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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1942
Page
10
Live hogs advance 5 to 15 cents per hundred pounds with top at 13.65. Wholesale pork up slightly below ceilings. Steers top at 15.50, lambs gain 15 to 25 cents with a 12.60 high. Prices mixed across grades and cattle categories in active sales.
The report notes activity at concentration yards in interior Iowa and the southern region. Prices for various weights show mostly steady to weak trading with heavier feeding cattle. 48 hour period ending 8 a.m. and comparisons to year-ago levels are provided.
The report lists hogs held above 12.50 dollars good and choice 180 to 359 pounds at 13 25, good sows at 12 85 to 13 00, with arable receipts around 4,800. No early good and choice fed stock noted.
AP dispatch summarizes livestock receipts and bid levels across Chicago Omaha and Peoria markets. Beef and lamb prices show mixed gains and declines with top quotes around 13.50 to 14.50 for cattle, and lambs and sows noted as steady to higher or lower by market tier. Cane and calf listings show varied feeder and stocker values amid a generally slow trend.
Grain quotes for Chicago markets supplied by Lamson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey listed as Cedar Rapids manager. The excerpt shows fluctuating percentages and figures amid fragmented data values, indicating price or percentage quotations across multiple grades and dates.
A fragment describes produce prices with regional references. Items include Idaho Russet and Colorado washed values, North Dakota Red River, Wisconsin and Florida entries, plus various unwashed prices. Mentions totals and per-bushel figures alongside scattered farm market terms.
Readable segments show live poultry activity with terms like 24s 33 inch oc and old hens toms listed. The note references southwestern categories and prices such as 34c and 27 28c with nominal live poultry activity.
Local porkers hold steady with no changes since Friday at the cattle market. Reports show medium to good steer ranges from 12 to 14.50 per hundredweight for yearling and heavier cattle, with dairy and beef cattle listed alongside commission notes.
Stock listings published by J. B. Bennett & Co show market activity on Wall Street with price moves and notable gains. The note appears from the firm’s W. 8th Street desk, reflecting daily transaction summaries.
Grain market prices listed for Cedar Rapids. Wheat varieties No 1 Sic No 7 at 95 cents, No 2 at 54 cents, No 3 at 52 cents. Yellow beans No 2 yellow around 1.80 per bushel. Straw priced at about 10 dollars per hundred.
The report covers cheese quotations for the week of March 23 to 28 with Wisconsin cheese varieties marking a 20 percent range for several cuts. Wool prices show a fair demand at about 1.16 to 1.18 dollars, with graded territory wool selling around 85 cents and mixed combine territory near 9 to 9 ½ cents.
New York AP reports mild stock market gains with leaders lifting slightly. Major movers included United States Steel, General Motors, Montgomery Ward, Searick, American Can, Phelps Dodge and others with transfers around 300000 shares. Some laggards were Standard Oil N J Great Northern and General Electric.
A U S ship is reported sunk off Uruguay with initial details stating the vessel was lost at sea. Authorities are confirming the incident and gathering casualty and casualty figures as the search continues.
Wheat closes lower amid broad grain weakness with soybeans down about 3 percent. Hedge selling and government commodity policy uncertainty kept buying limited while corn initially firm due to an announced price increase but later eased. Winnipeg prices steady with mixed cash bids noted for various grain grades.
In Columbus Ohio on Monday Phil lies Cigars of Philadelphia and Hoosier Beer of South Bend Ind caused shifts in the five man ABC standings. The Phillies posted 962 977 and 1017 for 2956 tying Adams Funeral Home Akron Ohio for third. Hoosiers improved from 866 to 1050 and 1015 for 2931 climbing to fifth place.
Special to The Gazette. Clifford Bowman, superintendent of schools in What Cheer, has completed the sugar rationing census of What Cheer families.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon for Horace B. Atwater in Manchester. The ceremony took place at the Manchester Community church with local mourners in attendance.
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs. Robt Moore explains to realtors how living in Shanghai worked in 1940. She noted long waiting lists for apartments and cites a $45 monthly suite on Nanking Road with a grand living room, fireplace and garden view, in an 18 story building.
Two men raided a Fort Dodge club stealing more than a dozen slot machines. They hooded a clerk with a heavy cloth, bound him with a chain, and used a hammer and chisel to smash machines. The victim rang for help after escaping the binding.
Reports from England quoted by AP say the 13,098 ton Italian liner Victoria a fast pre war motorship was undoubtedly sunk after British planes attacked near Tripoli with torpedoes and bombs. The vessel was among Italy s proud merchant fleet.
Washington officials establish a special salvage section in the Bureau of Industrial Conservation to speed up moving large quantities of potential scrap metal held by uncertain ownership, clouded titles, or remote locations. Abandoned street car tracks alone are expected to yield over 300000 tons, with similar gains anticipated from other projects.
Madison Square Garden hosts the national invitation tournament semifinals with Toledo facing West Virginia and Creighton meeting Western Kentucky. Winners advance to the Wednesday championship, while semifinal losers dispute third place in the other game.
Ad pricing details outline minimum two line insertion and per line rates. Includes out of town mail in advance with deadlines and a phone number to contact a trained ad taker for best wording.
New York AP report says Madeline Webb 28 a former model and dancer pleads innocent with two co defendants in the robbery slaying of Susan Flora Reich a wealthy Polish refugee.
Brief lost item notice reports a beagle hound missing or stolen on Wednesday. A reward is offered, contact dial 23 4243 for details.
A collage of small ads lists loans, jewelry services, buying old gold, home care, farming, machine quilting, feather mattress work, piano lessons, and tutoring. Names, addresses, and phone hooks appear for several services from Probasco Jewelers to Griffith Feather Mattress and Eulalia Ha, with requests for nursing care and delivery, plus a money loan offer and labor notices.
The clipping lists multiple beauty salons and services with prices such as permanents, manicures, and specialty cuts. It mentions venues like Velma's Beauty Shop and Roosevelt Beauty Salon and notes promotional prices and contact details. It also references free theater tickets and a job ad seeking elderly people for a box reply.
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