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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1944
Page
7
Reports from Chicago to Sioux City describe hogs slow to clear yards with about 13 000 unsold while lambs and steer runs show mixed demand. Prices firm for top grades but lower grades fall. receipts run into thousands across Omaha Des Moines and Iowa markets with cattle calves sows and bulls affected.
Iowa hog price report lists Des Moines packers Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin quotations for good and sows across weight ranges from 170 to 500 pounds. Prices shown include 1090 to 13.60 per hundredweight with multiple figures per city and weight, followed by Chicago grain quotations provided by Lamson Brothers with I R Mowrey as Cedar Rapids manager.
Chicago market reports firm prices for cheese butter and poultry. Receipts include 4,760 tubs of butter and 598,709 lbs in New York creamery products with varied score ranges. Potatoes show steady demand for russets and Triumphs with mixed regional stock and weak northern demand. Prices cited for multiple regions and weights across several dairy and produce lines.
Cedar Rapids hog market shows steady packers and good hogs with heavy butchers up 10 to 30 cents. Top hog price hits 13.45 for 200 to 300 pounds while various hog and cattle grades list prices from 9.50 to 15.00 for steers and mixed cattle, with sheep and lambs also priced by weight and quality.
Market list from Cedar Rapids shows prices for grains including No 2 hard red winter wheat at $1.40, corn at $1.04, oats and soybeans. hay and straw values. poultry prices for springs and hens. eggs current receipts. wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted box rates for celery lemons and oranges. potatoes cobblers at $3.15. and hides and calves values plus ponies and glue notes.
Grains showed a nervous undertone with multiple price reversals in Chicago led sessions. Wheat closed weak near day’s lows, oats and rye moved down and up with mixed results, and barley and field seeds posted varied quotes across contracts.
The item lists weather and river data for late January with temperatures and Mississippi River stage readings for Davenport Dubuque La Crosse all described as stationary or rising. No clear event or persons are identified beyond place names.
John McBride aged 25 of 1629 C avenue NE received a $50 fine and costs after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace by window peeping. He was arrested Tuesday night by Patrolmen John Kuba and Jerry Carroll following a trap set with the complainant. A separate stop led to two drivers. Robert Talgat of 1004 Seventeenth avenue SE faced a license charge with a $5 fine, while James E. Langton of 1528 Sixteenth avenue SE was found AWOL and held for military authorities. A peanut vending machine theft was reported by H. J. Ward at the Bever building.on.
Moderate selling pressured rail and industrial leaders as a general market decline persisted. Near the close some stocks slid less than earlier lows but overall buying remained unimpressive with around 800000 shares exchanged.
The War Labor Board used its subpoena power for the first time to compel Woodruff Randolph, secretary treasurer of the Typographical union in Indianapolis, to testify on a alleged no strike pledge violation. Wayne Morse said Randolph had previously failed to appear at hearings and the board’s decision was unanimous.
Dr. Boyd G. Carter, French professor and head of Romance languages at Coe College, will return to teaching February 1 after serving in the army. He had been teaching ASTP classes at the University of Illinois and earned his master's and doctorate there. Mrs. Vernon L. S. Jones, also in the Romance languages department, resigns effective January 31 to join her husband, Lt. Jones, a coast guard chaplain in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Aviation meteorology in the navy is Aerology.
A Wednesday luncheon meeting in the Chamber of Commerce opened a sixth regional OPA instruction session for eastern Iowa officials led by Rae Walters. Attendees from Williamsburg to Cedar Rapids joined 125 clerks and board members in panels to standardize rationing and ceiling law administration and reduce prior grievances.
Washington based OPA officials traced a large scale theft of ration coupons worth about 20 million gallons of gasoline and fuel oil. Four arrests followed as coupons were diverted from salvage firms Penn Paper and Stock and shipped to Glatfelter Paper for shredding and resale. OPA disputed claims of national shortages while noting the total area quota far exceeded stolen coupon value.
Cub Pack 13 meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Fillmore school. Arthur school Red Cross nutrition class moves to 7 p m Thursday. Townsend hall social dance canceled due to Arthur Charter’s death. Mt Herman lodge 263 conducts third degree at 7 p m Thursday in Masonic hall with refreshments. James N Faulkes leaves for Tucson after 10 days in Cedar Rapids. Two enlistments reported at Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station: machinist’s mate 2/c John William Evans and gunner’s mate 3/c Emil F Bisinger.
The University of Iowa reports 6,185 total students this semester, including 2,669 civilians of college grade. Liberal Arts leads enrollment with 1,629, nursing 353, graduate 346, and Medical College lists 322 students with most in uniform.
Bowles announced a smaller February meat supply with higher point values. Butter increases are planned, but overall supply remains insufficient to cut current 16 point per pound meat value. Processed foods and meats will see mixed changes. leather and tire allotments hold steady while civilian oil remains in short supply.
Leroy Walton a 21 year old Negro soldier pled guilty to breaking and entering in Judge Linville court. He was sentenced to up to 10 years in the men s reformatory at Anamosa with an appeal bond of 1000 dollars. Walton was arrested after a series of break ins on Marion near southeast side and previously stationed at Fort Benning Georgia.
The will of Charles D. Huston a four term Cedar Rapids mayor and former Iowa Democratic leader died Jan 8 in Cedar Rapids has been submitted to probate. Executor named is Paul H. Huston with beneficiaries Paul Huston and Marguerite Huston Reid. The report also lists several civil actions and county official appointments including bids and fair fund updates.
A House special committee chaired by Rep. Howard W. Smith faults the War Labor Board for an autocratic union policy that it says worsens labor unrest. It urges immediate legislative action and cites six policies as dangerous to private enterprise and constitutional rights, with a minority report by Voorhis and Delaney.
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports German bombers sank a hospital ship and attacked two others during the Fifth Army landing south of Rome. All three vessels were fully sighted and outside the invasion zone. Loss of life believed low due to prompt rescue by Allied warships.
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