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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1944
Page
13
Chicago estimates show salable hogs at 20000, cattle 9000, sheep 4000. Hogs held steady from Friday while sows gained 10 cents. Steers and yearlings mostly steady. lambs active with early sales up to 16.35. Grain quotations provided by Lamson Brothers. Mowrey of Cedar Rapids listed.
Agent summaries show total receipts 34 006 head with steady to active bidding. Cattle prices range for fed steer and heifer classes from around 13 50 to 16 65, cows scarce and holding at 9 00 to 13 75, vealers steady, and lambs firm around 15 50 to 16 50 with several lots near 16 50. Overall market remains steady with undercurrent strength in select lots.
Des Moines reports combined hog receipts for 48 hours ending Monday morning at 40 200 head, down from 47 100 last week and 35 300 a year ago. Prices range with weights, noting 189 260 lb hogs at 12 85 to 13 76 per cwt and 330 360 lb hogs at 12 04 to 13 65 amid steady market.
Fragmentary market notes show prices for choice native lambs at 12.50 to 14.50 per hundred and good fed spring lambs around 11.00 to 14.50. Canner ewes priced lower and buck lambs listed at one dollar per hundred less. quality varies with region.
Cattle prices show steady to lower trends with fed steers and yearlings mainly 13 to 15.75, loads up to 15.75 per cwt. Heifers and beef cows follow weaker to steady patterns. Slaughter classes light. feeding lambs steady with slight gains. Hogs see slow demand and weak bids in the 13.75 to 13.85 range for butcher weights. sows steady near 13.00 to 13.10. Receipts around 16,000 hogs and 10,000 cattle.
Salable hog receipts 18 090 with 71 000 total. prices steady to 10 cents higher. Top hogs 14.00 for good to choice 20 lb and larger, with 180 to 190 lb classes around 13.60 to 14.00. Calves and stockers show varied demand with 16.00 for medium weight steers and 14.60 for stockers. sows around 12.25 to 13.35. Cattle and feeder classes reflect lighter demand with steers around 14.69 to 15.25 for crude, heifers around 14.40 to 14.60, and various lamb and ewe figures near steady to firmer.
Market reports show poultry and egg prices steady with leghorn hens at 24c and fryers 27c. Turtle lines note large shipments, assorted table stock, and Idaho Russet Burbanks price ranges from $3.65 to $3.71 per 50 lb, with washed and unwashed grades listed and utility and standard levels noted.
New York butter prices and receipts show mixed signals with OPA-set maximums for bulk cartons in New York deliveries. Creamery prices rise above 2 pounds, with varying scores and per pound premiums. wholesale ranges for No. 1 to No. 4 grades listed, and poultry prices described as nominally strong with scattered sale figures.
Chicago AP reports grain prices fell at the open then drifted higher through the session. May wheat hit a fresh high since mid January before closing up for the day amid mixed moves in oats and barley.
A fragmented notice lists commodity prices including 3 percent nominal 138 per 100 weight timothy 6.06 nominal red top 14.00 to 15.00 nominal SP clover 31.50 nominal sweet clover 10.50. The source provides limited context and several numeric values with unclear units.
Market report lists oats, wheat, soybeans, and corn with assorted prices. Poultry section shows hen and egg prices, current receipts, and wholesale fruit and vegetable prices with items like naval oranges, apples, and Texas grapefruit. Hides and calf hides are priced, with notes on leather and glue markets.
The AP report notes week pricing for Wisconsin cheese with mild cheddar quoted at 23 1/2 cents. In New York trading the bond market moved irregularly lower amid light volume. rails and select utilities edged up briefly but losses in reorganizations and other sectors offset gains. Major losers included bonds of Baltimore and Ohio St Paul Rock Island Missouri Pacific and Frisco.
The Cedar Rapids Y M C A holds its first in a series of centennial events with James Lee Ellenwood, NY state Y M C A secretary and author, as speaker at 6:30 p.m. Retiring President Charles Lynch will report at dinner, toastmaster Robert Armstrong. Ellenwood also speaks Wednesday at McKinley High and at a Kiwanis luncheon. Founders day is June 6 signaling the next century for the Y.
Lt. John Cary Red Morgan M C H O holder and co-pilot on a Fortress shot down by German flak over Berlin on March 6. A 29 year old from New York City and Amarillo Texas he earned his medal for a mission over Hanover July 26. He preferred not to discuss it and was known as a great guy.
New York AP reports the stock market began a downturn after a long rise toward multi-year highs. Profit-taking pushed general losses to over one point with slow activity in large blocks and volume near 1,300,000 shares.
The Army Air Forces announced adequate numbers of combat fighter and bomber pilots and outlined longer training. Fighter trainees gain nine extra weeks with a new five week transition phase and extended preflight through enhanced stages. Bomber pilots receive five additional weeks plus a specialized transition course for two and four engine planes.
The AP reports that chewing tobacco, specifically the Island Twist brand, is touted as a secret weapon in the Pacific war effort. The Office of Price Administration voided price controls to boost production, noting its value in barter with Southwest Pacific island natives.
ISTANBUL AP A new German Turkish commercial treaty calls for trade valued at 14,000,000 Turkish liras about 10,850,000 dollars. Germany will send medicine and industrial materials to Turkey in exchange for 3,870,000 dollars in fish and 775,000 dollars worth of tobacco and other products.
A concise directive urging readers to invest in war bonds to secure future financial stability. The call to action emphasizes patriotism and personal saving during wartime, urging timely purchase to support national fundraising efforts.
Pierre Pucheu former Vichy interior minister was executed by a French firing squad for treason. The trial tied him to German actions and the transfer of patriots to German forces. The 12 riflemen fired as witnesses watched quietly at dawn, one round reportedly failed to fire.
Courthouse Linn county school directors secretaries and treasurers will convene at 1 30 p m Wednesday in the east courtroom on the third floor Walter A Shupp Linn county superintendent of schools announced B S Moyle of Maquoketa a member of the school code commission will speak on the revision of the Iowa School Law Other speakers include County Auditor Robert M Vesely J B Ringer of Mt Vernon Earl Brockman of Marion and Elmer Burr of Walker
The will of Alois Preclik who died March 5 in Ely was admitted to probate in district court. His wife Asta Preclik was named executrix. M. J. McGregor 39 of a local hotel was arrested by Deputy Sheriff P. J. Whittemore for defrauding a hotel keeper and writing bad checks and is jailed in Linn County.
Community notices list free cooking class at the Glow room of the Gas Company on Tuesday at 2 15 p m public welfare bureau meeting at the Montrose hotel Tuesday noon council approves class B permits for Ray H Wortman and A F Nelson naval reserve enlistment announced in Cedar Rapids navy recruiting office Harley E Pattengill Blair's Ferry road NE VFW auxiliary police to meet Tuesday 730 p m at the Veterans club B A R E Cedar Rapids Division No 30 meets Tuesday 8 p m K of P hall dancing follows at 9 p m Trowel Chapter Royal Arch Masons meets Tuesday 7 p m for degree work Townsend auxiliary No 1 picnic at 2 p m Tuesday with Mrs O W Herrick Stamp Club meets today at 8 p m at the Montrose hotel All stamp collectors invited.
The council authorized transfers totaling 1.31 from playground to waterworks for anti-freeze 17.69 from city hall to parks for snow removal 68.64 from cemetery to parks for labor 51.90 from park improvement to parks for labor and 750 from playground to parks for labor.
Franz Bruno Gross of Grinnell College advises a universal secondary language to reduce cultural gaps. He cites 2000 world languages and proposes Basic English of 850 words as the best hope for postwar communication, noting its use by a British broadcasting company.
The War Department will shut the large army air force training setup at Miami Beach Florida and move officer candidate preflight and basic training schools to San Antonio at Sheppard Field Texas. The move, expected by mid summer, will release 139 Miami Beach hotels by July 1 as the program winds down.
Harvey Bowden 28 of a local hotel address and Davidee Lorton 21 of Morley pled guilty in Judge G K Thompson's court to lewdness charges. Each received six months in Linn County Jail with all but 30 days suspended and an appeal bond set at 1500 dollars. Police said the pair lived at the hotel as men and wife since Bowden was reported by his family last Thursday. They were arrested in their hotel room at 2 50 a.m. Sunday by Capt John Hanna and Patrolmen Jerry Navratil Roy Walker.
Lost and Found notices list a billfold with contents and $30 in London by Elmer Krueger, a yellow gold shell locket near Temple Roller Rink, a lost billfold with papers, a reward, a Marion address for a mare, black kid gloves at McLellan's, and a male pekinese dog near Roosevelt area.
Mix of jewelry shops and services advertised across multiple locations including Katz Jewelry 112 1st St SE and Vincent's Jewelry Store 310 3rd SE. Offers include wedding rings, repairs, alterations, loan services, and tax related notes plus a bicycle shop and beauty salons.
A dense classified fragment shows multiple service providers in Rapids including refrigerator and electric appliance repair, heating service, ash and rubbish hauling, papering and painting, clothing alterations, cleaners, shoe repair, insulation, sodding and fuel, and tool repair. Each entry lists business names and contact details such as avenues and phone-like numbers.
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