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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
2
Chicago market notes a top price of $14 for hogs, up 5 cents from the session and the highest since April. Most swine sold from $14 to $14.25 with a salable run around 10,000 head, cows and bulls rising 10 to 15 cents on strong demand. Bulls firmed to $16, opening lamb trade slow with bids near $14.50 and shorn lambs at $14.60 plus.
Chicago reports show sheep receipts 3 000 with total 4 500. lambs slow and bids around 14 50 for good shorn with no 2 pelts steady. Cattle scarce with calves 1 000 and medium steers active and steady near 13 25. cows and fat cows steady to firm with varied quotes. stock cattle slow as supply remains small.
An AP report from Austin lists butcher prices for a range of weights from 140 to 500 pounds. Figures include 150-160 Ibs at $12.45, 160-170 Ibs at $12.75, and 360-400 Ibs at $13.25, with multiple rounded totals and notes on miscellaneous weights.
Sioux City AP reports United States Department of Agriculture cattle receipts about 4 400 with calves salable 50. Beef steers and yearlings steady while mature steers weak and cows up 25 cents. Feeder stockers small, bulk medium and fed steers near 11 50 to 13 dollars with good and choice steers above 13 50. For hogs, receipts 4 000 mostly higher with good and choice 190 to 360 pound hogs 14 10 to 14 25, top 14 25. Lambs and pelts noted with No 2 pelts over 14 25.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 am Thursday in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota show 31 300 head, down from last week and year ago. Prices mostly steady to higher with heavy loads and good to choice quality across weight ranges from 160 to 500 lbs, with sows quoted in the 13 30 to 13 85 range depending on weight.
U S Department of Agriculture receipts show cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep auctioned with variable demand. Prices for hogs top around 14.15 per cwt, sows near 13.85, and barrows about 14.07. cattle trade steady to active with heavies around 11.25 and bulls near 12.50. fat lambs and muttons steady with fed lambs around 15.25 and ewes around 13.00.
Iowa Iron and Coal Co offers cash for scrap iron automobile bodies fenders barbed wire scrap metal newspapers magazines rags and similar items. The program promotes converting unused material into cash while supporting government defense efforts. Address: 110 B Ave NE.
Lamson Brothers and Company furnish grain quotations. Phone line listed as 2 3141. H R Mowrey serves as manager from the Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Sale includes steer lots around 270 pounds and 16.6 head with good sows. Heifers and calves listed with steers at 13 dollars per ton, vealer tops. Sheep sale notes include 50 spring lambs medium to good quality at 14.40.
Local hog market stable with listings for genuine spring lambs and various sheep and lamb categories. Prices shown: choice lambs 65 Ibs at 13.50 to 14.50, medium to good 65-90 Ibs 12.50 to 13.50, pair 65-90 Ibs 12.50 to 13.00. Bucks and ewes priced by weight and quality, with ranges from about 4.00 to 6.00 for ewes and 11.50 to 12.50 for certain lambs.
Grain prices for wheat oat corn and soybeans varied with No 2 or No 3 grades and new crop rates. Livestock and poultry values appeared for broilers hens and pigeons with assorted weights and quality notes. Fresh vegetables and fruits including onions cabbage tomatoes apples and potatoes were listed with regional pricing and market shorthand.
Receipts show 35 trucks of heavy hens at 20 cents and small hens at 2 1 2 cents. Leghorn hens 19 cents, Plymouth Rock and White Rock broilers 2 3 4 to 2 3 4 cents per pound. eggs receipts 39 431 cases with firm market and various grades. cheese Twins 31 cents. market figures include price ranges for brokers and storage extras.
Receipts show 20.507 firm mixed colors fancy to extra fancy 32 et34c with eraded firsts 30 percent yc. Butter receipts 956.733 steady creamery higher than 92 i andium marks 37 to 438 c. Cheese receipts 149.522 steady with prices. Dressed poultry steady with chickens and fowls varying from 20c to 33c and broilers 24 to 33c.
In a peacetime driven rally new highs were reached by Chrysler Goodyear and Goodrich along with United States Rubber and Montgomery Ward as investors buoyed by Russia victory claims and Washington optimism. Motors rubbers mail orders and blue chips led while rails oils and many aircrafts stayed flat.
A rundown of daily stock quotes lists numerous companies across industries with prices and terms. Notable entries include Adams Express Allied Stores Lockheed Martin Maytag and Boeing with varied bid asks and percentage changes.
Grain and soybean futures weakened on Thursday with wheat off 1 to 1 percent, corn down 1 to 1 percent, oats and rye slipping slightly, and soybeans down about 2 percent. May lard offered 8 cents under Wednesday’s close while other U S markets varied. Rye futures slipped fractionally at Winnipeg as other grains finished near steady.
A fragmented Chicago price list shows various commodity quotes and grades. Items include dark northern flour, maltine, barley and feed products with multiple grade numbers and per unit prices, plus nominal values and bone/bel lines. The OCR yields scattered figures such as 1.20, 83c, 53%c, 49s, and 15.75, indicating a historical market sheet with diverse goods.
New York bond review reports mild pressure in the market with several issues slipping fractions to a point or more. International Telephone 5s climbed to a 1942 high near seven dollars as Santa Fe and Consolidated Oil notes moved on downturns, while U S government bonds remained quiet and steady.
Storage standards for November are listed at 38.25 for butter and refrigerator eggs at 60 with October figures noted. the text shows terse commodity price references and scattered market abbreviations.
The War Labor Board seeks impartial patriotic citizens to settle labor disputes on the spot. Volunteers will receive 22.5 dollars per day plus 5 dollars for subsistence. about 1,000 letters were sent to representatives, with Office of Emergency Management assisting.
Washington Ray Douglas Page 81 longtime fire department leader dies from stroke. Delta Lavona Evans 89, brother Charlies Hasty survivor. What Cheer T J Lortscher 90 former resident dies in Belle Plaine. Vinton Rev James Delay conducts funeral for Myrtle Kirk 61 at Evergreen cemetery.
War Production board ruled on Thursday that any woman who stands tall is exempt from skirt length restrictions. The decision aims to ease uniform constraints while maintaining safety and appearance standards across wartime industries.
Police linked Welsh to the weapon used in the March 9 1941 murder by three fingerprint sets from a bedroom window. Joseph Alport a second hand shop owner testified Welsh bought a 20 cent butcher knife and asked for sharpening after declining a $1 50 knife, then sharpened it himself.
TOPEKA Kansas United Press says the Kansas legislative council condemned proposed midwest and southwest gasoline rationing as nonsensical unjustified and based on jealousy of eastern states. Senator Rolla W Coleman questioned the motive arguing the East feels if it is rationed the West should be too.
Cedar Rapids realtor Henry Ely told Waltonian club members that passing the Cedar Rapids airport bond issue will be another milestone in the city’s growth. He cited past progress such as the commission form of government, island buildings, zoning, and hiring a city arborist as key milestones aided by the Chamber of Commerce.
The Duke of Bedford praised Adolf Hitler's regime during a Lords debate on postwar policy and Germany after the war. He defended a German aid speech by Herbert Morrison and argued Hitler’s ruthlessness stemmed from watching German children starve under blockade.
New York based civilian defense chief James M. Landis said the government will distribute free gas masks to arms centers at the end of May. Production targets 2.5 million masks monthly with first issue to police, firemen, and air raid wardens.
Paul L. Lewis, 20, filed a petition Thursday seeking an annulment of his allegedly child marriage. He said he learned a few days later his wife was only 14, and she returned to her parents’ home with the couple not living together since.
In Butte Montana Senator Wheeler a Democrat is ranked No 1 on the draft board list of men aged 45 to 64 registered with Silver Bow county draft board No 2. His card was the first entered on the register.
Mrs Mary I McBroom wife of Frank McBroom died at her Shellsburg home at 9 30 p m after a long illness She was born February 24 1871 in Shellsburg daughter of Isaac and Lucy Newton She married January 8 1891 in Shellsburg She leaves her husband a daughter Mrs son Tom McBroom a sister Mrs Dena Fish two brothers Eph and Charles Newton 13 grandchildren eight great grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending Friends may call at DeFoe funeral home.
Mrs Nellie Lauber wife of Henry Lauber of 1341 Fourth Street NW Cedar Rapids died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 1 55 am after a long illness Born January 26 1880 at Independence she resided in Cedar Rapids 20 years coming from Oelwein She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Gladys E Bencke and Gertrude Lauber both of Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Florence Olson Mrs Hattie McCormmick of Oelwein and Mrs Alice Addis of Rio Vista California Funeral services will be held at the Moon chapel at 2 pm Sunday Friends may call at the chapel
Gov. George A. Wilson urged Iowans to honor today’s service members and their fallen comrades on Memorial Day May 30. He urged flag display and to recall acts of valor and devotion to country and flag.
ALBURNETT A union Desoration day service will be held in the school auditorium Sunday at 11 a.m. The Rev H F Kirchner pastor of the Lafayette Evangelical church will preach the sermon.
A lay ad is printed and delivered over 315000 times for as little as $1.96 and rises to 446 day. Prices vary with consecutive days and line counts. Ads accepted until 6 p.m. Saturday. Dial 2-1121 for a trained want ad taker to help word your ad.
Cedar Rapids navy recruiter M C Madson announced four men enlist in the naval reserve on Thursday. They are Lawrence C. Swore of 1002 Second Street SW, James L. Cook of Mechanicsville, Joseph M. Tordik of Marion, and Richard D. Arp of Marion.
Eddie Owcar of the University of Alabama has recorded six no hit no run games since starting baseball in 1937. His latest feat came in a victory over Mississippi.
Classified notices show multiple help wanted pleas including auto wrecker sales driver porter and farm work. Boxes provided for responses, with pay ranges from 40 per week to over 5000 yearly, and references or residency requirements requested.
Fragmented text shows a job ad for a female helper with unclear details. Mentions apply in person at a listed address and references public safety items. Content is garbled and lists no clear employer or dates.
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