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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1941
Page
1
In Chicago trading hog prices fell five to fifteen cents as receipts reached 18 000 head and total arrivals 30 000 head. Packers kept pace with demand while cattle buying pushed steers and yearlings 15 to 25 cents higher and lambs recovered losses with early gains of 15 to 25 cents. Grain Quotations from Lamson Brothers noted with H R Mowrey managing Cedar Rapids office.
Chicago livestock market reports receipts of hogs about 18 000 with 5 10 cent declines from Monday, top hog price around 10.05 for 180 309 pounds. Sheep receipts about 2 000 with late Monday lambs and yearlings down, Tuesday trade higher for Pat lambs and yearlings, fat native lambs around 11.25 to 11.40, fat sheep steady, calves and steers showing varied demand and higher activity for choice grades. Bulls and heavy cattle noted with broad demand for heavier weights and rising prices on some loads.
The auction notes hog prices with cents lower across multiple weight ranges from 120 pounds to 600 pounds. Prices span about 8.30 to 9.60 per hundredweight with several gaps and formatting errors in the source.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing lots in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Operations ended at 8 00 a m in tents in ak Noa Seley, with fewer than 30 200 noted.
Local market notes show varied steer and heifer prices with different weight classes. Slaughter cattle remain firm while feeder activity stays moderate. several lots of choice cattle reported with notable price ranges for short fed steers and cows.
Receipts 5,700. Steers 88.386 to 96-3, medium to good stock 25 to 10.50, choice light weights ve ws and good stock steer numbers 11.756. Shippers top pager 90, 180-300 weights. Sows $2.35 to 9.50. Sheep receives 1,500, no early tit Dove 10.7 load good 72 a a le ing lambs 10.25, scene owes steady, medium to choice 4.00.
Utah livestock market report shows hogs steady with receipts around 6,200 and ranged prices from 9.20 to 12.00 for various categories. Calves and cattle mixed with good to choice heifers at 11.75 and cows from 5.00 to 6.75. Sheep markets higher for fat lambs while native fed lambs and ewes hold around 6.00 to 10.50 with some better lots at 8.85.
Salable receipts total about 4 100 cattle with steady to higher bids for steers and heifers, calves and stockers, while hogs show moderate activity with top around 9.80 and prices per 100 pounds. Slaughter lambs and sheep sale figures scarce with limited top around 11.00 and few sales at higher levels.
Peoria market notes show salable receipts around 4 000 head with steer and heifer prices near 10.00 to 10.50 while calves sell around 7.50 to 9.50 and lambs and ewes fetch 4.00 to 5.00 per hundredweight.
New York reports a stock market recovery as news of a nationwide rail strike being called off boosts carrier shares. Gains are modest overall with steel stocks showing late strength and prominent names such as Union Pacific Southern Pacific New York Central U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler United Airlines Sears Roebuck U S Rubber American Smelting United Aircraft Du Pont and Westinghouse rising.
The page lists diverse stocks and prices with many named companies such as Allied Chemical, Johns Manville, Pew & Kresge, Kroger, Amn Steel, Armour, Nat Gas, and Central lines. It notes percentages near each ticker, indicating price changes or yields, reflecting a volatile trading session.
An early demand for soybeans dried midsession and prompted liquidation selling. Prices fell 2% to 3% for soybeans and extended into other grains with some contracts at new lows for the day. Wheat and corn saw limited support from mill and distiller demand.
AP Chicago reports mixed wheat and corn quotes with various grades and prices. References to No 2 and No 4 futures, feed grades, and commodity samples appear alongside biscuit and buckwheat mentions and scattered dollar amounts.
Markets report higher premium scores Aaa and an 85 to 87 range with a total of 566,529 for the firm. Prices remain unchanged. Dressed poultry steady with slight demand lift. turkeys and hens show varied quotes across regions. Live poultry steady. geese, ducks, fowls and roosters priced with small shifts in call and crate rates.
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A garbled Cedar Rapids market page lists produce with prices in a rough mix. It mentions Russet potatoes at 3.00 per unit and other items such as lettuce and carrots with unclear pricing. The text is fragmentary and hard to parse.
The New York bond market edged around a point while rail loan interest drew attention on Tuesday. Government Treasury securities showed subdued fluctuations as traders priced in modest changes and investors awaited further signals from policy and inflation.
A defense special touring the nation on its third week stops in Cedar Rapids. Local firms including Hall Manufacturing Dearborn Brass Chandler Pump Paper Johnson Gas Appliance and P M Lattner Manufacturing will tour the train in half hour intervals Tuesday and Wednesday. Floyd Odlum of the OPM leads the project organizing defense contracts for smaller industries.
R S Smethurst NAM counsel told the National Industrial COuncil meeting attended by about 1000 trade association reps that bills by Rep How ard Smith and Sen Clyde Herring most closely meet manufacturers views.
Police report two younger brothers aged 7 and 9 admitted robbing a filling station at 819 Third Street SE on Thanksgiving day. The round up of juveniles over six weeks yielded more than 20 arrests on burglary charges, with a cache of stolen goods recovered near First Avenue E and the North Western quarry.
About 11 p.m. Sunday a burglar entered McGregor high school through a coal chute into the boiler room and stole between 40 and 45 dollars from a safe. A damaged combination lock and tools were used, with the intruder believed to be familiar with the building. The burglary appeared connected to missing receipts from a basketball game and lunch funds.
A man identified as Robert Seaver, 69, of 1116% Sixth Street SE, was found with a neck wound and shock between box cars near the North Western roundhouse by two railroad employees shortly after 8 am Tuesday. He said he inflicted the wounds Monday evening and had spent the night in a box car. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in fair condition.
Two street department workers traveled to Dubuque on Tuesday to study the operation of the citys new snow remover slated for addition to the fleet this winter. A priority rating announced in Washington cleared the area of nighttime bans, allowing for expansion of operations.
A three year old federal case leads to charges against the Fidelity Investment association, a $600,000,000 insurer, and 13 individuals including Carmi A. Thompson once Taft administration secretary and former U S treasurer listed as company president. Howard Sutherland former U S senator and attorney listed as board chairman.
A Purdue University shown Aberdeen Angus, designated lightweight, was declared grand champion steer at the Suiracdional Livestock exhibition on Tuesday.
A federal court jury acquitted 23 on seditious conspiracy charges but convicted 18 on conspiracy counts here Monday night. Names among the convicted include Jake Cooper Vincent Dunne Carl Skoglund Carlos Hudson Edward Palmquist Emil Hanson Harry de Boer Clarence Hamel Farrell Dobbs Felix Morrow Oscar Coover Oscar Schoenfeld Al Cannon secretary of the Socialist Workers party. Cooper once served as a bodyguard for Leon Trotzky. The penalty on the conspiracy count carries up to 10 years in prison.
Millard Barnett was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Stamp Club at a Monday Montrose hotel meeting. Officers chosen include Gilbert Borschell as vice president and Kenneth Borschell as secretary treasurer, with Vernon White and Harry White on the board of governors. Adolph Pa centiarists spoke of plans for the year and Barnett was named to the Trans Miss Philatelic Society entertainment committee by Lloyd Dill of Omaha. Barnett will coordinate with Mr Pictures for collectors seeking free service.
Fred Wentz, 69, of 357 Eleventh Street SW, suffered a fractured right arm and chest injuries after a scaffold collapsed at a Twenty Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue SE building site about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. He was in fair condition at Mercy Hospital. Fellow worker Carl Johnson, 833 Shafer Road NE, was unhurt.
City Treasurer Walter Miller announced the first interest on U S government bonds received. The $28 000 issue paid 2 percent interest totaling $420 with $14 000 drawn from the fund and $5 000 each from fire annuity and police annuity.
The Wilson company pled guilty to violating the federal food and cosmetic act. Judge Sense C. Scott fined $200 and costs in Dubuque federal court. The charge involved diseased chickens shipped from Cedar Rapids to Syracuse in December 1940. Prosecution by William B. Danforth.
County Attorney Crissman and assistants opened the state case against A C Jordan of Des Moines for riotous conduct tied to the Sept 15 strike at the plant. Wetzel testified about pre strike factors and riot night events, ducking into a cooling room. defense objections were overruled. Irey remained on the stand at noon as jury selection continued, with twelve jurors later named: Reynolds Holbrook Hofferber Sutera Anderle DeWald Osborne Russell Stark Buck Pierce and Kretzschmar.
A temporary injunction issued by Judge John Moffit bars the defendants and coowners from selling mortgaging or disposing of livestock grain or other property on the 350 acre Fuhrmeister farm north of Ely. Plaintiffs seek an accounting of gross income from the farm and lease cancellation due to alleged misallocation of funds and junior chattel mortgages held by United State Bank.
Lumir Detert was arrested by the highway patrol on a drunken driving allegation and pled not guilty. The article notes a fine was imposed following the charge.
In district court two divorce petitions are filed. Julian Atwood seeks 75 alimony a half interest in the couple's property and a Belmont Park lot. The other petition by Anne Reed seeks divorce from Pearson Reed and title to real estate and property. They wed January 30 1937 in Cedar Rapids.
No bidders appeared for the tax sale. Mon Frank Bates, county treasurer, postponed the sale to January 1942 at 10 a.m. Property includes all real property with taxes unpaid by December 1.
After 1014 car license plates for 1942 were sold, the treasurer's office reports more requests, with seven additional persons calling for plates by noon.
The Dubuque County grand jury will be summoned for a special session to investigate the death of L. R. Man Patch founder of Patch Beverage, East Dubuque. Patch was found on Highway 52 Nov 12 and authorities say injuries indicate being struck by a car. State agents joined the probe Nov 14 and no arrests have been made.
Allied Industrial committee for Build a Bond day will meet tonight at 7:56 at the Y M C A with Gerald Byron as chairman. Bazaar luncheon at St Pauls church Wednesday from 5 30 to 7 00 dinner 50c. Women of the Moose War Relief chairman Kathryn Kaufman and committee meet in Red Cross sewing room Wednesday at 2 a m. How Green Was My Valley review by Emily Williams Davidson Thursday evening at Unity Center in Waterloo.
Cedar Rapids chapter No. 194 of the Order of Ahepa will elect officers for 1942 at its Wednesday evening meeting. Refreshments will be served.
Willis Lamb, basketball coach at Coe 8, spoke at the Canopus club in the Roosevelt hotel on Tuesday after a Coe mate quartet selection and a solo by Bob Carmichael.
An examination for positions as custodians in the school system will be held at Mc Kinley school Dec 29 at 7. Chief Engineer Joe Sumasai will oversee. Those who previously filed remain on record. new applicants may obtain blanks at the board of education building.
The Cedar Rapids recruiting station announced on Tuesday that Loren V. Rodman of Lisbon enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Fort Orson Barracks Missouri and that Jack R. Shock of Anamosa enlisted in the Field Artillery. Shock has no camp assignment yet.
Mrs Mary Evans, long time St Paul resident, died during a Cedar Rapids visit born August 25 1867 in Hamburg Connecticut. She leaves a daughter a sister Anna Badakin and four brothers Ernest Tooker Bruce Bertram Tooker and others in Connecticut. Body will be sent to St Paul Tuesday night with funeral services at the Listee Moon chapel. friends may call Tuesday evening.
At the Bethany county Go fair defense bonds were awarded instead of cash this year, marking a shift in prize presentation. Officials said bonds will fund local security and community programs, replacing traditional cash prizes.
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