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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1944
Page
17
Chicago hogs opened active on Friday regaining part of weekly losses with prices up 10 to 20 cents. Cattle and sheep demand mixed with dull cattle prices. calves and steers weak. Iowa and Sioux City reports show varied gains and steady to higher hogs, with total receipts around 30,000 in Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Grain quotes note market conditions from Lamson Brothers.
Chicago and New York produce markets show mixed results with receipts and prices for eggs butter cheese and dressed poultry. Egg prices vary by grade and weight while butter and cheese hold firm with steady ceiling quotes. live poultry and ducks see wide price ranges and active sales across multiple weight classes.
A fragmented list from a Wisconsin page shows references to cheese types like twins or cheddars and assorted river rises and falls across towns including Hastings La Crosse Portage Prairie Du Chien Dubuque and Davenport. The notes mention March 2025 and scattered rise values for several locations.
William B Hood of Tama was arraigned before U S Commissioner R L Whelan in Cedar Rapids in December on a federal charge of taking liquor onto the Tama Indian reservation. Hood was committed to Linn County jail when his bondsman surrendered him. He is charged also with delinquency in the draft and cannot enter service until the case is disposed of by trial.
Hog prices rise 10 to 15 cents with top butchers at 13.75 and packers at 12.95. Weighed hogs range from 11.90 for 160-170 lb to 13.65 for 200-330 lb and 12.60 to 12.80 for heavier packers. Cattle values list steers up to 15.00, heifers to 14.00, cows around 7.5 to 8.5, and calves at 13.80 to 13.00 with varied weights. Sheep and lamb markets show good to choice lambs at 15.00 to 15.25 and fall shorn lambs around 14.50.
Grain prices list oats wheat rye corn and soybeans with No 2 yellow soybeans at 1.06 4. Straw bale and hay prices around 10 to 16 dollars per ton. Poultry markets show various hen and egg prices with No 1 eggs at 25 cents and No 2 at 24 cents. Wholesale fruits vegetables include Florida celery lemons oranges lettuce onions and potatoes with box and crate pricing. Hides and skins section lists cured hides at 12 to 13 cents and horse and kip prices, pony and clue notations.
New York and Chicago markets showed narrow advances in late trading as rails, liquor and specialty stocks led modestly higher. Trading was light with about 900000 shares changed hands and early gains faded into a cautious close amid uneven results across sectors.
Chicago grain prices show May oats rising to 82 cents a bushel, the first time since December highs. Wheat up around 46-14, oats at 82c, rye steady to 34c higher, barley and field seeds also quoted with typical ranges and farm staples noted.
Two billfolds were reported missing with one lost and the other stolen. W L Gray of the YMCA said he lost his billfold and $21 with IDs while walking to work. Robert Reasland Jr reported his $27 billfold stolen after a night with companions. detectives also arrested Herman Hunter on a false check charge and sent him to Iowa City.
London AP reports the British admiralty says eastern sea submarines have sunk a Kuma class cruiser and a 7,000 ton aircraft carrier, plus eight supply ships and several small vessels since year start. A second cruiser was torpedoed and larger supply ships damaged. Kuma cruisers displace about 5,100 tons with 459 crew.
The south Yorkshire coalfields strike expanded to 28 pits with about 40,000 miners walking out. The stoppage appeared unlikely to end before the first of next week.
Secretary of State Hull appealed to Hungary to resist German occupation Friday. He said firm resistance could earn back the respect and friendship of free nations and demonstrate Hungary’s right to independence.
James D Kennedy III, 82, a prominent Cedar Rapids political figure for over 30 years, is in good condition at St Luke's hospital after a Sunday stroke. In public service he worked in streets finance and parks departments and as a county supervisor. He is visiting his niece Mrs Edward Holton at 811 C avenue NW, and now lives in Champaign Illinois.
Tipton Tipton-Fred Schluter 42 lifelong county resident died at his home east of Tipton after two years illness. Services at Evangelical and Reformed church Bennett at 2 p.m. Saturday. Survived by wife and several children. West Union Lindsay A. Grimes 71 died late Sunday, services held Wednesday in First Methodist church. Grave services by local Masonic lodge. Grimes farmed near West Union, later ran a town lunchroom. He was Fayette county recorder 1935–1939. Past master of West Union lodge including district lecturer. member of Methodist church.
Police Chief Tom Condon urged all bicycle owners to register as soon as possible. About 5 000 bikes remain unregistered. Registration at the police station runs 8 30 a m to 5 p m Saturday with extra staff if needed. Licenses require full equipment including a light a horn or bell a reflector pedals and a stand. Grade school children may register at their schools later. others must register at the station.
The obituary notes the deceased is survived by his widow and four daughters Thelma of Stanley Mrs Clarence Strohschein Hawkeye Miss Mary Grimes Sumner Beverly at home and Sgt Glen Grimes serving in the Southwest Pacific
Willkie at Beloit, addressing a theater audience, declined to exploit Irish American discontent with the administration’s Eire policy. He said expulsion of Axis agents from Eire could aid the war effort rather than political profit from dissent.
IO WA news in brief reports the Onslow school board reelects all teachers and approves a 10 percent pay raise with Alva B Streeper elected president. McGregor notes Mrs Mary Moody’s 95th birthday on Moody hill farm. WAUKON District Judge Goheen grants divorce for Ruth Siekmeier Feuerhelm from Hartsel Feuerhelm. Mrs Ray Senneff named USO Women president. Anamosa hosts American Legion Auxiliary county convention March 30 with county president Mrs Thomas Hanwardson presiding.
AP reports the air mail postage to Canada will rise from 6 to 8 cents per ounce at midnight, matching a domestic rate increase. The page also lists numerous lost items and personal notices including rewards for a black Belgian shepherd, a missing keepsake ring, a billfold, gloves, necklace, and other trinkets, with several contact phone numbers.
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