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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1942

Page

6

Hog Market Strong Across Midwest Livestock Reports

A broad round of Midwest livestock quotes shows hogs rising up to 10 cents, with top bids near 13.65 and steady gains in cattle and sheep. Reports from Chicago, Sioux City, Des Moines, and Omaha detail receipts, prices for various weight classes, and regional shifts affecting hogs, cattle, and lambs through Midwest markets.

Chicago Hnicago Livestock Cuicago U. Dept. Agriculture Peta Arrang Sioux City Ap)i U. S. Dept. Agriculture Iowa Des Moines INSI S. Dept. Agriculture Minnesota Dan A Sap Omaha Livestock Omaha UPI Veoria Livestock Peoria Ill

Local Porkers In Dime Advance Market Report

Local meat prices list porkers and lambs with weights and prices. Fancy and choice porkers range from 11 to 14 dollars per hundredweight, with mid and common grades noted. lambs and ewes also priced by weight and quality, including special discounts on select lots.

Sheen Sodia

Cedar Rapids Market Prices Mixed For Grains And Poultry

Grain and produce quotations from Cedar Rapids show No 1 wheat 18c, oats up to 52c, corn 72c to 75c, soybeans 1.80, hay and straw prices recorded. Poultry prices list hens, leghorns, ducks, geese, turkeys with several weight classes and distinct per-unit costs. Wholesale fruits and vegetables include Colorado celery 4.50, lemons 6.30, oranges 4.00, lettuce 4.50, onions 32.00, and various others. Hides and calf prices also noted with grade distinctions and horse values.

Colorado Texas

Market report from Chicago and New York produce listings

Chicago markets show steady to firm tones with heavy hens around 22 cents and broilers at 25 cents. butter receipts near 784 thousand pounds with varied scores and prices. Eggs and cheese in New York trend steady to higher. live poultry and produce futures listed. regional potato shipments and washed prices noted. October data and historical notes conclude with a New England small-business remark.

Chicago Plymouth Rock Springs Rock Springs Isree Plymouth Rock White Rock Idaho Minnesota North Dakota Red River Valley Bliss Triumphs Cobblers Ohio Florida New York

Stock Market Rises on MacArthur Move and Rate News

The New York market extended Monday’s gains with fractional increases across sectors led by rails after the ICC rejected the OPA plea to delay freight rate hikes. Oils, chemicals, steels, motors, and specialties followed as investors welcomed MacArthur’s shift to Australia and reports of U S forces arriving. Transfers around 500000 shares with new yearly highs in Santa Fe, General Motors, Chrysler and others.

New York St. Pat's Rails ICC OPA MacArthur Australia United States Santa Fe General Motors Chrysler Union Pacific Bethlehem Sears Roebuck, Jr. Case Standard Oil N.J Texas Company Phillips Petroleum Anaconda Allied Chemical Eastman Kodak Westinghouse J. C. Penney Philip Aiettis International Harveser

Wall Street Quotations From Tuesday Trading Roundup

Wall Street listings show Abbott Tayi and Adams Express among early movers with Alaska Juneau reporting gains. Major names include Allied Chem, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Lockheed, Bethlehem Steel, Martin, Maytag, Armco and Anaconda among others with varied price positions across industrials, utilities, and transport sectors reflecting a broad market snapshot.

J. E. Bennett & Co W.H. Jump Merchants National Bank Abbott Tayi Iy Adams Express Alaska Juneau Weinth Mining Allied Chem Init Johns Manville Amn Gomi Kennecott Kreske Amn Intl Corp Kroger G & WR Lehich Val Maracaibo Libbey Owens Laa McKesson Marshall Martin Maytag Anaconda Pet Armour, Co Smpls Moline Armstrong Cork Mont Briggs Mfg Packard Mtr Budd Miz Paramount Ki Burroughs Adzor Fark Vinhi Cai & Hecla Penick & Ford Camp Wyant Ae Penna Canada Dry Penney J. C Peoples Gas Caterpillar Philips Pet Proctor Gamble Pullman Co Chrysler Motors Radio Corp Cole Palmolive Ey Keith Cole Rem Rand Socony Conti Can Motors Sou Pac RR Sperry Corp Crucible Steel Amn Sueza Calif Cudahy Ind Curtiss Wr Warner Deere and Atin Studebaker del. Hudson Stone Web del Lacka Sterling Prods Douglas Air Tex Corp Tex Gulf S Erie Tex Poc Ld Eastman Kod Tidewater Eaton Mfe Uni Gas Co Gillette Gimbel Bros Glidden Goodrich, B.F Goodyear Tire S Steel Graham Palre Indus Rayon Zenite Chicago Armour & Co Katz Drug Borg Warner Libby McNeill Bendix Av Norwest Bank Aus & Bees Swift Co Comn Edison Swift Tathaozer dl

Bond Markets U U S government bonds close on Tuesday

U S government bonds closed with Treasury values around 44 48 47 52 and 125.95 reflecting price moves. Rates for Federal Farm Mortgage 3s sit near 49 and 104.17 for Home Owners Loan 3 4 5 2s while rail issues show modest gains. Stocks open mixed with Industrials near 72 600 and railroads at 3 percent.

U. 3 New York U. S Treasury

Fractional Grain Advances. MacArthur Named Allied Commander

Grain futures show fractional gains with wheat and corn up modestly while soybeans rise. Washington confirms Gen Douglas MacArthur named supreme Allied commander in Australia, NSE trading notes wary on pending farm legislation amid mixed cash market signals.

Chicago AFP Washington Douglas MacArthur Australia

Wisconsin cheese allotments for March 16 21

Wisconsin cheese exchange reports weekly allotments for March 16 21 with prices noted for twins 204c daisies Weborns 2c and cheddooors 2044c. Wool market in Boston shows activity with demand for fine and half blood wools and combing varying from 45 to 53 cents per pound in grease and area markets.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Boston UPI

Ulster raids on backers of Eire friendship club prompt protests

Police raided homes of hundreds of Protestants including Presbyterian ministers who support Ulster Union club links with Eire. Three members were detained with no charges filed. Denis Ireland condemned the actions saying raids occurred in Belfast and six counties as Gestapo methods aimed at breaking up a Protestant union with the North and South.

Belfast Northern Ireland Ulster Ulster Union Club Eire Denis Ireland North South Ireland

Courthouse Charges Stir Over Breakin at filling station

Lester Nassif a 17 year old of 601 Eighth Avenue SE faced a district court plea of guilty before Judge J E Lee for breaking and entering a filling station at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE Police nabbed him March 10 after he crawled through a window Nassif fled from two officers but was traced to his home by a car in the station driveway He was sentenced to a term not to exceed 10 years at the Anamosa reformatory with suspension for good behavior.

Eighth Avenue Third Street Lester Nassif Anamosa Reformatory J. E. Lee Monay Nassif

Parole Lift Sought For Soldier Induction

An appeal agent for Cedar Rapids draft board No 2 filed in district court to set aside a parole so Alfred L. Proskovec labeled 1 A can be inducted into the army. Judge Heiserman set a hearing for Saturday at 9 am. Also a suit by Hall Ekfelt Furniture seeks 163 30 in arrears from Mr and Mrs Walter Larsen on a conditional sale.

L. D. Dennis Cedar Rapids Draft Board No Alfred L. Proskovec Draft Board Anamosa Reformatory Proskovec J &. Heiserman Hall-Ekfelt Furniture Store Walter Larsen

Municipal Nursery Opens at Ellis Park

Ellis opens a one acre municipal nursery to grow trees for transplanting. Arborist Richard Alman and Park Commissioner Ed Stefan oversee planting 3200 maple seeds with planned seedling moves to Van Vechten park to reforest and curb erosion. Planned species include Norway maple honey locust Kentucky coffee sycamore basswood elm and red maple with seedlings bought as ginkgo pin oak red oak and scarlet oak.

Ellis Park Richard K Alman Ed Stefan van Vechten Park

Thomas H. Simmons Dies at 81 Former Cedar Rapids Civic Leader

Thomas H. Simmons 81 a former Cedar Rapids civic leader died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in St Paul He helped form Cedar Rapids Commercial club later chaired river front improvement commission and later joined Lounsberry Simmons land firm His funeral services will be held in St Paul.

Thomas H. Simmons Cedar Rapids Amos Meader St Paul Simmons Haven Y. Simmons Commercial Club Chamber of Commerce Lounsberry-Simmons Land Firm St. Paul's Methodist Church St. Paul

Forsythe of Cedar Rapids Dies. Rites Pending

Forsythe of Cedar Rapids left a daughter Mrs. E. M Turner of Richmond California and a brother Lucius Gardner of Boise Idaho with several nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Mrs Forsythe belonged to Calvary Baptist church. Friends may call at the Turner chapel.

Reds Seize Key Heights Near Staraya Russa Front

Soviet front dispatches report forces captured a key elevated position near Staraya Russa south of Leningrad, tightening the noose around the trapped German 16th Army. The area, possibly Novgorod, is described as a major resistance center as winter worsens conditions.

Associated Press Staraya Russa Leningrad Novgorod Lake Ilmen Ukraine Semeon Timoshenko Kharkov Pittsburgh Crimea Adolf Hitler Kerch Caucasian

Want Ad Rates and Information For Cedar Rapids Gazette

Pricing and policy details for classified want ads. Rates depend on line count and days run, with minimums and discounts for longer runs. Includes box numbers, out of town mailing, cancellations, and contact for ad takers. Also lists several lost items with contact numbers.

Funeral services for G F Sutliff in Mt Vernon

Funeral services for G. F. Sutliff of Mt. Vernon, who died Sunday in University hospital, Town City, will be conducted at the Methodist church in Mt. Vernon Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. W. Glenn Rowley. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon cemetery. Friends may call at the Rohn chapel Tuesday evening.

G. F. Sutliff Mt. Vernon University Hospital Town City Methodist W. Glenn ‘Rowley Rohn

Funeral services for Forsythe postponed and new details

Funeral services for Charles Arthur Forsythe scheduled for 2 pm Wednesday have been postponed. Double services for him and his mother Mary E. Forsythe will be held at Turner chapel at a time to be announced pending word from their brother Lucius Gardner of Boise Idaho. Friends may call at the chapel.

Charles Arthur Forsythe

Mrs Forsythe Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids

Mrs Mary E Forsythe aged 78 died at her Forsythe residence 430 acm Tuesday after a long illness. Born January 13 1862 in Stanwood she moved to Cedar Rapids from Missouri in 1900. Her husband Frank Forsythe died earlier. Surviving is son Harry and Charles Arthur Forsythe who died last Saturday.

Mary E. Forsythe Sixth Street Charles Arthur Forsythe Forsythe Stanwood Cedar Rapids Missouri Frank Harry

Personal ads batch with home services and repairs

Miscellaneous classified notices offer papering painting upholstery rug shampooing and debris hauling. Listings include papering and decorating services, furnace repairs, rug cleaning, sodding and fuel, hauling, junk buying, cement work and masonry, typewriter repair, furniture upholstery, and painting with contact numbers. Some entries specify reasonable rates and free estimates. The grouping resembles a local classifieds page.

Kasner Hwawkeye Pln Gardner Bay Kutchera Sodding & Fuel CO Center Point Road Merveaux Weeks Gal DE

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