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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1942
Page
6
Chicago trading showed hogs mainly at 13.80 to 14.00 per 100 pounds with some top prices around 14.05. Cattle and sheep markets moved lower or steady in slow trading across Chicago Omaha Des Moines and Peoria regions.
Sioux City cattle receipts 3 760 calves 50, slaughter steers slow steady with mixed prices from 11.25 to 14.00 per cwt. Medium to good red steers and cows fill bids while stockers and canners vary. Hogs 5 200 with little activity early bids around 138. Sheep 3 800 with no early action and lambs expected at 12.75.
Market receipts totaled 992 053 pounds with light demand and mixed bids. Colored springs and broilers showed varied pricing. Plymouth Rock and White broilers quoted around 25 to 34 cents per pound. Idaho and Wisconsin shipments appeared light with unsettled current quotations. no early sales reported for Triumphs or Alabama bills.
Market report shows Bliss triumphs in sack shipments with 1100 lb consignments at $3.00. Butter receipts reach 1,049,782 with steady prices. cheese and eggs hold steady as dressed poultry remains firm across sectors.
Fragmentary entry from Lamon Sirow and Co lists butter storage standards and egg refrigerator standards with scattered figures for November and October. Lacks full context or verifiable dates.
Local hog prices eased by five cents across all grades on Wednesday. Detailed quotes show ranges for good hogs and packers by weight class, with top categories down from prior levels and lamb and ewe prices listed per quality grades.
A Cedar Rapids market list shows grain and produce prices including Wheat No 1 and No 2 at 94c and 89c, Oats 51c, Rye 60c, Corn yellow 66c, Soybeans 170 per bushel, and various straw, poultry, fruits, and vegetables with multiple items and price points such as Colorado celery 2.75, Lemons 87, Oranges 404, Lettuce 3.7, Potatoes 5.75, and Winesap apples 2.7. Also listed are hides, calf, horse, and pony prices and related market notes.
May 11 to 16 notes from Plymouth Wisconsin highlight cheese assortments and weekly markets. Boston wool market shows demand for fine territory wools at about 2.15 and 18 scoured basis with fleece prices for quarter-blood blends and bright lines.
Wall Street stock quotations and listings show a wide array of companies and prices, with industrials, rail, and utilities averages cited. The report includes names like Allied Chemical, Coca Cola, General Electric, and Ford, along with several banks and brokerages reflecting a busy trading day. A separate note mentions Alc Burnett commencement exercises at Burnett school auditorium with Dr. Ben Peterson as speaker and twenty-two seniors to receive diplomas.
New York bond prices eased toward the close as lower priced railroad issues set the pace. Soft stock prices weighed on bonds with 8s unable to drag industrials down. U S government bonds edged higher in over the counter trades amid mixed loan activity.
New York stocks slid in heavy trading on Wednesday with the sharpest reaction since the April forward run. Steel shares led declines while chemicals and several major names such as Bethlehem, General Steel Casting, Jones and Laughlin, Aviation, Boeing, United Gas and Electric, and Philco fell to new lows. Losses also appeared for Chrysler, United Aircraft, Dow Chemical, and Allied Chemical, signaling broad market weakness.
Chicago futures show a heavy tone with wheat down 7 to 11 cents, corn off 1 percent to 175, oats steady to down 3, rye down about 1.34, and soybeans off 1 percent. Winnipeg rye dips slightly while other futures hold, with diverse cash and board price listings across No. 1 and mixed grain categories.
William Kacena administrator of Jerry Severn estate seeks $120.97 refund from Iowa State Tax Commission after Jerry’s return to Cedar Rapids halted estate division. Kacena notes 5 percent of Severn’s share paid from Jan Severa’s estate as absent heir provision. Judge Thompson sets May 19 for a hearing. Walter Burton pleads not guilty to a statutory charge in district court.
Norfolk based report says an American merchant ship was torpedoed in African waters, 36 American crew members and an eight man Navy gun crew were rescued in Norfolk. Ten Africans aboard the vessel were killed. the ship did not sink after a nighttime April 3 attack despite a gaping hole.
Linn county Retail Food Dealers association schedules its regular meeting at Sokol hall Thursday at 7 p.m. Time moved up to 8 to allow attendance at the three county price ceiling conference in Memorial Coliseum. All Linn county grocers urged to attend.
Howard B Leinbaugh 52 veteran of 32 years in the railway mail service died suddenly at 4 am after a heart attack at his home 915 Tenth Street He had just completed a rail trip from Chicago to Marion three hours earlier Born December 2 1889 in Elwood he was clerk in charge of Milwaukee Road trains 107 and 108 at death Survived by wife Gail Elizabeth Savidge and his mother Mrs Eleanor Leinbaugh Funeral arrangements not listed
May meeting of Cub Scout Pack 48 at Legion hall features Richard Smith promoted into Scouting and a ceremony by Reuben Smith. Den 1 wins attendance prize as 15 dads attend. numerous cub awards and badges announced. Vacation Bible School set for May 25 to June 5 with 25 cent registration. Community church leaders support the program.
A meeting for women and girls interested in playing softball is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Marion Chamber of Commerce. June 10 is noted for a Chicago assignment with Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust.
A jumble of ads lists Fur coats cleaned and glazed with $100 insurance at Morris Pur Shop Granby, jewelry and watch repair at T A Lower and E A Kriz, feather mattresses from Griffith Feather Mattress Co, printing by Sands Printing Co, and various services from quilting to Avon products and bicycle innertubes. Multiple phone numbers and locations sprinkled through the clipping.
Classified list of home services including window washing, painting, papering, rug washing, junk hauling, yard work, and plumbing. multiple ads show prices, phone numbers, and addresses such as Dial 2-1754 1127 19th St SE and Trojan Rug Service Dial 32-0448.
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