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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1942
Page
3
Unofficial receipts show hogs 20000 cattle 18000 sheep 12900 in Chicago as prices steadied after mixed trends. Hog top $14.70 while cattle and sheep moved to fresh highs in parts of the Midwest, with varied receipts and new ceilings looming.
Chicago market notes firm receipts and varied pricing across vegetables and potatoes with fresh graded stocks and moderate supplies. New York dressed poultry prices for young hens and tomatoes are listed with modest gains and regional activity.
A fragment listing live poultry and eggs by state and grade with prices for chickens turkeys geese ducks and pullets, plus butter and eggs futures figures from Lamson Bros and Co. Notable entries include fresh iced hens and toms by state such as Virginia Delaware New York and Vermont with per pound prices, and graded live poultry figures for Easler Island and miscellaneous fowls and squabs.
Hog prices held steady on the Cedar Rapids market with top butcher bids at 14.00, long haul no fill at 14.10, and packers at 13.90. The report lists varied prices by weight ranges for hogs cattle bulls and sheep, indicating stable demand across multiple classes.
Wheat No 2 prices listed. soybeans and rye values noted. Hay straw prices given for baled hay and straw. Poultry market details with weights and prices. ducks pigeons hens and other poultry figures. Wholesale fruits and vegetables include celery lemons oranges lettuce onions and apples with basket and box prices. Hides meat and leather prices shown for various grades and animal types.
The Boston wool market saw activity mainly in option bids and placements with 2,860,000 blankets offered in varied domestic and foreign content. Mills showed limited interest. awards were set, and expected needs defined. Prices for fine to medium wools traded near ceiling. medium territory lots sold in small lots around 1.03 to 1.05, with Mecca mediums slightly below. Wisconsin cheese quotations for late October show cheddar bids around 23 and junior grade at 22 to 24.
In a mostly steady Saturday market reorganization rates and several mid priced utility issues rose slightly. Gainers included Missouri Pacific Denver and Rio Grande and St Paul loans along with Boston and Maine 4.2s and Colorado Fuel and Iron 5s. U S government and foreign loan prices showed little change amid light trading. A note mentions most of the world's flower seeds are produced near Lompoc California.
Steadier tendencies prevailed with scattered exceptions as war news on the Allied Egypt offensive aided buyers. Liquidity showed in low priced issues and large blocks changed hands while most leaders were cautious. rails steels and gold mines did well in spots, with declines near the close. Transfers around 250000 shares, International Telephone moved high, and du Pont American Telephone United States Steel General Motors, Southern Pacific New York Central Canadian Pacific Montgomery Ward Homestake Kennecott supported the market while Allied Chemical weakened.
Iowa Freight Lines, Inc. seeks a new motor freight service from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa with stops at Sigourney Oskaloosa Hedrick and other points. A hearing is set by the State Commerce Commission for November 10 at 10 a.m. in Cedar Rapids county auditor's office.
Wheat prices moved within a tight range with minor gains while corn slipped on weak low grade grain. Mills bought some, but private traders stayed away due to government operation exposure. outside demand for cash corn supported futures. Wheat closed mostly unchanged to fractional gains. corn futures slid, oats and soybeans mixed.
Chicago AP cash grain and livestock prices show no sales for wheat while corn, oats, barley and field seed quotes vary. Cash lard purchases: loose lard at 12.80 to 15.75 dollars and related belly prices noted.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences of three men for the murder of golf star Marion Miley and her mother at a Lexington country club. Tom Penney, Robert H. Anderson, and Raymond Baxter face execution by electric chair at Eddyville penitentiary unless rehearing or clemency alters the ruling. Miley and her mother were killed early Sept. 28 during an intrusion linked to stealing dance receipts.
Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge told the American Prison Association that prosecutors must focus on law not politics to curb sensational crime news. He warned banning sensationalism is unrealistic but urged fair, nonpartisan trials and responsible reporting while recognizing editors retain First Amendment rights.
Five crewmen aboard an army bomber from Hendricks field were killed when the plane crashed near Sebring Florida Thursday night the army announced Friday. No Iowans were aboard. Origin of the silk industry is traced to China about 4000 years ago.
Leonard Trachta, a farmer two miles west of Marion, is confined to St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids with leg injuries from unloading corn. Mrs L A Franke is improved after illness at St Luke s. Jack Fairley fractured right wrist cranking a car. Handicraft club No 2 held a Halloween party. Mrs Roy King and Mrs Fay Marsh won pinochle prizes. Mrs Verne Clemons and Mrs Norman Adee won 500 prizes. C L De Wald visited relatives in Waterloo. Mrs James E Clapp and daughters Shirley and Jeanne of Humboldt are guests of the Anthes and Benish families. Mrs Benish is disposing of her shoe store. Mrs Donald Tow left for New York to join husband in service. he attends a diesel engines course. Mrs Ruby Powles hosted Shakespeare club. Mrs Josephine Whitacre reviewed King Richard II. Mrs A W Salisbury welcomed as new member. Reading Circle discussed Pedalling to Adventure by Dorothea Fox. Nyal Iron and Brewers Yeast ad promoted. Miss Marie Frankenfield and Miss Kathryn Hiller to Cedar Falls for ISU homecoming. Homebuilders class to host Halloween masquerade at 7:30 pm at 312 Sixth Ave. chairs named. Delegations visiting include Dale Thomas, Lyle McConaughy, Melvin Meggers from Cornell College. Bob Powell, Mac Towers, James Frazee from ISU. Mrs John W Fillmore and son Tom Douglas moved to parents’ home from Cedar Rapids hospital. Mrs Max Berlin and daughter Mary Grace moved to 1990 Eighth Ave Fray from Cedar Rapids hospital. Miss Theola Gordon, Cornell College sophomore, visiting her parents.
Local church notices list service times sermons and activities for Baptist Catholic Christian Congregational Free Methodist Methodist Presbyterian Lutheran and other congregations. Topics include A Divine Mission The Adventuring Church The Great Deceiver Faith and Courage and The Other Sheep with Sunday schools and midweek prayer meetings noted across several parishes.
Mr and Mrs J A W Stewart hosted a Thursday night dinner at 2619 Fifth avenue honoring their son Lieut John Stewart. Guests included Elsie Stewart Des Moines Amos Stewart Hoglund family Hoglund Larson Van Gorkom and Norris. Stewart leaves for Camp Hood Tex with sister Elsie accompanying him to Des Moines.
President Roosevelt at a press conference suggested curbing production of luxury goods and cited a baby carriage seen in a store window as an example. He joked that the nation could do without such items, noting personal observation of one recently.
The War Production Board cut allowed utensil sizes from 200 down to 12 for skillets griddles and kettles effective after October 28. Household kettles limited to seven quarts while skillets come in three top diameters. Griddles must meet minimum widths and bakers face one muffin or breadstick pan choice only.
The 22-year-old pilot Oliver Wendell Holmes from Clemons Iowa is in satisfactory condition at St. Luke's hospital after a trainer aircraft plunged about 30 feet nose first during power landings at the Cedar Rapids airport. He suffered a brain concussion lacerations abrasions and four broken teeth.
Classified ad pricing and guidelines outline word counts line limits and day rates. Examples include lost and found notices, personal ads, services, and job requests with contact details and box numbers. Rates vary by word count and number of days, with out of town mailing charges and cutoff times noted.
The AP reports that a Nazi Paris broadcast claimed a council of all French African governors would meet in Dakar. The BBC relay heard by CBS did not specify a date.
A test suit was filed in Edwardsville circuit court to decide if non-striking workers at Western Cartridge can recover wages lost during two AFL strikes that halted operations at the East Alton plant in Illinois. The case targets wage recovery for non-strikers amid wartime production disruptions.
McKinley High hosts its first homecoming rally drawing over 300 students and alumni. Leo Cabalka presided as master of ceremonies with band selections baton twirlers and school yells. Alumni speakers included Bob Gourley Ed Sander Jim Milke and John Cabinett.
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