Hogs Reach 16 Year Peak In Chicago Market News
Unofficial Monday estimates show hogs advancing 15 to 25 cents and hitting a 16 year high at 14.90 dollars per hundredweight for choice kinds. Swine 180 to 270 pounds bring 14.65 to 14.85, 270 to 330 pounds 14.50 to 14.75, lighter weights 14.25 to 14.75, sows 13.65 to 14.25. Trading active as eastern shippers compete with local packers amid tight supply and heavy lend lease purchases tailing price strength.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
Chicago Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Trade
Receipts: hogs 9 000, cattle 500, calves 300, sheep 2 500. Hogs steady to 15 higher with weights above 240 lbs fully offset by strong demand. top hogs around 14.75 to 14.90. Cattle firm for feeders and steers, cows steady to higher, vealers down. Sheep show Spring lambs and yearlings weak to 25c lower. native lambs steady to higher in spots with some small lots at 15.50.
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Chicago
Omaha Hog Prices and cattle, sheep market report
Hog receipts 1,900 with gains to 15¢. top hogs around 14.40 with lighter weights near 13.85 to 14.40. Cattle dull pre-holiday. steers about 13.15 with cows down to 6.00, calves and yearlings mixed. sheep steady with spring lambs near 15.25. Sioux City area quotes mixed. hogs steady to 10¢ higher, mostly 14.25 to 14.30 for 190–330 lb. sows 13.85–14.00. Des Moines combined hogs 19 concentration yards total 28,500. varied by weight with 13.25–14.30 ranges. Austin Minnesota hogs 12.95–14.00 for 160–360 lb. Peoria hogs 1,800 with 15–25¢ higher initial trade. cattle a mix of 12.00–18.00 for steers and heifers, calves and vealers up to 14.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Dept. Agriculture
iSc Hisher
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
API
U. BS. Dept. Agriculture
Iowa
IU. S. Dept. Agricultures
Minnesota
At & A.m
Austin
Peoria
Associated Press
Uthers
Pounds Mason Co
Waterloo
Ottumyva
Gogit
Steeen Sc
Produce Markets Chicago Produce
Chicago market report shows poultry receipts 61 trucks with steady demand. colored fowl and fryers mixed. butter receipts 1,389,612 lbs with firm prices across grades. eggs receipts 18,494 with firm market and various grade prices. potatoes arrivals 181 on track, supplies heavy, markets steady to firm with several regional prices. New York period notes mixed color grades in foods and current receipts, no decisive price shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ateady
California
Alabama Biles Triump
Arkansas Bliss
Miscouri
Bliss
Tennes
Virginia Cobblers
Dairy and Poultry Market Receipts and Prices Snapshot
Butter receipts rise with creamery quality above 92 score and premium marks. cheese receipts steady with prices unchanged. Dressed poultry prices vary by region and age group, with turkeys and old toms showing mixed weekly figures, live poultry irregular. produce futures show butter storage standards and egg refrigerator standards from October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamson Gros. and Co
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices Listing
Grain and produce prices include wheat and rye per bushel with No 2 and No 3 markings, soybeans at $1.58, straw and baled hay rates, poultry prices for broilers leghorns rocks and hens by weight, wholesale fruits and vegetables with Michigan celery lemons and oranges quoted, potatoes Idaho No 1 at $4.25, various canned fruits plums and apples, hides and leather prices, and horse and pony pricing with parseable market terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Mae
Michigan
Idaho
Bond Markets Rally on Rail and Utility Issues in New York
Rail and utility bonds led a selective advance in the New York market with many small fractional gains. Sea Board Airline Consolidated 6s and St. Louis bonds saw heavy turnover while Columbia Gas and Electric 3 Wisconsin Central 4s and New Haven convertible 6x moved forward. United Stockyards 4145 and Lehigh Valley Coal stamps held back as Ut 8 governments stayed steady. Australia 55 rose over a point while most other foreign dollar loans were little changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seaboard
Consolidated
St. Mules
Columbia Gas and Electric
Wisconsin Central
New Haven
United Stockyards
Lehigh Valley
Australia
Wisconsin cheese prices for week of June 29 to July 3
Plymouth Wisconsin announces cheese price list for the week of June 29 through July 3. Aquares 31 34 cents, twins 20.5 cents, daisies 21.4 cents, horns 21.4 cents, cheddars 20.6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Aquares
Wool Market Sales Report For Texas Wools
U S Department of Agriculture wire reports Friday show Texas wools sold for 12 months at 1.81 to 1.84 and eight months at 1.10 to 1.12. Mill buyers inquire on medium wools as contracts proceed for 1,750,000 army blankets. Some South American 44s sold firm to blanket mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostom
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Texas
Medical Department of the Army
Global Population Hallmark Thought Experiment
A scientist notes that the entire current human population could fit within a half mile cube, illustrating the density of people on Earth in a compact spatial concept. The idea emphasizes scale, not concrete policy or demographic details.
War-Buying in Stocks Wales War-Buying in Stocks Wales
The New York market faded slightly yet remained buoyant with bidders in a wartime rally. Rail stocks led gains at the open and persisted, while others posted modest advances or minor declines near the close. Transfers totaled about 300000 shares amid mixed action. Major movers included United States Rubber preferred, Santa Fe, and American Telephone.
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New York
United States Rubber Preferred
Santa Fe
American Telephone
Sears Roebuck
New York Central
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda
American Can
du Pont
Standard Oil (Nj
Texas Company
International Harvester
Western Union
Consolidated Edison
Dome Mines
Johns- Manville
Wall St Quotations From Friday Listings
Frantic daily quotations show Adams Express to Zenith Radio and a wide mix of industrials, retailers, and utilities. Names include Allied Stores, Kennecott, Lockheed, Union Carbide, Caterpillar, Proctor Gamble, and General Electric, with prices varying across sectors and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennet & Gos
Juma
Merchants National Bank
Adams Express
Allied Stores
Stelnt Werv
Allis Chalmers
Amin
Ann
Johny Manville
Kennecott
Kreste
Kroger’ G. & B
Libbey Owens
Steel
Myers
Pel
Lockheed
Loews, Inc
Cope
Orchard. P
Armour & Cape
Marshall
Atchison SF
Siam
Cope Sie Aviation Corp
Baldwin
Balto & Ohio
Barnsdal
Bellas
Bendis
Dairy
Hlaw Knox
Grosim
Boring
Pow & L
Central
Horden Coa
Pac Rabore Warner
North Am Go
Bridgeport
Ohio
Otis Eley
Penick & Pd
Paramount
Crucible
Cub Amn Bus Ae Stew Wanera Ag
Curtiss Wr
Ai Rai
Ctudebaker
A Deere and Co
Sterling
Siik del Hudson
Qty del Locke
Timken
du Pont
Erle
Trans-Amer
T. C. Fox Film
Eastman
Union Carbide
Sats Eaton Mix
Union Pac
Gass Eire Autolite
Airgraft
Ford
Eng
Ut. Gas Co
Gibette
Mbel Bros
Glidden
Warner Bros
Union i Goodrich BF
Westen Goodyear Tire
Westahouse AB
T. Wes. Sug
Willys Ovid Greshaind
Ira Wilton & Co
Indus
Zenith Radio
Chicago
Armour & Co
Katz Drug ‘ of
Butler Bro
Quaker O Com
Edison
4Schift & Co
Swift
Iron Fireman
Zenith Rad
Davenport
APJ
la Posse En
Tex Grantham Marries Des Moines Woman in Kahoka
Announcement reveals Iowa tax commissioner H. A. Tex Grantham wed Des Moines resident Mrs. Maxine Williams in Kahoka Missouri. Grantham formerly DeWitt newspaper publisher and later secretary of the Iowa Republican central committee while retaining store interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Kahoka
H. A
Tex
Grantham
Iowa State Tax Commission
Maxine Williams
Des Moines
DeWitt
Tax Board
Iowa Republican Central Committee
Early Advance in Wheat Wiped Out
Chicago AP reports flour demand and milling needs gave wheat futures an initial rise Friday, but early gains were erased by late selling tied to hedging as the new crop movement and Egypt front claims influenced traders. Private crop estimates hint total harvest may again exceed 900 million bushels. Wheat closed 14 to 44 cents lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Egypt
Chicago Cash Provisions Market Report
Chicago prices for grains and soybeans show no sales for wheat and corn. No. 1 yellow corn and No. 2 mixed values are listed with various cents per bushel, while oats barley and soybeans also show bid prices and nominal ranges. Lard prices are given as cash values with loose and bell Nes figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U S Markets Close for Fourth of July Holiday
All U S markets will close Saturday in observance of Independence Day. Trading pauses apply to all commodities and securities across the United States as the holiday is observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Motleys Face Divorce Over Cruel Treatment in Court
Jeanette Mot ley filed for divorce from Harold Mot ley on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment in district court. Judge C J Haas granted a $500 attachment on the husband’s chattels and issued a court injunction restraining him from molesting or interfering with her. The couple married January 25 1941. The will of James J Kidder was admitted to probate Friday with Mary Lena Kidder named administratrix without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motley
Jeanette Motley
Harold Motley
C. J. Haas
Motleys
James J Kidder
Mary Lena Kidder
Sam Johnson Becomes First Lieutenant in Army
Sam Johnson son of Mr and Mrs I O Johnson 1822 Seventh Avenue SE received a commission as first lieutenant from the War Department in Washington DC. Johnson former captain of the University of Iowa basketball team in 1938 and recently with Knapp Investment will be attached to the 301st Ordnance Regiment and assist Ray Allen the chief recruiter for Cedar Rapids on July 7 and 8. He reports for training at Camp Perry Ohio on July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Johnson
I O. Johnson
Seventh Avenue SE
War Department
Washington, D. C
Johnson
University of Iowa
Knapp Investment Company
301St Ordnance Regiment
Ray Allen
Cedar Rapids
Camp Perry
Ohio
Obituaries and Funeral Notices Across Iowa Towns
Obituaries for Mrs. LeRoy Ingles of Greeley Mrs Lucy Stone of Postville and Charles Waterhouse of Coggon are reported with details on services burials and survivors. Dr A B Curran will speak at Earlville Methodist Church Sunday at 11 am.
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Earlville
A. B. Curran
Cedar Rapids
Conference Claimants Commission Fund
Upper Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Earlville Methodist Church
America
L. C. Denise
D. D
Omaha Presbyterian Theologal Seminary
Service Members Report Back and Move to New Posts
Russell Powers of East Moline Illinois spent a week visiting family before reporting to duty at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Arnold E Moessner son of Adolph Moessner Middle Amana earned a technician diploma at Fort Knox and is stationed at Camp Polk Louisiana. Lieut Benjamin W Jump left for pre flight training in Santa Ana after a year in the signal corps at Seattle Portland. Robert McGillicuddy returned home after serving on a destroyer with the North Atlantic striking force performing anti submarine and convoy duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Powers
East Moline
Ill
Carl Powers
Penn Avenue
Gloria
Jefferson Barracks
Arnold E. Moessner
Adolph Moessner
Middle Amana
Tank Department
Armored Force School
Fort Knox
Moessner
Camp Polk
Jump
Benjamin W. Jump
W. H. Jump
Twenty-fifth Street
Santa Ana
Calif
Lieut
Air Corps
Signal Corps
Seattle
Portland
McGillicuddy
Robert McGillicuddy
E. J. McGillicuddy
Eighth Street
North Atlantic
War time Fourth of July marks cautious celebration nationwide
The Associated Press reports a wartime Fourth of July with many fireworks canceled or toned down. Gas rationing limits travel on the Eastern Seaboard while big midwestern events stage crowds. Appeals urge buying war bonds over firecrackers as plants in Detroit and Kansas City run as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
Gulf States
Minneapolis
American Legion
Powderhorn Park
Detroit
Kansas City
Nat Milgram
American War Dads
Mrs Alice R Scheurs 75 dies after long illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Alice R Scheurs aged 75 wife of Charles H Scheurs of 1512 E avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at 3 pm Thursday after a long illness. Born in Lee county Iowa Jan 6 1867 she had lived in Burlington Donnellson before moving to Cedar Rapids a year ago. Survived by husband two sons Walter H Cedar Rapids Karl P Saginaw Mich a sister Kathryn Walter Lemongrove Calif five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body to Donnellson for Clay Grove church service at 2 pm Monday burial Clay Grove cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel until 8 pm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
LeRoy Ingles
Oliver Jensen
Grant View
Ingles
Ira Bissell
Delaware
Cora Cole
Manchester
Jennie Bissell
Paul
Clarence
Harlie
Harold
Adron
Winthrop
Milan Brady
M. T. Dodge
Oelwein
Henry Krueger
Earlville
Fred
Postville
Lucy Stone
Schutte Chapel
L. H. Newhouse
Community Presbyterian Church
Catherine
Milwaukee
Wis
Coggon
Charles Waterhouse
Henry
Marilla Waterhouse
Roy
Ray
Center Point
Bessie Mills
Eau Claire
Alice R. Scheurs
Charles H. Scheurs
E Avenue
Lee County
Iowa
Burlington and
Donnellson
Cedar Rapids
Walter H
Karl P
Saginaw
Mich
Kathryn Walter
Lemongrove
Calif
Clay Grove Church
Clay Grove
Beatty Chapel
Noble Rites Pending for Cedar Rapids Neighbor
Mrs Louise Noble wife of Oscar W Noble died suddenly at 1239 Eleven th street NW at 1 30 a m Friday Born December 3 1870 in Denmark she came to the United States and Cedar Rapids in 1903 and had lived here since Survived by seven sons Louis Berkeley Calif Henry Alex George Harry Stanley all of Cedar Rapids and Elgin of Camp Crowder Mo two daughters Marie Rust and Esther Broussard both of Chicago two brothers Peter and Otto Sorensen both in Minnesota She was a member of the English Lutheran church Funeral announcement will be made later Friends may call at the Turner chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Noble
Oscar W. Noble
Eleventh Street
Denmark
Cedar Rapids
Louis
Berkley
Calif
Henry
Alex
George
Harry
Stanley
Elgin
Camp Crowder
Marie Rust
Esther Broussard
Chicago
Péter
Otto Sorensen
Minnesota
English Lutheran Church
Turner Chapel
War would last five years longer if Suez falls
Washington May chairman of the house military affairs committee warned that loss of Alexandria and the Suez canal would prolong the war by five years beyond the most pessimistic outlook. The rest of the fragment notes Phi Beta Kappa being the oldest American college Greek letter fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Phi Beta Kappa
Marion News Briefs Include Picnics Ads and Visits
Local notices recount picnics at Thomas park with Sunshine division W S C S and guests from Marion Cedar Rapids and Mobridge. Advertisements promote ice cream and groceries at Marion Dairy and Owen's Cut Rate Drug. Several residents travel for visits and holidays, including Dan A. Stamy and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Sunshine Division
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Thomas Park
E. T. Hiams
Frances Wahl
Marion
Warren Snover
St. Louis
Mabel Conger
Mobridge
S. D
Shirley Bachman
Clarence
Harvey Dykhuizen
Norman Brown
Cedar Rapids
Viper Escapes Twice In City Jail
Frank Ozburn reports capturing a yard long dark grey viper with diamond spots near 110 Tenth street. The reptile, described as spreading when angered, was taken to city hall in a paper carton and escaped twice before being lodged in the city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ozburn
Tenth Street
Loyal Division elects new officers at Methodist WSCS meeting
Mrs. Frank Newcomb was re elected president of the Loyal division of the Methodist W.S.C.S. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Sarah Hutton. Other officers elected were Mrs. Owen Turner vice president Mrs. J. W. Bowdish Jr secretary and Mrs. F F. Blackford treasurer. Mrs Turner led the program. Mrs. W. H. Booze attended as a guest. The hostess, aided by Mrs. W. A. Wright and Mrs. Ivan Mann, served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Newcomb
W.S.C.S
Sarah Hutton
Owen Turner
J. W. Bowdish, Jr
F. F. Blackford
Turner
W. H. Booze
W. A. Wright
Ivan Mann
Funeral Rites for Fred P. Fernow Held at Yocom Chapel
Funeral services were held Thursday at the Yocom chapel with Rev. C. V. R. De Jong officiating. Burial took place in Oak Shade cemetery. Relatives and friends from Cascade Solon DeWitt Ottumwa Marion and Springville attended the service and related gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Fernow
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. de Jong
Presbyterian Church
Oak Shade Cemetery
Carl Wallace
A. J. Taube
Lewis Weis
Paul Holst
P. C. Lassen
Marion
George Olinger
Springville
Jean
Solon
Leslie Blocker
DeWitt
Ella Morrow
Ottumwa
Dr Margret Ohlson Receives National Food Award
Ames report notes Dr Margaret Ohlson of Iowa State College foods and nutrition received a $1000 award at the American Home Economics Association convention in Boston for her milk nutrition research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaze Ames
Margaret Ohlson
Iowa State College
American Home Economics Association
Boston
Czech State of Emergency Ends in Bohemia and Moravia
London reports Kurt Daluege ends the German proclaimed state of emergency in Czechoslovakia after Heydrich’s assassination. Courts martial will continue for patriots. total Czech executions reach 1,250 in reprisal, not counting Lidice and Lezaky killings. Dutch allies aid victims by warning them of signed execution papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kurt Daluege
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Reinhard Heydrich
Daluege
Radio
Prague
Heydrich
Brun
Lidice
Lezaky
Aneta
Netherlands
Pepsi-Cola Triumphs Over Elks 15-3 in Friday League Play
Pepsi-Cola defeated the Elks 15 to 3 as four Elks pitchers failed to stop a second inning surge. Thompson Rockstad and Ryan led Pepsi-Cola’s attack while Thompson limited the Elks to two hits. Killian’s pitching by Sedlacek until the fourth inning kept Hutchinson’s at bay before a late rally. Hartley singled in Killian’s final turn, stole second, and scored on Van Cleve’s hit for the decisive late run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsi-Cola
Elks
Killian
Hutchinson’s
John Beck
Thompson
Rockstad
Ryan
Dave Sedlacek
Hutchinson
Hartley
van Cleve
Japanese Capture of Shwang Signals AIrthreat in Kiangsi
The Chinese high command acknowledged the Japanese capture of Shwang, a major highway city in Kiangsi province, 80 miles south of Nanchang. This suggests Japan is closing the railway gap along the Chekiang Kiangsi line as it presses a trap on Chinese forces. a Chinese spokesman said the railway gap remaining may still be held by Chinese defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Shwang
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Chekiang- Kiangsi
Frenchwoman Shot For Informing Nazis In Paris Attack
In Vichy reports two bicyclists shot and seriously wounded a Paris apartment house manager after she informed German authorities of a tenant’s subversive activities. This marked the first known female victim in a long series of assaults on pro Nazi collaborators. Authorities note French civil and German military law require employees to report tenant suspicions, with rewards offered for spying. Other dispatches say 12 youths were arrested at Doziers in a raid on a clandestine print shop producing anti German leaflets and stickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Paris
France
Doziers
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Lamson Brothers and Company
H R. Mowrey
Omara Livestock
Seder & Sons
Twelfth St
TN. S&s. Bonds
Tap
Treasury
Wales
Wall St
Tex Grantham
Boo Chon
Mrs
Suez
Marion News
Ben Sutliff
State Center
Albert Petrusch
Marion Dairy
Donald A. Rundquist
Fifth Avenue
Waldo Lindley
H. O. Young
Emmet Tow
Morrow
Martha Ann Young
Arlene Tow
Whip-Poor-Will Hills
Dan A. Stamy
Mercy Hospital
Bill Harlan
Dorrance McEnany
Jack Jones
Will Redmond
Ninth Street
Hugh Churchill
Laura Swanson
Anna Hazer
Marion F. Robb
L. C. Dow
Richard Fenton
Scarsdale
N. Y
Charles Dow
Port Washington
Long Island
Bill Blum
East Eighth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Helen Crane
Grace Boyd
Alice Hyde
Wyoma Carey
the Palisades State Park
Curtis Downing
Theodore J. Davis
Maynard J. Port
Claus J. Quandt
Jefferson Barracks, Mo
Ruth Kruger
Home Service
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Phoenix
W. F. Kruger
Viper
Miss Kinkead
Genevieve Kinkead
Lyle Fitz Simmons
Richmond
Rita Mills
W. H. Mills
Third Avenue
Miss Mills
Turner Company
Velma Donnan
Mildred Bitner
Shirley Eaton
Lillian Prusek
Betty Lyon
Mary Schmatt
Loyal Division
Fernow
Orville Hullshirer
Excelsior Springs
Leonard F. Ralston
John A. Ralston
Lisbon
Camp Funston
Kan
Clifford McGuire
U. S. Navy
Submarine Base
Portsmouth
N. H
Milton McGuire
Robert Smith
Miami
Fla
R. D Smith
Arthur E. Granger
Smith
Virginia
Grace Fernow
James Dow
Edward Walters
Kathleen Oxley
Grinnell College
Miss Oxley
George C. Oxley
MIREG
PAT
By Galbraith
Czech
Elks Eh
Pepsi-Colates
Vrbicek
Kolesick Shirley
Swacka
Beshaw
Thompson and
Cock Hutchinson's
Devas
Killian's
Webster
Wall
Brouick
Burke
Bed- Incek
West
Peterson
Wwe
Elie
Deraeil
Name Day
Gazette 13
Delhi
C. R
Iva Peet
Viola
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