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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1946
Page
3
Chicago AP reports hog futures strengthened overnight and Friday with gains up to 1.50 per hundredweight. Cattle stayed steady with limited high grades while spring lambs held near steady. Hogs 170 to 270 pounds rose 0.75 to 1.25, over 270 pounds cited as scarce with 1.50 gains. weights under 170 up to 2. Sows about 1 higher, top hog price 24 dollars.
Receipts total 6 000 cattle and 4 000 sheep with mixed grades. Fat weighty steers and yearlings fetch around 22 dollars, feeders lower, cattle trading uneven as grass cattle range 11 to 18 dollars. Sheep main volume in spring lambs 21 75 to 22 00 with ewes and culls down to 3 50.
Feeds show higher barometer with sows up and heavier weights. Cattle receipts 850 salable with steers bidding up to 20.50 and cows mostly 8 to 12.50. stockers steady. Sheep receipts 1,700, lambs around 21.50 and ewes 5 to 16.25, market active and steady overall.
Salable receipts include 1500 calves 100 grass fed stocker and feeder supply around 650 billed to dealers. Grass fed stockers and feeders active. Hogs receipts 1600, market uneven with slaughter classes near Thursday's average. top prices for 186 to 270 lb hogs around 22.75 to 23.00. Doping rice noted with 800 receipts and market not established.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market gained 75 cents to a dollar Friday after an earlier dip. Top hog prices reach 23.00 for prime butchers and 21.00 for packers, with cattle showing varied figures for steers and cows, while sheep and other livestock also listed.
New York reports mixed stock activity with utilities lifting early gains and steel, motor, and rail shares slipping. Trading around a million shares, the day closed with unsettled prices and unclear direction for the week.
New York API notes a number of reorganization rail obligations drew modest price changes and turnover remained slow, with changes being fractional for the most part.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ended 8 am show Priday totals of 13,500 versus 24,500 a week prior and 16,500 a year ago. Prices ranged 500 to 1.00 higher with some up to 1.25 to 1.50. Sows and hogs priced for good and choice at several weights with quoted ranges.
USDA cattle receipts in Kansas City show salable receipts 400 with calves 150. All classes steady, steers scarce. Prices cited: few common and medium heifers 10.50 to 14.00. cows mainly cutter and common 9.00 to 11.50. odd medium and good 1,000 to 1,200 lb cattle 11.75 to 13.00. canners 7.50 to 8.50.
Wisconsin fans report auction results with 20 cars bid at 40 cents but bid details incomplete. Officials note unconfirmed bids and ongoing sale activity, while buyers await final tallies and posted results.
Chicago produce prices and receipts show butter at 83 AA and 80 B scores, eggs steady with varied12 34c ranges, and bacon-like notes on cooking cars. Arrivals total 81 with 147 on track. demand varied by quality while overall market remains steady and light stock for certain varieties.
The item lists mixed color cheese receipts at 387 040 with steady prices and EGCS receipts at 13 208 steady. Current wholesale prices show standard grades No 1 to No 4 around 38 to 39 cents per pound with several entries fluctuating or unclear in the OCR.
Chicago reports show grains reversing early losses as buyers linked to elevator interests pushed corn and oats above prior close despite rains in drought zones. Near session selling left final figures mixed with corn down 1 4 to 1 8 cents, oats 3 4 to 4 cents lower, barley up 4 to 5 cents.
Chicago AP bulletin shows wheat prices at 2.00 and 2.02 for No 1 eggs? oats at 0.75 to 0.79 for No 1 mixed and heavy white samples. Barley quoted around 1.60 to 1.80 for malting, 1.25 to 1.50 for feed.
Washington AP reports the census bureau says July civilian employment hit 58,130,000 with the armed forces adding 2,640,000 for a total above 60,000,000. Unemployment fell to 2,270,000, the lowest for 1946, though up from the prior July before Japan's surrender.
A house prowler fled from the H. D. Kurtz residence at 2419 C avenue NE after being startled by guest Mary Newman from Chicago around 3 25 a m Friday. The intruder slashed a screen door and unlatch the lock but nothing was stolen, investigation by Patrolmen Jerry Navratil and John Hlavacek found.
Former Mississippi candidate Frank Harper who trailed in the Democratic primary by about 96,000 votes now works as an elevator operator in the senate office building. At 74, the Peachtree salesman received 1,400 votes to Bilbo's 97,000, after opting not to wage a serious bid when Bilbo’s opponents drew support. Senator Eastland placed Harper in the job, and Bilbo does not ride Harper’s elevator.
President Truman told a youth audience that the American republic is good for a thousand years. He said the government is the people and that elected officials reflect the majority’s views. The remarks were delivered to students gathered by the American Legion in Washington.
A two engine Lockheed Lodestar passenger plane from Newark to Atlantic City crashed near Lakehurst naval air station, burning after impact. Of six aboard three died, three survived were hospitalized. two in critical condition.
British foreign secretary Bevin left Friday evening to join the Paris peace conference. He said it is time to stop talking and get on with the job at hand.
Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney said the U S Army will take over UNRRA functions in Germany when UNRRA ends around Oct 1. The move would raise the American occupation cost by about 80 million dollars yearly, with current costs near 200 million per year.
In Bloomington Illinois Dale Jordan 56 faced a 14 day sentence for disorderly conduct after jail officials alerted police about his piled up mail at McLean county jail Jailer Ed Kalahar said Jordan had no permanent address and had previously been an inmate.
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A announced a gain of 35 897 members in Sunday school enrollment over the last year. The increase underscores growing participation in church programs across the denomination.
Army intelligence officers said United States agents arrested Douglas Arnold Chandler aged 57 known as Paul Revere for aiding the Nazi cause. He was seized at his Kempton Bavaria home Feb 28 after being at large since the war and is held at an American internment camp near Frankfurt for the U.S. attorney general.
Last Chinese emperor Pu Yi, later puppet ruler of Manchukuo, surfaced from a year in obscurity behind Russian lines. In Soviet custody he flew from Vladivostok to testify before the international military tribunal.
The La Salle hotel in Chicago will reopen January 1, 1947, after a devastating June fire killed 61. Management says $80,000 will be spent to repair the 22 story building.
Dr. Herbert Gerstman buys the late J. C. Davis residence at 610 Tenth Street from Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Johnson. The former Davis home, long occupied by his daughter Mrs. Carrie Reichert, will become Dr. Gerstman’s new office location. Sale handled by H. P. Kline.
Lost items include a ming fat wallet at the State theater and a child's tricycle on Ist Ave near 32nd. Delaware contact Delbert Smyth and Sabbert at 311 8th Ave SW Independence, Indiana. Also notice for Merchants National Company Cedar Rapids Iowa outlining perpetual extension and broad corporate powers and officers.
Marion area notices show a white and tan female fox hound missing with Douglass Ross as contact in Marion. Reward offered. two phone numbers listed 23-7747 or 23-0883. location near C Street between 10th and 15th Avenues Southwest Troy. Found ads and various local services occupy the page with several small items and classifieds.
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