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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
13
Chicago livestock notes show hogs 270 lb and down steady to higher weights dropping 25 to 50 cents. Cattle and lamb markets were slow or barely steady with varied buyer activity. Quotations list mixed prices across hogs, cattle, and sheep, with many weights and grades indicated and overall weaker tone.
A brief AP market note shows miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese prices for the week, noting twins or cheddars at about 23 percent.
Washington reports Republicans hailed Gov Earl Warren of California as keynote at the GOP national convention calling the selection excellent and a great tribute in the West. Acting Senate Republican Leader White said he had no criticism of Warren with Len Vandenberg and House Republican Leader Martin also calling the choice excellent.
Hog prices on all grades held steady on the Cedar Rapids market. Top butchers reached 13.45, packers 12.45, with various weight classes listed for good hogs and packers across ranges. Cattle and sheep values shown include steers from 10 to 15 dollars and lambs from 11 to 15 dollars, with notes on quality and weight adjustments.
Grain and market items from Cedar Rapids list oats and corn prices by grade, soybeans at 1.86, hay values for baled straw and hay, poultry prices including heavy hens and leghorn hens, egg receipts and wholesale fruit and produce with Florida celery, lemons, California naval oranges, lettuce, Winesaps apples, and box grapefruit. Meat byproducts include hides, calves, horses, and kip prices with notes on manes and glue values.
In Chicago on Friday the market showed modest rye strength after a leading commission house purchased deferred rye contracts for commercial interests. Wheat closed 12 lower to 14 higher, July at 1.6914, oats up to 15 higher, rye steady to lower around 1.28 to 1.2814 for May, and September barley about 4a off at 1.1834. Cash provisions reflect wheat none, barley bids at 1.4442 nom and feed 1.15 to 1.22 nom, field seed prices ranging for timothy red top red clover and sweet clover at quoted nom values.
Roy A. Roberts president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors urged Friday that the press have three wartime duties to keep the home front sound show democracy can work in war and offer guidance on foreign policy. He pressed for less government propaganda and more news from American sources amid coverage limits. He noted protests over Hot Springs food conference reports and repatriates from Germany. The average thickness of Greenland ice cap is about 1000 feet.
New York Friday session showed selective gains and widespread minor losses as turnover hovered around 500 000 shares. The broad list included Adams Express Kennecott Copper Allied Chemical and many majors while several industrials and transport issues fluctuated with no clear trend.
Secretary of War Stimson reports the European air offensive is continuing with increasing pressure and declining enemy resistance overall. He notes reduced German fighter production, gains from Italy and Soviet efforts, and extensive Japanese targets in the Pacific and Kuriles.
Rep. George Outland charges Gov. Thomas E. Dewey with responsibility for a New York milk price order that sets 4.60 a hundredweight for Hudson Mohawk, violating federal price ceilings. OP A officials call it a direct violation. Outland questions state oversight and seeks clarity on Dewey's role.
CHICAGO UP Fifty eight persons injured Thursday when a street car overturned after an automatic switch failed. Motorman Frank Hansen said the switch worked till the car went directly over it, then opened suddenly causing the car to turn. He was thrown from the controls and could not slow the vehicle. Passengers described screams and panic as the car left the tracks but order was recovered as they escaped via the rear door and broken windows. Only three were seriously hurt enough to be hospitalized.
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