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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1944
Page
12
Chicago and Omaha reports show slow trade for heavyweight sows with steady to strong cattle and yearling demand. Hog prices eased with top $13.75 for 200 330 lb ranges, while cattle receipts around 17 000 and one thousand calves reflect mixed margins. buyers for various weights and grades are active but cautious.
Combined hog receipts across 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the eight hours ending 8 am Monday totaled 61,000. Estimated loads similar to last week, with lighter and extremely heavy butchers and sows priced down about 10 cents. Good and choice barrows and gilts 160 to 180 pounds ranged from 10.90 to 12.50 per hundredweight, 181 to 200 pounds from 12.00 to 13.40, 200 to 330 pounds from 13.10 to 13.50, and 330 to 360 pounds from 12.25 to 13.45. Good and choice sows 270 to 400 pounds brought 11.25 to 11.80, 400 to 450 pounds 11.15 to 11.70, and 450 to 550 pounds 11.00 to 11.60.
Sioux City market reports hog receipts near 19 000 with prices for top hogs up to 13 45 per cwt and sows around 11 65. Cattle receipts about 8 400 with slaughter steers and vealers steady and beef prices 13 00 to 16 50 per cwt, early heifers 11 50 to 13 50, cows 8 50 to 11 90, calves 13 00 to 14 50, stock steers 13 65 for 630 lb and lambs at mixed values as lamb market not established. Ewes and yearlings show varied demand with feeder conditions active.
A short-covering move lifted rye prices on Monday while wheat and oats barely moved from last week. Wheat fell slightly, oats slipped modestly, rye rose about 1 to 4 percent with May prices around 1.29 to 1.30 dollars, and barley dipped.
Chicago report lists No 4 hard and yellow wheat at about 1.13 to 1.14 dollars, No 3 Red at 1.82, feed at 4.50 to 15.00 per hundred pounds, and red clover and sweet clover with prices near 31.50 and 10.80 respectively. The text shows scattered commodity quotes for grains and forages with varied bids and terms.
Prices for cheese varieties including twins or cheddars listed by Wisconsin producers for the week of February 7 to 12. Market notes indicate steady demand and modest variations across grades.
Chicago butter receipts total 6 769 tules with steady extras and 92 score at 41c. Standards at 90 score cars 40 percent. Current receipts 33c and 30 percent checks. Twins and daisies listed. turkeys and hens noted as steady. Market shows moderate western stock demand with good quality seen in arrivals and shipments.
A buyer seeks a man to locate supply sources and contract annually with farmers. Preference for someone with prior success dealing with farmers. Permanent position offering excellent prospects for honesty, drive, and ambition. Based in Chicago, Box F-206 Gazette.
The report lists several U S grade prices for corn and flour products with minimal trading. Colorado Red McClures U S No 1 at 43.47 dollars, Tri nv Es in commer 2.10, Wisconsin No 1 at 2.20 to 2.30, cobblers U S No 1 at 2.25, and Plorica Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 at 3.25.
Market reports show hog prices holding steady with top at 13.45 for 200 to 330 pound hogs. Listings detail price bands across weight classes from 140 to 360 pounds and note packers paying about 11.30 to 12.85 for various ranges. Sheep and lamb values are given, highlighting native and western lambs at around 14.50 to 14.99, with ewes and buck lambs priced accordingly.
Grain and feed prices list oats wheat rye corn and soybeans with facilities in Cedar Rapids. Poultry prices delivered include springs light and heavy hens leghorn hens and eggs. Fresh fruits and vegetables show crates and box prices for lemons oranges lettuce and apples. Potatoes and Texas grapefruit appear with scattered pricing notes.
New York report says Wendell L. Willkie will file to enter Nebraska’s preferential primary on April 11 as a Republican candidate. He announced during a Sunday interview aboard the Union Pacific Overland Limited while touring the Northwest that the Nebraska bid aims to show Midwest voting strength. Former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen, now a navy lieutenant commander, is already entered.
Three theft reports appear on police records. Kenneth Dietrich reports four curtains sent to a laundry but not delivered. Mrs. Frank Meci loses a purse containing $6 and ration books on a Bever avenue bus. William Guess reports $12 stolen from a chest of drawers at his home on Saturday.
Harry W. Fraser president of the Order of Railway Conductors spoke to Rotary Club members about his December to January Washington experiences in the wage dispute. He said rail unions aimed to follow the Railway Labor Act, but government actions lacked legal authority and broke 17 years of precedent. The Gazette published Fraser’s Jan 23 interview detailing his Capitol experiences.
In New York the day opened with a few rail and specialty stocks moving into positive territory but most leaders fell back. Early gains eroded by midday and near the close fractional declines dominated. Volume slowed with about 600000 shares changing hands.
A dense list of stock quotations and prices appears from Adams Express to Walgreen with many company names, percentages, and figures. The entry notes a manager at Bennett & Co and a Merchants National Bank building address, followed by a long stream of stock figures for diverse industries and firms.
New York bonds edged higher at the close as trading remained active. Gains in some sectors ranged from fractional points to over a point with scattered losses, aided by a steady rally in the market.
A United Press poll of 20 of the Senate's 37 Republicans found Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York as the top choice for the 1944 Republican nomination. Ohio Governor John Bricker, General Douglas MacArthur, and Wendell Willkie followed in order.
The sixth highway commission district of Iowa county officers will meet at the Montrose hotel Tuesday for an all day session. A joint meeting at 10 a.m. precedes roundtable discussions with over 100 officers from 14 counties attending. Ed Refshauge of Black Hawk will preside at the joint meeting.
Washington AP reports that wounded and discharged servicemen who have recovered are being drafted again. The War Department ordered veterans to receive their old ranks and instructed officers to exhaust all options before discharging. Some sergeants and corporals were returned to private rank after boards reviewed their cases. Thousands released for disabilities that now do not bar induction. Draft rules require reporting status to the draft board on discharge. Some cases restart the process as if never in uniform. no figures were released. Military spokesmen said many such cases have arisen. Those who were overseas and discharged and re inducted will likely not be sent to foreign assignments again.
Free cooking class in Glow room at the Gas Company Tuesday at 2 15 p.m. The Cleveland P T A meets Wednesday at 2 p m replacing the earlier notice. Unit 29 of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employes meets Tuesday at 2 p m in the Memorial building Marion. Mrs Lloyd J Milke daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph R Beyer on Twenty second avenue SW has had an operation at Mercy hospital. Her husband is a Seabee in the South Pacific. The Jackson P T A hosts dads night Wednesday at 7 30 p m with Dan Steele speaking on accident facts and a movie. The 2A and 3B mothers entertain. The Mother's day tea is February 16. Mrs Robert E Long 2651 Mt Vernon avenue SE and Mrs Robert Myers 2030 Fifth avenue SE have departed for Columbus Ga to plan homes. their husbands attend officer candidate school at Fort Benning.
Grace McCurdy club of Melody Camp R N A will meet Wednesday at 8 p m with Mrs Minnie Taenaers 433 J Avenue NW Members are asked to take a Valentine.
The Cedar Rapids Stamp Club will meet in the Montrose hotel clubroom at 8 this evening. All Cedar Rapids stamp collectors are invited. The board of governors gathers earlier in the Java room at 6 15 p.m.
Cedar Rebekah lodge No 494 will meet Thursday at 6 PM in K of P hall for a picnic supper. Members should bring a covered dish sandwiches and the regular picnic supplies. A business meeting follows at 8 PM with cards and staff practice after.
In district court Judge J. E. Heiserman awarded Dr. E. G. Sasse seventy five dollars against Ole Hoistod for default on a prior judgment. The action concerns a suit on a judgment from Sargent county dated March 20 1943. Gets Suspended Term. Garnet Hilda Matthes known as Garnet Ritter 29 pled guilty to lewdness and received a suspended six month Linn county jail term in Heiserman's court after police arrested her Friday at a Cedar Rapids hotel.
Petit jurors were dismissed Monday by Judge J E Heiser in district court until Monday February 14 at 9 a.m.
WPB priority analysts who normally visit Cedar Rapids on Tuesdays cannot attend this week. A. L. Taylor, Chamber of Commerce secretary, said the Davenport office informed him Monday that both men are ill.
Edith Zachar dismissed with prejudice her case Monday against J J Zachar F J Bittner and Frank J Zachar in Beiserman court. Defendants agreed to pay the plaintiff 667 03 in full settlement of a promissory note.
The Anka radio said Sunday that Gen. Franz Szombathelyi, Hungarian chief of staff, made a personal visit to Adolf Hitler's headquarters to urge a total withdrawal of Hungary from the Russian front.
In Washington at a War Labor Board hearing MESA attorney William L. Brooker said only the national administrative board can end the strike at 44 Michigan and Ohio war plants. He warned cooperation from the WLB could shorten the process, while union leaders urged a WLB order freezing MESA as bargaining representative. The hearing was continued as Senators and officials weighed possible legal actions.
Marine Sgt. Leo Parenteau of Manchester New Hampshire on a Cape Gloucester patrol finally fired on a Japanese sniper after months of dodging fire and silent waiting. A wind shift spoiled the shot revealing the sniper had been dead three days, leaving the sergeant reflecting on the war’s strange twists.
The Federal Trade Commission charged Colgate Palmolive Peet with misrepresenting the composition and effects of products advertised in multiple media. Palmolive soap allegedly did not use palm and olive oils or beautify skin, while Colgate toothpaste and dentifrices were claimed to avert bad breath and tooth decay, which the commission said enamel brightness governs.
Washington dispatch reports Interstate Commerce Commissioner J M Johnson telling a senate committee that Russia is buying twice as much wheat from the United States in 1944 as in 1943. He also cited Mexico seeking use of American freight cars to move its goods north and criticized Canadian use of US rolling stock. Johnson charged 1000 US cars are roaming Canada with no checks, warning a repeat would occur in Mexico. The hearing featured a clash with War Food Administrator Marvin Jones and Sen Reed over answers.
Coroner Sidney D. Smith ruled the death of 84-year-old Waterloo physician Dr. Gerrit J. Bennett as death by own action. He was found with a .22 caliber bullet in his brain in his garage Sunday night after a 33 year medical practice.
Brief county notices list multiple missing items and rewards including a five dollar reward for an American Photocopy Company briefcase on 1st St E, a white gold wrist watch, a black leather pocketbook, a red billfold, a lady's gold Bulova watch, and a stray Hog herd. Contacts include H F Hungate Des Moines P O Box 444 and Lois Lutz LaPlant Choate with phone numbers and addresses in Marion Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Various storefront notices list Tack's Store near the Post Office, Vincent's and Claxton Pharmacy Jewelry, Richards Lab trusses, and Avon beauty products. Also noted are tax help, machine quilting, printing, watch repair, and a notice that no more work is accepted until further notice.
Local classified listings show a mix of repair, hauling, and repair services including appliance service, shoe repair, pluming and heating, wall decorating, and interior services. Also contains job seeks for an Army officer and women for factory work, plus miscellaneous notices and ads.
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