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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1942
Page
1
Chicago reports hog receipts near 9,000 head versus 12,000 expected with top bids around 14.25 dollars as prices mostly range 14 to 14.25. Cattle district sees prime steers at 16.50 and fed steers and yearlings showing broad demand around 12 dollars for medium grade. The 14 dollar level remains pivotal, with rallies usually after dips below it.
Bulk lighter stock up to 813.00 with ewes at 6.75 and No 1 pelts. trade steady to 15 cents higher. Lambs, good and choice native, light short fleece. buck lambs discounted. Small shorn lambs with No 2 3 pelts 13.50 down. choice light weight fat natives 6.85, small 6.50 down. Cattle receipts 9,000. calves 1,000. fed steers 12.00 to 14.50, top 16.50 for prime 1,332 lbs from Nebraska. heavier bulls 15.35. cows weak with cutters 8.85 down.
Good butchers operating in Austin post mixed hog price levels across weight ranges. Reports show bids around 170 to 500 pounds with prices from about 13.05 to 13.90 per hundredweight, reflecting varied pack quality and category including sows and different weight brackets.
U S Department of Agriculture combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 a m Wednesday reached 23 200 in 19 Iowa concentration yards and 11 plants in southern Minnesota, down from 42 500 a week earlier and 33 300 a year ago. Prices ranged from around 13 00 to 14 00 per cwt across weight classes with modest gains in lighter weights and sow categories.
AP report from Sioux City details cattle receipts reaching 3,700 with calves at 50, slaughter steers and yearlings 10 to 15 cents higher, fat stock strong, feeders firm, medium and good fed steers and yearlings mainly 11.50 to 13.25 with some loads to 13.75 and beeves to 14.00. cows 9 to 10.50, good 10.25 to 10. High hog receipts 4,000 with markets rising to 14.00 for choice, sows 13.75 to 14.85, total 1,200. Little data on earls and other hogs noted.
Salable calves and total receipts listed with steady to slight differentials across classes. Cows and bulls show mid range values, heifers near twelve to thirteen dollars, spring lambs traded around fourteen dollars, with feeder lambs lacking early sales.
In Peoria stockyards, hog receipts hit 2 000 with active demand. 106 1/2 bid higher at 14.10 for 200-400 lb sows quoted 13.40. Cattle receipts 400 with good steers and yearlings priced 11.50 to 12. Spring lambs firm, vealers around 15.00.
Receipts show 42 truckloads of poultry with hens easing. Prices steady to higher for heavy hens, light hens to 21 cents, two to six per dozen for certain birds. black and spring geese around lic. pigeons and chickens listed. Butter receipts 306, 440. market steady with 93 score at 36 4/3 cents and 92 score.
Lamson Brothers and company furnish Chicago grain quotations with H R Mowrey listed as manager of the Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building. The notice provides contact number 2 3141 for inquiries.
Potatoes arrivals numbered 139 with 329 on track and 1 082 in moderate mix. Prices shown include California long whites washed 33.20, Louisiana and elsewhere 24 06, cobblers unwashed with decay 2 25 to 472.35, Mississippi Bliss Triumphs unspotted sacks 2.60.
Market notes show receipts at 1 058 504 with steady prices for creamery and fancy to extra fancy egg classes. Live poultry remains steady with hens, toms, and chickens priced in modest ranges. yolks and doves listed with small variations.
A terse note from Sarecom outlines updated standards for November and October. The brief mentions adjustments to measurement protocols and reporting deadlines, but provides few specifics beyond the general scope of October and November revisions.
New York stocks fell across a broad front after American Telephone slumped on news Western Electric reduced its quarterly dividend. Westinghouse Bethlehem Steel and Philip Morris dropped more than a point, with fractional declines spreading late in the session as Telephone recovered slightly from an early four point drop.
Hog prices edged up by ten cents across all grades with top hogs at 13.90 for 140 to 150 pounds and similar shifts for 150 to 160 and 160 to 170 pound ranges. Cattle values show choice to prime steers at 12.75 to 14.00, medium to good at 10 to 11.75, and various yearling, cow, and calf figures listed for a wide market snapshot.
Wall Street stock quotations list numerous companies with price fractions and percent changes. Key names include Allied Stores, Kennecott Copper, Atlantic Refining, Armour, Armstronge Crkage, Atchison & Fort, Aviation Corp, Baldwin Locomotive, Radio, Pure Oil, Union Pacific, Timken, and Zenith Radio, among many others. The list presents bid prices and daily percentage moves across a broad set of industries and exchanges.
Wheat prices No 1 97c No 2 95c No 3 46c No 2 yellow soybeans 1.58 Hay and straw prices listed Poultry market indicates broilers Leghorns hens and cocks prices with quantities Vegetables Idaho pricing Apples Sweet potatoes price given Market notes incomplete and rough OCR readable portions only
U S government bonds posted a closing mix on Wednesday with Treasury notes at 44 46 and prices around 107.80. Market roundups cite steady yields and active trading in short and intermediate maturities as traders weigh inflation data and fiscal policy signals.
Fragmented OCR reads data on Mississippi River stages with figures for Davenport and Memphis. It lists stages, gauges, and miscellaneous measurements such as 10.2 and 12.1 with unclear labels and names, reflecting a weather or river report fragment.
Washington dispatch says Army quartermaster corps researchers substituted steel and zinc coated with brass for solid brass buttons to save metal in supplies for enlisted men aviation students and nurses. Tests show durable performance using roughly thirty percent of the metal.
CHICAGO AP Wheat led a strong rally as much as 2 cents a bushel on Wednesday spurred by House rejection of a Senate provision allowing sale of government wheat at subsidized prices. Gains were aided by short-covering by traders and other interests. Corn and soybean prices also rose on weather worries in Iowa and ongoing supply concerns.
Cash prices for corn and yellow varieties listed with No 1 yellow and No 2 white grades. Prices shown include nominal and sample grades with different numbers and unit quotes. cash values noted as per bushel and loose trade, including yellow and mixed lots.
The Cedar Rapids recruiting offices sent one man to the marine corps for examination and another to the navy for enlistment. Henry Albert Brady of Bellevue goes to Des Moines for final Marine Corps testing and potential transfer to San Diego for boot camp. Robert Leslie Fernald of Mundelein Illinois is headed to Des Moines for Navy enlistment and later to Great Lakes naval training station.
Cedar Rapids motor vehicle operators bought 83 of the new annual federal auto license stamps at the post office on opening day. The $5 stamps, valid through July 31, are offered at windows one and three in the lobby and are the second stamp for those who bought the February issue. Glue on the face lets stamps be pasted to windshields and visible from the outside.
Chicken supper ad note. five day furlough for William Lee Moore at 621 Seventeenth Street SE. Army Air Corps service at Jefferson Barracks MO. Dr A R Jewel leaves for Napa CA staff at Napa State Hospital after two weeks with his mother. Mt Herman lodge 263 AF and AM to conduct entered apprentice degree Thursday 6 30 pm at Masonic Hall with refreshments. Violet L Huff released from University Hospital Iowa City to 113 Twenty first Street NE. St Pauls Methodist nursery and beginners prepare Children’s Day Thursday 3 pm. Church of Youth groups meet Thursday 4 30 pm in church auditorium.
Miss Willian Conybeare of Grand Island Nebraska is in Cedar Rapids for the summer to stay with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs R C Conybeare at 2610 Second avenue SE.
A May report to the city council by inspector Dr A R Menary shows average daily gas consumption of 1042 British thermal units. The month’s low was 1038 units on May 13 and the high was 1052 on May 28.
A pin curt clinic was held at the Cedar Rapids Hairdressers and Cosmetologists association unit 126 in the Montrose hotel Tuesday. Charlotte Porter, president, conducted a Some or None Quiz with prizes awarded to Violet Washburn, Mae Austin and Geraldine Boddicker. The unit plans to participate at the duck pond in Ellis Park.
Springfield AP reports a taxicab driver found a wallet with 2700 dollars inside his cab and turned it in to police. He asked that his name not be published, saying some people would consider him a chump.
In the 1940 second quarter the United States imported 714,263 pounds of cod liver oil. This data shows substantial fish oil movements amid wartime trade adjustments and evolving dietary supply chains.
Mrs J R Hayes celebrated her daughter Carol Jean s eighth birthday with a Tuesday dinner at 1124 English Boulevard. Guests included Sue Cary Donna Bailey Jolene Callahan Anna Jean Merchant Mary Ann Ross Jean Frederick Sharon Wilson and Carol Jean. Shirlee Miller helped serve as games were played.
Mrs Clara Dunt was elected noble grand of Grove City Rebekah Lodge No. 35 Monday evening at the IOOF hall. Mrs Rose Garrison was made vice grand, Dorothy Moore became treasurer, and Mrs Grace Berlin was recording secretary. The Past Noble Grands association led the program.
Mr and Mrs James Downing entertained Monday evening at Memorial hall for their son Curtis Downing and Mrs Downing. May 30 guests numbered 150 with refreshments served.
Elliott Hutton of Toccoa Ga and Miss Ruth Dunn of Chicago received a surprise shower hosted by 45 friends at the Hutton home. They were given glassware and plan to marry in Chicago this Saturday. Also noted is a classified ad for a five room cottage after July 1 and a police reward offer for a break-in at the L. L. Coryell and Son station. The Presbyterian church session will meet Thursday at 7 45 p.m.
Whittier Community softball team upset Fry's Daily Monday evening on the Marion diamond 1-0. Hanna pitched for Fry's allowed two hits while Thomas for Whittier allowed four. In the second game La Plante Choate defeated Viola Raiders 11-6 with seven runs in the fifth and sixth. Houser pitched for La Plante and allowed seven hits. Wayne Young of Marion, in his first Raiders game, allowed 12 hits. The Quaker Oats meet Springville and the A and P Super Market key Allen Motor tonight at 7 45. The W S A club meets Friday at 12 30 for a picnic at Mrs Harley Silker. Mrs E A Lagerquist and daughter Helen returned from Des Moines after two days with relatives.
The I Try Missionary group of the Christian church will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. at Thomas Park. Those attending need not bring a sack lunch.
Mrs. John H. Pazour spent the weekend in Ottumwa visiting her mother Mrs. Z W Bain and Mr. Bain and in Marengo with her husband’s sister Mrs. W J Wilkenson and family.
Rae Welsher who had surgery at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota is reported by Mrs. Welsher and Mr. and Mrs. W K Lothian Marion to be staying here for several weeks before returning to Rochester for a second operation.
Mrs. Grover Potts of La Moure arrives Sunday to vacation with her mother Mrs. Ora Crowner. Marion Lodge No. 6 AF and AM plans a third degree work Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic temple. Mrs. H. B. Christianson returns home after visiting Mrs. M. W. Courtney. Ladies day at Marion Golf Club Thursday with 9:30 a.m. start and luncheon reservations required. Women golfers’ instructions begin Thursday. W. C. Dubbs returns from Fort Leonard Wood with son PFC Melvin Dubbs for a nine day furlough. Delbert Turner sells 550 Eighth Ave to M. B. Boland who will move here next spring. Cynthia and Cassie Drexle of Central City buy 1220 Ninth Ave. Marshall Swayne recovers well from operation at University Hospital Iowa City. Don L. Torrence and wife return to Burlington. Mrs. L. E. Cooper accompanies them. Marion Chamber meeting plans U S O drive with Cedar Rapids’ Russell Knapp. Vernon family returns from Hartford, Conn. where they visited James Vernon.
Housewives invited to a Thursday 2 p.m. cooking school with a special demonstration on canning and preserving with minimal sugar. Ads note gas company and local promotions.
St Marys Circle of St Josephs Catholic Church will meet Friday at 2 pm with Mrs Howard Cruise at 1845 Seventh Avenue. In case of rain the Ladies Union luncheon of the Christian church will be held in the church basement Thursday at 12 30 pm.
Norwegian patriots resist Nazi occupation facing executions and Gestapo pressure. Reports detail executions for aiding escapes and listening to foreign radio, resignations by bishops and thousands of teachers, and leaders placed in camps. Swiss Zurich paper cites Grini camp conditions and internees.
Two benefit games will be played Thursday at 8 p.m. on the Marion softball diamond. Receipts will go to Bev Taylor, Negro star for Fry's dairy, who fractured his leg while playing here several weeks ago. The games, Quaker Oats vs Rapids, and Fry's Dairy vs Cherry Burrell, are expected to provide some of the keenest competition this season. Kenneth Gibson, who has enlisted in the marine corps, has written his wife that he has been transferred to the air corps and will begin air school base San Diego, Calif. Melvin aoe is attending a signal corps training school at Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. E. A. O Neal and her children Bobby Barbara and Sandra returned Wednesday from Savannah Illinois where they visited relatives.
Mrs John Sauter of Beloit Wisconsin and Miss Doris Dolan visited friends then returned to Beloit Tuesday after being guests of Mrs Elizabeth Smeltzer and Mrs D G Hickey.
Mrs Ella M. Reed and her daughters Mildred Wickham and Evelyn Howe traveled to Chicago on Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson.
Mrs Elizabeth Smeltzer attended a shower Sunday at Amana at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Kuen, complimenting Mrs eeee ee ter, Mr and Mrs William Broz.
Amid crowded scenes a Norwegian supreme court judge led a protest against Quisling appointed justice department moves to name jury members without court consultation. Sabotage fears grew as wires were cut during a parade before the Grand hotel as Quisling seized power. A fire at the National theater followed, and bombs exploded at the university and both Oslo rail stations.
The Padvensky family thanks friends for kindness and beautiful floral offerings during the death of their wife and mother.
Fragmented local notice listing lost items such as two small round tax containing scraps and a bathing suit. Includes stray place references like 417 South Ave SW and a private boarding home box J-484. Mentions a spaniel and a Sunday event, with unclear dates and details.
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