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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1944

Page

8

Hog and cattle prices ease amid slow market in Chicago report

Chicago market shows hog trading slow with prices up 15 cents in certain classes. Cattle and sheep receipts fluctuate with mixed firmness. Omaha and Sioux City reports align with steady to higher hogs and steady beef cattle prices, while Iowa hogs run lighter but remain about steady. Market totals include 12,000 cattle, 18,000 hogs, 3,000 sheep in Chicago estimates.

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Stock Market Opens Higher Despite Broad Losses

Active trading drew around 600000 shares Tuesday with many leaders lagging. Gains were modest and uneven while declines remained widespread, led by certain traders as investors weighed mixed guidance and broad market softness.

Grains Recover In Late Trading

Chicago grain futures rebounded late Tuesday after early rye weakness from Winnipeg. Wheat and oats closed near unchanged to modest gains, rye up about 1 percent, barley flat to up 1 percent, with Chicago cash provisions showing steady prices for wheat and field seeds listed with typical per hundred weight ranges.

Chicago Winnipeg

Wisconsin Miscellany and Mississippi River Readings

The Plymouth Weymouth note lists May 15 20 items with prices like Twins or cheddars at 23 of cent. Mississippi River stages show tiny rises at Davenport La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque McGregor Gordons Ferry and Keokuk with spelling variances and incomplete data.

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Agricultural Price Report From Cedar Rapids Market Ledger

Cedar Rapids market notes show prices for grain oats white and yellow corn, No. 2 wheat at 1.40, hay and straw bale values, poultry items and eggs, wholesale fruits and vegetables with Florida celery, lemons, California oranges, and various regional produce. Livestock hides and horse prices listed. full details indicate market quotes and item descriptions for buyers.

New York

Prices Hold Steady On Cedar Rapids Hog Market

Hog prices across all grades stayed steady in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. Top prices reached 13.45 for butchers and 10.60 for packers, with varying quotes for hogs and cattle across weight ranges and classes.

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City Briefs and Local Meetings Highlight Week

Local groups announce meetings including Thirty-fourth division auxiliary at 1 30 p m in Glow room Gas company Crescent lodge A F and A M at 6 p m in Consistory building entered apprentice degree American Legion auxiliary hosts a card party Wednesday at 8 p m at the Coliseum Reservations listed D M Fellows 2 1017 Mrs Earl Dodge Goa Mrs George Thompson 205 A typographical error in Hladky ad corrected LAMBURGER 1 Ib 29c A Davenport district DDT office rep will visit Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce 10 a m to 5 p m Wednesday Ruth Purcell leaves Cedar Rapids for Lowry Field Cpl Purcell stationed at Denver Air WAC Johnson school holds last PTA meeting of season outdoor tree planting in honor of late Mrs Vogel Harley Cedar Rapids Chapter No 194 Order of Ahepa meets 8 p m Wednesday reports from convention delegates City Council reconvenes as board of review 2 30 p m Monday adjourns May 22 if no complaints Final adjournment date to be set Schedule shows Mrs L J Smith playground garden supervisor visits to recreation gardens this week at Fillmore Daniels Kenwood Cleveland Roosevelt Arthur and Tyler gardens Dates and times listed Mrs William Axling missionary to Japan to speak 7 30 p m Wednesday First Baptist church Gripsholm internment experience noted Harold J Chamberlin appointed Wisconsin Electric Power division supervisor and assistant secretary treasurer Sons and two children reside Milwaukee education at Iowa State College Leonard M Schoon mentioned as Collins Radiocommunications treasurer assistant.

Budget Preparation Highlighted at Canopus Club Luncheon

At Roosevelt hotel Tuesday noon Schoon answered questions on charging capital plant additions and depreciation, and the purposes of a budget. He noted Collins radio sets are widely used and sales volume had risen tenfold in a month versus the same period last year.

Mpany Canopus Club Roosevelt Hotel Schoon Collins

Blue Iowa Key State In Transportation Of Future

Lt. Gov. Robert D. Blue addressed Linn County Republican Women on future Iowa transport needs. He urged modern aviation, rail, and highway laws and warned against federal overreach in education. Blue called for state support for education and postwar rehabilitation while criticizing bureaucratic government control.

Iowa Linn County Republican Women's Club Robert D. Blue Montrose Blue National Youth Administration NYA Iowa Industrial Defense Council

Lodwick to Speak At Iowa Wesleyan Exercises May 29

Albert I. Lodwick of Lakeland Florida will address Iowa Wesleyan College commencement on Monday morning May 29. Lodwick recently toured war fronts and heads aviation schools in Florida. He is a former Iowa Wesleyan graduate who received an honorary doctorate in 1940 and helped bring the army air forces detachment to the college.

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Ashes and rubbish hauled and various services offered

Classified ad snippet lists ashes and rubbish hauling Dial numbers, sewer cleaning and plumbing by different names. Also mentions building rock for sale, fertilizer, and job seekers including a man with accounting experience and a bartender seeking work evenings.

Ronnie Ray Leeper Fritz Dial Reliable Man Fred Young

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