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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1944
Page
3
Chicago reports a slight rise in hog receipts yet below immediate needs as sellers sustain ceiling prices. Cattle stay steady to strong with active trade. lambs and native ewes mix steady. Omaha sees steady hogs around 13.70 to 13.76 with calves and steers opening steady to weak. stockers and feeders modest. Sheep and lambs show active slaughter with mixed price signals across regions.
CA receipts 4,300 cattle with firmer steer and yearling prices. Heifers and cows steady to uneven. stockers slow. Sheep receipts 8,700 with feeding lambs and ewes mixed. no strong early demand.
The Chicago market shows salable receipts and total figures near 11 000 and 21 000 with steady to good demand for cattle. Steers bring 14.75 to 18.35 with heavier weights up to 18.90 and best heifers around 17.00, while cows and bulls vary. Sheep receipts around 2 000 with bids steady to weak and native slaughter lambs at 14.90 to 14.25 with fat ewes 4.25 to 6.25.
Des Moines combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending at 7 am Tuesday total 37 608 head. Compared with 27 100 a week ago and 38 590 a year ago activity fairly active and generally steady with loading heavier. Prices listed for various weight ranges of cattle and hogs, including good and choice borrows, sows, and pigs, with per hundredweight bids ranging from about 13.00 to 17.70 dollars.
A fragmented listing shows various price quotations for goats and hogs. Figures include weights 160-170 to 240-260 pounds with price ranges around 12.50 to 14.70 per hundredweight and specific quotes like 13.65 to 14.40 for different lot sizes.
The Chicago and New York markets show firm receipts across live poultry eggs and dairy. Supplies are moderate with a slow demand as prices hold on roosters fowl and russets. notable items include Idaho Russet Burbanks at US 3. per cwt, Minnesota Chiss Triumphs at 2.45, and eggs firm with mixed colors and standard grades.
Plymouth report notes Wisconsin cheese sales with two cars auctioned. No cheddar or twins listed. Three bids received, unclear lot details.
A brief note discusses ancient writing tools called seer quills used since the seventh century AD, unclear how it relates to Mississippi river stages.
Classified ad seeks district sales managers aged 30 to 45 with at least five years of wholesale auto experience. High school education required. Multiple districts nationwide. Salary plus traveling expenses and factory year furnished. Present employees aware of this ad. Address Box N-13 Gazette.
Stocks showed steadier trading as Tuesday price levels edged up from Monday's lows while volume eased. The near closing quotes remained mixed with about 900000 shares changing hands amid sporadic cashiering and selective gains across major names including American Train, Bell, McKesson, Boeing, Coca Cola, Procter Gamble, and General Motors among others in a broad market retreat and slow recovery tone.
Cedar Rapids hog prices stay at ceiling with top prime edmeal at 14.45 and 13.70. Hogs range 170 to 450 pounds with several weight bands listed, including good packers at 13.70 and 14.00. Cattle and sheep markets show varied classes from prime steers at 15.50 to common cows 6.50, plus lambs and yearlings with several price points.
In New York market coverage, many rail leaders held steady or rose while recovery forces appeared across the list. Foreign dollar bonds, led by newly issued Brazilian issues, traded lower amid mixed late trading.
Rye advanced in late trading as grains rose with steady demand for rye in alcohol production. Wheat, corn, oats, barley and rye all posted gains in December futures, with rye near $1.14 to $1.15 and other grains inching higher.
AP market notes list Chicago bids for wheat No 1 red at 1.72 and No 2 red at 1.73, oats No 2 white 70 cents, No 3 white 7 cents with sample grade 66 cents, soybeans No 2 yellow 2.10, and field seeds including red clover and alsike priced per hundredweight and per bushel.
Market notes list corn sheller Old No 2 yellow at 1.04 per bushel oats new ware prices 66 and 65 cents per bushel hay and straw prices for baread and baled hay as well as poultry prices for heavy springs leghorn hens stags geese and poultry deal. Current receipts include Michigan celery lemon prices Colorado celery and California Valencia oranges with lettuce onions and other produce items.
Women of the Moose host a Halloween picnic supper Friday at 6 30 p m in Sokol hall featuring a chicken supper bazaar and First United Presbyterian services. An Office of Defense Transportation representative will discuss transportation problems at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday in Des Moines. Minnie D Larson and Mr and Mrs Fred R Carter of Higley avenue SE are called to Minneapolis due to the death of their sister in law Mrs James Carter. Scoutmasters roundtable meets Wednesday night in the council office O R C building. The first of six Scoutmasters training lessons led by Jim Ensign troop 18 and Jim Maloney troop 13 will follow the discussion.
Miss Jeanne Marshall of Cedar Rapids now a reporter for the Monrovia News Post heads the Arcadia office. Hollywood producers favor Arcadia for settings and the Santa Anita track is nearby. Marshall has interviewed celebrities including Mrs Spencer Tracy.
Two Springfield taxi drivers quit after police moved to curb drivers giving free rides to girlfriends during work hours. Mayor J. W. Kapp vowed strict enforcement while noting not all drivers are guilty. He said girlfriends must pay or ride to the police station. commuters often crowded into rear seats to free space for one accompanying the driver.
DETROIT UP Production of gun, truck and aircraft parts resumed Tuesday as workers returned after an eight day strike protesting the elimination of lunch period pay. A company spokesman said about 60 percent of morning shift workers were back and a return to work vote by 6,500 strikers is planned for Monday night.
Shreveport report states six crewmen died in a bomber crash at Barksdale Field on Tuesday. Local aviation officials were investigating the crash.
Tommy Davis nine son of Mr and Mrs J Elliott Davis 2735 B avenue NE lies in St Luke's hospital Tuesday with an illness not yet diagnosed Doctors ruled out poliomyelitis after spinal taps and noted samples sent to University hospital Iowa City for further diagnosis His father suggested possible football injury though not certain
New York report notes Billy Arnold of Philadelphia, a top welterweight prospect, earned his 27th knockout in 29 fights by stopping Ernie Cat Robinson in the second round Monday night.
A flood of lost items and rewards fills the page including a purse found at Craemer’s purse department and multiple reward notices for items like a cameo bracelet glasses and a white gold wrist watch. Other entries advertise jewelry stores dry cleaners pawn shops and beauty services with contact numbers and locations.
Readable listings show contractors offering sodding black dirt cinders fertilizer and lime as well as chimney roof plastering cement work and window cleaning. Also included are hauling broom ash dirt and rubbish removal furnace servicing and general home repairs with multiple phone numbers.
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