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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1941
Page
18
Friday hog prices slipped 10 to 15 cents with top at 11.50 as receipts rose and government pork and lard purchases were announced. Wholesale light pork advanced to 34 2 to 25 cents, while hogs and cattle across the Midwest showed broad weakness amid uneven demand and ongoing market pressures.
Sioux City market reports show yearlings strong to 25 cents per pound with lambs weak. Native spring lambs around 11.15 to 11.23, deck fed yearlings 160 pounds average 9.75, ewes 3.75 to 4.25, range fed lambs 10.40 to 11.25. Cattle receipts 400, slaughter classes limited. good fed steers around 16.60, load lots 800 pounds around 10.50 to 11.75. Hogs receipts 1,500. barrows and gilts 54.35 to 54.75 cents. sows 91.50 to 101.50. Sheep receipts 1,500 with native springers above 11.35.
Livestock receipts total about 5 800 cattle with steady to firm demand for steers and heifers. Hog and sheep volumes are listed with steady prices for select grades and broad ranges for lighter weights and feeder stock.
Hog prices on the local market fall with prime grades down 10 to 16 cents. Packers reduce bids by about a nickel as top looms drop to 11.25 dollars. Genuine spring lambs 75 to 100 pounds bring 10.50 dollars, others vary by quality.
The Cedar Rapids market lists prices for grain and produce including wheat, rye, barley, oats, hay, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and hides. Notable figures include No. 2 oats at 4c, No. 2 barley at 35 45c, lemons at 35.50, celery at 60c, Russets at 2.35, and various hide prices from No. 1 cured hides at 11c to No. 2 cured hides at 10 3/4c.
Wanted Seray Tron and automobile bodies and fenders barbed wire scrap metal newspapers magazines and rags. Ton prices paid in accordance with selling price set by the government. Convert salvage material to cash and aid the American defense program.
New York AP reports uneven stock activity on Friday with mild recovery attempts yet limited rallying power. Dow Chemical hits a yearly low as rights to a new issue trade at noon and sink thereafter. several names such as Douglas Aircraft, Lockheed, Southern Railway, and General Electric show weakness alongside a raft of big blue chips.
Reader note shows Dow Jones indices and rail stock movement with small gains and declines. Industrial and utility totals appear, including figures around 42, 43 and 10 point changes, with a Friday trading snapshot of 106 600.
Wheat futures edged higher on the Chicago Board of Trade as Dec futures reached about 1 21 1/2 to 1 21 3/4 per bushel with scattered support from commissions and pros. Corn oats rye and soybeans followed the general lift amid limited news and steady buying.
In Winnipeg market notes prices for wheat No 2 red No 4 mined 1132 and No 2 mixed, corn assorted grades, oats and barley values, soybeans bids, and cash land offers. Prices show per bushel quotes and cash land bids with figures like 1072 to 1300 for land and 7 to 12 for grain units.
Receipts and quotes across Chicago Produce and New York Produce summarize live poultry eggs cheese butter and potatoes with market firmness noted in Chicago. Prices span hens turkeys cocks and broilers as well as Idaho russet and Wisconsin Bliss items amid overall steady to weak demand. New York shows firmer butter and cheese with varied egg and milk products prices and nationwide supply figures.
Peoria prices for hogs show 2,200 receipts with fair activity and declines to about 24 cents under 220 pounds. Cattle receipts 100 with steady trends. yearlings and calves variable. beef cows down. Sheep receipts 300 with spring lambs and ewes steady. prices range around 41 to 50 for springers and 11.50 for others.
Boston wool market activity eased with scattered sales and narrow channels for most grades. Prices remained firm as buyers and sellers held to steady levels while Australia orders for fine wool continued at unchanged prices.
A salesman claimed a full page ad in a magazine that did not exist and was paid $5 on Sept 3 by Margaret Baird of Wheatland Plumbing. He returned later and collected another $5 from C. E. Wheatland, who learned there was no such publication.
A U S Navy PBS-5 plane forced down near St Eustatius in the Leeward Islands. Nine of 12 passengers and crew rescued near St. Kitts by Friday afternoon. Thirteen aboard used parachutes. seven landed safely with minor injuries while six are believed drowned. one occupant unaccounted.
Lieutenant General A. G. L. McNaughton told visiting Canadian editors in England that there will have to be an invasion of the continent. He described the Canadian corps as a dagger aimed at Berlin and said the troops are on call for useful service with a proper objective and timing.
Willam Junction resident HG Griffith reported a purse with $12 missing after a disturbance while dining downtown. Clarence J Henderson, recently inducted at Fort Des Moines, heads to Jefferson Barracks for 13 weeks of basic training. Harry Drehouse enlisted in the Army for three years, headed to Hawaii. John Fo Park and Edith Klenk wed in Belle Plain. Townsend clubs host a dance at Odd Fellows hall tonight. Louis Kalinsky, fined for drunkenness and disturbing the peace, was released after paying the fine, but faces a pending state charge of resisting an officer.
Frank Hyde of 816 Penth Street told councilmen the campaign against excessive car banking and driving in his neighborhood has greatly reduced noise.
Lieutenant governor Hickenlooper is slated to speak in three cities next week. He will address the Chickasaw County American Legion in New Hampton Monday night, speak at a joint Rotarians Lions and Kiwanis luncheon in Marshalltown Tuesday, and attend Governor's Day events in Fairfield Friday with a banquet that evening.
Dr. Josef Retinger, adviser to Polish Premier Wladyslaw Sikorski, said Friday that a Polish force of about 45,000 is being organized on Soviet territory to support the government in exile.
The Marion Baptist Sunday school will stage its annual rally and promotion day Sunday at 10 a.m. The program includes a clarinet solo by Richard Awbrey, readings, songs, a dramatization The Good Samaritan, and presentation of certificates.
Twenty friends gathered Thursday evening at the Kerry Lesher home south of Marion to celebrate Wart Shockey birthday. Mr Shockey received a gift. Out of town guests included Mrs Silas B McGowan of Slantington Park Calif and Mr and Mrs Clarence Martin of Alburnett.
Funeral services for Mrs Lale I Fehr will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 pm at Yocom chapel by the Rev. Cov. De Jong Kunal. Interment will follow at Cedar Memorial Park.
A permit for a coltage at 1047 Seventh Street costing 2400 was granted to Alfred Voss of Sioux Falls with Barkwell as contractor. Barkwell’s kitchen addition to KK Drive In, Marton Boulevard, costs 1000 and was approved. Regular social notices include engagements and travel plans among Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown residents, health roundup dates, and a newborn named Muriel Maxine for the Rundquist family.
A coroner's jury ruled John Bernard Rothman 22 of Keystone accidental death after an automobile accident. Coroner J R Burrows of Helle Plain presided over the inquest held at A845 am Thursday, with Rothman scheduled to report Monday for induction into the army.
A motorist skidded into a bridge abutment while driving toward his home. The jury heard the theory that the youth fell asleep at the wheel. Fred Bockholt and John Fravvenied testified as witnesses.
Mrs Frances Barnes wife of Kamehameha School principal and Cheley instructor spoke at McKinley Senior High School Friday. She showed native Hawaiian attire leis and a red white print costume and explained hula origins and instruments including ukulele and pan flute.
A Des Moines pastor urged reflection on whether the nation is spiritually prepared for current crises. He warned that economic strain and wartime fears test faith and urged vigilance, unity, and moral resolve among church members and the broader public.
Fort Worth reports 195 pound wrestler Tk Halter drawn against Texas Christians in a season preview. Halter competes with limited photo support as the team seeks victory.
A garbled listing mentions long sleeve jersey shy men s and Kay Hersey Glo ten cent paper napkins, rug yarn as scd gum and bars. The fragmentary text lacks coherent context, dates, places, or identifiable entities to confirm a story or event.
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