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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
15
Chicago AP summarizes midweek livestock trading with hogs opening near steady then weakening to 10 cents lower. Cattle and lambs showed firm to strong demand and prices, with fed steers and yearlings steady to high. Early woolly lambs sold mainly from 15.60 to 16.15, aided by Lamson Brothers and Co. and Cedar Rapids office details.
Cattle and calves trade largely steady with fat cows and vealers firm near $15. Upper grades show strong demand for choice fed western lambs and mutton. Sheep and ewes remain active with high bids for wooled ewes and three lamb lots reaching top prices around $16.15.
Receipts at concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 39 400 for 24 hours ending Tuesday morning, up from 33 400 the prior week and 32 600 a year ago. Prices steady to slightly higher on some runs with a few declines noted. Heavies 300 to 450 pounds quoted around 13.80 to 16.96 per CWT with various ranges for different weight classes.
Cattle receipts 7500 to 7700 with steady to firm notes on fed steers bulls and vealers. Hogs show limited bids around 14.15 to 14.29 with weights 160 to 190 pounds. sheep receipts 7500 to 7900 with fat lambs not yet established and prices around 15.75 for good woolled lambs and ewes steady near current levels.
Report from Rioux City US Department of Agriculture shows hog receipts 6500 with bids mainly steady to strong for good and choice hogs and sows. Cattle receipts about 2000 with slaughter steers and yearlings slow. good and choice trade around 16 dollars. heifers steady to higher. feeders scarce. overall activity weak amid mixed truck arrivals.
Austin Minn AP reports live hog prices by weight class with ranges for good butcher hogs from 60 to 200 pounds and larger 330 to 490 pounds, listing several price points around 12.85 to 14.10 per hundredweight and noting sow prices near 12.55 to 13.90.
Prices for hogs at Towa show varying quotes with multiple figures listed including around 13.75 to 14.15 and several denoted cents. The fragmentary OCR text records bid and ask style entries with sporadic decimals and stray characters.
A Plymouth Wisconsin AP report notes weekly cheese sales May 10 to 15 include twins and cheddars at 23 cents or more per pound. Demand remains uneven with fluctuating prices and buyers cautious amid light agricultural activity.
Chicago market receipts and quotes for poultry dairy and produce show firm tones with unsettled prices on certain items. Butter cheese and eggs vary by grade with mixed colors and stock levels, while poultry and ducks move with small changes in wholesale figures.
Grain prices mix with oats soybeans and corn listed by grade. Livestock values show stray bale hay and poultry prices for broilers fowls and hens. Fruit and vegetable quotes include Florida and California produce with crate and box prices. Hides are quoted by grade as No 1 and No 2 cured.
Prices on prime hog grades slid five cents on the Cedar Rapids market Tuesday. Packers held steady. Top catcher price reached 14.00, long haul no fill 14.10, and packers 13.75.
In New York trading Tuesday light selling pushed stocks down fractions early, then bidding recovered to reduce losses or move issues into gains. Volume neared 2.6 million shares, modestly above the previous session, as prices at the close showed a broadly mixed to slightly positive tone.
Heavy selling near the close turns wheat from up to down as traders take profits. May futures end at about 1.432 dollars, July around 1.425, September near 1.427, corn steady, oats down up to 1.5 cents, rye off about 0.5 to 1 cent.
Wheat cash markets show no cash activity in Chicago while corn holds at $1.07 for No 2 and $1.06 for No 3 with a sample grade at $1.61. Oats No 4 white sits at 63.5 cents, barley ranges from malting $1.07 to feed at 85.5 cents and No 4 at 95 cents.
London up editors report a Halifax bomber crew survived a Cologne mission despite extensive damage. Propeller shot off, inverted flight, wings holed, astro dome gone, hydraulics failed, parachute trapped lights, rear gunner freed with an axe, and an 18 000 to 4 000 foot dive. Pilot Squadron Leader E. E. Gilmore of Toronto steered the plane home.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin protests that a skip-a-year tax bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee will inevitably drive up taxes. The debate centers on the proposed temporary suspension and its effects on state revenue and funding.
New York bond market shows speculative issues lower on Tuesday with some losses exceeding a point in late dealings. A few U S government issues rise slightly while selective low yield corporates hold steady as rails lag amid widespread weakness in several railroad issues including Frisco 4s and Southern Pacific 4 1/2s.
Washington AP reports that despite wartime appeals, the latest census figures show fewer women employed in civilian industries than in November 1942. The cross section survey puts November 1942 at 15,200,000 and April 1942 at the same level, with fluctuations explained by Christmas hiring and campaign drawbacks.
The Ivanhoe club marked its tenth anniversary with a breakfast in the Java room of the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids. Amy Schenken Roberts read poems from her federation poetry contest wins while Marian Hulin played piano and Elizabeth Klein sang. Emma Klein received a corsage for founding the club. Clara Fellows, after a fall, has been returned to Linn County home where she works as a baker.
Mrs Ralph J Williams chairs the Marion women salvage committee and announces the third collection of waste kitchen fats this week. Ward chairmen listed include Mrs A B Nollsch Mrs J W Bowdish Jr and Mrs William Evans for ward 1. Mrs Oscar French Mrs Otto Kieckhaefer and Mrs Erwin Lanning for ward 2. Mrs Margaret Leming and Mrs Ned Jones for ward 3. and Mrs A R McElwain and Mrs C J Kassler for ward 4.
The Marion Parent-Teacher Association will hold its final meeting of the season Thursday at 7 45 p m in the Lincoln Auditorium. Officers will be elected and installed. The program includes music by the school band reading demonstrations by first grade pupils, songs by the eighth grade girls octet, a shorthand and typing department demonstration, and an informal Q A session.
Charlotte Davis won first prize of $2 for the tag day fundraiser for the Iowa Children’s Home Society in Marion. She collected $12.36 total. Barbara Miller earned $8.84 and second prize of $1.50, while Joseph Jellison had $8.66 and third prize of $1. Passes to the movies were given to other workers. Miss Emma R. was in charge of the sale.
Devere Fehr of the San Diego naval air base phoned his mother Sunday to report a promotion to aviation chief metalsmith, marking a notable advancement in his naval career.
Marion residents who need police service at night are asked to call 200. If there is no answer they should dial 47.
Mr and Mrs J A Snyder have purchased the Philip Kuhn residence located at 1105 Fourth Street and moved there from a farm south of Marion.
Allen R. McElwain an air raid warden announced that Marion will use two electric sirens to sound all future blackout warnings.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Trimble of 708 Fourth avenue will celebrate their golden wedding Friday with open house at their home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Various club meetings and social visits follow in Cedar Rapids area events.
Local notes record Earl Fulton son of Mr and Mrs Charles Fulton of Springville formerly of Marion promoted to corporal at Camp McCain Miss Also listed are ads and social notices including visits at Mercy hospital and Fort Benning transfers and weekend guests with relatives in Marion and Shannon Ill.
Washington AP reporting chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production board urged regular full-time work in essential war plants over the Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends. He said observances should be held on Sunday where feasible.
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a $13,056 verdict for George L. Bachelder and his wife in a Cedar Rapids area crash on October 18, 1940. The decision confirmed the inadmissibility of confidential statements to Highway Patrolmen but allowed admissibility of the patrol officers observations at the accident scene.
Donald Peck and Estelle Whitacre of 110 First Street SW pleaded guilty to a theft involving $38 and were sentenced to a year in Linn County jail. The court noted the plea in the record and postponed further reductions.
Larceny charges filed in J G K Thompson court relate to theft of a billfold containing 38 from Edwin Blaha at Windsor hotel. Detectives say the billfold was taken from a locker after wire aided jimmying. McCormac dismissed without prejudice the case against E B Lauer in district court after seeking judgment on four promissory notes. Warren Smith and Kenneth H O Deen, both 23 and 24, face assault and battery charges and were arrested by Deputy Sheriff P J Whittemore. arraignment set for Wednesday. Eldon R Powell, 31, Portland Ore, serving 30 days for larceny in Linn county jail, is sought by federal authorities in Washington for Mann act violation.
Pennsylvania Central Airlines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board to run a trans Atlantic route using floating airdromes. Three mile long floating fields would cost about 10 million dollars each and sit on underwater floats 160 feet below the surface to avoid wave motion.
Partial classified page items list want ads for various jobs and services. Entries mention workers and clerks sought, drivers, barbers, maids, and house helpers with sample lines and contact notes. The page also includes lost and found fragments and ad rate notes.
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