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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1943
Page
7
Wholesale livestock figures show hogs down 15 cents while fed steers and yearlings hold steady for choice offerings. Sheep gain 25 cents as receipts vary. prices across cattle, hogs, and lambs reflect mixed demand with several weight classes and loads noted. Calves and feeders show steadying trends as dealers adjust inventories.
Sioux City reports hog cattle and sheep trade activity with receipts and price ranges. Hogs show varied weights with steady to firm bids, cattle at mixed sales for slaughter steers yearlings and cows, and sheep lambs trading with steady to higher ask levels, including western lambs and feeder stock.
Packing point hog quotations list price ranges for various weight classes and regions including Mason S Prtartes Ottumwa and Austin. Prices per hundredweight vary from about 11.10 to 13.45 with multiple entries across weight bands and packer names. Good packing sows are also noted with separate price lines.
The report lists butter at 6.919 tubs with steady tone, eggs and extras varying by grade. Cheese indicators show scores A to AA with mixed firsts. poultry prices note steady values for hens broilers and ducks. Potatoes arrivals indicate light supplies and steady overall demand for stock. Wisconsin live cattle and hogs noted with prices around 2.7 and 26c respectively.
Wholesale prices hold at ceiling as receipts rise across produce lines. Cheese and dairy show nominal activity with limited quota, while live poultry and ducks move at varied wholesale rates. Mixed colors and weights drive fluctuating bids, with refrigerators and heavy items displaying notable price spreads.
Brief notes indicate fluctuating Mississippi River stages affecting nearby communities and transport. Officials monitor water levels and potential impacts on navigation and flood risk along key river towns.
The government seizure of the country’s railroads caused only light disruption to carrier interests and did not appear to affect the status of railroad securities. Early trade circles expected minimal impact on bond values as the market absorbed the move.
Cedar Rapids market prices remained steady on Tuesday with hogs leading the gains. Top hogs traded at 13.45 per hundredweight for 200 to 300 pounds, while cattle showed modest strength with choice to prime steers ranging from 14.00 to 15.00.
The Cedar Rapids market lists oats at No 2 76c No 3 75c wheat at 1.40 dollars per bushel and corn at 2 yellow 1.04. Soybeans No 2 yellow 1.80. Hay straw prices range 10.00 to 16.00 per bale. Poultry eggs and fruits show multiple priced items and cured hides and leather values appear with varied figures.
Chicago AP reports grains reversed drift with gains after a quiet nervous session. Wheat moved modestly higher, corn ranged, rye rose, barley fell, and May contracts reflected renewed demand amid unsettled trading.
AP reports Chicago cash grain prices with sample grades for wheat oats and soybeans. No. 4 81sec barley bids at 1.22 to 1.44 per bushel for mix. feed at 1.15 to 1.23. Soybeans No. 1 yellow at 1.88. No. 2 with white dark varieties noted. FIELD SEED prices per 100 timothy around 5.75 to 6.00. red top pasture seed 1 due rate. red clover 3.15. sweet clover 10 to 10.50.
Istanbul dispatch reported that over 4,000 left wing supporters of the underground Hungarian peace party were arrested. A last minute bid by labor leaders to force a government withdrawal from the war failed, and bonds between reactionary elements and the Nazis were said to be tighter than ever.
The German news agency DNB said Allied forces tried to enter Pegadi harbor on Scarpanto between Crete and Rhodes on the night of December 26. The ship was spotted and heavily shelled but the results could not be observed due to bad visibility.
A four year old boy who could not recall his name or address but knew he was born in a patrol wagon was found safe after Patrolman Edward Cavanaugh remembered a woman whose last name matched a clue from the case. The memory sparked a search that traced the boy to his family.
AP reports in Toronto that Lt Stewart Reburn, once Sonja Henie's skating partner in exhibitions, sustained a wound in an incident. Details remain sparse as investigators probe the circumstances.
New York AP report notes President Roosevelts order placing railroads under army control had little wider impact on the market. Stocks drifted lower with rails and steels showing modest declines while overall transfers neared nine hundred thousand shares.
Published by J. E. Bennett & Co W. AB Jump manager lists daily stock quotations across many firms with numbers for Adams Express Johns Manville Allied Bendix Boeing Coca Cola General Motors etc and Chicago closing prices for prominent names. The compiled list includes industry leaders retail and manufacturing names with inching percentages and share figures.
Washington dispatch reports the selective service will reopen local boards to reassess Italian registrants previously deemed enemy aliens. The change follows Italy being recognized as a co-belligerent against Germany.
Mrs Helen Cortez daughter of Mrs H W Huff is seriously ill in University hospital Iowa City. Sunshine Mission Sunday school program tonight at 7 30 includes recitations songs dialogs and perfect attendance prizes. A Davenport DDT office rep will confer at Cedar Rapids Chamber 9 am to 5 pm Wednesday. William E Krumbholz of Narva hotel has gone to Corpus Christi Texas for a visit with Mrs Krumbholz and his son E
Mrs. Myrtle Mantor of Spencer spends two weeks visiting her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Willard R. Mantor at 914 Sixth Avenue SE and her nephew and his wife Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Laton at 835 Fourth Avenue SE.
Miss Maxine Shipton a freshman at Coeomaan leaves Monday to join 425 North American college students for a seven day student Christian planning conference at Wooster.
A brief item from New York reports Time Magazine engaging in a network purchase. Details are sparse but indicate corporate media activity and strategic acquisition considerations in the publishing industry.
Eskimos labor in 50 villages to supply reindeer meat for the U S Army as 400 Eskimo stockmen endure arctic blizzards. Reporter Bussel Annabel and Army photographer Sgt Gene Gyuriak detail dog team treks, near-vertical ice trails, and a blessing by Father Paul Deschout before the roundup.
Linn county selective service board No. 2 announces the names of 18 men who have reported for active duty after post-induction furloughs. The list includes Leonard J. Sanket and Robert D. Larimer Jr among others with addresses across Iowa City, Iowa City, and nearby towns. prior navy reporters are also named alongside residences in Des Moines and Grand Island.
Allied dispatch notes Japanese outlets including Berlin radio and Mainichi warn Rabaul must be held at all costs as defenses on New Britain face aircraft shortages and the island’s strategic importance is emphasized in World War II coverage.
In Jersey City, Edwa i Wooten aged eight tests a toy gun firing cork pellets. The event is reported by UP.
Miss Helen Biddick eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Biddick of 840 Tenth Street will wed Robert W. Myers U S N R of Iowa City at the Methodist church in a single ring ceremony at 8. The Rev Arthur W Henke will officiate before palms and white chrysanthemums with lighted tapers. The bride will wear a dusty rose crepe gown and Dutch cap with a shoulder length veil and carry a gardenia muff. The couple will reside at 706 East College Street Iowa City. Out of town guests include Mr and Mrs M O Myers of Eagle Grove and others.
Charles Benedict reports his brother D. E. Bud Benedict died December 19 in San Francisco. Born October 1869 on a Marion area farm, he shared 15 years with Charles Benedict running Benedict Brothers cigar store. Survived by a Portland daughter, two sons in San Francisco and Rockford, two Milwaukee sisters, and many years since his wife’s death.
Virginia Delle Pyle, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn D Pyle, wed Flight Officer Alan P Benson son of Mr and Mrs J W Benson of Lakewood Ohio at the bride’s grandmother 880 Fourteenth Street Cedar Rapids. The ceremony was performed by Rev W A Jacobs with a small group including Miss Helen Spitz and Richard E Paul USNR. The bride, a former United Airlines stewardess, and the groom plan to report to Atlantic City after the new year. A wedding dinner followed at the Roosevelt hotel.
Mrs Mary Ann Fitzgerald 88 widow of James Fitzgerald died early Tuesday in Seattle after a long illness. Born May 22 1855 in Linn county she moved to Seattle in 1916 where her husband died in 1927. Survived by son Rudolph N Fitzgerald Marion and three other children Alice Laurens Lydia Griffin Emerson Fitzgerald of Seattle and brother Edward Quaas Des Moines. Body to be returned to Yocom chapel Marion for burial in Shiloh cemetery funeral plans forthcoming.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schell and daughters Donna Mae and Nancy Jean leave Marion after seven years to relocate to Miles City, Montana. Mr. Schell, a civil engineer with Milwaukee railroad, worked in the division engineer's office here. Mrs. Schell and daughters will visit her mother in Primghar for two weeks before the move.
More women are needed to help in making surgical dressings at the Marion Red Cross production rooms. The rooms will be open Thursday from 2 to 4. Mrs. L. C. Ross is chairman.
Mrs Mary E Morris 84 mother of Mrs H R Livingston died at her daughter Mrs John Lantz home in Cedar Falls. Burial is planned in Marshalltown. Mrs Morris lived in the Livingston household at times. Surviving: three daughters and three sons besides the daughter here.
Marion teams host two games with reserves facing Roosevelt sophomores at 7 and Marion varsity meeting Bloomfield at 8. Also notes illness schedule changes and local family updates across Cedar Rapids and Norman Oklahoma.
A compilation of fragmented notices including thanks for a funeral, lost and found items, rewards for missing articles, stray livestock, and small classified ads for services and jewelry shops. The garbled text references the Pavlicek family, undertaker Janeba, various names, phone numbers, and locations.
Decorah State Representative and Mrs W P Knowlton learned Tuesday their son Bob Knowlton a marine fought in Tarawa and escaped injury. He has not been heard from since October and is now reported in Hawaii.
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