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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR item mentions street names and dates in a brief public notice style. Readable facts include a location on ITE art at ip 1 2 and references to a street segment or intersection. No clear event or outcome is established in the legible text.
Chicago livestock reports show heavier hog receipts with direct shipments to major packers lifting supplies and softening bids. Prices declined from Monday’s highs, with most good 200-360 lb hogs selling around 14.10 to 14.30, and top at 14.35. Cattle and sheep receipts also varied, while Iowa and Omaha markets mirrored the softer tone.
Market notes from Chicago and New York detailing poultry, eggs, butter, cheese, and potatoes. Poultry prices show small hens, leghorn, and broilers with varied cents per pound. egg receipts and prices listed for different grades. butter and cheese prices noted. potato arrivals and stock quality described with regional price references. New York prices provide additional egg, butter, and cheese figures. Named entities include GNCago, Chicago, New York, Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Texas, California, and various egg and dairy grades.
The clipping shows live poultry prices with ranges for chickens, turkeys, hens, toms, and geese, plus breeder and duck rates. Items include western and southwestern regional price notes, plus fowls, broilers, pullets, and Muscovy ducks. Egg standards list monthly price points for October and April.
Local hog prices showed further weakness with a 5 cent drop across all grades on Tuesday. Prices list varied by weight class and type, with good hogs in the 140-170 lb ranges around 12.20 to 13.65, and packers and cows priced down from 8.75 to 13.80. Cattle and sheep values also moved, showing lower quotes for steers, yearlings, and ewes across several weight brackets.
Grain and produce market listings from Cedar Rapids show No. 1 wheat at 96, No. 2 at 94c, oats 53c, rye 60c, corn shelled No. 2 yellow 5c, new No. 3 73c, soybeans No. 2 yellow 172, and assorted hay straw and poultry prices. Fruits and vegetables include Colorado celery 3.50, lemons 5.50, oranges 4.65, lettuce 3.75, onions 3.35, new cabbage 3.00, carrots 2.25, Mexican tomatoes 4.45, russet potatoes 3.50, cobblers 2.50, and various apples and sweet potatoes. Hides and animal products list prices for cured hides, calf hides, horses, manes, and glue stock.
Wall Street stock quotations list Abbott Lab Inspiration Allied Stores Alls Chalmers International Harvester, Amoco, Loco, Johns Manville, Lockheed, Loews, McKesson, Marshall Fields, Norwest Bank, Boeing, Union Carbide, General Electric, Goodyear, US Steel, Woolworth, and many others. The page records closing prices or bid asks across multiple named companies and indus tries, reflecting a busy Tuesday session with varied gains and losses.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of April 27 to May 4 list twins at 20 44 cents a pound, daisies 21 cents, horns 21 cents, and cheddars at 20 ½ cents. The wool market in Boston showed quiet business on fleece wools with limited activity in territory descriptions, prices firm with minor weekly changes, and active shearing across producing states.
The New York bond market eased irregularly on Tuesday with issues barely lower or flat. U.S. government securities gave up small amounts after a Washington financing plan of about 4 billion dollars was noted for future Treasury action. Corporate loans retreated, with Texas Co 3s and Rock Island General 4s5 under pressure, while Wabash firsts and North Western 4 34s held firm. Foreign dollar bonds mostly held steady as Dow Jones averages showed mixed movement across bonds, rails, utilities, and industrials.
Hollywood AP reports Burr McIntosh aged 79 a noted actor author lecturer and former war correspondent died of a heart attack on Tuesday while a bus carried him toward his office France Field a Panama Canal Zone air base on the Atlantic side is referenced in the same dispatch as a location note.
New York report shows general market softness with most sectors down and only a few rails and specialties rising. Declines in the final hour were fractional while blue chips faced wider losses. traders seek clarity on the new national economy program and tax legislation.
Ford Motor Co informed Detroit it would not allow tractor hauled trailers inside Willow Run bomber plant gates. Officials said the vehicles were dangerous and not fit for human beings, complicating transport for thousands of workers at the plant about 25 miles from Detroit.
CHICAGO UP Gritain futures fluctuated nervously Tuesday pending publication of price controls. Wheat closed down 3 8 to percent May 1 18 4 to 1 18 3 percent, corn off 1 2 to 1 cent May 83 4 1084 cents, oats down 1 4 to 5 percent May 5 14 cents, rye off 3 4 to 1 14 cents May 73 to 7 32 percent, and soybeans off 5 8 to 2 cents. Grain futures were irregular in other markets and about steady at Winnipeg.
The House passed by voice vote a bill to aid about 44,000 U S auto dealers with 400,000 frozen cars. The measure allows RFC loans or stock purchases after 18 months at a price fixed by the Office of Price Administration, extending relief to dealers in other rationed commodities.
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa commerce commission will hold a Cedar Rapids hearing Wednesday on renewed Chicago and North Western request to run a motor freight line parallel to its railroad across Iowa. A second hearing is set for May 5 in Council Bluffs on the same application.
Mrs. Rhea of Indian Hill Road SE is reported in good condition at St Luke s Hospital after admission last Saturday. Her Flowers and Gardens column, a weekly Gazette feature by Mrs Rhea, will not appear this Sunday due to illness.
Mary Florence Ament of Anamosa has joined the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra as a flutist, appearing in her first concert in Dubuque. The southern Jones County Red Cross class graduated in home hygiene and care of the sick at Holden hotel. Lenox College seniors will receive diplomas at commencement in Hopkinton. North Fayette Red Cross branch chairmen named for several towns. knitting quotas outlined. Registration of men 45 to 65 totaled 1,834 with 631 in Manchester. A chimney fire damaged the Harry Bierschenk home in Newhall. insurance covered loss. Father Bohr to serve St. Mary’s in Lamont, replacing Father Gorecki.
London AP says President Eduard Benes of the Czech government in exile foresaw Hitler using a Reichstag speech as a forerunner to a stalled peace effort. The item also mentions Korea once being known as the Hermit Kingdom and includes a cluttered want ad section with various notices and services.
A dense page of local classifieds listing painting and papering services, hauling and junk removal, rug shampooing, lawn care, carpentry, upholstery, sod, and tree work with multiple phone numbers. Includes vehicle ads, farm help requests, and general job notices.
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