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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1941
Page
7
Chicago AP reports hog prices surged to a top of 9.60 dollars a hundredweight for 180 to 330 pound hogs, the highest since August 4 1938, as receipts for Monday totaled 14 500 head versus 20 600 last week and 19 500 a year ago.
Hogs and cattle prices move across Waterloo Ottumwa Mason City Austin Sioux City Des Moines St Paul and Chicago markets. Quotations show lighter receipts and mixed gains with hogs mostly up to 15 cents, cattle uneven, and regional variations in weights and classes. Prices cited for various weight ranges and packs reflect steady to higher trading across several centers.
Hog receipts rise with most unsold as buyers resist uptrend. top $9.30 for some. cattle steady to higher with calves and stock steers near $10. limit. sheep largely steady with good spring lambs around $11.00 and clipped lambs feeding. Peoria shows higher hogs and steady cattle. sheep weak on light receipts. top hogs near $9.45 and cattle to $10.75 for yearlings.
Hogs rise across all grades on the local market with every category up about ten cents. The top long haul no fill price reaches 9.30, whileFancy selects 160-200 lbs bring 11.00 per cwt and choice 150-210 lbs around 9.10 to 10.42. Other grades vary by weight and quality. Lambs and bucks show smaller changes amid fluctuating quotes.
Grain prices span Wheat No 1 at 81c No 2 84c Oats White No 2 34c Rye No 2 Barley No 7 58c Corn shelled New No 2 yellow 62c No 3 60c Soybeans New No 2 119 per unit Straw baled tame 11.00 baled straw 7.00 Poultry prices Leghorns 13c old roosters ? Spring hens 19c No 2 poultry -4c Hens 3c No 1 tea No 2 15c Fruits and vegetables Lemons 4.75 Oranges 3.25 to 4.00 Grapefruit 3.25 California celery 4.50 Lettuce 4.25 Onions 2.50 Cabbage 7.00 Carrots 3.25 Tomatoes 3.80 Idaho Russets 1.75 Potatoes New California whites 2.00 Cantaloupes 4.28 7 $.00 Winnesap apples 2.50 box Hides No 1 cured 10c No 2 cured 9c Calf hides No 1 12c No 2 ? Calf-tric No 1 kip ? No 2 kip 10c Horse No 1 5.60 No 2 4.50 Glue hauled freuaea
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week ending May 31 show Daisies at 1843 cents Brick at 16 lgc Horns at 183c and Cheddar at 16c. Boston wool market reports generally steady demand with few sales. fleece wool buyers active yet buyers show little interest with grease prices around 46 to 47 cents. Mississippi River stages from Davenport and surrounding points show little change with minor shifts listed for La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Davenport Keokuk St. Louis.
New York buyers were scarce as the market drifted down fractionally. Several issues hit new yearly lows including Consolidated Edison Commonwealth Edison Woolworth Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak and Continental Can. Leading stocks showed little buying and Beth Steel opened late with a loss while laggards included U S Steel Chrysler General Motors Western Union U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Du Pont American Smelting and Standard Oil NJ.
New York receipts show firmer egg quotations with mixed colors. Butter gains and cheese firm on two days of receipts, while Chicago poultry markets list various live bird prices and steady butter and egg quotes. Potatoes show moderate demand with steady prices across major regions and futures by Samson Bros. and Co. Egg and butter futures are cited with storage standards and refrigerator standards.
John Risk, 19, of 704 Eighth street SE, suffered a bruised left leg but escaped serious injury when his car overturned after a collision at Twentieth street and Bover avenue SE. The vehicle then struck a machine operated by Mrs. idessie Dodds, 52, of 2229 Bever avenue SE.
Wheat futures in Chicago eased while corn briefly hit new seasonal peaks before profit taking halted the rise. Prices moved choppily with modest gains in corn and mixed results for soybeans and oats as traders weighed demand from professionals and light cash interest. Kansas City Minneapolis and Winnipeg followed Chicago's cautious tone.
CHICAGO CASH PROVISIONS Wheat No 1 yellow hard 99 1/4 to 100 1/4 cents. Corn No 1 yellow 74 1/4 to 75 1/4 cents. Soybeans No 2 yellow 136 to 136 1/2 cents. Barley malting 57 4/5 to 60 9/10 cents. Oats No 1 white heavy 37 1/ hacia 37 1/2 cents. Buckwheat No 2 1.25 dollars per hundredweight. Lard 9.67 to 11.50 dollars per hundredweight. May and July wheat futures shown with open high low close quotations.
Inforenoon trading was unusually quiet with few price moves. US Treasuries held steady while secondary rails attracted little interest and several notable issues edged lower or steady amid thin activity. Foreign bonds traded dull with fractions easing on German bonds and Tokyo Electric Light.
Nine members of the Union township 4-H club in Benton county visited several Cedar Rapids points of interest on Monday. They rode the Hiawatha from Marion to Tama and toured the Quaker Oats Hutchinson's WMT Petersen Baking and The Gazette plants.
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida announced a sweeping speaking tour through the southwest to combat the influence of isolationists Lindbergh and Wheeler. He called them blind and false prophets who would lead the nation to disaster and compared them to a dangerous Pied Piper of Hamlin.
Rotary Club pays tribute to Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe College at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. W R Boyd praises his two decades of community service and spiritual guidance. Gage to resign for Lindenwood College, Lindenwood Mo.
Death notices state funeral services for Edward C Hobel are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday in Turner chapel with Rev. George Stautfacher presiding. Burial will follow at Bohemian National cemetery. Survived by wife Blanche, daughter Mrs W Cuhel, four Cedar Rapids brothers Frank Oscar George Lester, two Cedar Rapids sisters Mrs Bess Novak and Mrs Alma Harris of Los Angeles.
Mrs Margaret Buchanan Johnston 78 widow of Frank L Johnston died at her Cedar Rapids home after a long illness Sunday. Born in Ireland July 10 1862 she came to America 60 years ago and lived in Barnes City before settling in Cedar Rapids for 31 years. Survived by two sons William H Barnes City and Thomas Detroit three sisters Mrs Thomas Brown in Ireland Mrs David Little Gibson Ia and Mrs Frank B Johnston Cody Mich two brothers William Buchanan What Cheer and James Buchanan Ireland five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at Beatty chapel Tuesday at 12 30 p.m. with Rev Vernon L S Jones, then graveside at Barnes City at 2 30 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Georgianna Marak Aler 29 of Central City route 2 died at a local hospital at 11 50 p m Saturday after a long illness Born February 28 1912 in Swisher she married Leo Aler March 8 1936 in Central City and is survived by her husband a three weeks old daughter Gloria Jane her mother Agnes Marak two brothers Leonard and George all of Marion route 1 and grandmother Frances Cas Tekl of Swisher She was a member of the Jordan Grove church aid society Funeral services will be held at Brush chapel at 2 p m Wednesday by Rev C V R De Jong Friends may call at the chapel
John Allen Jackie Rogers, 7, son of Mr and Mrs Calvin A Rogers of 3015 2nd Avenue SE, died at a local hospital at 2 30 p m Sunday after a brief illness. He is survived by his parents and a brother Ger.
Ald, at home, and his grandparents Mrs Wendell Fell of Clarence and James R. Rogers of Cedar Rapids attended funeral plans. The lad, who had attended Arthur school, will be remembered in services at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call beforehand.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Stickley of 935 Daniels Street NE will be held at 2 pm Tuesday in the Moon chapel with Rev. W A Jacobs officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery.
Gus Ring of Solon and Iowa City died at the Mount Pleasant State Hospital Saturday at 11 p.m. after a long illness. Born in Norway on August 14, 1872, he lived in Solon and Iowa City most of his life. Survived by three sisters Lizzie Lane Seguin Texas Mae Brogan Iowa City and Mrs Lewis Beltz Solon and three brothers George Louis Cedar Rapids Silvio Iowa City. Funeral services at Brosh funeral home Solon Thursday at 2 p.m. led by Rev G C Lusted. Burial Linwood cemetery Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the Solon funeral home.
Continental Buffet at Roosevelt Hotel hosts Ruth Scott who is confined to Mercy hospital with visitors allowed. Cooking School Tuesday at 2 15 pm in the Glow Room of the Gas company. Ex-Quakerettes sponsor a card party Tuesday at 30 pm in the Glow room of the Gas company. McKinney Agency has written fire insurance in Cedar Rapids since 1915. City council approves Midwestern Championship rodeo parade through Cedar Rapids Thursday at 1 30 pm. Mrs H E Miller travels to Akron due to her grandson’s death. Residents visit Rochester while Mrs Ives remains hospitalized. Fred A May recovers after an operation in Santa Ana and had been in California since retirement. Local Red Cross plans layettes shipment to England this week. collect at 308 Third Street SE by Wednesday morning. Richard Stevens returns to Moline after funeral of grandfather Albert Johnson in Cedar Rapids. He was transferred within Montgomery Ward and Company recently.
L Novotny seeks an 80 foot curb cut at 129 Third Avenue SW. The application was referred Monday by the city council to the engineering and public safety departments for review and action.
Virgil L. Horak of 320 Thirty third Street NE is added to the East Side draft board list for a year's service starting June 3. The Mother's Club of St. Paul's Methodist Church meets Tuesday at 2:30 PM in the church parlors with speaker Mrs J J Runner on child guidance. W S S serves luncheon Wednesday at 1 PM for church women. Mr and Mrs C A Laurence honor the Church of Youth choirs Thursday at 5:30 PM with banquet and program.
John Altfillisch of Cedar Rapids and Donald Marston of Rockford Illinois students at Coe college last week were initiated into Kappa Phi Kappa national professional education fraternity. New officers elected were Robert Brittell Ackley president Altfillisch vice president Marston secretary Robert Schuey Marshalltown treasurer and Frank Flack Cedar Rapids recording secretary. The group reelected Dr. Paul Greene as faculty sponsor.
Oiling petitions were filed for seven days by the city council Monday detailing upgrades on Ninth Street NW from J to K avenues First Street SE from Twelfth to Fourteenth avenues Eighteenth Avenue SW from Ninth to Eleventh streets along the A B alley Tenth to Eleventh streets and other segments including Hamilton Street to First Street Ellis Boulevard to Eighth Street and Maple Drive area.
Dr. Harry M. Gage, in his farewell chapel at Coe College, lauds department and staff excellence as a measure of self respect. He notes the a cappella choir and journalist trainers as models, and praises forthcoming events including William Shirer’s honorary degree lecture.
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors adjourned to May 27 after approving claims and allowances for May 20 1941. Items include road and maintenance payments, poor relief, med aid, and various clerical expenditures. financial details list numerous individuals and vendors across multiple departments.
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