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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1944
Page
2
Chicago AP reports salable hog receipts Thursday at 7 000 with cattle 4 509 and 2 008. Buyers cleared the market at OPA prices 14.75 and 14 with 120 to 140 pounders selling 12.50 to 14.50. Total receipts 14 000 hogs 11 500 cattle 9 500 sheep. 6 000 hogs for the killers.
Salable hog receipts total 14 090 with steady tone. 150-240 lb hogs 14 75. Cattle receipts include strictly choice steers and yearlings up to 18 16 and 17 25 for heifers. beef cows 10 15 cents lower. stockers and feeders quieter with bulk 10.40 to 13.00. slaughter classes not fully established with few sales steady. Montana lambs 12 85 per cwt. No. 1 pelt slaughter ewes.
Hogs receipts about 4 000 with steady demand and porker prices around 14.45. calves and cattle show varied grades with steady to weak demand and steer prices around 18.00 for good fed. sheep and lamb offerings about 9 500 with natives higher and Westerns steady to lower, Wyoming lambs around 14.25 and yearlings near 12.60.
Combined shipments at 19 concentration yards and 1f packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Wednesday were 24 800, compared with 18 000 a week and 30 000 a year ago. Active firming heavier than 16 8060 week ago. Good and choice borrows and gifts 160 180 lbs. 13.00 14.45. 186 240 lbs. 14 45 13 70. 248 3260 lbs. 13 45 13 70. good and choice sows 270 400 lbs 13 45 13 70. good sows 400 450 lbs 13 40 13 70. 450 550 lbs 13 30 13 70.
Readable figures show pound prices and packer rates for various meat cuts. Values list ranges around 12 to 14 dollars per hundredweight with multiple entries for different weights and packing categories.
CATTLE total about 4800 head all salable with steady to lower bids on steers and yearlings. Good to choice loads at 17.90 to 17.65 per cwt, cows strong with gains around 15 to 25 cents, feeder pigs around 1445 lb, heifers around 15.75, medium stockers steady. SHEEP and lambs: western feeding lambs and mixed loads sold with scattered fat lambs around 14.00 to 14.25 per cwt, whiteface feeding lambs about 10.00 to 10.75, colorados around 12.75.
The Cedar Rapids hog market remains at ceiling levels with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers around 13.70. Prices cover hogs from 160 to 500 pounds with varying values for cattle including prime to choice steers up to 158.50 and mixed yearlings and heifers.
Market notes show corn shelled at 1.04 to 1.04 4 and soybeans around 1.04 to 2.04 with oats and hay values listed. Wheat No. 2 priced near 1.08, barley straw and baled hay ranges given, poultry demand described, and wholesale fruit and vegetable prices including Michigan celery at 1.40 per dozen and Valencia oranges at 6.41 per crate.
Wall Street opened with a specialty focus as leaders played a minor role and broad gains followed. About 700000 shares changed hands as traders reflected on numerous individual issues and notable price movements across sectors.
Modest recovery tendencies emerged in New York bond trading on Wednesday after two indecisive sessions. Rails rose fractions to around a point while higher priced corporates drew limited interest as traders awaited Thursday’s market holiday closing.
A brief listing from Plymouth Wisconsin notes cheese sales by the Wisconsin cheese exchange. It mentions eight cars and United States No 1 twins or cheddars with prices around 23 1/4 to 24 1/2 cents per pound. No bids were uncovered.
The Mississippi River stage readings show Davenport with a rise of 0.1 feet to 4.7, Prairie du Chien at 6.7 feet and falling 0.1, McGregor at 74 feet and falling 0.3, and other nearby gauges including Dubuque and Keokuk with small changes in height.
Chicago produce notes show firm butter and eggs as receipts reach 206 982 for butter and 5 7 for eggs. live poultry weak with young stock steady and 32 truck receipts. cheese prices steady with Twins and other varieties at 25 to 26 cents. potatoes arrivals 83 on track, US No 1 Idaho Russell and McClures listed with prices from 2.00 to 3.15. Wisconsin Chippewas US No 1 2.40 to 2.50, Nebraska Bliss 2.90, Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs unlisted.
Wholesale price list shows butter receipts at 627 and 201 for firm prices, cheese at 360.900 not quotable, eggs at 15.337 firm with various pack sizes and dirties listed. Live poultry unsettled with limited offers, roosters, ducks, rabbits, fowls, and chicks priced in cents per pound across multiple varieties and weights.
Fire Chief E. P. Kohout announced Tuesday that the fire pension fund received a $100 gift from Hamilton Seed and Coal Co in appreciation for the department’s work in extinguishing a plant fire on October 2. Firemen put out the blaze after it destroyed the galvanized iron cupola at the building top.
Chicago AP reports grain futures higher amid light offerings despite a government crop record for wheat and corn. Wheat gains to around 1.64 a bushel, corn up about 1.34, oats and rye also advance, barley firm as December contracts set new levels.
The document lists cash provisions for several commodities with pricing notes. No. 1 dark hard wheat at $1.70, corn and oats with sample grades, soybeans at $2.12, barley at $1.15 to $1.37, and seed timothy $6.25 to $6.50 per hundredweight along with red clover $31.50 and sized hay around $28.50.
The first 1944 Linn county soybeans were delivered Tuesday afternoon to the Honey Mead plant in Cedar Rapids by Marion Francis of Marion. The No 2 yellow beans tested 13.6 percent moisture and netted the grower $2.95 per bushel including a one cent moisture premium. Francis works only in the afternoons.
Cedar Rapids Boy Scout commissioners will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the council office A War Production board representative from Davenport will attend the Chamber of Commerce from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m Thursday to arrange appointments
The camping and activities committee of the Boy Scouts will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the council office. The monthly district committee meeting will be at 6 p m Friday at the YMCA.
The Negro Republicans of Linn county will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Nina Miller at 907 Ninth street SE. W. L. Warren serves as chairman of the organization.
Mrs Anna Marvis of 124 Fourth Avenue SW fell on the steps at the State theater Saturday night and injured her leg. She is listed in fair condition at Mercy hospital.
Lt Richard Sheehy, after 12 weeks behind German lines in Yugoslavia, conducted a question-answer session at a Kiwanis meeting luncheon, speaking to members Wednesday noon.
The Rev Mrs M Alter of Portland Oregon will preach at 7 45 p m Wednesday on Real Faith at the Four Square Gospel Tabernacle 609 First Avenue SW. She will speak Thursday on Our Guide and Friday on Does God Heal Today.
Dr. Alfred W. Meyer acting registrar said Wednesday that Ellen Johnson of 1829 Fifth Avenue SE was accidentally omitted from last year’s Coe college honor list. The junior scholar was among thirty students who received scholastic honors.
Courthouse action sees Courthouse Burnla Orson Babe of Pisgah and Donovan Jensen of Missouri Valley sentenced to five years each in the state reformatory at Anamosa after pleading guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle. Appeal bonds set at 2500. The theft involved a Roosevelt garage car on February 24, 1943, with arrests at Roosevelt Utah on February 27, 1943.
The article notes an inspection fee of 150 dollars annually, with this year’s expenditure totaling 107.03 dollars, suggesting a lower outlay than the standard yearly charge.
John W. Moller 17 of Lansing Indiana pled guilty to larceny in Judge M C Hamiel s court. He admitted taking a woman's suit from Mrs Al Doyle s home and giving it to a Waterloo girl. He was arrested and returned to Cedar Rapids by police. The offense was reduced to larceny from a building after restitution proof.
The marriage of Mabel Nayman and Frank S Nayman, wed May 29 in Cedar Rapids, was annulled in district court. Nayman’s wife claimed common law marriage to Edward Fleagle at the time. Fleagle had previously obtained a district court divorce from her in August.
The will of John J. Rubek who died September 29 in Cedar Rapids is admitted to probate in district court. His daughters Minnie M. and Lenora M. Rubek are named executrices. Linn county supervisors accepted Carl Hendrickson’s bid of $1,000 for a 192 by 196 feet lot on Twenty first street just north of First Avenue E. The county had acquired the property by tax deed.
London reports confusion over the Ninth Army under Lt Gen William H Simpson. Allied secrecy hides its movements as it may join the Sixth Army Group on the Western Front. Earlier reports note German captures near Orleans and claims of Ninth Army positions on the Belgian German frontier.
A jumble of lost items and rewards appears from downtown to Marengo and Cedar. Missing purses and billfolds with licenses, coupons, and money prompt contact efforts. found watches and jewelry offered for reward. pawn shop ads and sewing center promotions fill the page.
Joseph Hermann the state bee inspector for Iowa State College presented to the Linn County board of supervisors on Tuesday. He reported 1,313 bee colonies in Linn County with 109 diseased. Linn County appropriates funds for the program.
A collage of beauty parlor listings and contact numbers including ARTISTE BEA SALON at 119 3rd St NE, LADY BEAUTY SHOP at 317 First Ave SE, and Madeline Beauty Shop with perms from $5. The ad mentions Virginia Reding, Willa Nash, Marie Stewart, and general services like perms, cold waves, and hair styling with several phone numbers.
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