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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1942
Page
3
Livestock markets steadied after a week of hog price declines and gains in cattle and sheep. Reports from Chicago Sioux City Omaha Des Moines and Austin Minnesota show steady to higher bids for various classes with receipts around 200 to 1,000 head and weekly totals in the low thousands.
New York market report shows dressed poultry prices for various regions and weights with Virginia Delaware Maryland North Carolina and Vermont listings. Live poultry prices cover roosters ducks fowls chickens broilers and squabs with quality grades and weight brackets. Chicago follow-up notes butter cheese potatoes and produce futures with varied prices and supply conditions.
Hog prices remained steady with top butcher rate at $14.20 and long haul at $14.30. Cattle markets show steers mostly $12.00 to $14.25, yearlings and heifers around $11.00 to $14.25, cows $9.50 to $10.50. Lambs and sheep listed with prices from $8.00 to $29.75 depending on weight and grade.
Grain prices list No. 1 Wheat at 1.05, No. 2 1.03. Oats No. 2 0.43, No. 3 0.40. Rye No. 2 0.62. Shelled corn Yellow No. 2 0.68. Soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.60. Hay and straw prices for bale and old hay. Poultry prices for springs hens and ducks. Wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted prices for celery lemons oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes and apples. Hides calf and horse prices and pony tail details included.
Wisconsin cheese prices quoted for October 1924 cover state brands and junior cheddars with bids. Wool market in Boston notes quiet activity with country graded wools sold around 51/2 cents delivered. Texas grease wool prices for 12 months and clean basis cited. fall wools bid 27 to 28 cents. Mohair prices in Texas and New Mexico for adults and kids listed.
New York bond review notes lively action in rail loan reorganization with gains across junior liens from Chicago and North Western St Paul Rock Island Frisco and Seaboard Airline. Central of Georgia bonds rise 1 to over 2 points while Atlantic Coast Line and Chicago and Alton 3s post fractional advances. several New York Central loans bid higher while declines remain mostly fractional and few foreign issues move.
A Coe College faculty group and three students left Friday evening to search for fossils near McGregor Iowa and Marquette Wisconsin. They plan to return Sunday. The trip supports an honors thesis by student David Basker of 824 Sixth Street SW. Participants include Dr. Leonard R. Wilson geology associate professor, Dr. Robert V. Drexler biology and botany instructor, and students Carl Hoch and Edward Schaut.
In San Francisco the navy rescue boat now on the ways has been named the U S S Snatch. Its functions include snatching seamen from rafts and lifeboats.
The New York market closed a losing week with mild irregularity as a slow Saturday saw about 300 000 shares change hands. Bullish sentiment remained, but investors kept commitments light amid doubtful war news from Stalingrad and the Solomons. Leading performers included New York Central Southern Railway Standard Oil N J Texas Company American Can Goodyear US Gypsum Montgomery Ward International Nickel and Yellow Truck. laggards included American Telephone Santa Fe Pennsylvania GM Chrysler Bethlehem US Rubber Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Kennecott Du Pont Sears Roebuck Western Union and Consolidated Edison.
Lists of stocks and bid prices from Adams Express to Zenith Radio with entries for Amn Express Alaska Kroger General Electric and many others. Shows prices, percent changes, and market placements across Wall Street and Chicago quotations with multiple corporate names and securities.
The German high command announced on radio Friday that if extending its prisoner shackling order they will no longer distinguish between Allied prisoners. The move follows an alleged British broadcast claiming Britain would also treat Axis prisoners alike.
Two masked men robbed a Chicago liquor store on Friday night with patrons and staff held at gunpoint. They took $365, a clerk Mrs Vivian Foster was handed $3 before the pair fled. one suspect paused to compliment her.
Wheat prices fell briefly after opening on Saturday amid a Washington report on flour price ceilings, but soon recovered to close higher than Friday. Futures showed mixed gains with December and May contracts up modestly, while corn and soybeans moved differently on the day. Cash market provisions in Chicago reflected various grain grades and prices for wheat, corn, oats, and barley.
Army and Navy recruiting stations in Cedar Rapids reported 18 new enlistees on Saturday with 32 additional army air corps ground school applications completed Friday. The list includes numerous individuals from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns along with several air corps ground school applicants finishing on site.
Stephen Stanley Parsley, 76, a Rock Island railroad conductor, died at 636 Eighth Street SE after a long illness. Born August 18, 1879 in Czecho Slovakia, he lived in Cedar Rapids 30 years and served 35 years with the Rock Island. He married Helen Mittan in 1922 and is survived by his wife, three daughters, a brother, and two grandchildren. Funeral plans pending with Moen chapel.
Edna Lucille Kinrade of Mt. Vernon died at 4 a.m. Friday after a prolonged illness. Born June 19, 1897 in Monmouth Iowa she was a musician who taught music for years and belonged to the Mt. Vernon Methodist Church. Survived by mother Lettie Kinrade of 1754 D avenue NE and two sisters Mrs. Sarah Kitchen and Mrs. Marie Stoneking of Mt. Vernon funeral announcements pending friends may call at the Moen chapel.
Capt and Mrs Philip Crew were hosts Friday night in Marion in a farewell event for Capt Crew who departs Sunday for Randolph Field Texas. Also present were Dr and Mrs Arthur E Crew and Miss Wyonna Carey. The Marion salvage committee met with Marion Chamber of Commerce to plan the town ship scrap drive set for Oct 20. Private Ralph Chesrown on a 14 day furlough from Camp Barkeley Texas visits his mother Elsie Chesrown. Lester Harford at 303 Thirteenth street underwent an appendectomy at St Luke's Hospital.
James F. Byrnes told cabinet officers and officials there must be no protracted fights over economic stabilization. He pledged to settle differences quickly and communicate decisions. He outlined steps to control salaries, regulate utilities, and study future issues including rationing and wage policies.
Chicago based Director Joseph B. Eastman of the Office of Defense Transportation warns that if voluntary curtailment of travel fails the nation may have to ration passenger transportation. He told General Federation of Women's Clubs directors that about 4 million passengers ride American railways annually and classifying all potential travelers would be virtually impossible.
Joseph B Eastman, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, told the National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards that after Dec 7 the remaining transport challenges are greater as producer effort surges. He cited noncivil car and truck output, near cessation of bus building, and limited rubber as constraints on expanding transportation capacity.
A Linn County jury of eight women and four men in Judge J E Heiserman's court returned a 5635.93 verdict for Mrs Lillian R Hennessey against Witwer Grocer Co and Cliff Edwards. The case arose from injuries Aug 4 1941 when her car collided with a truck driven by Edwards five miles south of Anamosa after a trial that began Monday morning.
Nine airmen perished when a four motor bomber struck a mountain near Magdalena New Mexico and exploded. Forest ranger reported the Thursday night crash and the bodies were to be taken to Alamogordo army base where officers confirmed the loss Friday night.
The first division of the Presbyterian Aid Society met at multiple homes to finalize plans for the annual bazaar on Nov 5 with 18 guests served. Local events covered include football outings, visits by relatives and friends, Boy Scout ushers at the Iowa Illinois game, and upcoming church activities. Evangelist Burroughs A Waltrip will hold an interdenominational rally at Marion Christian church on Oct 19 with a parallel revival in Cedar Rapids.
Marion churches announce service times for Sunday. Baptist Rev Benjamin H Shaw leads morning worship at 10 45 and Bible school at 9 45 with evening service at 7 30. St Josephs Catholic mass at 8 and 10 am. Christian church led by Rev Vernon H Carter with Bible school at 9 45 and morning worship at 10 45.
Local churches announce morning and evening worship times with sermons and subjects such as The Measure of Life and Understanding of the Times. Denominations include Congregational Pilgrim Highraaders Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Seventh Day Church of God Prairie Chapel and Epworth League activities listed.
Multiple classified notices include lost billfold with papers near Ivanhoe or Western and rewards, a lost white toy terrier and a red heifer, contact details for return, and ads for camera cleaning, jewelry repairs, and sewing courses. Also listings for loans on diamonds, clocks, printing, home repair, and service ads with phone numbers and locations in Cedar Rapids area.
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