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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
16
Official Friday livestock receipts show hogs at 8060 head cattle 1000 and sheep 3000. Hog prices slid 10 to 15 cents with tops at 14.30 per hundredweight, down from 14.45. Fed steers and yearlings were steady to weak, top near 16.75, other cattle and fat lambs steady.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle hog and sheep receipts described as salable with totals of about 22 000 hogs 5 000 cattle and 5 000 sheep. Prices ranged with hogs top around 14 30 and most good to choice 169 180 lb at 13 50 14 15. cattle steady to weak with top near 16 75 for fed steers and yearlings. calves and cows varied with beef cows 11 00 13 00 and bulls up to 14 00. Sheep trades active with spring lambs around 16 00 and ewes around 8 50 to 9 50.
Sales activity mixed with receipts totaling about 6 000 hogs 4 000 cattle and 7 800 sheep. Hogs show top prices around 14.20 while lighter sorts and sows trend down. calves and fed steers steady with some strength in select lots. sheep steady with perceived demand limited for spring lambs and clipped lambs unsold. Nebraska and Kansas origins appear in price references for lambs and pelts.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Thursday totaled 35 300, up from 29 100 a week ago and 32 600 a year ago. Hog prices ranged widely with loads lighter than last Friday and various weight classes listed from 160 to 550 pounds with prices around 12.40 to 14.25 per cwt depending on weight and grade.
In Sioux City receipts housing hogs and cattle with mixed demand. Hogs sell mostly 50 to 10 cents lower, top around 814.15, barrows 200-330 lbs mostly 14.10 to 14.15, sows around 14.00. Cattle receipts total about 3,000 with steer and yearling runs slow, prime beeves around 17.00, heifers 12.50 to 14.75, cows 8.50 to 13.55, stockers scarce and steady. Sheep receipts 1,500 with all salable and no early activity.
Good butchers ranges listed by weight class from 160 to 500 pounds with prices shown per hundredweight. Notes indicate pricing for packing weights and various weight intervals with figures around 12.85 to 13.90 per hundredweight and several misprints in the range.
The listing shows Mason C. of Waterloo and Ottumwa trading ranges from 160 to 450 pounds with different price points. Prices per hundredweight vary by weight class, highlighting market values for sows and good packing stock with several quoted figures.
Chicago market notes show mixed cereal, dairy, and produce. Prices for cheese steady gains and egg quotes firm with local fresh grades near 38 to 39 cents per dozen. Potatoes report light supplies, arrivals and shipments listed, with California long white demand steady and Triumph varieties selling in several washed and unwashed U S 1 sizes at around 4.00 to 4.30 per 100 pounds.
Receipts show butter at 1 162.975 and cheese 463.589 with no price changes. Dressed poultry remains strong with a holiday demand heavy yet supply tight, delivered in lots under 10 080 pounds. Live poultry prices firm as wholesalers note strong demand for turkeys, ducks, and various fowl breeds with cents per pound quotes.
Scientists uncover records indicating seamen reached North American shores well before Leif Erikson’s 1009 voyage, suggesting earlier transatlantic contact and exploration by diverse maritime groups.
Grain quotations provided by Lamson Brothers and Company. Contact H R Mowrey Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building. Phone number listed as 2 3141 for inquiries and quotations.
Prices on all hog grades slipped five cents on Thursday at the Cedar Rapids market. Top price for butchers reached 14.05, long haul no-fill 14.15, and packers 13.80.
Grain and feed prices list oats wheat rye and soybeans with assorted grades and prices. Hay straw poultry eggs and hides valuations include dairy fruits vegetables and other market items with typical regional rates.
Cedar Rapids retailers will tally employees riding city buses at 15 minute intervals from 4 30 to 6 p m to assess how a 5 p m summer closing affects peak loading. A second check will occur Monday June 7 as stores begin closing early for a trial period to encourage ride sharing and reduce bus crowding without altering hours.
The Rev. Irving A. West of Zanesville Ohio son of the Rev Mr and Mrs R Bruce West Davenport received the degree of doctor of divinity from Muskingum college in New Concord Ohio at the institution s commencement exercises May 24. West was a 1926 Coe College graduate affiliated with Tau Kappa Epsilon and on the football team. His father sits on the Coe college board of trustees. He was ordained 1926 after Princeton Seminary. He pastored Albany Park Presbyterian Chicago 1936 to 1940 and since then has led Central Presbyterian Zanesville Ohio.
Lake Titicaca in Bolivia sits about 12,000 feet above sea level and is described as the world’s highest navigable body of water.
Blue chips held the center of the market stage in New York with notable gains in the forenoon as prices rose to highs not seen since early 1940. Profit taking trimmed quotes by session close while trading volume approached 1.5 million shares.
A page lists Thursday market quotations from J E Bennett & Co and the Merchants National Bank with numerous securities, commodities, and railroad stocks. Entries include Allied Chemical, Kennecott, Libbey Owens, Lockheed, and many others with bid and percent figures, reflecting a dense late-19th or early-20th century stock roundup.
In New York trading the final hour saw fractional gains around two points across the market with rails active and holding the top gains. Illinois Central issues moved into the advancing group after initial hesitation, as did most Baltimore and Ohio bonds.
Rye gave back about a cent in a technical pullback after a four day advance. Wheat finished 4 to 8 cents lower with July at 1.44 to 1.45, September 1.4434, corn steady, oats down a fraction, and rye off 33 to 34 cents.
Chicago market report shows No 2 hard cash wheat at 1.48 percent with bids, No 3 barley at 1.07 dollars per bushel, No 2 yellow corn at 1.62 dollars, and miscellaneous barley and feed notes. Market commentary reflects ordinary bid and ask levels in the Chicago cash grain arena.
City Briefs note a 1 30 p m Sunday gathering of Czech guard at the Coliseum for the Memorial day parade. Townsend auxiliary meets Friday at 2 p m at A B Steyne home 640 Fifteenth Ave SW with Mrs Elma Stolp hostess. Mt Herman lodge No 263 AF and AM to conduct Fellow Craft degree work tonight at 7 30 in Masonic Hall with refreshments after.
Leo Miller reported the theft of 100 phonograph records valued at about 10 dollars from a garage at his home on Monday or Tuesday night. The police were notified Wednesday about the loss. A silk 4 by 6 foot flag with 17 blue stars honoring postal workers was hung in the Cedar Rapids post office lobby Wednesday afternoon, purchased by the carriers and clerks organizations.
Cub Pack 19 of Lincoln School met Wednesday for its final meeting of the term. Leaders outlined upcoming activities and members completed a year’s badge progress and recognition plans.
The door meeting drew 60 Cubs and parents. Three skits were performed by the Dens. Gordon Straw and Harold Whitmer received the gold arrow. Harold Whitmer also earned the lions badge and webelo badge. Group singing was led by the Cubs. Den mothers and Cubs presented Harold Minor, Cub master, with a gift.
Police filed a warrant charging Guy Flewelling of 1208 First Street NW with wife desertion. He was arrested Wednesday night at 614 First Avenue SE, by Justice of the Peace W.
There will be no review by the Aircrew on the Coe athletic field Saturday afternoon because the Aircrew and its student band are participating in the Sunday Memorial Day parade and program.
Cub Pack 24 held its final meeting of the season at Garfield school with 6 Cubs and leaders present. Den 1 won the attendance trophy. Zed Turner received a gift. Awards included bear and wolf badges and arrows for several cubs, and Marshall Brebner received service stars as den chief. Den chiefs Buddy Brebner Guerin Thompson Bob Michalicek Robert Giovannazzi and Billy Robison earned cards.
Mary M. Poole 80 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. She was born January 16 1863 in Jackson County Iowa and lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years. Survived by daughter Ida M Poole son Arthur E Poole sisters and a brother and three grandchildren. Funeral plans to be announced. Friends may call at Moon chapel.
Mrs Anna Frasinger dies. Funeral services scheduled at Janeba funeral home at 3 p.m. Saturday conducted by Rev F O Hillman. Burial to follow in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Patricia Joan Shaffer infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Shaffer of Waterloo died in a Cedar Rapids hospital on Tuesday. Survived by grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Eastman of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Marion Factor of Waterloo and George Factor of Moline, Ill. Services to be announced. friends may call at Turner chapel.
Jennie E Powell 51 wife of Virgil Powell Cedar Rapids policeman died at 9 p m Wednesday at her home 3231 Carlisle street NE Born Memphis July 4 1891 she had lived in Cedar Rapids 15 years member of Bethel A M E church Survived by two Memphis sisters Rebecca Florvd and Bessie Taylor Body at Rice funeral home arrangements pending word from relatives
The will of Charles A. Laurance, Cedar Rapids pioneer and Laurance Press founder, names Amy Moorhead and Mary E. Laurance of Cedar Rapids and Leila Frazee of Weimar Texas as heirs. Probate occurred Thursday in Linn County District Court. Norma E. Kohl named executrix of her husband John H. Kohl's will who died May 11 in Cedar Rapids. Executor for John Stolba Jr.'s will, who died May 15 in Cedar Rapids, is his son Godfrey F. Stelba.
Pfc. Carl Oakley wounded in North Africa on April 8 had his right leg amputated below the knee. He is a patient at a Staten Island hospital with his parents Mr and Mrs George Oakley of 115 Twelfth street Marion. Oakley has been awarded the Purple Heart.
Marion veterans and civic groups organize the annual poppy day sale with some flowers made by Lucius Olney a World War I veteran. Frances Wahl heads the effort with headquarters at Balster furniture store and a Memorial day display planned in the shop window.
Mr and Mrs Jake Krumm of Van Horne visited the O R Ness home on Wednesday before traveling to Seymour Indiana for the graduation of their son Aviation Cadet Robert Krumm who will receive his wings and a commission as second lieutenant His daughter Eileen remained in the Ness home
The column records farm sales near Marion and Cedar Rapids, moves of residents, and local notices. Names include Frank Webber Lumir Dostal A R Flickinger Ella Daniels Francis Shadle Stephen George Young and others. Community events list Townsend club meeting 7 30 p m in Memorial hall and an auction in 640 8th Ave with furniture and tools.
Mary Ann Wawro, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Wawro of 385 Seventeenth street SE, died at home at 11 30 a m Wednesday after a brief illness. Born June 10 1939 in Cedar Rapids she is survived by her parents two sisters Suzanne and Carole and a brother Jackie Services will be held at home Friday at 9 a m and 9 30 a m at St Wenceslaus Church officiated by Rev Joseph A Syrovy Burial in St Johns cemetery Body to be taken to the Polansky chapel late Thursday afternoon then to the home for friends to call.
Dr J A Dillinger of Des Moines state secretary of Iowa Christian churches will be toastmaster at the centennial banquet on June 11 at 6 30 pm. Principal speaker Dr E S Ames of Chicago professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and dean of Disciples Divinity House will attend. Other centennial features include an historical service and service flag dedication on June 9 at 8 pm and centennial jubilee services Sunday June 13.
Dr A B Steele quits Marion practice after seven months to join the Sperry Bombsite and Gyroscope hospital staff in New York City starting June 1 with Mrs Steele. he recently returned from the Chevalier Jackson clinic in Philadelphia for study.
Mrs. W. E. Concannon former Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday in Laurel Montana. Survived by son Harry L Concannon of 1248 Fourth Avenue SE five daughters six grandchildren and a great grandchild. Member of Parlor City lodge No 58 ladies auxiliary to Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Burial Friday afternoon in Billings Montana.
A census survey of 137 metropolitan counties shows 88 counties with war industries adding 2 639 000 people between April 1 1940 and May 1 1942 while 43 counties without war industries lost population.
The Dawn Patrol Flying club formed in Cedar Rapids to promote civil and military aviation, train members in aeronautics, and aid authorities in disasters. Articles filed in county records on Wednesday name George Kolda as president with Harold Ballard and Vance Coleman as vice presidents. W. T. Ellis is secretary and R. K. Perkins treasurer. General Mills, Inc. dismissed with prejudice its breach of contract suit against John Sramek seeking 113.34 dollars with interest.
Mayor Wilbur J Teeters said a curfew for under 16s will be placed before the city council for approval, likely on June 14.
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