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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1944
Page
13
Hog prices remained nominally steady in Chicago with most bracket weight hogs at a top of 13.75. Fed steers and yearlings moved slowly while Colorado and Wyoming fed lambs brought 16.35 to packers amid receipts of about 20 000 hogs, 12 000 cattle and a few sheep.
Livestock market notes show hogs at 200 to 370 lbs meeting steady demand with top around 13.50 while 250 to 330 lb hogs fetch 12 to 13.00. Beef cattle include western fed steers near 16.40 with others around 15. Bulls and cows steady. stock cattle scarce but firm. Sheep receipts about 4,000 with Colorado Wyoming lambs around 16.35 and yearlings near 10 to 12 for ewes and wethers mixed sales.
Combined 1 19 concentration yards and 11 Plents in interior Iowa and south for the 24 hours ended show receipts around 200,000. Compared with last week and a year ago figures reflect loading near 50,300 weekly. Prices list barrows gilts and sows across weight ranges with 180-200 lb hogs at 12.00 to 13.40, 330-360 lb at 12.25 to 13.45, and sows 270 lb around 11.25 to 11.80 while heavier sows 400-550 lb fetch 11.15 to 11.70.
Livestock market report shows hogs and calves mixed with steady to slightly higher bids. Hogs top around 12.75 for 200-330 lb sows and 180-190 lb hogs mostly 11.65 to 12.25. calves and steers hold steady or better with $12.50 to $16.75 for good to prime quality. Sheep receipts around 8,000 with fat lambs not yet established. feeder lambs active and around 13.00 to 14.00 for 51 lb lots.
Receipts total 6 600 cattle 3 609 sheep and 14 500 hogs with steady to firm bids on good cattle and feeders. Load lots of medium weight steer futurities bring 16 50 while most cows and cutters trade lower. Hogs top around 13 45 with lighter weights near 12 25 to 13 00 and sows around 11 65 to 11 75.
AP report details packing point quotations for hogs from Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin with price ranges from 160 to 500 pounds. Tables show Good packing hogs and Good packing sows with varying bid prices in multiple weight bands and locations.
Keystone AP summary notes a miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese item from Plymouth reporting twins of cheddars at 23 4c for the week of February 7 to 12. Mississippi River stages show Keokuk at 1.0 and rising.
The Office of Price Administration estimated that new ration tokens set for February 27 will halve shopping time for housewives. In Chicago tests ten shoppers with tokens cleared the checkout in five minutes versus about seven minutes with the old stamp system for similar purchases.
Cedar Rapids hog market shows steady prices with top hogs at 13.45 for 200 to 330 pounds. Reports list several price bands for different weights and grades, with calves, lambs, and ewes priced accordingly.
Market prices list grains oats wheat rye and corn with No 2 and No 3 grades. Prices include soybeans hay straw poultry eggs fruits vegetables onions and potatoes with varied crate and per unit figures and notes on delivery and market terms.
Chicago report shows wheat steady after a mid morning rally, not enough to spark a full recovery in rye. Oats stay weak as ceiling price revisions loom. May wheat at 1.70 and July near 1.675, oats down fractions, barley steady.
Market brief lists Chicago cash prices for wheat barley and field seeds. Wheat none while barley trades around 1.25 to 1.44 per bushel. Timothy red top red clover sweet clover and other seeds priced per 100 pounds with nominal ranges noted.
Chicago receipts show mixed movement across poultry butter eggs and potatoes. Poultry: 2 cars 14 trucks firm market. butter 3555 tubs steady. eggs 12985 cases steady with varied prices. potatoes arrivals 90 on track with mod shipments and weak western stock demand. overall market unsettled.
New York butter receipts 579341 firm prices unchanged at ceiling. Cheese receipts 568754 nominal no quotations. Eggs receipts 15428 easy. Current wholesale cheese and butter classifications with weights and price ranges listed.
A Chicago based position seeks a man to locate supply sources for popcorn and soy beans and contract annually with farmers. Preference for proven experience with farmers. Permanent role with strong pay potential for honest ambitious applicant. Send details to Box F-206 Gazette.
Motors stocks gained after GM dividend boost fueling a modest market recovery in New York and Chicago trading. Paramount offered 30,000 shares at 23 percent, helping a five hour total near 600,000 shares.
Six of seven Italian merchant ships in metropolitan Spanish ports have been released and three have sailed. The seventh is held over ownership disputes. Negotiations continue for seven others in the Balearic islands. Warships talks proceed separately with none released.
Willkie signals entry into Nebraska and possibly other Midwest states with Ohio as a potential target. If he skips Illinois or Ohio the test of Midwest sentiment narrows to Wisconsin and Nebraska under Bricker's political domain.
Moscow reports say Russian agitation against the Vatican persists after Tass publishes a New York story about a German pamphlet. The pamphlet accuses the Vatican of leading role in fascists rise and ongoing support of reactionary forces.
Sen. H Styles Bridges 45 Republican New Hampshire said he will marry Dolores Thouwald on Friday at St Paul Minnesota. It will be Bridges third marriage.
One hundred twenty five members of the sixth highway commission district of the Iowa county officers met all day Tuesday at the Montrose hotel. E F Refshauge was re elected president and E L Wheeler vice president, with George Specht as secretary treasurer. Linn County Auditor Robert M Vesely spoke urging full association membership and cooperation on legislation and a possible Washington office. The morning featured slides on The Alaskan Military Highway and the afternoon covered roundtable discussions by officials from the district courts and various offices.
Adolf Hitler's nephew William Patrick Hitler, 32, who was rejected for army service in 1942, may join the U S Navy after passing his physical examination. Though a British subject, he listed Hitler as his uncle and was formerly barred under Form 304. He came to the United States in 1939 to lecture on Germany.
F E Fluegel assignee for Dr B G Broghammer dismissed without prejudice in case against Edward Cannon and Flora Cannon in Judge G K Thompson's court. Plaintiff sought 178.51 dollars plus costs in an account suit. Bernadene Hunter named administratrix for the estate of Joseph Hunter who died January 14 in Washington township. Arthur G Charter estate administrator is T E Charter. Doris Johnson seeks separate maintenance from Lyle Johnson in district court filing Tuesday.
Prof B J Firkins of Iowa State College urged Farmers club members that Iowa's 25 percent share of grade A land imposes responsibility to maximize it. He described soils as dynamic products of parent material age climate vegetation and typography and compared soil to a living body.
Linn county fruit and vegetable retailers are reminded of a 7:30 PM meeting on the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce building third floor. A representative from the Des Moines OPA office will attend.
London report says a second earthquake in Turkey's Ankara province killed 103 people and injured over 100, as Radio Ankara broadcasts the toll.
A blaze at Barkefeld airfield in Toronto destroyed at least 35 small RCAF training aircraft and facilities Tuesday. Estimated loss reached $370,000, with five hangars and shops burned. All nonessential personnel were evacuated and investigators began assessing the cause.
Charles H Freeman a longtime Benton county resident and retired farmer died at his Atkins home at 6 15 p m after a long illness He was born March 4 1864 at Palo and married Hannah Wallem Ness in 1925 at Vinton Surviving are his wife two daughters Elsie Brecht Olin and Marie Ellis Dubuque two sons Earl Freeman Cedar Rapids and Raymond Freeman Navy two grandkids Alva Mae Boyce Delores Parkins Charlene Christiansen and Gene Brecht four great grandchildren Services await word from the navy son Body at Turner funeral home
Charles Nesetril 60 of 1133 Eighth Street NW died at his home at 3 a m Tuesday after a lingering illness. Born in Johnson County on Sept 20 1883 he had lived in Cedar Rapids 36 years. He married Lillian Buresh Sept 20 1908 in Cedar Rapids. He formerly worked for Loomis Brothers contracting firm. Survived by wife two brothers Frank of Cedar Rapids Fred of Marion two sisters Mrs Frank Coufal Swisher Mrs Anna Martin El Reno Okla and several nieces and nephews. Body at Barta chapel. funeral later.
The women’s auxiliary of the United Packinghouse Workers meets in the union office at 1434 Third street SE Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Rabbi Herman Schaalman spoke on Germany and Postwar European Settlement to Canopus club members Tuesday noon. A DDT office rep will be at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for conferences 9 a m to 5 p m Wednesday. The Service club meets at Jane Boyd Community house Friday at 1 30 p m with Miss Elizabeth Berder and Mrs. Louise Niemeier in charge. Sewing for St. Luke’s hospital. Mr and Mrs M F Cox of 1578 Second avenue SE returned from Marshalltown to visit their son L Owen Tisdale, then to Camp Fannin Texas to see Jim who is recovering from a serious illness. Dr J Lynch Jr Cedar Rapids attorney speaks at First Congregational church monthly fellowship dinner Wednesday at 6 15 p m on Abraham Lincoln life. Dinner is pot luck and Mary Owens Tufts circle runs arrangements.
The Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men will host a dinner meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel with Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Men's association members as guests. T. H. Young of the Order of Railway Conductors will speak on Experience in the War Zones and the Inter Ocean Girls chorus will sing.
New York soldiers will still receive V-mail kisses photographed and sent overseas by the New York army post, provided kisses are lightly placed in a corner to avoid smudging. Officials cautioned against heavy lipstick as it can smear letters and hinder writing.
Marines in the South Pacific note varied liberty rules across islands. Eleven marines transferred to a base with greater freedom chose not to extend liberty, with six staying in, three attending a movie and returning by nine, and all back in bed before midnight on the second night.
A bulletin board notice at the University of Idaho Southern Branch urged V-12 trainees to join the program and "release a Wave for duty" signaling readiness for naval service. The terse message frames enlistment as a patriotic duty amid wartime.
A public relations officer at Ottumwa Naval Air Station was killed instantly Monday when struck by an airplane, with officials reporting the fatal accident at the base.
Detroit AP reports postwar car prices will rise probably 15 to 25 percent over 1941 levels. Yet operating costs may fall as engineers push gasoline mileage improvements and longer-lasting parts. Industry had already made progress before wartime production redirected to war materiel.
A clutter of lost items and rewards includes a $5 reward for an ere of AMERICAN PHOTOCOPY COMPANY brief case lost near 1st Resort E this week. various lost items like a hogs, four ration books, a billfold, a red billfold with $20, and a stray cocker spaniel. Also multiple local ads for jewelry shops, sewing machines, tax returns, and other goods and services.
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