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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1944
Page
19
Chicago and Sioux City livestock notes show hogs and cattle active with mixed price moves. Hogs mostly steady to higher on various weight classes, cattle firm to higher on select grades, sheep varied with steady demand. Iowa figures reflect slower tone with lighter demand and mixed weights.
Daily market notes list poultry receipts and prices for hens and leghorns, butter, eggs, and potatoes. New York and Chicago markets show firm to unsettled trends with varied grades and pack sizes, including turkey, geese, ducks, and fresh stock values across several regions.
Cedar Rapids hog market Tuesday shows prime hog prices under 270 steady while other grades fall 10 cents. Top prices reached 13.45 for butchers and 10.80 for packers with varying weights listed. cattle and lamb markets also noted with mixed pricing and weight bands.
Cedar Rapids daily market ledger lists grain bids for oats wheat and rye with multiple No 2 and current receipts prices. Soybeans hay straw and poultry values follow, alongside eggs fruits vegetables potatoes hides and leather products with varied grade prices and crate or cwt units. Some entries include cattle hides and horse estimates with limited detail due to OCR corruption.
In Chicago striking the market, rye prices eased on light sales while other grains slipped slightly amid rye pressure. Wheat finished mostly unchanged to down about 34 cents, oats up to 4 lower, May rye futures down 5 to 15 cents, and barley mixed. Cash wheat and barley markets noted nominal values with field seeds and clover figures listed for per 100 pounds.
A brief May 8 to May 13 report lists cheese and milk price indices for Wisconsin towns and nearby states. Prices show minor changes with several locations recording small rises while others hold steady. Key points include gains in La Crosse Prairie du Chien and Davenport areas, with overall activity modest.
Five young women filed initial enlistment papers for Waves as the Cedar Rapids Wave office opened at 208 Third Avenue SE. Ensign Ethel Vessey said one will travel to Mt. Vernon for a pre enlistment physical, the others later in the week. Office hours are 10 AM to 8 PM, with staff interviewing applicants for officer or enlisted status in the WAVES during May.
Two metal dog tags bearing the name William D. Wiley and address 524 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids were found in Cedar Rapids and turned in to Linn County Red Cross headquarters in the Granby building. Red Cross workers asked anyone with information about the service member to call the Red Cross office or inform Wiley that he may call for them.
New York traders showed conservative demand as prices drifted on an irregular path. Near closing values were unclear in most groups with around 600 000 shares changing hands, while a few favorites drew modest gains at year to date peaks.
The Omaha hog marketing committee issued a bulletin asking shippers to limit consignments to the South Omaha markets. Receipts this morning totaled 10,000 hogs, despite a request to limit to 5,000. A carryover from Monday is listed at 12,700 with an expected carryover around 6,700.
London AP reports Britain lowers the eligible overseas service age to 18 years six months from 19 to add manpower for an attack. The change expands the pool of eligible troops for deployment abroad.
A joking boast from a9 PR 1948 by AEA Service Inc remarks on a toy filled room as a humorous challenge. The line plays on difficulty comparing an obstacle course to navigating a dark room with children's toys.
Cedar Rapids WAC mothers are asked to meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Montrose hotel state suite mezzanine. Lt Candace A Carman announces plans to form a Cedar Rapids WAC Mothers club and select a sponsor project. All Cedar Rapids women with a daughter in the WAC are urged to attend.
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