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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1941

Page

5

Livestock Prices Section Reports Steady Market Across Regions

Week ended with livestock prices holding steady as cattle hogs and sheep receipts varied across Chicago Omaha St Paul Des Moines and Sioux City markets. Hog prices shown firm to slightly higher on light offerings while heavier hogs and cattle moved lower or steady depending on weight and grade. Spring lambs and yearlings remained in demand with modest gains in some reports.

Chicago Sioux City US Dept. Agriculture

Lamb market report shows steady trade and feeder lamb prices

Early week quotes place lambs around 19.80 per cwt with 80 to 82 lb lambs near that level. Choice light weights fetch up to 11.25 per cwt. Today's trade remains steady across classes with large supply of feeding lambs. Deck road to choice spring lambs around 11.10 per cwt.

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Hogs and cattle markets shift lower on local market

Local hog prices eased after Friday gains with all grades down. Top long haul at $11 with various weight ranges quoted from 140 to 500 pounds showing declines. Cattle and calf markets mixed with steers and heifers ranging roughly from 8.75 to 11.50 for various grades and weights. Sheep and lambs listed with general price points around $10 for spring lambs and related lots.

Iowa Bs Asenciated Press UMWA Mason Aries

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices

Grain and straw prices for Cedar Rapids show No 2 9244c wheat and No 3 3145c oats, rye 0c, barley 35 45c, corn shelled 64c No 2, soybeans 1.33. Baled tame 10.00, straw 67.00. Poultry prices list fowl weights, leghorns 13 16c, hens 13 15c, cocks 10c. Hides and pelts quoted. wholesale fruit and vegetables include lemons 9.00, oranges 3.857 00, grapefruit 3.50 3.75, celery 5c, watermelons 1 1 2, onions 1.63, potatoes 1.75, duchess apples 1.35 basket, California peaches 1.00 bux. Calf and horse hides priced. ponies and small stock included.

California Pete Eelie

Wisconsin Cheese and Boston Wool Market Report

The report covers cheese prices for next week with Cheddars at 2134c from the Plymouth, Wisconsin market. In Boston wool trading, a moderate volume changed hands with an irregular price trend as strikes reduced activity. Western wools showed variability while domestic wools stayed largely steady, with fine wools limited in demand and price ranges noted for Jim Delaine, half blood, and blood grades.

Boston US. Agriculture Department Jim Delaine

Bond Markets U S Bonds New York AP

The general bond market trended downward on Saturday with light turnover. Some corporates posted modest gains such as Mackay incomes, Delaware and Hudson refunding 4s, Anaconda Copper 42as, and Western Union 44285 of ’50, while others fell, and traders watched unsettled weekend foreign developments with mixed international yields and U S government inactivity.

New York API Mackay Delaware and Hudson Anaconda Copper Western Union Prisco Portland General Electric New York Central Consolidated Edison Great W Northern Bethlehem Steel New South Wales Denmark Bulgaria

Stocks Edge Up Narrowly Near Closing

New York markets in a quiet Saturday session edged higher with small gains across sectors. Bethlehem eased then recovered to 67.34, U S Steel rose to 57.14, Chrysler and GM gained, and rail averages closed higher as the Dow Jones indicators showed minor increases.

New York U. S Bethlehem U. S. Steel Youngstown Crucible Chrysler General Motors Federal Reserve Board St. Joseph Dow Jones Industrial Rail

Wall Street Stock Quotations in Saturday Edition

Wall Street closes mixed with Allied Chem, Johns Manville, and Kennecott among notable movers. Major Pittsburgh and Chicago listings feature Armour, Gen Electric, IBM, and United States Steel with varied gains and declines across transport and manufacturing stocks.

J. E. Bennett & Co W. Kump Merchants National Bank Allied Chem Allied Stores Allis Chalmers T and T Johns Manville Amn Kennecott Loco Maracaibo Pow & L Kresge Mont Ward Nash-Kely Gas ‘Avia Yaeth If Mn Boeine Ohio Oil Borden Co Otis Steel Borg Wartier Packard Mtrs Briggs Barhmount Ben & Ford Penna RR Cal Hecla Beoples Pac Phillips Pet Caterpillar Peps! Cola Gare Pittshed Screw Proctor Gamble Ches Ohio Chrysler Motors Pullman Co Radio Carp Colum Hats Congoleum Hoebuck Uison Ee Socony Motors Crucible Amn Stone Webster Ty Curtiss Otsak Corp Allcurtiss Ewater Deere and Co Trans-Amer Cousins Aire Tein Eastman Union Pacal Glee Auolite Ec Boat Tell Elec Unt Corp Prid Unt Gas Co Gimbel Bros MD Ale al Goodrich Nor Ry Orryhound Walworth Os “ Hall Wes Union Hiram Washer Weiss Ibs Custon Chicago Armour Sa Co Butler Bros

Chicago Produce Market Report Potatoes and Butter

Chicago markets show potato receipts 77 arrivals 198 on track 363 total U.S. shipments moderate supplies demand fair market slightly weaker with Idaho Oregon Long Whites and Colorado Bliss Nos 1 and 2 prices from 1.05 to 2.12 per unit. Butter receipts 915 144 pounds and eggs receipts 10 928 cases reflect current pace and market activity.

Chicago API U .S. Dept. Agriculture U.S Idaho Oregon Biles Colorado Bliss Nebraska Cobblers U North Dakota Misseum A. Egos

Wheat Falls Off In Late Dealings On Chicago Board

Wheat and corn fell back late in trading on the Chicago board of trade as soybeans drop and oats and rye also eased. Sept wheat cut to 1.14 per bushel, soybeans down about 4% to 41/2 cents, corn off about 0.75 to 0.80 cents, oats and rye mixed with a firm Winnipeg tone noted.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg

Chicago Cash Grain Prices and Nearby Futures

CHICAGO CASH GRAIN: Cash wheat No 2 hard 1.0994. No 2 yellow hard 1.0934. No 2 mixed 1.09 1/2. CORN: No 5 mixed 81 1/2. sample 6 1/2. No 1 yellow 74 75. No 2 1.44 15c. No 3 74 1/4 74 1/4c. No 5 72c. No 6 white 81 1/2c. OATS: No 2 white 39 1/4 39 1/2c. No 4 sample 3c. No 1 special red 3c. BARLEY: No 3 32c. No 2 maling 64c. No 3 63 9 68c. LARD: 9.82. loose 39.60. bellies.

Chicago

Nazi Prisoners Total 4 Million Is Guess Now

Berlin AP reports German military sources estimate the war prison population will approach four million as Russian and Western captives are processed. Many prisoners, including thousands of French, are being classified for use in Germany's war economy and education programs. A French officer camp produced a prisoner made film for foreign correspondents.

Berlin Germany Russia Vichy

Petain demands personal oath over state loyalty

In Vichy France Marshal Petain orders all cabinet ministers including Vice-premier Darlan and all civil servants judges and soldiers to swear fidelity to him personally rather than to France. The 85 year old leader changes his constitution and issues the oath promising to exercise duties for the good of the nation. Also noted, an infant son of Arch and Mrs McBee near Columbus Junction died shortly after birth and was buried in Columbus City cemetery.

Vichy France Marshal Henri Petain Jean Darlan Columbus Junction Arch McBee Here Columbus City

American Legion Water Carnival Dazzles Marion

Ideal weather aided Marion post 298 as it held its eleventh annual water carnival. A large crowd watched a pageant The All American Theme with a parade by the color guard and pool pupils, a Ten Little Indians diving exhibition, and performances by Mary Rae Hyland Jean Lynch and many others. Local students and athletes joined the program with bands, clowns, and diving exhibitions featuring regional champions.

Marion Post No American Legion Marion High School Glenn L. Lyman Lyle N. Warren The Mary Rae Hyland Jean Lynch Joan Doran Kathryn Zeman Bill Barker Bill Wratten Roxana Armstrong Elaine Petrusch Bobby Kerns Thomas King Virginia Bee Margaret Foster Topsy Carberry Gladys Doran Jane Watson Kathryn Kassler Jo Peck Bob Williams Jackie Ratliff Keith Kenneth Kellogg Charles Daws John Eastman Earl Hulshizer Jo Anna Dumbalton Gertrude Jacobs Kiki Cullman Peggy Hruska Elizabeth Wilson Jimmie Duster Shirley Wratten Sally Zimmerman Virginia Culbert Bobby Zeman Nancy Miller Jane Westphal Rose Mary Soper Joyce Fosdick Nancy Gasway Don Taylor Anne Barker Barbara Shaw Susan Starman John Westphal Shirley Stimson Billy Fisher John Snell Roger Spohn Bobby Kern Mary Dumbalton Bill Gasway Arnold Webster Betty Lauer Lorraine Perley Shirley Balcom Verdis Webster Carol Stimson Eilene Warner Anna Lauer Barbara Kennedy Beverly Nedrow Zoe Ann Olsen Cedar Falls Midwest Clinton Iowa Mickey Mitchell

Stalin Welcomes Three-Power Conference On War Aid

Moscow reports Stalin expressed gratitude for Roosevelt and Churchill and welcomed a plan for a three-power Moscow conference. Tass noted readiness to convene representatives of the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union to allocate raw materials and armaments for the war against Germany. Molotov attended the talks.

Moscow Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Tass Soviet Union Steinhardt Peoples Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotoff

Eight East Iowa Reserve Officers Ordered To Duty

Eight eastern Iowa reserve officers including six from Cedar Rapids are to begin a year of active duty with the army. Second Lieut Merritt E McDaniel of Washington and Capt Lewis F Robbins of Central City receive posts at Randolph Field Texas and Fort Benning Georgia respectively. Cedar Rapids officers Homer H White and Robert F Perkins join Randolph Field, while Lieutenants Joe H Kelley Jr Raymond A Klemp and Keith B Tow head to Fort Benning and Robert R Stary to Camp Claiborne Louisiana.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Army Seventh Corps Omaha Merritt E. McDaniel Washington Randolph Field Tex Lewis F. Robbins Central City Fort Benning Homer H. White Twenty-third Street McKinley High School Robert F. Perkins Bever Avenue Joe H. Kelley, Jr Third Avenue Raymond A. Klemp Keith B. Tow Higley Avenue Robert R. _ Stary Seventh Avenue

Farewell party and travel notices from a Marion area page

Compliments were paid to Mrs. George H Fullerton and her mother as they plan to move to Perry. Mrs Ralph Oxley and Mrs Joe Huntoon hosted a farewell gathering at the Oxley home 2033 Seventh Avenue with a table lamp gift. Various locals visitations, trips to Chicago, and church events are reported alongside Robyns.

George H. Fullerton Anna Klapholz Perry Ralph Oxley Joe Huntoon Oxley Seventh Avenue

Sunday church services and schedules across area faiths

A list of morning worship times Sunday school hours and sermon topics for multiple churches including Methodist Presbyterian St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Seventh Day Church of God Prairie Chapel Walther League and Alburnett Methodist. Sermon subjects include Who is Responsible and The Danger of Neglecting Gods Salvation.

Arthur W. Henke The Presbyterian Church Presbyterian C. V. R. DeJong Methodist Church St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Carl E. Krog Walther League Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel J. B. Clyde Epworth League Alburnett J.B Clyde

War Secretary Explains Army Service Extension

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson tells the army the extension of service is needed to face enemies from all directions. Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Parran calls for 50,000 young women to train as nurses amid a nurse shortage and potential future war demand.

Washington Henry L. Stimson Thomas Parran U. S. Public Health Service

Local Want Ads Highlight Services and Offers

A collage of small ads lists services and notices including home care references at 1900 1st Ave East and a pen hospital at Original Pen Hospital, jewelry at Vincents 310 3rd St SE, parking near Lunds DX, and a motor tune up for Labor Day trips. Also mentions lumber and brick for building, printing services by Sans Printing Co, luggage repair by E A Kriz, watch repairs by Schaefer, and ride shares to California and Los Angeles with August 18 and August 29 departures.

1St Ave Vincent's Jewelry Store 3Rd St Lund K. & M. Phcy E. A. Kriz & Son 1St St. SF Ss _ EK Schaefer Kresge Calif Griffith Feather Mattress Co 1St St

Marion area church service schedule briefing

The bulletin lists services from Marion churches including Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational and Free Methodist. Highlights note Rev L W Inman at Marion Baptist with Bible school 9 45 a m and morning worship 10 45 a m. Other churches show mass times and sermons.

L. W. Inman J. Joseph's T. J. McElliott Vernon H. Carter Raymond C. Swisher Free Methodist Herbert Livingston

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