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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1941
Page
15
Chicago livestock markets show hog salable receipts up with prices slipping up to 50 cents per hundred pounds while top reported at 10.30 and most buyers paying around 10.25. steers and heifers hold steady with fat lambs firm to strong, and mixed cattle and hogs trading across multiple western markets including Sioux City and Omaha with varying loads, weights, and regional quotes.
AP reports hog receipts across Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa and Des Moines markets with price ranges by weight from 120-140 Ibs to 550-600 Ibs and declines in value for many categories. Updates show live hog, packers, and sow values, reflecting 24 hour period ended Friday at 8 am with 30,400 head nationwide compared to prior periods.
Peoria livestock receipts show hogs 3,000 head with prices around 9.85 for 209-300 lb range. sows 256 at 40 cents lower. cattle receipts 100 with steers and heifers steady to 11.52. calves 100 fully steady with dealers up to 15.00. sheep 250 lambs active with lighter prijzen 11.25 to 11.50 for 80-95 lb lambs.
Hog prices slumped on the local market Friday with all hog grades down about 45 cents. Top long-haul hogs fell to 9.60 and weights ranged from 140 to 360 pounds with varied bids for different classes. Cattle and calf markets show mixed if steady ranges for steers, heifers, cows, and calves amid ongoing price adjustments.
A dense recap of regional commodity prices and market items from Cedar Rapids listing grains including Wheat No. 1 at 1.00 and Soybeans at 1.36, along with oats, barley, hay, poultry values, wholesale fruits and vegetables, livestock hides, calf and horse prices, and a closing note citing a recent survey of air travelers describing a typical traveler as a man aged 31 to 50 who is an executive.
New York rallied amid mixed bond moves as stocks and commodities rebounded after a torpedo attack on a U.S. destroyer. Industrial leaders led gains with United States Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Boeing Douglas United Aircraft Dow Chemical Eastman and Santa Fe posting advances.
Wall Street quotations show numerous tickers and figures from Adams Express to Zenith Radio, with indices and commodity listings. Includes Mississippi River stages and a legal notice appointing Austie M Tomec executrix of Victor Tomec estate in Linn County Iowa dated October 1941.
In Chicago on Friday grain and soybean futures staged a strong recovery as buyers pushed up May wheat to 1.17 a bushel and soybeans to around 1.50, while corn and oats also gained. North American wheat markets generally trended higher amid profit-taking and varied quotes across grain prices and cash provisions.
Chicago market receipts show poultry at 46 trucks with steady demand. ducklings 8c, young guineas $4.50 per 2 lbs, under 2 lbs $3.50 per dozen. Butter receipts 794,020 lbs, varied cheese prices and steady to firm potatoes with Idaho russets washed $1.90. New York area eggs and butter figures listed. other item prices and receipts included.
A 5 month old black and white springer spaniel is reported lost near 2200 block Blake Blvd with a $27589 reward offered. A gold brooch was found at Turner Mor tuary. A $20 bill was reported lost downtown with a reward offered. Katz Jewelry & Loan Co advertises cash for a wide range of items including pistols. Other ads offer jewelry, hats, car services, and classifieds.
Denison pled guilty to attempt to suborn and was fined one dollar and sentenced by Judge John T. Moffit to 12 months in county jail. All but 90 days suspended on good behavior with potential for remainder upon county attorney motion. Original charge of perjury revised. relates to grand jury testimony and drunk driving case against William Nerad.
Gene McDaniels of Marion pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge and was fined 300 dollars with installments of 25 dollars monthly and a 3.33 dollar daily jail option on default. He was arrested Wednesday night after erratic driving in a ditch by Marion police. Also noted: Gladys O Norris named administratrix of Lottie A Norris estate with 2000 dollar bond. William Barry named administrator for Frank Hadley estate with 2000 dollar bond. two quarterly receiver reports approved for American Trust and Savings bank and Iowa State Savings bank. Helen Hendricks seeks divorce from Amos W Hendricks. William Kehrle of Coggon jailed on a false pretenses warrant from Clayton county. Helen Sirovy's will admitted to probate with Wesley Sirovy named executor.
Stocks and bonds moved unevenly with the Dow Jones average edging up modestly amid gains in higher grade bonds and utilities. Industrials and rails fluctuated as trading totaled about 194,600 shares across 65 stocks with notable increases in several sectors.
S Forbes of 420 Ninth avenue SW returns from an Iowa City hospital to his home and will be confined two months with visitors allowed. Seventh Corps in Omaha orders First Lieut Robert M Wray of Cedar Rapids to Fort Leonard Wood Mo for one year of active duty. Shueyville services include Dr Wendell Henline speaking at 9:30 a m on Certainty for an Uncertain World. Sunday school at 10:30 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p m.
New York AP report says FBI agent William Friedeman testified that sailing dates and destination of the American steamer Robin Moor torpedoed May 21 in the South Atlantic were submitted by a spy suspect for radio transmission to Germany April 28.
The Colombian cabinet resigned Thursday in Bogota with the exception of Foreign Minister Luis Lopez de Mesa who was out of the country.
Senator Gillette said Will F. Riley of Des Moines was receiving prominent consideration for appointment as judge of the Eighth circuit court of appeals. Other Iowa names mentioned included Edward Eicher of Washington Ia Leon Powers with the federal land bank in Omaha Carl Pryor of Burlington Richard Mitchell of Fort Dodge and Riley Rutledge, a federal district judge in Washington DC.
Lieutenant Commander A L Danis, skipper of the torpedoed destroyer Kearny, survived the February 12 1935 crash of the Navy dirigible Macon in the Pacific. A native of his city, 42, he graduated Annapolis in 1918 and previously served aboard the dirigible Akron before commanding the Kearny.
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