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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1946
Page
2
USDA estimates show Tuesday salable livestock receipts with hogs at 7,000, cattle 4,000, and sheep 4,000. In Chicago the largest Monday cattle and sheep receipts of the month cleared in the morning with best steers hitting the 18 ceiling again and top lambs steady at the 28 year high.
Hog receipts around 4 000 with total 9 500. hogs steady with ceilings near 14 85. Sows and stags 14 10 ceiling. Cattle receipts 18 000 with yearlings steady to 15 cents lower. top steer price 18 00. best heifers around 15 16. Cows and bulls scarce. beef cows 10 50 to 13 60. bulls around 15 00 down. Sheep receipts 4 500 with strong demand. Western lambs 17 10 top. some loads near 16 50 for good to choice lambs. Slaughter hogs around 9 00 downward for woolled types.
Receipts at Omaha market show hogs steady at ceiling with barrows and gilts around 14.50 and sows 13.75. Attle sale logged 11 500 with calves at 175 and cattle steady to strong on slaughter classes. Balable receipts 11 000, fat lamb market not yet set with bids weak to 25c lower, demand broad but slow. wool lambs good and choice fed, Ewes steady to stronger. Westerns around 6.50 and common 9.3 ib.
Stocks rose late in the session as profit-taking eased and buying in the final 15 minutes moved several favorites into the plus column. The market saw slow dealings with about 1,200,000 shares traded and many issues still down for the day.
USDA reports cattle receipts near 9700 with strong demand for stockers and fed steers. top 1 430 lb bees fetch 17.65. Hogs show 70,000 receipts with good and choice barrows steady at 14.50. Sheep receipts 1200 with limited early sales and higher asking prices.
Des Moines combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 1 packing plant in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8 a.m. Monday total 33,700 versus 30,800 a week ago and 29,200 a year ago. Very active at ceilings. Loading somewhat lighter than 29,700 a week ago. Barrows and gilts 160 Ibs 13.75 14.45. 180-360 Ibs 14.20 14.45. sows 270-400 Ibs 13.45 13.70. 450-550 lbs 13.40 13.70.
Iowa hog market notes show varied prices by weight and location with Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa Waterloo Austin and Des Moines figures. Buyers report good packing sows and steady demand though exact bids differ by weight range from 160 to 360 pounds with dollars per hundredweight ranging roughly from 13.65 to 14.45.
The Cedar Rapids hog market reports ceilings with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.76. Hogs listed by weight 140 to 600 pounds, with good hogs in 160-180 and 180-400 pound ranges. Cattle prices include yellow corn values and various feed and hide prices, with items such as No 1 hides and calf prices noted.
In New York trading rails fell with small selling orders moving prices though most issues stayed near where they started. Long term U S government bonds rose in over the counter dealings while a Dec 1967 72 victory issue dropped about four percent to align with dealer quotes.
Chicago market data lists butter receipts 4 624 tabs over two days with varied scores and prices. Eggs receipts 73 091 cases with extras and standards cited. cheese Twins 25 2c. poultry steady with hens ducks turkeys and geese priced per unit. Potatoes arrivals 31 track 239 total shipments 2 081 with Idaho and MinnesotaDakota stock and washed/unwashed price ranges.
Market notes show varied egg receipts with Patras reference and different weight categories. Butter prices remain firm with creamery products showing premium marks and higher firming trends in the current period.
Market reports show demand keeping May rye prices well ahead most of the session in Chicago. Oats traded unevenly with limited activity, while wheat corn and barley closed near their ceilings. May rye finished unchanged to up, with May price around 2.44 to 2.45.
The report lists bid and ask ranges for several market items. Wheat No 2 red and hard nominal ceiling. No 2 yellow $1.19 nominal. oats, barley malting $1.25. feed $1.14. field seed prices for red clover alfalfa timothy red top and other for hundredweight. overall nominal figures with ranges.
Plymouth Wisconsin report notes no sales last week while five cars of twins and guests were bid at 27 cents, signaling unusually low offers amid a quiet market. Local officials outlined conditions affecting the bidding and future sale prospects.
AP USDA cattle totals show salable receipts around 10 000 with active market. Slaughter steers heifers and cows steady to strong while bulls vealers and calves stay generally steady. Stocker feeder classes firm. top bounds for choice slaughter steers around 17 50 with loads up to 17 65. mixed stock ranges from 9 25 to 14 00 for common to good beef types.
The Coe college women's band directed by Stanley Vesely performed at Orchestra Hall Chicago to an audience of 3000. The Chicago Sunday Evening club sponsors the annual event. selections praised included Doge's March from Merchant of Venice and Andante from Beethoven Fifth. Patricia Owens of Traer played a cornet solo The Palms. Hines and Vaughan hospital patients heard the band Sunday morning. The final concert will be Tuesday at Pilgrim Congregational Church Oak Park Illinois led by Rev William Jacobs.
Police and fireman civil service examinations scheduled for tonight at 7 30 at McKinley high school. Dr J G Wratten opens dental office at 814 Dow s Building dial 5561 Adv. Regular monthly meeting of the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce set for Tuesday noon at the Montrose hotel.
Gunnery Sgt. Stephen J. Mihalak of Pennsylvania is assigned to the Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Mihalak reported here Saturday from state marine headquarters in Des Moines.
Master and Journeymen Barbers auxiliary chapter number one will meet at 12 30 Wednesday at the home of Mrs I G Tinkham 600 Fourth avenue SE for a picnic lunch Members are asked to bring a covered dish sandwiches and table service.
Colored motion pictures of South America were shown at the Rotary club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel Monday noon. The film was loaned by the Pan American Airways system and included shots of Ford's rubber plantation in the Amazon valley.
Frank Drehouse of 1131 C avenue NW reports two recent finds on Bedell Ely and C streets. He recovered a purse with $85 and its owner, and Sunday he retrieved another with $19 plus valuable papers, returning both promptly.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Coolidge and their four children travel from Owatonna Minnesota to Cedar Rapids Iowa Monday en route to San Fernando Trinidad where Mr. Coolidge will take a pastorate. He will speak Tuesday evening at the Ellish Church of God in Cedar Rapids, where he served as pastor for several years.
P A Lawrence of Burroughs adding machine in Detroit will speak on Making the Office Pay a Profit to the Cedar Rapids chapter at the Roosevelt hotel. The schedule includes a 5 30 p m directors meeting, social hour, and dinner at 6 30 p m. Wyman P Fiske MIT secretary will attend, with L S Hasselquist and W D Wagner of the Tri City chapter also present.
Keith B Tow a former army lieutenant colonel began Monday as assistant superintendent of Cedar Rapids playground and recreation commission He will organize develop and run the Cedar Rapids softball association name umpires and supervise summer playground work He is a 1935 Coe College graduate and has held YMCA and community work posts with military service in China and Burma The Tow family resides at 1800 Sixth Avenue SE.
C H White assistant health officer reports disease totals for the city from April 1945 to April 1946. Chicken pox 90 scarlet fever 56 whooping cough 52 mumps 21 measles 18 polio 4 diphtheria 1 undulant fever 1 typhoid fever 1. Total deaths 860: 461 male and 399 female.
Columbia authorities ruled University of Missouri German professor Adolph Zech killed himself after allegedly poisoning his wife with arsenic as she lay in a hospital bed. Zech left a death by own action note denying murder before shooting himself.
Government seeks continuance in Hygrade Food Products Corp case alleging adulterated foods and unsanitary processing at Tipton Olin Plainfield Toledo and Clarksville plants Judge Henry N Graven to hear motion and related issues in Schoonover Metropolitan Supply stock value and corporate liquidation dispute involving Beems Ramsey Hines Holmes Isett and others
Lawrence Pops Harrison head basketball coach at the University of Iowa will be the speaker at Thursday's regular meeting of the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Reservations for the 6:15 p.m. dinner are available only at the Chamber. Senior bureau members were invited to attend.
Price Administrator Paul Porter warned that car prices could rise by 85 dollars or more if Congress approves the auto dealers amendment to the stabilization law. He argued the measure would not boost production and would mainly raise dealers margins, with higher increases on pricier models.
Des Moines state headquarters reports six Army recruits and six Navy recruits accepted in recent days. Army enlistees from Ft. Snelling include Ned F Wilbur Donald E Johnson Marvin K Addair Donald J Wellner Jack E Wood and Gerald D Scherbaum. Navy enlistees headed to San Diego are Lewis A Merritt John C Awbrey Ronald D Kohl Dale D Peterman Gaylon R Dahn and Gilbert J Stevens.
Waterworks construction bonds totaling 60000 were retired as of April 1 per Finance Commissioner L D Burgus. The retired issue comprises 60 bonds at 1000 each. Remaining waterworks bonds total 190000. total city bonds outstanding are 1394000 per City Treasurer Walter Miller.
Death of baby son of Mr and Mrs Francis Foran at Cedar Rapids hospital followed by memorial services in Yocom chapel Marion. Rev T J McElliott officiated burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. Survived by parents two siblings Michael Jo Anne and grandparents Mr and Mrs John H Freeman of Marion and Francis X Foran of Cedar Rapids.
Helen Frazier, a Marion high school senior, earned superior in the oratorical declamation and excellent in the original oratory at the Iowa High School Speech association state finals in Oskaloosa. She was the only student in the state to win in two divisions, with Miss Margaret Blaine from the faculty as her accompanist.
St. Josephs parish will convert the late Edward McGuire’s residence at 905 Fifth Avenue into a coeducational school. Rev T J McElliott announced plans on Monday with possession set for July 1 1946. The house adjoins the church and the manse on the west.
A troop transport arrives at Pearl Harbor on the way to Japan, per word received by the parents. Donna Belle Hall, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Hall, is ill with glandular fever.
Mr and Mrs Charles Slater learn their son Radioman second class Charles Lynn Slater sailed from Guam toward the United States in April. The notice notes the family’s pride and hopes for his safe return.
Mrs. L C Popenhagen travels to Decorah to visit her son-in-law Mr. Arthur Roth and his wife. The trip includes family time with Mr and Mrs Roth.
Adv Roy Williams Jr informs his parents at 822 Third Avenue that he has been promoted to fireman first class. He is stationed in Manila and Howdy's taxi will take you, phone 171 day or night.
Mrs. W. S. Venables of Ottumwa and her son William Kendrick are guests of her parents the W. J. Goodyears. Mr. Venables accompanied them to Marion Saturday and returned home Monday.
The Baptist church alumni class hosted a wiener roast for Jack Awbrey who departed Saturday for San Diego to enter the navy. Mr and Mrs Roy Coker of Ottumwa were weekend guests of their brother and sister in law the Harry Cokers.
Mrs. Frank J. Cleveland comes home from Jackson Mississippi after being summoned by the illness of her daughter-in-law Mrs. Grover Cleveland, lasting several weeks.
M M James Rodgers spends a leave in San Diego visiting his cousins Mr and Mrs Hugh Jones.
Mr and Mrs J B Dede of Spokane Washington and their son Joe are guests of Mr and Mrs Fred E Winston during a Spokane stay.
American Telephone and Telegraph reports for the quarter ended March 31 a net income of 46,076,000 dollars or 2.28 dollars per share on 20,209,000 average shares. For the year ended March 31 the company posts 177,323,000 dollars or 8.86 dollars per share on 20,014,000 average shares, vs 163,066,879 dollars or 8.47 dollars on 19,252,000 shares in 1945.
Western Union brings back illustrated blanks and special greeting envelopes for Easter and Mother's Day telegrams. The government ban on telegraphed greetings was lifted last September, and local manager L. G. Frutig notes the restored delivery options are now available.
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