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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1943
Page
2
Officials estimated Tuesday livestock receipts in Chicago with hogs at 25 000 cattle at 8 992 and sheep at 6 000 indicating robust hog supply. Monday’s 20 000 hogs suggested a potential holdover while demand for choice fed steers and yearlings remained steady and no sheep market opened.
Financial market update from Chicago lists grain quotations furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company. H. R. Mowrey, Cedar Rapids manager, reports from the Merchants National Bank building.
Hog receipts about 20 000 with 37 000 tote. prices steady for all weights. top hogs 2060-270 lbs at 13.75. cattle receipts 22 000 with 1 500 head salable. fed steers and yearlings around 16.40 to 16.85. cows weak. vealers 15.00 down. stock cattle scarce. Sheep receipts 13 000 with weak tone. early yearling sales 11.00 to 12.50. market not yet established.
Livestock receipts and bid activity for hogs cattle and lambs at Sioux City market. Hogs range from good to choice with top bids around 13.45 per cwt and weights listed. cattle steady to weak with steers and yearlings mostly 13 to 15 dollars. heifers and cows showing mixed demand. lambs and mutton mixed with western and native sheep. feeders slow with mixed undertones. Market notes indicate holdover action and varied price movements across weight classes.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Iowa and Minnesota for the 48 hours ended. Prices for good end and choice barrows and gilts ranged from about 11.99 to 13.50 per cwt with various weight classes listed. Overall market activity described as moderately active with prices steady to lower on sows and some reductions from the prior Tuesday.
At Omaha market the cattle and hogs showed mixed activity with receipts around 26 000 hogs and 15 000 cattle. Slaughter steers and stockers were steady to weak with some bids lower on canners while vealers held steady and higher prices appeared for choice fed steers and good heifers. Lamb market lacked a clear price, with early bids lower but some western feeders and woolly lambs trading higher in spots.
Receipts show two cars and 27 trucks with a weak market. Poultry prices include colored broilers and springs 24 cents, hens 23, rocks 251, leghorn hens 20 1/2, ducks 22 1/2, old turkeys 30 1/2, and young toms under 18 pounds 35. Eggs steady to easy with specials 46 1/2 cents. Potatoes Idaho Russets at 3.00 to 3.45, Colorado Reds 63 to 63.50, North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 2.15 to 2.30, Wisconsin varieties 2.35. Continuous tone reflects a routine market summary for Chicago produce.
Prices for bulk butter in cartons delivered to New York are set by the OPA with varying scores and premiums. First receivers and shippers report lower paid prices while producers receive below quotations. U S specials show different weights per dozen, while live poultry and POUltry offerings remain firm with active wholesale quotes and special offers noted.
For Dec 6 to 11, Wisconsin cheese market notes include twins or cheddars at 23 percent. Mississippi and Keokuk show rising trends with notable price movements.
Washington AP says former Indiana Governor M Clifford Townsend will resign as special assistant to War Food Administrator Marvin Jones later this month. Townsend plans to return to his Indiana farm due to his mother’s illness, associates reported.
Prices on prime hogs held steady while packers paid 10 cents less at Cedar Rapids market Monday. Top hogs weighed 290 to 270 pounds bringing $13.45 per hundredweight.
Grain and produce prices listed for oats wheat rye and corn with No 2 yellow soybeans at 180 per bushel and hay straw prices. Poultry and eggs pricing delivered by distributor with various fowl and egg classifications. Fruits vegetables and hides markets include crates prices and by item figures.
Wheat futures gained more than a cent as Chicago trading showed demand with prices advancing to new seasonal highs. Oats rose about 1 to 3 cents, rye up around 1% and barley up roughly 1% during mid-session trading.
Chicago cash prices show No 2 white corn 82 cents per bushel, No 1 special red corn 82 cents, oats 78 cents, rye 1.264 to 1.40 nom. Feed prices list Field Seed per 100 pounds red top 14.90 to 15.00, red clover 13.50, sweet clover 10.50.
Iowa's liquor control commission announced that imitation gin made from sugar cane rather than traditional grain will be sold in state liquor stores this month. The product is labeled imitation to distinguish its origins from Cuba and Mexico imports.
Chicago AP reports nervous grain markets as ceilings rise. Corn prices surged amid new caps alongside oats and barley limits. Wheat rose one to two and a half cents, oats gained about three and a half cents, rye and barley showed modest increases.
The city council Monday approved a street occupation bond filed by Maryland Casualty for Loomis Construction. It also approved a class B beer permit for the Eagles Lodge at 123 First Street NE and passed a resolution assessing permanent sidewalks in sidewalk order No. 3.
The council grants LeRoy Spratt permission to cut curb and pave the area at 1059 Seventeenth Street NE. This official action records Spratt with authority to carry out curb cutting and paving work at the specified location.
War classed stocks advanced as aircraft, steel, rubber, motor and rail shares led gains. Early mixed trends gave way to strength with transfers near 850000 shares, the heaviest in three weeks, as profit taking trimmed late advances.
Small gains and losses were about evenly divided in the first part of Monday's market as reported by New York Bond Review. AP.
Dr. L. L. Dunnington, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Iowa City, addressed Cedar Rapids Rotarians saying Russia holds a strategic position in world affairs and could unlock a better future. He warned Asia could trigger a new war if the Four Freedoms are not applied globally and noted Russia now pursues state capitalism with production rewards.
Under secretary of War Robert Patterson told the Senate Finance Committee that abnormal conditions still make the war contract renegotiation law necessary. He said administration of the law has been fair and reasonable.
City briefs announce a St Luke's hospital nurses alumnae gathering at the nurses home tonight at 7 30. A cooking school is set for Tuesday at 2 15 p m. Townsend club auxiliary No 1 meets with Mrs Nettie Coughlin at 711 Sixth Street SE at 2 p m Tuesday. Cedar Rapids Moose Lodge No 304 will hold its meeting and initiation in Moose halls at 8 p m tonight. Cecil Hughes reports theft of a wagon and tricycle from his yard on the night of December 2.
Karl Edwards of the Davenport WPB office will be at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday from 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m for consultation on priorities He will meet with the purchasing agents of the Chamber at noon at the Montrose hotel
Mrs. Pearl Novock of 1204 First Avenue NE was taken to St Luke's hospital after an accident at the National Oats company where she worked. She suffered cuts to two fingers on her right hand when caught in a machine.
The Saturday evening Boy Scout circus featured friction firemaking won by Donald Cook of troop 26 and flint and steel won by Bob Fryrear of troop 4 for a second night. Visiting Scout leaders came from Mason City Dubuque Iowa City Olin Anamosa Union Garrison Blairstown. The show included clown acts by Rollo Pickford Jr Jim Grissell Bill Stanley Bud Oschman and Malcolm Gunn. Commissions on admissions will reach up to 30 percent for troops and packs, says business manager John Bormann.
John Bading a 49 year old farmer near Coggan was found guilty by a jury on Thanksgiving Day of receiving stolen property. He has until December 20 to file a motion for a new trial in district court and to exceptions to instructions. Bading was accused of buying more than 50 stolen hogs in the summer from Jess and Fred Eyerly and from William Isaac Preston who were connected with state prison and Linn county jail cases.
Louis Trombino files in district court against Robert Melsha seeking $400 for two refrigerator ice boxes and two ice coils. He says on July 1, 1941 he ordered placement in a designated location but Melsha placed them at his business and later claimed to have destroyed them. He also seeks 5 percent interest from July 1, 1941.
Janet Loesbe, 17, of 411 Sixth Street SE, pled guilty in Judge G. K. Thompson's court and received six months in Linn County jail with all but 30 days suspended. An appeal bond of $1,000 was set. police had arrested her.
The annual tax sale scheduled for 10 am Monday in County Treasurer Frank F. Bates' office has been postponed until February 4, 1944.
Walter Ellison has been named administrator for the estate of Alexander H. Bickett who died November 30 in Franklin township and left a widow and heirs.
Count Alfred de Marigny and his wife Nancy arrived in Havana Cuba on Sunday after being asked to leave Nassau Bahamas following his acquittal in the murder of his father in law Sir Harry Oakes.
Mildred Gillmore youngest daughter of Mrs. Laura C. Gillmore and Pfc. Benjamin C. Cummins of Camp Beale California were married Sunday at 8 pm in a candlelight ceremony at the Marion Methodist church. Rev. Arthur W. Henke officiated. A reception followed at the bride’s home. Guests from Cedar Rapids, Center Point, Tipton, Walker, Viola and Maynard attended.
Golden Rule lodge No 48 Local Ancient Free and Accepted Masons will meet Tuesday at 2 30 PM with Mrs Harry Mellish at 525 Sixth Avenue.
Dorothy Tangney, Australia’s only woman senator, said she would act for Australian wives deserted by American soldier-husbands. She noted inquiries from Perth and others, with some women left caring for babies without maintenance.
Chungking AP reports reinforced Japanese forces pushed south across the Yuan River toward Changsha in Hunan. Fighting rages near Tehshan as Chinese high command notes no clashes inside Changteh for a second day, indicating a possible Chinese setback in the gateway city. Tehshan lies on the key road from Changteh to Changsha.
IOWA CITY UP J Howard Arnold a University of Iowa chemistry instructor was chosen as chairman of the Iowa division of the American Chemical Society. Other officers named include Wayne H Montgomery Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer Griffin T Jones and Jacob Cornog all from the university chemistry staff with Montgomery employed by Penick and Ford in Cedar Rapids.
The Red Cross production rooms will be open Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mrs. Mary Hanna acts as chairman and says sewing on hand is plentiful. Surgical dressings work ran Monday 2 to 4 p.m. and will run Thursday same time. Also Owen's Cut Rate Drugs advertises gifts. Concord Agricultural and Literary club meets Friday at 11 a.m. with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sebern. a picnic dinner will be served at 12.
The Marion Business Girls club will hold a dinner and business meeting at the O K Drive In at 6 30 Tuesday.
Guests at the C H Sweet home included Mr and Mrs Louis Filey of Omaha and Mrs Madelyn Tremaine of Cripple Creek Colo they were invited due to the death of their sister Mrs Ray Bolton of Springville.
A K B B class Christmas party planned in the home of Mrs. Harry Waline has been postponed to December 15. Cpl. Vernon Stevens returned to Camp Callam California on Sunday after a furlough with parents Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe F Stevens.
Lt. (j.g.) Douglas Whittemore, who has served in the navy in North Africa the last year, arrived Saturday to spend a leave with his mother, Mrs. Lillian Whittemore.
The Prairie Chapel W S C S will meet at the church Thursday noon for a picnic dinner. Mrs Albert Martin and Mrs Oscar Anthes will be hostesses. The E F club entertained Saturday at a luncheon and Christmas party at the home of Mrs Leslie Dunn.
Mr and Mrs George Luense complimented their son Sea man Leo Luense with a dinner Sunday. Guests included Mrs Sadie Ainsworth Mrs Frances Knox Mrs Nelle Arnold Mr and Mrs Donald Knox and their daughter Janice of Cedar Rapids. Luense will return to Williamsburg Virginia Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Frank Huth will relocate soon from their farm east of Marion to a newly purchased residence at 435 Sixteenth Street.
Dinner guests Sunday at the B Lacock home included Mrs Emanuel House and her daughter Janet of Fairfax and Mr and Mrs John Matts of Cedar Rapids. The Tennyson club will meet Tuesday at 2 with Mrs Herbert Gerstman leading the program. Mr and Mrs Eugene Drexler and daughters Alice Ann and Vera Mae of Central City visited Sunday with Mrs Drexler's sisters Cassie and Cynthia Drexler.
Pfe Willis Richardson arrives back in San Luis Obispo California after a visit here with his wife and his mother Mrs Nellie Richardson returning from the trip together.
Lt. Catherine Peckosh on leave from Camp Rucker Alabama visits her parents Mr and Mrs L E Peckosh before returning Thursday Seaman Francis E Luse son of Mr and Mrs F E Luse transferred from Farragut Idaho to Millington Tennessee for duty
A cluttered notice lists multiple lost items and rewards around Marion including a black and white spotted dog with collar, a black Gladstone bag, an air tank with hose, a red chow named Duk, a red fox collier, a pearl pen top, a brown leather fur mitten, and a child’s pet Cookie. Contacts include Baxter Motors and phone numbers.
Multiple midcentury ads show neckwear, jewelry, and gift shops offering specials. Listings include Jack's Store on First Street opposite the Post Office, The Lower Jewel Store at 208 Ind St SE, Richards Lab for trusses, and various beauty and repair services. Passengers seek Western Nevada trips. a rummage sale at Central Park Presbyterian Church is noted.
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