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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1946

Page

3

Cattle Prices Rally On Tuesday Livestock Markets

Readouts from Chicago Omaha Sioux City and Kansas City show cattle receipts around 13 000 at Chicago and 11 500 at Omaha with steady to higher steady beef and stocker prices. Hogs receipts near 9 500 at Chicago and 5 500 at Sioux City with ceilings around 14 85 and 14 50 respectively. Slaughter lambs slump to new lows while western lambs show varied bids amid ongoing Easter trading.

Chicago USDA Omatua Livestock Omaha (Ap Sioux City Livestock Sioux City Kansas City Hecht

Cedar Rapids Hog and Cattle Market Prices Report

The Cedar Rapids hog market lists ceiling prices on Monday with top prime butchers at 1.45 and packers at 13.70. Hog weights 160-180 and 180-400 pounds show 14.00 and 13.70 respectively. Cattle quotes cover steers, yearlings, cows, bulls with ranges from 9.40 to 16.80 and utility, commercial, and canner grades noted. Grain and livestock prices for hay, oats, corn, and various fruits and vegetables complete the market report.

Cedar Rapids

Wall Street Mixed as Leaders Stall Amid Light Offerings

Shares moved unevenly near the close as many leaders failed to push higher on light supply. Trading activity ran about 1.2 million shares with a broad mix of prices across industrials, rails, and utilities while several major issues posted fractional gains and declines.

New York

Chicago Produce Market Reports and National Prices

Chicago and New York produce markets show steady to firm receipts for butter eggs cheese and potatoes. Notable figures include Chicago butter 46c to 44c, eggs at 36c, various potato classes with rounds from 3.20 to 3.60, and New York reporting strong butter and cheese prices with 92 score and 89-90 ranges and 46c to 47c quotes. Wisconsin twins and cheddars had no sales last week with bids at 27 and 0 per pound respectively.

Hilde Lée Colorado Idaho Minnesota Red River Texas Chicago Idahos Burbanks U Red McClures U Wyoming North Dakota Triumphs U.S Florida New York O.P.A New York City Wisconsin Plymouth Wis

May Rye Reaches New All-Time High On Market Rally

May rye surged five cents to a fresh peak as both traders and commissions stayed active on the buy side. Wheat corn and barley held steady at ceilings or near unchanged levels, with May rye at $2.58 and July futures noted as up slightly. Des Moines Iowa hog receipts show very active CEIL prices across interior yards and packing plants, with barrows and gilts and sows moving to strong bids.

Chicago Iowa Des Moines INS Minnesota

Hick: Declares OPA Must Be De Bowlized

Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa urges a period of grace for the price control program to undergo a housecleaning and remove bureaucrats he says oppose free enterprise. He warns the Senate may back restrictive amendments if the changes are not made.

Washington Bourke B. Hickenlooper R- Ia OPA Senate House

Marlon News Bay House Sold At Public Auction

Marion News reports the Han son couple bought the old residence at 740 Twelfth Street at a public auction from Osceola Lodge. Hanson will move the house to 2540 Eighth Avenue. The Linn County Produce Co. awarded a $4,000 warehouse contract to E B Castle and Son north of its Twelfth Street plant. Various notes include service members' travel, a lost bicycle, family visits, and lodge meeting changes.

Russell R. Hanson Twelfth Street Osceola Lodge 1.C.C.F Linn County Produce Company E. B. Castle and Son

Diaper Shortage Worsens Across Nation in 1945

The Cotton Textile Institute reports a monthly deficit of about 7.8 million diapers nationwide. Demand grows with more babies while raw materials for home sewn diapers remain scarce, leading to service refusals for 132,400 babies and insufficient stock for hospitals and institutions. Price incentives to boost supply are urged to the Civilian Production Administration.

New York Cotton Textile Institute Civilian Production Administration War Production Board

Laski Claims New Atomic Bombs Could Devastate America

Brighton England AP Professor Harold J Laski says the United States has manufactured atomic bombs so powerful five could destroy the whole south of the United States and devastate Indiana and Illinois He criticizes secrecy in atomic energy research while Washington experts discount the claim noting current work aims at improving Nagasaki type bombs.

Brighton England Harold J. Laski United States Indiana Illinois Mason-Dixon Line Cooperative Party Labor Party Executive Committee Hiroshima Nagasaki Saski Washington Laski

Eugenie’s Jewels Stolen From Louvre in Night Burglary

Paris police report 50 items taken from the Louvre including Empress Eugenie’s pearl necklaces and other jewels. Conservator Marcel Guerin calls the loot valuable more for history than value and says the Charlemagne crown was not among the items. The thief used a homemade key, hid after closing, and escaped by rope from a window.

Paris Eugenie Napoleon III Louvre Palace Marcel Guerin Museum of Dégorative Arts Guerin Charlemagne Louvre

Seek Men Firing Shots into Houses

Chicago police hunted Monday for two men in a dark coupe who fired rifle and pistol shots into 13 suburban homes during the weekend. Investigators link the gunmen to the fatal shooting of 12 year old Nancy Lowrey Friday and the wounding of 17 year old Donald Ostrand Saturday in a forest preserve. No injuries from the home shootings were reported, but several residents had narrow escapes as shots targeted lit lamps. A spent .38 caliber bullet was found at the 803rd AAF depot, and many shots came from a .22 caliber rifle.

Chicago Nancy Lowrey Donald Ostrand 803Rd Aaf Despot

Wallace Leads U S Drive To Collect Food

Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace becomes chairman of the Emergency Food Collection a nation wide drive starting May 12 to gather canned food or money for overseas relief to aid starving peoples. Funds go to UNRRA with no admin deductions. Local depots will accept gifts and volunteers, including 19597 cities, lead by local chairs and Dan A West as executive director.

Washington, D.C Henry Wallace Sunday United States Wallace United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert H. Lehman UNRRA New York EFC Victory Clothing N.Y Dan A. West

Troop Ships to Ports Bring 9900 Servicemen

United Press reports eleven ships head to east and west coast ports on Monday with over 9,900 servicemen. New York arrivals include U S S Yosemite with 350 naval personnel and U S S R Victory with 745 troops. San Francisco expects Rockwell 1,686 and Belle Isle 487 naval personnel plus Typhoon 1,452 and Cape Cleave 1,800. San Diego to receive Dashing Wave 1,641 and Hawk 1,683 naval personnel.

United Press New York U.S.S. Yosemite Canal Zone U.S.S. R San Francisco Rockwell Pearl Harbor Belle Isle Tokyo Typhoon Samar Cape Cleave Saipan San Diego Dashing Wave Sesabo Hawk Pacific Forward Area

Atcheson Named American Chairman of Allied Council for Japan

Tokyo AP report says George Atcheson Jr. is appointed American member and chairman of the four power Allied council for Japan. The move follows discussions among the council members and changes in leadership after Maj Gen. W. F. Marquat had served as temporary head during Atcheson’s absence.

Tokyo Supreme Headquarters George Atcheson, Jr Council For Japan Gen. MacArthur MacArthur Atcheson Headquarters Washington W. F. Marquat Marquat Allied Council For Japan

Sulfa Drug Treatment Used on Trout Disease

Washington reports that furunculosis, once the worst disease in trout hatcheries, is being treated with sulfa drugs. The U S fish and wildlife service says sulfamethazine shows promise and experiments continue.

Washington U. S. Fish and Lwildlife Service

Excelisor Alumina Deposit Found Near Kaiser Plant

U S Geological Survey officials report a massive alumina clay deposit near Henry J Kaiser’s Spokane aluminum complex. The Excelisor deposit holds about 12,533,000 dry tons averaging 28.7 percent alumina and 5.6 percent iron oxide, with potential 30 year supply and titanium oxide by products. Hiring may reach 4000 workers as Kaiser aims to start mill production by mid summer for autos and affordable homes.

Moscow Ida U. S. Geological Survey Henry J. Kaiser Spokane Wash Vernon E. Scheid Geological Survey U. S. Bureau of Mines Sheid Kaiser Trentwood Mead

Peaches Browning Weds Fourth Husband in Nevada

Frances Peaches Browning married Ralph N Willson of Columbus Ohio in a Sunday ceremony at Dayton Nevada. Browning, 35, previously wed three times in high profile marriages beginning at 16 to Edward W Browning. Willson, 36, is connected to Vera Willson and Frank Medick and recently annulled a prior marriage to Helen Phillips.

Dayton Nev Frances “Peaches” Browning Ralph N. Willson Columbus Ohio Willson Vera M. Willson Frank C. Medick Helen Hayes Phillipps Vineland N. J Joseph C. Civelli San Francisco

Hereafter He Says Shell Tee Off First In Chicago Tale

Herbert Naiditch, 26, recounts a golf mishap on an English course where a sergeant yelled fore and a ball struck his ankle. A later clash left him head and heart injuries, then he married the woman who hit both drives. Now Barbara, 24, has arrived in Chicago and will tee off first.

Chicago Herbert Naiditch Naiditch Barbara

Lord Keynes Dies Famed Economist and Wartime Advisor

Lord Keynes 62 a British economist died of a heart attack Sunday after returning from the Savannah conference where he led the British delegation under strain He helped secure a 4 4 billion loan from the United States and headed the 1944 Bretton Woods talks co author of plans for the IMF and World Bank His work shaped Roosevelt era policy and the Keynesian spend until recovery doctrine.

London Lord Keynes Roosevelt Keynes International Monetary Conference Savannah Lord Halifax United States Britain Bretton Woods, N. H International Monetary Fund World Bank

U.S. Public Predicted To Rally For OPA Bowles

Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles predicted a mass public response in support of OPA price controls with telegrams and letters from everyday citizens. He said Congress would reject destructive amendments amid lobbyist pressure, while Wilson Wyatt warned the bill would spark inflation and harm housing programs and veterans’ priorities.

Washington Chester Bowles OPA Bowles Wilson Wyatt Wyatt

Toscanini Returns To Italy To Reopen La Scala

Maestro Arturo Toscanini, 79, sails to Milan to reopen La Scala with his wife and son Walter. The conductor left Italy in 1938 protesting the fascist regime and plans to return to the United States in August.

New York Arturo Toscanini Milan Italy la Scala Walter Toscanini United States

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