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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1943
Page
12
Chicago livestock notes show hog receipts around 20 000 with heavyweights down ten cents and other sections steady. Fed cattle and yearlings rise 25 cents with steers to 16 85 top. sheep market unsettled and not established in early trading.
Hog prices steady to firm with 200-270 lb mostly 13.45 at Omaha and 13.00 to 13.15 for 280 lb ranges. Cattle show steady to uneven demand with slaughter steers 14.00 to 15.50 and stockers 11.25 to 12.25. Sheep and lambs overall unsettled with feeding lambs limited and western ewes around 6.75 to 7.25.
Combined hog receipts for 48 hours ending Monday 8 a.m. totaled 56 900 head, down from 58 600 last week and 55 400 a year ago, with moderate to slow activity and steady to slight gains on some classes. Barrows and gilts ranged from 11 00 to 13 40 per hundred pounds across weight brackets, with loads around 46 900 last Tuesday and sows steady to 15 cents off.
miscellaneous notes from Plymouth Wisconsin list cheese prices for Dec 13 to 18 with twins or cheddars at 23 4c. Mississippi River stages report Des Moines up and La Crosse at 4.8 feet with minor fluctuations for peewee levels and rising trends in certain gauges.
Chicago and New York produce markets show mixed receipts and steady to firm quotes across butter eggs poultry and potatoes. Butter prices rise for high grade and AA, with N Y receipts totaling 726656 and 385892 for two days. eggs show steady asy specials and large quantity on hand. poultry steady with turkeys hens ducks and geese listed. russets from Idaho Minnesota and North Dakota priced at $2.15 to $2.20 per cwt.
New York City selective service head Col Arthur V McDermott rejected the CIO National Maritime Union request to defer NMU vice president Jack Lawrenson as essential to the war effort. Lawrenson, active in waterfront groups for a decade, was named a Communist by three witnesses before the Dies committee and backed the slogan The Yanks Are Not Coming before the Russian invasion.
A reader urges adopting a family payroll savings approach to purchase war bonds, arguing the plan lets each member contribute through their own payroll deduction and encourages self-control to fit the family budget.
Lamson Brothers and Company furnishes the grain quotations. H R Mowrey is manager of the Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
On Monday, good hogs were mostly down while packers held steady the Cedar Rapids market. Top hog price reached 13.45 per hundredweight for 200 to 270 head. Cattle prices varied with steers quoted from 10.00 to 18.09 for different grades, and lambs priced up to 11.00 for 150 to 200 pounds.
The Cedar Rapids page lists grain prices for oats wheat rye and corn with various No grades and prices per bushel, plus hay and straw values. Poultry prices delivered include springs leghorns heavy hens and eggs with multiple grades, followed by wholesale fruits vegetables and citrus prices and a partial hide and leather market note.
Grain futures showed an uneven trend in Chicago trading with oats drawing interest. Wheat moved slightly, oats held steady to modest gains, rye and barley were largely unchanged amid mixed demand signals.
CHICAGO CASH prices show wheat on corn sample grades at 96 to 98 cents, white 82 cents. oats No 1 mixed 86 cents. no 2 white Sic. barley making 1.25 to 1.45 dollars, feed 1.15 to 1.25 dollars. Field seed prices per 100 pounds include timothy 5.75 to 6.09, red top 14.00 to 15.00, red clover 31.50, sweet clover 10.50.
John Carson testifies before a Senate subcommittee about proposed moves to crown George Norris administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to sever REA from the Agriculture Department and shield it from politics. He claims Rob ert B. Craig sought political control via a central buying agency and urged Norris to return to Washington to “clean house.”
New York AP reports December gains sparked profit taking on Monday as many leaders faltered. Irregular trading appeared after the open and market direction near the close was described as somewhat cloudy. Overall turnover ran about 7,000,000 shares.
Published stock quotations list major issues from Adams Express to Zenith Radio with percentages and figures. The page names brokers J E Bennett Co and W H B Jump manager and provides extensive price data across industries including steel, motors, chemicals, oils, railroads, and consumer goods.
New York bond market saw sharp irregularity in second grade rail bonds on Monday with bursts of profit taking among reorganization carrier loans driving Mae down more than a point in several ties.
The case of Renfer and Etzel versus James G. Arledge opened in Judge Linville’s court. Renfer sues for his property damages and his son Irvine’s injuries, Etzel seeks damages for his son Harold, with Arledge counterclaiming for tractor-trailer damages after a June 20 crash two miles north of Center Point involving a Renfer car.
Sheriff James Smith Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon and David M Elderkin assistant county attorney joined a joint state meeting of county attorneys and sheriffs in Des Moines starting Monday with sessions through Tuesday and Wednesday. J K Finch assignee for Dr Co S Busta filed suit in district court against Mr and Mrs Glen E Kemper on an account seeking $107.50 plus 5 percent interest from January 4 1942.
A Chicago aid ad on the help wanted page offers a General manager position in a German factory. It calls for American-born German lineage preferred, under 40, immediate employment with a $7,500 salary.
Dr. Karl P. Meister superintendent of St. Luke's hospital said the Wagner Murray medical care bill is too ambitious and costly. He warned it would be socialized medicine and would tax wages 12 percent while failing to match facilities with demand after the war. He predicted future hospital needs and noted Cedar Rapids doctors bearing extra load. Sister Mary Mercy and Sister Ethelreda attended the Rotary luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel.
Senator McKellar defended U S expenditures to Latin America from 1940 to 1943 saying total loans and outlays were 1 547 billion dollars, after deductions reducing to 1 483 373 000. He argued many items counted by Butler overstated costs and highlighted lend-lease repayments and strategic purchases shifting the figure. He emphasized that actual war related costs were far lower and more justified by U S strategic aims.
The Rev. George W. Marshfield of Peoples church will give his final sermon Jan 2 before leaving Cedar Rapids to study for a doctorate at the University of Minnesota. A committee will choose a new pastor soon. He resigned Dec. 5 to become junior director of the YMCA in Minneapolis while finishing his university work.
First Lt. George Hallenbeck of Fort Benning Ga spoke at a Cedar Rapids Optimist club luncheon. He said soldiers are particularly heated by coal strike news while remaining calmer about the Patton incident.
The Messiah rehearsals run Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 p m Saturday at 3 p m and Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Marion Presbyterian church. The Christian church board meets at the parsonage at 7 45 p m tonight.
Grand Island Nebraska report notes the death of Dr George Sutherland aged 95. He previously served as a Baptist minister in Independence Iowa. The notice records his passing after a brief illness.
Gratitude to V P W Auxiliary Police for services at the 1943 Queen's Ball. Local Lost and Found items include a large spotted male hound east of Marengo, a pink gold watch, a Penick and Ford pin, a lost glove, a billfold, a buff cocker spaniel, and a pair of gauze items in black case with rewards offered. Contact numbers provided for rewards and returns.
Multiple beauty shops list services and prices for permanents, waves, and other treatments. Names include Lovely Lady Beauty Shop at 1917 First Avenue SE and Ariste Beauty Salon with machine and cream-oil wave options priced from three to fifteen dollars. Dial numbers provided.
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