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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
8
In Chicago the Thursday livestock receipts are estimated at 13 000 hogs 5 000 cattle and 4 000 sheep. Hog receipts match Wednesday's estimates while prices drop about 10 cents per hundredweight from Tuesday's averages. Cattle stay steady and sheep are steady to weak.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts 24 000 with prices around 14 14.35 top, calves and cattle steady to mixed with bids around 14 50 to 16 50 for steers and yearlings, sows and cows steady to strong, beef cattle active. sheep receipts 3 000 with lambs trading 13 75 to 15 25 and scarce feed lambs around 12 50 to yard traders.
Hog receipts total 9 000 with 15 500 overall as plants curtail due to a broken water main. Hog prices show 10 to 15 cent falls with extreme top at 14.00 sparingly paid. cattle receipts 8 500 with calves 100. steady to 15 cents lower for steers and stockers as buyers slow. Sheep slaughter lambs weak to steady with good pelts above 14.50 and ewes fairly active around 7.50 to 8.00.
HOGS Receipts 8 300, air salable and moderately active early, top 13 90 for 230 300 lb pigs, good and choice 200 330 lb barrows and gilts 13 85, sows 13 60 13 65, feeders steady 13 75 14 00. CATTLE Receipts 6 100, limited early sales good and choice steer and yearling about steady, other cattle slow, few loads 15 00 16 28, medium grades 13 00 14 00, cows 11 00 12 00, bulls up to 13 25. SHEEP Receipts 1 800, all saleable, fed clipped lambs predominating, no early action.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 a.m. Wednesday totaled 57,700, up from 39,300 a week ago and 43,500 a year ago, with prices generally 10 to 25 cents lower and loads around 35,300. Barrows and gilts, 160 to 180 lbs, 12.75 to 13.80. 180 to 200 lbs, 13.50 to 13.90. 200 to 330 lbs, 13.65 to 14.10. 330 to 360 lbs, 13.55 to 14.10. Sows, 270 to 360 lbs, 13.40 to 13.85. 360 to 400 lbs, 13.30 to 13.75. 400 to 450 lbs, 13.30 to 13.65. 450 to 550 lbs, 13.20 to 13.65.
Prices listed for live cattle at Austin market spread across weight ranges from 160 to 500 pounds. Values shown include 170 to 180 pounds at around 13.05 to 13.60 per hundredweight, with sows and larger weights priced up to about 13.65.
Iowa hog prices list good butcher and packing sow rates across weight ranges from Waterloo to Ottumwa. Prices show four city quotations and national averages with figures for 160 to 500 pound hogs and sows in late market sessions.
Chicago produce receipts show mixed activity with poultry firm, various grade prices steady. Potatoes arrive 115 on track 225 on hand 1 034, Idaho totals. California long whites, Bliss Triumphs and Mississippi Bliss among quoted prices across U S markets with several decay notes and track sales.
New York reports show butter receipts at 1. ee firm and prices unchanged. Cheese receipts 777.724 nominal with no quotations. Poultry offerings remain well short of demand. dressed poultry sold with 1 sc per missile die es markups. Live poultry wholesalers noting firm prices with limited open-market supply. Turkeys hens and young toms 36c, roosters old 2i, ducks 272c, fowls colored Rocks Leghorns blacks 15c to 42c, broilers fryers roosters crosses Leghorns 32c, stags 2ic.
A brief Wisconsin item notes a cheese focus for the week from May 31 to June 5. The report mentions twins or cheddars as part of the cheese discussion but provides no further details.
Grain quotations furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company list prices in Chicago. H R Mowrey is manager of the Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Market report lists prices for oats, rye, corn, soybeans, hay and straw, poultry, ducks, pigeons, pullets, fowl, and wholesale fruits and vegetables. Also notes cured hides, calf hides, horses, and a pony sale with glue at half price.
Chicago AP reports grains held within a narrow range in slow trading. Early losses gave way to a midday rally that brought wheat and oats near the prior close with July wheat around 1.44 a bushel and rye steady amid mixed day for other grains.
Chicago AP lists cash wheat No 2 hard at 1.46 and a half percent cash corn No 5 yellow at 1.05 with sample grade 1.012 1.02 and QATS No 1 mixed 60 44c No 3 white 66 4c barley making 95c to 1.06 nom feed 85 95c nom
Three theft reports investigated by Cedar Rapids police involve Mrs. Imogene Pettit who misplaced a black leather purse containing ration books a war bond and insurance papers at a downtown store. Mrs. E Kirkland reported a paper sack with dress material sandpaper tobacco and a toothbrush taken while she retrieved ration stamps. A fishing pole and reel were stolen from Mrs. Lumbick’s home in May.
Apollo Commandery No. 26 Knights Templar plans cemetery decoration in Cedar Rapids after a 8:30 a.m. gathering at Masonic Hall. Rev. F. G. Codd of Davenport will speak at a 6:30 p.m. banquet and past commanders will lead conferring the Order of the Temple at 8:30.
A wealthy farmer and cattleman, his wife, their adult son, and a ten year old child were shot and bludgeoned to death in Leesburg Virginia on Tuesday. Authorities reported no apparent motive or clues linking the killings. The victims are identified as prominent local residents, provoking shock in the community. Police investigated the brutal incident as a mass murder with ongoing inquiries.
In New York stocks showed mixed to modest gains and declines after a slow start as leaders faltered in steel and railroad shares. Trading hovered around 1.4 million shares with gains appearing briefly before uneven trends returned.
New York bond review notes modest selling pressure on Wednesday with rails bearing the brunt. Most losses were fractional to a point as the final hour began, while several high priced issues resisted. Utilities and industrials showed scattered weakness in the session.
D E Grim Linn county chapter chairman urges men and women to meet the American Red Cross national staff in Cedar Rapids for interviews Thursday after 10 am. Mrs Helen B Cobel Miss Verval Mueller Paul M Moore and Marshall Truax of St Louis will be at Roosevelt hotel room 223. Appointments via Miss Sara Conney after 9 am. Openings for college educated professionals with medical and psychiatric social and case work experience plus executive secretaries and home service directors. Women 25 to 45 and men 30 to 50 eligible if fit for selective service.
Senator Byrd demanded Congress take over to end the coal strike if President Roosevelt does not act. He questioned who is boss of the United States and cited concessions to John L. Lewis as signaling he will gain what he wants, calling for decisive action.
One hundred forty six Linn County rural eighth graders received diplomas at Franklin school. Rep. B. S. Moyle of Maquoketa addressed the ceremony, praising state role in education. Lois Jean Listebarger named valedictorian with 96.7 average. Angela Mae Svoboda second at 94.4.
Cut Pack No 26 of Van Buren school meets Thursday at 7 p.m. for an event with moving pictures. Cubs and parents invited. Townsend club No 7 holds a 6 30 p m picnic supper in clubroom 117 F avenue NW with a regular meeting at 7 30. Col John Ehlert to speak at Mt Hermon lodge No 263 A F and A M at Masonic Hall 7 30 p m with refreshments. Benjamin F Nelson fined 25 dollars and costs for assault and battery. U S reporter correction note. Sundberg to Des Moines Thursday for conference on interterritorial rate case brief. Mrs Lovina Dulin fractures right hip Tuesday at her daughter’s home 907 C avenue NW. patient at Mercy hospital.
A tax lien was filed on Wednesday in the United States district court clerk's office against Harry Sodini of 1124 Third Street SE associated with the Strand theater for unpaid internal revenue totaling 978.85 dollars on admissions.
Sergt Edwin Filipi shared wartime experiences with the Kiwanis club at the Roosevelt hotel. He was wounded in action and earned the Purple Heart. His parents, Joe and Mary Filipi, live in Solon, and his wife stays with her mother, Mrs Mary Stodola, at 1435 Second Avenue SE.
Cedar Rapids police said a charge of failure to yield the right of way has been filed against William J Bennett a Marengo truck driver after a Tuesday collision with a car driven by Mrs Stella Gray of 1009 Ninth Avenue SE in Rompet's addition Bennett is to appear in traffic court June 3 He posted a $10 bond No injuries were reported.
Otto Lubbert, 40, Jolley pool hall owner, was killed instantly and five others were injured, one seriously, in an automobile collision near Gillett Grove Iowa Wednesday morning.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Seager traveled to Minneapolis after the death of Rev Irving Seager in a city hospital. A former Marion resident he served as pastor of the Deer River Methodist Church. He had been ill for several months and is survived by his wife and his mother Mrs Allathea Seager of Modovi Wisconsin.
Christian churches of Linn and nearby counties are invited to Marion Christian church centennial next week. Next Wednesday at 8 p.m. the service flag and honor roll will be dedicated. Dr. E. S. Ames of the University of Chicago will speak at the June 11 banquet at 7 p.m. Special services are planned for June 13 at 10:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. with a noonday basket dinner.
The Marion Chamber announces six or more farm war program aid applications already filed. Residents with farm experience and free time are asked to obtain an application. Local social notes include visits by Harvey Adamson and Carmen Oliveraz, Ed Sigfred’s Milwaukee trip, illness notices, and social club activities.
Mrs. W. S. Campbell was elected president at the Ameigo club meeting held Tuesday at Mrs. W. B. Sebern home north of Marion. E. S. Sigfred became vice president, E. W. Fer now secretary, and L. C. Dow treasurer. A picnic dinner followed. Fernow reviewed The Illinois and a tribute to charter member Mary Mentzer Hollingsworth was given by Mrs. J. M. Thompson.
Merrill Clemans is promoted to corporal and reassigned from Camp Phillips Kansas to Fort Benning Georgia after serving with his unit. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Vern Clemans.
Washington AP reports Republicans clash over the 49 member postwar advisory council named by National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler. Critics say the group leans too conservative and isolationist. supporters argue its breadth across governors senators representatives and party officials will yield actionable policy.
The FTC accuses Carter Products Inc and the New York advertising agency Street and Finney of false advertising and misrepresentation in the medicine Carter's Little Liver Pills. The complaint says the pill has no therapeutic action on the liver and warns it could be dangerous for those with abdominal pains or symptoms of appendicitis.
Retailers tardy in registering for processed foods and fats were urged by Frank Kemp chair man of the Linn county food rationing panel to complete forms at once at the rationing board office in the American building. He said OPA instructions require sending retail, wholesale and primary distributor forms to New York for inventory. A number of Linn county re-
Relatives in Ree Heights South Dakota Sergi Novotny to be stationed in the United States as an instructor. Mrs Paul Norton and her son Paul Jr of Long Beach visit Mrs Nortons sister Mrs Howard Caldwell. The staff of Grove City Rebekah lodge No 35 will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. with Mrs Jack Gibney 440 Eighth street.
Classified notices list lost ration books valuables and pets with rewards and phone numbers. Beauty salon services advertise permanents oils and facials. Wording covers hauling cleaning plumbing and lawn care with rates and contact details.
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