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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
10
Chicago livestock trades show hogs reaching $8 for the first time this week with general gains around 10 cents. Early trading saw up to 15 cent increases before some gains faded, with good to choice 180-240 lb hogs around 7.75 to 7.85. Cattle and sheep receipts and bids also reported, with varied strength across regions and weights.
Auction notes show cattle prices steady to firm with feedlot bids ranging from medium to good quality on steers at a variety of weights, hogs mostly higher in several markets, and sheep and lambs trading with limited early action but higher asking prices for fat lambs. Key markets include Waterloo Ottumwa Mason City Sioux City Peoria and Peoria with multiple weight bands and: top hogs in the 6.70–7.90 range, cattle mostly $6.50–9.50, and lambs around $10+ for choice.
Local market cattle and hogs show broad price gains with all hog grades up 10 cents. Heavy hogs 270-380 lbs fetch around 6.95 to 7.40, packers 275-450 lbs around 6.25 to 6.65. Cattle steers and yearlings quoted in various grades, with calves and springs priced per weight and quality.
A Cedar Rapids listing shows grain prices for Wheat Rye Corn and Soybeans with weights and class numbers. Poultry prices list hens roosters Leghorns and other fowls with per pound rates. Wholesale fruits vegetables and market items include lemons oranges grapefruit celery and lettuce with per box or per pound figures. Hides and animal products quote prices for cured hides calf hides and kip along with assorted farm goods.
The New York stock market saw a modest uptick in arms shares led by shipyards and steels after reports of immediate action under the lease lead act. Volume was light with about 500000 shares trading as traders awaited clarity on tax policy and Balkan tensions. gains appeared in New York Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works Electric Boat Allied Chemical American Can Glenn Martin General Motors American Smelting and du Pont.
Daily brief of New York and Chicago stock quotes with numerous named companies such as Allied Stores, Lockheed, Boeing, General Electric, Coca Cola, Du Pont, and Union Carbide, showing bid prices and percent changes across sectors. Notable firms include Adams Express, Kroger, Amana, Bethlehem Steel, Union Pacific, and Sears Roebuck, reflecting widespread market activity.
Wisconsin cheese quotes for the week list daisies horns and cheddars with varied cents. A Boston wool market report notes interest in spot foreign wools with Australian and South American lots selling at specific prices while domestic wool offers were limited. Troy Mills reports no school due to heavy snow and bus drifts.
Wheat futures fell over a cent as selling broadened on Washington reports England may not need surplus staples soon. May contracts slipped to around 85 cents with mixed results across corn and oats while soybeans rose. Winnipeg and Chicago cash prices cited, with receipts noted and business quiet on the floor.
API live poultry receipts show 14 trucks with hens and broilers mixed. leghorn hens at 16 3, Plymouth Rock at 20, turkeys selling 18 for young hens and toms 1Sc. Butter receipts 596,264, market steady. eggs receipts 17,016, firm with various grade prices. New York entries follow with egg prices up to 20c, butter steady near 31 32c, cheese steady. futures notes include March butter at 64.68 and egg standards at 18 75.
New York bond market shows mixed results with small losses and some gainers near noon. Long term treasuries slide in over the counter trading while rails rally late Tuesday and gains appear in Irish Free State and Uruguay issues.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka departed Tokyo by train at 10 30 p m for a Berlin journey after securing pledges from Thailand and French Indochina to avoid unfriendly understandings. The late departure drew a crowded station as the first Japanese foreign minister to leave for Berlin since 1906.
The Clayton county draft board sent induction orders to 11 men to report Sunday for boarding a bus to Fort Des Moines. Six are volunteers including John C. Latham Mc Gregor Clinton V. Wright Marquette Robert J. W. Weiss Elkad er Dale L. Putzier Luana Dale F. Jaquette Guttenberg Roy C. Tinkey North Buena Vista. The five draftees are Philip M. Torester Guttenberg Leland N. Halvorson St Olaf Oscar W. Cole Colesburg William F. J. Eulberg Garnaville Rudolph F. Bank McGregor. Alternates are Clifford Frommelt Guttenberg Odin L. Juvik St Olaf Dale J. Nodurft Strawberry Point and Donald E. Moser Greeley. Two more volunteers Rudolph Baker and Wayne Koons of Elkader will be available for the next call.
Iowa communities from Victor Calmar Troy Mills and Hopkinton hold school elections and appoint directors. Highlights include Calmar board changes, Victor auxiliary conference, golden wedding anniversary at Calmar, and Monticello funeral note with Lang family. Dozens of voters cast ballots across towns.
Acknowledgements from Mrs. Max Smith and Mrs. Frank Vobejda express gratitude for sympathy floral offerings and support after the death of their husbands and fathers. Notes include contact at 1427 Lat Ave Greeley CO and mention of pallbearers and neighbors.
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