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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1947
Page
13
CHICAGO AP USDA reports Tuesday salable livestock receipts hogs 8 000 cattle 2 000 sheep. In a fair to active market Monday cattle and hogs were steady while lamb quality reduced bids up to 50 cents. Hogs topped 27 50 with most good to choice butchers from 25 to 27 50. Sows 22 59 to 23 25.
Receipts show hogs at 5 500 and calves 14 000 with steady to active demand. Hogs mainly 180 to 260 pounds around 26 27.50, sows weaker. vealers steady near 26, steers and yearlings steady with high choices up to 28 and 29.75 for weights around 1 200 pounds. beef cows mostly 13 to 17 with some higher bids. Lambs and mutton available, wool sheep steady around 20 to 22.50 for top lots. ewes steady near 10.50. Stock cattle slow with limited bidding.
AP USDA price rundown shows hog market steady to 25c higher for butchers while sows stay steady. Top packer price $27.00 with various weight brackets quoted. Calves, fed cattle, and yearlings mostly firm to higher. cows and bulls move up modestly. Sheep receipts around 5,000 with slaughter lambs steady and demand mixed. good lambs around $23.00 and up. pelts above $22.00. ewes scarce.
Salable receipts reach 14 000 cattle with calves at 1 200 and slaughter steers up 50 cents from last week. Heifers and mixed yearlings firm to 25 cents higher, with good and barely choice steers around 323 000 pounds. Prices for choice heifers hover near 23 to 24 dollars, stockers and feeders steady to 50 cents higher.
Combined receipts at concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. were 28 000, up from 15 100 last week and 30 800 a year ago. Market remains active with moderns steady to 25 cents lower and prices posted for various weight ranges.
Cedar Rapids market reports show Monday prices for hogs and cattle down about a quarter. Prime butchers top at 26.50, packers 23.75, with varied quotations across weight classes for hogs, yearlings, cows, bulls, and sheep, reflecting a broad market dip.
New York stocks faced mixed trading as labor developments clouded sentiment. Industrials including steel and motor shares eased about a point with transfers around 600,000 shares, and American Telephone dropped to a multi year low.
Grains developed late strength as buyers entered corn on higher volume toward the close. Wheat and oats also gained late after a softer start. May wheat closed around 2.53 dollars, corn up about 1.42 to 1.50 dollars, and oats near 88 cents.
In St Joseph Missouri police chief says 16 year old Stuart Allen son of Christ Episcopal church rector admitted slaying 58 year old John Frank the church sexton. Allen reportedly told of a sudden urge to kill and dropping coins to lure Frank to bend, then struck him with a heavy hammer.
Mt Zion Baptist missionary society will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at the church, instead of the First Baptist society as listed. Dr J Stuart McQuiston will speak at 7:30 tonight at Mercy Hospital nursing school alumnae meeting in the school lounge.
The listing shows mixed feed oats prices for No 1 and No 2 grades, white oats values, and rough figures for clover and timothy hay. Prices are given per bushel or ton with small nominal variations and percentages.
Chicago market report shows mixed receipts across categories. Poultry and eggs steady to weak with varied prices. potatoes idaho russets mixed with quality grades. onions, apples, and other commodities scarce details reflect fluctuating demand and transport delays. Crucial figures include Idaho russet prices from 3.75 to 2.45 per cwt and Bliss Triumphs washed at 3.00 to 3.15 with regional supply notes.
Mr and Mrs C H Perkins of 1320 First Avenue NW traveled to Chatsworth Georgia to attend services for Mrs Perkins father John P Henry 83 who died in Rome Georgia at 2 am Sunday
Technician Wesley J. Drahozal son of Mr and Mrs W C Drahozal 834 Fifteenth street SE is home on terminal leave after 15 months as a clerk in Headquarters company at Amberg Germany
New York spot quotations show steady wholesale prices on bulk cartons and cheese, with mixed egg categories including extra fancy heavyweights and standard B classes. Receipts over two days indicate prices for creamery and cheddar varieties, with scores and grades noted and relative premiums for tub and processed products.
In a ruling issued without a written opinion, the Supreme Court held the government may prosecute price control violators even when suits began after price controls expired last summer. The decision reversed a Philadelphia district court ruling that retroactive OPA provisions did not revive prosecutorial power.
Losses spread across rail bonds with prices slipping to the year's low amid a broad market decline and unsettled international and domestic business news.
Sioux City cattle receipts reach 6,300 with calves and feeders mixed. Fed steers and heifers gain up to 50 cents, cows strong, stockers steady. early bulk fed steers around 23.00 to 25.00, top loads 1,200 to 1,300 pounds near 26.90 to 26.25. Hogs receipts 2,500 with barrows and gilts steady to higher, tops around 26.25. sows lower. Sheep receipts 2,500 with market not established.
Clouds lingered over flood regions as the gale moved into the St. Lawrence valley in Canada. Michigan reported three deaths in the worst flood in state history with 6,000 homeless and Pennsylvania faced deaths and millions in damage. Chicago area winds dried floodwater and damaged 10 million with three drownings on the South Side.
McKinley students Joseph Suchomel and Jo Fran Kouba were selected for merit based membership at Interlochen National Music Camp in Michigan. Suchomel plays oboe in the McKinley orchestra under Charles Sullivan. Kouba studies with Flora Hromatko Taylor and Helen Kacena Stark.
Franklin Kemp will address the Arlington Lions Club at a 7 p.m. dinner, his first out of town appearance under the Chamber of Commerce speakers bureau. He will discuss Cedar Rapids the Cereal City and is a vice-president at National Oats Company. Kemp chaired Cedar Rapids war food rationing and serves on Linn County Red Cross board.
Ernest L. Crouch, 39, of 535 Tenth street SW, pled guilty in police court to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. He paid a $25 fine plus costs after being arrested Saturday night at Nick's Tavern, 118 First Street NE, for creating a disturbance by demanding free beer.
Iowa recorded a 1946 fire loss of 6 349 980 according to Fire Marshal John Strohm in a report to the governor. Polk County led with 897 fires costing 846 675, Cerro Gordo followed with 217 fires at 353 117, and Dubuque County had 105 fires totaling 266 870. Residential fires numbered 1 593 with 842 396 in damage. the Canfield hotel hobbinist fire caused 19 deaths and 179 529 in damage.
Decorah four year old Jane Miller daughter of Leonard Miller recovered after a dry run bank caved in while she played. Arthur Gaffney witnessed the fall and performed artificial respiration to save the child’s life.
Joseph S. Melchior, 57, of 817 Biavenue NE, pled guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace in police court. He paid a $25 fine plus costs after being arrested Saturday night on an information signed by his wife.
Davenport fire department acting chief Carl G. Riecke announces retirement effective April 15. He served 23 years and became acting chief last January after the prior chief retired.
Moscow urged a plebiscite for a strong or weak central German government but US Secretary of State Marshall, with French and British ministers, rejected the idea as dangerous and impractical. Bevin warned Germany’s vote would threaten security and criticized four weeks of stalled talks.
Lamont Thomas and Arnold Hokanson pled not guilty in police court to lounging and loafing. Judge Harry S. Johnson found them guilty and fined each ten dollars with fines suspended on costs. A police officer had seen the group drinking whisky in the street and later arrested them after they went to a cafe.
George A Clark former Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce assistant secretary was elected secretary treasurer of the Effingham Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Illinois. He graduate 1938 from University of Illinois and now serves as general manager of the firm after leaving the Chamber in 1943 to enter military service.
Mrs. Eliza beth Cole 91 of Des Moines suffered a fractured collarbone and shock when the car she was riding in overturned four miles west of Colfax. Driver Mrs. W G Nelson 40 also bruised. her husband injured. They were en route to Iowa City to visit another daughter for Easter.
The Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants holds a group study meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel. Philip Feinberg of Hygrade Food Products leads the discussion on production cost data. A movie, The Bell That's Heard Around the World, follows, and a social hour ends the evening.
Betty Caraway daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie J Caraway Cedar Rapids and Waldemar M Krog son of Mr and Mrs W A Krog Marion were married at St Pauls Lutheran church in a double ring ceremony Rev C T Wuerffel officiating A reception followed at 1013 Third Avenue. Mrs Krog a stenographer at Holden Kahler Company and Mr Krog an Eddy Paper Company accountant will reside in Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Richard Derflinger of 950 Third Avenue hosted a Sunday dinner for Mr and Mrs Otto Steinke and Mr and Mrs Arthur Switzer and their relatives who were traveling to Sibley after spending the winter in Florida. Guests included Bob Switzer Sibley Mr and Mrs Clair Mershon Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Henry Grady Lenny Joe Richard Allen and Steven Lynn Derflinger and Mrs Jennie Switzer Marion.
H. R. Livingston Bell Telephone manager and Mrs Ethel McQuown Card chief operator were the only Marion system employees at work Monday. Livingston said company managers are not in the union and only emergency calls were answered.
Mrs. Al Wheeler is confined with a fractured shoulder after a fall. Local gatherings include the Marion's Best Four Girls club at Mrs. Myron Berry's home and plans for Camp Huaga representation. Several residents report illnesses, visits, and family events. A dead poplar near 1001 Eighteenth Street caused minor damage to a hedge.
Muscatine bowlers held the lead in the Elks state bowling tournament team events as Team No. 5 rolled 2 968 to take the top spot. Lodgemates Team No. 13 moved to second with 2 927, Burlington No. 5 had 2 991 and Waterloo Elk's Tooth 2 886 ranking third and fourth. Fort Madison’s Decoursey and J. Howard led doubles with 226 and Keokuk’s H. Diamond topped singles with 660.
Davenport report says Mrs. Sarah J. Lawson, 101, oldest Scott county resident and among Iowa’s oldest, died Sunday. Born February 12, 1846 in Sabine Ohio, she came to Iowa in 1856 as Iowa City was state capital and once spoke with Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas near Wilton Junction.
A cluttered page lists lost pets and items including a black cocker spaniel named Duke, a gray felt ladies hat, pink shell rim glasses, and a Cedar Rapids area phone contact. It also advertises services from pawnbrokers, jewelers, furniture movers, pawn loans, clothing and hardware shops, watch repairs, and painting and hauling services in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
National City Lines, operating in over 40 cities, faces a Justice Department anti trust probe cited by E Ray Fitzgerald in the stockholders annual report. Subpoenas target the company and subsidiaries with suppliers. net income for last year reached 3 8 517 up from 1 588 095, revenues 27 637 520, and 467 678 655 revenue passengers carried.
J W Cory Jr Iowa State fair harness races will award 8900 to winners with added money, the largest purses in years, as announced by the superintendent in charge of horse racing.
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