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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1944
Page
2
Chicago reports mixed livestock trading with hog prices up early but slipping later. Cattle steers sell barely steady to 15 cents lower. lamb sales weaken up to 15 cents. Receipts total about 18 000 cattle, 8 000 hogs, 500 sheep with widespread price ranges across grades and weights.
Combined at 19 concentration yards and 11 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending 8 a.m. Monday show 47 100 head, down from 48 300 a week ago and up from 41 500 a year ago. Active butchers steady to 15 cents higher, sows steady to 25 cents, generally 10 to 15 cents higher. Loads likely heavier than 32 000 last Tuesday. Prices listed for various weight categories range from 11.10 to 13.65 per hundredweight, with bids and quotes across Good and Choice fat hogs and gifts.
Livestock market reports show hog receipts around 21 000 with top hogs at 13.65 and midrange 12 75 to 13 60 for 180 to 270 pounds. Cattle receipts near 7 500 with slaughter steers and yearlings slow, best at 15 65 to above 16 00, cows 9 to 11 50, stockers modest and steady. Sheep receipts about 15 000, feeders steady with light demand and prices ranging 10 75 to 12 75 depending on quality.
CHICAGO AP reports grain futures showed a quiet trading day with rye rising slightly while oats and barley held firm. Wheat remained steady with minor gains or unchanged, and specific May and July prices shown for rye and wheat as traders noted little pressure behind the late rye advance.
Fragmented OCR text lists cash provisions and sample grade yellow 97 percent, with figures including 1.15, 14.00, 15.00, 31.50, and 10.80 for various items like clover and sweet clover. Mentions Chicago offices, market quotes, and incomplete entries.
For the week of March 13 18 Plymouth Wisconsin reports cheese prices with twins and cheddars at 23 cents per pound. Mississippi River stages show Keokuk at 2.1 feet falling while Fort Madison and nearby ports rise slightly. Local movie listings note Venport and Buque at 6.5 and 9.2 rising.
New York butter receipts from creamery up to bulk cartons with 92 score and premium marks AA 42 percent 82 score 4A 413ec 90 score B 41 percent cc 89 score Ci se Mi 1 percent more on all days receipts 645,635 nominal quotations. No. 1 to No. 4 irreg colors weights 6 Ibs average 33420 36c extra No. 1 to No. 2 47 Ibs and over 35 4 36c 45 Ibs average 34 28 medium 40 Ibs average 30 te Rul t 27e current rec 43 Ibs 32ec dirties 43 32 ec Poultry wholesalers maximum firm roosters old 22 426 fers ea brotiers.
Chicago produce market shows varied quotes with poultry and eggs trading at mixed levels. Prices note specials and receipts, with dairy and stock market chatter and a reference to Wisconsin round commodities and broader commercials.
Furnished by Lmson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey as manager Cedar Rapids office listed at 503 Merchants National Bank building. Phone 2 3141.
Prices rose on Packers on the Cedar Rapids hog market with top hogs at 13.45 for 200 to 300 pounds. Good packers ranged 12 to 13.25 for heavier weights. Cattle and sheep sections show mixed grades and prices for steers cows and lambs, with notes on dry lots and mixed quality offerings.
Grain and poultry market data from Cedar Rapids lists oats and soybeans with various quality grades and prices. Included are numbers for No 2 and No 3 oats, No 2 yellow soybeans, straw and baled hay values, and poultry prices for springs, heavy hens, leghorn hens, and eggs. Also shown are receipts and livestock prices for calves and horses, with miscellaneous mentions of manes, fur, and glue.
Z J Hopkins representing the American Association of Railroads told Rotarians at the Roosevelt hotel that railroads last year handled the world’s largest transportation task despite manpower and material shortages. He credited shipper cooperation in quick loading and unloading and noted that without better car utilization the 1929 peak would have required 1145 million more freight cars to move the traffic.
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Guenther von Kluege and Field Marshal Georg von Keuchler relieved on the Russian front. They are said to be replaced by Gen Walther Model and Gen Busch, both seen as capable outsiders from the ranks amid wartime stress and injuries.
New York traders pushed shares higher as buying power fueled a brisk session. The market neared a peak since July with profit taking limited and gains near close ranging from fractions to above one point. Transfers ran around 1.6 million shares.
In New York on AP, small gains and losses were about evenly balanced. At the final hour, three Southern Pacific bonds rose about a point while other road bonds were narrow and mixed. The trend held for Pacific, Katy, St. Paul and Rock Island issues. North Western loans firmed while International Telephone 4s and 5s declined by small fractions.
W E Tomlinson of Washing ton, representing the war training service division of the civil aeronautics administration, has completed an investigation into last Thursday's mid air collision which cost two lives. Tomlinson said the investigation is an attempt to determine how such accidents can be prevented in the future. Flight Instructor William Hamilton Clark, 35, of 2423 B avenue NE, and Aircrew Student Pete L Thomas, 19, of Enid, Oklahoma, lost their lives ten miles southwest of the city. He said a public report on the investigation will likely be released in Washington in about three months.
The Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma officials had no right to seize alcoholic liquor sent to an officers' club at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The decision also declined to rule on whether police may form fraternal orders, despite objections from the Lansing, Michigan, city police and fire commission.
The War Production Board announced Sunday night that American youngsters will have plenty of snow togs for next fall and winter, signaling ample supply of winter clothing.
City notices list a free cooking school in the Glow room at the Gas Company on Tuesday at 2 15 p m. plus various club meetings and personnel notes including a four week illness return of Harry Sundberg and AWOL soldier Samuel S Formicola being held for military authorities.
Hanford post No. 5 American Legion holds a Memorial building meeting Tuesday night at 8 o clock featuring a half hour Aircrew band concert and motion pictures of the 1943 World Series.
A morning crash at the intersection of D avenue and Sixteenth street NE damaged two sedans around 6 50 a m on Sunday. One car belonged to The Gazette and was driven by Dorothy Ireland of 1757 D avenue NE. The other was driven by Charles Sporter of 324 Third avenue SW. Both drivers and occupants were shaken but not severely hurt. Mrs R K Leedom formerly Rachel Jung of Cedar Rapids has been named Braniff Airways terminal hostess at Austin Texas per a Monday message. Mr Leedom, Eastern Air Lines transportation agent at Houston and son of Mrs Sylvia Leedom of 618 G avenue NW, recently entered military service five weeks ago.
New York dispatch reports Julius Katz received a war department telegram correcting a death notice for his brother Corporal Werner Katz. Werner, once listed killed in action in Burma, is alive though wounded. The correction confirms he was the first American to kill a Japanese in the new offensive, and the family learns of the earlier error.
Robert Pinckney, 16, who bought the city jail last July for 1.50, says he sold it for about 60 profit and plans to work in a Los Angeles PR office. The jail, a cooler, was bought by O. E Hunt to be used as an ice house. The sale follows a chain of previous purchases by Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen’s noted investor, with proceeds previously given to federal authorities.
Courthouse Judge J E Heiserman grants Delbert J Kuehl a 2529 60 verdict for injuries to his 3 year old son Marvin D Kuehl from a collision caused by Mrs Fred Payneer The trial occurred near 1123 Second Street SE Aug 31 1943 The plaintiff sought 9400 and Mrs Payneer was in default for failure to plead or appear An unrelated report notes a Detroit driver and a Midwest Fruit Co truck colliding east of Mt Vernon on Highway 30 The estate of acme Taylor names E A Johnson administrator
Washington police released Doris E. Bender, a 23 year old mother of two, on 1000 dollar bond after investigators found an army deserter concealed in a floor pit of her apartment. She claimed the deserter was her husband’s friend and that her husband served in India.
Letitia Beranek owned car stolen in Mt. Vernon Sunday morning was found in Ames. Two Wisconsin youths were taken into custody and to be returned from Ames by Marshal Ed Gill of Mt. Vernon and Linn County Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon.
Lost items include a white enamel refrigerator top between Cedar Rapids and Wheatland Iowa with contact Alice Reiser in Wheatland or 1414 B Ave NE Cedar Rapids. Also a brown billfold with gas books license and draft card in Iowa Manufacturing area. Other notices list several lost items a ladies diamond ring in Towers with liberal reward and various watches pens and jewelry store ads. Also personals and bargain ads for watches purses and services with price notes and contact numbers.
A noisy compilation of service ads for waterproofing basements, appliance repair, heating, dry cleaning, tailoring, and hauling. Includes phone numbers, addresses in Cedar Rapids area, and listings for junk removal, ash disposal, fertilizing, and miscellaneous home services.
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