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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1946
Page
6
Chicago and Omaha markets report cattle prices holding near last week’s close as receipts are at their lowest Monday total since January. Packers bought sparingly on the open market, with yearlings and steers mostly steady to weak, while hogs rise on government corn bonus effects. Sheep receipts rise with limited sales, while overall market activity remains cautious and price ceilings are noted.
Kansas City market notes steady to uneven. steers around 15.76 to 17.10 per cwt, heifers 15.50 to 16.75, cows 12.25 to 13.25, bulls 13.50 to 14.75. stockers and feeders dominate 55 percent. Sioux City run slow. fed steers 15.25 to 17.00, short-feds 13.50 to 15.00, cows 10.00 to 11.75, bulls 9.00 to 11.75. hogs 14.50 to 14.75, sheep buyers undecided. Iowa hogs active at 13.75 to 14.45 for 160–360 lb barrows and gilts.
AP dispatch covers butter eggs cheese and vegetables with multiple price quotes. Stocks, receipts, and local lots for butter eggs chicken and cheese run through Chicago and New York markets, detailing f.o.b. prices, track sales, and regional variations. Strong entities include Chicago and New York markets, OPA guidelines, and Wisconsin Plymouth cheese bids.
New York stocks edged higher in a cautious session as leaders paused in recent gains. Trading was tempered by labor tensions and coal disputes, with the market hovering near a 15 year high and several sectors showing only modest moves amid mixed earnings and commodity shifts. Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices in Florida and Texas showed modest gains for items like celery lettuce oranges grapefruit lemons and cauliflower as buyers eyed supplies and demand.
In Chicago trading May rye fell to 2.525 per bushel, off the daily 5 cent limit, amid reports the government might impose a ceiling. Rye weakened throughout the session with oats showing more resilience. cash oats bought 35,000 bushel units and corn bookings topped 150,000. Wheat and other grains largely held ceilings. oats slipped slightly.
The New York bond market showed a general mix of small advances and declines on Monday after a brief pause in U S government activity. Over the counter bids slipped a few ticks while a handful of stock exchange trades posted minor losses.
The army and navy will study the nation s caverns as potential underground military factories and installations in case of atomic war. Experts will assess space for hangars machinery and equipment, concealment from aircraft, atmospheric conditions, depth and outlets, and the cost of conversion. The study remains exploratory and may deem caverns unusable.
DES MOINES Iowa district winners in the statewide Iowa essay contest were announced by the Towa Development Commission. Checks for 35 and 15 will be mailed to first and second place winners. Winners include Daniel D Lyons Cresco high school first Donald F Hendricks Holy Trinity Luxemburg second Marilyn Cruikshank Mt Pleasant high school first Lorraine Swedenhelm Hilton negated high school Conroy second.
Frankfurt Germany AP reported that American redeployment officers said most officers with 67 points or 45 months service in Europe would depart for home by Tuesday, with only a few exceptions remaining.
William B. Benjamin 36 a New York businessman was arrested on grand larceny charges after District Attorney Frank Hogan said he lost up to 46 000 daily at race tracks and swindled creditors out of more than 500 000 in four months. Benjamin acknowledged the fraud and said most money vanished in gambling including 46 000 in a single day at the track. Bail set at 50 000 with May 6 hearing. He borrowed 500 000 against falsified orders and accounts payable and claimed books burned when creditors grew suspicious. He formerly ran Metropolitan Machine Shops Inc with war contracts and parts production. His wife was in Philadelphia.
East end residents petition Cedar Rapids city council to rename Carroll drive SE to East Carroll drive to reduce numbering confusion. They note Carroll drive begins at Thirtieth street and aligns with First avenue, with numbers jumping from 3,000 to 600. Petition also requests a block long, currently nameless street at the south end become a continuation of Carroll drive. The matter was referred to the building department.
DES MOINES AP Charles Ervin Davenport 35 former teller at Security Savings bank Marshalltown was given a two year sentence and placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty before Federal Judge Charles A Dewey to embezzling 11776 from the bank. The judge leniently treated the plea citing Davenport s good war record and current employment and noted he had started at 80 a month.
George B Healey Cedar Rapids agency manager returns from a three day meeting in Cincinnati. Jan Hus I C C F degree team to confer second degree next Wednesday at Sokol hall with refreshments. YMCA life saving institute starts tonight at 7 in the YMCA boys lobby and pool open to any swimmer 14 or older. No Cedar Rapids Stamp Club meeting tonight due to April having five Mondays. meeting moved to Monday May 6.
Members of Alcoholics Anonymous and families held a bingo party at 106% Second Avenue SE. Trinity Lutheran mixed and children's choirs perform Easter and Lenten music at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Coe College presents Patterns in Music directed by Robert Bannister on May 9 and 10, after a Gazette misprint listing May 2 and 3.
Jack Carney and his brother Bill Carney returned home from California and Brooklyn respectively as their younger brother Jerry Carney, 12, recovered from serious injuries after being struck by a city bus on April 16. The Carney family asked for prayers as Jerry’s condition improved.
President Truman told 250 ministers in Washington that the United States risks losing its world responsibilities since V J day. He urged church leaders to help awaken Americans to moral duties, citing Sermon on the Mount and warning against selfishness and greed jeopardizing the era’s potential.
Irene B. Kirbo, now in Jacksonville, sues John V. Cork and Rose Cork of Cedar Rapids in federal court for treble damages totaling 1385.40 claiming she paid 1700 for a second hand auto on July 16 1945, based on an OPA ceiling about 1200. She alleges overcharge of 461.80 plus fees and costs.
Edward L. Jeambey of Mt Pleasant will present Picking Up Sticks at the Thursday Chamber of Commerce civic bureau meeting. He collects canes as a hobby and runs a business around talk topics. Dinner will be at Chamber facilities, and reservations are required.
Courthouse explains three tax relief options for landowners Homestead exemption veterans' exemption and a new agricultural land tax credit Applications available from County Auditor Otto F Hanzlik at the courthouse Farm land credit due June 1 while homestead and veterans deadlines are July 1 Homestead requires six months residence and signatures of two homeowners in the district Veterans must show discharge papers Farm land credit applies to agricultural tracts of ten acres or more excluding land used for homestead up to 40 acres may be included in homestead plan
Articles of incorporation filed Monday for Laundrex company to operate self service and coin operated laundry stores. Organized by three St. Louis residents, authorized to issue 100 shares of two par stock, Cedar Rapids principal place of business. Officers named Benno von Mayrhäuser president, Kurt von Mayrhäuser vice president, Kirk Jeffrey secretary treasurer.
The American Red Cross said 85 Iowans will die from accidental drownings and about 4,500 will narrowly escape death this year unless the toll drops. The water safety division will hold lifesaving instructor schools nationwide, including one at Grimes, Indiana, June 12 to 22.
The Tudeh party Rahbar accuses Col Norman Schwartzkopf of ordering Sunday shootings that left two factory workers dead. The clash near the airport followed a visit by an Azerbaijan delegation as government talks with Azerbaijan and Kurdish tribes continued in secrecy. The trooper cited by the paper said Americans paid to shoot demonstrators. the post commander was arrested.
Chain letters return to Cedar Rapids postal service as a thorn in the side of the department. Mailing such letters and cards violates postal regulations and can bring heavy fines. The latest scheme identified by the post office is a so called Hankie club.
Norman Dyrland died in Seattle. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday in Yocom chapel with Rev. C. V. R. De Jong. burial in Springville cemetery. Pallbearers include William Cleghorn Norway John Gill Marion L. M. Taylor Mason City and Robert Hampton Cedar Rapids. body arrives Tuesday. Cancer Control Fund donations totalled 100.43 from Marion theater patrons and additional gifts from local residents.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Aubrey, Rock aelprid, and Lt. Jacquelyn Clay of Utica. Mrs. Carl F Wightman underwent an operation in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs Clifford Shearer bought a Madrid residence and will move after school closes. Mrs. Shearer is Matilda Sanborn, daughter of Mrs. Susan Sanborn. Mrs. Ed Rayhouns of Lisbon, cousin of the McLanes, is seriously ill in St. Luke's hospital. Pvt. Donald DeVault, discharged at Fort Leavenworth, resumed work at LaPlant- Choate company plant.
In Rome three American military police were seriously wounded near the central railway station after an incident involving two Italian girls. Capt. George Leeding, Pvt. Arthur Wishman, and Sgt. Michael Marra were hit during a confrontation with civilian-clothed Italian officers. Leeding said shots were fired as MPs and Italian police faced off near barracks and a dance location.
In Chungking the New China Daily News reported the Chinese Communist party admitted its charge that United States planes strafed Communist lines in Manchuria was a mistake. The error arose from the Nationalist government’s use of non permanent paint to cover markings on aircraft bought from the United States.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet member of the United Nations Security Council, was appointed by the UN to represent Russia on the UN atomic energy commission. The announcement came Monday from the UN department of public information in New York.
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