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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1942
Page
7
A few choice hogs sold for 12.00 on Tuesday marking the January peak for 15 years and the highest since September 20, 1941. Overall hog prices ranged uneven with a top of 119. Cattle and lamb values were uneven and trading slow with few opening fat lamb sales barely steady.
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP receipts and pricing for Chicago Sioux City Sioux Falls and Des Moines markets. Steers yearlings and heifers show mix of gains and steady trends by weight. hogs advance near top $12.00 for good and choice. sheep and lambs mostly steady with fat lambs above $12.25. In Iowa and Omaha yard summaries prices for różnych weight classes listed with regional variations.
Strong to 25 cents higher for slaughter steers and heifers, cows steady but slow on cutters. Bulls lower, vealers steady to lower, stockers and feeders steady. several loads of good to choice light and medium weight steers around 14.00 to 13.65. Sheep mix: fat lambs steady, feeding lambs weak, native lambs above 12.75, fat ewes around 4.50 to 6.50.
Hog prices hold steady after a period of climbs with no sale changes. Top long haul hogs at 1150 dollars, with various weight ranges listed for hogs cattle calves and sheep including steers yearlings and cows across multiple price points.
Grain prices listed for Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, Corn, Soybeans with quality grades. Live poultry and fowl prices include hens, leghorns, heavy stars, ducks, geese, capons, and their respective weights and prices. Wholesale fruits and vegetables priced, including Colorado celery, lemons, oranges, lettuce, cranberries, onions, cabbage, carrots, and apples. Hides and calf hides priced. horse values noted. cattle items described with terms like pane and one-half price.
CINCINNATI? CHICAGO PRODUCE: receipts of poultry cars and trucks. heavy hens 21 to 24c, small hens 22c, Leghorn hens lic, White Rock flyers 19c, White Rock brokers 17.25c. Butter receipts 590,000 lbs, market steady with varied scores. Eggs receipts 9,917 cases. prices per dozen for extra large to dirties range 30c to 41c. Cheese and potatoes listed with regional varieties and price ranges. New York produce notes show egg prices 36 to 37c and butter 35 to 36c, dressed poultry and live poultry price trends.
New York AP reports light selling limited an early market recovery. Leading rail, steel, oil and specialty shares rose fractions from Monday, then faded midday. many favorites showed mild gains while declines persisted at close. Names in the resistant group included Loew's Devoe Reynolds Paramount Union Pacific New York Central AT&T Western Union Sears Roebuck J C Penney Case Standard Oil and Texas Corp. laggards included General Motors Chrysler Bethlehem Steel Douglas Aircraft Kennect Westinghouse Du Pont Pacific Union Carbide.
Wall Street listings from Abbott Labs to Zenith Radio show varied moves as Abbott Labs at 48 and Lockheed at 40s anchor a wide array of industrials, with Chicago quotes including Caterpillar 39 and Sears Roebuck 53.5 amid a bustling market session.
Wisconsin cheese quotations from the Wisconsin cheese exchange list prices for twins horns cheddars at specified fractions. The report notes general market conditions and pricing details for various cheese styles during the week ending January 31.
In Chicago, grain futures paused after an early rise to five year highs. Wheat fell 14 to 34 cents, corn steady to down 4, oats down 2 to 5, rye down 4 to 1/4, soybeans unchanged to up 1 1/4 as hedge selling and profit taking trimmed gains.
The page lists open high low and close figures for Winnipeg wheat with May prices around 805 and 807. Chicago cash provisions show No wheat and corn prices with No 3 yellow around 83 to 84 cents, No 4 about 77 to 83 cents, oats and barley with varied bids, soybeans with No 3 yellow near 88 to 103 cents, field seed and Timothy and clover values, and lard at about 10.92 per unit.
New York bonds edged up fractions as rails gained about one point with Treasury tax proposal talk boosting tax exempt issues. Governments held near Monday levels while foreign and corporate notes moved modestly. Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific shows among few losers. Cash commodities mixed with butter and eggs trading in storage and refrigerator grades.
Funeral services for Duane H Hughes who died Monday at his home 716 Tenth Street NW will be held at 2 p.m Wednesday at Janeba Funeral Home conducted by Rev Grant F Anderson. Burial will follow in Wilcox Cemetery at Viola. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Charles A Helbach died at his home 63742 Tenth street SE at 1 p m Monday after a lingering illness. Born August 31 1890 in Leavenworth Indiana he married Walsie Francis on August 31 1916 who survives. Surviving are a son Melvin Doyle of Cedar Rapids four daughters Allene Emogene Alma of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Leroy Umstead of Eagle Grove his mother Mrs Ida Helbach of Durant four sisters Mrs Burt Brown Durant Mrs Ida Hale Oklahoma City Mrs Arlie Grayson Ryan Okla and Mrs M DeLane New York and three brothers Earl of Muskogee Okla Joe of El Dorado Ark and Jake of Durant. The body will be taken this evening from Brady mortuary to Durant for services and burial.
Funeral services for Mrs An tonie Sova who died Monday at 1744 Mt. Vernon avenue SE will be conducted in Barta chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. by T. B. Hlubucek. Burial follows in Bohemian National cemetery. She is survived by a sister Mrs James Sova of Cedar Rapids. Pallbearers are Frank Suchy B O Jandera Frank Macha Joe Kralik William Cuhel and Milo Grubhofer.
The Cedar Rapids Coca Cola Bottling company began rationing Coca-Cola Tuesday under OPM sugar restrictions. Rationing bases on 1940 consumption with equal proportion to recent purchases, but reduced. Public will pay the same price by bottle or carton, no price rise for dealers. Burgess West says sugar shortage must be avoided and supports government effort.
J Dan Malone priorities field man for the War Production Board spoke at the Chamber of Commerce about how new orders and revisions flow from Washington and affect local manufacturers. He noted women can replace men as skilled workers as deferments expire and training proceeds.
The third degree will be conferred by Maine lodge No. 643 LOQOF at a meeting in Maine hall Friday evening. Women of Moose war relief unit will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Red Cross sewing room. Mrs Harry Christensen, 236 Fifteenth street NW, is recovering well after Mercy hospital surgery. Richard E. Cox, son of Mr and Mrs. Elmer B. Cox, has been transferred from Wichita Falls Texas to Sparae Aeronautics school in Tulsa Oklahoma. Mrs O H Lundquist will speak at Wilson P T A study group Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in Wilson school. Coe college gospel group will lead Sunshine Mission service tonight at 7 30. Chester Ainsworth will lead service Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. The condition of Mrs Harry Christensen after appendectomy at Mercy hospital is good. Hazelle Harper, former Cedar Rapids teacher and relief office visitor, has become Red Cross executive secretary at Brownwood Texas. Since May 1941 she has directed relief in Guthrie county. Youth accused of larceny is Robert J. Fiscus 20 of 1330 First avenue NE held by detectives after admitting taking 11 cash and a 1426 check belonging to Oliver Good. Fiscus signed Good's name to the check before cashing it, theft occurring about 8 30 a.m. Saturday. Mrs Faith Writes From Hawaii: Cordelia Miller 1629 C avenue NW reports Mrs Merrell Rowland Faith in Hawaii says the family will be evacuated to the mainland. Mr Faith works in the shipyard there. The Faiths saw Jap planes overhead 200 feet the morning of Dec 7 but were not injured.
A devotional service was held Tuesday morning in the Coe College chapel led by Dr. David I. Berger of the Bible department. The a cappella choir, directed by Prof. Paul S. Ray, performed Immortal Invisible and America as the service closed marking the start of the second semester.
Robert S. Paukert of Iowa City has enlisted in the army air corps and will report to Bakersfield California by February 7. He is a 1939 Iowa City High School graduate and on a 20 day furlough to finish this semester of his junior year at the University of Iowa. The Paukert family moved from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City in 1931.
An Erie railroad hotshot passenger train collided with the caboose of an 80 car freight eight miles west of Huntington. Fireman William Young and Engineer Herman Kessler, both from Huntington, were killed.
Mrs Wales Latham announces Bundles for America to supply knitted garments and comfort kits for men in all branches of the U S armed forces and their families. Mrs Latham heads the new group and Mrs Robert W Bingham heads Bundles for Britain.
Washington AP The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $12,555,872,474 army air corps supply bill funding 33,000 airplanes amid wartime effort.
Rates for consecutive days shown by word count and size. Transportation and situation ads not accepted by telephone. Minimum ad two lines. five average words on first line and six on each additional line. Cedar Rapids residents may place by phone. other ads require in person.
A historical directory listing numerous piano and violin tutors with locations and contact numbers. Includes names such as Marie Matchett Jensen Ruth Buresh Miss Josephine Batchelder Margaret McCall Virginia Harman Gertrude Morton Brown and others at addresses in Iowa city area, plus ads for piano outlets and services.
Classifieds list cleaned mainsprings for $1, Singer sewing machine $50, Hoover vacuums $7.50, overcoats $2.50, and a Decker candid camera $50. Katz Jewelry & Loan Co and Vincent's Jewelry Store advertise deals. readers urged to exchange references when arranging ad responses.
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