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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1944
Page
11
Hogs at Chicago slipped to a top of 13.90 as receipts rose with 4,500 cattle, 10,000 hogs and 3,000 sheep. Markets opened slowly but improved with 12,000 selling pens and 13,000 direct to packers, while cattle and lamb prices showed mixed steady to weaker trends and steady to higher heavy weight hogs bidding.
Chicago produce prices and receipts list varying commodities. Prices at the joint include eggs at 40 to 50 cents per dozen, butter around 92 to 93 cents, and cheese near 26 cents. Potatoes show U S No 1 sizes priced from 2.85 to 3.38 and various regional russets with noted decay. New York dairy and poultry figures appear, with eggs at 42 to 45 cents and cheese near 26 cents, alongside miscellaneous produce and live poultry quotes.
Plymouth notes Wisconsin cheese sales with U S No 2 cheddars 23 4 cents and no bids. Hastings La Crosse Portage and Keokuk flood charts show minor shifts with no change. New York bond review reports a firmer market as International Hydro Electric Cotton Belt and Third Avenue issues show small gains.
At the request of automobile dealers a discussion on used car price regulations will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday by George W. McDonald price specialist from the Des Moines OPA office. The open meeting on MPR 540.1 will be on the Chamber of Commerce third floor. McDonald will answer questions from dealers and prospective buyers of used cars.
New York activity shows mixed results with aircraft stocks leading morning advances while rails and industrials fade. Volume nears 700,000 shares as late-session losses trim earlier gains. quotations list numerous equities from Allied Chem to Woolworth with varied moves.
Cedar Rapids hog prices fall further with top prime butchers at 13.60 and packers at 13.15. Prices listed for hogs by weight from 160 pounds to over 600 pounds, plus cattle, calves, sheep, and other livestock values. Call 9158 before delivery. market notes include various grade ranges and price differentials.
Mrs W A Montgomerys art exhibit at Granby building W Nov 17 advertised. Jack Edward Cohrs 17 of 1802 Bever Ave SE en Listed in naval reserve through Cedar Rapids station. Cedar Rapids Bottling Works closed all week for vacation open Mon Nov 6 Hur Mon Beverages advertisement. Mrs T W Troy 915 Seventeenth St NE injured back in a fall admitted Mercy Hospital. The Rev H K Cornish Kansas City Mo to conduct services at Four Square Gospel Tabernacle 609 First Ave SW tonight at 745 pm topic The Three Unclean Frogs and a Broken Cisterns. Keith Benner Waubeck area Boy Scout executive visiting Des Moines Thu Fri Sat supervising Boy Scout displays at Iowa State Teachers Association convention. Mrs Merle Burton 315 Thirty First Street NE head injury in fall improving at St Luke's Hospital No visitors yet.
The Linn county auditor's office in the courthouse will stay open until 5 p.m. Saturday to permit absentee voters to cast ballots at the office counter for the general election Tuesday. Lois Comer has dismissed her divorce action against Vernon Comer. petition filed Oct. 4 in district court.
Market list details old and new price quotes for corn, soybeans, oats, wheat, rye, hay and straw, poultry, eggs, and wholesale fruits and vegetables. Notable items include corn at 1.0414, soybeans new 2.04, eggs No 1 at 20c, and assorted prices for apples, citrus, potatoes, and hides across Michigan, Colorado, California, Idaho, and Jersey markets.
CHICAGO AP reports grain futures slipped Wednesday as corn weakness spurred hedge selling and profit taking. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley declined with December prices near note values and standard commodities listings for No 3 red wheat No 2 yellow soybeans and field seeds reported.
Mr J W Taylor born Noble county Ohio will be 96 Dec 7. He reads without glasses and visits town daily for groceries. Mrs Taylor aged 90 last July was born in Iowa and, as Henrietta Underwood, married Oct 31 1872 near Eddyville. She has been blind for years and is now at Reamer nursing home. They have eight grandchildren in armed forces and 50 plus total descendants. One son Warren died in California seven years ago.
More than 400 attended the all school Halloween carnival at the high school. Insurance, sales, and service ads appear amid personal notices and Lost and Found items. Local names include Marion residents Dunlap Rathman and Mrs. Harold Oswald with family, plus references to Cedar Rapids and La Crosse visits.
Hurdle and halter diverting entertainment at the Hotel Montrose with music and gaiety. Bob Welty and Tom Owens Cowboys perform, with Thursday and Friday events at the venue. Admittance details include a 10c service charge before 9 p.m. plus tax. Local ads promote chicken, bar-b-q fare, and various home services from plumbing to hauling and repairs.
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