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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1943
Page
12
Chicago reports Tuesday salable livestock receipts of hogs 25000 cattle 8000 sheep 7000 with prices down across weights. Government fattened hogs 200 to 270 pounds sold near 13.75 while choice fed steers and yearlings fell about 25 cents. Sheep buyers bid steady to weak and limits for cows and bulls showed declines amid thinner demand.
The report shows cattle and hog receipts around 16 000 to 12 000 with steers yearlings and heifers trading steady to strong. Prices span $10.90 to $15.00 for various weights with bids mixed and stocker and feeder classes slower. lambs and ewes largely steady with native and fed lambs at $14.00 to $14.50 and cull ranges around $5.00 to $5.50.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending 8 am Monday totaled 63,300, up from 56,900 a week earlier and 54,200 a year ago. Markets described as moderately active to slow with hogs steady to lower on sows, and price ranges listed for various weight classes and shapes.
Hog receipts reach 24,000 with slow bid tone as lights and feeders weaken. Sows down 10 cents. top hogs at 13.45 with various weight brackets listed. Cattle active but slow. most classes steady to weak. feeder and stocker trades opening slow. Sheep market around 18,500 with uneven moves. fed lambs above 14.25, feeder lambs steady about 11.75 to 12.25.
The brief column lists AP notes for the week of December 2025 including cheddars and river stages. Mississippi River readings show Des Moines rising, La Crosse steady, Dubuque steady, Davenport falling, and Keokuk rising with several inch changes.
The Pennsylvania authorities announce maximum prices for bulk butter in cartons delivered to New York creamery, with premiums for certain grades and a 2 day receipts figure of 533,764 nominal. Poultry prices are mostly strong and wholesalers report nominal maximums with no major offers at this time. First receivers’ selling prices and shipper/producer adjustments are noted along with average net weights and related figures.
Chicago market reports receipts at 3.410 tubs with steady demand and extra offerings. A 92 score noted. players referenced show standard stand patterns amid mixed activity.
The report lists varied prices for eggs and dairy items such as eggs easy and specials, cheese twins and daisies, and poultry with turkeys hens broilers ducks and geese. Potatoes show arrivals and U S shipment totals with regional price ranges from Idaho Colorado North Dakota Wisconsin Florida and Florida Bliss Triumphs in U S No 1 grade per 50 lb sack.
Grain and produce prices list oats rye corn and soybeans with various No. 2 and No. 3 grades. Poultry eggs hides fruits vegetables and potatoes price entries cover wholesale and farm delivery terms and several regional commodities.
Grain futures showed a strong tone in Chicago on Monday with rye leading gains. Rye rose 13 4 to 25 4 cents per bushel while wheat gained about 1 percent, oats were unchanged to up 1 percent, and barley advanced to about 21 4 cents.
The notice lists prices for several grains and field seeds. Wheat No 2 hard 1.74 3 4, corn No 5 yellow 1.06 sampling, oats around 84 99 cents, mixed feed 1.25 to 1.45, timothy hay 8.38 to 6.00 15.00, clover hay 10.50, sweet clover 10.50, noting nominal ranges and typical market grades.
A bomber circled Cedar Rapids Sunday night about 10 p.m. witnesses saw lights flash as if seeking a landing. Locals and Hunter field observers said the pilot may have kin in the city. George Pope activated the field lights after sheriff’s office notification, keeping them on while the aircraft hovered overhead.
Edward Murrin 66 longtime executive secretary of the Association of Western Railroads and railroad labor expert died Sunday of pneumonia in Aurora Illinois. He served on the railroad coordination and wage conference with President Roosevelt in 1936 and had been named to the strike line between labor and railroads in Washington.
New York reports mixed gains as several leaders fail to gain momentum. Volume nears 800000 shares with sizable blocks of low-quoted issues lifting but overall near closing shows a jumbled pattern.
New York AP reports fractions rising to about two points across a large batch of railroad issues strengthening the price structure.
Towns and organizations announce events and services including car wash facilities at Rapids Chevrolet and a Townsend Victory club election on Tuesday at 8 p m. No gas cooking class skipped until January 11 1944. St Pauls church dressings class paused until January 5. V F W auxiliary meetings canceled for holidays with first 1944 meeting January 4. Kings Daughters Volunteer Circle plans Christmas seals and soldier sandwiches. Mercy hospital care for D Andre after major operation. adds rental offices at American Office Building.
The Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters met Monday for a luncheon at the Montrose hotel. The program featured two panel discussions on Life Insurance as a Profession and The Out-.
The Wednesday Social club will hold its annual Christmas party on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Bert Rice, 2201 Fifth Avenue SE. A luncheon will be followed by a program prepared by the Mines. R. W. Hubbard and
Eighteen Wingers News and Lunch employees in the bus department attend a Christmas party Sunday from 2 30 to 5 30 p.m. Assisting hostesses include Mines M F i Fred Fitch H J Hartman A E Schulte and Frank Davis. Mrs Winger and Mrs Eleanor Holden hostesses.
United Spanish War Veterans name I J Shepard as commander with Leo W Minehart as senior vice commander James P Winn as junior vice commander and Jay H Watts as three year trustee The Johnson program at McKinley set for 7 30 pm in the high school auditorium correcting a prior Johnson school location report
Karl Edwards of the Davenport district WPB office will speak at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. He will meet purchasing agents at the Montrose hotel at noon Tuesday during conferences from 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m.
A one and a half story garage at 1710 First Avenue NE owned by R. E. Gilliam burned Sunday afternoon. A neighbor’s garage owned by Peal Terscheid was damaged. A car was saved before flames, but heat cracked its door glass. Furniture inside the Gilliam building was lost and the roof of the Terscheid garage burned. Fire started from a bonfire, owner says.
Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell, army supply chief, declared in Washington that the 100 million dollar Canol oil project in Canada was justified by the war needs of spring 1942 even with hindsight.
Marion News reports the Linn's Best Four-H club held a Christmas party at Jean Michel's home. Miss Michel and Virginia Emmons demonstrated piebaking and a talk on health habits was given. Jeannette Hagerman installed officers: Carol Jean Buckner president Ruth Frederick vice president Lois Brockman secretary Jean Michel treasurer Leona Levasseur historian. Refreshments served to 12.
Martha Caldwell 72 a milliner and aunt of Howard Caldwell of Marion died in a Chicago hospital after a brief illness. Born February 5 1871 at Prairieburg she belonged to the Christian Science church in Cedar Rapids. Survived by sister Dollie Cowan Cedar Falls 14 nephews and 11 nieces services Tuesday at 1 30 pm at Hunte funeral home Springville with burial in Prairieburg cemetery friends may call at the Hunte home.
Velma Stainbrook daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Stainbrook came home Saturday from a Cedar Rapids hospital where she was treated for a compound fracture of the left leg suffered when hit by an automobile on Marion boulevard on November 12.
Marion schools will close Wednesday at 4 pm for Christmas break and reopen Tuesday January 4 at 9 am. The Theristmas club sets its annual Christmas dinner Tuesday at 6 30 in Mrs H B Levnbaugh’s home with Mrs Ralph J Williams as dinner chairman. Carton cigarets and tobacco are advertised by Owens Cut Rate Drugs. Fireman Leo Linn Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Williams, is transferred from Farragut Idaho to Shoe maker California. The Bridgettes cancel Wednesday meeting due to Mrs Elmer Neff’s illness. Mr and Mrs B L Frager of Buffalo visited Mrs M W Courtney. Robert W Meyers of Eagle Grove, a junior medical student in the V 12 unit at Iowa University, spent the weekend with his fiancee Helen Biddick at the M H Biddicks home.
The Messiah was performed Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church directed by A. W. Salisbury. Organist was Mrs. Marian Hulin and soloists included Mrs. Dorothy Klumph Robison Mrs. C. V. R. De Jong June De Wees Carlton Strand and Melvyn McBride in the program.
Mrs. Harry A. Southerland reports her husband, Cpl. Southerland, received the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf cluster awarded during the last summer after being wounded a year ago. He was released from a rest camp in July and is stationed somewhere in the South Pacific.
Various missing items and notices including a female coon hound near Cedar Rapids, several lost purses wallets and a water theaters ration book, a gas ration book and a pocketbook, plus requests for room and care for an elderly man and beauty and printing ads. Contact numbers provided for rewards or returns.
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