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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1943
Page
8
Tuesday unofficial hog receipts show only 200 hogs offered, markets quoted nominally. Iowa reports 29,000 hogs at concentration yards and packing plants, with prices by weight and cuts listed. Omaha receipts light and prices mixed across cattle and hogs.
Sioux City market notes show cattle receipts 150 for the week with prices easing across grades. Good to choice fed steers and yearlings around 14.50 to 17.00, cows weak, stock cattle up, hogs steady with barrows and gilts around 14.00 to 14.10 and feeder pigs slightly lower.
Salabie cattle receipts total 200 with no calves. steers up to 25c higher, heifers strong, cows steady to 25c higher, vealers firm. Sheep receipts 100, total 3100. fat lambs slightly lower, bulk values $14.50 to $16.25, top $16.25. Hogs receipts 200, total 6700. market improved slightly with top around $14.40, barrows and gilts down 15 to 20c.
Good butchers offer live swine in weight ranges from 160 to 500 pounds with prices around 12.85 to 14.10 per cwt and packing sows listed from 270 to 400 pounds. Specific figures show 160-170 at 12.85 to 13.15 and 400-500 at 13.35 to 13.65 per cwt.
Iowa hog price data show varying bids from packers and markets. Prices for butchers and packing sows change across locations such as Waterloo Ottumwa and percentages reflecting market volatility.
Butter receipts total 10.331 tubes with steady tone. extras at 46 cents for A grade. Eggs receipts 20.203 cases steady to slight decline. fresh extra firsts quoted at 99 cents. Cheese Twins at 25.2 cents. daisies and longhorns 26 cents. Potatoes arrivals 72 on track 68. Idaho shipments 14, light supplies. Market slow and unsettled with some track sales and lower prices under revised rice rules. California long whites commercial size A $3.88. California lone whites washed U.S. No.1 $4.40 to $4.53. Louisiana Bliss Triumphs $3.80-$3.85 for LCL warehouse.
Plymouth Wisconsin week of May 31 to June 5 highlights local dairy output with Twins or cheddars featured in the mix.
Luke D. Zech, commanding officer of all army units in Iowa City, was promoted to full colonel on Friday after serving two years overseas in World War I. He arrived in Iowa City two months ago and held the rank of lieutenant colonel prior to the promotion.
Lamson Brothers and company furnish grain quotations. Phone 2 3141. H R Mowrey manages the Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Cedar Rapids market notes list grain prices for oats wheat rye and corn, with soybeans and straw hay prices. Poultry meat and live stock prices cover broilers fryers hens stags pullets and pigeons. Wholesale fruits vegetables and regional items include Florida lemons oranges lettuce onions apples and potatoes. Hide prices show No 1 and No 2 cured hides and calf hides with other livestock values.
Chicago AP report says rye rose over two cents to fresh highs not seen since 1937 as the ag commission house demand pushes prices up. Wheat jumped as July at 1.44 3 in cents, oats advanced, corn steady, with rye gaining about 24 to 25 cents.
Chicago market notes show no sales for wheat and corn with No 3 yellow at 1.05 and sample yellow at 1.01. Oats list No 1 white at 67 and No 1 special at 67 1/2 cents. Barley prices range from 89 1/2 to 90 cents and feed barley around 85 cents. Beans sample grade yellow noted.
Japanese bombers raided Liangshan 110 miles east of Chungking as Chinese aircraft attacked around Zchang. Ground troops fought along the Yangtze west of Ichang with Chinese defenses holding against reinforced Japanese forces.
London report says Gen Draja Mihailovic, leader of the Yugoslav guerrilla army, told Allied leaders his forces are prepared for the decisive hour. Yugoslav war minister Mihailovic sent congratulatory cables to Eisenhower and other officers after the Tunisian victory, noting the coming destruction of the Axis.
Peace buying pushed stocks higher in a brief pre holiday session in New York. The market faced profit taking after a large advance to three year highs but most declines were absorbed. Total transfers reached 815 990 shares.
Prices moved narrowly in light pre holiday trading with rails showing fractional gains up to a point while several carriers posted minor losses. The market remained unsettled as investors waited for clearer directions ahead of the holiday period.
Courthouse filing of articles of incorporation occurred in Dempsy Jones’ office Friday as Cedar Rapids radio workers form a union to pursue collective bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act. The first annual meeting is set for June 5 with officer slate led by President Harry Berg and Vice President Norman R. Bex among others.
Simeon Parks of Cedar Rapids named administrator for the estate of his son Louis M. Parks who is presumed dead at sea January 28 while in service with the United States merchant marine. Rena B. Grafton named administratrix for the estate of her husband Elmer E. Grafton who died October 26, 1941.
New York AP report shows radio announcer Graham McNamee left a net estate of $137,707 when he died May 9, 1942. The estate goes to his widow Mrs. Ann Lee McNamee.
Columbus report states George Trautman president of the American Association fined Louisville Colonels manager William Burwell for abusive language toward umpire Ira Gordon during a May 26 game against Minneapolis.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden vowed ceaseless air raids on Italy and Germany as Axis states, saying Italy is open to attack and promises continued bombardment until Nazi and Fascist regimes are defeated. He urged steadfast bombing despite domestic critics and noted gains in anti submarine warfare and merchant ship production.
Vern L. Farley age 17 of 475 Eleventh Street Marion enlisted in the navy per Cedar Rapids recruiting station report. Mr. and Mrs. Sundberg of Evanston Ill are visiting Mrs. Sundberg mother at 408 Fourth Street SW. Jean A. Bailey will earn a bachelor of education on June 4 from National College of Education Evanston Ill. Jack Martin of Ottumwa, formerly Cedar Rapids, injured in an auto accident near Aledo, Illinois May 15. Mrs. Martin hospitalized in Ottumwa with injuries. Martin suffered chest and head injuries and was released after treatment.
Staff Sgt Alfred W Billy Kramer son of Mr and Mrs W T Kramer 923 Eighteenth Avenue SW has returned home from Bryan Field Texas for the funeral of his niece Judy Kay Kramer Out of town relatives attending included Mrs Milo Hunter Joliet Illinois Mr and Mrs Nelson R Hunter Gary Indiana and Mr and Mrs Kermit Caldwell Wentzville Missouri
Roosevelt high school staged Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Miss Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets. Bob Cornish and Warren Johnson played John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff with Darla Spoenar as Lady Bracknell and Martha Miller as Cecily Cardew. Carol Ann Holmquest led as Gwendolyn Fairfax. Others included Rollin Oswald Ann Mitchell Bruce Lane and Doris Petro.
William Helis of Louisiana, a Greek American oil man who struck oil near New Orleans, bid 55 000 to acquire Attention the former conqueror of Whirl Away. Helis outbid rivals to take home the colt, part of the late Con gressman and Mrs Parker Corning of Albany stable, signaling a push to build a powerhouse racing operation.
Merchants and professionals in Anamosa plan Thursday closings from June 1 to September 1 to give employees time off. Restaurants will close 1 to 6 pm, stores noon to 6 pm. barbers, salons, doctors, bank, grocers, and department stores included. Also in Anamosa, Judge Heiser grants Lucille Toomer a divorce from Arthur Toomer for desertion.
Bob Masters a 17 year old Bell High pitcher blanked Washington High 7 0 in a Friday game. He struck out 15 and walked four as Detroit scouts watch his no hit effort.
Local notes from Marion report visits and recoveries. Mrs. James A Pringle returns from Council Bluffs. Richard Arp, Norman Okla., on leave with parents. Marion theater seeks cashier and cleaning lady. Mrs. Don Herron returns from Marquette visit. Mrs. Vernon Boutelle recovering at Mercy hospital. Mae Widger critically ill after heart attack. Aviation Cadet Vernon Enck on 15 day furlough with his mother. Cadet Enck trained at Corpus Christi. A son born May 28 to Private Dick Bresler and Gwen Knight Bresler in St Luke's hospital. Bresler still stationed in Greeley Colo.
Elmer Davis director of wartime information warned wartime strikers they may be held to account by returning soldiers. In a radio address he said strikes in war industries do incalculable damage to postwar union prospects and noted millions of veterans will influence politics after the war.
Miss Mildred Titus city clerk received calls about graveside plant thefts in Oak Shade cemetery. A Marion woman noted a $2 plant bought Thursday evening was missing by 9 am Friday. Other local updates include new Garden club members and visits related to family bereavements.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Powell of 3231 Carlisle Street NE will be conducted at 2 30 p m Sunday at Bethel A M E Church with Rev. Andrew Parks officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Rice Funeral Home.
Sergt Roscoe Market son of Mr and Mrs J George Markett has been moved from the cook and baker school at Camp Haan to Camp Irwin Barstow California in a routine transfer noted by military records.
A consolidated notice from Marion churches lists pastors and service times for Baptist St. Joseph Catholic Christian Congregational Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian Lutheran and other denominations. Morning worship Bible school and memorial day events are scheduled with notes on speakers and activities.
Fred M. Pettis formerly of Cedar Rapids died at his Mason City home at 4 a.m. Saturday after a brief illness. Survived by wife Lillian daughter Mrs. Phyllis Koerber Mason City and sister Mrs. George Perry of Long Beach California. Services set for Tuesday in Mason City.
Mrs Clara M Stubbs died at her home on Friday. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bafta funeral home on East Avenue NE with Dr Charles J Bready officiating. Friends may call at the chapel.
The body of Mrs Frances 5 S Montgomery, formerly of Cedar Rapids, who died in Chicago, will be brought to Cedar Rapids Monday night. Friends may call at Rice chapel. Services set for Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Mt Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev D O Bell. Burial in Linwood cemetery.
German newspapers described the Ruhr valley flood caused by the R A F bombing of the Mohne dam as a catastrophe. The OWI cited a dispatch noting the valley population suffered greatly from flood waters as waters washed away houses farm dwellings and cattle.
New York Times reports Admiral William H. Standley has told President Roosevelt of his desire to resign as ambassador to Moscow. Aides and officials in Russia reportedly bypassed him, and the Davies letter to Premier Stalin sent directly from Washington sparked his resignation stance.
Federal mine inspection reports released by Dr. R R Sayers recommend improvements in ventilating systems haulage safety and elimination of ignition hazards at two Boone county Iowa mines. The Ogden Superior Coal No 5 mine near Ogden and the Miners Coal Co mine near Boone break coal by hand and have output of 155 and 51 tons daily respectively.
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