Cattle Prices Slide as Hogs Steady Amid Receipts Decline
Chicago and surrounding markets report Saturday salable livestock receipts of 300 hogs 300 cattle and 1000 sheep. Cattle show a topsy trend with yearling prices up to 17.35 for 1100 lb long fed, while hogs stay strong at ceilings around 14.85 to 14.50. Sheep demand remains active with several loads of wooly and clipped lamb offerings selling near 15 to 16 dollars. Multiple regional reports from Omaha Sioux City Des Moines and Kansas City detail steady to higher prices and ample supplies, with cattle and hogs at ceil prices and varying calves and cows trading across the range.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock
USDA
Omaha
Omaha (Ap
Sioux City
Kansas City Livestockr
Kansas City
API
Deaiers
Cedar Rapids Hog and Cattle Market Report Summary
Cedar Rapids hog market reports ceiling prices with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70 dollars. Beef and cattle prices listed including yearlings, cutters, and cows with varied quotes. Market notes cover sheep, hay, corn, and produce prices with Wisconsin cheese bids, all reflecting current regional trading figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Ak Leitert
Market Trends Show Mixed Steel Gains And Rail Sell-Offs
Isolated gains lift some stocks as profit reports boost Montgomery Ward and United Biscuit while rails and industrials trade under light selling. Daily transfers reach about 1.2 million shares as Dow Jones quotes mixed Fridays with utilities and various Industrials showing uneven moves and treasury bonds rallying after early setbacks.
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New York
Montgomery Ward
United Biscuit
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market shows steady butter and eggs with varied scores and prices. Potatoes freighted to New York and California markets illustrate mixed demand while Idaho and Minnesota stocks adjust. New York wholesale eggs and butter receipts remain high with prices largely unchanged.
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New York
May Rye Drops Oats Off Slightly
CHICAGO AP reports a profit taking expansion with selling from commission houses and light buying. May rye fell about 3 cents intraday while oats showed small losses and finished unchanged to 0.5% lower. Final May rye at 2.57 to 2.56, July 83 to 2.56. Wheat corn barley and deferred rye unchanged at ceilings. CHICAGO CASH PROVISIONS notes prices for wheat corn oats and barley with nominal ranges and field seed quotes.
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Chicago
City Briefs Finds And Services From Local Notices
City briefs report fish worms for sale at 1217 Fifth Street Southeast and a rug cleaning service at Alberts 6165. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schoen return from a three month South vacation with daughter Mrs. Alvin Auerbach and her son Danny in San Antonio Texas. Services upcoming include St John’s Lutheran Ely Sunday 7:30 PM sermon Easter Echoes by Rev Hamilton Dawson and Sunday school at 10:00 AM. Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath services 9:30 AM with youth at 3 PM. Calvary Baptist observes Intermediate Sunday with Rev Rodney Gould preaching to young people 12 to 16 and choir at evening service.
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Forest Drive
South
Alvin Auerbach
Danny
San Antonio
Tex
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ely
J. Hamilton Dawson
Des Moines
Calvary Baptist Church
Rodney C. Gould
Three-cent stamp honors discharged veterans in 1946
A new three-cent stamp honoring discharged veterans goes on sale in Washington on May 9 1946 and later at Cedar Rapids post office. The purple design features the honorable discharge emblem with United States Postage at top and 3c at corners, with the motto Honoring Those Who Have Served and five stars. First day cancellations available for collectors by mailing up to 10 addressed envelopes to the Washington DC postmaster with payment.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
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D. C
May 1 Deadline for Bike Licenses in 1946
Traffic Capt. J H Clift reminds cyclists that May 1 is the deadline to obtain 1946 bicycle license plates. William Haritakis will issue plates at the station from 8 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Saturday. About 3600 bicycles already registered. police estimate 2400 still need registration.
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J. H. Clift
William Haritakis
Concentrate KRP Di-Petl touted as safe bug repellent
A historical ad claims Concentrate KRP Di-Petl does not raise body heat or burn skin and offers prolonged fire repellent action against ticks and killer insects. It promises DDT-like benefits without dangers, to be mixed with water and distributed by Belden Will Cleara or Associated Manufacturers, 2230 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Associated Manufacturers
Olive Street
St. Louis
Chicago Team Sokol Exhibition Sunday at Wilson
Cedar Rapids Sokol association hosts an 8 p.m. program at Wilson high school featuring six Chicago Sokol Chicago champions performing on parallel bars and flying rings. Vaclav Koneeny will speak. Andrew Podehna opens. Karla Masaryk chorus will sing, with Cedar Rapids and Chicago participants delivering calisthenics, drills, tumbling, and Slovak dances. A war dead tribute closes the show followed by a social hour.
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Wilson
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids Sokol Association
Sokol Chicago
Vaclav Koneeny
American Sokol Union
Andrew
Podehna
Cedar Rapids Sokol
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Esther Hronik-Klersey
Wally Baskowic
A.A.U
Paul Finn
University of Ilinois
William Polacek
Prague
Ed Hlinka
Jerry Michalek
Stanley Barcal
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Helen Sykora
Vera Machovsky
Mana Machovsky
Frank Sykora
Joseph Pazour
Fiorello Urges Northwest Farmers to Release Wheat
UNRRA director Fiorello LaGuardia appealed to about 5,000 Red River valley farmers in Climax Minnesota to release spare wheat for starving Europe and Asia. He urged action before May 15, praised the 30 cent per bushel bonus, and noted government statisticians’ soft hands. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson also spoke, praising farmers and the project. Earlier, 200 trucks carrying about 25,000 bushels of mercy wheat entered Climax to dramatize the relief effort.
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Red River Valley
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Charles Kriz Heads Linn County Bankers
Charles Kriz cashier of the United State bank was elected president of the Linn county Bankers association at a Roosevelt hotel meeting. Jay Fordyce assistant cashier Mt. Vernon Bank and Trust named vice president, David Ruml Guaranty Bank and Trust treasurer, Peter Bailey Merchants National re elected secretary. Kriz succeeds M. P. Martens. William J. Matias Cedar Rapids attorney spoke on FBI experiences.
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United State Bank
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Roosevelt Hotel
Jay Fordyce
Mt. Vernon Bank and Trust Company
David Ruml
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Peter Bailey
Merchants National Bank
Kriz
M. P. Martens
Exchange State Bank
Springville
William J. Matias
Cedar Rapids
FBI
Marion Eastern Star school of instruction and local news
The Marion Eastern Star chapter held a school of instruction at the Masonic temple with Mrs. Jean Vondracek of Cedar Rapids as instructor. Dinner for 180, floral decor, and four candidates initiated. Notable visitors from Cedar Rapids and nearby chapters attended. Also notes on local music students, transportation by bus charter, and several community notices including shipper ads and minor accidents.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Jean Vondracek
Cedar Rapids
Glen Hempy
L. Yarwood
Harriet Failor
James Fitzgerald
Vondracek
Lois Lehdigh
Merle Robinson
la Verna Crew
Maud Keyser
Adah G. Thompson
Esther Barber
Abbie Sheldon
Ida Manchester
Jo Ann Bode
Cedar and Malta
Iowa City
Fairfax
Central City
Mt. Vernon
Distinguished Flying Cross for Kellogg and local notices
A R M Kellogg son of A J Kellogg of 382 Sixth Avenue awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Gold Stars for aerial flights while aboard the Steamer Bay during Leyte Okinawa and Iwo Jima service. Mrs William J Turner called to Perry by the death of her brother in Milwaukee. Amos Monthie a railroad engineer died of a heart attack. Monthie family formerly lived in Marion. Fireman Keith Collier son of Mrs Gladys Collier arrives at Seattle. to be discharged May 9. Miss Sara Nott Iowa Federated clubs director attending conventions in Benton Linn Clinton counties. Wanted cook’s helper and waitress at K&V Cafe. Charles Gallo visited relatives in Logansport Ind. Improvement reported in Mrs W A Jackson’s condition at St Luke’s hospital. Clerks wanted part time and full time at Edison's Pharmacy. Baptist church youths and Rev Charles Moore picnic at Federated church Lisbon this evening. Mrs Roy V Hagerman notified her husband corporal arrived in San Francisco.
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A. J. Kelloggs
Sixth Avenue
Kellogg
Leyte
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Steamer Bay
William J. Turner
Perry
Inlaw
Amos Monthie
Milwaukee Railroad
Monthie
Marion
Eastern Iowa Odd Fellows Meet at Muscatine
Cisco from Tokyo attended with Everett Lurth Mrs Jack Oxley Miss Pluma Terrill and Mr and Mrs W J Fleisher at the eastern Iowa district meeting of Odd Fellow lodges held in Muscatine on Wednesday.
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Jack Oxley
Pluma Terrill
W. J. Fleisher
Iowa
Odd Fellow
Muscatine
Prof Devereaux Organ Recital Set at King Memorial
Cornell College professor Eugene Devereaux will headline an organ recital at King Memorial chapel at 4 p.m. Sunday. He previously gave the dedicatory recital for the Cedar Rapids Consistory organ in March and has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the May Festival. His program includes works by Scheidt Titelouze Bach Schumann Brahms Vierne and Bonnal.
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Eugene Devereaux
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Devereaux
Cedar Rapids
University of Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago
Philadelphia
Scheidt
Titelouze
J. S. Bach
Schumann
Brahms
Vierne
Bonnal
Veterans seek housing as Cedar Rapids lists no rentals
Daryl Austin, acting director of the Veterans Service and Information Center, says no rooms are available in Cedar Rapids and asks homeowners to rent to veterans or families. The center’s phone number is 38-0241.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Service and Information Center
Daryl Austin
the Gazette
Police Witness Accident and Arrest of Fleeing Motorist
Police say R. J. Wolf of 1225 Fifth street SE left the scene after a crash at First avenue and Tenth street E about 8 15 pm Thursday. Patrolmen Walters and Kuba nabbed him on Sixth street between First and A avenue E. Wolf failed to appear in police court Friday. His car collided with Monte Smith's car at 627 Sixth street SE.
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Fifth Street
First Avenue
Tenth Street E
Glenn Walters
John Kuba
Wolf
Sixth Street
First
Avenue E
Monte Smith
Police hold Parnell boy, 13, runaway
A 13 year old boy from Parnell admitted he ran away from home on April 7. He was found downtown about 4 15 a.m. Friday by Patrolman John Hlavacek and is being held pending word from his parents.
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Parnell
John Hlavacek
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