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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
7
U S livestock markets report hog prices rising sharply with receipts below expectations. Chicago bids reach top around 11.75 per cwt for light hogs while other cattle and sheep trades show mixed or steady moves across Sioux City Omaha Des Moines and Iowa markets amid 48 hour totals and regional price shifts.
Hog receipts total 3 800 active 154225 cents higher top 11 50 with sows 350 550 lbs 10 00 10 50. Cattle receipts 550 medium to good steers 610 5097 12 25 mood heifers 11 50 GE12008 calves 250 vealer top 00. Sheep receipts 1 000 7 lamb market not established few medium native lambs sold at 11 00 12 00.
Swans were regarded as royal birds in early England and only arsons of high station were allowed to own them.
Hogs advance across all grades on the local market with a dime rise. Prices show varied ranges from 9 70 to 11 20 for hogs and packers, plus specific lot counts and weight categories. Cattle, calf, and sheep sections list bid ranges and quality tiers for steers, yearlings, cows, bulls, and lambs with price figures.
New York prices show butter and eggs weak with mixed scores and receipts. Cheese and poultry demand steady to firm, with varied regional trends and notable price ranges across grades and markets.
In Plymouth Wisconsin the Wisconsin cheese exchange lists weekly alota tions for January 1924 with entries for Twin 3344c cheddar 1234e. In Boston the wool market opened with limited sales and firm unchanged prices as the US agriculture department noted.
New York markets opened with a weak tone as rails and steels sparked a slight recovery but overall demand remained light. Only a few names showed better action including Great Northern United States Steel Bethlehem Air Reduction International Harvester and several others while Du Pont lagged with a new 1941 42 low.
Wall Street stock quotes list diverse companies from Adams Express to Zenith Radio. The page features numerous tickers and pricing, reflecting the broad market activity and notable names across industries.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram of sympathy to Clark Gable expressing deep distress and calling Carole Lombard a great artist who gave time and talent to serve her country and brought joy to all who knew her.
Chicago markets drifted lower with small dealings while grain traders await Washington price control settlements. Government plans lend-lease food shipments to Russia and CCC offer of about 100 million bushels of old wheat for feed had little impact. Wheat May -15, July -12 to -15 cents. corn and oats down. rye and soybeans mixed. Winnipeg wheat quotes shown. Chicago cash prices listed for wheat corn oats soybeans and feeds.
A mixed listing of farm commodities and livestock prices observed in Cedar Rapids. Grain prices include Wheat No 1 at 115 per unit, No 2 at 1.12, Oats No 2 55c, Rye No 3 60c, Barley No 3 4 5c, and Corn shelled No 2 yellow 5c to 72c. Also listed are soybeans No 2 yellow 41 68, hayste 615 00, and poultry market rates for various birds. Retail fruits and vegetables feature Colorado celery 4.00, lemons 6.50, onions 2 75, New cabbag e 3.00, Russets 3.75, Texas grapefruit 1.90, Jonathan apples 2.25, Emperor grapes 2.50, sweet potatoes 1.75. Hides and calf prices listed, plus horse prices and other animal hides.
Government bonds closed for the day in New York. Treasury 3s bid at 51 55, yielding around 110.14. Federal Farm Mortgage 3s quoted near 49 and 304.22.
Chinese reports say United States marines captured by Japan at Peiping were put to hard labor in an internment camp. The Rockefeller funded Peiping Union Medical college staff, including Dr J Leighton Stuart, were forced to continue work under Japanese control in Peiping. American and British faculty were confined in Peiping legation quarters while other residents remained at large with restricted movement.
Hollywood resident Jay Elmont telegrammed President Roosevelt urging Carole Lombard be buried in Arlington cemetery as fitting recognition for her service to the country. He cited her role in promoting defense bonds and her death in a Nevada airliner crash while touring to aid bond sales.
London AP reports a British Ethiopian agreement completed on Monday to restore full sovereignty to Haile Selassie and to provide economic support for the reclaimed kingdom. The pact reportedly includes wartime allied military cooperation and will have detailed clauses announced later.
Rhy Dewitt Mackenzie argues Churchill faces anger over Singapore threats and ministerial blame. He says Britain's prewar unpreparedness fueled current weakness, urges concentrating resources on defeating Hitler first while not neglecting the Far East.
The Senate passes legislation granting the President wartime control of wire communications for the duration of war and six months after. The bill allows suspension of rules and potential shutdown or reuse of facilities, with assurances no broad government operation is intended. Senator Wheeler urges emergency authority. Senator White notes telephone officials are satisfied.
The 1942 World Almanac offers extensive wartime coverage with more than 60 pages on World War II including Roosevelt's war message, Hull's peace proposals to Japan, and Pacific and European campaigns. It also lists civilian losses, population data, laws in brief, and manufacturing statistics. The edition, published by the New York World-Telegram, is on sale.
Washington AP reports two special House committees are considering a dedicated government agency for small businesses. Proposed by a Justice Department official, the body would act as a forum, trouble shooter and advocate for owners of small establishments, drawing enthusiastic reception from hundreds of small business leaders at the Patman committee hearings.
Holcomb told the Faddis military subcommittee that a program must be worked out for the continued existence of small industry during and after the war.
Jury was drawn Monday in Judge G K Thompson's court for the trial of Harley G Schatz. Schatz of 1756 B avenue NE is charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after Cedar Rapids police trailed his car for several blocks downtown.
Naomi Doebel of The Cedar Rapids Gazette spoke to the Cedar Rapids Rotary at the Roosevelt hotel. She reviewed an illustrated 2,300 mile trip last August to Churchill and the Hudson Bay country, and was thanked for her work reviewing Rotary programs for the Gazette.
Mrs Amelia Everts Carr 66 a Newark church worker and longtime confidence woman pleaded no defense to defrauding a Newark woman of 4700 Judge Daniel Brennan set January 28 for sentencing Prosecutor William A Wachenfeld noted Carr waived a jury trial to spare her fellow churchwomen from gossip He said Carr has a nationwide record and investigation continues into further aspects of the case
Hawaii delegate Samuel W. King said on WWDC that defenses are as strong as before the December 7 raid, with military and naval damage fully repaired. He noted Pearl Harbor yard facilities uninjured, air bases in operation, fuel supply untouched, and no fifth column threats beyond espionage, asserting internal security is solid.
United Press reports 1,235 American Wake Island survivors reached Japan after a 15 day siege ending December 23. among them 30 officers, 423 noncommissioned officers and 782 civilians. commanders Cunningham and Putnam cited. claims on losses and submarine actions disputed by Japanese and American officials.
London confirms the 900 ton destroyer Vimiera was sunk in battle. The Admiralty disclosed the loss on Monday night, detailing the vessel's weight and status in the war effort.
Multiple lost items and found notices appear including a purse with Pauline Huston id, a billfold with money, a lady’s gold wrist watch near 8th St and 2nd Ave SE, a black and white springer spaniel named Trixy, a bay horse in December, a billy goat for owner to identify, a boy’s wrist watch in the downtown district, and a brown zipper coin purse with bills and silver. Reward offers are listed and contact numbers provided.
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