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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1944
Page
2
Chicago markets report Friday trading focused on killing classes with receipts mainly cows and heifers. Steer prices around 15.50 and good native lambs selling from 14.25 to 14.40 as action remains light compared with the prior week. Grain quotations provided by Lamson Brothers through H R Mowrey and staff.
Chicago market notes steady demand across cattle calves and hogs. Prices show top cows and heifers around 12.50 to 16.10 per cwt, calves and veal trading at mixed bids, while stock cattle remain firm. lambs and mutton also move with cautious gains and various loads delivered to tender buyers.
Hog prices show steady killing classes with feeders up 50 cents to a dollar. Sows and bacon types bid around 13.70 to 14.00, heavier weights noted. Cattle receipts near 1,000 with clean-up trade firmer cows carried over. feeder and slaughter classes steady to unchanged. Sheep receipts about 3,500 with steady demand. lambs and fed animals show price ranges and down payment notes.
Market report shows receipts of cattle and sheep with salable totals around 2,500 cattle, 2,208 sheep, and various weight classes. Prices listed include native fat lambs at 14.00 to 14.50 per hundredweight and slaughter lambs steady. cows and bulls generally weaker with mixed quality offerings.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 am Friday show a drop from 100 a week earlier and 41 600 a year ago. Fully steady loading. average weights heavier. Quotations list 160 choice sows and 270 to 400 lbs at 13.45 to 13.70. 400 to 450 lbs at 13.40 to 13.70. 450 lbs at 13.30 to 13.70.
In a market listing the Associated Press notes hog price ranges for different weights and cuts. The report includes figures such as 165 179 dollars and 1356 13.38 for various hog categories and packings, with prices shown per hundredweight and per head across weight brackets.
AP market bulletin shows butter firm receipts 180.966. pork supplies and truck arrivals 41. US shipments 1.026 with moderate supplies and slow demand. Idaho russet prices steady to slightly higher for utility trade. No 1 western stocks steady including Burbanks and Colorado red.
The document lists cheese receipts 438.720 nominal with no notations and eggs receipts 10.954 firm. It notes wholesale prices by grade for mixed cream and extras No 1 to No 4. for 45 pounds and over, with weights 40-44 pounds at 386% and standard 1 to 4 at 24 40 cents.
A miscellaneous Plymouth Wisconsin ad lists cheese items with unit prices and codes. It mentions three cats, one twin or cheddar, and U S No Gars at 23 4 cents. The fragment notes a cheese exchange sale or listing with unclear details.
The page lists various market prices for grain hay poultry eggs wholesale fruits vegetables and other commodities. Entries include No 2 Jeter at 1.04 percent and 6.4 new items priced around 2.04 to 3.59, with oranges grapefruits and potatoes among the listed goods.
New York AP reports stocks tripped on light selling Friday as most leaders slipped into the fractional minus ranks. Price hesitancy dominated early trading with limited urgency, though some slight advances near the close. Transfers totaled about 700000 shares.
Read down list of stock prices and quotations from Adams Express to Walgreen as listed by J. B. Bennett & Co. Include companies such as Allied Stores Kennecott Copper Georgia Kroger G. B. Amn Lockheed Boeing General Electric and Texaco. The page shows percentages and prices across numerous equities, with references to railroads and consumer goods firms. Indicates a broad market close snapshot and notable movers on a Friday session.
The market showed a relatively even keel with demand shifting toward higher grade corporates and limited interest in industrial specialties. Fractional changes dominated with some exits and many issues at prior levels in popular priced lime notes. Rail offerings saw little movement while light offerings traded cautiously.
The Cedar Rapids hog market stays at ceiling Friday with top prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Cattle prices show prime steers 16.50 to 15.00, mixed yearlings and heifers around 14.75 to 14.50, cows near 6.00 to 5.50, and calves listed up to 14.00. Lambs and yearlings fetch 12.90 to 18.00, with sheep and buck lambs priced per weight or yardage.
Chicago traders noted a late recession in rye after early strength as grains closed unevenly Friday. Wheat dropped about 34 cents a bushel while corn edged up 4 cents, oats rose roughly 4 cents, rye fell around 1/2 to 3/4 cent, and barley eased about 4 to 5 cents.
AP Chicago reports nominal prices for cash wheat with No 1 red at 1.73 and No 2 red at 1.71 cents per bushel. Corn and oats show no sales. Barley malt price 1.156 to 1.37, feed 0.50 to 1.10, soybeans No 2 yellow around 21. Nominal field seed prices for timothy and clover noted.
George H. Carson aged 64 died at his Cedar Rapids home after a brief illness. Born January 23 1880 in Reinbeck he worked as a blacksmith and was a Trinity Lutheran member. He left a wife Marie and seven children plus eight grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services at Trinity Lutheran with burial in Linwood Cemetery, Beatty Chapel awaiting the time.
Former Cedar Rapids resident Charles F. Koch died in Oakland California on October 13. Services at Barta chapel Saturday at 2 pm with T. B. Hlubacek officiating. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Mrs Minna K Anderson widow of Lew Wallace Anderson dies in a local hospital. Funeral at Turner chapel at 2 p m Saturday led by Rev D A Loferski pastor of St John s Episcopal church. Burial is Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. Anderson helped develop Cedar Rapids east side real estate and owned Linwood cemetery.
Dr. Alfred W. Meyer registrar and associate professor of physics at Coe college attended a North Central Association of College Registrars meeting at the University of Minnesota campus this week. The case involves an account for goods and merchandise with a fundgment of 449.92.
Federal Judge grants government petition to add 17 firms licensed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation as co-defendants in an anti trust suit. The action expands a case filed in 1943 against Douglas Laboratories of Chicago for patent infringement on a vitamin D irradiation process and alleges a conspiracy to restrain interstate trade and monopolize vitamin D products.
President Roosevelt said he had no knowledge of a suppressed report on U S unpreparedness at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked December 7 1941. The denial was reported Friday in Washington as inquiries into the incident continue.
Various lost items listed including a green beaded purse with a bank bag, a keepsake watch, a black billfold with $10 and ID, a man’s rhinestone bracelet, a pair of silver wings, and a large black and tan heane with license number 1946. Rewards offered. contact numbers and addresses scattered. Also advertisements for watches, jewelry, and services fill the page.
Katherine Jess 63 years resident of Holstein died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 11 15 pm Thursday while visiting her daughter Mrs Fred C Chapman 1832 Blake Boulevard SE. Born June 23 1870 near Davenport she is survived by daughter Mrs Chapman another daughter Mrs Edna Betsworth Cedar Rapids a son Dr Fred H Jess Rock Island a sister Mrs Minnie Wents Fullerton California and eight grandchildren. No local services. body to be taken to Holstein for burial. Friends may call at Turner chapel Friday.
Maine hall hosts City Briefs noting Maine lodge No. 643 1.0.0 F. will confer the initiatory degree at 7:30 this evening Melvin LeRoy Henderson 17 of 104 Second Street SE has enlisted in the naval reserve through the Cedar Rapids recruiting office.
Robert Vernon Gardner petitions for an annulment of his marriage to Marian E. Gardner. The couple wed October 16 in Des Moines, with Gardner alleging fraud by the defendant to induce the marriage.
Annual Missionary Sunday will be observed on Sunday at the Pale Methodist church with an 11 a.m. service. The Rev. C. W. Harrop will speak on Behold My Servant. Sunday school will meet at 10 a.m.
Awards were made to Carl Baumgartner Myron Hensch Vernon Powlishta Dwayne Johanos Jack Martin and Joe Kirstig at Fillmore school Thursday evening. Den mothers certificates of appreciation were presented to Mrs. Marie Pickerill Mrs. Clara Kindig and Miss Bernardette Bell.
William Dykhuizen will address the sixth meeting in observance of the Sunshine Mission’s forty ninth anniversary. The talk is set for 7:30 tonight as the weeklong observance continues through Sunday.
Rose Brothers of New York a partnership led by Meyer B Greenberg Max Schwartz David Askenase and Ralph Rose sue Carney's Inc of Cedar Rapids in district court over an account dispute seeking relief as stated in the filing.
A fragment quotes a speaker exclaiming about a newborn brother and a long pursuit of a dog. The remark hints at ongoing tension and pursuit over months, suggesting a domestic or community scene with a humorous undertone.
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