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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1941
Page
27
Chicago yard prices show hogs up five to ten cents as arrivals ease. Cattle stay steady while spring lambs recover. Reports from Chicago and Sioux City note firm to higher bids for 180-270 lb hogs and strong feeder and slaughter steer activity amid uneven gains across regions.
Hog prices and receipts for multiple Midwestern markets including Austin Minnesota Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa and Peoria. Barrows sows and boars quoted across weight ranges with top in the high 9s to 10s per cwt. cattle and sheep activity noted with steady to higher tones and specific top values for choice heavy steers and lambs.
Hog prices rose on the local market with all grades up ten cents. The long haul top reached 9.65, with various weights listed from 140 pounds to over 450 pounds showing solid gains and specific price ranges. Cattle and calf markets show mixed gains for steers, yearlings, and cows with several price brackets noted. Sheep and spring lamb values appear, including a 10.75 for genuine spring lambs 65 to 65 pounds.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows varied prices for grains for a week, including wheat No 1 at 90c, oats No 2 34c, rye No 2 4ic, corn yellow No 2 63c, soybeans No 2 $1.23, and hay baled at 10.00. Poultry prices feature hens 16c and leghorn 12c, with various cattle and hides values. Fresh fruits and vegetables list lemons 6.75, oranges 3.25 to 4.06, grapefruit 3.60, celery 4.00, lettuce 5.25, onions 3 4 75, cabbage 2.40, carrots 12 98, tomatoes 2.75, and potatoes 2.50. Horse and calf hides valued by grade, with horses 84.50 and 4.00 respectively. pony pricing at half.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of June 16 to 21 show prices for dasies at 1824c brick 167c horns 1844c cheddars 18c. In Boston the wool market saw little business with many houses closed for a local holiday and mills showing occasional interest in araded territory wools at 1 to 1.03 dollars scoured basis for staple combing 2 blood and 1 to 0.3 cents scoured basis for combing 32 blood.
New York stock market shows a tentative revival with gains in specialty and senior issues. Fractions of a point rise mark the close as some favorites advance, while others hover without breakthrough amid ongoing axis power tensions and steady corporate bonds. Strongers include U S Steel American Telephone Chrysler Anaconda Douglas Consolidated Westinghouse and Texas Corp.
A dense listing of stock quotations from major exchanges highlights many corporations with varied changes. Notable names include Allied Stores Allis Chalmers Anaconda Copper Ford General Electric General Mills Westinghouse etc, reflecting a broad midday trading snapshot with numerous price indicators.
Major General Ernest Hinds U S A retired and Pershing’s artillery chief in the A E F died Tuesday at Fort Sam Houston station hospital. He was 76 years old.
Wheat futures closed 48 to 44 cents lower as July prices hovered near 100 3/4 cents. Short covering spurred by soybeans and cottonseed oil lifted values from the session low, with a mild pullback after top levels. Other grains largely steadied as traders weighed favorable southwest weather.
UPI reports Chicago receipts and market tones for poultry butter eggs cheese potatoes and futures. Heavy hens white rocks Idaho russet burbanks California and other regional outputs show steady margins with varied price points and storage standards noted.
New York bond prices held steady Tuesday with uneven corporate moves and low trading volume signaling a need for new incentives. Government issues eased while stocks showed modest gains with the Dow Jones average up slightly and utilities and rail shares firming.
Carson L. Taylor of Chicago, former Cedar Rapids superior court judge, named general attorney and commerce counsel for the Milwaukee railroad. Iowa native, educated at the University of Iowa, practiced in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Became Cedar Rapids judge in 1916 at age 26, youngest in the country. Joined railroad service as assistant general solicitor in 1929.
The Musketeers drum and bugle corps, last year’s state champions, planned to defend their title at the state VFW convention in Marshalltown. They are sponsored by the Cedar Rapids VFW post and were to appear in a VFW parade Tuesday after winning last year in Burlington.
The Packers' softball team defeated Whittier 11 to 0 in the opening game of a Monday doubleheader at Marion Athletic Field. In the second game Pings Scoreboards attempted a upset against league leader Alburnett Oilers but fell 3 to 2 in the final inning.
Linn county draft boards advisory members and physicians will meet state officials Thursday at 7 p.m. in the superior court room city hall. The program will include Lieut Col Robert S Shaw head of medical division at Des Moines selective service headquarters Dr Clarence E Van Epps of Iowa City Captain William Mermas surgeon at Fort Des Moines induction center and Lieut Robert Anderson psychiatrist at the induction center.
Out-of-town want ads, insurance rates, and local business pitches fill this classified page. Notices invite bids for printing and repairs while listings promote fur storage, upholstery, and leather goods services. Job leads include canvassing, furrier work, and a sales position with Box K-160 and Box L161 references.
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