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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1944
Page
7
Chicago livestock prices rose for good and choice hogs 180 to 200 pounds by 50 cents to 1 dollar as the government extended its support to those weights. Cattle and sheep showed uneven gains and losses with mixed activity across major hog and cattle markets in Chicago Sioux City and Omaha reports.
A dense Iowa Des Moines market note lists butcher prices and packing point quotes for pork and beef along with Chicago grain quotations. It includes wheat, oats, rye, and barley futures, cash provisions, and field seeds, citing AP data and Lamson Brothers with manager notes in Cedar Rapids.
Chicago produce data shows receipts in multiple lines for butter cheese and eggs with scattered prices and grades. New York and other markets list firm butter prices by score and grade with tubs and cartons, plus egg price ranges and wholesale notes. Poultry prices trend steady to higher for turkeys hens roosters and ducks while potatoes and miscellaneous stock show varied track sales and washed or unwashed conditions.
In Chicago buyers pressed grain futures as persistent liquidation driven by good growing weather and expectations of easing feed grain tightness pushed December wheat and rye to fresh seasonal lows. Oats and barley also slumped with May averages declining.
New York AP notes small demand kept stocks at selectively higher levels on Monday with many leaders struggling to attract bids. Turnover around 350000 shares marked one of the lightest full sessions since early September as fractional advances appeared near the close and a calm, cautious tone dominated trading across major issues.
Market listings show grain and livestock prices in Cedar Rapids including No 2 wet wheat No 2 yellow corn shelled straw hay and poultry prices. Fruits vegetables and other staples are listed with crate and box prices for celery lemons oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes apples potatoes hides and horse and kip values.
Fort Douglas Utah reports Maj. Gen. David McCoach Jr announced on Monday that the shell striking the Daylight Limited train near Santa Maria California likely came from a 105 mm howitzer on Camp Cook artillery range. Investigators found the shell hit a bank 74 feet from the tracks with fragments entering the train. The firing line was east to west and officials dismissed submarine theories.
Hog prices across grades in Cedar Rapids were steady Monday. Top butchers fetched 13.45 dollars, packers 10.60. Various weight classes show widespread pricing from 1.50 to 11.00 dollars, with cattle and sheep markets also listing mixed figures and ranges for steers cows and lambs.
May 15 to 20 pricing for Wisconsin cheddars and product lines appears alongside Mississippi River stage readings from Davenport and La Crosse. The data list price ranges for Twins or cheddars and describe river rise values at Portage Prairie Du Chien Dubuque and McGregor with numbers attached.
Frank M. Davis of Collins Radio demonstrated a new bomber radio transmitter to Rotary club members. The unit weighs 70 pounds and must endure drops, vibration, extreme temperature changes, and long salt spray exposure. Collins, founded by Arthur A. Collins in 1931, now operates about 20 Cedar Rapids branches and supplied equipment to 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 had often been on special train crews, was arrested May 6 in Philadelphia after reportedly saying a Tommy gun was ready to be used against the President. The charge carries up to five years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
Marion News notes Friday assembly honors 57 vocal music students with letters and chevrons, omits Richard Awbrey from science honorable mention. Local notices include teaching appointments, travel updates, family visits, and community events in Marion with multiple residents mentioned by name.
The Rev Arthur G Henke delivered the annual baccalaureate sermon to 60 high school seniors at the Methodist church on Sunday evening with the subject This Is The Life. Organists and pianists accompanied the service as the high school chorus sang. A city invasion day proclamation was issued by Mayor Mullin directing citizens to convene at churches at 8 pm if invasion begins before 5 pm. Local notices include club meetings, sales ads, and birth announcement. kindergarten enrollment scheduled for Irving building next Tuesday at 9:30 am.
Local social items list church groups, residents visiting relatives, and club meetings. Mrs. C E FitzSimmons receives a Mother's Day cablegram from England. Miss Lucy Groundwater funeral in Cedar Rapids. clubs including Tennyson, Martin's Creek, Presbyterian Ladies Aid and Missionary Society hold or plan meetings with various hosts and dates.
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