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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1943
Page
6
Chicago market reports show hogs rising 10 to 25 cents as buyers handle 19 000 to 25 000 head with most strength under 200 pounds. Cattle and calves moved unevenly with steers and yearlings down 25 cents, fat lambs steady to higher, and calves weaker on light demand. Slaughter sheep saw steady to firm demand with fat lambs around 13.75 to 14.50.
Ottumwa Sioux City Omaha and Des Moines market data show hog prices by weight 160-180 lbs 1340 12.25 180-200 lbs 1290 12.05 200-270 lbs 13.45 13.40 270-300 lbs 13.25 13.20 300-330 lbs 13.00 12.70 330-360 lbs 12.75 13.00 Good packing sows 270-360 lbs 12.25 12.10 380-400 lbs 12.15 12.10 400-450 lbs 12.05 12.00 450-500 lbs 11.90 11.95 500+ 11.90. Cattle and sheep receipts noted with steady to slightly higher prices for choice plus notes on market activity. Des Moines aggregate 46,900 receipts 24 hours ended 8 am Tuesday. Grain quotations included from Chicago.
Cedar Rapids market reports steady prices across hog grades with top hogs at 13.45 for 200 to 270 pounds. Cattle and calf sections list ranges for steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, bulls and lambs with various weights and price bands reflecting steady demand.
Chicago butter eggs cheese and poultry prices listed with receipts and bids. Trade shows mixed demand for potatoes and other produce with Idaho Russet and Burbank varieties noted along with U S No 1 washed and unwashed grades. New York figures include eggs butter and dressed poultry with wholesale caps and quotes for geese turkeys ducks roosters quail and pigeons.
Wisconsin cheese prices for the week ending December 11 show modest gains with Cheddar at 23.4¢. Des Moines rates week long Mississippi River levels indicate Dubuque stationary and Davenport rising. New York Bond Review notes a generally steady market with small changes and some reorganizations.
A listing of current market prices for grain including corn and soybeans, oats and wheat, rye, and hay in Cedar Rapids. Also includes wholesale fruit and vegetable prices from Florida and California, and various hide and leather values, with figures for horses, ponies, and glues.
Chicago soy and grain pits show prices easing modestly after earlier bullish corn gains. Wheat closes near unchanged to fractional declines, oats and rye mix with small moves, barley inching higher amid scattered buying as cash markets reflect tight supply cues.
Samuel Seinfeld, 46, linked to John Factor in Cedar Rapids fraud case, was given an extra year and a day in federal prison for using the mails to defraud with spurious whisky warehouse receipts. Earlier he received a three year term and a $500 fine. Factor is already serving a 10-year sentence.
New York AP reports broad gains near the close as industrial and rail leaders rise fractions to about two points. Trading expanded to roughly 800000 shares after an earlier uneven session.
Victor C Johnson of Delhi Iowa was sentenced to five years in a federal reformatory after waiving a jury trial and claiming conscientious objector status. He declined reassessment and chose reporting for induction later. Johnson received two years probation. other cases involved a Waterloo man fined for threatening postal cards and a Bellevue tavern keeper fined and jailed on liquor license charges.
Charles O. Lamond chief architect of the Des Moines FHA office will be at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Friday noon through Saturday for conferences on the home conversion program in Cedar Rapids. He will urge interested persons to contact him during the visit. A Davenport district DDT representative will also be at the chamber Wednesday from 9 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for conferences on defense transportation.
Thomas Welu, 6, son of Police Officer Edward Welu, was struck by an automobile Tuesday afternoon in Dubuque. Coroner Norbert Behr called the crash unavoidable and the driver, Osa White, 70, of Belmont, Wis, was released by police.
A congressional subcommittee report from Washington faults amateur goodwill emissaries for bungling in Latin America while praising coordinated defense efforts. It urges immediate action to organize postwar bases and commercial plans, criticizing federal agencies for poor planning and interagency clashes.
Lt. Orland A. Franklin former Cedar Rapids resident lost an eye and suffered severe burns in a desert explosion during maneuvers in Arizona. He is in a Los Angeles area army hospital. Franklin, a civilian musician, served a six year engagement at the Arlington hotel Hot Springs Arkansas before induction in August 1942.
Bazaar chicken dinner at First Christian church. Mizpah lodge and Praha Rebekah lodge hold meetings with specified times. A Christmas party will follow. Susannah Wesley class changes luncheon time. Endowment fund hosts a benefit card party at Bungalow Iowa Power and Light. Packinghouse Workers auxiliary plans Christmas party. Foursquare church leaders visit Four Square Tabernacle tonight. Nell Quigley injured in bicycle accident. J H Hunter involved and hospital treated. Waves enlistments reported for Catherine Glass and Wanda Wainwright. Iowa Philosophical Society elects James B. Hodgson president.
President Charles A. Anderson represented Coe College at the Ripon College inauguration in Ripon Wisconsin as Dr. Clark George Kuehler assumed the presidency.
The Sunshine Mission hosted the Gideon state rally from December 4 to 6 with the principal speaker L. Palmer Sanford, international field secretary. Rev. Frank Ward presided as 18 church services were turned over to Gideon speakers on Sunday morning.
A secret election to decide if wartime disruption would be allowed occurred Monday for employees of six motor express firms including H Wh Hawkeye and Rock Island lines. James M Shields led the tabulation for the National Labor Relations Board in Minneapolis. results were not announced.
The Cedar Rapids plaintiff Clifford Bright seeks 5336.60 for injuries from a June 23 1942 car crash with J F Ryan of Coggan. Ryan counters with 15000. A L Bright Clifford’s father sues Ryan and a 4342 65 judgment was appeals to the state supreme court. Other district court cases set include wills contests and annulment actions with Dec 14 15 dates.
In Portland Oregon an armed forces induction line features two men answering their names. One declares I am Wild and want the navy while the next says I am Wilder and asks for the marines.
Second Lt. Max E. Dailey is posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart for his role in the Ploesti raid. The presentation to his father Merle W. Dailey will be Dec 18 at 3 p.m. at Coe College. Dailey, 21, was reported missing in action after the attack. two crew members were killed.
Ta Kung Pao editorial on Pearl Harbor anniversary predicts United States Britain and China will liberate all Japanese held lands within a year with a possible fourth power joining. It notes widespread counter attacks in the Pacific, closer Allied cooperation, naval shifts, continued Tokyo bombings, and an offensive from the Chinese mainland in the third year of the war.
A jumble of lost items including a black leather billfold with license, a bridle for a dog, a brown key ring, a Parker pen, an air tank, and more with various contact numbers and locations. Also requests for returned packages from a balcony and ads for services and goods across stores and personal notices.
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