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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1943
Page
6
Hog prices slipped 10 to 15 cents from Monday with heavier receipts, top at $14.40 per hundredweight, down from $14.60 last Friday. Fed steers and yearlings largely steady to weak, with Choice steers at $17.59. cows steady, bulls up to 15, lambs slow but near steady, wooled lambs above $16.15.
Hogs receipts 16,000 to total 26,000 shipped. hogs generally 10-15 cents lower than Friday, top at 14.40, 180-330 lb range 14.25-14.40, 150-180 lb 13.50-14.25. Cattle salable 15,900. calves 700. fed steers and yearlings 0.25 down, strongest on eastern buyer accounts, top 17.35 at 1,293 lbs. heifers 13.75-15.75. cows steady, bulls up 0.15. vealers 15.50-16.50. Sheep 7,000. fat lambs slow, early sales near steady, good wooled lambs to packers 15.75, No 1 skin lambs 15.09, choicest wooled lambs above 16.15, ewes 8.00-8.25.
US Department of Agriculture reports Sioux City hog receipts 6000, cattle 8200, with hogs mostly 15 to 20 cents lower than Friday and tops around 14.10 to 14.15 for several weights. Cattle show slow demand with steers and yearlings largely bid lower, fat cattle weak, and heifers and cows trading in the mid-teens. Sheep receipts 3000, few early bids with mixed balance and no early action.
Market listings show Mina and Pi-Good butchers with hogs and sows around 13.45 to 14.15 per cwt across weight ranges. In Omaha, hog receipts 2,000 with prices mostly 14.10 to 14.25 for 160-180 lb hogs, cattle about steady to weak with fed steers 16.25, vealers up to 15.50, and sheep trading weak to steady with lambs around 15.50 to 15.65 and ewes higher.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ended 8 am Monday totaled 43,199 head, up from 35,700 a week earlier and down from 53,290 a year ago, with prices varying by weight and grade and generally lower than last Tuesday.
Chicago reports no car movement for poultry with three trucks idle and market unchanged. Hens and turkeys show various price points, with ducks and young tom turkeys under 18 pounds at 35 cents to 37 cents, and long whites in California steady despite tight supply. Butter receipts and pricing follow quoted Chicago price current levels with creamery grades and demand balancing output.
New York market reports two day receipts totaling 1 674 988 with irregular figures and mixed butter grades. Maximum OPA prices for bulk butter in cartons delivered to New York Creamery show higher than 372 score with AA and Sins: 92 score A and B 4 percent. reports on dressed poultry and live poultry wholesale prices note little supply and few offerings at market.
Lamson Brothers furnishes grain quotations with H R Mowrey listed as manager of the Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building. Contact via phone 2 3141 for details on prices and market activity.
Prices on all hog grades fell five cents at the Cedar Rapids market. Top hog prices were 14.10 for butchers, 14.20 for long haul no-fill, and 13.85 for packers. A range of weights and grades followed with several quotes and notes on calves and cattle market levels.
Market notes list oats wheat rye and flour commodities with prices per bushel or cwt. Soybeans hay straw poultry and eggs show current receipts and per unit values. Fruit vegetables and hides are given with crate and per unit figures. stock men see prices for hides calfs horses kips and ponies.
In Chicago, rye featured grain trading on Monday with gains of about a cent at times, marking best levels in about two months amid heavy turnover. Profit-taking trimmed some early gains while wheat finished mixed, and corn and oats showed modest moves alongside rye.
Chicago market notes show wheat No 2 dark northern at 1 45 per bushel corn No 2 yellow at 1 07 barley malting 90 to 91 cents feed 78 to 83 cents oats No 1 mixed 65 to 66 cents No 2 white 67 cents. Prices indicate nominal values with listed grades for wheat corn barley and oats.
The Cedar Rapids real estate board voted to keep its name, discarding the planned change to Cedar Rapids board of realtors. The group found the national association rules would burden members, as the local board already holds a single firm membership, avoiding individual firm memberships. Executive secretary A L Taylor was ill and could not attend the luncheon program.
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard on Monday sentenced Theodore Donay to six years and six months in prison for concealing knowledge of Max Stephan's treasonous activities. Donay, a former Detroit importer and former German army corporal, also was fined 1000 dollars.
New York AP reports a dull Monday in the stock market with shares moving within a tight range. Volume was light with transfers around 750000 shares as traders waited for clearer cues.
Mon day’s quotations column notes rates and financial figures as published by J. Be Bennett & Co. with W. 2 Jump as manager and the 403-4 Merchants National Bank Guiding contact listed for inquiries and updates.
New York bond market opened with a mild rally attempt but drifted irregularly lower through Monday. In late trading most reorganization rails remained under water with only fractional declines, while the broader corporate list held near Saturday prices.
Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh announced Cedar Rapids city market will open Thursday morning with early garden trucks including onions radishes and lettuce plus plants. The markets will operate Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays all summer.
London dispatch reports the French national committee confirming a central authority of anti Axis French forces is forming. General Charles de Gaulle is expected to depart for Algiers this week to confer with General Henri Giraud on unity and leadership against the Axis.
House and senate tax conferees remained stalemated on pay as you go legislation after a brief Monday session. They agreed to meet again on Tuesday with no explanation given for the short gathering.
Waterloo pastor Rev Charles F Jacobs urged Rotary Club to seek strength in Pilgrims and forebears faith and wisdom. He cited the nation’s history as guide amid uncertainty and compared it to current times. Jacobs is pastor of the First Congregational Church of Waterloo and brother of Cedar Rapids pastor Rev William A Jacobs.
Five major railroad lines have issued embargoes against shipments beyond St Louis due to flood disruptions, said Harry F Sundberg Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic manager. Embargoes mean lines may refuse freight for beyond St Louis temporarily, Sundberg noted. Arkansas flood area embargoes have been lifted, he added.
Linn county war price and rationing board has received more than half of the war ration book No 1 copies with canning sugar applications. After the OPA authorized 10 pounds per person direct from retailers using stamps 15 and 16, many applications are already in transit or filed. Processing will take over three days, and eligible residents may obtain up to 15 pounds via the board or 10 pounds directly from retailers. Those first to the board may receive sugar after books return, while early stamp users can later apply for the 15 pound ration.
Judge G K Thompson ruled Mt Vernon Bank and Lisbon Bank liable as a single unit under Iowa unemployment compensation law. The banks sought an injunction to avoid combined liability, while the Iowa Employment Security Commission moved to dismiss. Both banks employ more than eight persons jointly but below the eight threshold for separate coverage. ownership and common officers are noted in the petition.
Fred Young 31 C. W. DeMoss 43 and Keith Larson 27 pled guilty before Justice Churchill Monday, each fined 25 dollars with 15 dollars suspended after arrest Saturday night by Deputies Whittemore and Snyder. Lloyd Dennis 29 arrested Saturday for desertion and abandonment of minor children and jailed in Linn county. Margaret Ruth Young named executrix for the will of Clarence Lee Young who died October 19 1942.
Martha Rose aged 31 of 415 M Avenue Northwest is jailed in Linn County on the revocation of a suspended 30 day sentence dated January 14 for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Deputies Harlan Snyder and Maxine Paeper arrested her Saturday.
Elmer A. Johnson Cedar Rapids attorney will be principal speaker at the Memorial Day observance at Oak Hill cemetery Sunday afternoon. A parade from the Second Avenue bridge to the cemetery precedes the 3 p.m. address. Andrew Coleman chairs the Memorial Day committee of the American Legion post with Col. John F. Ehlert ROTC commandant at Coe College serving as marshal.
Washington AP reports Senator Lodge of Massachusetts introduced a bill to raise by 15 percent the government contributions to dependents of enlisted men entitled to family allowances due to higher living costs.
On Attu island May 15, medical corps teams evacuating wounded faced constant sniper fire from hidden Japanese positions in rocky niches. stretcher bearers endured 36 hours under machine-gun fire in Sarana pass, lacked fuel and shelter, while rescuers repeatedly returned to front lines amid snow and mud.
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King saying President Roosevelt intends to visit Ottawa at the earliest opportunity after addressing urgent domestic problems. The plan follows King’s return from Washington where the remarks were made.
Free cooking classes every Tuesday at 2:00 in the Glow room of the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric company. Parents and Cubs of Pack No 24 hold their last meeting until fall this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Garfield school. Cedar Rapids Radio Council board meets Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the WMT committee room. Harriett Campbell storekeeper at 2011 Linn Boulevard SE reports to police Saturday that a $10 bill hidden on a shelf in her grocery store had been stolen Saturday.
The crime involves $48 worth of woven wire fence stolen from the rear of Ralph Randakl's home about a week ago, police notified Sunday. A War Production Board representative from Davenport will visit Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, at the Chamber of Commerce from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A Boy Scout court of honor is scheduled for Tuesday evening at 7 15 at Franklin school with Scouts and local leaders in attendance.
Mrs. T. F. Hersch of 2127 Greenwood Drive SE suffered shoulder and foot fractures after a fall in her home Sunday. She is being treated at St. Luke's Hospital.
The Cedar Rapids Army recruiting office announced on Monday that Charles W. Platt of Tama and Kehoe of 1263 First Avenue passed examinations for acceptance into the enlisted reserve corps for assignment as air force reserves.
WAAC recruiters from the Cedar Rapids office will tour a four county area this week in a drive for new recruits. Lieut Candace Arsers and Auxiliary Jean Knapp will visit Jones county on Monday and Tuesday, Cedar county on Wednesday, and Iowa and Benton counties from Thursday through Saturday.
One hundred twenty pupils registered on the first day of Marion’s vacation Bible school. The beginners' department had 29 registrations, primary 40, junior 32, and intermediate 19. Enrollment remains open all week for new joiners.
In Des Moines to attend a Lions state convention are P. Osborne, K. E. Cornell, W. Sheets, Hugh Gordon, Del Adkins, J. B. Howell and Clyo Castle.
The Meri-Mix Pinocia 2 club will meet Tuesday at 1 15 p m for a dessert luncheon with Mrs F E Winston at 410 Twelfth street. A picnic Sunday at the Big Head schoolhouse northwest of Marion closed the school term. Dinner was served to 52. Dr and Mrs Lloyd F Bailey and their children Dick and Barbara visited Dr Bailey's mother Mrs J M Bailey in Marion. Mr and Mrs A M Holzworth and children Paul Philip and Jane of Des Moines returned home after visiting Mrs Holzworth's parents Mr and Mrs W S Farrell. Dinner guests Sunday in Harold LeClerc's home were Mr and Mrs Francis M Hoag of Manchester.
Mr and Mrs Richard Lee of 545 Central Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Kaye to Raymond Guy Bonebrake seaman third class son of Mrs Frankie Bonebrake of 1118 Fifth Street NW Cedar Rapids The couple plans a future wedding.
Florence Bailey of 999 Seventh street is confined to her home with a fractured ankle after stepping into a low mood when alighting from a bus Saturday. Mothers club members and children plan a breakfast meeting Thursday at 9 a.m. with Mrs. Elmo Whitmer of 1922 Eighth avenue. attendees should notify the committee by Wednesday noon and bring their table service. An advertisement promotes Acme Red River potato mix for pota toes in 1 and 4 pound packages at Owen's Cut Rate Drug.
The West Marion Garden club will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Edward Manson at 571 Eighth Avenue. Plants and seeds will be exchanged and Mrs. Norris Lovig will present a special program number.
Lillian Ball of Elgin Illinois spent the weekend with Iva Lee Stevens at the Stevens home. Mrs Leon Pine, living with her parents in Alburnett, has gone to Trenton New Jersey to visit her husband stationed at Fort Dix.
Co. V. R. De Jong will travel to Detroit on Tuesday as a commissioner to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church representing the Cedar Rapids Presbytery. The notice appears among local items including ads for rental, student news, and club notices.
Mrs. D. C. Stewart has returned from visits to the Dr. C. G. Yost home at Center Point and the Howard Lyman home at Lafayette, noting her travels and returns.
Marion Barnes of Chicago traveled to Marion to spend a weekend with his wife and family, enjoying local sights and time with relatives in the area.
The Office of Price Administration announced that households may use oil cooking stoves this summer despite coal or wood stove shortages. Using oil reduces fuel consumption and eases pressures from limited supplies of alternative fuels in some areas.
Advertisement seeks workers to clean a swimming pool. Apply to Al Miller at Legion pool.
Howard Lester Levane, 32, of East Moline, was held on $2,500 bond by U. S. Commissioner Paul Rink in Rock Island. His case was continued two weeks. Levane is charged with failure to keep in touch with his Cedar Rapids draft board and to notify of a change in marriage status. He is registered with Linn county board No. 3.
Mrs H B Christianson and daughter Bonnie visited Mrs M W Courtney in Marion area while Col Christianson a former division engineer now in Australia. Irving Drake hosted dinner for sister in Huntington Park California. Dean Rathje from Milwaukee railroad travels Sabula for work. Rathje parents plan move. Owen Turner family visited Dumont to see son-in-law Lloyd Faber. Mrs Jack Baker returns from California where husband serves abroad.
Complimenting Mrs Glenn E Kinser who is moving to San Diego, the Spiritual Life group of the Presbyterian church entertained Monday at a luncheon and handkerchief shower in the home of Mrs P A Osborne.
City Attorney Don Hines advised the building department that the permit issued to Paul Miller to build a boat house at 1700 First Street NW cannot be withheld. Citizens protested the permit as a nuisance but, if the boathouse is used for storage as allowed, the city has no right to deny it. If misused, legal action may follow.
Two contracts tendered by the Iowa state highway commission for city street maintenance were given first reading and filed with the city council. The city will receive 5,579.14 dollars for maintaining the Sea that run over city owned streets.
The Linn County War Price and Rationing Board announced that application forms for supplementary B and C gasoline rations must be called for at the board’s Ameri can building office. B and C books will be mailed to consumers, no forms mailed to ration holders. Watch expiration dates and return completed forms before present rations run out. forms may be mailed after completion.
Jimmie Kemp nine is seriously hurt after he and two brothers and a friend found a heavy egg shaped object in a deserted house. They struck it with a hammer to test contents and a railroad torpedo exploded. Jimmie suffered chest burns a facial gash requiring 13 stitches and arm lacerations. The two other boys escaped injury.
A jumble of classifieds includes lost items such as a cape, rifle shells, a sorority pin, and two lost packages, with rewards offered. Found items mention a female deenehand and owner payment for ad. Also notes on watches cleaned, fur storage, quilting services, and various local shop offerings.
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