 11 50 and 122 to 17 with monetary symbol 1.00. No clear event or entities emerge from the text.
Out of town want ads payable in advance. You can telephone mail or bring your Want Ads to The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Same day ads accepted until 11 a.m. Sunday and until 6 p.m. Saturday. The Gazette not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion. Want Ad Department open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays until 6 p.m. Dial 2-1121.
Lost items include Spanish dollar left in a car about a week ago and a lost billfold with valuables. Reward offered. contact numbers and locations such as Armstrong Merchants Bank Cracmer's Jump and 31) 6uath St SE. Various services and notices appear amid the clipped listings.
The listing compiles varied local employment ads including truck driver, service station attendant, yardman, janitor, housework, waitress, beauty operator, seamstress, maid, and hotel staff. Several boxes solicit applications with contact numbers and box references for potential workers.
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