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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1941
Page
9
Chicago wholesale cattle hogs and sheep markets show higher bidding as salable receipts total 9,000. Hogs top at 8.30 for 180-240 lb, sum clauses note 6,000 receipts with 3,000 direct, while cattle and sheep show steady to firmer demand with best light steers around 9.50 to 10.75 and western lambs trading near 10.50.
Salable calves 1 200. hogs 3 890. sheep 3 500. cattle and calves at Omaha and Mason City markets. Prices vary by class with steers, heifers, cows, and calves steady to higher. hogs up to 10 cents higher in spots. sheep markets steady with fat lambs holding above 10 dollars. Des Moines and Ottumwa reports noted, with regional price ranges listed for multiple weight classes.
Livestock receipts at St Paul market total 2,200 with 2,100 cattle salable. Slaughter class supplies mix of steers and heifers. steers mostly steady with some light weights, heifers trading uneven as buyers take cautious stance. Prices show steady ranges around 9 to 10 dollars for steady steers and stronger demand for stocky heifers.
Salable hogs 1 500 head uneven butchers and weights. bulk end and choice 170 240 lbs. prices mostly up to 7 8 0 per cwt. lighter hogs 150 170 lbs at 7 50 to 8 10. sows scarce. Cattle receipts 100 head steady. cows and medium fed steers around 9 0 0 to 9 75. butcher cows 6 00 to 7 50. vealers steady. feeder steers 9 63 to 9 75. Sheep receipts 500. lambs closing higher about 23 cents. choice western lambs around 10 40. road lambs about 10 00.
Hog prices advanced a dime across all grades on Friday. The long haul top rose to 7.70 dollars.
New York AP reports a lackluster session with light trading as major shares fell or held flat. General Motors and Chrysler rose in late trading while Bath Iron Works gained after a strong earnings report. US Rubber Sears Roebuck Western Union and others held steady or declined amid a broad market retreat.
Wall Street quotations show Adams Express and various industrials led by Alaska Juneau 4% and Allied Chem with extensive notes on livestock prices. Cattle market lists steer and heifer values by weight, with Beef, Pork and packer quotations, plus major equities named including Armour, Goodyear and Chrysler among others.
Bond traders shifted focus as railway unions vote on strikes to back vacation demands while overall government bonds eased. Treasury issues sagged with mixed price moves across rails utilities and industrials. Produce futures and Wisconsin cheese prices also reported.
Grain prices for No 1 75c No 2 73c No 3 40c Rye No 2 6c Barley No 3 39c shelled New No 2 yellow 83c Sesame hay baled 12.00 straw 3.00. Poultry prices for broilers 14-9 hrs 18c. hens 13c. old roosters 4c. leghorns 6c. eggs 16c. Fruits vegetables lemons 5.78 oranges 3.00 64.00 grapefruit 2.10 celery 3.28 lettuce 3.30 onions 1.45 1.60 cabbage 3.75 carrots 3.00 potatoes 1.10 1.78 cauliflower 1.60 sweet potatoes 1.65 2.28 Winesap apples 1.75. Hides cured 14c 7a 1 calf hides 10c 1 kip 9 1 4c. Horse hair? terms included.
Market report shows 27 poultry trucks steady with Leshorn hens at 14c. Butter receipts about 705,706 lbs with firm market and varied price scores. Eggs receipts 13,364 cases steady with multiple grade prices. Cheese prices listed for Twins and daisies. Potatoes arrivals 96 on track 475, total shipments 704, market dull due to heavy supply. Idaho russet BurBanks priced around $1.40 to $1.472, other regions cited with Red River and unwashed Triumphs at $1.00, washed Triumphs similarly noted.
Butter receipts reach 509427 with firmer creamery prices. Cheese receipts 197256 with prices unchanged. Eggs receipts 13486 show mixed colors and grades with current prices listed across standards firsts and extras.
Boston reports slight inquiries for original bag fine and blood territory wools at 5 to 10 cents scoured, with most dealers seeking 98 cents to $1.02 scoured. South American fine grades also moved at firm prices. In Austin Minnesota hog market prices for Barrows and gilts across weight classes are listed.
Wheat futures in Chicago recovered from about half a cent loss to finish higher as May deliveries shifted to support around 81.4 cents. Corn and oats posted modest gains with light trade, while soybeans rose marginally. A Kansas crop outlook report forecast the ten-year best winter wheat prospects and record spring acreage. Mexico bought 150,000 bushels US wheat, and export subsidy cuts affected flour shipments to the Philippines and Latin America.
Gardenias 2 for 35c advertised. Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M to meet at 7 pm Monday at the Masonic hall for first degree work with refreshments to follow. Shueyville United Brethren church Sunday worship at 9 30 am Sunday school 10 30 am senior Christian Endeavor 7 30 pm. Gusti Grayston of Des Moines to give Winter Sports club lessons at Manhattan lake Saturday. Marriage of W F Ogden Cedar Rapids Opal Garner Ottumwa and Clement Casey Rose Worksm an Marshalltown married Thursday by Justice H R Churchill. Dr B R Stitzell of Manchester injured January 30 in snow bank crash near Cedar Rapids air 13.
Mercy Hospital patient transported home by Ambulance Service. Cedar Rapids residents Lyle Johnson and Doris Pike wed along with Paul Bates of Iowa City and Mary Fagan of East Lansing. Mrs Harold Bruce treated for a crushed finger at St Luke's hospital after helping push a stalled car. Sunshine Mission gospel team to lead services Friday at 7 30 p m. Jee Dowden to address Ark topic. Bahai lecturer Mrs Robert Lee Moffett to speak at Allison hotel tonight and again Saturday sessions on world religions and peace.
Mrs Frances Byers age 41 of 112112 Third Street SF suffered back and hip injuries when she slipped on ice after alighting from a bus at the corner of Third Avenue and Third Street. She was taken to Mercy hospital by ambulance.
Sanford Kerr of 1527 Bever Avenue SE left New Orleans on a South American cruise aboard the Del Brazil. The ship’s first stop is Pernambuco on the 18th, then Rio de Janeiro for a day, before Buenos Aires on February 26. From there Kerr plans to fly to Chile and travel up the west coast of South America.
Mrs. Charles Taylor of 3 Twelfth Street NE reported the theft of her beagle valued at 15 dollars. She said the dog barked at 4 am but by 7 am it was gone, with the thief placing the leash in the dog house to imply the dog remained inside.
Dr David I Berger head of the Bible department and dean of the chapel at Coe college will speak at 745 PM in Jesup for about 45 minutes on Americanism. He will then preside over an audience discussion. The event is among programs sponsored by Jesup consolidated school with superintendent Earl R. Cope.
Four men were initiated into the High Twelve club at a closed Friday meeting at the Roosevelt. New members are Iva B McGladrey of 318 Nassau street SE Leland R Murray of 2615 Bever avenue SE Pearl C Conard of 1934 Gever avenue SE and D F Gandell of Tama Past President Ervin Stepanek officiated the ceremony Boy Scouts were guests and described their work to the group.
The Rev. R B Campbell will speak at evening services Friday Saturday and Sunday at the Free Methodist church at 6 avenue and Eighth street NW in the Cedar Rapids district quarterly meeting. District Elder RT Fine will lead Sunday services at 11 am and 2 30 pm and the 6 45 pm young people's meeting. A Hawkeye Bill Dicht film of the Iowa Notre Dame game will be shown at Camp Wapsie Y roundup in the YMC boys lobby. Dicht speaks today at 7 pm and the camp season director will be announced. Louis Nelson will lead camp songs and all past and current campers are invited.
In New York a well dressed shopper dropped a saper wrapped bundle in a Ninth avenue market. A store clerk kicked it under a counter thinking it waste. The woman found the package missing and screamed. The manager and clerk recovered it and turned it over. She claimed it held 68000 dollars. Culhane received a ten dollar reward.
Forecast covers Feb 7 evening to Feb 12 evening. Temperatures near normal or slightly below with a gradual rise Sunday or Monday then turning colder Tuesday and Wednesday. Light precipitation overall with moderate amounts in extreme southern Illinois as disturbances move south.
Marion branch Amer ican Red Cross Unit No 1 met at Mrs Rose Wright for a picnic dinner and all day sewing with members listed. The next meeting will be at Mrs Minnie Schenken’s home. The Ladies Progressive club at Dry Creek held a similar gathering with guests from Marion and Alburnett. The group reported $50 from a McCalley sale and voted $5 to the infantile paralysis fund. Next meeting set for Mrs Georgia Kopecky’s home.
Attendees at the Continental luncheon on Thursday at the Racevelt hotel Cedar Rapids included Mrs Tee R Fitzgerald Mrs Earl Welsher Mrs E Jefferson Mrs LS Dove Mrs K E Cornell Mrs A A Hardin Mrs Charles T Rowe Mrs H Wuerth and Mrs H Stitzel who stayed to play bridge on the mezzanine floor.
Mrs Carl Falcon learns of Edgar Penley death at his Ames home. Penley, a former Central City postmaster, worked at Iowa State College. Also notes postponed Methodist Homebuilders meeting due to Mrs Rae Kinstler’s death in Moeherly. Red Cross Lincoln County chapter attendees in Cedar Rapids. multiple small ads and visits, illnesses and recoveries, and local shop promos.
Mrs Raymond Stanton hosted Thursday for the Mothers club. Mrs Stanley Kellams led Why Join a Parents group. A party was planned for 7 30 pm Feb 20 at 934 Seventeenth street for Mr and Mrs Joe Walker. Eldon Coffman welcomed as new member and 16 members plus 11 children and guest Mrs William Morris attended. Club voted $150 to the dental medical committee.
Miss Virginia Howe of Cedar Falls was elected by the board of education Thursday evening to succeed Miss Jean Robertson who resigned as teacher of commercial subjects in the Marion high school. Mrs Corrinne Post of Cedar Rapids had acted as supply teacher until Howe could be released from Alden high school duties. Howe will come to Marion Monday.
A rural fire truck responded Thursday at 4 24 pm to the Thur man Hybrid Seed company on the AG Thurman farm along Highway 48 north of Marton. A wooden structure used for storing and pursuing corn caught fire, likely from corn dust. The blaze caused only slight damage. Mrs Charles D Firns entertained the Shakespeare Club Thursday evening at her home.
Salisbury Maryland AP report: William Jennings Bryan a volunteer fireman and guardsman just inducted into the army ran from the armory after a fire alarm. He was AWOL two hours while fighting the blaze and now faces a few days peeling potatoes as punishment.
Daniel R Topping a 29 year old Greenwich millionaire sportsman and husband of Sonja Henie was declared physically unfit for military service by Ethan F Putnam chairman of the Greenwich selective service board.
Mrs Nellie Lucinda Richardson wife of E W Richardson of 1748 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at home at 6 30 am Friday after a brief illness She was born August 6 1884 and lived her life in Cedar Rapids She married E W Richardson in 1905 Surviving are son Alan and daughter Lois four cousins a brother and other relatives She was a member of St Pauls Methodist church Chapter H1 of P E O and an honorary member of local 137 AFM Funeral at Turner chapel 3 30 pm Sunday with calls at the chapel
James B Fitzpatrick age 18 months, son of Mr and Mrs James Fitzpatrick of 324 Fifth Street NE, dies in a local hospital. He is survived by parents five brothers three sisters and grandparents. Funeral details at Immaculate Conception church with Msgr Molloy officiating and burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. The body moved from Monahan funeral home.
Washington AP reports William Green president of the American Federation of Labor will ask the ALF council meeting Monday in Miami to remove racketeers from organized labor. He plans to push for elimination of corrupt elements within the union ranks.
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