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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1941
Page
2
Chicago market notes firm hog tone Saturday due to light receipts and tight supplies. Top quotes around 8.45 held steady from Friday while cattle and sheep trade showed slower activity amid dressed market weakness. Grain quotations from Lamson Brothers list varied feeds and prices. overall index reflects cautious demand across hogs, cattle, and lambs with modest gains for some classes.
A detailed roundup of livestock receipts and price activity from Chicago and Omaha markets. Hogs show steady to firm ranges with light supply. cattle and calves weak to 25 cents lower in places, with steer and heifer prices softening while western lambs and fed meats show mixed movements. Several biweekly figures include top bids, weights, and comparative week trends across regions and packer interests.
Hogs hold unchanged on the local market with Friday quotes intact. Long haul top remains at 805 dollars under the current market, with 70 to 90 pound hogs around 925. Old ewes 100 to 120 pounds priced, bucks at about one dollar less, others vary by quality.
Cedar Rapids market listing shows grain quotes for Wheat Oats Rye Barley Corn and Soybeans with No 2 and retail figures. It also lists straw bundles poultry prices for broilers and hens, and wholesale fruit vegetable prices including lemons oranges grapes celery cabbage and potatoes. Hides and calves market prices accompany horses and ponies, with terms for manes and tails.
U S government bonds steadied after a week with sustained buying and a rising outlook for indefinite demand. Dealers noted an expanding supply of government securities to cover the federal deficit, with minor shifts in primary issues and several railroad issues trading near the main trend.
In Princeton New Jersey AP reports Dr Albert Einstein the mathematician made his local public debut as a violinist Friday at a benefit with four classical numbers three on the program and an encore. Proceeds went to the American Friends Service Committee and the performance preceded a school children’s play.
New York reports a feeble rally with steels and specialties edging up early while many issues hold steady or gain fractions. Turnover is light, about 250 000 shares in two hours, with short covering and cautious buying cited. Tax worries, war fears, and political tensions weigh on investor sentiment despite support for Chrysler General Motors Sears Montgomery Ward U S Rubber Boeing Douglas Anaconda and J C Penney.
Harry Sizer, longtime Washington State Bank executive, will join Lisbon Bank and Trust in February. He will replace WF Whiteman, who returns to his former home in Monmouth after 12 years with the Washington bank.
Wheat prices finish the session sharply lower on the Chicago Board with May down to 85 3/4 cents as profit taking and weekend adjustments weigh on futures. Corn and soybeans also slide while oats hold near steady. sparse volume and mixed local buying characterize the trade. Weather maps show colder trend ahead, with snow cover protecting southern markets.
Wisconsin cheese exchange reports for the week of January 27 to February include daisies and horns at 16 cents, cheddars around 15 to 16 cents, with farm er calls noting similar prices. Boston wool market activity shows foreign wools steady to firm, with South American volume dominating and Merino wools from Australia and South Africa present. domestic wools also near steady, with fine delaine at 42 to 44 cents and half to quarter blood grades at 44 to 45 cents.
New York police detained Moses Gans Jerome Koplick and Jean Munazer in a confidence scheme using forged Rockefeller Jr and other notable names. Victims were lured with a promised liquor deal promising tenfold returns. Theodore Osmansky identified two fake checks and a $5,000 token as proof.
Lowell Massachusetts AP reports Superintendent Michael H Winn ordered five new patrol cars on Friday with seats set on extra heavy springs to bear the weight of officers Molloy 210 pounds O Sullivan and Lemoine 208 each Sims 215 and Thompson 201.
The Marion News itemizes civic actions including a $1 donation to the PTA dental medical fund, a club plan to write Iowa lawmakers urging antiwar stance, and a Red Cross sewing room opening with hours and materials guidance. It also lists local social visits, theater ads, and travel notes about residents and guests.
Mrs Charles Sweet was elected president of Handicraft Club No 2 at a Friday meeting hosted by Mrs Harmon Hall with Mrs Roy King as hostess Mrs King named vice president Mrs Marion E Chisman secretary Mrs Neal Bunting treasurer and Mrs Lea Fairley sunshine treasurer Plans include a February picnic luncheon at Mrs Hart Murphey's home marking the club's seventh anniversary Refreshments were served by the hostess.
Excelsior Agricultural and Literary club held an all day meeting at Mr and Mrs Warren Kemps home with a telegram contest and piano solos by Mrs Guy Martin. New refreshment committee named for Feb 21 at the Ko Knudsen home. Judith Ann Primrose, two, fractured right arm in fall from chair. Mr Primrose attends Rapids School of Welding. Mr and Mrs L C Coon visited Iowa City to see Mrs Coon s sister at University Hospital. June Decious visiting relatives in Martelle. Mrs Bernice Peterson and niece Mary Vogeler visiting in Rochelle Ill Hoskins home.
Los Angeles based aircraft maker Donald W. Douglas, the nation’s largest, declared in a Friday night broadcast that American planes were second to none and in some categories vastly superior. He backed industry confidence in meeting Roosevelt’s 50,000 plane call.
Chicago AP The Air Transport Association of America announced that domestic air lines flew 364 817 050 more revenue passenger miles in 1940 than 1939. Total mileage reached 1 042 142 561, up 53.86 percent from 1939, per Col Edgar S Gorrell association president. Postville Red Cross elects new officers for coming year led by Mrs E C Riser president and L O Beucher treasurer. Postville Farmers Telephone directors vote to raise rates due to costs and new equipment. Lisbon Red Cross reelected with Mrs S Grouse president and other officers named.
A rundown of local church services across Marion and nearby towns. It lists pastors, service times, Sunday school and youth activities for Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of Christ, Prairie Chapel, Alburnett and other notices. Includes sermon topics and midweek activities.
Traer Lions club presents the first minstrel show in 15 years at the Traer opera house with a 125 member cast including veterans of postwar American Legion productions. The varied program features old-time skits and songs.
In Madison, Ohio State seeks to extend its undefeated three game Big Ten run against Wisconsin as Gene Englund leads the Badgers. Northwestern visits Michigan in Evanston as the second Saturday contest, with Northwestern seeking its first Big Ten win after losses to Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa.
In St. Augustine, diminutive Bobby Walker of Jacksonville won the sixteenth annual Florida winter amateur golf championship, defeating Dick Van Kleek of Ponte Vedra 2 and 1 in the 36 hole final.
An assortment of ads lists watch repair by L A Lowers at 208 South and St, jewelry and diamond trades, musical instruments, barber shop openings, in home nursing care, pharmacy notices, sewing and tailoring services, printing, feather mattresses, machine quiltings, beauty services, and other consumer offerings. It highlights local businesses and contact details without specific events.
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