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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1942
Page
17
Chicago reports hog prices easing by 5 to 10 cents as a sizable supply is unloaded. The bid for hogs centers around 14.25 to 14.40 with a top near 14.45, reflecting a natural downturn after a high market.
Market tone uneven with cows scarce and fat cattle at higher bids. Steers and hogs show limited activity with prices around 94 and 13.75 per weight. calves and lambs traded at varied levels as buyers and sellers respond to thin demand. Arizona and regional buyers noted, prices drifting but firm early trading.
The report lists Department of Agriculture figures and market receipts per week versus a year ago, noting fluctuating loads and varied prices. It shows weights from 169 pounds to over 800 pounds with price ranges around 13.10 to 13.80 per hundredweight and shifts in typical loads.
A garbled snippet shows various numbers and weights such as 100-1 12.756 3.66 Boer 13 lbs and 360-400 lbs with monetary amounts like 53.75 12. Other entries include 370-330 3 13 354 and 450-500 lbs with prices around 13.15. The fragment combines animal weights and dollar values without clear context.
The text presents scattered numerical strings and incomplete phrases likely from an Associated Press financial table. It contains numerous figures such as 14.060, 14.00, 13.406, and 13.60 interspersed with ambiguous tokens, making a coherent report impossible.
Receipts total 8 500 cattle calves 158 and hogs 13 85 market slow with steady bid on cows and bulls. Fed steers weak to lower with medium fast sales and several loads at 13 25 to 15 00. sows active around 13 65 while barrows and gilts average near 13 87. Sheep and goats steady to 50 cents lower with mixed colors and stock steers around 10 75 to 15 60 depending on grade.
Feeder cattle and stockers steady with bulk fed steers and heifers priced around 11.75 to 12.75 per cwt. Cows and bulls show slight declines while common and medium offerings mix with canners and cutters. Receipts near 800 head for cattle with some fat cattle steady, hogs and lambs noted with limited activity and new crop Texas feeding lambs at about 12.25.
Market notes show hogs priced at 25 cents and 14.20 per head with steady receipts. Cattle values list steers around 400 pounds and yearlings near 13.25, heifers at 16.65, vealers around 15.55. Practical cattle sales and receipts appear in the undertone.
Reporting on mixed color varieties and prices for fresh produce and poultry. Includes figures for extra pegs, checks, and a note on pressed poultry with turkeys steady and frozen northwestern young hens and toms priced.
Market receipts detail weights and prices for various grades. Firsts and extras show fluctuating values with totals around 39 582 cases and 33 9s in price. Specific items include Triumphs and Blocs with noted prices and quality indicators.
Readable text shows references to BowTones by Cameos bee and Co storage standards and refrigerator standards with figures like October 34 Goer 34 05 November 4.25A 37.98.
Hog prices fall by a dime on Tuesday with all grades sliding. Top price for long haul no fill drops to 13.95 while calf and sheep markets show varied declines and price ranges for different weights and classes.
Tuesday quotations list a dense spread of stocks and prices with companies such as Allied Stores Central Pacific Nor Pac Rail Procter Gamble Pullman Company and Edison while noting mixed percentages and listings across many manufacturers and utilities in a compact market snapshot
The Cedar Rapids section lists assorted grain items with varied prices. Entries include No 1 and No 2 white corn, yellow corn, shelled corn, oats, and barley, plus Pyle items and poultry weights. Prices shown are in cents per unit with specific weights for leghorns and heavy cocks, and pigeons at 1.25 dollars per dozen.
Fragmented OCR text reports a short note from a newspaper page. Readable portions identify possible scores or event codes, with unclear names or places. The material lacks coherent context to determine a clear event, date, or participants.
Mr Jones will reside in Cedar Rapids where he is employed at the Century ordnance plant. Mrs I E Tyler and Miss See See Sereset are mentioned as the couple in the notice.
In New York the stock market opened with buys sparked by early war dispatches about a new Nazi air action but demand faded. Rail, steel, and copper shares retreated as other groups paused with many small declines in late trading.
In the Libyan desert west of Knightsbridge British crews praise new American General Grant tanks mounting .75 mm guns. They credit the tanks with turning the Rommel drive for Tobruk and Cairo, calling them the war’s best and praising their offensive power and resilience.
Grain futures showed a broad pullback with rye leading losses at 2% to 3 cents per bushel while oats steadied and wheat, corn, and soybeans also closed lower. The report notes export and imports factors under a presidential order affecting war materials.
The clipping lists oats, barley, and soybeans with varied grade numbers and prices in cents per unit. It records No 1 white oats at different percentages, malting barley, feed barley, and soybeans with cash and loose price references, indicating a bustling commodity market update.
Radioman Wilbur E. Brown of Blackfoot Idaho risked his life by giving his oxygen mask to wounded crew during an air battle. He dragged wounded men to safety and assisted with artificial respiration for over two hours without his own mask. One sailor died four hours later from oxygen deprivation.
AP reports Technical Sergeant Irwin Fenster of San Antonio Texas obtained squadron permission to join a bombing run over Lae New Guinea as a passenger. He amused crew by grinning at a Japanese Zero fighter and shooting it down with a spare gun. The squadron commander said he was proud of Fenster.
Hollywood reports a brief ceremony for Barrymore at Calvary chapel attended by fewer than 70 relatives and friends. The service followed a simple program reflecting the late star's preferences.
Sir Hubert Wilkins, the British explorer, is reported to have designed a submarine intended for travel beneath Arctic ice. The claim highlights his plans for underwater exploration and mobility under frozen seas.
The Quaker Oats softball team shut out A and P Market 7 to 0 on the Marion diamond. Jackson held to one hit while Hinton allowed four. LaPlant pitchers Houser and Schmitt yielded 11 hits, Stodola and Boxwell 16 for Springville. Fry's Dairy and Viola Raiders games follow next.
City council votes to table a resolution closing the wooden bridge over the Milwaukee railroad tracks at the west end of Marion city leading to Old Marion road. A permanent road between the boulevard and highway west of the bridge is now open. The 1942 taxes of K R Emmons were suspended.
Mrs A A Hardin reports Marion Federation of Women's Clubs donated two kit bags for service men. Clubs contributing include Theristriai Ivanhoe Sorosis O P Tennyson and Marion Business Girls along with Mary Lowe Dickinson circle and Mrs L G Hewitt. Members Gretchen Mentzer supplied yarn and a navy sweater while Catherine, Emma and Elizabeth Klein finished an Afghan with their donated yarn.
The Marion program reports 148 pupils enrolled for a two week session at the Methodist church and Emerson grade school. The beginner class has 42 pupils, rotary 45, junior 37, intermediate 20, and senior 4. Twelve volunteer teachers and four assistants lead the classes.
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Jane Games will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Yo com chapel with Rev C V R De Jong of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial follows at Mt Zion cemetery with viewing Tuesday evening at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs May Dutton Turner were held Tuesday morning at the Yocom chapel conducted by Rev C V R De Jong. Burial followed in Oak Shade cemetery with pallbearers R N Fitzgerald William Lary George Hutton and John Reinheimer named.
Mr and Mrs Ned Jones return from Milwaukee where they visited Mr Jones sister Mrs Anna O Heron Glasgow.
Mrs. M A Gurney of Chicago is a guest of sister Mrs De Le Vin. Weekend guests in the Le Vin home include Mrs. David Zeigler and her daughters Phyllis and Zora from Oelwein.
Mrs D G Hickey returned Saturday from Laurens where she was a guest of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harold Ford. She attended the Laurens high school commencement as her granddaughter Patricia Ford was a member of the senior class.
Mrs. Catherine Cheadle and Charlotte Davis visit Miss Cheadle's brother Glenn Cheadle at Newton. Arlene Guzzle Lois Lehdigh and Arling Hughes of Marion and Charles McMillen of Mt. Warnes Hughes of Marion join for a longer visit.
The Westminster guild of the Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday at 7 45 p m with the Misses Elsie and Eleanor Nelson of 1306 Twelfth avenue. Mrs Mary Hanna and Miss Eleanore Hanna travel to Ames on Thursday for graduation exercises at Iowa State college. Edward Hanna will receive his veterinary surgeon degree.
Washington reports May war expenditures at 3.55 billion dollars, boosting the ten month fiscal year total to 22.15 billion. Public debt stood at 74.26 billion as May ended, with the War Department continuing to absorb costs of the war effort.
Lucille Cone daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Cone married Donald Tow son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Tow Sunday at the Little Brown church in Nashua. A wedding dinner was served at the Black Hawk hotel in Cedar Falls. They plan a week’s honeymoon at Lake Minnetonka Minnesota and will reside at 1728 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids. Both couples are Marion High School graduates with Mrs Tow employed at Household Finance and Mr Tow at Baxter Motor. Attending were Emmett Tow and daughter Ariene from Marion along with Earl Cone Jack Shinault Glenn McGowan June DeNio and others.
Public library board set to meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the library. Christian church choir meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the church replacing Wednesday. Apartment for rent at 1309 6th Ave. Russell Ford and Charles In gram from Feltsfield Wash visiting Montana relatives and awaiting a cadet aviation training school call.
New shipment of Burpee onion seed and zinnias arrives. Not too late to plant quality seeds this season at Coast to Coast Hardware.
Mrs Ralph Richardson travels with her daughter Mrs Ray Hoglund and Mr and Mrs William Hoglund of Cedar Rapids to Des Moines on Sunday to see Private Ray Hoglund.
Mrs. Melvin Olson of Dodgeville hosts weekend guest Mrs. Dale Luwe in Shafter Klink and William Fowler homes while Mr. Olson and Mr. Luwe, U S army buddies, are stationed in South America. Joe Camp and his sons Lewis and Gilbert spend Memorial Day in Chicago. Bonnie Lou, born May 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rawson of Covington, at the home of Mrs. Joe Camp. Church groups plan activities with Christian Sunday school and Presbyterian church picnics and practices this week.
Mr and Mrs James Newman and their daughter Judy Kay returned from Stillwater Oklahoma where they spent Memorial day with Mr Newman's mother Mrs Jessie Newman.
F T Fox lodge No 319 B of R T will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Memorial hall.
Members of the church Service class plan to pick up fellow congregants with cars to take them to the home of Mrs. Benjamin Bulkley Thursday afternoon. Volunteers are sought to assist with transportation.
Mr and Mrs Raymond take their daughter Hazel and Eckhart's father Ben Frank home Thursday after a vacation spent at Spirit Lake and in Minnesota. Transportation contacts requested to reach Miss Elda Kemp by Thursday morning.
Mrs Susan Sanborn returns from Perry where she visited her daughter Mrs Clifford Shearer. She also called on relatives in Tama and Toledo.
The Marionette Four-H club will meet with Mrs. Abduldenstock at West Eighth Avenue on Wednesday at 2 pm for rally day practice.
Mrs. Hattie Myer and Mrs. Rowena Sanderson of Waterloo spent the weekend in the W. D. Shank home.
Clarence Reinhard went to town on Tuesday to visit his uncle Arthur Young.
Mrs Hanna Carlberg travels to Chicago to visit her son Carlberg, leaving home with plans to return soon.
The snippet lists advertising rates and duration options with prices for various display lengths and days. It mentions first time and repeat customers may be eligible for different word counts and pricing, plus terms for 7 day runs and cancellation.
A cluttered page lists lost dogs and items with contact notes, plus numerous small ads for jewelry repairs watch sales and memorials. It references Waterloo Iowa lodging, a horsehair pocketbook, and various service offers including sewing, cleaning, and car washing. The jumble includes names like Joseph Kraft and REX the terrier, with contact cues and scattered address fragments.
Fragmentary OCR notes show KEY EOE LAWN MOWERS sharpening and a sale entry at Point Ra dated 23 0732. Reading is incomplete but indicates firearm or tool sale activity and a weathered public notice style.
A damaged notice seeks a farm worker with experience, listing age 91? and a tractor scene. It mentions Ward De Young Mak and a 14th date, with vague references to a box gazette and names.
Fragmented job notices show help wanted for females and general office work. Entries reference hourly wages, contact hints, locations, and odd phrasing, suggesting scarce legible details about positions and requirements.
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