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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
14
Hogs priced heavy on large receipts with choice hogs at 14.65 after a five cent drop. Cattle receipts reached 9,000 head with red steers and yearlings holding steady near 14.40. Spring lambs fell 15 to 25 cents while other classes stayed mostly unchanged.
Cattle market notes mixed activity with receipts around 18 000 and weights near 240 pounds. Prices show slight declines across most classes with some firmness in fed steers and yearlings, while weak spots appear in common and medium grades. Demand remains uneven as buyers balance supply and value across regions.
Receipts reach 9 000 cattle with steady to 5 cent lower trend and 2 000 lambs in market. Beef steers and yearlings show limited activity with prices around 11.00 to 13.50 for medium cows and cutters at 7.00 to 8.50. Lambs cross the line near 15.75 with feeder lambs about 13.90, while big weights slide to 13.78.
Active hogs down 10 to 15 cents with sows off 20 cents top at 14.25. Cattle receipts near 8 700 with steers and heifers largely steady, cows weak to steady, bulls steady. Sheep receipts about 4 900 with fat lambs 50 cents lower and ewes steady to higher in places. Breeding stock and feeder bids mixed amid thin inventories.
Interior Minnesota markets show 24 hour prices at 8 am Tuesday with cattle and hogs steady to higher by 5 to 10 cents. Prices include feeders and choice grades. weights range around 279 to 294 pounds with quotes near 13 dollars per hundredweight.
Receipts of cattle and calves at Peoria were light with steer bids around 14.50 per cwt and top prices near 14.50. Calves and yearlings traded unevenly with light weights at about 13.90 and 12.75 for some feeds. Top figures noted include 31.75 for certain salable cattle and 15.00 per cwt for spring born weights.
Fragmented market notes mention Gas Light reorganizing plan and potential corporate reorganizations. References to Lac and Atlantic cases, Canadian rates, and government activity appear amid stock exchange chatter and convertible bonds.
Grain quotations are supplied from Chicago via Lamson Brothers and Company. The notice lists contact numbers and company executives including Mowrey, manager of the Cedar Rapids office in the Bank Building at 503.
Hogs show no change on the local market with steady prices across grades. Top long haul no fill hogs maintain $14 while packers and cattle sections note stable values for choice to prime steers and other ranges.
Grain and livestock prices listed for Cedar Rapids market items including wheat No 1 and No 3 at 9 and 12 cents. soybeans No 2 yellow at 1.58. straw and poultry categories with Leghorns and other fowl priced per pound or dozen. general market notes show varied values and purchase terms.
Chicago markets show bundled poultry and potato readings with receipts and price quotes. Poultry notes include broilers and various grades and car lots with price ranges, while potato arrivals and on track totals appear alongside per bushel pricing.
Readable fragments show cheese receipts at 654 with steady prices and mixed colors. Fancier cheeses fetch 33¢ extra, firsts 21 percent, mediums 30 percent, while poultry figures list broilers 22 to 28 cents and pullets 27 to 30 cents.
Readable fragments show Samson Brothers and Co adopting new standards with figures like 37.65. Further details are not clear in the legible text.
Washington dispatch notes several jaundice cases in the army while officials stress the general health of troops remains excellent. The report implies a broader positive assessment of wartime medical conditions despite isolated illnesses.
The mass travel decline is tied to national tire rationing causing passenger car trips to drop by about 40 percent. The policy limits domestic road movement as drivers reduce long-distance journeys amid shortages and price concerns.
New York stocks showed uneven gains and declines with many leaders moving narrowly. Santa Fe rose about 2 points after midday on a $1.50 dividend, while names like General Motors Southern Pacific General Electric Chrysler United States Steel and Du Pont traded at various intervals.
A compressed early Wall Street stock roundup shows varied moves across many corporations. Notable names include Continental Motors Union Carbide Crown Crash and several rail and steel stocks posting modest gains while others slide amid market volatility.
Cedar Rapids model enthusiasts plan a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 p m in the National Guard Armory to lay groundwork for a Midwest model airplane contest at the Cedar Rapids airport. John Pavlis, director of the dead reel, will present film from the Moline meet and other clips.
In Chicago, milling demand supported wheat amid light offerings while July contracts saw liquidation but found good support. Wheat rose 15% to 144 cents a bushel with other grains climbing. corn, oats, rye and soybeans also advanced, with July new contracts up 3%.
The text lists mixed meat items with prices and references to sample facilities and numbers. It mentions yellow items priced at 1.76 and lard at 12.65 with loose price 11.90 and bellies. No clear date or location is provided.
Inanee Prices for the week June 29 to July 3 list Wisconsin cheeses with varies percentages: squares 21 percent, twins 20 percent, cheddars 20 percent. Prices apply to Wiscon sin products and reflect the regional market.
A garbled market note records fleece wool prices with minor figures such as cents and fractions. It mentions delivered sales and a general price downturn, noting a roughly twenty percent adjustment in British wool values.
Christine Holmberg wins a district court judgment of $1000 against George F. Albin, in a case tied to an earlier $1344 unsatisfied judgment against H. A. Sodini in Madison County Illinois. Judge C J Haas presided.
Wendl B. Gatto dismissed a $2775 damage suit against the Iowa state highway commission at his own cost. The case began after the commission condemned 0.11 acre of his Marion boulevard and Blair's Ferry road property to secure right of way for highways 51 and 64.
Deputy Whittemore finds one son dead and another critically wounded after dogs attack hogs at R R Detriech's Robins area farm. County Attorney Crissman tells Detriech to shoot dogs molesting livestock. Judge Haas approves sale and abandonment of Iowa State Savings Bank assets per Receiver Ellis.
Judge Haas or plaintiff J Ward filed an attachment for 422.76 against the Delaware hotel over an unpaid beer bill from last May. Probate court admitted wills for Layton Myers Kaiser Goldstein John Convey and G Arthur Schumacher with executors Perry Myers Libbie Goldstein Delia Convey and Carl Peterson named.
Morehouse Barber Shop moved into a three way tie for first as Pepsi-Cola fell 6-2 in John Beck league action. Hutchinson’s tied for lead with a 7-5 win over the Elks as six errors doomed Hendrickson. Phillips added two hits for Morehouse and Kolesick belted a season best homer to end the Hutchinson Elks showdown in the sixth.
Clifford McAdams age 19, a ring leader in multi state robberies, pled guilty to robbery with aggravation and the armed theft of a Davenport grocer on June 6. Judge W. J. Scott sentenced him to 25 years at Anamosa state reformatory.
Fred P. Fernow 73 a lifelong Marion resident died after several weeks illness Sept 18 1868 in Marion He was a retired farmer and member of the Marion Livestock Shipping Association He is survived by a son Howard M Fernow of Los Angeles three daughters Mrs Harry Euck Mrs Beryl Dickey and Miss Marjorie Helen Fernow all of Marion a niece and nephew Mrs Marjorie Drew Peet Solon and Donald Drew Alice Texas two grandsons and brother Carl L Fernow of Marion Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Yocom chapel burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Miss Rose Wilcox presents Marion high school summer voice classes in a 8 p.m. Thursday concert in Lincoln auditorium with multiple choruses. Helen Lagerquist assists directing. accompanists include Kathryn Kassler and Lois Parks. Lois Parks plays flute and Miss Wilcox plays violin. Public invited.
Beginning July 1 the public library will be open 2 to 8 p m on all weekdays through July and August. It will be closed July 4. Librarian Miss Metta Whitcomb reports copies of Victory Through Air Power by De Seversky and Haunted Lady by Rinehart are available for distribution.
Mrs R E Tanner entertained Monday in compliment to Mrs Grace Crowner Potts of La Moure North Dakota with guests who were classmates of the honoree. Attending were Ruth Brotemarkle Goodyear Lucy Oxley Pyle Mattie Martin Van Fossen Bertha Oxley Blinks Lillie D Dunn Marion Madge Bunting Moats Cedar Rapids Caroline Wiley Bromwell Center Point Eva Church Arnold Central City Priscilla Tanner assisted in serving.
Due to a farewell supper for R M Sawyer at the ut erian church there will be no church league games tonight. The old churches play Friday at 6 30 p m. Boy Christian church meets Methodist team Wednesday at 6 45 p m on the Legion athletic field. Service class of Christian church picnic at Thomas Park Thursday at 12 30 p m. Joint picnic of Adeliza Daniels and Emma Kendall circles postponed to July 8 at Mrs J B Howell's home. Past Noble Grand association meets Friday at Mrs Guy B Berlin's home. Detroit, Mich continues visiting Wayne Carpen-
The St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday school teachers will gather tonight at 7 30 with Vernon Haas of 963 Thirteenth Street and Mr and Mrs D E Baumel attending.
Fry's finishes second after a 7 to 2 loss to Topping A and P Supers as White allows two hits while issuing nine walks and striking out six. The Viola Raiders suffer a 10 to 0 loss to Springville in the other game.
By order of the death Mrs. John T. in Marion a number of relatives were called to the city. Those who came back include Mrs. Crew and Mrs. Bickal who will stay a few days. W. G. Buck traveled to Des Moines Sunday and then to Marion with his daughter Mrs. Neva Buck Fuller, who will remain for two weeks.
A birthday gathering for Earl Daubenmier and Jane Ann Scott took place Sunday at Bever Park. Attendees included the Kolstos, McClellands, Alhiams, the Scotts, the Daubenmiers, and relatives from Marion and Fairfax, with Wayne Scott and Bob Daubenmier among the young attendees.
Lawrence Duncan and Muriel L Hunter, both of Morley, were married Monday evening at the Christian church by Rev Vernon H Carter. Attendants were Dean and Zella Duncan, cousins of the groom. The couple will reside in Morley. Delbert Benedict, on a 22 day leave with his parents, has returned to Great Lakes.
Mrs C B Vernon and her husband John join Vernon's brother M J Satana Dubuque at the home of their parents in Washington Kansas for a family visit.
Mrs. Roscoe F. Stevens returns from a three week visit with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. William Erwin of Milford New Jersey. Her granddaughter Iva Lee Erwin and nephew Vernon Crouse also accompany her to Marion for the summer.
Recent guests in the R. B. Watters home were Mrs. Dora Watters, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ridener and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kline of Atalissa and Dickie Maynard of Springfield Illinois. Dinner guests Monday evening in the Watters home were John Pecht of Maywood Illinois, Mrs. James Driscoll of Williamsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Johnson and their daughter Polly of Marion.
Anna Flickinges, recovering from a fractured hip and wrist, returned Feb 14 to her home at 1142 Eleventh Avenue after convalescence at her son Albert’s residence. Linn's Best 4-H club met with Virginia Sloan. Lois Brockman and Florence Stewart were initiated. Talks on Health and Paint were given by Ruth and Alice Frederick. Choir rehearsal set for Thursday night at the Methodist church. Frances Ford elected president of the Junior Defense club after a picnic at Mary O’Neill’s home.
Advertisements accepted until 6 p.m. Saturday with special low rates for work wanted ads. Gps box numbers cannot be dialed. For help placing an ad, call 2-1121 or use the trained want ad taker.
Beverly Nedrow is named vice president, Rosalie Hess secretary, and Dorothy Cutler treasurer. The group donates $2 to the U.S.O. A picnic is set for July 16 at Thomas Park. Mrs. L. J. Brenneman reports her son, Major Ivan L. Brenneman, has arrived in England.
Mrs Iva F 74 ain Ave offers reward for a tan coat lost in Bever park pavilion. Contact Dial 2 1244.
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