Sharp Slump Hits Hogs and Cattle Markets in Chicago Trade
Chicago market reports show hogs down up to 50 cents from Tuesday with top bids around 15.60 while bulk grades sold 15.25 to 15.40. Cattle and calves weaken with some gains for strictly choice steers, and sheep trading light with limited fat lamb activity. Omaha Sioux City Des Moines currents reflect slower demand and mixed price shifts across hogs cattle and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dept. Agriculture
Inter
Omaha
Sioux City
UPI
S Dept Agriculture
Chicago Produce Prices and Supplies Report
Chicago price listings show butter, eggs, cheese, live poultry, potatoes and related commodities. Notes indicate steady to firm markets, light supplies, and regional price points for Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Florida, and New York product lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Idahos
Minnesota Bliss
Ydaho Russet Burbanks
Nebraska
Wiles
Wyoming Bills
Colorado Tech McClures
Florida Bliss Triumphs
New York
UPI
Arades
Local market notes reflect prices on poultry dairy and eggs
Market reports list chicken fryers broilers and leghorns with varied prices prior to 1942. Cheese butter and eggs show different grades and receipts with typical per pound or per dozen figures and OPA price guidance.
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Wisconsin
OPA Creamery
AAI
Atlac
Local Hog Prices Fall 35 Cents on Cedar Rapids Market
Hog prices across all grades dropped 35 cents on Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. Top hog prices ranged from 14.30 to 14.75 for various categories, with detailed price levels listed for hogs of different weights and packers. Cattle and calf markets showed mixed listings, including steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and lambs with assorted price tiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Tckless
Cedar Rapids Market Roundup Grain and Farm Prices
Market listings show oats, corn, and beans with assorted grades and prices. Hay straw poultry produce fruits vegetables and meat byproducts list unit prices from No. 2 yellow corn to calf hides and horses with varying weights and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springerpose
Wall Street Mixed Decline With Late Support
Wall Street extended Tuesday’s drop with uneven losses and light volume. A modest late recovery and an independent advance in shipbuilding fueled a slightly improved tone as about 900 000 shares traded. Bond market showed stabilization with renewed demand for reorganization rails and utilities and industrials holding near previous levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NEW _ YORK_ BOND REVIEW
Quotation Roundup and Wool Market Report
Quotations for the week of March 8 to 13 note Wisconsin cheese and dairy items with cheese sales and prices. The wool market in Boston shows quiet domestic activity with Texas wool at country prices 53 to 55 cents for adults and 75 cents for kids, while Argentina wool imports over 585 are restricted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Boston
Dept. Agriculture
Texas
Argentina
Moderate Decline On Grain Exchange
Chicago report shows grain prices easing amid slow trade. Wheat dipped about 3% intraday, then steadied with commission buying. May and July futures near 1.46 a bushel. Corn held steady at ceilings, oats and rye mixed. cash prices listed for wheat corn oats barley and beans with minor variances.
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Chicago
Reduce War Risk Rates on Cargoes
The Institute of London Underwriters announced worldwide reductions in war risk rates for ship cargoes. The Financial Times cited an actual drop in cargo losses as the basis for the move, seen as a turning point against Axis submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Institute of London
Financial Times
92-year-old joins Minoak scrap drive with 37000 pounds
A 92-year-old citizen of Minoak rolled up his sleeves and collected 37,000 pounds of scrap for the local scrap drive.
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Minoak
Attack Four Nazi Subs Off Canada
Ottawa reports that the Royal Canadian Air Force destroyed one German submarine and damaged three others in recent weeks off the east Canadian coast. Defense Minister C. G. Power warned that enemy U-boats are likely to return in force with warmer weather.
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Ottawa
United States freighter torpedoed. 9 missing, 66 rescued
Sixty six survivors of a torpedoed United States freighter have landed at a British port, the United States shipping board announced Wednesday. Nine crew members are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
United States Shipping Board
Ration Board Hopes Gasoline Renewals Slow Soon
Linn county war price and rationing board reports a lull by week end in handling B and C gasoline renewal tasks. Twenty six volunteers plus four regular staff worked Tuesday night and المزيد crews will toil tonight and Thursday night led by chief clerk A. T. Pleune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County War
A. T. Pleune
British Agreeable to Talks on Postwar Aims
London Britain welcomes Sumner Welles proposal for a conference on postwar aims and economic problems. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons the proposal, advanced February 26 at the University of Toronto, is acceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Sumner Welles
United States
Welles
University of Toronto
City Buys 16000 Series G War Bonds
City treasurer Ole Miller announced an additional 16000 in Series G war bonds purchased for police and fire pension and annuity funds. Of the total, 1000 financed the fire pension, 2000 the police pension, 7000 the fire annuity and 6000 the police annuity, bringing total bonds in the four funds to 115989.34.
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Ole Miller
Mt Vernon Woman Dismisses Will Contest in Probate Case
Barbara Caraway of Mt Ver non withdraws her challenge to the probate of Barbara Bartosh’s will. The will was admitted to probate in Linn County District Court. Rose Sleger of Cedar Rapids and Martha Bechka of Mt Vernon named executrices. Caraway had earlier been administratrix of the estate.
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Barbara Caraway
Mt. Vernon
Barbara Bartosh
Linn County
Rose Sleger
Cedar Rapids
Martha Bechka
Bartosh
Rouse case dismissed on state recommendation
A criminal action against Leland John Rouse of Vinton was dismissed by Judge J E Heiser on state recommendation. Rouse, 42, was committed to a state hospital for forging a check against his employer Harold Felker near Vinton. Honeymead Products Cedar Rapids dismissed its suit against O C Freeman of Olin for 124.65 on a livestock feed promissory note. Dorothy Shelton v Chester Lee Shelton divorce case dismissed by plaintiff in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland John Rouse
Vinton
J. E. Heiserman
Rouse
Harold Felker
Honeymead Products Company
Cedar Rapids
O. C. Freeman
Olin
Dorothy Shelton
Chester Lee Shelton
Kalona Man’s Body Found in Cistern
Special to The Gazette Kalona Jesse S. Kauffman 67 was found in the cistern at his Kalona home early Wednesday. He had been ill since October after a stroke. An Indiana native who moved to Kalona in 1893, he worked as a carpenter and later ran a feed store for over 30 years. He is survived by three brothers and a sister.
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Kalona
Jesse S. Kauffman
Indiana
Kauffman
February chicken pox rise in city reports
City Health Officer Tony Trusty reported 23 chicken pox cases in February along with 19 measles, 14 whooping cough, seven scarlet fever and two mumps cases. The February tally also showed 54 deaths, 35 men, in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Tony Trusty
Trusty
Counterfeit Defendant To Go to Kansas City
Deputy Marshal Joe Petrus of Cedar Rapids said he would transport 31 year old Herman Oscar Williams to Kansas City where he is wanted on a counterfeiting charge. Williams has been held in the Linn county jail since removal from the Anamosa reformatory after completing a sentence.
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Joe Petrus
Cedar Rapids
Herman Oscar Williams
Kansas City
Petrus
Williams
Linn County
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
17 Year Olds May Enlist in Navy Now
Cedar Rapids navy recruiters say seventeen year olds may enlist in the regular navy or naval reserve and be called to active service immediately. Men aged 38 to 50 may also apply for actual reserve enlistment and go on duty at once.
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Naval Reserve
Cedar Rapids Navy
Marion High School presents Hobslobin House drama night
The Marion high school Dramatic club stages Hobslobin House a three act mystery farce in Lincoln auditorium with a large student cast led by Patricia Benedict Bob Matthewson Marian Towers Louise Smith Ralph Rauch Bill Kempshall Bob Mullaley Jo Ann Miller and others. Faculty sponsors Irene Fockler and Winifred Schrubbe direct the play with a second performance Friday at 8 p m.
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Hobslobin House
Marion High School Dramatic Club
Lincoln Auditorium
Patricia Benedict
Bob Mathewson
Marian Towers
Louise Smith
Ralph Rauch
Bill Kempshall
Bob Mullaley
Jo Ann Miller
Otto Welper
Ray Fay
Kenneth Barkwill
Beulah Blackford
Morris Dahn
Ray Frederick
Lois Rathje
Dorothy Ratliff
Bill Drexler
Don Hastings
John Larkin
Francis Higgins
Virginia Franklin
Virginia Fairley
Irene Fockler
Winifred Schrubbe
Marion federation and community clubs meet notes
Mrs Pauline Nase reported $145 15 donated to the blood plasma fund at a Marion Federation of Women's clubs meeting. Miss Minnie Whitcomb spoke on can tin collections and the army camps canteen and trailer. Thirty women attended as Theristrial club members hosted. Henry B Everett suffered a stroke at 2450 Seventh Avenue.
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Pauline Nase
Marion Federation of Women’s Clubs
Minnie Whitcomb
Red Cross
Theristrial Club
C. R. Biddick
Herbert Gerstman
L. R. Boettcher
Many Men Listed Missing Believed To Be Prisoners
DES MOINES AP reports war department officials note many men reported missing in action are not dead or wounded but are prisoners of war. The Tunisian action on Feb 17 cited by former Senator Clyde L Herring references the adjutant general’s office confirming this.
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Des Moines
War Department
Clyde L Herring
Adjutant General’s Office
Army
Clinton Pilot Dies In Airplane Crash
Clinton announces the death of Ensign Robert Wolfe a Navy pilot killed in an airplane crash off Quonset Point Rhode Island. His body will be brought home for burial while two soldiers Harold Au and E Glenn Totten remain missing since February 17 on the North African front.
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Clinton
John L. Wolfe
Robert Wolfe
Quonsetpoint
R. I
Harold Au
E. Glenn Totten
Julius M. Au
Totten
O. C. Totten
Only 57 573 Motor Vehicles in Pool
Washington AP reports only 57 573 new commercial motor vehicles remain in the national reserve pool. The War Production Board calls this a critical situation and says the pool will be drawn on only in the most pressing need.
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Washington
National
War Production Board
WPB
Senate approves 7.65 million for Iowa education board
Iowa Senate appropriations committee reports a 7.6483 million package for the state board of education institutions, up 825.5 thousand from last session and above Gov. Hickenlooper’s request by 225 thousand. The plan adds specific boosts for salary increases and research at Iowa State College, with details for each campus and a separate provision of dependent children aid seeking federal funds.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
State Board of Education
B. B. Hickenjooper
Iowa State College
Senate Appropriations Committee
Victory book drive in Cedar Rapids nets 2393 volumes
Cedar Rapids librarian Miss Alice Story announced 2393 books were turned in during the Victory book campaign. Books have been sorted and some sent to Minneapolis for camps and bases, with shipments planned to Jefferson Barracks Missouri and another center yet to be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Alice Story
Minneapolis
Jefferson Barracks
Day of Prayer Service Planned at First Congregational
World day of prayer is observed Friday at 1 40 p m at the First Congregational church 361 Seventeenth street SE. The theme is Father I Pray That They May All Be One. An organ recital by Mrs Geral Thom as opens followed by a flag tribute by Mrs John L Gilmore and the Star Spangled Banner.
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First Congregational Church
Seventeenth Street
Geral Thomas
United States
John L. Gilmore
David I. Berger
F. O. Hillman
J. L. Berger
Earnest Fischer
Grant F Anderson
L. E. Parks
Oak G. Smith
Mary Beth Collister
Washington approves equal pay for women measure
The Washington legislature sent to Gov. Langlie a bill making it unlawful to pay women less than men for the same work. The move signals state action to ensure pay equity and curb wage discrimination based on gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Washington
Arthur B Langlie
Want Ad Rates and Lost and Found Listings
Classified notice lists want ad rates for consecutive days, conditions, and submission deadlines for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Also includes multiple Lost and Found items with contact details and rewards, plus brief personals and business service ads.
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Yowa Mog
US Dept. Agriculture
Minnesota
Austin
Associated Press
Pounds Masons
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Merchants National Bank
Feder & Sons
REAL
Leghorn Springs
Colorado
Wall Street
J L Bennett
Barnsdall
Natl Cash Res
Bendix
Avi
Nat Dairy Best Oods
Natl Distirs
Beth Steel
Entral
Boeing Airp
Nor Pac Bohn Alum
North Amn
Borden
Briggs Borg Warner AM
Bucyrus Erie i Packard Mtrs
Atfa
Penick
Ford
Hecla
Denna
Ty Canada Dry Penney JC
Philips Pet
Cerro de Pasco
Pittslegh
Ches & Oh Proctor Gamble
Chrysler Motors
Sa Cities
Oln
Radio Corp
Cole Palmolive
Aisa
Thern
Conper Schenley
Edison
Sears Roecruck
Deere
Stew Warner
Bougins Air
Btu Geeh
Texory
Eastman Kodisit Engle Picher
Tex Gut S
Autolite
Tidewater
Elec Boat
Timken
Baking
T C
Fox Film
Union Carbide Bi
Gen Electric
Mion Pac
Uni Aircraft
Uni Air Lines
Motors
Gillette
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire
Graham Pale
Norre
Walworth
Nor Ry
Prarner Bros
Greyhound Ig Vernion
Hiram Walker
We'house
el Houston Oil
Namestake
Willys
Ovid Hudson Mtrs
Tison & Ca
Hupp_ Mtrs
Woolworth Baty
Ms Central
Indus Rayon
Zenith Radio Baa
Alining
Butler Ne
Quaker
I Swift
Cherry Burl
Chicago Corp
Witt
Ind
Gary Comw
Data Walrrech
Canada
U.S
Ration Board
Navy
Marion News
Ness Office
Marion
Gas Co
George Engstrom
Deerfield, Il
Ruth Engstrom
George Thorington
Great Lakes
W. S. A. Club
Ivan Mann
Eighth Avenue
D. S. Stewart
Mary Brenneman
Elizabeth Klein
Owen
Sylvester Mostek
Sixth Avenue
C. H. Dirks
Clarence, Jr
Sergt. Dirks
de Ridder
Harry Waline
Sergt
Dirks
Beverly
Jimmie Harville
Harold Harville
Leona Grape Clark
Little Rock
Ark
Lieut
Melvin Clark
Hallwood Cafe
A. J. Keyes
Musical Literary Club
Louise Braska
Harley F. Breed
James Murray
Jeannine
Sheila
Mrs. Murray
Loren Kehoe
Wanda Schemmel
Monticello
Gene Jacobs
Camp Dodge
Earl Jacobs
Thirteenth _ street
Duane Nollsch
Billie Wahl
Maurice Jacobs
Jennie Switzer
Davenport
Alfred Patsch
James R. Hayes
Perry
Mildred Carpenter
St. Louis
Mrs. W. B. Carpenter
D. H Johnson
Air Force Training Detachment
Coe College
Marion Lions Club
E. V. Cafe
Lloyd Verle, Jr
Douglas Freeman
Tech. Sergi
L. V. Freeman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mrs. Freeman
Peter Meci
The
Food Distribution Administration
Pleasant Grove
Henry B Everett
Seventh Avenue
Board of Education
Sen. K. A. Evans
R-Emerson
Senate Appropriations Committee No. 1
University of Iowa
State Teachers College
School For the Deaf
School For the Blind
University Hospital
Psycopathic Hospital
Hygienic Laboratory
School For the
Iowa City
Psychopathic Hospital
C. R
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
8Th Ave
Marion and
Witwer Wayside
Irene Hawkins
Newman's Box
Roosevelt Lobby
Seany Umsted
Penn Ave
Grace Wyckoff
G. Lewis Albright
Lisbon
Katz Jewelry
Siegel's
2Nd Ave
Probasco Jeweler
Palace Theater
Indy
Jess Manes
2Nd Avenue
O’meara
Singer Sewing Center
1St Ave
Dini
LYMAN
SHELL
Richards
Richards Laboratory
Jack’s
Lover's
Ginsberg's
2Nd St
Vincent's
Conta Morris
Granby
Kenneth Thompson
I Ave
Claxton College Phcy
Fisher Drug CO
LEE
Tonax
Kén
Griffith Feather Mattress Co
Sands Printing CO
2Nd St. NE
A Rae
Maadeline
Dia
Lillian Suchy
Dial
Montrose
Maryellan Daniels
Magnus Hotel
TOWA
Owen Cowboys
Don Roberts
Patroks
Charlie Spivak
Indie Diediieeta Id
Novak Heating CO
1St
Charile's
14Th Ave
Noble
Clement
Spartaway J
Thomas
Paul D' Admitt
Fort Wayne
Mnd
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