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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
6
Chicago reports slow hog trade with prices mostly lower and limited demand for fed steers and yearlings. Cattle demand weak with scattered early sales, while sheep and lambs show modest activity. similar patterns echoed in Omaha Sioux City Des Moines and Austin markets with varying receipts and price movement.
Wisconsin dairy report from Plymouth notes weekly cheese prices for June 28 to July 3. Twins or cheddars show varied levels with emphasis on market movement and regional offerings.
AP dispatch notes live poultry prices unchanged at ceilings while receipts rise 857 960 with steady current quotes. Arrivals 666 on track 231 shipments 791 liberal supplies. long whites California and Missouri stocks described with varied strength. Meats and other produce show mixed trends with overall price marks and market conditions unclear from garbled text.
The report shows New York butter receipts at 1 439 and 541 firm with unchanged prices. Cheese quotations nominal. Egg receipts reach 27 357 with firm tone and prices steady.
Hog prices edged down with prime hogs 10 cents lower and packers 15 cents lower on Tuesday. Prices vary by weight class from 140 pounds to over 600 pounds with top hog bids around 12.95 to 13.05 and steer and heifer values listed across multiple grades and weights in a detailed market summary.
Market prices for grain oats wheat and rye listed with No 2 and No 3 grades. Poultry market shows broilers fryers pigeons and eggs with delivered prices. Wholesale fruits vegetables and hides sections give crate and box prices for celery lemons oranges lettuce onions apples and hogs hides and horse prices included.
Wheat oats and rye futures fell as reports tied to Chester C. Davis resigning as food administrator. Wheat closed slightly lower, oats down around 4 percent, rye down about 1 percent amid a quiet Chicago cash market with limited sales and nominal bids for feed and barley.
Major General Claire L. Chennault said the war against Japan would be stepped up in line with pre arranged plans. He noted a large share of U S naval effort was in the Pacific and expressed encouragement at home.
Linn county sheriff James H. Smith spoke at the Canopus club at the Roosevelt hotel about the Lewis and Clark journey. He cited his travels through the expedition domain and diaries by Lewis and Clark, recounting Indian encounters, starvation, and death. He highlighted a squaw in the party as a key guide and peacemaker.
In a quiet session on Tuesday the market advanced little as investors took profits after six consecutive gains. Volume slumped to one of the year’s lightest, with transfers near 800 000 shares as many issues showed fractional moves. The report notes mixed advances in a large list of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange and a separate bond review in New York.
Elmo E. McCormick as trustee of Ben B. Hogenson estate sues Hardin County Savings Bank Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance and Clearfield Independent School District seeking an injunction to stop disposal of claimed assets and funds tied to a bankruptcy proceeding.
A navy bulletin from Cedar Rapids post office states third class advertising mail will not be accepted for personnel of the navy marine corps or coast guard serving outside the continental United States. The restriction covers mail addressed in care of the fleet post office or to postmasters at embarkation points.
Western Union messenger Edward Linewaver aged 15 of 910 Tenth Street NE was in Mercy Hospital in good condition Tuesday with a badly injured left leg in a cast after being thrown from a bicycle. He was riding north on Third Street SE to answer a call when a car driven by Mrs Wynona Rasnake of 1553 D Avenue NE, also northbound, was involved. details were unavailable.
Advancements were awarded to 38 Boy Scouts at a court of honor at Camp Waubeek closing the first camping period of 1943. Rev. Grant Anderson spoke on Vision for Victory and E. E. Hois ington noted parents’ role in Scouting.
EAST ALTON Ill UP The Western Cartridge company announced a new process to stabilize nitrocellulose for smokeless powder. Immersed in water and ethyl acetate the nitrocellulose forms spherical globules that resist deterioration, reduces manufacture time by 80 percent, and is dried then coated for uniformity.
Services for C L Johnson 40 service foreman for Iowa Electric Light and Power will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Beatty chapel with Dr Marion H Williams officiating. Burial will be in the family lot at Mt Vernon. Friends may call at the chapel. All past chiefs and members of Winter Temple No 78 Pythian Sisters will meet in the Beatty chapel at 1 45 p m Thursday to attend.
Edwin Broms a Rock Island railroad dispatcher for 35 years died at his residence in Cedar Rapids Monday night at 10 45 p m He was born January 2 1885 in Alexandria Minnesota and moved from Estherville seven years ago He is survived by his wife Lila Dickinson a daughter Lila V Broms his mother sister and four brothers Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel with time to be announced and friends may call at the chapel He belonged to Mt Hermon lodge AF and AM Elks lodge 251 and the Presbyterian church of Estherville
Charles H Stude baker died Saturday. Services were to be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Brady mortuary conducted by Rev Frank Ward. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
Ensign Anne Dorsey will join a naval officer selection board in Cedar Rapids to answer questions about the WAVES program. Eligible women aged 20 to 36 with two years of high school or business college and no dependents under 18 may enlist, with board hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the federal building.
Pfc William Carl Oakley, recovering from amputated leg, transfers from Holloran General Hospital to Walter Reed in Washington D C. Oakley injured in North African campaign. Other notes include church choir rehearsal plans, leave and travel updates, and local arrests and social events from Marion area.
Mrs Edward Trabu learns from Sergt Trabu in North Africa that he has a leg wound and is treated in a hospital. The Hancocks plan to move July 1 to Cambridge Massachusetts where Hancock will join MIT. Lyman A Smith family return to Cleveland while Paul W Knapp transfers from Camp Dodge to Camp Fannin Texas. J C Cressey of Omaha visits relatives in Marion.
Special to The Gazette. The Keystone Burial association won in Benton county district court as judges sustained that the attorney general's office had no right to prosecute the group for practicing embalming without a license. The case was dismissed. The association has 1,100 members in Benton Poweshick and Tama counties.
Adver Dale Pearson, 810 First Street SW, is an appendectomy patient at Mercy hospital. Mrs. A S Bailey, 2709 First Avenue SE, is critically ill at St Luke s hospital with no visitors allowed. LeRoy Hilligoss, 32, 518 Seventh Street SE, charged with desertion of minor children, arrested by Constable George Thomas and jailed in Linn county. Miss Este Heath, 1631 Washington Avenue SE, improving at St Luke s after a heart attack. visitors not permitted. Mrs. John Avis, 516 McKinley Street SE, called to Rock Island Illinois for cousin J C McComas s illness in St Anthony s hospital. Wendl J Hladky, ex Cedar Rapids contractor now with Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, wins Win the War award for pipe capacity table. Fire due to short in engine wires damages Ray Wortmann s car at 2144 Grande Avenue SE. crew from Company No 3 extinguishes. Marion L Johnson named executor for Benjamin C Johnson s will. Mary Beatty s will admitted to probate. Libby Ralston named executrix. W H Larkin, 58, Rock Island Railroad switchman, injured when falling from a boxcar near National Oats. admitted to St Luke s in good condition.
The Cedar Rapids marine recruiting station received a shipment of booklets detailing the history of the American flag and proper display methods. Recruiters say the materials may interest those planning for the July 4 weekend.
Cedar Rapids WAAC recruiters left Tuesday noon for Des Moines to attend the mass enlistment of the first Iowa company of Wacks on June 30 on the Capitol building grounds. Lieut Candace B Arsers and Auxiliary Jean Knapp will return Thursday, and Corp Blanche Erca will leave Des Moines to tour the Seventh Service command area.
A chaotic mash of lost items and ads lists missing belongings including a black billfold with money and IDs, a dog, a German Shepherd named Fame Lady, a fly rod, yard goods, a gas ration book, a kitten, a checkbook, and jewelry. Also included are service ads for jewellers, sewing machine repair, insulation offers, and general notices.
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