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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1944
Page
5
Chicago livestock market report shows yearlings hit a new top at 18.25 with cattle trading steady. Hogs sold 7,000 head with early demand and prices around 14.75 to 16.00. Sheep offerings total 5,000 with native slaughter lambs at 14 to 15 and range ewes around 6.10.
The Omaha market shows steady or higher activity across hogs calves and sheep. Hogs meet 14.45 to 18.00 for lighter and heavier weights with sows and boars around 13.70 to 14.45, calves around 7.25 to 18.00 for fed steers and heifers, and sheep center on 13.35 to 14.25 for choice lambs and natives, with feeders around 16.25 to 18.35 and ewes near 4.75 to 6.00.
Combined receipts of 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Wednesday totaled 28 900. This compares with 24 209 a week ago and 121 600 a year ago. Loadings were heavier. Prices quoted include Good and Choice barrows and gilts 160-180 lbs at 13.00 to 14.45. 180-240 lbs at 14.20 to 14.45. 240-360 lbs at 13.30 to 14.00. Sows 270-400 lbs at 13.45 to 13.70. 400-450 lbs at 13.70. 450-550 lbs at 13.30 to 13.70.
CATTLE Receipts 4,000 all salable with steady to higher demand for fed steers, yearlings at 18.90, prime loads around 1,050 lb. Heifers 16.40, cows mostly steady, canners and cutters 5.05. SIOUX CITY HOGS Receipts 2,600 all salable, hogs steady 150-240 lb averages, $14.45 for heavier and choice lots. SHEEP Receipts 8,000 with lambs in short supply, Montana and Dakota feeders prominent, no early action on fat lambs.
A set of scattered figures cites bid and ask values for several items. Numbers include 13.65 13.70 13.50 12.65 and 14.00 with partial mentions of Waterloo Ottemwa Austin and 13.25 with 26 13.50. The snippet lacks full context or clear subjects.
The Cedar Rapids hog market remains at ceiling level with top prices for prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle, calves, and lamb markets show mixed figures with various classes listed, including cows, bulls, and ewes, plus noted price ranges and weights across categories.
Corn and grain prices listed for No 2 yellow 81.06 percent at 2.04 to No 2 66e No 3 65e. Bar and straw prices show straw at 12.00 per bale 18.00 and baled hay at 18.00. Poultry inquiries noted with active quotes.
In New York the stock market advanced on improved leadership, reaching a new peak for the September October rise. Industrials and rails moved fractions to about a point, with about 900000 shares changing hands as the averages hovered near July highs.
New York stock market edged higher on Wednesday as rails, industrials and some utilities rose fractions to about a point. Trade expanded sharply from recent lows amid heavy investor interest in the largest volume of private financing ever handled at one time.
Chicago butter receipts 176593 with market unchanged. Eggs receipts 4433 firm with extras. Live turkey steady with truck and car deliveries. Potatoes arrivals 138 on track 225, total shipments 870. Idaho and Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota readings listed. U S No 1 and washed and unwashed varieties noted. prices vary from 2.75 to 3.14 per unit. round whites fair quality unwashed in Wisconsin.
New York butter receipts 771 064 firm ceiling prices. Cheese receipts 320089 nominal no quotations. Eggs receipts 19848 firm current wholesale prices follow. Mixed colors extras No 1 to No 4 45 lbs and over 46 4 52 8c. Goose prices 28 30s c. Roosters 18 20c. Ducks noted.
Misc notes from Plymouth report a Wisconsin cheese exchange with three cats and no twins or attire. Two bids uncover U S No 1 twins or chedgars at 23 percent cents.
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis is expected to exit St. Luke's hospital within days and return home after treatment for a severe cold. He had checked in for a routine examination and missed the World Series game.
Chicago grain markets show broad strength with rye advancing and wheat closing higher amid scarce wheat offerings. December wheat at 1.6434, corn steady, oats up, barley higher, while cash prices list No 2 red at 1.71 and related feed grains in slight gains.
Edward Smith, 29, arrested June 19 after giving a local hotel as his address, pled guilty to larceny in Judge M C Hamiel's court. He was sentenced to up to five years in the Fort Madison state penitentiary for stealing a coupe from Thorpe Top and Body Service stored there on June 18. Appeal bond set at $2000.
Karl Solbrig, 46, of 228 Fifth Street NE, pled guilty to malicious injury to a building. Judge M C Hamiel suspended up to five years in Fort Madison penitentiary after he agreed to restitution. Solbrig allegedly threw a brick at Capitol Coney Island, 418 Second Avenue SE, after an argument with the proprietor.
The will of Maurine Allen Chapman who died September 13 in Cedar Rapids was admitted to probate and her husband Frank H. Chapman named executor. Fred C. Fisher named administrator for the estate of Albert Edwin Rammelsberg who died in Jackson county Missouri on October 9. Harry Metzger named administrator for the estate of his wife Sylvia Metzger who died January 23, 1942 in Cedar Rapids.
Seven thousand Timken Detroit Axle workers returned to their jobs while nearly twelve thousand others at nine Detroit area war plants remained idle. Plants fully shut include Kelsey Hayes Milwaukee Military Plymouth, Briggs Hamtramck Milwaukee, McLouth Steel, and Monsanto Trenton with 6 506, 1 462, 350 and 150 workers respectively. United States Rubber reported a 2300 worker strike with limited production and Ford Willow Run bomber plant foremen walkout continuing.
A humorous caption presents a shop or cafe scene asking a customer how he takes his coffee or tea. The prompt evokes a period vibe with a playful query about preferred sweetness or strength.
Harry Southwell of West Side Local 157, UAW-CIO, announces the War Labor Board's decision directing the company to reinstate Edward Kenney, a discharged committee man linked to the strike. The directive marks one of the board's most favorable rulings for the workers.
German forces in Finland flee toward Norway amid Russian advances from the north and Finnish moves from the south, as reports describe a rapid exodus. The note lists chaotic fragments of lost items and assorted advertisements mixed with the dispatch.
Multiple local ads offer chimney and foundation repair, roof work, cleaning, hauling, furnace service, and various home maintenance. Names and phone numbers appear with services including cleaning, trimming, paint, plaster, and insurance. Also job seekers advertise for farming, stenography, and general help.
An old established coffee company seeks a dependable person in Cedar Rapids for a permanent post after the war. Route pays over $500 per week with truck and expenses paid. Write Box Y-474, Gazette, for interview.
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