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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1942
Page
1
Chicago AP reports livestock prices steadied as hogs held near a 14.70 per hundredweight ceiling, down five cents from Friday. Cash demand was light with limited offerings, while traders expect park ceilings to take effect Nov 2 and be only modestly higher than current levels.
Receipts total 7,500 with steady to slightly higher prices for fed steers, yearlings, and cows. Top quotes include $14.70 for Guotabie classes, $16.50 for top heifers, and $12.50 for heavy slaughter fat cattle. Hay closed at $9.25 with receipts around 2,000. natives and lambs priced near $14.75 to $15.10 for midweek.
Lamson Brothers and Company provide Chicago grain quotations. Contact H Furnished by R Mowrey at Cedar Rapids office in the Merchants National Bank building for details.
A fragmented listing details fresh iced BBIS poultry by region including Delaware New York Vermont and western areas. It lists hens toms spring breeders and 2nd grade boxes with weight ranges and prices in cents per pound along with other poultry items like geese turkeys rabbits and squabs and notes on cheese prices.
AUSTIN MINN The Austin hog market shows ranges by weight for API Good butchers buyers post price points from 160 to 500 pounds. Prices include 160-170 lbs at 12.70 to 14.00, 170-180 lbs around 13.00 to 13.30, 180-200 lbs near 13.45 to 13.75, 200-300 lbs about 13.60 to 13.90, 300-330 lbs around 13.55 to 13.85, 270-360 lbs close to 13.59 to 13.80, and 400-500 lbs near 13.20.
Hog prices held steady on Saturday with top butchers at 14.00, long haul at 14.10, and packers at 13.90. Prices varied by weight class from 140 to over 500 pounds, with cuts and packers showing narrow ranges across the Cedar Rapids market. cattle values also listed from good to prime steers to yearlings and cows.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday totaled 18 300. Comparisons show 24 100 a week ago and 33 500 a year ago. Prices ranged with barrows and gilts 160 to 180 pounds at 13 704 to 14 10. 200 to 330 pounds 13 90 to 14 15. Sows good and choice 270 pounds 13 75 to 14 05. 366 to 400 pounds 13 65 to 13 95. 450 to 550 pounds 13 55 to 13 85.
U S Department of Agriculture market notes show cattle and hog prices steady to higher in Omaha with gains on calves, steers, and heifers. Sioux City figures indicate cattle and hogs steady to higher across stocker and feeder categories, with lambs and feeders also advancing locally.
Fragmentary market notes show prices for cars and related items, with entries like 90 and 65c, age figures, receipts, and unsettled totals. Mentions of Triumphs, Wyoming, North kote, and unwashed goods appear among scattered values and product terms. The text resembles a noisy OCR of a sale and stock column with diverse commodities and quantities.
Market notes for Cedar Rapids cover grains and poultry with prices for wheat oats rye soybeans and corn plus live poultry figures. Entries include No 2 yellow soybeans at 8 60 per bushel and leghorn and heavy hens price ranges with ducks and eggs listed.
AP reports Boston trading featured option taking and option placing with bids of 2 860 000 blankets specifying domestic and foreign content. Mills held off buying until awards clarify which wools will be selected. Fine wools in the auction territory sold for three eighths at 105 per unit.
Wisconsin state bid and grade changes appear in a brief AP quotation summary. Limited readable fragments reference Plymouth and Sunday wire copy.
In New York the bond market showed a generally steady tone with fractionally higher levels for reorganization rail issues and scattered medium priced utility bonds. Denver and Ric are noted in the evolving market chatter as traders weigh loans and liquidity amid uneven demand.
A large proportion of the wuts near Lompoc California are cited in local discussions as a potential environmental or community concern and are being studied by officials.
Steadier tendencies prevailed on Saturday with scattered exceptions as investors showed timidity. War news supported bulls while technicians watched the triple top of the AP 60 stock average and slow post-holiday follow-through. Transfers totaled about 250000 shares as rails steels and blue chips improved modestly and many issues closed lower.
The page lists Chicago and national stocks with scattered prices and percent changes. Companies include Armour, Boeing, General Electric, Union Carbide, Texaco, and Ford among many others, with varied movements and notable percentage shifts.
Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge told the American Prison Association Congress that prosecutors must practice law not politics to reduce sensational crime coverage. He said press freedom allows sensational crime reporting, but prosecutors can influence fair trial slant and curb sensationalism through responsible conduct.
DES MOINES INL reports the Iowa State Commerce Commission will hear at 9 am about a proposed truck route for Iowa Freight Lines. The plan would include Solan Hedrick and several enroute points as approved rights for freight movement.
Wheat prices moved within a tight range while corn drifted lower amid weak demand for low grade grain. Continued cash corn strength supported a futures rebound, with wheat closing near unchanged and corn slipping slightly across December and May contracts.
Cash wheat shows varied quotes with No 1 yellow around 71 to 79 cents, No 2 around 76 to 79 cents, and No 4 near 68 to 74 cents. Oats trade at about 43 cents, with feed lard posted around 12.80 to 15.75 per 100 pounds.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld death sentences for Tom Penney Robert H. Anderson and Amond Skeeter Baxter in the slaying of golf star Marion Miley and her mother at a Lexington country club. Miley died early Sunday morning September 28 after confronting the intruders seeking dance receipts.
Five crew members aboard a bomber died when their aircraft crashed near Sebring Filia. The Associated Press reports the disaster as military aviation loss with all five men killed in the crash.
History notes that the silk industry originated in China about 4,000 years ago. Researchers point to early sericulture practices and the spread of silk traces across ancient trade routes. The finding underscores China’s pivotal role in dawn of silk production and commerce.
A Marion Gazette notice advertises kitchen help for K V Cafe. It also reports Mrs. L A Franke's condition at St Luke's Hospital has improved after three weeks of illness. Jackey, child of Mr and Mrs Fairley, sustained a fractured right wrist Friday while cranking a car.
Handicraft club No. 2 held a Friday party at Mrs. Frank Clark’s home with prizes awarded in pinochle to Mrs. Roy King and Mrs. Fay Marsh and in 500 to Mrs. Verne Clemons and Mrs. Norman Adee. Other items note visits, club activities, and local shoppers.
Miss Marie Frankenfield and Miss Kathryfn Hiller visited Cedar Saturday to attend the homecoming celebration for Iowa State Teachers college faculty and alumni.
The Methodist church Homebuilders class schedules a Halloween masquerade party Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Alfred Bensch 312 Sixth avenue Mrs M H Biddick chairs the refreshment committee and Mrs E E Godwin leads the entertainment committee. In Marion to attend the high school homecoming are Dale Thomas Lyle McConaughy and Melvin Meggers from Cornell college and Bob Powell Mac Towers and James Frazee from Iowa State college. Mrs John W Fillmore and her son Tom Douglas were taken to the home of Mrs Fillmore s parents Mr and Mrs Bert Graves from a Cedar Rapids hospital Friday. Mrs Max Berlin and her daughter Mary Grace were taken to their home 1990 Eighth avenue from a Cedar Rapids hospital. Miss Theola Gordon a sophomore at Cornell college is spending the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Gilbert Gordon.
Local church notices list multiple congregations with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, sermons, and midweek activities. Includes Baptist Rev Benjamin H Shaw Catholic Rev T J McElliott Christian Rev Vernon H Carter Congregational Rev Frederick Nelson Free Methodist Rev C D Patrick Methodist Rev Arthur W Henke Feethetetion Rev Co V R De Jong Westminster Fellowships and related activities along Sixth Street and Ninth Avenue.
Mr and Mrs J A W Stewart hosted a family dinner at 2619 Fifth Avenue in compliment to their son Lieut John Stewart. Guests included Elsie Stewart Des Moines Amos Stewart Hoglund John Hoglund William Hoglund Elmer Larson Hazel Van Gorkom and Amos Norris. Lieut Stewart left for Camp Hood Tex the next day.
Melvin Meggers, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Meggers and a Cornell College sophomore, was sworn in as a cadet in the U S Army Air Corps Reserve on October 19.
In a press conference, President Roosevelt suggested non essential goods could be restricted and joked that he had seen a baby carriage in a store window. He affirmed that people could do without such items during wartime while hinting at production curbs.
A Nazi radio program relayed by British and heard by CBS reports a meeting of all governors of French Africa set to convene in Dakar. No date was provided for the gathering.
Edwardsville Illinois AP reports a test suit filed in circuit court to decide if non striking workers at Western Cartridge can recover wages lost during two AFL member strikes that shut down the East Alton war production plant.
The homecoming rally at McKinley High School on Friday evening drew more than 300 students and alumni. Leo Cabalka led as master of ceremonies as the band, baton twirlers, and cheerleaders performed. Alumni speakers included Bob Gourley Ed Sander Jim Milke and John Cabine tt, now in the navy and army. C C Slapnicka presented two autographed 1941 All Star baseballs. Principal Paxson congratulated the football squad during introductions.
The Yucca was made New Mexico's official state flower by legislative action on March 14 1927 after a school children poll showed strong support for the spiked blossom.
The War Production Board cut allowed sizes for skillets griddles and kettles from 200 down to 12 starting after October 28. Household kettles limited to seven quarts. Skillets to 642 9 and 10% inches. Griddles must have 12% inch diameter or width or larger. Dutch ovens may be any type but single size. Muffin pans or breadstick pans limited to one option.
Oliver Wendell, a student pilot from Clemons Indiana, suffered a brain concussion facial lacerations and four broken teeth after his Aeronca trainer crashed nose first into the ground during a power landing at Cedar Rapids airport. He remained in satisfactory condition at St Luke's hospital on Saturday.
Rates and rules for want ads are listed. Information includes pricing per line, line counts, discount for multi day runs, cancellations once results arrive, and payment methods. Ads for Cedar Rapids and out of town callers may be accepted with deadlines noted.
Fragmented classifieds show several lost items and rewards. Ival Bowen offers $5 for a lost blue suit vest in General Rural City. Carl Myers requests contact for a lost notebook, money, and glasses. Additional garbled lines mention a brown wool blazer and a blue suit vest with owners seeking identification.
A jumble of personals and shop notices highlights various small ads. Mentions include handmade items, pharmacy pickup, apparel sales, travel plans to Seattle, and messages about war bonds, sewing machines, waxed coats, and a trumpet player seeking work. Multiple names and addresses appear in truncated form.
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