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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1943
Page
17
Hog receipts were limited after earlier week arrivals with prices up 5 to 10 cents. Top hog price reached 14.40 per hundredweight amid active late trade. cattle and sheep trends showed steady to weak movement with varied loads and odd lots in Chicago and Omaha markets.
Chicago produce shows receipts for two cars and seven trucks with market unchanged. Eggs in New York and Chicago areas firm with varied grades, fresh firsts around 38 to 39 cents, while potatoes and other produce show light arrivals and steady demand. Cheese and butter arrivals steady with no quotations in New York. Live poultry prices firm with mixed offerings across hens, roosters, ducks and fowls.
Readable river stage data indicates small fluctuations for the Wisskitti River at Davenport with minor rises and falls. The report records no major shifts in water level for the period noted, listing slight changes in measured stages and no notable flood indicators.
Hog prices held firm on the Cedar Rapids market Friday across all grades. Top butcher price 14.05, long haul no fill 14.15, packers 13.80. hogs 140-150 lbs 12.60-12.65. various weights show 13.90 to 14.05 for 200-330 lbs and 13.90-13.95 for 330-360 lbs. Cattle values show choice to prime steers 15.00-16.00, other ranges 10.00-15.00, yearlings and heifers listed with similar spreads. Calf market notes 14.50 for 160-210 lbs and diverse prices across weights. Sheep notes list spring lambs 75-95 lbs at 11.00-13.00, yearlings, ewes priced per quality.
Market notes show oats at No 2 65 cents, No 1 1.20 dollars, No 2 1.16 dollars. shelled corn 94 44 cents. soybeans 45 yellow dollars 1 648? hay straw prices around 12 to 14 dollars. poultry and produce quotes include leghorn hens 19 cents, heavy hens 22 cents, ducks 20 cents, pullets 27 cents, celery 6.00 per crate, lemons 7.45, California naval oranges 5.75, lettuce 6.99, onions 2.84, sweet potatoes 5.10, potatoes 3.15 per cwt, Texas grapefruit 3.85 per box. hides and leather prices listed for various grades. pony and mule prices included.
In Chicago early Friday the rye market steadied after slipping about a cent but failed to recover all losses. Trading was light with some buyers in a subdued session. Wheat closed down about percent, corn rose or held steady, oats fell, and rye finished around four cents lower to higher. CHICAGO CASH PROVISIONS list No 3 re, oats No 2 white, and malting barley bids featured in the day’s notes.
Chicago AP reports that since Pearl Harbor the United States has recorded 38 300 traffic deaths, including 22 500 workers. The National Safety Council calls for a Memorial Day start to a summer campaign to cut road fatalities. First four months of 1943 saw 6 680 deaths, down 35 percent from 1942 and 39 percent from 1941.
Stella Merriman, 53, lay with a bullet wound in her head for 21 hours in a Chipata Park cabin, after which she allowed her 11 year old adopted son to call a doctor. Sheriff Sam Deal said she was taken to Colorado Springs hospital in critical condition and believed to have self inflicted the wound amid illness.
Wall Street saw short covering ease the sting of profit taking as some favorites hit multi year highs. About 1,000,000 shares changed hands as investors adjusted holdings ahead of the holiday. Central of New Jersey loans were in supply after an adverse tax ruling while Central of Georgians saw firm demand from Burlington Group buyers at higher prices. Trading grew active late as some issues moved higher.
At an Army bomber base in England Brig. Gen. Brady organized a cordon around headquarters after reports of German paratroopers nearby. A search captured paratroopers who turned out to be British soldiers in a maneuver gone awry. The captives allegedly spoke with English accents, and one officer noted the Americans did not accept credentials.
Chungking dispatches report Chinese troops stubbornly halt a westward push through Hupeh to protect Yangtze forts. Tokyo broadcasts say 30,000 Chinese troops are trapped south of Ichang as the offensive began Monday. The Chinese air force claims heavy damage near Changyang south of the Yangtze, about 15 miles from Ichang.
Washington (UP) Price Administrator Prentis Brown vowed a vigorous campaign to win back ground on living costs since 1942. He defended the agency against criticism after a showdown with Lou Maxon over policy and personnel and warned staff to follow orders or be fired.
A Linn County rationing board received quirky canning sugar requests. A 23 year old Central City woman wrote I mean to CAN as much as I possibly CAN so I would like as much CANNING sugar as you CAN possible give me but the letter lacked a declaration form. A dieter asked for doctor verification. the doctor declined. A social security card and a money order accompanied other applications.
Banks will close Monday for Memorial Day observances. Mrs. Norman Homsey is ill with pleurisy at 721 Sixth Street SE. Dows Camp No. 4 veterans meet at 1 30 p.m. Sunday for parade and services. Mrs. William Klepach recovering from appendectomy in Provo Utah. YMCA free swim school for girls holds third session Saturday with 70 enrolled. Eugene D. Irwin graduates from Illinois Institute of Technology and visits mother before East position. Shueyville United Brethren church services Sunday at 9 30 a.m. and 10 30 a.m. Sunday school. Endeavor hour features memorial service with Leo Fordice and special music from Shueyville high school band and mixed double trio.
Tallman and Rex Story receive badges while Terry Willams and others earn gold and silver arrows. Denner stripes go to a list of scouts including John Merriam. David Clark receives a Den chief badge and Shirley Clark is named cubmaster for the year. A dads and lads weekend camp is planned with Irwin Wusta in charge.
Clara M Stubbs 87 of 1335 E avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at home Friday at 5:28 am after a 10 day illness. Born April 5 1856 in Bangor Iowa she lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years. She married Robert E Stubbs Sept 28 1882 at Storm Lake and the couple moved from Iowa Falls to Stafford Kansas before settling in Cedar Rapids in 1918. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs E E Edwards of Monmouth two grandsons Robert Haydon and Richard Edwards and a great grandson Gary Haydon. The body is at Barta chapel funeral announced later.
Mrs Price McPeak died Thursday morning in a Cedar Rapids hospital. The Rev D M Cassidy will conduct services at Moon chapel at 1 30 pm Saturday. Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial park. Friends may visit the chapel beforehand.
Charles R Bohac son of Mrs Mary Bohac of 1914 Bever avenue SE died Friday at Veterans hospital in San Fernando California The body will be returned to Cedar Rapids for services and burial at a time to be announced later.
President Roosevelt created a new agency to enforce fair employment practices for war effort participation. Monsignor Francis J. Haas will lead it and contracting rules require nondiscrimination clauses with all prime contracts and subcontracts. The board will receive complaints, hold hearings, and take steps to end discrimination.
Twelve men pleaded guilty to theft or possession of liquor from a Chicago to Sioux Falls bound truck. They received 18 month federal sentences suspended, with fines for two at 500 and others at 250. Over 200 cases were taken after the truck ditched while the driver sought aid at a farmhouse. Harold Reiderman and Lawrence J. Clausen of Hartley were cited for selling liquor. Most defendants were young farmers from Hartley Sanborn and Spencer.
At a U.S. bomber base in England King George VI and Queen Elizabeth meet American flying officers and view photos of daylight raids on Wilhelmshaven Paris and Emden. Col Stanley Wray recalls raids growing tougher with experience and says keeping the enemy guessing is best.
Rates start at 43 per line with a minimum two lines. Out of town ads payable in Adonian. Mail or deliver to The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Same day ads accepted until 11 15 am Sunday ads by 6 pm. Gazette not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion. Ad department open 9 0 am to 5 00 pm daily Saturdays until 2 1121.
Cedar Rapids public schools will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day, announced by Supt. Arthur Deamer.
Mrs. J L Wright reported losing a brown alligator purse containing about 35 dollars on Thursday afternoon while returning from a shopping trip in the loop. She believes it was dropped on the Thirteenth Street NE bus Buckner In Hospital. Arthur Buckner, VFW aviation cadet testing chair, is a patient at Mercy Hospital after an emergency appendectomy. tests for cadets continue at the VFW club on Second Avenue.
Cub Pack No. 30 of St Pauls church held its final meeting of the year with five dens staging stunts and musical numbers. Cubmaster H H Morse awarded Wolf badges to Wayne Wasta and Jimmy Sander cock Bear badges to Terry Williams John Merriam and Tommy.
Deputy sheriff P J Whittemore continued the investigation into the death of five cattle owned by Ed Burlingham a farmer and real estate broker living east of Central City. Ten cattle sickened May 15 after ingesting arsenic mixed with salt in the Burlingham pasture. five recovered after treatment.
A mixed page item notes lost items and rewards including an electric drill in Cedar Rapids and a lady's white fold watch with contact numbers. It also advertises beauty shops and services with prices and locations such as LOVELY LADY OI PERMANENT, Kream-Oil machines, and SMART SET BEAUTY SHOP offering permanents and hair styling.
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