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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1944
Page
1
Chicago AP dispatch shows Tuesday livestock receipts pegged at 8,000 hogs and 14,000 cattle, with hogs at 180-200 pounds up 50 cents to $1 due to extended government support. Steers and yearlings sold strong, lambs unevenly lower, prices for good and choice beef steady to higher, and receipts indicated market dull with uneven bidding.
Receipts show 6400 cattle with steers steady to strong and heifers firm. Prices range from about 9.25 to 15.00 for medium to good quality, with choice heavy steers around 13.50 to 15.00 and stockers in the 12.50 to 13.50 range. Sheep receipts 1200, mostly fed lambs with no early action reported.
Cattle and hogs sold with 9,000 cattle and 9,500 sheep receipts. Hogs steady to weak with mix of weights yielding around 10.0 to 13.5 dollars for various cuts. Calves and stockers show modest strength, while sheep and lambs open active but slightly softer by the day. California new crop feeding lambs steady at 12.50.
Report shows Des Moines area prices and weights for packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota over 48 hours ending 8 am. Includes figures for good and choice barrows, sows and gifts across weight ranges from 180 to 550 pounds with per hundredweight and total prices. notes comparisons to previous week and general market tone.
Fragmented OCR text shows packing point selections across Waterloo Ottumwa and Austin with figures 1200 10 and 10.40 percent. No coherent events or dates are clear from the readable lines.
The Chicago market reports receipts for butter at 12.981 tubs with various quality grades and a standard 9 percent scoring. eggs receipts total 33.545 cases with mentions of stea specials and daisies. poultry steady with turkeys hens broilers roosters and ducks listed with prices. Arrivals on track show 295 total shipments 682 and a note on condition ranges and minimum sizes for some items including longhorns and unwashed eggs.
The notice outlines bulk butter caps in York Creamery and other brands with price scores, and reports average receipts and wholesale limits for eggs, fowls, hens, ducks, and other poultry items. It lists various weights, prices, and categories, including no quota on eggs and specific wholesale figures for items like capons and pigeons.
Chicago traders report persistent liquidation of wheat and rye fueled by favorable growing weather and belief the tight feed grain situation will ease in months. May wheat, oats and barley futures slide to new lows as selling continues.
Active wheat futures slipped about one percent with July at 1.65. Oats fell around one percent with July at 77. Barley declined about 1.4 percent to 1.21 in July. Rye eased roughly 0.4 percent with May at 1.22.
Market notes list seed figures for Timothy and Red Clover with prices per hundred pounds and lower grade Rye No 2 at 1.23 dollars. The brief mention includes additional figures like Red Top and Sweet varieties, reflecting commodity pricing for agricultural suppliers.
New York reports a subdued stock market as modest investment demand sustains slight gains. About 350000 shares changed hands, one of the lightest full-session volumes since early September, with fractional advances dominating near the close.
A pasted table of quotations shows prices for steel makers like Bethlehem Steel and National Distillers, auto firms like Chrysler and Ford, aerospace and rail names such as Lockheed and Northern Pacific, along with utilities and consumer goods firms. Values range from single to mid-teens percent and fractions, reflecting market movement in multiple sectors.
Prices on all hog grades stayed steady at the Cedar hog market Monday with top butcher prices at 13.35 and packer bids at 10.60. Call 9158 before delivering hogs. Also notes good to choice native lambs and fell shorn lambs, with pairings listed at 15.06 and 12.
Scattered buying among selected rails lent a steady tone to the market as prices held near previous levels into the final hour. Investors lacked broad stimulus and there were dribs of liquidation across security markets.
A garbled page item shows Cedar Rapids pricing notes with references to naval oranges at 5.75 and tuce at 6.99, plus various coded lines such as No 1 eyes and No 2 eyes. The text is incomplete and nonsensical, containing stray numbers and inconsistent product terms.
Fort Douglas Utah INS reports the shell that hit the Los Angeles to San Francisco Daylight Limited near Santa Maria California on Friday likely came from a 105 mm howitzer fired at Camp Cook artillery range. Maj. Gen. David McCoach Jr commanding general Ninth Army said the Eleventh Division artillery units were on the range when the train was shelled.
Frank M. Davis of Collins Radio demonstrated a new military radio transmitter to Rotary Club members. Weighing 70 pounds, it must survive 33 drops from varied heights, withstand heavy vibration, and endure rapid temperature shifts. Tests include 200 hours of salt spray. Collins, founded by Arthur A. Collins in 1931, now runs about 20 Cedar Rapids branches and its gear equipped Byrd’s Antarctic expedition.
A federal grand jury indicted Harold R. Mason, 37, a railroad passenger conductor, on a charge of threatening President Roosevelt. Prosecutor Sylvan Schwartz said Mason, who often served on Roosevelt’s special trains, was heard declaring that he and 19 others have a tommy gun ready to attack the President. The charge carries up to five years in prison and a $1000 fine.
The Rev Arthur G Henke gave the annual baccalaureate sermon to 60 high school seniors Sunday evening at the Methodist church. His subject This Is The Life urged quality in living and cited Jesus as the example. Prelude by Mrs Willys O Hulin and Kathryn Kassler preceded the service.
Mayor John C Mullin issues a proclamation directing citizens to attend church services at 8 p m on invasion day if the invasion occurs before 5 p m If it happens after 5 p m meetings move to the next evening at 8 p m The Ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Lutheran church will meet Thursday at 2 p m with Mrs Harvey Montgomery 560 Thirteenth Street Mrs William Luede mar assists hostesses and officers will be elected Local notices report various community events including a prewar baby buggy sale and a fire call to Federal Hybrid company near Marion with a tractor blaze. and an upcoming class enrollment at Mercy hospitals building.
At Marion High School Friday 57 vocal music department members received awards and honorable mention for science work omitting one senior Richard Awbrey. Local ads note Oxydol sales and travel, while residents share visits from Miss Margery Lary and others. Family gatherings, naval service updates, and alumni earnings and health improvements fill a page of social notices.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid and Missionary society meets Thursday at 2 30 with Mrs Lee Voorhies. The second and third divisions lead the program. Mrs C E FitzSimmons received a Mother's Day cablegram from her son Lt Lyle FitzSimmons in England. Mrs A J Elder of Savanna former Marion resident visits J L Roberts home. Mrs Frank B Travis, living with her mother in Cedar Rapids, left for Copperas Cove Texas to join a deployed spouse. The Martin's Creek Community club meets Friday at 2 p m with Mrs Clinton Berry. Mrs Carl J Kassler travels to Chicago for the funeral of her aunt Miss Lucy Groundwater. The Tennyson club hosts Founders Day luncheon Tuesday at 1 p m at Emma Klein's home. Mr and Mrs J R Cruzan host dinner Sunday for Mrs Cruzan's brother Pfc Giles J Quinn of Camp Sutton NC with Mr and Mrs P J Quinn and Marjorie Breneman of Parnell as guests. Honoring the birthday of Mrs B Leasure of Blair's Ferry Ern tns M l at ian renneman, Mrs Neal Miller and Mrs Alfred Bensch surprise her with a party. Refreshments with two decorated cakes served to 14.
Mixed notices list a lost dog, a lost gold locket reward, and a dense array of local shop ads. Jewelry stores, nursing home, sewing machines, and a rummage sale are announced with contact details and locations across Main Street and nearby streets.
A chaotic classified page lists beauty salon references and services in Paris with unrelated ads. It includes hair care, furnace service, lawn mowers, sodding, fertilizer, coal storage, clothing cleaning, blinds, plumbing, hauling, tree trimming, sewers, and help wanted notes. Names and phone numbers are interspersed with fragmented phrases.
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