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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
10
Early hog trade rose 10 to 15 cents from Friday but later slowed and closed barely steady. Good butcher hogs mainly sold from 14.25 to 14.50 with highs to 14.55 while cattle buyers, led by eastern shippers, moved fed steers and yearlings at 14 to 13.50 and a rare 17.50 top. Fat lamb bids collapsed with little trading activity.
Chicago bids show mixed moves with heavier cattle and calves leading gains while hogs and sheep trade uneven. Oklahoma City and Omaha figures indicate steady demand on fed steers and yearlings, with top cattle around 14.50 to 17.50 and hogs near 14.00 to 14.15 for select weights.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts at Sioux City with hogs selling 13.75 to 14.25 per cwt and top 14.10 for 260 300 lbs. Cattle receipts 6 500 with slaughter steers and yearlings slow but steady for best lots. Beef cows and fat stock steady to lower with feeders firm. Sheep and lambs mixed with load Idaho spring lambs and fed clipped lambs in supply.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Towa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended Tuesday 8 a.m. totaled 48 700, up from 37 400 last week but below 51 100 a year ago. Prices show fair activity and general steadiness with some declines noted in western regions.
Fragmentary OCR shows price ranges for various weights of meat cuts with figures like 85013 and 170-180 Ibs. and 360-400 Ibs. Prices listed include 13.70 to 15.35, with mentions of good packing sows and weights spanning 200-500 Ibs.
The Ated Press lists wholesale and retail price ranges for various weights of meat products in Ottumwa. Figures show pounds per hundredweight and per hundred weight equivalents with multiple price points across weight categories.
Chicago market receipts show 1.24 million pounds of longshore poultry and 26 281 egg cases with overall market unchanged and unsettled. Duck, turkey and hen prices vary by grade, while potatoes trend weaker amid price regulation changes and mixed track sales in California and Louisiana offerings.
New York reports active inquiry for dressed poultry with 1 percent permissible markups and delivery in pound lots. Live poultry wholesale prices are nominal with no rice offers during the holiday. American average run fancy at 1438 cents per pound for Swiss cheese. Receipts noted overnight.
Grain price listings provided by Lamson Brothers and Company with contact details for the Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building. H R Mowrey is listed as manager.
Market listings show hog prices down five cents. Lamb quotes vary by weight and quality with ranges from 75 to 95 pounds for Choice spring lambs and 80 to 95 pounds for other lambs. Ewes and other lamb offerings listed by weight class, with prices appearing around 3 to 13 dollars per hundredweight depending on quality.
Market listings show prices for grains including No 2 soybeans at $1.66 and No 3 oats at 63 cents. Livestock values include calves at 34 to 46 cents and horses priced at 6.00 to 6.50. Wholesale fruits and vegetables list crates and boxes with lemons at 7.45 and naval oranges at 5.75.
Rye led grain moves with the July contract climbing to fresh seasonal highs at the open. Profit taking then trimmed gains as much as 1% while demand steadied. Wheat closed near session lows, oats and corn little changed and rye edged lower later in trading.
The market shows no sale for cash wheat and corn in Chicago. Yellow corn quoted at 1.05 with sample grade at 1.05. Oats and barley prices listed with Nominal ranges and small grades.
Plymouth notes an API listing for the week of May 31 to June 5 featuring twins or cheddars among cheese varieties. Local readers anticipate promotions and sales tied to Wisconsin cheese names and regional offerings.
The Cedar Rapids Construction company renews its article of incorporation for twenty years with capital stock of 30000 dollars. Officers and directors through January 1944 are Emilie B Tapper president Olga A Tapper vice president and Inga B Tapper secretary and treasurer. Herbert A Sherman of Center Point was arrested Tuesday on a charge of desertion and abandonment of his wife and three minor children and is jailed in Linn County.
Earl Crawford of Sterling Illinois reported to police that he was cheated out of 100 dollars by two men who approached him at a bus station and played a penny matching game on a nearby street.
Buyers favored peace stocks as coal labor walkouts raised fuel shortage fears. Steel and rail shares mostly faded while market activity grew with about 1.2 million shares changing hands.
In New York, selected railroad and utility bonds showed gains in late trading while broader groups remained unclear. Abitibi Power and Paper 5s and Burlington Refunding 5s held firm, whereas Rock Island loans softened at the final hour.
Robert B. Adams who led the OPA office in Des Moines filed his resignation effective June 5 with regional administrator Raymond S. McKeough. Adams operates Odebolt’s large farm and is to be replaced by Rae E. Walters of Harlan, with Walters serving without pay if elected. Adams offered no further comment.
The Rt Rev Msgr August A Vojacek of St Wenceslaus church was reelected supreme spiritual director of the Catholic Workmen at the national convention in Omaha Nebraska. He will serve four years. Cedar Rapids delegates Frank Treka Frank J Dvorak of St George Branch 45 and Joseph F Mateju of St Josephs Branch 137 attended.
Naval experts say nine French warships interned at Alexandria since France fell in 1940 can be combat ready in six months. After hull scraping, gun breech blocks restored, new devices installed, and crews trained, the submarine will join the Allied fleet in North Africa under Admiral Cunningham.
The major recalls Guadalcanal fighting with Marines, describing constant raids, survival in foxholes, and the morale boost of ground combat. He praises naval surgeons, Red Cross aid, Midway memories, and the hardy Marines who adapted to harsh jungle life.
The USO committee led by Mrs. Soboda calls Cedar Rapids junior hostesses to recruit 175 for a dance at Cornell College Mt. Vernon. Registered hostesses must attend. departures from the USO center at 7 30 pm with transportation provided. Volunteers with cars urged to report, USO phone 3 1251.
City briefs report ham supper plans at First Evangelical and a Bungalow canning school. Cedar Rapids groups including Pythian Sisters and AHEPA meet for flag program. City council sets June 17 as beverage permit filing deadline and grants fireman leave. Local arrests and court admissions noted along with YWCA nutrition program and Episcopal bishop illness. High winds caused minor damage near Wat kins with no service disruption.
The Cedar Rapids recruiting station reported enlistments of four 17-year-olds. Named enlistees include Robert D. Van Antwerpe of 625 First Street SW, Francis J. Kelley, Harold A. Donahue of Oxford, and Frederick C. Van de Walle of Tama.
The Office of Price Administration extended its butter subsidy program to include small processors producing under 1,960 pounds monthly if they band together and sell through one outlet. Small units joining cooperatives can add up to 1,000 pounds monthly and receive a five cent payment.
Marion township schedules a scrap drive for Tuesday June 8 led by mayor John C Mullin and co chair Irvin L Ford. Farmers truckers and merchants convene at 8 a.m. at the Farmers Elevator. local businesses may close until late afternoon. If rain delays, collections move to Thursday June 10.
Rex Conn county agent filed enlistment forms for agricultural employment at the Marion Chamber of Commerce office. Workers for pay or volunteers for the war effort may obtain the forms. Marvin Rathje visited Private William Wahl, patient at Camp Dodge hospital.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Miller entertain Sunday at dinner in observance of Mrs Smith and Mr Smith parents twenty fifth wedding anniversary. The dinner also marks the fifth anniversary of Mr and Mrs Miller. The Prairie Union A and L club meets Friday evening at the Prairie Chapel church. Mr and Mrs Ralph Michel will be hosts.
War Manpower chief Paul V. McNutt postponed the steel industry 48 hour work week deadline from July 1 to August 1. Instructions issued to regional directors outline exemption rules and aim to release workers while extending some shifts. McNutt said the delay would add the equivalent of 50,000 workers by Aug. 1.
The Navy reduced vision and height requirements at Cedar Rapids. Minimum vision now 6/20 in one eye and 10/20 in the other without glasses if non organic. height from 62 to 60 inches, max remains 76. Teeth rules align with Army. corrected defects acceptable. Marines also relaxed. 17 year olds and 38+ with trade skills may enlist.
Mrs Matilda P Delano 75 aunt of President Roosevelt and wife of Col Frederic A Delano chairman of the national resources planning commission died Monday after a long illness in Newburgh New York She was the mother of several children and a member of the Delano family prominent in national affairs.
Mrs Mae Widger entering Nercy hospital in Cedar Rapids prompts family calls from Robert Widger of Orlando. Remainder lists visitors, church meetings, club gatherings, scholarships, and civic notices with names and locations in Marion Iowa.
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