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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1944
Page
4
Market report notes a 25 cent drop in hog prices. Chicago grain quotations are provided by Lamson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey as manager and Cedar Rapids offices listed.
Des Moines and Chicago livestock markets report hogs and cattle with steady to mixed prices. Iowa price quotations list live weights by weight class and packing plants, while Chicago and Omaha totals show demand, top prices, and seasonal shifts. Sioux City and Omaha receipts reflect moderate activity and varying bids for hogs cattle and sheep.
Chicago trading notes show deferred wheat deliveries fell sharply on Monday amid profit taking while May dates stayed steady after Saturday’s close. Wheat and barley moved lower, oats and rye declined, and prices for soybeans and field seeds were listed with nominal ranges.
Chicago market bulletin records receipts and prices for butter eggs cheese live poultry and potatoes. It notes steady demand and varied grades with specific price quotes for U S and Idaho russets and regional varieties, including New York dairy prices and wholesale egg components.
Wholesalers report maximum selling prices for dressed poultry and live poultry by weight and grade. Geese and turkeys show varied cents per pound, ducks around 26 to 28 cents, roosters and fowls priced by grade, with capons and broilers included in current market figures.
Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market activities show packers down 10 cents with top hogs at 13.45 for 200 to 300 pounds. Prices span various hog weights and cattle classes including steers from 11 to 23 dollars and mixed yearlings, cows, and calves with multiple price points across the board.
A mostly higher mood limited by thin dealings as the New York and Chicago exchanges opened with scattered advances. Leaders slipped little, while several favorites rose to new highs, transfers around 700000 shares.
Grain and market notices list oats, wheat, rye, corn, soybeans with bids such as No 2 yellow soybeans at $1.80 and corn at $1.01. Straw and bale prices rise, poultry prices delivered include springs, leghorns, heavy hens, and eggs. Fruit and produce quotes cover Florida celery, lemons, California naval oranges, lettuce, potatoes, and apples. hides, horses, calves, and other livestock values are shown with assorted prices.
A garbled AP wire brief from Wisconsin lists weekly figures for January 10 to 15 and mentions Twins or cheddars at 24 percent. The UPI note references Des Moines river stages with Dubuque and Davenport showing declines.
President Eric A. Johnston of the United States Chamber of Commerce urged that social security meet only minimum protective standards. He warned that pushing further could push the state toward authoritarian control while opening the door to full employment guarantees and expanded government roles.
The Mariner once owned by John Barrymore was being remodeled into a coastwise freighter. Alfred A. Brown of Ensenada Mexico owns the 107 foot schooner which still holds the sailing yacht record Hawaii to the mainland in 11 days 16 hours, now transferred to Mexican registry.
The Des Moines AP report says the executive council approved Allison Hotel company of Cedar Rapids to issue stock in exchange for property. The firm is capitalized at 150000 dollars.
In New York a two and a half year old boy Joseph Moran died after being lured to a roof by a bright red pinwheel toy. His body was found on a five story roof twelve hours later. authorities say the door to the roof was locked by someone unaware he was there. The child had left his uncle Edward Ruane’s home to play and was missed by his father, a metal worker, while his mother moved to Brooklyn after a quarrel at a tavern party.
Washington AP reports a presidential board handling rail wage disputes for 15 non operating unions postponed its hearing to Thursday due to the absence of unions chief counsel Donald Richberg from the city.
A Tokyo radio broadcast cited by United Press said the United States now and will continue producing at least ten times as many tanks guns ships planes and munitions as Japan. It noted the United Nations use overwhelming forces and asked if Japan can keep up.
The Deaconesses meet Friday at 2 30 p m with Mrs A J Barth 336 Eighteenth street SE No Gas Company Cooking School in Cedar Rapids until further notice Retired and Veteran Railway Employes Unit No 29 meet Tuesday in Marion at 2 p m Thomas Troy 915 Seventeenth street NE recovering in Mercy hospital visitors welcome Red Cross volunteer chairmen meeting postponed West Side Mutual Fire Insurance Association annual meeting at Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce 1 p m Thursday Karl Edwards of WPB Davenport office at Chamber Tuesday 9:30 a m to 3 p m for priorities A J Kopecky sues Charles Miech in district court for 150 with 5 interest from July 1 1941 rental account Mrs Winifred McDonald 41644 Tenth street SE guest sister Mrs T D Hunt and daughter Theresa of Jefferson Jr to stay a week Bernice F Williams circle First Christian church meets Wednesday 7 30 p m with Miss Florence Churchill 1527 Second avenue SE bring yarn and No 3 knitting needles Fred M Hargrave dba Hargrave Construction seeks 1535 86 judgment against Burch Construction Cedar Rapids and J P Hurley dba Hurley Construction rent on road building machinery Mizpah lodge 639 AF and AM installation of officers Wednesday 8 p m Dil man Beck to be installed worn end
Clifford Campbell 513 1310 First Avenue NE and Jone Anderson 26 125 Fourth Avenue SW waived preliminary hearing in Justice H R Churchill's court and were bound to the grand jury in Linn county jail with bonds of 1000 each. City detectives arrested them Saturday on a warrant issued by County Attorney Carl Hendrickson.
Lt. Leo A. Shulgin was wounded in action on December 13 and is recovering from a leg wound in an English hospital. A letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shulgin of 1530 E Avenue NW, confirms he is stationed in England with the Army Air Corps and his wife resides in Louisiana.
Carl Edward Clymer 44 of route three Marion died suddenly from a heart attack at 8 05 am Monday while doing chores on the old Dice farm four miles northeast of Marion Dr T F Hersch coroner said no inquest would be held His body was taken to Turner chapel Cedar Rapids funeral arrangements pending Westminster guild of the Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday at 7 45 with Miss Marie Frank enfield 915 Tenth street Martha Smith will lead devotionals and Alice Wallace will present the lesson Petty Officer Robert M Stull has returned to the States from service in the Southwest Pacific and is spending a 30 day leave with his wife and son in Marion and his mother in Cedar Rapids New all purpose kit at Owen's Cut Rate City Advertisement Clarence K Reinhard of the army air corps has been transferred to Yuma Ariz for aerial gunnery training Nine North Western trains routed through Marion Saturday due to Challenger derailment Lost top from circulating heater Reward phone 436-W Advertisement Concord Agriculture and Literary Society picnic Friday noon at the home of Mr and Mrs Vernon Lent George W Kaiser returned from Des Moines Martha Ann Young to Lindenwood College St Charles Mo Mrs C A Trask to entertain Chatterbox Bridge club Wednesday Mrs George Weis of Muscatine former Marion resident visiting Willis Jordan Seaman Albert Hyde on leave from Farragut Idaho with wife and son Clifton Pvt Tom Ozburn transferred Camp Dodge to Camp Blanding Fla Mrs Lulu Curtin attended funeral of Emma Thorn Pvt John Knapp Jr returned to Camp Swift Texas after furlough here with wife son Gail and parents Grandmother Mrs Callie Knapp entertained at dinner and 11 relatives and friends at Fourteenth Street address
Marion Iowa board selects Dorothy Linder of Cedar Rapids to teach art at the high school and lower grades and Rosalie Gill of Strawberry Point to teach history and serve as girls athletic director at the high school. Both replacements come after resignations of Jane Glass and Wanda Wainwright who joined the Waves.
Sparks from a chimney started a roof fire at 1398 Twelfth Street, home of Mr. and Mrs. Severson, owned by S. F. Cary. Earlier, Mrs. Klopp’s Blairs Ferry Road residence saw clothing ignite in a cellar. Obituaries note Albert Levasseur dies in Wyoming Indiana with services next Tuesday. Various community notices include church meetings, Cub Scout gathering, thanks for flowers, and a string of lost items from local businesses and residents.
A police terse reply warned a panhandler that pan handling is illegal within the city. The brief exchange noted the confrontation as part of routine enforcement.
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