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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1944
Page
4
Reports from Omaha and Chicago detail hogs at 13.90 to 14.50 a hundredweight, cattle steady to higher with fed steers around 17.25 to 18.50, and lambs selling near 14 dollars. Receipts mix includes 4 000 hogs and 3 500 calves with varied stocker demand and grazing prices.
Des Moines market report shows hog receipts for the 24th ending 8 am with 46 800 head, compared to 37 700 last week and 46 400 a year ago. Prices range from about 12.50 to 13.80 per cwt for various weight classes with steady to 10 cents lower. Industry totals note 270 to 400 lb hogs around 13.35 to 13.75 per cwt.
Chicago AP reports Wheat finished higher after an opening drop as other grains remained unsettled. Wheat closed up about 1.4 percent while corn oats rye and barley showed varied gains and lingering volatility through the session.
Fragments show AP price listings for wheat and corn in Chicago with various grades and nominal values. Entries include No. 2 red and No. 3 yellow wheat, No. 4 yellow corn, and sample grades with price figures like $1.72 and $1.93, plus miscellaneous numbers and terms.
Chicago receipts show 2 173 tables steady. 923 score A 4ic and $0 score cars 40% extra. Firsts 88 89 score specials totals 93 6 257 cases steady. Demand good. market water tight with cheese prices around $3.26 to $3.24 per pound. New York cheese receipts 412 800 nominal. no quota 19 030 firm. No. 4 and over 50 1654 8. Medium offerings and dirties noted with various price checks.
Hogs dropped a dime on the local market Wednesday with top price for prime butchers at 13.1395 per hundred or 313.95, while packers paid 13.55. Lamb and sheep values slipped and buck lambs were down one dollar per hundred. weight and quality factors affected pricing.
Grain market listing shows Old No 2 yellow corn at 1.00 for shelled, new at 2.94 for No 3 white corn 65c, wheat No 2 at 1.40, rye No 2, hay and straw prices for baled straw and hay, various poultry feeds, onions, potatoes and hide market notes. Includes multiple grain and commodity prices with unit values and product descriptors from Cedar Rapids.
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the fighting will certainly last for a good long time after returning from a tour of French battlefronts. He replied to James Duncan who asked for releasing men over 40 from static military stations.
Wv. E Hampton seeks care at University hospital Iowa City. Mrs James J McGregor returns from Dubuque after three weeks with relatives. Capt Robert Petranek completes 50 flying missions in Europe and will speak at Lions Club lunch Roosevelt hotel Thursday noon. St Wenceslaus bazaar Nov 15 16 17 and 18 at parish gym Fifth street and Sixteenth avenue SE. Y M C A surgical dressings workroom closed until further notice Linn county chair L K Cornell announced Wednesday. Rev Harold K Cornish of Kansas City will speak at Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle 609 First avenue SW at 745 p m on The Seven Trumpets and the Last Revival. Evangelist Carl Bassett at Calvary Baptist church Fifth avenue and Sixth street SW will speak at 730 tonight on The Blush of Calvary.
Two cars damaged about 1 06 am Wednesday when Albert J. Masek of 1616 Sixth Street NW struck from behind a parked car registered to Lida Connor of the same address on Deyen Boulevard NW. Masek was fined $100 by Judge Harry Johnson for reckless driving.
New York trading on Wednesday edged higher as the market tried to recover from two sharp declines. Leaders showed limited gains with steels aircrafts rails and specialties advancing. about 900000 shares changed hands as investors weighed modest recoveries and ongoing selling by some leaders.
New York AP reports a spotty forenoon gave way to a steadier afternoon as the bond market firmed in places. Rails led the activity with small gains and losses about evenly split during the final hour.
Judge M C Hamiel awards Cedar Rapids city $72.42 against Julius W Maly and Alice Maly in district court. The case arose from a March 19 collision at Sixteenth avenue and C street SW where the Berry car overturned, struck a nonoperational signal post, and failed to yield. The Mary car was deemed at fault for not yielding.
Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper said he expects his secretary Dan OBrien of Des Moines and his assistant secretary Maxine Maxson of Cedar Rapids to join him in Washington when he becomes Iowa senator next January.
A two day school of instruction on reserve income tax problems for farmers, businessmen and professional taxmen will be held at the Montrose hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday November 21 and 22. Monday morning will be largely given to introductory material.
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