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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1944
Page
5
Hog receipts at Chicago rose to 30,000 salables and prices edged up. Fed cattle and yearlings gained 25 cents with strong demand for choice cuts. Sheep and sows showed steady to higher values, with Western lambs and feeder cattle trading actively in Chicago Omaha and Sioux City markets.
Packing point quotations for hogs show varying prices across weight ranges with marks for Good butchers and entries listing packers Mason C Waterloo Ottumwa Austin. Prices include figures like 160-170 pounds at 11.10 and 170-180 at about 11.20 to 11.60, with several ranges and corresponding per hundredweight values. Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company. H R. Mowrey, Cedar Rapids office.
Chicago AP reports grain prices fell late as buying power waned and ample offerings loomed. Wheat dipped to May 1.71 4-5. oats up 0.15 0.12. rye advanced to May 1.32 5-34. barley steady with no May or July trades. cash grain quotes show no wheat and mixed sample and malting barley values.
Chicago market report shows receipts of 6 cars and 3 trucks of poultry with mixed prices for hens, broilers, ducks and turkeys. Cheese and butter prices hold firm while egg receipts total 12 635 cases with weak market for US No 1 and 2 grades. Idaho Russets remain firm with various regional price points and gains in certain grain items.
Market reports show EGGS receipts at 13.405 cases of 30 dozen each while wholesale eggs vary by color and size. Creamery products list weights from 35 to 47 pounds with prices around 30-40 cents, and overall market sentiment remains weak with mixed quality specials and numerous ranges for pullets and dirties.
Prices remained steady at the Cedar Rapids market with hogs and cattle showing mixed but stable values. Top hogs at 13.45 per hundredweight for 200 to 330 pound good to choice hogs. cattle ranged with steers from 10.00 to 15.00 and cows around 6.00 to 8.50, plus calf and sheep market notes including lambs and ewes with varied weights and prices.
In New York and Chicago trading Monday the market saw modest gains in steels rails and specialties as January session ends. Transfers reached about 600 000 shares with many leading issues at a standstill or slight dip while a late rally helped steel stocks. US government bonds remained steady as demand broadened for higher priced corporates amid wartime loan drive activity.
Market brief lists prices for grains and oats No 3 and No 2 wheat at various cents per bushel, corn and soybeans. hay straw bale values. poultry market deliveries with live weights. wholesale fruit and vegetables including Florida celery lemons navel oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes apples and potatoes. cured hides calf hides horse and kip prices. notes wide market items and stray price entries.
Utility and weather notes list river stage changes for Des Moines La Crosse to Keokuk with stations Dubuque Davenport and Keokuk showing rising or falling stages. Included are weekly period dates January 31 to February 5 and a reference to Plymouth Wisconsin.
The Army Air Forces will stop using Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant Iowa as a training site. Current students will finish their courses but no new trainees will be admitted. The move aligns with General Arnold’s plan to shift focus from large scale initial training to replacements as the war continues.
Cpl George Horst reports a Japanese unit on Bougainville surrendered as a way out. A prisoner hissed that marines push them off while the navy won’t let them go. An aviator floated ashore after an air raid and claimed he was just passing by.
John M Tree aged 71 dies from injuries suffered Friday after being struck by a car in Des Moines. The death marks Polk county's fifth traffic fatality of the year.
Brig. Gen. Hayden Boamer reported that Chinese troops on the Ledo road have hacked to pieces an entire Japanese regiment and are drawing in a second for a similar fate. The operation clears the way for the route from northwest India across Burma into China, with Stilwell’s forces already penetrating about 100 miles into Burma in a three pronged attack.
A coroner's jury in Council Bluffs ruled Edna Maxine Pruett 18 died mainly from inhaling carbon monoxide. The inquest found no felony was committed and ordered the release of Clifford Buckman 18 of Underwood Iowa, one of four teens at a January 23 party.
DES MOINES UP reports Gov Bourke Hickenlooper named Fenn H Cooney a Carroll lawyer to fill the unexpired term of District Judge P J Klinker of Denison who died last week Cooney has chaired the Iowa child welfare department for the American Legion for eight years
Report by Reynolds Fackard describes U S Rangers advancing south of Rome with direct support from two tank destroyers under Lt. Charles R. Bell. German defenders fortified houses and silos, using snipers and mortars. rangers cleared several houses, knocked out fortifications, and captured prisoners.
United States records indicate associates of Argentine President Pedro Ramirez and Spanish officials in La Paz aided a Nazi-backed Bolivian coup. A confidential document, distributed to 19 Latin American governments, linked Argentina and Nazi funds to the plot. Hull delayed public release as Ramirez threatened to sever ties with the Axis.
Robert B. Craig former deputy administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration rejects charges that he sought to control REA from inside and outside via a plan to marshal 4 000 000 farm votes. He calls the allegations a tissue of lies as he testifies before a Senate agriculture subcommittee.
Wendell Willkie appears very likely to be entered in the April Nebraska Republican presidential primary. Frederick Baker, a Willkie organizer, says a two way race with Harold Stassen is possible, and that Nebraska’s preference vote will matter mainly for prestige. Baker adds no Willkie delegate slate will be planned, trusting delegates’ consideration if Willkie wins the preferential vote.
The Black Hawk county cooperative creamery and the Northeast Iowa cooperative creamery filed articles of incorporation. Officers include P. A. Lund of Cedar Rapids as president and A. J. Hansen of Cedar Falls as vice president, with M. T. Humphrey Hudson as secretary treasurer. Willis F. Lamker of Monona serves as president with H J Numedahl of Calmar as vice president and R. C. Huebner of Postville as secretary treasurer.
Marion notices report the sudden death of V C Chick Young 39 at his Marion home with survivor list including wife Geraldine Dra goo two daughters a son mother and six sisters and two brothers. Additional items include obituaries for Marshall Oxley Roy Murray and others with pallbearers and burial details. club meetings and local notices follow.
Local society column lists W S C S Rainbow division meeting details at 2 30 with Mrs George Richard. Mothers club and Tuck a Stitch club meet in coming days. Obituary and appreciation notes follow for Frank I Baldwin and family. Multiple lost items including a green Sheaffer pen a black leather billfold a black purse a gray Persian cat and a dog with contact numbers. Local ads for jewelry watches printing beauty shops and services round out the page.
A jumble of classified lines lists furnace sales, repair services, interior decorating, shoe repair, and various trades. It mentions Novak Heating Co and Charlie's Law Service with addresses and phone cues, plus sewers cleaning, hauling, and help wanted notices for men.
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