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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1943
Page
4
Chicago AP notes a small test run of 500 hogs with prices near unchanged. Cattle receipts rose locally and at market centers with steer and yearling prices mostly lower. top steer price around 17.65. Sheep and hogs saw mixed results as buyers remained cautious amid bearish undertone, with small stock runs and limited demand.
Hog prices ranged from top $14.35 to $14.15 for sows and $14.18 for sows, while barrows and gilts averaged $14.26 with general market 10 to 15 cents lower than Friday. Cattle receipts 180 with calves 900. fed steers mostly steady to 15 to 25 cents lower, heifers lower, cows steady, vealers steady, stockers weak to 25 cents lower. Week’s top fed steers $17.10, prime steers $16.75, heifers $15.75, bulls $13.25, vealers $14.50. Lambs firm to up to 10 cents higher, slaughter ewes steady, lambs $15.65 top, clipped lambs $15.75, wooled lambs $14.50 to $15.00, feeder lambs $15.00 to $15.10.
Receipts show feedlot cattle and yearlings up sharply with lower finishers. Prices stretch from medium to good steers 12.75 to 14.50, high choice yearlings up to 16.85, cows 11.25 to 13.50, hogs steady to top 14.40, sheep and lambs mixed with woolskin lambs 15.25 to 15.65 and ewe prices steady.
Combined hog receipts at 19 yards and 11 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 6 am Saturday totaled 34 200 head, up from 32 100 a week ago and 25 700 a year ago. Prices ranged with live weights from 160 to 450 pounds, with loads around 13 80 to 14 35 per cwt and sow grades steady to premium.
Austin Minnesota hog market reports show API good butchers with price ranges by weight. Prices list 170 to 500 pounds bands from about 12.95 to 13.95 dollars per hundredweight and include sow categories for 270 to 500 pounds.
The AP lists various price ranges for beef cuts and pork products from Mason Waterloo Ottumwa, showing prices around 12.40 to 14.25 per unit across different weights and pack types. The data includes multiple weight brackets and assorted price points, reflecting market quotes for meat products.
Receipts show butter at 539,834 lbs with steady market. eggs market firm with No. 1 at 38 1 4c and graded extras 38 4c. potatoes on track 15 and light arrivals with strong demand. California whites washed 4 74 per 160 lb sack and russets washed at 4 10. cheese quotes Twins 25 2c and single daisies noted.
Reports indicate ceiling prices struggle to curb costs for dressed poultry and dairy products. Wholesale and live poultry markets show swift movement as OPA base prices influence dealer markup.
Domestic wools for the week and wool sales are noted with bids on 27 000 pairs of socks for wet corps mentioned. The report references recent arrivals and new business tied to clothing wool and market activity in Boston and nearby markets.
Montevideo wools of five to three eighths grade quoted in bond grease price range of 41443. Chicago grain quotations supplied by Lamson Brothers and company. H R Mowrey, manager Cedar Rapids office 503 Merchants National Bank building. Montevideo wools repeated in text.
Prices across hog grades held firm on the Cedar Rapids market Saturday with top butchers at 14.26, Jong-haul 14.30, and packers 13.90. Cattle quotes show choice to prime steers at 15.00 to 16.00, good to choice 14. to 15.00, and common at 10.00 down. calf, sheep, and ewe ranges follow quality-based tiers.
A regional market listing covers grains, hay, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and livestock. Prices shown include oats No. 2 at 65 cents, wheat No. 1 at 1.20, rye No. 2 at 75 cents, soybeans 81.66, hay and straw priced per bale, poultry rates for broilers and hens, pigeons at $1.00 per dozen, bananas and citrus after wholesale, potatoes and apples with varied quotes, Texas grapefruit at 23.85 per box, and cured hides and calf prices.
In Chicago traders saw wheat rise briefly by as much as a cent on Southwest crop reports but most of the gains faded in later trading. Rye advanced early by up to two cents but eased. Wheat finished four and a half to four and a half cents higher with May at 1.4141 and July at 1.4341. Corn was unchanged near ceilings while oats fell and rye ticked up.
AP Chicago notes sample hard wheat at 1.03 dollars and Corn white at 66 cents. Oats No 2 mixed 67 cents, No 2 white 67 7 cents, No 1 special red 67 4 cents. Barley malting 9 16 dollars, hard 9 04 to 9 79 cents nominal, feed 85 to 88 cents, No 3 malting barley 1.07 dollars.
Daniel G Hickey appointed administrator for the estate of his wife Kathryn Hickey who died in Marion on April 18. Linn County files suit in district court against Worley Pollock and Mary Pollock to recover relief funds of 2345.47 dollars with interest.
In Washington AP reports the Works Progress Administration ends operations nationwide with only a slim rearguard remaining for cleanup. The agency’s remnants are disbanded across 14 states where it once had its strongest presence.
The national coal labor crisis failed to unsettle the market as leading issues advanced fractions to near two points, a top level for the year or longer. Trading slack most of the day but picked up in the final hour with around 600000 shares changing hands.
New York AP reports selected moderate and low priced rail bonds edged higher on Saturday with gains from small fractions to about a point. Heavy turnover appeared in some reorganization carrier issues, while prices held steady by the final hour.
Moscow reports a Soviet assault under air cover seized several defense points in the Caucasus bridgehead. Stormovik planes killed or wounded over 1,000 Axis soldiers and destroyed guns. A German broadcast noted a slight break in the German line as Soviet tanks attacked.armor units continued to push toward reinforcements from Crimea. On the Donets front Nazi riflemen who crossed the river faced extermination or retreat through icy water.
The Chicago Tribune accused Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information of running a propaganda agency focused on praising Washington to promote a fourth term. The piece responded to Davis who criticized a prior Tribune editorial as full of misinformation.
Weather slows start as three games produce 52 hits off 13 pitchers. Tommy Reis pitched the distance in Kansas City’s 7 3 win over St Paul, while Minneapolis beat Milwaukee 5 3. Crowds reached 6 617 in St Paul, 3 500 in Minneapolis, and 3 400 in Columbus on opening day.
Volunteer workers in Linn County operated 12 surgical dressings stations six in Cedar Rapids and six in other towns and produced 160200 dressings in April. The four month total reaches 398100 dressings while 731 volunteers logged 6501 hours folding dressings and making 81020 sponges and cotton pads for the army. Junior Red Cross in Cedar Rapids also made ash trays bookmarks bean bags portfolios and scrapbooks shipped to Schick General hospital Clinton.
Mary Martin died this morning at her Floral Park Long Island home after a long illness. She was 41, born Mary King in Harlan Iowa and a Drake University graduate. Survived by husband Whit ney Martin and three children Ralph Barbara and Mary. Funeral arrangements pending.
William J. Miller 59 proprietor of the Miller bakery on Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street SE died at 10 55 a m Saturday at his home 2412 B Avenue NE after a long illness He was born in Cedar Rapids Aug 10 1883 and lived here all his life He married Minnie Pauls on April 18 1903 Survived by wife son William A Miller Cedar Rapids grandson Peter Miller sister Mrs Emma Pisarik Cedar Rapids brother Frank Miller Cherryvale Kan and several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements are pending Friends may call at Brady mortuary Sunday
Mr and Mrs Harry Winn of Cedar Rapids learn of the death of their nephew Corp Charles M Messner 28 at Army hospital Fort Lewis Washington He had just returned from foreign duty and was to receive a lieutenant commission when stricken with scarlet fever Services were held Friday He attended Franklin high Cedar Rapids and graduated Woodrow Wilson High School and Long Beach Junior College in California He is survived by his parents a sister Mrs Phyllis Brinker Long Beach.
David Kallem Elfstrom died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday at 9 40 p m after a brief illness. Born December 1 1938 he was the son of Wendell O Elfstrom and Hilma Elfstrom. Surviving siblings include a brother Donal and mother, plus several aunts and uncles. Services by Rev Paul L Miller and Rev Elmer Valen of Norway Ia at Moen chapel 2 p m Monday. Friends may call at the chapel.
W. A. Romesburg, 54, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died of a heart attack Thursday evening in Mobile, Alabama. The body will be sent to Cedar Rapids for services and burial. His wife and a daughter reside at 423 Seventh Avenue Southwest. a son Robert is a staff sergeant in the Army Air Forces stationed at Newport, Arkansas.
Chicago manager Jimmy Dykes will accept a minute man flag at home plate indicating the White Sox are batting 100 percent in payroll savings for war bond purchases.
Local ads list coconut oil shampoo bargains at Owen's Cut Rate Drug and outside door for sale with glass. Speaking event features Capt. Garth Hunter on Sunday at Presbyterian church, topic Religion as I Have Found it in the Armed Forces. Social notes mention visits among Mrs. Ainley, George H. Fullerton, and family. Ann Schultz returns to St. Paul. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hogilund. Dietz family visit and travel plans noted with Tommy Thompson. Reading circle discusses Iowa history and southwestern Iowa at Mrs. Will Jordan's home.
Funeral services for Roy A Kellams were held in the Yocom chapel on Friday with Reverend Arthur W Henke and Reverend Vernon H Carter officiating. Burial followed in Cedar Memorial Park with pallbearers J B Emmons Eerl F Biggs L A Levasseur Owen Turner Howard Moothart and A A Hardin.
Reynolds Services for Harley Reynolds Jr died in Edgewood were conducted in the Yocum chapel Friday by Rev. Arthur W. Henke. Burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery with pallbearers Lee Shaffer Frank Stalnaker Claude Rion Earl Culbertson Merle Martin and Bert Schultz, all Edgewood residents.
James E. Clark reports son Donald D. Clark is in Africa while three other sons serve overseas Private Kenneth Clark in Alaska Private Robert Clark in Iceland and Pfc Vernon Clark in Ireland. Charles Clark remains in Marion and relatives visit across states and nations.
Washington reports Henry H Arnold describes how the troop carrier command airlifted tractors scrapers bulldozers rollers and graders to a mudbound Tunisian field. In four days the field expanded for B 17 bombers illustrating daring and determined airlift efforts.
In Paris occupied France German authorities allegedly position military targets near civilians. Georges Buisson and Marcel Poimbeuf, escaped union leaders now in England, describe a Paris school where children occupy the second floor while troops are billeted on the first and ammunition stored below. They blame this tactic for a panic at Longchamp during a Flying Fortress raid that killed and wounded French civilians amid a plan to strike a German anti aircraft battery.
New York City welterweight Ray Robinson announced his 134th win in 135 amateur and pro bouts after a first round knockout of Freddy Cabral of Cambridge at Boston Garden. Robinson battered Cabral with four lefts to the midsection, ending the 10 round match at 2:30 as 5,755 watched. Weighs 148 against Cabral's 151.
Private Gerald Thorington, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Thorington, has been moved from Camp Dodge to St. Petersburg Florida. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Barlow, who spent the winter in Marion with their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Rathje senior of Cedar Rapids, have returned home. Betty McBride Iowa State college senior spends weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Q O W McBride and will dine with Merle Murfield in Martelle.
A compact listing of morning and evening worship times at Marion churches including Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, American Family Week observances, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, Prairie Chapel with Sunday school timings and special events like Y P M S and Ep worth league.
Carnegie hero fund commission honors 17 individuals for acts of heroism. The Pittsburgh event includes tribute to Guy E. Quinn foreman of Morgantown who died trying to save 11 miners in Pursgrove West Virginia after a gas incident. Posthumous bronze medal and widow’s benefits awarded. Others honored for rescues in rivers, schools, and fires across the United States and Canada with bronze medals and varying stipends.
Police and postal inspectors found a nonex ploding scare bomb in mails addressed to Father Charles E. Coughlin in Royal Oak Michigan. The device contained a clock works ground glass powder and a nine page letter. Detective Captain Frank O Neill fired machine gun rounds into it and it was moved to a vacant lot behind the Newark post office for investigation.
University of Iowa ends Parker and Burkett could return to the Hawkeyes next season after three years of competition. Under Big Ten rules they are eligible this year. Parker serves in the Navy V-7 reserve and Burkett is an engineering student.
Out of town want ads require advance payment. Ads accepted by telephone mail or in person for same day paper with deadline 11 15 am. Saturday deadline 6 pm. The Gazette daily ad department opens 3 00 am and runs until near 5 00 pm weekends. Various listings include services rooms for rent and crafts with contact numbers and addresses.
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