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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1943
Page
7
AP reports Thursday livestock receipts estimated at 18 000 hogs 6 000 cattle and 6 900 sheep in Chicago with hogs noted as incompletely cleared after 29 000 arrivals. Demand for high grade steers remains tight while lower grades ease 25 cents. lamb top at 14 75 dollars and hogs steady.
Chicago livestock receipts show 17000 hogs 6000 sheep and 13000 cattle with calves. Prices edge higher on lambs and some beef cattle hold near top but seasonably slow with mixed demand and steady to lower readings across grades. Trade notes include hogs 12 to 13.25 per cwt, sheep about 14 to 15 per cwt and cattle 11.50 to 16.60 with odd loads up to 16.50. Buyers indicate limited demand for steers and yearlings while heavy feeders rise slightly.
Combined receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours to 8 am Wednesday totaled 55 300 head, up from 54 300 last week and below 56 800 a year ago. Moderately active prices held with one 10 cent decline on sows.
Salable receipts: hogs 13 500, cattle 6 600, calves 500, sheep 8 000. Hogs steady to $13.45 top with 280 lb sows $13.10 to $13.25. cattle active with loads of choice fed steers $15.10 to $16.10 and good heifers $13.25 to $15.00. cows and bulls largely steady to lower. Sheep active with top red wool lambs $14.35 and feeding lambs $11.25 to $11.75.
Hog receipts 18 000 with steady top and weaker weights. cattle Demand slow with few bids. steer and yearling bids uneven. Sheep receipts 7 000 with fed lambs around 14.00 to 14.50, Texas yearlings steady near 11.78, slaughter market not established.
Chicago market report shows steady receipts for butter and potatoes, with modest demand. Idaho russet and Colorado red varieties sold in several price ranges, including U S No 1 unwashed at 3.15 to 3.25 and washed 3.25, while Minnesota and Dakota Bliss Triumphs ranged around 2.30 to 3.40 for washed and unwashed. Local demand remains slow and supplies moderate with dull stock market activity.
Market report shows New York egg receipts at 27 400 with prices unchanged. butter receipts 664 427 with no quotations. cheese receipts 281 404 nominal. Poultry section notes strong live poultry demand with wholesalers listing maximum prices for geese, turkeys, ducks, and other fowl by weight and grade, including capons and broilers with several price points.
For the week of December 6 to 11 prices show twins or cheddars at 23 4c in Plymouth Wisconsin. Mississippi River stages list La Crosse at 4.8 feet with rising trend while Davenport remains at 4.4 feet and Keokuk at 2.4 feet with stationary readings.
Harry Fleagle, 69, of 327 First Avenue SW, sustained burns to his face and hands in a barn fire that heavily damaged a remodeled structure where he resided. Attendants at Mercy Hospital described his condition as fair on Wednesday, as fire officials investigated the blaze's origin and Fleagle said he tried to save belongings.
Chicago grain quotations furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey, manager Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building, contact phone 2 3141 for details.
The Cedar Rapids market lists grain prices for oats wheat rye corn and soybeans with No 1 and No 2 grades and prices. It also covers ray and straw bale prices poultry market delivered spring leghorn eggs and various wholesale fruits vegetables and prices, along with hide markets for various grades and animal types.
Grains slumped as rye backed from intraday peaks amid profit taking. Rye closed higher on the session while wheat oats and barley moved lower, with December futures showing declines across the board. Trade was active in rye though other pits were slow, reflecting mixed demand and profit-taking.
Chicago AP market notes show cash wheat unavailable with oats at No 1 mixed 84 on sample grade white 784 79c. Barley quoted at makings 1.26 1.41 nominal with feed 1.12 1.18 nom. Field seed per 100 pounds lists Timothy 5.75 6.00 nom red top 14.00 15.00 nom red clover 31.50 nom sweet clover 10.56 nom.
Pope Pius XII formally protested to German ambassador Baron von Weizsäcker over reports that 60,000 Italian Jews in Nazi-occupied Italy faced deportation. Vatican sources say the move was enforced by Wehrmacht occupation authorities, with large arrests reported in Milan Rome Trieste Turin Bologna and other cities.
The stock market posted another broad advance on Wednesday led by rails with steel, motor, farm equipment and specialty issues also drawing support. In the final hour advances ranged from fractions to over a point as volume reached about 1.3 million shares, the largest in a month.
Published by J. B. Bennett & Co. a Wednesday quotations list with prices for Adams Express Johns Manville Allied Chem Kennecott Copr Allied Stores Kroger Amn Can Libby McNeil Amn For. Power Libbey Myers Amn Steel Amn Tel Amn Woolen Anaconda Copr Mig Bet Iron and many others. The long inventory includes Chicago Corp Goodyear Swift Co Ford and other prominent firms with varied price points across multiple sectors.
A strong early rally in the rail securities helped New York bonds rise in Wednesday trading after Tuesday weakness. Many low to medium priced carrier obligations found support, with gains ranging from fractions to more than a point.
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts warned reporters that victory nears but a great war remains. He cited momentum in England Russia and the Far East and urged postwar press to help forge a stronger order rather than repeat past disasters.
Pittsburgh reports NE steel will exceed four million tons or about a third of 1943 alloy steel output. The American Iron and Steel Institute estimates NE steels use less critical alloys and have proven durable in tanks and gun parts. The 1941 development aims to stretch alloy supplies and save about 24 000 tons of nickel gear.
By a 25 to 8 vote, eligible workers from six motor express firms backed a strike amid a wage hours and vacation pay dispute with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 238. The National Labor Relations board conducted the vote. Despite the favorable result, no strike will start until a War Labor Board hearings officer reviews the case in a continued effort to settle the dispute first submitted to the U S Department of Labor conciliation service. Participants included H and W Motor Express Keeshin Motor Express Takin Brothers Freight Line Rock Island Motor Transit Western Transportation and Merchants Motor Freight.
The Jane Boyd service club meets Friday at 1 p.m. to sew with a short business session and gift exchange. Townsend club No 7 hosts a social hour and dancing Thursday at 8 p.m. at 117 F avenue NW. public welcome. The Tirzah society holds a Christmas party Thursday at Fleming's tea room 1016 Third avenue SE. Cedar Rapids Marine auxiliary meets Friday 7:30 p.m. at the Y.M.C.A. Apollo Commandery meets Friday 7:30 p.m. with officer elections and temple degree work. Evangelists Warren and Ruby Johnson preach Wednesday at Four-Square Gospel Tabernacle 609 First avenue SW at 7:45 p.m. First English Lutheran church Teen party Thursday 7:30-9:30 p.m.. call Mrs L A Jacobs by Wednesday if possible. Cedar Rapids Executives association breakfast Thursday 7:30 a.m. at Montrose hotel with William McCollough of Des Moines. Mt Herman lodge 263 hosts first degree Thursday 7 p.m.. new member dinner December 16 at 6:15 followed by Master Mason degree. Ambar Grotto and auxiliary meet Friday 7:30 p.m. at K of P hall. Mrs J A Phillips will speak. refreshments. Since Aug 17, 16 names added to Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce young men’s bureau honor roll, bringing total to 96 in service.
Pvt. Anna Katherine Koch of the Cedar Rapids WAC recruiting station travels to Mt. Pleasant from Wednesday through Saturday for a recruiting drive tied to the screening of the motion picture Women at War. Koch previously taught at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant seven years before enlisting.
The Cedar Rapids Navy Mothers Club will meet at Memorial Coliseum at 7 30 p m Thursday instead of Friday this week due to a conflict with the Allied Industrial ball. Members are urged to attend to elect officers.
The Botany club meets at 7 45 p m Thursday in Science hall at Coe college. A color sound movie of trees and homes will be shown and Christmas greens reports will be delivered by Dr L R Wilson Miss Virginia Slauson Miss Iola Tillapaugh and Steven Pattee of the Coe science staff.
Dr. Lewis L. Dunnington pastor of the First Methodist Church of Iowa City will discuss Russia Today and Tomorrow at the Young Men's Bureau meeting of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. The talk stems from his five trips to Russia. A forum will follow the program and the annual ping pong pool and billiards tournament will conclude the event.
Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, former secretary of war, was nominated to be a major general. He played a key role in arranging advance plans for the Cairo and Teheran conferences.
The West Marion Garden club held a Christmas party in Memorial Hall Tuesday night with forty members and guests attending. Readings were by Elizabeth Michel and Dolores Cherry, pianos by Faye Carver, Lois Brockman, and Gene Michel, and articles by Mrs. Carl Carver and Mrs. Carl Cherry. A collection of five dollars supported the soldiers' kitbag fund.
John L. Gritzner was elected commander of Patmos Commandery No. 27 K T at a Tuesday meeting in the Masonic temple. William Reep named generalissimo, L R Boettcher captain general, W G Buck senior warden, Earl Welsher junior warden, P C Lessen prelate, Geo R Barnoske treasurer, and A R McElwain recorder.
The Marion Business Girls club met for dinner Tuesday at the QO. K. Drive In with Mrs. John J. Keith as guest speaker. They donated 3 to the Goodfellows 5 to the Hunter library fund and 5 to the Schick hospital fund.
Mrs. L. C. Ross, chairman, requests twelve additional women to help assemble surgical dressings for the Marion Red Cross. Volunteers should come Thursday afternoon wearing clean cotton dresses and head coverings. The task is urgent and necessary for ongoing relief efforts.
A bridge in Oak Shade cemetery damaged months ago by high water was dynamited Wednesday morning by a city employee. Local notices include free cooking school Thursdays at 2 15 p.m. and various club events.
Grace H Starr Missionary circle met at Mrs Amber Travis home with Mrs E C Hamm and others presenting a play Trailer Angel. Refreshments for 24 were served by Mrs Luse and Mrs Crew. Guests included Bonnie Carey and Edward G Salzer. Nearby clubs planned luncheons, dinners, and a Christmas party at Mrs Irvin L Ford home.
Rep Charles A Halleck of Indiana was unanimously elected as chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee to lead the 1944 effort. The unopposed Hoosier pledged to do everything in his power to help elect a Republican House of Representatives next year.
Robert Pence, 20, of Palo, held in Linn county jail after deputies arrest him Wednesday afternoon on larceny accusations. He allegedly stole 15 dollars from a young woman at a Cedar Rapids tavern Tuesday night.
Central Roofing company dismisses with prejudice its district court suit on a contract against Clara M Fuhrmeister Nellie Fuhrmeister and Fanny J Achter owners of a farm near Ely for services and materials alleged to be furnished. Judgment of 244 with 5 percent interest sought.
Myrtle Hollingsworth dismisses without prejudice her personal injury suit against Frank A. Brosh doing business as the Brosh Chapel. She sought 4595.10 for injuries from a fall from a Brosh Chapel car enroute to Cedar Rapids from a cemetery near Amana.
Mrs. Rose Rozek dismisses with prejudice her personal injury suit in district court against the Lovely Lady Beauty shop over injuries from a permanent wave. Marian Miller dismisses without prejudice her divorce action against Donald Miller in district court.
Pittsburgh AP report says Benjamin F. Fairless president of United States Steel announced that Carnegie-Illinois Steel and four other US Steel subsidiaries will negotiate a new labor contract with the United Steel Workers of America.
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