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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1942
Page
20
Buyers pushed prices to a 22 year peak with hogs near 5.70 per hundredweight. Barrows and gilts gained 25 to 50 cents, sows up 25 to 35 cents, and good to choice 200 to 280 pound hogs sold 15.50 to 15.70. Cattle offerings were light with steady to active trading, calves steady, bulls weak at 12. Lambs remained active with spring lambs up 15 cents to 14.50 top.
Chicago agricultural market report shows hog receipts 4,000 with active demand and higher bids for lighter weights. sheep receipts 1,900 with steady to higher quotes for natives and freight. Cattle receipts 1,000 with trade fairly active, improved calf prices, and strong earlier week tones for stockers and feeders.
Salable receipts mixed with cattle and hogs show gains. Sows and gilts up 10 to 25 cents. butchers firm to up to 15.10 for choice 230-240 lb cattle. Calves steady to strong. vealers steady. cows weak to 25 cents. bulls steady to 11.90. Sheep and lambs active with good to choice ranges up to 14.15 for spring lambs.
Salable receipts 800 cattle with calves and stockers showing mixed demand. Beeves priced to about 15.85 per cwt with other fed cattle in the 11.00 to 14.00 range. Hogs active at 14.75 to 14.90 for most weights, sows similar. Sheep receipts 4,200 with range springers around 13.75 to 14.00 and feeding lambs 12.50 to 13.10.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 1 pecking plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:30 Friday totaling 16 200 head, down from last week and year. Prices varied by weight with entries around 160 to 380 pounds and quoted values near 14.50 to 15.00 per cwt.
In Austin Minnesota hog market notes the price ranges for slaughter and feeder hogs are listed by weight. Prices show varied bids from 160 to 500 pounds with figures like 13.50 to 14.70 per hundredweight and specific bands for lighter and heavier hogs.
Hogs sold actively at Peoria with receipts around 2 000. weights under 220 pounds brought top 15 dollars. bulk good and choice 190 to 260 pounds at 15 dollars. Cattle receipts 125 with most cutters and mediums around 8 to 9 dollars, canners 7 to 7 75. Spring lambs 300 sold good to choice at about 15 25 to 15 75.
Receipts show unsettled market with heavy hens around 18 to 19 cents and fryers at 2 to 2.5 cents per pound. Leghorn and colored varieties listed, along with ducks and cocks. Egg and potato lines feature Minnesota North Dakota red valley and Bliss Triumphs varieties with prices cited for washed and unwashed lots.
The listing shows mixed colors eggs with fancy finishes and different price points. It includes grades such as firsts and mediums, pullets and average checks, with figures in cents per dozen and various extra charges.
Market quotes show grain futures with 46 1/2 to 46 3/4 cents ranges and related scores. Cheese receipts stand at 171640, prices unchanged. Poultry prices list hens ducks and chickens with varied yard values. Butter futures show storage standards and November price around 36 60 percent.
Hog prices across all grades advanced by 10 cents with top bids reaching 14.80 for butchers in Cedar Rapids Friday. Long haul no fill at 14.90 and packers at 14.70, with various weight classes listed from 140 pounds up to 500 pounds. Cattle and sheep sections show mixed quotes for steers, yearlings, cows, bulls, and lambs across multiple weight ranges.
Market prices for grains and produce in Cedar Rapids include No 2 wheat at 1.03 per bushel, rye 62 cents, yellow corn 75 cents, soybeans 1.60, and bales of hay and straw listed. Poultry and eggs show springs, hens, and pigeons with varied per-pound rates, alongside wholesale fruits and vegetables and Florida/Colorado celery prices and citrus. Hides and leather materials are priced, with calf and kip hides noted and glue half price.
The Milwaukee AP reports Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of September 28 to October 3. Prices include No. 1 cheddars at 23% bid and Wisconsin junior trade cheddars at 22% bid, with state brand daisies and horns at 24 cents bid and squares at 24% bid.
Domestic wool showed quiet but steady demand in Boston with short fine territory wools selling at 1.07 to 1.12 per pound and occasional graded fine staple at 1.18 to 1.21. A little new business occurred in short fine domestic top at ceiling prices.
Bond markets in New York show moderate turnover with heavy activity in lower priced issues. Features include three scale activity and steady demand for American and Power shares, with U S government and foreign dollar bonds trading within narrow series as Rock Island securities remain referenced.
Cedar Rapids attorney B. L. Wick spoke to the Hi Twelve club Friday about his Canada trip. He reported on the strong Canadian war effort and noted the large income tax burden compared with American taxation.
In New York on Friday steel stocks climbed two points or more as the market strengthened while rails rose to new yearly highs after heavy profit taking. Trading volume reached about 800000, a 1942 high. Several leaders hit new one to five year tops including Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific Southern Railway preferred Atlantic Coast Line Union Pacific Panhandle Producing Paramount Pictures Twentieth Century Fox Goodyear Goodrich United States Rubber. Major gainers also included United States Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet Crucible Steel Chrysler J I Case Douglas Aircraft du Pont Dow Chemical Montgomery Ward. Some pressure appeared in American Telephone American Water Works Woolworth and American Can.
A broad stock rally lifts prices across many sectors with notable gains for Adams Express American exporters Anaconda Copper and Union Carbide while mid cap and industrials lead the advance. Investors turnover shows renewed demand as several index components rise.
In a major push against gambling activity, ten men were arrested in raids described by police as a million-dollar-a-year wire service for poolroom bookmakers and other horse racing gamblers across New York New Jersey Westchester and Nassau County.
Chicago Wheat futures fell sharply as traders reacted to pending price control wording in Congress. Prices slid as much as a cent and finished broadly lower with mixed moves across corn oats and rye amid ongoing legislative uncertainty and late-session volatility.
Prices listed include corn with No 1 at 83 cents, No 3 at 82 cents, No 2 white around 1.00, sample grades and feed at 58 to 70 cents, barley nominal, and lard at 12.90 dollars per hundred pounds loose 11.90 and bale 15.75. The report reflects typical market quotes with multiple grade distinctions and commodity items.
The Cedar Rapids War Appeals Coordinating committee approved Greek War Relief aid and sent $2,340 to the society. Total United War Fund disbursements reach $33,831.25 with major grant to U.S.O. and allocations to Russian relief, United China relief, Navy relief, YMCA prisoners aid, Queen Wilhelmina, British relief, and Polish American council. Final December payments to agencies pending end-year review.
Leo Ernst 38 of a farm south of Walker was arrested at 8:30 p.m. Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Pete Whittemore on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was picked up on Highway 150 north of Cedar Rapids and taken to Linn County Jail.
Tax liens under internal revenue laws were filed with the clerk of the U S district court in Cedar Rapids this week against Orville D Strouse of 338 Second avenue SE for nonpayment of 27 44 income tax in 1941 and against H C Metcalf of Anamosa owner of Metcalf Electrical for nonpayment of 357 86 employment tax in 1941. A penalty tax of 91 40 was added in the Metcalf case bringing the total to 449 26.
Vera Claney seeks a divorce from Gene Claney citing cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple wed June 25, 1933 in Wheatland. Ralph T. Davis petitions for divorce from Melen Davis after a November 14, 1934 Cedar Rapids marriage.
Joseph Swan aged 29 of Oakland California was arraigned in Linn county district court and given until October 7 to plead on a charge of uttering a forged instrument. He was brought back to Cedar Rapids to face charges connected with the alleged theft of 750 dollars in travelers checks from Al Setter a year earlier.
Irving Fox, charged in Cedar Rapids district court with larceny from a building by daytime, faced an extradition hearing Thursday afternoon in the statehouse at St Paul with Paul Albrecht as referee. A recommendation will follow to Gov Harold Stassen. Iowa officials at the hearing included Carl Hendrickson and Det L B Marshall. Fox was arrested in St Paul weeks ago and is linked to Dorothy Myers, also charged with daytime larceny of a fur coat from Armstrong Clothing in February. Miss Myers disappeared on the second trial day and remains at large.
The Ringling Brothers show ended in Cedar Rapids on Friday though 12 000 attendees enjoyed the two performances on Thursday with 7 000 at the evening session. John Ringling North praised Iowa as a top circus state noting strong business this season. The troupe showcased 23 acts including the elephant ballet and aerial performances amid vibrant costumes and crowds of delighted children and families.
Townsend club No 7 schedules a special meeting for Saturday at 7 30 p m at 117 F avenue NW. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen meets Sunday at 10 a m in the Roosevelt hotel. A break in at Tow's Standard Service Friday yielded no loot. window entry found by police. Mr and Mrs J J Reif and son Robert return to Springfield Mo after two weeks in Minnesota. Mr Reif now a Colonial Bakery supervisor. The Lord's Supper observed at Shueyville United Brethren church Sunday 9 30 a m with Dr Wendell Henline speaking on A Covenant. Sunday school at 10 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 8 p m.
Burroughs A. Waltrip begins a city wide revival Sunday at 2 45 p m in Memorial Coliseum with the sermon God Sees America. Evening service at 745 will cover God Made a Covenant with America and continue nightly at 745 for three weeks except Mondays.
Thomas Short 83 of Daisy North Dakota died suddenly. Services conducted by Rev B O Bashore at the People's Home. Burial followed in Wilson Cemetery.
Mrs. Ed ward Mahan announces the marriage of her daughter Mary to Albert Gorsch son of Mr and Mrs George Gorsch of Washington Iowa. The ceremony took place September 8 in Missouri. The bride is a 1942 graduate of Williamsburg.
Des Moines AP report shows 2,338 tons of scrap collected by 34 counties since the campaign began with momentum pulling in extra totals from 65 counties. Harrison county leads per capita and total tonnage with 340 tons to date, including 136 tons collected Thursday. Other top counties include Cerro Gordo 262, Clayton 117, Washington 113, Union and Dubuque among those over 100 tons.
The 1940 census shows Iowa housing 238,680 persons of German origin, with 35,540 foreign born and 183,140 native born of foreign or mixed parentage. Italians declined from 9,747 to 8,961 in the same decade. The share of German foreign white stock fell from 11.6 to 8.6 percent from 1930 to 1940.
The prompt lists want ad pricing and policies including per day and per line rates, restrictions on cancellation, and out of town mail handling. Several small notices appear: lost items with contact numbers, beauty services advertisements, and rummage sale notices. The page mixes rate details with example ads and miscellaneous classifieds.
Fragmented help wanted notices list positions for waitresses maids beauty operators and general housework. Ads mention part time hours weekly pay and contact boxes with phone numbers, including Iowa City listings and a few business names.
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