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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
6
Western livestock markets report hogs finishing lower on heavy supplies while fed steers and yearlings stay active. Omaha Des Moines Sioux City and Sioux City show mixed results with hogs down 10-15 cents and cattle mostly steady to higher on strong fat and steady demand for feeder types.
Iowa hog prices from Des Moines show packing point quotations with details for Good butcher Mason and other buyers across Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin. The table lists weights from 60 pounds to 500 pounds with bid quotes ranging roughly from 11.40 to 13.80 per cwt and notes varying figures for different lots. Chicago grain quotations follow, provided by Lamson Brothers with manager H R Mowrey and Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Chicago market data shows butter receipts 5 604 tubs steady extras 92 score A 4l standard 90 score B 40c, eggs 30 202 cases steady specials 33 34c, cheese Twins 25.2c daisies prints Longhorns 26c, live poultry steady turkeys 30 14 35c hens 24c, broilers 27 2c, toosters 20c, ducks 25c. Idaho potatoes arrivals 73 on track 210 for shipments 863, unwashed prices 3.65 to 3.35. Bliss Triumphs and other regions listed with varied prices. New York quotes butter receipts 900 099, eggs 25 528, dressed and live poultry prices noted.
In Chicago on Wednesday grain futures rose and fell with small advances. Wheat May traded around 1.73 per bushel up, oats May near 82 cents, rye May about 1.29 dollars, and May barley closed at the ceiling of 1.28. Cash wheat and barley prices were mixed, with field seeds showing typical small movements for Timothy and clover varieties.
Readable fragments show dairy market notes for March 21 to April 1 and Mississippi River stage readings across several towns. Entries mention La Crosse Portage Prairie du Chien Dubuque and Davenport with varying rises and falls in river levels and dairy product references.
Hog prices fell with butchers down 20 cents and packers 10 cents on Wednesday. Top hogs ranged to 13.50 for butchers and 12.80 for packers, with various weight brackets quoted for hogs cattle and sheep, including lambs and ewes across multiple grade categories.
Market notes list oats wheat rye corn and soybeans with No 2 and No 3 grades and prices. Hay straw poultry eggs and current receipts captured, plus wholesale fruits vegetables citrus and potatoes with assorted crate and cwt prices. Hide markets show No 1 and No 2 cured hides and calf hides with per unit values.
The emergency war housing trailer camp to be built on Thirty-Second Street NE near Collins Radio will start Thursday. Architect W. J. Brown will supervise with Hagstrom Construction of St Paul handling the contract valued at 53 247. Local labor will be used. Representatives are in town for site work including sewer lines.
George A. Koch of the Civil Aeronautics Administration leads a team resuming construction on the Cedar Rapids airport nine miles southwest of the city. Four additional engineers join, after weather halted grading last fall. about 80 percent of the project is finished with several thousand feet of 25 foot concrete strips laid.
A French military tribunal in Algiers found Lt. Col. Pierre Cristofini guilty of treason for recruiting Frenchmen to serve with German forces on the Eastern Front. He was sentenced to death for actions in Tunisia late 1942 and early 1943.
The Great Northern railway reports an estimated net income of 1 101 481 after interest and fixed charges for January and February this year, compared with 1 066 672 in the same months of 1943.
New York stocks fell further on renewed broad selling with declines across rail and industrial groups. About 1,000,000 shares traded as the market moved fractions to more than a point, with New York Bond Review noting wide fixes and light demand for high-grade issues.
Townsend auxiliary No 2 meets with Mrs Ella Fisher at 2 Friday at 1151 Center Point Rd NE. Ambar Grotto and auxiliary meet Friday at 7 45 p m in the K P hall with refreshments. Townsend club No 7 hosts social hour and dancing Friday at 8 in the hall 117 F Ave NW. The Fifth district Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses holds a 3 p m Thursday meeting at St Luke's nurses home. A Dav enport WPB rep visits Cedar Rapids Chamber Thursday 9 30 a m to 4 p m for conferences. Mrs William M Cummings of Marengo, after a major operation at St Luke's two weeks ago, is improving. Cub pack 24 Garfield school meets Wednesday eve with induction of new members, 22 awards and new officers. parents urged to attend. Sixteenth Ave Commercial club hosts South Side Civic club executive board Thursday at 7 30 p m on Sixteenth Ave SW. Major Walter Kansky to speak. Correction: Mrs Lindsley Atkins to speak at Cedar Rapids Bahai meeting tonight at the Montrose hotel.
C Jay McShane 58 of Springville and Cedar Rapids died suddenly at his aunt Miss Cora McShane s home Tuesday. He was born August 1885 the son of Mr and Mrs E T McShane. survived by two daughters Marjorie Hines and Kathleen Hillman and aunt Cora. Services tentatively Friday at 10 30 am at Huntley funeral home Springville conducted by Rev D D Boggie burial in Springville cemetery.
William A. Herbst 60 formerly of Anamosa and now Los Angeles died in a Los Angeles hospital. Survived by daughter Esther Herbst Cedar Rapids body to Cedar Rapids services in Beatty chapel later burial Forest chapel cemetery four miles south of Anamosa. Lewis Van Nostrand 75 Fairfield resident died Tuesday night once wheat field operator in Canada town Lewvan named for him Survivors include widow and five children including Lewis Van Nostrand Jr Cedar Rapids via Mrs Otto Bowling Kepuk. Paul N. Clark realtor and longtime Mason and OES leader died Tuesday services set at Turner chapel at 4 p.m. with Rev William Jacobs and Mt Hermon lodge officiating burial Oak Hill cemetery Master Masons to meet at Masonic temple at 3 30 p.m.
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Samuelson of 711 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids died at 5 30 am after a week long illness. Born Oct 1941 in Cedar Rapids, she is survived by her parents grandparents J J Erger Newhall Minnie Samuelson Albert City and many uncles and aunts. Funeral details to be announced. Private services for Fred A Hohmann 80 of 2029 Belmont Parkway NW will be held at Beatty chapel at 1 30 pm Thursday with Rev George A Stauffacher officiating burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call Beatty's.
A jumble of classified items includes luggage and jewelry store promotions, beauty and alteration services, bicycle shop, vitamin supplements, and housewares. Public notices record wills for Capt. Roderick F. MacDougal and Harry Kushner, with executors named. Lost and found, service ads, and job listings fill the pages with minor emergencies, auctions, and contractor offers.
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