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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1941
Page
7
Chicago AP reports livestock prices nominally steady after a week of small gains due to weaker outside markets. Cattle 11,000. hogs 15,000. sheep 7,000. Arrivals were larger. wholesale meat trade only moderately active.
Chicago livestock market notes a steady undertone for the week. Light to heavy butchers and sows saw gains with sows around 39 percent of the crop, top cattle prices near $11.70, calves up to $13.00, and fat sheep with prices around 11.40 to 11.65 for good to choice, while fat yearlings traded near 9.00 and top ewes about 5.00.
Cattle receipts steadier with narrow demand as 150 to 230 pound cattle sell up to 11.25 with top 12.40 for fat steers over 1,100 pounds. Weights 160 and 170 pound cattle show mixed moves, sows and feeders steady, late sales waning. Sheep move limited with good and range spring lambs near 11.00 and 10.75 to 11.10 for native lambs. feeder lambs around 9.75 to 10.00.
South St Paul Minnesota cattle market shows receipts around 350 to 450 head with strength in good to choice grain fed yearlings and light steers up to 25 cents. Cows and stockers rise slightly while mid grades soften and butcher seals vary with prices from about 9.35 to 12.25 for select lots and lighter weights.
The AP market summary lists hog price ranges by weight, with steady to higher bids in city trading and packers bidding across weight bands from 50 to 500 pounds. Notable quotes include 140-160 lbs near $10.30 to $10.55 and 240-270 lbs around $10.50 to $10.60, with larger weights dipping toward the $9.70–$10.00 zone.
Des Moines reports combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packers in interior Iowa Minnesota for 24 hour period. Prices for 160-240 pound hogs quoted at 10.65 dollars per hundredweight.
Minnap reports barrows and gilts priced by weight. Prices range from about 9.25 to 10.70 dollars per hundred pounds depending on weight class and fat content. Sows and larger hogs show lower bids, with prices fluctuating across the 150 to 500 pound categories.
Livestock receipts and market activity for the week are summarized. Data from U S and Dept. b show market trends for the year and for cattle heifers and other classifications.
Grain quotations furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company with contact details for H. R. Mowrey Cedar Rapids manager at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Receipts 100 head with lambs and yearlings strongest, bids for slaughter ewes 3.40 to 4.75, fed yearlings to 11.25, bulk medium to choice slaughter ewes at 3.40 to 4.75, range feeding lambs around 15.00. Prices mixed for sheep, cattle and hogs noted with general market activity.
Hog prices remain steady with no changes Saturday as long-haul top price holds at 11 dollars. Genuine spring lambs priced at 75.00 Iba and others vary by quality.
Grain prices listed include Wheat No. 1 and No. 2 at 82 percent, oats No. 2 at 33 percent, rye at 0, corn shelled No. 2 yellow 64 cents, No. 3 price unclear, beans and leghorns with varied figures for hens by weight and breed, minor reductions for thin crooked birds, and assorted fruit vegetables.
A fragment mentions cheese quotas and exchange amid pricing discussions. Officials and industry groups inspect quota allocations and trade rules to balance supply and demand. The note references Wisconsin producers and regulatory prompts guiding policy.
A noted saying explains that owls are heard more often than seen since most owls hunt and call after dark, making nighttime activity the norm for this bird genus.
New York stocks drifted lower marking eleventh straight session without progress as taxes and war doubts weighed. Transfers ran about 350 000 shares with few recoveries. inflation factors faded due to Morgenthau tax demand. Prominent retreating issues included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and J I Case. Cotton futures fell over one dollar a bale while grains slipped at Chicago.
A scanned market page lists varied moves for banks and industrials. Notable items include Nations Bank showing a solid gain while Amn Steel and Boeing Aircraft rise on steady demand. Several smaller firms register modest upticks, with mixed results across transportation and manufacturing sectors.
Wheat prices fell more than a cent a bushel on the Chicago board before a late rally trimmed losses. Corn and soybeans held firm, oats and rye slipped slightly, and wheat finished down fractions to about a cent. Prospects of heavy spring wheat marketing and storage space concerns shaped trading sentiment.
Market notes indicate Winnipeg wheat close and open show varied activity with modest gains and losses amid 15 percent trading shifts. Traders weighed May positions as price movement reflected external market pressures and local demand factors.
Chicago markets report butter receipts 937 028 lbs and no market for eggs with 11 231 cases. Potatoes show arrivals 80 on track totals 177 and shipments 263 with cobbiers and No 1 prices around 11 60 to 1 30 per unit.
Chester L. Shelton 19 of 947 Eleventh St NE charged with reckless driving after his eastbound car rolled over three times following a collision with Mrs. Francis A. Blair’s machine at the E avenue and Twentieth street NE intersection. The crash occurred about 1 15 p.m. No one was injured and Shelton escaped through a window.
Funeral services for John Licht 57 were held at St Marys Church McGregor with Rev J J Horse field officiating. Burial followed at St Patrick cemetery Monona. Licht born Aug 7 1884. he farmed and later repaired pumps and windmills in Monona for 20 years. Survived by brother Frank Waseca Minn and two sisters Mrs Ed Schaeffer and Mary Monona.
Marian Estelle Brockway 51 died Friday at 2 p m in University hospital Iowa City after a stroke. Services in Conesville on Sunday. Survived by two sons and four daughters including Louise Newton Nichols Marianne Clemons Betty Lou Norma Jean Brockway. Burial plans by Mr and Mrs Fred M Snyder in Nichols.
Aye Smith of Seventh Avenue Marion died at 6 50 p m Friday after a long illness. Born October 31 1876 she was the daughter of Jacob and ______ Snyder. She married Smith in 1899. Survived by husband son Ivan W. Smith of Marion sister Mrs Jeffrey Williams of Pomeroy Wash brother J J Snyder. Burial Cedar Memorial Park. Moon chapel Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Glenn Miller and Miss Marjorie Towers hosted Friday evening at Mrs Miller's home north of Marion. Guests received gifts and refreshments at quarter tables for Marvin Fernow Richard Ware Glenn Miller and Henry Arp. Henry Arp returned home Saturday from Cedar Rapids hospital. Leland Burns and Clarence Turdeen visited Chicago for the weekend at the John Newman residence.
Miss Marguerite Michel and her fiancé Philip Smithmeyer traveled to St. Paul on Saturday to visit Mrs. ids Smithmeyer, the bride’s future mother-in-law.
The Delaware County fair mascots a fast paced closing day with a baseball game where Manchester defeated Ryan 10 to 3. Manchester scored in the first fifth seventh and eighth innings while Shaw allowed 10 hits. Steve Goatee of Manchester contributed offensively and also pitched.
In Cedar Rapids Country Club play on Friday the men’s advanced flight winners were Sandy Jordan in the first flight Jim Rush in the second and R T Moore in the third Jordan defeated C W Bloomhall 1 up Rush beat W R Dock 1 up and Moore downed J L Long 5 and 3.
In Traer Cedar Rapids based Sanitary Farm girls defeated Tama County 4-H team Gladbrook 15-9 to cap their 1941 softball schedule. The Sanitary Farm squad lost only three of their 23 games this season.
The article notes King's Halifax in Nova Scotia as a college located within the Dominion of Canada.
The Ursda Board of Education adopted two new high school textbooks. Latin and the Romans by Jenkins and Wagner, and Man in the Living World biology by Ritchie were approved for use.
A Sunday program at 7 30 p m invites attendees to the Marion Baptist church for an ice themed gathering. The notice emphasizes timing and location for community participation.
Mrs F T Cole of Storm Lake and Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson of Newell visited Mrs Snover, sister of Mrs Cole, at the E T Hiams ome for a few days.
Clarence Reinhard a Cedar Rapids Gazette carrier who had surgery about two weeks ago at the University of Iowa Hospital Iowa City was brought to a home of a and aunt and Mrs Martin Friday evening.
Arthur Young of Custer South Dakota has been staying with his sisters Mrs. O R Martin and Mrs. G L Martin. He traveled to Des Moines to visit his niece Mrs Charles W Joiner and Mr Joiner, and plans to return to Marion before continuing home.
A birth notice from Cedar Rapids reports Joyce Ann born to Mr Marvin Martin and Mrs. Joyce Ann, formerly Margaret, at 116 Fifth Avenue. The parents are identified and the location is specified.
Mr and Mrs Leo Levasseur and their daughters Leona Dorothy return from Kansas City Mayo trip. Charles Bruner of Fort Riley Kansas joined them to Kansas City. Friends of Pauline Naso, patient at Mayo Rochester, report she had a tonsillectomy Saturday morning.
Miss Edna Roberts travels with her sister Miss Bertha Roberts of Des Moines to Chicago for several days. They plan to see Donald Rob.
Miss Mary Miller of Waterloo, a Grinnell college classmate of Mrs. Anthony B. Lake, was an overnight guest of Dr. and Mrs. Lake. Mrs. Dora Ellis, who went to Stockton, has arrived in Waterloo for a visit with her daughter before returning home. The item also notes a local drug advertisement and a family motor trip to Washington, D. C.
The Marion churches list service times and subjects. Baptist Church led by Rev L W Inman features Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m with sermon The Universal But Common Christ B Y P U at 6 30 p m and evening worship at 7 30 p m The Westminster Presbyterian gospel team leads the aanna services Midweek T J McElliott Ot ealot Sacate mass at 7 30 and 9 30 a m Christian Church led by Rev Vernon H Carter includes a communion service.
A listing of area church offerings with times and pastors. Free Methodist led by Rev. Arthur W. Henke shares a joint service with the Presbyterian church. St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran and Seventh Day Church of God also provide Sunday schedules.
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