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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1948

Page

13

Marion Area News Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Visits

Local residents shifting homes include Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Wallace relocating to 944 Fourteenth street Marion. The Hart family will occupy the Wallace residence. Hart is Linn county 4-H youth agent. Various visits and travel plans span Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis with stops in Anamosa and Logansport.

Carl D. Wallace Marion Fourteenth Street Norval Hart Wallace Hart Linn County Four-H Boys Club Harts Toddville

Chicago Hogs Hit All Time High In Live Market

Chicago pork futures reach a record $31.10 per hundredweight as hog prices rise despite uneven cattle and sheep movements. Cattle trade mostly steady to lower, with hogs pushing higher on strong demand and limited supply. Receipts total around 12 000 with higher top quotes for various weight classes and sows.

Chicago

Stock Market Gains Falter in Monday Trading

New York sales activity cooled as stock rally efforts stalled. Trading remained lackluster with gains trimmed or erased and turnover near 700000 shares.

New York

C. R. MARKETS CLOSE WITH MIXED TRADING ON DOW JONES

Daily market report shows Dow Jones averages near steady as rails utilities and several industrials close mixed. Traders note strong cattle and hog prices with prime steers near 29.25 and packer bids steady, alongside wholesale fruit and vegetable markets with celery and onions leading gains.

Dow-Jones Cseseees Tellroads James Nati W. H. Jump Adams Express Juneau Godent Alleghany Corp YgIntl Ove Allied Che Hydro Em Allied Stores Minine Allis Goatmers Nick “Fakta Am'n Air L Johns Manville Loco Jones Laughlin Ass Kennecott Rad Rad 2 ° BB Bresee Kroger G Lippy McNeill Libbey Owens Link Bell Loews, Inc Armco Marshall Barnsdall F Best Va Murrey Corp Bellas Beth Steel Natl Biscuit Blaw Knox Ing Airp Cv Aera Co Pet Pae Ie Ta Borg Warner Nat Gypsum I Nor Pac North Am'n Dor Gas E ‘ Butler Packard Mtrs Cal & Hecila Ganeae Penney J.C Tete Caterpillar Phillips “Pet Ches & Ohio Coso Radio Keit Chryster Mat Mtrs Rand Rep Steel Tvel. Inc Com! Solvent Comw Edison Sim Cons Copper Ste Iions Co Cedar Rapids Southern Sinclair of E . Cal Wis Bou Pact Motors Sperry Corp Purchere i Sern Bodice Sgi Srah Grane Goon Sit N.J Curtise Wr . Ltd. Steel Curtis Wr A Werner Tev Eedster Good Packers Dear Credit Studebaker SS Bg Botan Ale Beitaa, CO Tex Eastern Elec Autolite Eric Bost Ti'ken Axie Eric Bor Pilm Kehauf Oice Garwood Gale UBL Uni. Air Lines Cabies Electric Cuees Uni Gas Guiette SR Guidcen Ines Goodrich Goodyear Tire U. S. Brees Cie Graham Walworth Warner, Bros Greyhound Wes Union Hayes Mfc Westehouse el Houd Hershey Houston Oil Willys Ovid Wilson and Co Ret Equires Howe Sound Hoe Sane Ga Choice Bully Coologne Uto Paine

Omaha Hog and Cattle Prices Dip on Mixed Midweek Receipts

Market desk reports varying meat quotes with hogs down about 50 cents and cattle steady to modestly higher. Calves and fed cattle show scattered gains while cows and bulls ease. stockers hold firm and lambs remain unsettled with bids near steady.

Livestock Market Report Shows Slow Sale Pace and Mixed Demand

Salable receipts of cattle hogs and sheep reported with slow demand in most categories. Hogs 260 to 500 lbs mostly steady to 50 cents lower. calves and steers uneven but steady, some gear for good fed beef cattle. feeder pigs in demand around 27 to 29 dollars. Sheep receipts around 600 lbs with no early action. slaughter lamb prices expected higher.

Oan Oed Choice Choice Omaha USDA Ogese Cox City

New York Bond Review Faces Irregular Trading

In New York the bond market showed uneven activity with railroads trading weakly. The list featured heavy traffic in Peak Avenue Adjustment 55 which fell and then recovered about 17 points.

NEW York

Grains Slip on Opening Showdowns in Chicago

Grains fell to new seasonal lows in early trading in Chicago as heavy selling hit all major contracts except September and December wheat. Soybeans and lard rebounded on short covering while the market steadied after initial pressure.

Chicago

Grain prices and futures notes in scattered market items

The report lists multiple grain futures with oats and soybeans mentioned. Prices appear fragmented with No 3 wheat and red 92S notes, along with mixed corn and white oats references. Overall the text is a garbled market snippet without a coherent report.

Fragmentary Livestock Market Notice from Minnesota Iowa

The readable OCR fragment outlines a livestock market report with prices and weights for cattle and hogs. Mentions packing plants in southern Minnesota and Iowa, with several weight ranges and price figures, plus note of out-of-state shipping and buying stations. Some figures appear garbled.

Minnesota Iowa

Kansas Livestock Market Report Highlights Steady Steers and Feeders

Kansas City market reports 1800 calves and steers and heifers in supply with steady trade. Bids indicate steady to lower on some loads. fed steers quoted around 30 to 37 dollars per hundredweight. Stockers and feeders show good to choice steers around 31 dollars, with several loads of medium grass and meaty feeders in the mix.

Kansas Kansas City

City Briefs Updates From Cedar Rapids Area News

Courteous taxi service and vacation notices fill the page. Vernon Lehr and Harley Ridell join the Cedar Rapids Rotary club while Dr. John Rieniers and his son return from a Can ada fishing trip. Plan Commission postpones its monthly meeting and Dr Dale A Myers heads to Rock Island after his mother's death. Cedar Rapids lodge 251 to ballot six names. August golf tournament planned at Elmcrest. Mrs Zereda Van Deusen to receive a master’s degree. Dr Carl A Noe returns from eye disease course in Portland under the American Ophthalmic Council.

Cedar Rapids Lodge B. P. O. Ellis Elmcrest Golf and Country Club Zereda B. van Deusen Wilson High School University of Iowa Noe Carl A. Noe Portland

Chicago Produce Market Steady With Mixed Poultry Prices

Chicago produce market shows steady conditions with 16 trucks reported. Hens and fryers trade around 32 to 40 cents with broilers and whites moving at 37 to 43 cents, ducks and geese priced, cheese and butter receipts noted, carrots and potatoes listed with various grades and sizes. market overall firm with mixed commodity prices.

Chicago Meass Plymouth Rock White Rock White Rock Springs Plymouth Rock Springs Secreys Cobblers U U. S Idaho

Hearing Sept 9 on New C R Decorah Truck Line

The Iowa state commerce commission set September 9 for a hearing on Rock Island Motor Transit Company’s request to operate a new motor freight line between Cedar Rapids and Decorah with intermediate points on the CRI&P line. The plan limits freight movement and rates to Linn, Buchanan, Fayette, Clayton, Allamakee and Winneshiek counties.

DES Moines State Commerce Commission Rock Island Motor Transit Company Chicago Iowa Cedar Rapids Decorah Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company Linn Buchanan Fayette Clayton Allamakee Winneshiek

New York Produce Wire Reports Prices and Quotations

An AP wire summary of New York produce prices with multiple item quotes including Drs Fancy hen weights, No 1 large and medium onions, various extras, and wholesale carton terms. It notes creamery premiums and grade scores, with overall price movements and late market receipts.

Drs Ead

Court Receipts Decline in Cedar Rapids July Totals

Cedar Rapids July court receipts totalled 5385.99 a drop of 240.75 from June. Of the July amount 4675 came from fines with 633.50 from court fees 54.30 from marshal fees and meals and witness fees totaling the remainder.

Cedar Rapids Maude M. Krebs

New Monticello Pool Opens With School Band Backing

Monticello unveils a $100000 swimming pool built by Delsen Construction Company of Waterloo. Ray Stumbaugh, high school band director, leads a program for the opening. Pool hours run 1 50 to 9 30 pm daily. Admission is nine cents for under 12 and 25 cents for adults. Swimming classes run daily 9 am to noon except Sundays under Howard Kearney.

Gazette Monticello Mnticello Ray Stumbaugh Delsen Construction Company Waterloo Howard Kearney

Marshall Plan Aid Near One Billion Dollar Mark

The United States may top one billion dollars in Marshall plan aid to Europe this week. Administrator Paul G. Hoffman said last week's authorizations of 72,861,232 dollars raise the cash grant total to 907,883,934 dollars.

Washington United States Europe Paul G. Hoffman

Gladiolus Show Draws 3000 Plus At Cedar Rapids Park

More than 3,000 attended the Sixteenth Annual Gladiolus Show in Bever Park. Visitors from seven states signed the guest book of the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club nature and garden department as 1,500 plus entries were judged by the Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society. Winners included Yule-Ditchell and F F Schutter in multiple divisions with Rosemont Gardens securing many best entry and sweepstakes awards. At a Bever Park picnic, Clifford I Newman was elected president, with Leo Walrath as vice president and Sydney G Smith as secretary treasurer.

Bever Park Cedar Rapids Pleasant Valley Max Reger Rosemont Gardens L. Blazek Gazette High Point Hamilton Seed and Coal Company Joseph Toman Killian’s Donald Henderson Or Rapids Gladiolus Society C. R. Payneer Schaefer’s Bezdek Joseph Holec North American Gladiolus Council Henry J. Hromek Memorial

Mesquakie Powwow Preparations At Tama For 33rd Meet

Final preparations are underway at Tama for the 33rd Mesquakie powwow on the Tama plains August 1922. Visiting dancers from seven Midwest states including Nebraska are to enter the regional dancing championship. Russell Decorah, a Winnebago from Nebraska, seeks to defend his title. The eagle dance returns with Frank Pushetonequa Jr and Billy Waseshuk featured. A La Crosse game relics exhibit and home canning demonstrations are added to the program.

Tama (Is Tama Nebraska Midwest Russell Decorah Decorah

Mrs Willkening Named To Welfare Bureau Job

Mrs Leonard H Willkening of Mt Vernon is appointed assistant to the director of the Cedar Rapids Public Welfare bureau. She succeeds Mrs John R Russell, who will leave Cedar Rapids about Aug 10 for Panora where Mr Russell will coach high school athletics.

Leonard H. Willkening Mt. Vernon Cedar Rapids

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Notices

Classified page fragment shows rates and services including mortuaries and a funeral home. Lost and found items reference a compact and plaid pouch with rewards. Personal notices mention a tailor shop and a nurse seeking patient care. names appear obliquely and some numbers resemble phone listings.

Local Classifieds Offer Car Service and Household Goods

A jumble of ads features body work and upholstery for a six passenger car, wrecker service, rental trucks, home cleaning and floor care, plus sale items from shops like Jacks Store and Kenwood Transfer. It lists telephone numbers, business names, and locations such as First Ave E, 3rd St SE, and 2nd Ave SE.

Jacks St. SE Bardine Goodman Detective Service Nationalae PALL Buresh Motors Inc 3Rd St. SE Whatever Zoo Transportation IAN Mums Killian Kenwood Transfer Owere Transfer Home Service Department Kenwood Gazette Charles Ghsenberg Porrees J. J. Smith Hover Jeweler B. Hibnes H. L. Concannon

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