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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1943
Page
7
Chicago reports a quiet opening with hogs selling mostly between 14.25 and 14.65, top at 14.85 for a few 150 to 180 pound offerings. Sows ranged 14.35 to 14.60, while steers and yearlings saw modest declines and fat lambs softened about 25 cents from recent highs.
In Omaha market reports hogs and cattle receipts are listed with totals around 14 900 for hogs and 5 000 to 14 500 for cattle with calves and fat lambs. Prices show steady to slightly lower trends with steers stockers and feeders quoted near 12.50 to 14.25 and hogs around 13.85 to 14.25 for various weights.
Receipts total about 6 000 cattle and 4 000 sheep with all salable. Beef steer prices range from 14.25 to 16.25 with most 4 10s to 14.75. cows 11.25 to 13.50. cutters 8.50 to 10. Stockers and feeders show steady to weak demand. Sheep include Texas springers and wooled lambs with feeder flesh dominance. no early action reported.
Austin Minnesota hog market reports list API good butchers prices for hogs by weight. Price ranges appear for 160 to 500 pounds with several weight brackets and packing remarks.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8 a.m. Monday totaled 45,460, down from 40,400 a week ago and 35,000 a year ago. Hog prices ranged from 13.10 to 14.35 per hundredweight with weights from 160 to 550 pounds, market activity fairly steady though barely active.
Receipts total around 70 livestock with cattle and calves selling steady to mixed. Prime fat cattle and slaughter stock show slight gains, while heifers and bulls trend weaker. vealers firm near $18, and stock cattle hold around mid-teens. Lambs and sheep display mixed results with lambs near $16 and ewes around $8.
The Plymouth Wisconsin item lists grease wool prices for the week of May 3 to May 8. Reports show grease wool at 42 cents and 58 cents for different grades, with a very light shrinking wool pool noted.
Chicago produce and poultry receipts show no cars or trucks moved, market undanced. Prices: butter 649,909 lbs receipts with firm market. dairy and egg lines mixed. Texas sacks and unwashed seeds priced. Minnesota Bliss Triumphs and various commercial seed grades noted amid light supplies and steady demand.
Odd OCR reading notes poultry trade conditions with mentions of live birds, ceiling prices, and fees. Indicates market activity and price controls for live poultry in the area.
Special notes show butter receipts at 78 pounds and a steady market. Creamery prices hinge on grade scores with AA at 92 and A at 92, various percent commission levels. Egg receipts at 8 179 market firm with fancy to extra fancy and middle grades around 36 to 39 cents. White and brown egg specials listed, price tiers reflect pack and storage factors.
Hog prices across grades held firm on Monday in Cedar Rapids with top butcher hogs at 14.20, long haul no fill at 14.30, and packers at 13.90. Sheep and lamb listings appear jumbled in the text but indicate varied prices and quality listings for lambs and sheep.
Grain and agriculture items list prices for oats wheat rye and soybeans with various grades. Markets include hay straw poultry fruits vegetables and hides with figures for crates cwt and per dozen, plus miscellaneous livestock pricing and horse terms.
Grain futures led by rye rose on Monday with rye closing up 1 percent to 1 1/2 cents a bushel. Wheat gained about 1 percent, corn held steady, and oats firmed in late trading, remaining unchanged to up small amounts.
The Chicago market reports corn and wheat prices with bids for No 1 yellow at 1.07 and 2 1.06421.06 percent, No 3 and No 4 varying slightly. Oats show No 2 white and No 3 around mid sixty cents. malting and feed values listed with nominal figures.
American flyers bombed Japan's Aleutians base at Kiska 13 times Saturday, causing a heavy explosion at North Head, the harbor mouth, and setting several fires while damaging the airplane runway, the navy announced Monday.
The city council bans use of a land parcel on Twelfth avenue SE for storage near the Chicago and North Western tracks. It approves a city share payment of 1528.14 for viaduct repairs over the Milwaukee railroad on First Avenue E. Bids from five firms for city vehicle insurance were accepted and the winner will be named at Thursday’s meeting.
Stocks edged higher after a coal truce news lift, with modest gains across a broad list of issues as investors cashed in on the good news. Turnover reached about 2,000,000 shares, the best since April 9, while traders focused on low priced issues amid heavy activity.
The report notes selected rails and gratties leading gains during the final hour with fractions advancing to around a point. In contrast the main body of corporate loans shows smaller changes, mostly minor shifts in either direction.
The Office of War Information reported that Britain since 1940 requires canteens in large war plants to feed workers near facilities. Meals cost about 20 cents and are credited with morale support and lower absence, contrasting with 22,000 U.S. plants without feeding arrangements.
Special to The Gazette Columbus Junction Iowa Dewey Jones A 45 year old farmer died in a Muscatine hospital from injuries after being crushed between a tractor and a wagon on his southwest Columbus Junction farm. He is survived by his wife Mildred and two daughters Barbara and Marian his parents two sisters and two brothers. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Congregational Church.
The Treasury must raise thirteen billion dollars in the Second War Loan drive, a figure that amounts to only one sixth of the estimated cost of the war for the 1943 fiscal year.
A traveling board of naval line and medical officers will come to Cedar Rapids May 18 to examine 17 year old high school seniors and graduates. The event will be headquartered at the Elks club where preliminary exams will be given. Students should arrive by 10 AM if possible and bring high school certification that they are in the upper scholastic half. The program outlines 17 months of training with college courses, progressing from preparatory and preflight schools to naval air stations and advanced training, culminating in commissions and wings. The Cedar Rapids Elks committee led by Barn ey McPartland arranged the visit with Lieut. A. M. Fulton U. S. N. R. and local officials assisting.
Free cooking classes every Tuesday at 2 PM in the Glow room of the Iowa Illinois Gas Electric Co. Mrs Clarence F Dunn of 1244 B Ave NE is a patient at St Luke's hospital. Trowel chapter 49 Royal Arch Masons meet Tuesday at 7 30 PM at Masonic hall with refreshments afterward. The birthday party is postponed to May 18. R C Valentine has filed suit against Kenneth and Doris Wertz in district court for 418 plus interest on a note assigned by J B Arington. A federal tax lien for 21 22 plus 4 60 penalty covers employment tax from April to December 1942 against Helen Dinnie 307 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids. Delbert Smith 12 near Keystone fractured his right leg after being kicked by a cow and is at St Luke's in Cedar Rapids in good condition. Friday's Gazette misidentified Harry Brown as convicted of drunkenness with address 412 Seventh Ave SW. corrected to 610 First Ave NE. Alfred B McKibben of Sioux City, arrested on fraud charges, released on 200 bail after allegedly leaving Montrose Hotel without payment. First Lt George E Robertson, killed in China April 28, was nephew of Mrs H E Pfeiffer 1846 Third Ave SE. his father H J Robertson is in St Paul, mother in Pasadena, wife in Tallahassee.
Announcement reports cancellation of Prof. Gustav Bergman's Kelvin Society lecture at Coe College. The University of Iowa professor planned to speak Tuesday evening. the meeting is canceled and the lecture will be rescheduled for next fall.
Washington report quotes Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt stating about one third of aircraft workers are women and 70 to 80 percent of new hires in many plants are women. He projects at least half of aircraft workers will be women by year’s end.
Eugene Isham 70 former Linn County Home superintendent for 29 years died Saturday evening at his Marion area home after weeks of illness. Born in Waubeek he married Minnie Wager in 1898 and later Faye Boyer in 1929. He served the Linn County Home from 1908 to 1937 and is survived by four sisters and two brothers with several relatives in the region. Burial is planned at Jordan's Grove cemetery after services at the Jordan's Grove church.
Irene Jane Groh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Groh of Clinton wed Arthur Jacob Hutchins son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Hutchins of Marion in a candlelight ceremony at the bride’s home. Rev Robert J MacDanel officiated with Beverly Groh as maid of honor and Thomas D Ozburn Jr as best man. A reception for 40 guests followed at the Groh home. The couple will reside at 14118% Camanche avenue Clinton.
Mr and Mrs A A Bradley hosted a family dinner at 376 Ninth Street to honor their son Private Louis Bradley of Camp Claiborne Louisiana on his twenty first birthday April 28 Attending were Lloyd Bradley Erd Hoag Ora Warren Herbert Eveland family from Marion Rufus Baker and his sons Erwin and Gerald from Stanley Wisconsin and Donald Bradley and son Donald Jr from Cedar Rapids
A cablegram Sunday from Lieut. Robert A. Titus to Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Titus reports he arrived overseas safely and is well. He promises a letter to follow. Local social notices include visits, club meetings, and a baseball game at Springville.
Fire damaged roof with $10 damage covered by insurance. True Blue division of Methodist W.S.C.S will meet Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Mrs. A. A. Schenken's home with hostesses Mrs. James Benson and Mrs. A. E. Blinks assisting. P. A. Osborne visited his mother Mrs. M. C. Birchard in Kelog. Eye care ad offers I-Bath at 43c. Harley Berry and friends report at 452 Third Avenue. Westminster guild Presbyterian church annual mother and daughter banquet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. reservations via William Fowler. Jr. Hoffman, N. C. transfer note.
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, struck down municipal ordinances that imposed a license tax on selling religious literature, reversing a June ruling. Chief Justice Stone announced the opinion with Justices Reed Roberts Frankfurter and Jackson dissenting. The court also held 7-2 that a conscientious objector denied draft exemption must report for induction, with Justices Jackson and Reed dissenting.
Ben Sherman of Des Moines elected president of the Iowa council of B'nai B'rith at Roosevelt hotel convention. Herman Feldman of Ottumwa remains as general committeeman. Other officers include Harold Orren Muscatine, David Greenberg Waterloo, David Bernstein Cedar Rapids, and David Friedman Des Moines. Delegates from Ottumwa, Muscatine, Fort Dodge, Marshalltown, Mason City, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids attended.
R. C. Anderson, chief boatswain's mate and officer in charge of the Cedar Rapids navy recruiting office for nine months, is ordered to sea duty. He will depart Wednesday afternoon for Des Moines for transfer. His wife and son remain in Cedar Rapids at 115 Twenty-sixth Avenue SW. Since taking charge, about 1,000 men and women have enrolled in naval forces. He has 16 years service aboard the Kanawaha California Algorma and the destroyer.
J. H. Dittmar of Oelwein was elected commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars district at the annual meeting in Dubuque Sunday. He succeeds J. N. Lee of Decorah who served the last two years. Other officers named are Charlies Brejcha of Dubuque senior vice commander Leo Nugent of Dubuque junior vice commander Freds Oelwein chaplain and F. R. Eggert of Oelwein quartermaster.
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