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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1947
Page
13
A brief market item notes hog prices climbing to their highest level since October 27 earning strength across the sector with cows and bulls showing notable gains. Trade activity and market momentum are cited as contributors to the rally.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate cattle auction activity with mixed bidding around 10 594 dollars and 13.50 value, mentions weight and gains for cows and bulls, and totals 5 percent receipts. Reference to weathered terms suggests stockers and feeders, bidders around the ring.
Livestock prices show steady to firm trends with bulls and cows near steady. Broad range for steers and heifers, with many stockers and feeders active. Common quotes include feeder and steer averages around mid twenties, with cows in the low teens to mid twenties and vealers in the low to mid twenties.
Combined hog receipts at market yards and packing plants in Iowa and southern Minnesota show larger early prices. Early 8 am figures list weights from 160 to over 360 pounds with prices ranging from about 21 to 25 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting heavier market activity than the prior week.
Cedar Rapids hog market reports prices rising 50 to 60 cents on Monday with top figures around 24.10 for prime and good butchers grades in the 180 to 600 pound ranges. Cattle and other commodity quotes follow, including hides, poultry, fruit and produce markets, and a lengthy stock quotation list.
In New York, stocks rose for the first time in almost two weeks as professional short covering and other buying supported gains. The market was thought to be oversold, though trading remained slow after an early pickup. Steel, motor, rail and other industrial shares advanced by midday.
New York bond review notes a modest upturn in late trading with several issues rising by a point or more. Benefits were seen in Central of New Jersey 5s, Rock Island 4.5s, New York Lackawanna and Western 4s, and St. Paul and Kansas City, while losses affected Great Northern 253s, Missouri Pacific 4s, Southern Pacific 4.5s, Illinois Central 4s, Cuba 5s, and Canadian Pacific 4s amid ample rail supply.
Salable hog receipts 9 500 with mixed bids for barrows gilts and sows with top around 26 25 for choice items and 25 25 for bulk. Calves 13 000 receipts with fed steers and heifers steady though market not fully established. Sheep 4 200 receipts with slaughter lambs slow and prices around 24 25 and higher for native and western wooled lambs. Ewes steady at 9 00 with few lots sold.
A garbled Iowa market page shows Des Moines prices for Waterloo and Ottumwa hogs with figures ranging near 20 to 24 dollars, plus scattered USDA and auction notes. The OCR fragment lists varying weights and price points like 22.15 24.60 and 23.50, but many numbers are incomplete or misaligned. The content indicates a daily livestock price round-up with multiple herds and grade values, typical of mid-century market summaries.
Wheat fell modestly while corn showed notable independent strength during trading in Chicago. Oats were largely unchanged as activity concentrated in corn. December wheat slipped to about 3.12, corn moved between slight declines and gains around 2.57, oats ranged near 1.25, and soybeans dropped to roughly 3.93 for March contracts.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a small market or price list with items like bars fans and feed. It mentions prices such as 2.20 and 5.50 and includes stray phrases about parley malting and Nant RR. The legible parts suggest a processing or trading context but lack complete items or clear dates or organizations.
Sioux City cattle receipts 5700 westerns with demand strong to 25c higher. Slaughter steers 28.00 to 34.00, select 34.00. heifers 21.00 to 26.00. yearlings around 31.00. Stockers and feeders mixed, good and medium grades 17.50 to 23.50. Hog receipts 13,000. barrows and gilts 0.50 higher with top around 26.00, sows 25.25. Sheep receipts 7000, market not established, asking higher slaughter lamb prices.
Market reporting shows steady receipts of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and eggs with varied prices. Cheese butter and potatoes move unevenly as demand remains fair and supplies moderate. notable items include black chickens at 20c and Idaho russets washed around 4.65 per cwt.
AP New York wholesale dairy and egg prices show firm receipts over two days. Butter prices for bulk cartons rise on creamery grades AA and A with 92 score, 90 score, and 78 to 89 percent ranges. Cheese and egg quotes follow, listing single daisies, flats, grass, shelf cured, and processed cheese prices, plus egg grades from extra fancy to dirties with 64 to 65 cents for heavyweights and 44 to 57 cents for checks and mediums.
City briefs announce a free dance at Dancel and a Tuesday Dec 2 evening. Music by Bob Welty. Election time for Trawel chapter No. 49, R.A.M., Tuesday 7:30 with officer elections. Salem Evangelical church hosts chicken supper and bazaar for adults 85c and children 50c. Mrs. F. J. McGillicuddy of 606 Third Street NW reports burns from a pressure cooker incident Sunday and is recovering.
City Hall notes a one hour parking zone proposal on Sixth Street SE between First and Second avenues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, referred by the city council after five property owners signed the petition. November receipts at Cedar Rapids superior court totaled 5483.35 with 4419 from fines and 1008 in court fees. 61 remained for marshal fees and meal reimbursements. Class B beer permits issued to Emmet J Moen Eva M Moen at 308 First Avenue NE and T F McPartland F C Condon at 705 707 Third Avenue SE.
M Nassif surrendered a cigarette permit and received a $50 refund. The permit was re issued to Howard and John Leonard at the same address 223 Seventeenth Street NE.
A $3 refund was authorized for unused electrical permits issued to Stan Kuta Electric Company, signaling a minor adjustment in permit charges and administrative handling.
Miss Dolores Clemans and Darrell E. Stimson were married Sunday afternoon in Marion Methodist church. Rev. James P. Gable officiated the double ring ceremony. The bride wore ivory satin with a lace tiara and carried red and white roses. Bridesmaid Gertrude Webert of Cedar Rapids wore chiffon fuchsia. Merrill Clemans was best man. Sheryl Lee Clemans Flower Girl. Afterward, 80 guests attended a church reception and buffet supper at the couple’s home later in Grinnell. The couple will live at 1429 Main street Grinnell after a South wedding trip. The bride is a Marion high school graduate and Collins Radio employee. Stimson is Grinnell high school graduate, Iowa State College alum, Navy veteran, now in radio work at Grinnell. Relatives from Marion and other towns attended the nuptials.
Lost and found notices mix with want ads from Janeva Funeral Home at 16th Ave and J St SW. Various items seek return or reward including rings coins purses and a yellow gold mounted cuff, plus a yellow cat and a teal coin purse. Contact numbers 2-7020 or 3-4051.
Classified fragment advertises watch and clock repair services in Cedar Rapids with listings for stitching, drapery, nursing care, and other local offerings. Mentions repair shops, jewelry ad, and a rummage sale with dates and locations. Notes a truck rental and various small ads in a busy local page.
A noisy Iowa billfold of a notice promotes Danceland dance nights with Stan Stansley and the Dog Patch troupe, Daisy Mae and Li'l Abner, Mal Dunn Orchestra, Tom Owens Cowboys, and Cliff Rye marimba acts. It promises continuous dancing eight to one with weekly bands and a December lith date tease. Tickets at the box office cost 1.50 plus tax. Local service and painting ads appear beside event details.
Robert Hagerman, a freshman at Iowa State College, spent the Thanksgiving vacation with his parents, Mr and Mrs G R Hagerman, at their home.
Starting Tuesday December 2 our office will be located temporarily in the Dr A V Lake office annex D A Stamy Agency Adv
Ludvig Christianson a patient at St Luke s hospital. Wanted lady to care for children. Phone 789-1 Marion. Mr and Mrs R J Gallagher called to Richland Center Wisconsin Sunday by serious illness of Mrs Gallagher s mother Mrs Katharine Ryan. Shop our store for Christmas Edison s Adv.
Washington AP Taft argues personal freedom is the major issue of the 1948 campaign in a back and forth with Vermont Senator Flanders. He defends free enterprise against planned economy while acknowledging rising living costs and calls for government action to lift underprivileged Americans. Flanders counters that cost of living could dominate next year’s race, urging focus on the poor and lower incomes.
Mrs. C. A. Garrison is home from Iowa Falls where she spent a period away.
Mrs Wendell Willkie will head the women's division of the National Committee for the Marshall Plan to Aid European Recovery. Robert P. Patterson, chairman, said she will mobilize American women behind the program.
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