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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1943
Page
11
Official estimates show hogs 10 000 cattle 4 000 sheep 8 000 for Thursday. Hog prices near steady around 14 50 with top at 15 05. cattle mostly steady to down 25. lambs steady. Omaha Des Moines and Austin markets report mixed receipts and prices across hogs cattle and sheep.
Sioux City market report shows hog receipts around 5,000 with steady to firm tone and top quotes near 14.80 for 250 lb loads. Cattle and hogs saw varied movement with choicest animals firm to higher and sows and feeders quoted in the 14.25 to 14.60 range. Grain quotations and market notes accompany the livestock updates.
Plymouth Wisconsin lists weekly prices for cheese with a 23 4 cent figure for twins and cheddars in April 1924. U S Department of Agriculture notes purchases of Texas wools for future deliveries around 45 47 2 cents and shorn wools at 48 cents, with contracting in Belle Fourche and purchases in New Mexico at 45 46 cents for staple fine wools.
Chicago produce market shows mixed receipts with 716 952 pounds and weighing yard activity. Prices edge up for some items as market stays unsettled and supplies vary across regions including Idaho North Dakota and Texas with several grades listed.
The report lists receipts and price levels for butter cheese dressed poultry and live poultry with ceiling prices. Butter receipts 494 380 and cheese 334 706 show steady or nominal quotes. Live poultry prices strong with geese 26¢ turkeys under 18 lbs 36¢ roosters old 29c ducks 27c fowls 4 lbs and up 27c. Broilers crosses 4-6 lbs 29 ½c roosters crosses 4-5 lbs 25 1/2c and other items noted under OPA basic ceiling prices.
Hog prices across all grades remained steady with top butcher rates at 14.35, long haul 14.45, packers 14.05. Plains show varied weight ranges for hogs 120 to 350 pounds and cattle, calves, and sheep listings with price bands across grades and weights.
Prices listed for grain poultry fruits vegetables and hides in Cedar Rapids including wheat rye soybeans and straw rates, poultry by type, fruits and vegetables with crate or per cwt figures, and hide values for various grade classifications. Includes horses ponies and related animal pricing.
Nervousness over warehoused lean wheat coming to market eased grain prices in Chicago. Wheat fell 44 to 45 cents with May at 1.44 and July at 1.4344. corn and oats moved modestly while rye dropped. Cash wheat and corn prices varied with grades listed for No 2 yellow and No 3 mixed, soybeans at 1.50 to 1.43 per bushel.
Dr. H. J. Thornton professor of history at the University of Town told a Holy Week union service that Christian heritage must be preserved through the world conflict. He urged Christian statesmen to work for future peace and described Christianity’s survival from Jesus’ era through the Dark Ages to the New World.
Rubber shares and senior utility issues led a modest rise in the stock market on Wednesday, with most gains fractional and some specialties gaining a point or more. The final hour maintained the improvement as traders watched a broad list of names including Allied Chemical International Paper Lockheed and Coca Cola among many others.
Union communion planned Thursday at Second Christian and Westminster welcomes new members. Lions lunch speaker George E. Farmer, a Cedar Rapids attorney, will address Thursday noon. Evangelist William H. Nagel speaks Wednesday at the Foursquare Tabernacle. Navy enlistments include Norman D. Bowers and Earl G. Demery. Church services and choirs listed for several churches.
Civil service examinations for police and fire positions will be written at 7:30 p.m. at McKinley school, announced city clerk Maude Krebs. In Cedar Rapids, Red Cross home service class addressed by Mrs Sigmund with plans for monthly talks. Good Friday service at Saron Lutheran church starts 7:30 p.m. with Carl L. Manfred speaking on Why the Cross. Easter pageant It Began to Dawn set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday by Sunday school members.
Holy communion will be celebrated on Maundy Thursday at 5 45 p m at Trinity Lutheran church on First avenue and Fourteenth street SW Personal announcements will be made in the vestry The Rev P L Bornhoeft will speak on The Most Precious Sacrament to the Believing Christian Good Friday services will be conducted at the Paramount theater at 12 10 p m The sermon theme will be Iniquity Pardoned
Fellow members of the young men's bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will host a farewell party for Bureau President Bob Roberts at 8 p.m. Friday in the Roosevelt room of the Roosevelt hotel. Roberts, who has received an ensign’s commission in the Navy, will depart Sunday for training.
Judge G. K. Thompson said Missouri laws ending Gretna Green marriages should reduce Linn County divorce cases, though effects may take a year. A blood test law starts Jan 1 and a three day waiting period begins 90 days after adjournment, with about half of Linn county divorces tied to Missouri marriages.
The Linn county board of supervisors announced deadlines for destroying noxious weeds on or before dates this June through July. Group 1 leafy spurge to sheep sorrel by June 15, group 2 buckhorn and others by June 30, group 3 field bindweed and wild carrot by July 15, group 4 horse nettle and related weeds by July 30.
Weeden K. Cripe a 32 year old of Sibley was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty in Justice HR Churchill's court to violating the county embargo that limits loads to eight tons on Blairs Ferry road. Driving a tractor and semi trailer for Wayne Hunt he tried a Marion shortcut with an 18 ton butter load. His truck mired and Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore arrested him.
Floyd F. Hall, 49, of Savanna Illinois, was fined 300 dollars after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Judge G. K. Thompson's court. He may pay 25 dollars now and the balance in monthly installments starting June 1.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Robert C. Daley brought Alonzo Good of Sioux City to Linn county jail Tuesday to await transfer to Dubuque for federal court. Good was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Cedar Rapids for counterfeiting. The will of M. G. Minehan, who died February 22 in a Dubuque hospital, has been admitted to probate with Don T. Hines named executor.
War bond notes speak to support for the home front effort with calls to back the national defense. Citizens are urged to invest in bonds to fund military needs and sustain supplies for troops in theaters overseas.
A. R. McElwain urged Marion and its trade area to subscribe to the $280,000 war bond quota before the deadline. He reminded residents that funds were idle and urged action with the slogan Bonds from Marion for the boys from Marion.
The war department ordered production curtailments and worker layoffs at the Mead Nebraska ordnance plant after declaring bomb and shell supplies are more than sufficient for current needs. Similar layoffs were reported at Grand Island’s Cornhusker plant and other facilities nationwide.
ATLANTA AP The Georgia Federation of Labor unanimously endorsed President Roosevelt for a fourth term. The resolution was introduced by the AFL executive board.
The Marion city council issued class B beer cigarette and dance permits to A F Chesley owner of Club Royale and to Mrs Mark Walter new operator of the O K Drive In. It approved bonds for city officials and hired McGladrey Hansen Dunn to audit books. The item also notes church events school programs and local notices including a Holy week service and various community updates.
Local Gazette lists want ads detailing rates for short and long term placements plus instructions for submitting ads. Multiple small notices seek lost items including watches wallets ration books and pets with contact numbers and reward offers.
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