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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1942
Page
2
Chicago livestock receipts were modest with hogs at 14.30 top for the week, cattle and calves easing as steers and heifers varied. sheep shows steady to higher values with top lambs reaching 15.15 and heavy hogs near 14.50 early in the week. Grain quotations follow from Lamson Brothers.
Omara Livestock Omaha reports US Department of Agriculture figures with hogs and cattle receipts and varied price shifts. Hogs see top Friday at 13.00 with mixed weight classes. sows and barrows show modest declines or steady ranges. Cattle reflect weak to steady tendencies across slaughter steers, heifers, cows, and bulls, with fat steer top around 15.00 and vealers up to 15.80 while calves and stockers hold steady. Sheep receipts are negligible with lambs firm to slightly higher and ewes easing.
Sioux City reports cattle receipts scarce with weak to steady bidding. Slaughter steers yearlings and heifers mostly 23 cents lower, cows steady to weak, feeders strong. hogs steady with small lots 240-300 pounds at 13.80 to 13.85, and various weights listed. Sheep receipts none with fat lambs 25 to 40 cents lower. Idaho springers 14.00 to 14.25, California springers 14.00, lamb clips 12.25 to 12.85. Austin Minnesota hog prices by weight range show 166-170 lbs at 12.75 to 13.05, up to 500+ lbs at 12.10 to 13.40.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending Saturday 8 a.m. were 33 000. Compared with a holiday week ago and 21 000 a year ago. Activity fair to fairly active with a few thousand heavier than last week. Prices listed for various weight ranges with figures around 13.0 to 14.0 dollars.
New York bond market held steady on Saturday as speculative loans that rose earlier in the week showed only modest gains. Rails saw sharp advances on selective buying while Western Union and New York Central were flat to slightly lower. Australian and South American securities improved about a point in light trading as U.S. government issues held near Friday’s levels.
New York markets show steady dressed poultry with mixed prices for turkeys and hens across regions. Fresh breeder stock and old toms vary, while live poultry and rabbits quote with minor shifts. butter receipts unsettled with small gains and fresh pack prices.
Market brief shows moderate to firm tone with regional price quotes for greens and washed versus unwashed produce. Prices include Maine Green Mountains unwashed 2.90, California Jong whites washed 2.90 to 4.73, Louisiana Bliss Triumphs washed 3.10, unwashed 2.85, Alabama Bliss Triumphs washed 3.00 to 3.25 with decay noted at 2.60 to 2.00, Mississippi Dills Triumphs unwashed 2.80, 2.85. Lamson Akros and Co. lists butter standards and futures for June and November and fogs retrierator standards for October.
War news supported some shares while profit taking and timid demand left many leaders with small gains. Steel and motor shares led the upside while blue chips fell back. United States Steel opened late and several major issues lagged, with memberships selling at $25,000 and seats at $17,000 in March.
Secretary of the Navy Knox, a Wall Street figure, is noted as a member of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War, highlighting his military service and ties to the cavalry unit formed in the 1898 conflict.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids including wheat, oats, rye, corn, soybeans, hay, straw, poultry, eggs, fruits and vegetables. Prices cover multiple grades and weights such as No 1 wheat at 98 cents, oats at 48 and 46 cents, corn at 80 cents, soybeans at 31.58, celery at 4.50, lemons at 36.25, onions at 2.00, and various livestock values.
PGA President Ed Dudley is excused from sectional qualifying for the Hale America national open in Chicago June 18 to 21 after being detained in Washington on U S. GS A official Francis Ouimet extended the invitation. Joe Dey announced the exemption on Saturday. Nearby note adds that U S passenger train traffic in 1941 topped 1929 levels.
Chicago report notes rye futures weakness unsettled all grains with soybeans also down. Wheat and corn decline about a cent per bushel, oats and rye fall noticeably, while cotton futures drop sharply. Rumors of whisky distilling halting and wartime alcohol production add pressure amid favorable weather and crop forecasts.
Prices for commodities include wheat oats barley and soybeans with various grades and samples listed. Cash lard is quoted at $12.40 per unit with loose, belies, and other terms shown.
Wisconsin cheese quotes for June 8 to 13 list twins 20 40 cents, junior twins 16 cents, daisies 21 30, horns 31 40, cheddars 20 of the quarter, junior cheddars 187 quids. Wool market in Boston sees slow trading with eastern fleece types. good graded fleeces sell around 46 67 50 cents delivered. medium fleeces quiet. a few fine bright combing fleeces from the delaine type sold steady.
Alfred O. Fisher, heavy bomber pilot, died when the Hamilton field crash occurred Thursday night after takeoff. He was married to Mary Alice Minor, a former Cedar Rapids girl. Fisher, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Fisher of Clarksville Iowa, trained in Florida and worked previously for Pan American Airways. He was sent to Consolidated Aircraft with 15 other Pan American employees earlier this year. Mrs Fisher will return to Miami where the couple lived.
The 6A class at Cleveland school marked graduation with a Tuesday program including a Hansel and Gretel puppet show. Pupils Richard Rabik Martha Sheldon Patty Niebuhr Robert Stone and Joan Hauskins participated. Miss Bernice Wechsler gave penmanship certificates.
Six year old Bobby Byse was taken to St Luke’s hospital with severe lacerations and a compound fracture of his left arm after slipping into a cement mixer. Other items record local family visits, moves, hospital stays, and church events in Davenport and nearby areas.
Obituary notice from Marion area detailing the death of Mrs. T H Biddick 85 at her Montfort Wisconsin home after a long illness. Funeral Sunday at Montfort Methodist with Biddick family members and Isabel Schluter listed among attendees. Notices also mention visits from former Marion residents Gust Nelson and Kathleen Mower, birth of a son to Don and Frances Hoglund, and various local social updates and ads.
Marion churches list pastors and service times for Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, and Free Methodist congregations. Details include Bible school at 9 45 a.m. morning worship at 10 45 a.m. evening services, midweek prayer, choir rehearsal, and a summer schedule note for the Christian church.
A compilation of church service times and pastors including Methodist Rev Arthur W Henke at location, Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong, St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Rev Carl E Krog, Seventh Day Church of God, Prairie Chapel Rev J B Clyde, and Epworth League noted with sermon titles, mission festival plans, and guest speakers.
Northwestern university in Evanston will confer degrees on about 1,900 graduates at its eighty fourth annual commencement next Saturday. Among eastern Iowa graduates are Jean Eleanor Killen, Jeanne Marshall, George Nassif, Ralph Preckel, Irene Swenson, C Berkeley McIntosh, Ruth Plass, Robert Dower, Helen Rohwedder, Crystal Stoffel, Dora Hamblin, and others. Admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius will deliver the address. Hamblin, a 1941 Coe College alumna and former Cedar Rapids Gazette staffer, will earn a master of science in journalism and return to The Gazette.
A district court issued a writ of injunction Friday restraining Norman Foster of Cedar Rapids from molesting his wife Maribell Foster who has filed for divorce. The order was granted without bond. Mrs. Foster seeks $40 monthly support for herself and her 13 month old child and funds to complete the divorce. Foster is charged with cruelty and inhuman treatment.
Judge G K Thompson will begin hearings at 9 a m Monday for equity cases. Frank Cramer 24 of 217 Fifth avenue SW was arrested Saturday by Constable W J Fleming and jailed pending a hearing on threatening to commit a public offense. Forty Benton county Republican Women’s club members met in Vinton for lunch and a business meeting with county candidates introduced and Lieut Gov B B Hickenlooper campaign manager J H Milroy speaking. out of town guests included Mrs Thomas Holbert of Greeley and Mrs J W Ballard of Cedar Rapids.
J. P. Mills of Cedar Rapids served as president with Mrs Hemsworth of Waterloo and Mrs Santee of Cedar Falls. The county officers election was held. Mrs William Cleghorn of Norway was reelected president, Leona Tippie of Belle Plaine elected vice president, Della Greaser of Vinton secretary treasurer, and L P Gordon of Vinton named chairman.
Classified item details a beauty service advertisement for hair permanents and waves from Lillian Suchy Beauty Shop and Paris Academy Beauty School. Includes pricing, telephone numbers, and location notes near Bishop's. Mentions equipment quality and various curl and wave offerings with modest rates.
A dense ad list for painting, papering, and house cleaning services. Includes furnace cleaning and repair, hauling of all kinds, rug and upholstery cleaning, lawn mower sharpening, interior exterior painting, and house washing offers with various phone numbers such as 3-1935 3-0819 and 3-2467 for estimates.
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