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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1944
Page
3
Chicago and Omaha livestock markets show hogs higher at open but gains fade as trade slows. Cattle and sheep values retreat across weight classes with tops around 13.90 for hogs and 17.00 for strictly choice steers, while sows and heavy feeders ease.
Iowa hog market notes mixed bids from Des Moines with prices for various weight ranges listed. Reports from Waterloo Ottumwa Mason and Austin show 160-170 lb ranges around 10.95 to 11.50, with higher weights 180-240 and 270-360 lb ranges quoted up to 13.40. Industry updates mention combined receipts at 39,160 in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, with markets described as fairly active and generally steady to strong.
A brief listing covers Wisconsin cheese prices in Plymouth for April 17 to 22 and Mississippi River stage readings at several towns. Hastings shows 9.2 with a 0.1 rise, La Crosse 7.6 no change, Prairie du Chien 0.6 with a rise of 0.0, and Davenport 10.8 up 0.1.
Chicago and New York markets show steady receipts and firm tones across butter cheese eggs and produce. Prices span butter 92 score AA 41 42c, Eggs mixed 36-46c, Cheese no quotation, Poultry steady with turkeys 30 35c hens 24c broilers 27 14c, potatoes arrivals 157 on track, Bliss Triumphs prices in multiple regions, and wholesale ranges for geese ducks roosters and capons with current receipts in the millions of pounds.
The Cedar Rapids hog market shows steady prices across all grades Monday. Top butcher hogs reach 13.45, packers 12.45, with varied weights from 160 to 500 pounds bearing different per hundred and per head values. Cattle and sheep sections report mixed valuations from good to choice steers and lambs, reflecting market stability.
Grain prices listed for oats wheat rye corn and soybeans with No 2 and No 3 grades. Poultry and egg rates include delivered springs light and heavy stags heavy hens and leghorn hens with various egg grades and current receipts. Wholesale fruits vegetables and prices for citrus apples potatoes onions and hides follow with graded calf hides and horses noted.
Chicago AP notes small declines in wheat as heavy snows hit western Kansas, with Canadian dispatches reporting Commodity Credit Corporation purchases of 5.5 million bushels of Canadian wheat last week. American buyers also took 300,000 bushels of Canadian rye while May contracts for wheat oats and barley held at ceilings.
In Sydney the federal supreme court issued an interim injunction halting further government interference with four Sydney daily newspapers after police seized copies for alleged censorship violations. The dispute centers on press freedom and government action during wartime in Australia.
In New York trading a subdued mood prevailed as investors showed limited appetite for equities. Turnover ran about 500000 shares, among the lightest in six months, while several lenders faced a lack of rallying incentives and most issues held near the day’s best levels.
The House approved a bill to broaden federal job veterans preference and extend first choice benefits to husbands of disabled former servicewomen and widowers supporting children. The 312 to 1 vote limits civil service exams for certain clerk and maintenance roles to preference holders and keeps restrictions on other jobs for five years after the war. Rep. Smith was the sole negative voter.
Rome radio on Monday said a departure for the north will take place. Soldiers and all who wish to leave Rome must apply immediately for information and instructions at the municipal offices on the Piazza delle Sedra.
A high OPA official said meat ration point values will not rise generally before June at the earliest and butter points are unlikely to be cut soon. He added the sugar outlook is dim but processed food supplies should stay plentiful, allowing some varieties to stay off the ranioh list and others to remain low in point value.
In New Guinea Maj Richard I Bong, America's top ace who has downed 27 enemy planes and surpassed Eddie Rickenbacker’s mark, will not receive a case of Scotch as a reward. MacArthur praises Bong's skill but says liquor is not an appropriate recognition. Bong already received most decorations and a promotion to major.
City briefs list a free cooking class in the Glow room at the Gas Company Tuesday at 2 15 p m and a Chamber of Commerce welfare bureau meeting at the Montrose hotel at noon Tuesday. Auxiliary dinners at K of P hall Friday and other local gatherings are noted along with enlistments at the Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station and a Coe college chapel service featuring Helen Ely.
Ford Motor Company will give war veterans job preference in all plants after the war and urges other employers to follow suit. In a message to Brig Gen Frank T Hines Ford said servicemen need only come in and go to work when production resumes. He argued veterans deserve the first call on postwar jobs as they have made sacrifices during the war.
Dr. Max Widmer of Penick and Ford reports the plant is back to schedule, operating five days a week at about 60 percent capacity. The ad clippings include lost items, shop listings, and service notices from local merchants and missing pet notices.
A collage of local ads lists beauty services including Lovely Lady Beauty Shop at 317 First Avenue SE with multiple operators and contact numbers, then MARVEL Beauty Shop, other home services, furnace and appliance cleaning offers, lawn mower sharpening, furniture and hauling, and help wanted notices scattered through the page.
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