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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1944
Page
18
In Chicago market reports, hog prices continued upward in a strong, active session while the general cattle market remained fully steady and active. Lambs move into early trade with tops around 16.35 dollars, and grain quotations are provided by Lamson Brothers.
Chicago livestock receipts reach 21 000 with steady to strong activity. Cattle demand steady with better cows, steers, and heifers. beef cows mostly under 12.50. Salabie receipts total 4 000 with active market. light lambs 87 to 114 pounds bring 16.25 to 16.50 to packers. good lambs reach 16.15 while sheep and wooled lambs sell at 14 to 15.
Hogs receipts total 17,000 with steady to softer movement. Top hogs 200-330 lbs around 13.90, 340-360 lbs 13.75 to 13.85, lighter weights 13.56 to 13.86. Sows around 12.25 to 12.93. Cattle receipts 1,700 with calves 100. Killing classes active, steers 15.60, short fed 13.25 to 15.00, cows up to 12.25, vealers to 14.56. Sheep receipts 2,000, slaughter lambs steady to higher. good to choice wooled lambs 16.15, other offerings varied with some at 6.00.
Iowa hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 am Friday show 43 400 head in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, down from 60 300 a week ago and up from 33 400 a year ago. Prices for good and choice barrows and gilts ranged 11.10 to 13.70 per hundredweight across weight classes, with sows from 12.00 to 12.55.
Sioux City cattle hog receipts listed with price ranges and weights. Hogs show top bids around 13.90 per hundredweight for 200-330 lb pigs, with other ranges for 180-190 and 200-260 lb. Cattle receipts 1,300 with slaughter rates steady to lower. steers around 13.00-14.15, heifers 12.00-13.75, cows 6.75-8.25, feeders 10.75-12.75. Sheep receipts 2,500 with no early action on red wool lambs tagged for transport trade.
Chicago market reports show poultry receipts totaling 478,227 lbs with a firm tone and steady pricing. Turkey and duck lines show varying quotes across grades, while potatoes arrive 71 cars on track with Idaho russets in demand and overall light supplies. Prices listed include U S No 1 and 2 specials at 35 1 2 to 36 cents, and Idaho russet markets around 3.40 to 3.75 per cwt with assorted regional values.
Receipts show New York produce and egg prices with mixed colors and grades for No. 1 and No. 4 eggs, various weights, and averages around 34 to 36 cents. Dressed poultry rates list turkeys, ducks, geese, and fowls with weights and prices. pigeons and other items noted with last sales figures.
CHICAGO AP reports rye selling unsettled grain markets as disappointment grows over rye use in the industrial alcohol program. Wheat held steady while oats fell about four cents, rye dropped around four to five cents, May prices at 1.72 for wheat, 1.29 for rye, and barley varied about two to four cents.
A fragment from a Chicago market listing shows forage and wheat prices per hundred pounds. Timothy hay ranges around 5.75 to 6.00 while red top oats and clover varieties command prices near 14.00 to 15.06 and 31.50 respectively.
Plymouth Wisconsin week of March 13 18 reports Twins and cheddars 23 percent. River stages Davenport Keokuk show 12.2 stationary.
Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady across weight classes with values ranging from 11.85 for light hogs to about 13.60 for larger hogs. Cattle bids showed steers and heifers in the 10 to 15 dollar range for various grades, with cows and calves also listed, and sheep values noted from 11 to 15 dollars for lambs and ewes.
Grain and farm products in Cedar Rapids include oats at 76c, No. 3 tic, wheat at $1, yellow corn at 2, straw and hay prices, and various poultry and egg rates. Wholesale fruits list Florida vegetables, naval oranges, lemons, and apples with crate and per-basket pricing. Market quotes cover hides, calves, horses, kips, and educational ads from J. B. Bennett & Co with continuing stock quotations for Adams Express, Allied Chemical, and other listed companies.
CHICAGO AP Selection of ten outstanding young men of 1943 announced by Future magazine includes Major Joe Foss marine flying ace Richard Tregaskis foreign correspondent Lt Col William Darby and others from military, industry and journalism. Names span Sioux Falls Clearwater Elizabeth Portland Caldwell Lafayette Minneapolis Milwaukee Flint and more.
Charles A. Kuttler district agent at Davenport for National Life of Vermont will speak to the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters at a Montrose hotel luncheon. A former Cedar Rapids resident and past president of the Davenport Association he will discuss Extentive and Intensive Cultivation of Your Market.
NY AP reports rails rose to their best average level since 1937 on profit-taking while many leaders elsewhere failed to advance. Volume showed tapering despite irregularity with transfers near 1,206,000 shares, below the previous day’s 1,593,665. It marked the eleventh million-share session this year.
New York AP reports a few rail issues moved up a point while corporate liens stayed tight around midday. Southern Pacific refundings of 1955 and Gulf Mobile and Ohio incomes were among the wider gainers. Northern Pacific obligations rose along with Rock Island 4 1/2s of 1952 Atlantic Quintaine 4 1/2s and American and Foreign over 5s.
Thirty speech students from six colleges compete in the four teenth annual tournament of the Forensic Association of Iowa Colleges held Friday and Saturday in the Montrose hotel. Participants include teams from Coe Central Luther Simpson Upper Iowa and Wartburg. Events cover debate oratory extemporaneous speaking and poetry reading with superior and excellent ratings awarded at 5 30 p m Saturday. A luncheon business meeting and officer elections are scheduled for Saturday noon.
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough awards 11 year old Joan Langan to father John Langan after a lengthy custody battle with her mother Lorna Langan Manners. The ruling overturns a Rockville Maryland court decision in a dramatic custody dispute involving Hollywood ties.
A wounded navigator and a pain crazed bombardier battled five miles up over southern Germany as flak raked the sky. The navigator subdued the bombadier with one hand while shooting down an incoming Nazi plane with the other. Identification awaits family notification.
The Fort escaped destruction after its lead bomber was hit and exploded. The bombardier and navigator suffered wounds, the navigator aided the bombardier through a long medical effort aboard the damaged Fortress as flak rained and a German fighter attacked. The navigator treated injuries for over three hours until base arrival.
Ottumwa AP reports George Huber of Blakesburg and Loran Lamb of Bloomfield tied for state checker championship. Bob Kennedy of Cedar Rapids and Luther Sammons of Ottumwa placed third and fourth. Emil Kretzmeyer of Davenport and Bob Killian of Cedar Rapids shared the consolation title.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to relatives neighbors and church for sympathy during bereavement. Lost notices list a brown dog Lady, green scissors, auto jack, glasses case, brown billfold Cedar Rapids with draft card license money and reward offers. Additional items include social card draft card and umbrella with contact numbers provided.
A dense classified ad fragment lists beauty shops with permanent wave pricing and other services. It includes LADY BEAUTY SHOP at First Avenue SE, LILLIAN BEAUTY SHOP, PARIS ACA'S MY, and various home services such as appliance repair, insulation, hauling, decorating, sewing, and shoe repair with contact numbers and addresses in Cedar Rapids area.
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