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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1941
Page
2
Regional livestock reports show hog prices stabilizing with top quotes around 8.19 while beef remains dull. Cattle and hog receipts at Chicago and several yards reflect a week of modest declines, with buyers cautious and packers directing activity, as lambs and sheep show mixed gains.
OCR text shows cattle hogs and sheep prices with quotes on steers cows and heifers. It lists several price ranges and quantities for hogs and sheep, plus reference to general supply and trading activity at Ames Iowa January.
Market reports show hog prices steady with no changes on Saturday. The long haul top remains at 77 dollars, while sheep and lambs see minor shifts with lighter weights bringing about a one dollar movement.
Prices for grains and produce listed in Cedar Rapids include Wheat No 1 73c No 2 73c Oats White No 2 36c No 3 34c Rye No 2 60c Barley No 2 35e 44c Corn shelled New No 2 636 602 Soybeans New No 2 5c Straw Baled tame hay $1200 Straws produce poultry prices for broilers And leghorns Hens over 5 lbs 13c Leghorns and lights 0c Stags 10c Leghorns 1c No 1 33c No 2 0c Wholesale fruit and vegetables Lemons 85 75 Oranges 1 00 Grapefruit California celery 3 23 Lettuce 2 45 Onions 1 457 60 Cabbage 2 75 Carrots 33 Water Potatoes 1 10 1 70 Cauliflower 1 60 Sweet potatoes 1 65 7 21 Winesap apples 1 75 Cured hides No 1 20 No 2 10 2 to 1 call hides 10 12c No 2 call 9 10c No 1 kip 9 tur No 2 kip 8 ie No 1 horse 1 78 No 2 horse 4 25 Pelt and slue half or tee Manee and all tail included
Chicago produce market notes prices for butter creamery at 90 scoring, eggs refrigerator standards listed with February storage values and March ranges. Lamson Bros. and Co. provided figures with February readings. margins reflect fresh dairy and egg market statuses.
Wisconsin cheese quotas and prices for the week show varied quotes with cheddar around 15 cents and other tones noted. The Boston and UK trade reports indicate steady to firm foreign prices and steady to easter on domestic grades, with limited sales of valuable wool reported.
Weakness in United States Steel preferred and Consolidated Oil activity marked a quiet session on the stock market. Consolidated Oil traded at 53 a share after a single large sale, while U S Steel preferred fell about four points. Several other industrials slipped, with notable declines for Bethlehem, Wheeling, and J C Penney amid a broad toll of losses across sectors.
Saturday quotations from Wall Street list numerous major stocks with prices and changes across industries. Names include Adams Express Alaska Juneau International Paper Allied Chem Lockheed Boeing Colgate Palmolive General Electric Motors and many others reflecting a broad market snapshot from the period.
Wheat futures fell sharply after opening steady on the Chicago Board of Trade with May delivery hitting new seasonal lows. Wheat settled 2 to 34 cents lower. corn, oats, rye and soybeans finished mixed with some advances as cash wheat selling and hedging weighed on futures. Turnover drew from thin buying interest, improved moisture in the southwest, and talk of freer cash offerings. Winnipeg and Kansas City markets showed weakness, with forecasts for cloudy to clear grain belt weather and moderate temperatures. Receipts and cash grain quotes followed the Chicago action.
New York bond market shows small losses Friday with hesitant buying as investors await action on lend-lease legislation and World War II uncertainty. Rails fall unevenly while some carriers perform better. U.S. Treasury loans ease and deficits loom for defense funding.
CORAL GABLES Fla UP Bobby Riggs of Chicago faces Jack Kramer of Montebello Calif on Saturday for a shot at Frank Kovacs of Oakland Calif in the University of Miami invitational final. Kovacs ends Mulloys jinx by beating Gardner Coral Gables 7 5 7 5 6 2 in the semis after three prior losses.
Time schedule for the Clayton county boys basketball tournament runs Feb 4 to 8 with 15 teams in six sessions. McGregor defends as a strong contender. pairings include Guttenberg vs Monona and McGregor vs Garnaville among other matchups.
Mrs. Clara Alice Bonesteel 81 died early Saturday at her daughter’s home 1119 Bayonne NW Cedar Rapids. Born in Brown county Kansas she lived mainly in Benton county and Marion with her husband J P Bonesteel who died in 1938. Surviving are six daughters two sons twelve grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm in Yocom chapel Marion with burial in Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids.
Simpson, defending Iowa conference basketball champion, defeated Central 40 to 32 in Indianola. It was Simpson s fourth victory in five league games while Central dropped to seven losses in eight. Mike Reed led Simpson with 13 points, and Homer Vaskill scored nine for Central before fouling out.
Funeral services for Corwin D Stickney will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Yocom chapel in Springville with Rev. Raymond C. Lavisher officiating. Burial will be in Springville cemetery. born June 17 1848 in Medina Ohio he lived in Springville from age 12 and later resided in Marion Webster City St Petersburg and finally Springville. Survivors include three daughters and two sons, including Mrs Ralph Kendall, Mrs Mable Mundy, Mrs Frank Swanson, L C Stickney, and F E Stickney.
Directory style rundown lists service times and activities for Marion area churches including Baptist Beulah Christian St Joseph's Catholic Congregational Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Seventh Day Church of Christ Prairie Chapel and Alburnett Methodist. It notes pastors names sermon topics Bible school and youth groups with times for morning worship and evening services.
Frank Filip Jr. left Friday for Lincoln Nebraska to attend a Bankers Life Insurance general agents meeting set for February 3 to 5. Edna Wharton, 45, of 3900 East Avenue NE, suffered forehead and scalp lacerations and possible head injury after slipping on ice on B Avenue between Eighth and Tenth Streets NE. She was taken to St Luke's Hospital by the Ambulance Service.
The News Flashes reel, delayed in transit, will be shown today at 2 20, 5 30 and 8 40 p m at the Iowa theater. It features Verne Marshall, chairman of the No Foreign War Committee, Ray Donels Iowa State college football coach, and Golden Glovers road work for the WHO tournament.
Sergeant Clarence B. Day head of the Iowa highway patrol Cedar Rapids area and highway safety committee chairman will speak on highway safety this Sunday at 10 15 am over station WMT. E A Hansen Hanford post radio committee chairman introduces him.
Announcement by army and navy recruiting stations says men registered for selective service who have not yet been inducted may enlist. Vacancies exist in a variety of crafts and trades as well as for ordinary soldiers and sailors.
At a recent meeting Fred Petska with his Mount Vernon lodge staff installed Jan Hus LO OF officers. New officers include Sam Frasinger noble grand George Miller vice grand John Sedenka recording secretary L H Straka financial secretary Henry Zahradnik treasurer Charles Clark warden Eldon Martin conductor Joseph J Janeba chaplain Leo Spacek R S S Richard Schultz L S S Jerry J Hanus RSNG Clark Johnson LSN G John Bruna RS V G Mervin Shope LSV
Linn county social welfare plans to appoint a new director at a Wednesday 2 pm meeting. Vancancies include the former director Mrs Mildred Hunt who resigned to become Linn county overseer of the poor and investigator Charles Bues who left for Decatur county. Old age and blind aid remain with Joe Roeder who has acted since February 1937.
President Roosevelt signed emergency legislation authorizing the navy to spend 909 million dollars to build 400 auxiliary ships and expand shipyard, gun and armor production facilities.
AP dispatch from Chicago reports 9,000 fans will pack LaFayette to watch Purdue challenge Indiana for first place in the Big Ten. A Boilers win would drop Indiana to a second place tie with Illinois behind Wisconsin and revive Purdue’s fading 1940 title hopes. All signs point to Indiana victory in this conference clash. Outside the loop Millikin visits Town and Ohio State meets Butler in Indianapolis.
Joe Louis reported receiving draft number 378 before his Friday night bout. He has mailed his questionnaire noting he is married and that his mother and sister depend on him. He did not seek deferment and may enlist as an athletic adviser.
Jay McSpaden, veteran golf pro from Boston, scored a hole-in-one on the 175 yard par three fifteenth in the first round of the $5,000 Western Open. He finished with a 72 after using a five iron.
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