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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1946
Page
9
Chicago and Sioux City livestock markets show hogs unevenly lower by 75 cents to $1.50 per hundredweight, cattle mostly steady to lower with top steers at $27.25 and calves around $20-$24. Lambs rise modestly, while hog receipts reach 7,000 to 7,500 head and cattle about 12,000.
Omaha market reports hog receipts 4,000 to 6,500 with prices mainly down 1.50 to 2.00. top loads 33,805. cattle receipts 6,600 with fed steers near 27.25 and top choice steers 25.00 to 27.00. fat cows steady to higher. sheep receipts 4,000 with slaughter lambs asking higher and ewes steady. Iowa hog receipts 20,800 with barrows 20.50 to 22.10, sows 19.50 to 30.50. Kansas City cattle and calves receipts small with best steers 24.00 to 33.00.
Chicago market reports steady to high end butter receipts with 7,601 tubs and B-Receipts at 8,757 cases. Listings show varied prices for creamery, grades, and related products, with multiple mentions of scores, car lots, and market movement across commodities. Also notes on potatoes, idaho arrivals, and New York wholesale pricing for bulk cartons.
In New York on Wednesday, steel, rail, utilities and industrials showed subtle recovery while many top issues lagged. Morning trading remained slow with weak liquidation. As bidding revived, initial losses narrowed to fractional gains near the close. Activity edged higher with about 700,000 shares traded.
Chicago report shows corn and oats trading higher on Wednesday as Northwestern elevator demand aids oats and a cautious weekly crop report supports corn. Corn gains 1.5 to 2 percent with prices around 1.36. Oats advance, barley also up amid mixed cash grain quotes for various grades and weights.
Cedar Rapids hog market moves lower by 75 to 100 cents with a 25 cent drop noted Tuesday night. Prime butchers top at 22.00 while packers and hides markets show gains and losses across various grades. Grain and produce prices follow, including celery at 90 cents, lettuce at 85 cents a crate, and wheat around 61.88 per bushel.
Denver AP report says Fireman Warren Hayes, washing dishes, leapt to the pole and set a descent record and strained his back while rushing to the fire truck. He went out with the crew.
International Falls Minnesota reports thousands of acres burned as fires along the border grow fierce. Officials say the situation rivals the 1938 blazes with heavy losses in Koochiching county near Rainy Lake and Dove Island, as flames cross highways and resume Tuesday night after a brief hold.
In Washington Democrats clash over a special house committee on campaign expenditures. Speaker Rayburn named Rep. O'Neal to head the panel, drawing fire from Rep. Domengeaux and southern supporters who claim CIO control. Other named members include Priest Fogarty Al-Yen and Curtis.
Associated Press reports polio epidemics spreading in scattered sections of the nation with Ohio predicting an epidemic year unless there is a sharp drop in 10 days. Minnesota 706 cases with 58 deaths, including 344 in Minneapolis and 85 in St Paul. Wisconsin 78 cases. Iowa 138. Indiana 37. Missouri 36. South Dakota 50. Ohio 162. other areas note higher totals than 1944 or 1945 periods.
A total of 26 measles cases were reported to Clyde H. White, assistant health officer, in July. No polio cases were reported. Eight whooping cough cases, five chicken pox, and two mumps were recorded. White noted municipal crews sprayed garbage cans this week across the city.
Iowa Senator George A. Wilson warned that the current OPA bill would bring chaos to the nation. He argued inflation will persist with deficit spending and tax cuts, favored more farm-to-market road funding, opposed a broad tax cut until the debt is retired, and proposed a 10 percent national sales tax with revenues earmarked for debt retirement. He also urged tighter deficit controls and support for UN reform while criticizing secrecy in world affairs. He planned to visit Iowa next month before returning to Washington.
Washington AP report shows men prefer solitary fishing while women seek crowds and comfort. Swimming tops vacation sports and most travel within 500 miles. Teachers noted as frequent travelers. With pay vacations reaching 30 million, spending could rise from 6 to 10 billion dollars as incomes hold, with unpaid absences by professionals also common.
Wilhelm Marx, 82, veteran Weimar statesman who led Germany as chancellor in 1923 and 1924 and again 1926 to 1928, died in Bonn on Monday after years of political inactivity since 1928.
A 50 piece band of Milwaukee rail road employees will give a 4 p.m. concert on August 13 in Marion city park, with an hour set at the All Iowa fair Hawkeye Downs and a dinner guest appearance planned for the Marion Chamber of Commerce at the K cafe. The group sails into town as part of fair week activities and includes local appreciation for railway workers.
Santa Monica California United Press says Douglas Aircraft blamed structural failure of both wings for the C-74 Globemaster crash during dive tests. The world's largest transport plane exploded and disintegrated over a half mile area after four crew bailed out while carrying an exaggerated 142000 pound diving load.
Johnny Stone, UH student, protested a C on a life as a German prisoner of war by tossing the theme over his shoulder. His sister in law saved the paper, mailed it to a magazine, and Stone later received a $25 check.
John Honeyman is remembered as an unsung Revolutionary War figure who assisted General George Washington during the famous Delaware Crossing, contributing to the morale and success of American forces.
Prof. Warren N. Keck at Coe College announces the appointment of Rose S. Weber as assistant professor of biology. Weber will begin duties at the fall term after earning a 1928 master’s from Iowa and pursuing doctoral work in entomology. He has taught in Wisconsin and North Dakota high schools, Illinois State Teachers College, and seven years at Butler University. He is a member of Sigma Xi and the Iowa and Indiana Academies of Science.
Floyd Siver of Mechanicsville was fined 25 and costs in police court on Wednesday for reckless driving after patrolmen clocked him at 55 miles per hour on Mt. Vernon avenue SE from Twenty third Street to Memorial drive.
Joseph H. Winter and Lila Mae Sadilek each fined 25 dollars on Wednesday for disorderly conduct. The pair, living at 434 First Avenue W and 1323 First Avenue E, were arrested by Patrolmen Lee Nelson and George Davis around 2 10 a.m. when found in a car parked in an alley between Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets East.
Four youths aged 12 to 15 were picked up by Pa Inalzon as Carl Burke Tuesday evening after being found wandering in the old Washington school building slated for razing. One boy carried several packs of cigarettes and admitted theft from a parked car. The quartet was turned over to juvenile authorities.
Joe Goldsberry of 2717 First Avenue East suffered abrasions to both arms a small forehead cut and a skinned left knee when his motorcycle skid into a curb near Twenty seventh Street on First Avenue East about 7 30 p m Tuesday He told officers the bike went out of control when he braked to avoid a auto mobile He was taken to St Lukes hospital and released after first aid
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