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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1942

Page

6

Hogs Steady to 15 Cents Off as 22 Year Peak Holds

Chicago market shows hogs near steady to 15 cents lower per hundredweight with heavier hogs most stable. Top price remains at 22 year peak of 15.70, while cattle gain about 25 cents and lambs push for higher bids amid good meat demand and larger runs. Iowa Des Moines and Sioux City receipts detailed with hogs and calves selling across weight classes and regions.

Chicago Iowa Des Moines U. S. Dept. Agriculture Minnesota Sioux City Omatia Omaha Dept. Agriculture IAPI IU Dept. Agriculture MO Hoge Samble

Chicago Produce Market Receipts and Prices Fall in Mixed Trading

The Chicago market shows nervous trading with about 1 year’s pace in poultry receipts and varied hen prices. Butter and eggs move at nominal but firm rates. potatoes show unsettled, light trading with multiple regional price points and arrivals. New York produce follows with firm butter, cheese steady, and varied dairy and grain quotes across several grades and regions.

Chicago Ang Lee Ae Ee C. Pigeons Oz Gare Idaho Colorado Minnesota Orth Dakota Red River Valley Wisconsin Green Mountain N sChippewar U New York

Local Hog Prices Decline 15 Cents

Continued decline in Cedar Rapids hog market with prices 15 cents under Saturday quotes. Top butchers at 14.65, packers 14.55, various weight classes listed for hogs, cattle and calves, along with sheep and lamb price ranges and trends for Monday trading.

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Rice and Produce Prices

Local listings show grain prices for wheat rye and soybeans with No 1 No 2 and shelled varieties. Poultry by weight includes springs Leghorn ducks hens and geese with assorted prices. fruit and vegetable notes include celery lemons oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes and crate prices. Hide and leather values list cured hides calf hides kip and horse figures with animal products noted.

Michigan Colorado

Bond Market Hints Of Activity In Late Trading

In New York bond trading near the close, demand showed for favored railroad issues and select utilities while overall activity remained light. Prices moved fractions to about a point at times for issues such as St Paul 3 4, Columbia Gas 4s, Great Northern 4s, Illinois Central 4s, New York Central Refunding 4 42 8, and Southern Pacific 4 14s. Some issues held near unchanged or slipped slightly, including International Telephone 5s, Missouri Pacific 5s of 77, and Seaboard Airline Consolidated 6s. Governments remained quiet with minor fluctuations. Argentine 4 4 25 and Brazil 14 8 attracted modest support in the foreign sector.

NEW York Bond Review York (Ap St. Paul Columbia Great Northern Illinois Central New York Central Southern Pacific Internationa Telephone Missouri Pacific

Wisconsin Cheese Prices and Local Business News

Wisconsin cheese prices for Oct 5-10 show U S 1 cheddars at 23 ec, junior grades 22 34c, daisies and horns 2A ice squares 24 34c, others unquoted. Delaware R E Doty buys W J Hilmer general merchandise store. Delwein Moe Miche, 71, injured after bicycle collision, hip fracture found.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange U. S States Delaware R. E. Doty Mt. Morris, Sr W. J. Hilmer Doty

Stock Market Trends Mixed

New York markets showed mixed results as blue chips steadied the session amid profit taking in rails and steels. American Telephone led movers with gains while other names fluctuated. late buying boosted some high quotes and several stocks hit yearly highs. Transfers around 800000 shares marked a strong turnover.

New York American Telephone Westinghouse United States Steel Bethlehem J. I. Case Boeing Chrysler Western Union American Car and Foundry

Wall Street Quotations From Adams Express to Willys Overland

A dense list of Monday stock quotations from Wall Street, naming companies such as Adams Express, Allied Stores, Amn Can, Boeing, Chrysler, Ford, General Electric, US Steel, and many others with varied bid prices and prices in the hundreds. Included are Chicago stock quotations and references to a wide range of industrials, utilities, and rail firms.

J. EB. Bennett & Id W .H. Jump Merchants National Bank Bulldina Adams Express Hudson Alaska Juneau Alles Ludlum Central Allied Chem Dt Indus Mayan Pai Allied Stores Inspiration Allis Chalmers Cnn Hydro Hide Amn Smelting Garbonte Amn Steel Fdys Lockheed Amn Loews Inc Amn Tel É& Te Lorillard P McKesson Amn Wat Marshall Fid Amn Woolen Martin G L Balto & Ohio Natl Can Natl Dairy P Beatrice Pingsbury Century Foundry Ttsp Proctor Gamble Cerro de Pasco Aes Pullman Aes Certain-teed Eure Ches & Ohio Radio Gorp Radio Keith Chrysler Repb Steel Coca Cola Renn Colt Palmolive Scheniey Cola Fuel Columbas Seaboard Oi Sears Roebuck Solvents Server_ Inc Shell Union Crown Drug Wane Crucible Steel Lux Cudahy Pkr Sar Stew Warner Curtiss Studebaker Curtiss Wr Stone Web Deere and Co Elec Pow & Liseunt Air Lines Nj ‘Corp Ford Eneland Uni Gas Co Motors Gillrtte Sa Gimbel Bros US Steel Gudden Goebel Walworth Goodrich A. F Warner Bros Goorvenr Tire Sraham Paige Westhouse el White Motors Gt Nor Ry Pe Wes Sur Willys Ovid Greyhound Wilson and Co Hall Printing Woolworth i Ont Hayes Hecker Yestown Seid Yeston Chicago Armour and Co Bendix Borg Warner Marsh Field Chicago Corp Edison Swift and Co Swift Walereen

Fire Carelessness Routed As Wartime Sabotage

Washington dispatch reports James M. Landis director of the Office of Civilian Defense said carelessness about fire risks should be treated as sabotage during wartime as National Fire Prevention Week opened.

Washington James M. Landis Office of Civilian Defense OCD

Grain Price Uncertainty Weighs on Futures Prices

Chicago traders saw wheat futures swing on loan price expectations between 85 and 90 percent of parity. Prices for wheat fell 1% to 14% for various futures, with corn oats soybeans and other grains posting mixed losses. Cash provisions show No. 2 dark northern wheat around 124, No. 5 mixed near 1.05, and assorted barley and oats values listed. Soybeans in sample grade listed at 1.30, with seed and timothy prices noted and lard market at about 12.50 per hundredweight.

Chicago Fas Argan Deel

Colleges Seen Vital in Nation War Effort

Dr. Charles A. Anderson of Coe College told Rotary members that colleges are centers for wartime leadership training and not draft dodger havens. He urged flexible wartime study shifts, budget support for financially needy students, and offering Coe facilities for aviation training and intensified programs.

Charles A. Anderson Coe College Rotary Club Roosevelt Hotel Washington Coe Cedar Rapids

Community Notices and Local Meeting Schedule

Ice cream promotion at Mack's Lunch and a slate of lodge and club gatherings are listed. Zosie Podlipska lodge meets Wednesday at 2 pm in C S P S Hall. Townsend Club No 7 meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm at 117 F Avenue NW. Fall Cedar Rapids Stamp Club opener Monday at 8 pm Montrose hotel. Keane hall hosts Sacred Heart Court No 727 meeting Monday night. Crescent lodge 125 AF and AM meets tonight at 7 30 pm. Civil air patrol members attend Coe Kelvin Society Tuesday at 7 30 pm. aviation biology talk by Dr Karl A Stiles in Science hall. A thief stole a ladder from W H Scheurs truck for the second night in a row. Mrs Ernest Corey and infant Lynette Ann are visiting John Magnusson, who is critically ill. Pauline Schmidt inducted into WAAC at Des Moines and awaiting duty.

Cedar Rapids Civil Air Patrol Squadron Coe College Kelvin Society Karl A. Stiles Ernest Corey Albuquerque N. M Lynette Ann

Cornell freshman joins symphony orchestra Cellist in 25 new admits

David Ring son of Mrs H C Ring 2508 Bever avenue SE is among 25 students newly admitted to the Cornell symphony orchestra as a celloist. The 60 piece ensemble directed by Lloyd Oak land will appear on campus several times this year though the annual spring tour to Chicago or Minneapolis remains undecided.

David Ring H C. Ring Bever Avenue Cornell College Cornell Symphony Orchestra Lloyd Oakland Chicago Minneapolis

Revival for Victory Campaign Opens in Memorial Coliseum

Evangelist Burroughs A. Waltrip launched a two week Revival for Victory campaign at Memorial Coliseum with afternoon and evening meetings. He spoke on God Sees America and Gods Covenant with the United States and urged national return to God. Meetings run nightly at 7 45 except Monday and Tuesday night Waltrip will discuss Hitlers Secret Weapon.

Burroughs A. Waltrip Memorial Coliseum America United States Waltrip

Man pleads guilty to reckless driving in Linn county court

Courthouse records show Dallo Jones of 937 Hull Avenue SE pled guilty to reckless driving in Justice of Peace H R Churchill's court. He received 30 days in Linn county jail, a $25 fine with suspended costs, and the car was on the wrong side of Highway 30 when it struck Richard Goodell east of Cedar Rapids.

Dallo Jones Hull Avenue SE Justice of Peace H. R. Churchill Linn County Jones Cedar Rapids Larry Condon Richard Goodell Goodell Gerald Corey West Eighth Street Davenport

Articles Filed For Lisbon Methodist Church Reincorporation

Articles of re incorporation of the Lisbon Methodist church were filed Saturday morning in the office of County Recorder Dempsy Jones by the board of trustees of the church property of the Wes ley M. E. church of Lisbon. The trustees listed include Vernon Phillips W L Kynett George F Johnson for one year S M Franks J R Gardner Alfred H Vornholt and for three years John H Miller Ed M Franks and G L Hill.

Lisbon Methodist Church Dempsy Jones Wesley M. E. Church of Lisbon Vernon Phillips W. L. Kynett George F. Johnson S. M. Franks J. R. Gardner Alfred H. Vornholt

Naval Air Board In Cedar Rapids On Recruit Drive

Naval Air Board conducted interviews and exams for male high school graduates ages 18 to 26 in Cedar Rapids at the Elks club Monday moving into Tuesday. A traveling flight selection board from Minneapolis led the process with Elks providing support. Accepted candidates proceed to Minneapolis for further testing and assignment.

Naval Air Board Cedar Rapids Elks Club Elks Naval Flight Selection Board Minneapolis

Navy Calls for Tradesmen to Instruct in Iowa

The U S Navy recruiting office in Cedar Rapids issued a call for Diesel men to serve as instructors in Iowa. Barbers are sought for immediate enlistment with the Sea Bees. Application is to Lieut George Ray, Navy electricians' school, Ames IA. Estimates show 20 to 30 Diesel men needed, with four motion picture operators three tailors five or six carpenters and several electricians also to be assigned as instructors.

U. S. Navy Cedar Rapids Iowa George Ray Navy Electricians’ School Ames Seabees Navy

Gas Tests Submitted to Council

The council received a list of September gas tests from observer A A Menary showing an average of 1047 BTU. The month’s high was 1050 BTU on September 4 5 and 8, and the low 1042 on September 29.

A. A Menary

George Spence 60 Dies at La Porte City

George Spence died Friday at his home in La Porte City. Born June 21, 1882, in Bethany, Missouri, he was the son of Frank and his wife and married Nellie Provin in 1903 at Ridgeway, Missouri.

la Porte City George Spence Bethany Frank Spence Nellie Provin Ridgeway

Want Ad Rates and Payment Rules Summary

The notice outlines want ad rates for various day ranges and line counts, with charges per extra line and 10 cent mail fees for out of town responses. Ads for multiple days may be canceled after results are known, and pay is for days the ad appears. Include name and address as part of the ad. blind box counts as four words. Sunday ads accepted by noon and Saturday work ads listed under Classification 9.

Cedar Rapids Hand Corporation D. D Wolfe Roosevelt_ Hotel Gazette Chicago State Eg Boy Stemlin 4Th Ave Strons's

Obituary and Local notices in Dysart area

Longtime resident spent most of life near Dysart with survivors including wife and nine children across Cedar Rapids La Porte City Waterlooo Traer and Topeka Kan. Funeral held with West View cemetery burial. Also stray and Lost notices for beagle bicycle assorted items and camera services fill the page.

Dysart Royce Spence Cedar Rapids Carol la Porte City Lee Waterlooo Peter Joens Fororest Peck Darrell Karr Traer George, Jr Darrell Spence Doyle Benson Margaret Harris Cora Pontius Topeka Kan

Also Mentioned on This Page

I Financial Market News Ho Ogs Chicago API Austin Austin Min 'Ap Lamson Brothers and Company H. R. Mowrey Merchants National Pouliaing Virginia Samson Mason Cc Roduce Markets Burleson Agency Merchants Bank Boston API U_ 5S Delwein A. H. Miche Mercy Hospital Mississippi River Awe No Sy Nee la Cross Oe Ise Prairie Au Chien No Change McGregor Dubuque Davence Keoku Rpr Pall St. Louis Rige Calro Wall St City Briefs Mack Hvezda Lodge Pokroka Lodge Zosie Podlipska Lodge Townsend Club No F Avenue NW Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company Cedar Rapids Stamp Club Montrose Hotel Sacred Heart Court Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters Keane Hall Crescent Lodge A.F A.M George Farmer Grand Lodge W. H. Scheurs E Avenue NE WAAC Pauline Schmidt A ‘Avenue Lisbon Fricen The Walter Strong Muartelle Macbride Lake O.R.C Roy Squires Toddville Pee Arthur Tan Rae Katz Jewelry & Loan Marion Probasco Jeweler Palace Theater Lyman & Son Shell Service Ave 2Nd St. E JACK Jet Baldridge Studio 3Rd St. E Eae Colliers Life Mary Adams 3Rd Ave. SE Louis C. Kaiser Higley Jean Claxton Pharmacy Sara IOWA LOAN _CO Montgomery Ward Singer Singer Sewing Machine Co K.&m Richards Lab Feather Mattress Co H. K. Schaefer Kresge California Younker's Calif Fotocraft Sands Printin Co 2Nd St. NE C. R. Knitting Co LILLY Bishop's Ovely Lady Beauty Shop 1St Ave. SE Dial Lillian Suchy Rita's Center Point Road Rita Kennedy 3Rd St. SE Paris Academy Novak Heating CO Sparta Thomas Prescott Letter Shop NOBLE Leo Pieper Magnus Hotel Silver Leaf Hayes Music Box Lee’s Armed Services Sun Ce- Mar Marion Blvd Ian Bu. L. Beringer Durant Anna Fox Wm. Callahan Keystone Bever Dam J. L. Farmer 12Th Ave SOLAR_AIRCRAF COMPANY Grand Ave Cadh Glass & Paint Co Cedar Rapids Natchery 1St Ave Ce Ee Sramek's Srd St American News Co Help Cheerful Card Co White Plains Royal Laundry Avon Beautician Killinn Co Millinery Harmony Troy Laundry Co Armstrong’s Fur Shop Brem's Bakery 1St St SE Mullin Kory Inn No Naxern FBI R. S. Wahab, Jr J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Hotel Roosevelt Washington, D. C Roosevelt By Jimmy Hatlo Dearie A, Imogene , Kansas
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