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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1942
Page
17
Chicago market news reports steel prices down 25 to 40 cents in early trading with feeders and cattle receipts noted. Cattle, hogs, and sheep volumes listed for Chicago and other cities. analysts cite high seasonal supply due to ceilings on dressed beef, forcing producers to move cattle to market. Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company with contact details.
Chicago and other centers report hogs selling mostly steady with prices down to 10 cents. top around 14.25 per 100 pounds. Cattle and calves show limited demand with declines of 15-25 cents, while sheep and later product lines hold firmer bids. Major markets include Omaha Sioux City Des Moines and Peoria with varied totals and several price bands.
New York butter receipts shown higher creamery prices with premium marks and fluctuating scores. Cheese and whole milk flat prices steady with current receipts and varied class figures. Chicago poultry receipts indicate steady to firm markets for heavy hens, leghorn chicks, and broilers with mixed quotes for sizes and grades.
Leghorn chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese quoted with cents per unit. Receipts include eggs and cheese with unsettled firsts and storage packed items. potatoes show arrivals and shipments with spot market demand steady. Regional prices listed for California, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina markets.
Furnished by Lamon Reow and Co. Butter storage standards shown for June and November with prices 34.90 and 25. Novice notes: EOGS-Retrizerator standards listed with dates November and prices 3280 and 33.85.
Hog prices fall by five cents across grades on Monday with top long-haul hogs at 13.85. Cattle and sheep ranges show mixed moves, with steers, yearlings, and cows listed in varying prime to common categories and lambs priced up to 14.50 for a 65-90 pound range.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for grains, feed, poultry, fruits and vegetables with values for oats, soybeans, straw, broilers, rocks, leghorns, ducks, and hens. Also includes wholesale fruit and vegetable prices, onions, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, potatoes and hides with various grade notes and price points.
New York bond market experiences a faltering pace with minor declines and small advances. Otis Steel leads an industrial auction surge, while Illinois Central and American Telephone rise modestly. Western Union and Goodrich ease slightly. foreign issues and U.S. Treasuries stay quiet but steady across markets.
The report lists 40 bonds and 65 stocks with mixed moves. Rail and utility sectors show slight gains while several industrials and railroad shares drift. Trading data include openings, highs, lows, closes, and small percentage changes across categories.
Lynn R. Edminster of Illinois was nominated by President Roosevelt on Monday to membership on the United States tariff commission, to succeed the late Raymond B. Stevens.
New York traders cheered the U S victory in the mid Pacific with a belated rally in blue chips. Fast Showed gains while others like Kodak Coca Cola Union Pacific and American Telephone moved higher though steels lagged and overall volume was modest around 350000 shares. General Motors United States Rubber Pepsi-Cola climbed while United States Steel Bethlehem and Sears fell back.
Abbott Lab leads a broad stock list with late quotes across industries including International Nickel Alaska Idaho Alaska Juneau Paper Allied Chemical T and T and Union Carbide among many others. Major names span from Lockheed to General Motors and Chrysler with activity noted in banks airlines and utilities, reflecting a diverse market snapshot.
Boston UPi telegraph summary notes demand for eastern wools was quiet. Fine bright delaine fleeces sold at 46 to 48 cents, grease basis. Medium bright fleeces at 50 to 51 cents, but no sales occurred. Red blood combing fleeces quoted at 50 cents.
Grain prices rose briefly with wheat and rye gaining more than a cent before mid session, then fell, leaving most contracts lower at the close. Chicago cash provisions noted mixed quotes for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and soybeans, with softening prices across several positions.
Cedar Rapids Rotary club held a Monday luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel where lapel buttons were given to past presidents and to long serving members. 20 year plus members received credential cards as Pioneers of Rotary. past presidents honored included Fred C. Fisher Elmer A Runkle John A Limback and A L Killian.
The First Baptist church vacation Bible school opened Monday with larger enrollment and runs three weeks each morning. Four departments are led by Mrs. J. P. Heck, Mrs. D. W. Bowman, Mrs. H. C Jensen, Mrs. M. B. Gardner, Mrs. Grant F. Anderson, Mrs. Roy Link, and Mrs. Howard Britton. Music is supervised by Miss Florence Van Winkle and piano by Miss Sarah Johnson.
Iowa State announces Oklahoma will be the 1942 homecoming opponent, with Oct 31 set for the game in Ames. Dad's Day timing remains tentative around a Nov 14 date against Kansas, and the schedule lists Nebraska, Drake, Missouri, Villanova, Kansas, and Kansas State as other opponents in 1942.
Robert Eicholtz scored a hole-in-one at Media Heights Golf Club in Lancaster on Sunday but registered it as a three after driving his first two tee shots out of bounds. He played with Frank Soulier and Henry Muller.
The lightweight non title fight between Sammy Angott and Bob Montgomery, slated for June 15 in Philadelphia, has been delayed to July 7 due to Montgomery suffering a severe lumbago attack.
Pete Wetherbee of Oelwein captured the annual double field round robin archery meet with 359 points. Harry Wells of Oelwein placed second with 298, Larry Melson of Waterloo third with 288, and Ken Glackin of Waterloo fourth with 258. The event was sponsored by the Black Hawk Bowmen.
Sixteen individuals were confirmed at Calmar Lutheran Church on Sunday by Rev. H. A. Preus. The group includes Louis Albert son, William Stenseth Jr, Alton Hillestand, Werman Flaskerud, Gordon Wangsness, James Johnson, Elizabeth Hillestand, Mary Whitmore, Robert Flaskerud, Roger Weselmann, Raymond Stulli, Walter Sunday, Shirley Kolaas, Lois Halverson, Mrs. Charles Johnson, and Mrs. Alvin Weselmann.
Louis C. Ross announced Marion will form a sugar rationing board with Mrs. K. E. Cornell as temporary chair. Office at the public library auditorium will register residents by surname letter from A to Z on four days 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Applicants must bring ration cards and May 4 sugar figures plus canning records.
Lieut Noel Bacon once of the AVG in Burma and his bride visited Mrs E J Reed at 1314 Fifth Ave. They were en route from Randalia to Washington. The note also lists social visits and church events in Marion including Mr and Mrs George A Kindler in Prairie du Chien and the K B B class Wiener roast at Thomas Park.
The Iowa State college athletic council approved captains for next year Ellis Alexander of Moville leads the 1943 baseball team William Walters of Storm Lake is 1943 golf captain and Dick Young of Ames is 1943 tennis captain Lawrence Gilley of Waterloo was named honorary captain of the 1942 tennis team.
Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight champion, will defend his European title in September against Walter Neusel, the German delegate to the Association of European Professional Pugilists, announced by Italian radio. This will be Schmeling’s first bout since the Crete battle where he served as a parachute soldier and was wounded.
George W. Christians leader of the Crusader Whiteshirts was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Leslie Carr to five years in prison after a jury convicted him on sedition charges in the war era. Anamosa Legion post officers were elected with Glen J. McLaughlin retiring as commander and James White Jr named as Anamosa’s Boys State representative.
Secretary of State Hull submitted to envoys of Belgium Poland and Greece in exile forms of lend-lease agreements. They provide mutual assistance during the war and lay a basis for postwar collaboration among allied governments in exile.
Los Angeles report says Dr Hans Helmut Gros and his Kansas-born wife Frances Goellert Gros were convicted of conspiring to send defense information to Germany. He received ten years in federal prison. His wife faces a probation hearing next Monday.
Washington IN S McCormack selected Rep Ramspeck to be the new Democratic whip of the House succeeding the late Rep Boland.
Federal grand jury indicts Procter and Gamble of Cincinnati on charges of using the mails in an industrial espionage scheme. The indictment covers February 1937 to January 26 1942 and alleges the company and others sought confidential data from Lever Brothers in Cambridge including information samples products and production figures.
Classified ad rates described with base word counts and per day charges. Includes minimum two-line format, seven day run recommended, payment rules, and Cedar Rapids phone requirement. Mentions Today ad reach of 315000 printed copies and pricing from $1.96 per run.
A lost package containing a foundation garment is offered with a reward and a contact dial 8623. A lost male dog is described as white with black spots and a reward is offered with dial 24902.
A collage of small ads and notices from Cedar Rapids vendors offering jewelry repairs advertising graduation gifts fur storage watch brands and loans for diamonds printing services and Father’s Day gifts. The items include Vincent's Jewelry Store promotions Lyman Shell Service Photokraft Film Service IOWA LOAN CO Griffith Feather Mattress Co and S. W. Knitting Co listing services and prices.
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