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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1943
Page
16
Official estimates show hogs at 13,060 head and cattle at 10,000 with hog prices dropping 15 to 20 cents to a top of 13.95 per hundredweight, the lowest since November. Fed steers and yearlings stay weak while heifers and bulls hold steady. sheep remain active and generally steady. Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company.
USDA Chicago listings show hog receipts 18 000 with slow trade and prices down 10 to 20 cents. calf and cattle sales mix with feeders steady to weak and top cattle around 17 25. sheep receipts 1 500 with fair activity, lambs 15 00 to 16 06. Strong individual lots include Colorados and Idaho clipped lamb bids and No 1 skin lambs at 14 25.
Salable receipts total 15,000 with hogs 8,000 and cattle 4,000. Hogs opened slow then closed steady with top bids around $13.55 and most sales $13.40 to $13.59 for 160 to 360 pound hogs. Cattle show steady to strong footing with good to choice feeders $14.75 to $15.85 and select heifers $15.25, cows $7.75 to $12.50, vealers up to $14.00. Sheep demand not established with steady early indications and lambs above $15.00 for natives, ewes steady to higher.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Tuesday totaled 306,200, down from 48,300 a week ago and 29,600 a year ago. Hog prices showed mixed movement with butchers and sows mostly lower, while loads were slightly reduced from the prior week. Prices ranged from about 12.45 to 13.60 for various weight classes, with sows and heavier hogs showing declines and lighter categories holding steadier.
Sioux City cattle hogs and sheep receipts show market activity with hogs steady to lower and sows down slightly. Slaughter steers and yearlings moved slowly with bids weak to lower while heifers and cows traded around steady to weak. Lamb offerings steady with few early sales and consistent tone.
MinAP lists prices for various live hog weights in Austin. Good butchers offer 169-170 pounds at 12.35 dollars, 170-180 at 12.65, 180-200 at 13.10, 200-330 at 13.20, 330-360 at 13.10, 360-400 at 12.80, 400-500 at 12.70 dollars per hundredweight with packing sow ranges 270-360 pounds at 12.90 to 13.20 and 400-500 pounds at 12.70 to 13.00.
Chicago market notes show poultry receipts 19 trucks 2 cars firm cheese prices for Twins daisies longhorns 26c butter 1 355 928 lbs steady graded eggs 38 39c potatos on track shipments 754 Idahos arrivals none and market conditions varied by region California long whites steady southern stock slow. U S No 2 unwashed North Carolina cobblers priced $3.60.
New York produce reports show steady to firm butter and cheese receipts while eggs linger at 26 604. Poultry prices vary as strikes disrupt industry. Live poultry wholesale prices stay strong with a wide range for fowls, turkeys, ducks, and squabs amid unclear ceilings and shifting demand.
In Plymouth Wisconsin the upsell list notes sales of twenty two cars with maximum price requests and itemized bids for cheddar twins and other varieties. The brief mentions the M P R numbers 289 and 288 with fractional price notes and indicates more stories remain unquoted.
The article notes that until recently the Germans had nothing on their aircraft to rival the effectiveness of our 50 caliber guns. It highlights a shift in airpower balance and implies superior American firepower in aerial combat.
The Cedar Rapids market reports all hog grades down ten cents. Top hog prices reach 13.35 to 13.45 dollars for various weight classes. Cattle and sheep values shown include steers from 10.00 to 16.00, yearlings around 11.90 to 15.00, and lambs near 13.10 per hundredweight, with prices varying by weight and quality.
Grain and oats prices list No 2 and No 3 categories with values for corn rye and soybeans. Hay straw prices and poultry markets with broilers layers ducks and eggs. Fruit and vegetable prices include Florida celery lemons oranges lettuce and potatoes. Hides calves horses and miscellaneous items priced. includes peg tails and pony glue noted.
Wheat futures fluctuated nervously as cash sellers and short buyers intersected on a day of uncertain wheat price ceilings. Oats and rye weakened while corn and wheat deliveries closed near the day’s high, with July at 1.42 and September 1.424.
Chicago market notes show cash wheat at 1.04 per bushel and corn at 1.06 to 1.14 with No. 3 grade. Milling oats and feed oats also referenced, indicating varied price levels and lots.
The Cedar Rapids marine recruiting officer announced that 17-year-old youths may enlist without selective service, with limited slots before 18. Applications are made at the Cedar Rapids station and examined in Des Moines, then returned home on inactive status for up to four weeks before training. After seven weeks at San Diego, recruits receive two weeks’ leave before further assignment.
Chinese high command announced capture of several strategic points in outer defenses of Owchihkow near the Yangtze river, 40 miles south of Shasi. More than 200 Japanese soldiers were killed in the advance. Owchihkow lies south of the Yangtze and west of Tungting lake.
In New York the stock market edged up briefly then retreated as prices fell fractions to a point or so. Turnover hovered around 700000 shares, among the year's lightest volumes, leaving little sign of a broader comeback.
New York investors shifted slightly with railroad issues leading gains while other corporate groups remained steady. St Paul bonds rose early with demand strong in several cases while Colorado and Southern 42c certificates and issues from Great Northern New York Central New Haven Frisco Central of Georgia and Baltimore and Ohio edged higher in the final hour.
Allied interceptors claimed victory over Lae New Guinea shooting down at least 14 and probably 23 Japanese planes. The two day toll reached 47 enemy aircraft with no American losses. Air and ground actions continued along the New Guinea coast with fires started at Malahang and Lae airdromes.
Relatives of ten Cedar Rapids guardsmen reported captured on the North African front in March received postcards from Camp Cont in Italy. The messages say the men are in Camp Cont awaiting transfer to prison camps there. Names and addresses of the ten men are listed, with one note that Mrs. Arthur Elliott of 402 First Avenue NW also received a postcard from her husband in the same group.
Courthouse announces Faye Isham named executrix of I. E. Isham who died May 1. O J Elsenbast appointed administrator of William Power estate who died Aug 13, 1942 in Central City. Emma Murray Parker's will admitted to probate after death on June 6.
James Durbin sued in district court over a fire set on his land that spread to Albin L. Machacek s property. Machacek a tenant claims the blaze burned about six acres of timothy clover hay and meadow.
Dessa S. Freed a 25 year old Marion resident was killed at 2 53 am Tuesday at the Union station in Marshalltown when struck by an eastbound North Western passenger train. Her 10 year old son Ted was uninjured after crossing the track. Coroner Ben Wells said she stepped onto the track after dropping a suitcase while attempting to cross.
Mrs. Freed widow of Oscar Freed served in May and left Marion after living at the Miller apartments at 1195 Sixth Avenue. Daughter of Norris and Essie Murray now in Kansas City, formerly of 1334 Fifth Avenue, Marion. The Freeds sold that house to O G Waffle, then it passed to Darreil Murray a Cedar Rapids painter.
Corp. C. B. Hanscom stationed with the aviation photography and gunnery corps at New Orleans and his wife of Minneapolis have been guests of Mrs. Carolyn Hanscom. Bob Hanscom named USO director at Waycross Georgia and Priscilla Hanscom serves as USO director in Columbia South Carolina.
Private Harold Beadle son of Mr and Mrs Ray Beadle moves from San Diego marine base to Norman Oklahoma for aviation metalsmith school training.
Earl Helbig and W. P. Evans were nominated for commander of Marion post No. 298 American Legion. A July meeting will elect the commander.
An advertisement promotes Venus lead pencils in 18 grades available for ten cents at Owens Cut Rate Drug. The Presbyterian Cornerstone Kensington announces a Thursday meeting at 2 30 led by Mrs. L A Klumph of 937 Eighth Street.
Robert Mitchell W R C No 126 will meet Wednesday at 2 30 in Memorial Hall for a regular session.
The Chatterbox Bridge club entertained at the home of Mrs. H. M. Howe on Tuesday in honor of Mrs. Vernon Blietz the former Evelyn Howe. Three tables of bridge were played.
Ivan W. Knapp aged 29 of 2016 L street SW waived preliminary hearing in Justice H R Churchill's court and was bound to the grand jury on embezzlement of mortgaged property. He remains in Linn county jail after admitting purchase of a $136 gas stove on installments and selling it for 77.50.
Improvement reported in the condition of W. M. Willis 1727 Eighth avenue who suffered a fractured leg and other injuries Saturday when he fell from a tractor while at work for the Iowa highway commission He is a patient in St Luke's hospital The V Bridge club will meet Friday at 115 with Mrs B Earl Beiber for a dessert luncheon
Charles Hines has returned from a two weeks vacation spent with relatives in Chicago.
Mrs Alfred Oliphant is the guest of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Erwin Lanning.
County Attorney W. W. Criss man and Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder attended a federal preliminary hearing in Des Moines to decide if a writ of habeas corpus should be issued for George Duncan, 55, jailed 10 years for a 1942 Linn county break in. Duncan claimed lack of counsel and witnesses. Linn county orders show permission to subpoena witnesses.
Mrs. Walter Vaughn and her children John and Susan plan to travel to Omaha on Wednesday for a one week visit. They have been staying with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Vaughn, the paternal grandparents, this summer.
Fred Perrin of Des Moines has entered the navy and is stationed at Farragut Idaho. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W H Perrin. His wife and their son will remain living in Des Moines.
Advertisement notes a bungalow canning school session set for Wednesday afternoon. Details are limited in the brief.
Seventy relatives attended the annual Heefner reunion at Daniels Park Sunday. Officers elected at the business meeting include Roy Heefner as president Vernon Heefner as vice president Mrs J S Heefner as secretary treasurer Vera Binney Margaret Hullinger and Violet McFalls as refreshment and program committee. Four servicemen home for the occasion include Darwin Lloyd Heefner Petty Officer First Class wounded on Guadalcanal Stephen Heefner Barksdale Field La Rolland Heefner with the medical corps Clinton Private Gerald Heefner tank division Fort Knox Ky.
Mrs Robert Lee Moffett of Chicago lecturer writer will give five free public lectures at the Iowa Electric Light and Power company bungalow from June 23 to 27 at 8 p m The talks titled The Spiritual Basis of a New World Order are sponsored by Cedar Rapids vrahai Community with Moffett directing a school of progressive education and leading the Kenmore club in Chicago.
Senator Guffey a Democrat from Pennsylvania says Republicans plan a Pittsburgh dinner at the Duquesne Club costing eight thousand dollars per plate to raise two million dollars for the 1944 campaign. He cites invitations in the name of Gulf Oil’s W L Mellon and Westinghouse director A W Robertson with other business leaders mentioned. Frank F Brooks of Pittsburgh denies any collection, calling it an ordinary dinner and noting difficulty in obtaining a menu.
Mr and Mrs John Briggle of Seattle will travel Wednesday to visit Mrs James A Pringle, sister of Mr Briggle. The Briggles are former Marion residents.
Mrs. Oliver Roby traveled to Vinton to visit in the William Holst residence, staying for an unreported period. The visit centers on a social or family connection in the town.
The Marion Nature and Garden club meets Wednesday at 2 30 PM with host Mrs L A Levasseur 470 Seventh Street. Mrs George Hutton presents the program An nuals Fill in the Border and Gladioli.
Michael Cira three year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Cira underwent a tonsillectomy Tuesday at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Elbert Waffle son of Mr and Mrs Norman Waffle has gone to Camp Wapsie near Central City for an outing.
Dorothy Burrows and Mr and Mrs Kennth Domer and their son Tommy visited their brother Pfc Joe E Burrows on Sunday at the military base.
President Roosevelt sent a message to Josef Stalin praising two years of Soviet resistance to Germany and affirming unity of the United Nations. Secretary Hull noted the Red Army is prepared for a summer Nazi offensive and to repel the invader.
In Ottumwa Iowa Richard Pan Bowden eight year old son of Mrs John Bowden died Tuesday from Rocky Mountain spotted fever His mother is hospitalized in Iowa City with the same disease Only one other spotted fever death has been reported in the state this year The illness is transmitted by wood ticks
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