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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1948
Page
8
Market report shows cattle hogs and sheep quoted largely steady with hogs peaking at 23.10. USDA notes heavier hog marketing and slower wholesale pork demand, while cattle allocations and vealers vary with most gains in weaker grades and strong bulls. Receipts span twelve markets with mixed showings across beef and dairy cattle segments.
Barrows and gilts at 50c to 1.00 declines with late bulk around 22.00 to 22.50. sows down 1.00 to 1.25. In California receipts estimated 1,000. top fed steers about 33.5 to 35.50 with cows 21.50. beef bulls 23.50. stockers higher. Sheep receipts 100. top lambs around 84.75. yearling wethers 22.75. ewes to 10.0.
Hog prices ranged higher with prime butchers at 21.50 and packers at 20. Numbers covered 370 to 600 lbs for hogs and 950 to 1300 lbs for steers and yearlings. Cattle and sheep prices listed by weight, plus wholesale fruits vegetables and staple goods with regional price notes and a butter egg futures line.
New York AP notes a creeping advance on Saturday with the market gaining fractions to around 2 points. It marks a fourth straight day of gains as trading remained slow overall.
In a slow mixed session rails gained modest ground while other issues displayed uneven moves. Te funding notes rose about a point with 5 6s and 6 7 1 2s advancing, while Missouri bonds and International Great Perware issues showed little activity except for a few gains in the 4s and Mop group amid sparse buying.
Hogs mixed with barrows and gilts down 25c to 50c. sows 25c to 50c lower. Cattle generally lower with slaughter steers and heifers 50c to $1 lower. heavy weights dull. Yearlings and stockers up to 50c, calves up to $1, with varying prices for feeder and cow categories. Lambs 50c to 75c lower. rest of lambs steady to weak.
Tipton Iowa Thomas Addison Gibbons 78 a long time druggist in Tipton died Saturday at his home after a lingering illness Born December 18 1869 in Delaware county he was a din anticello before moving to Tipton He was a member of the Tipton Masonic lodge Survivors include his wife a son Charles of Tipton and a daughter Nancy Gibbons Zook of Cedar Rapids Services will be at 3 30 p m Monday at Sheets funeral home with the Rev Frank Lawlor and Tipton Masonic lodge cemetery
Grain futures showed uneven activity in light trading in Chicago with December wheat near a seasonal high and corn and oats fluctuating. Kansas City buyers and mills offset flour sales to the army, lifting some contracts while others barely moved.
AP reports no sales in Chicago wheat markets. Prices listed include No 4 at 1.32 and No 1 heavy mixed at 89 cents. Other notes show sample grade 1 and various forage prices for clover and timothy with limited detail.
Iowa hog receipts for Saturday and Friday show varied activity with 000 estimated for Saturday, 69 500 actuals Friday, and year totals 52 700. Prices range from about 18 to 22 dollars per hundredweight across weight classes, with some declines Friday and uneven trade at packing plants in Minnesota and Iowa.
Cattle prices drifted lower with steers 50 cents down on top lots while heifers eased to steady. Cows fell up to 25 cents, light calves and weaners showed gains up to a dollar, with good fed and common cows trading around 11.50.
Special to The Gazette. T Sgt Richard L DuPre died August 27 1944 from wounds in Bari Italy while serving with the 464th Bombardment Group 15th Air Force He completed 50 missions as a B 24 aerial engineer earning the Silver Star His mother Mrs Olive DuPre is his only immediate survivor Ohio native and Toledo High School graduate prior to Army Air Corps service in November 1942 His funeral closed city businesses in mourning.
Fire department was called to an automobile owned by Byron Thompson on East Seventh avenue at 5 30 p m Friday. The motor backfired during start causing wiring damage. Turkey dinner hosted north of Marion with Virgil Sproston and Mrs Josephine Sproston as hosts. guests included Rev and Mrs Charles Moore and Sharon Moore. Birth announced for James Mac Towers son of Mr and Mrs Mac Towers. News notes list various social visits hospital return home and classifieds.
Multiple denominational notices from Marion churches list pastors, service times, youth events, and special speakers. Baptist, Methodist, Christian, IHC, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Paul Lutheran, Walther League, Prairie Chapel, Seventh Day Church of God show weekly worship, Sunday school, youth activities, and midweek programs.
Decorah Iowa Mayor George Baker announced a walking contest inspired by his grandfather. Ten challengers aim to cover 9.6 miles in under 2 hours 55 minutes while carrying 60 pounds, with a handcar planned to follow. Interstate rules force a 22 cent railroad ticket for the event.
Tipton stockholders elect Earl Escher president Forrest Rhoads vice president and L D Suchomel treasurer as secretary J F Casterline resigns. Decorah fire damages Coast-to-Coast store toys possibly due to wiring. Volga City business club names new officers Fred P Gernand president Oliver Follon VP Leo Grether secretary W F Blake treasurer. Fayette County Mutual Telephone Company schedules annual meeting at Randalia serving Fayette Maynard Randalia. Central City adopts building code zoning plans bans quonset huts in business district. Brandon approves 94800 school bond for gym expansion and new classrooms. Monticello Heath Council elects Fraser president Adams VP Trevarthen secretary treasurer. Toledo Doris Jean Simmer pleads guilty bad check. one year jail with parole. Lowden Evelyn Meyer to wed William Kirstein. Toledo estate inventories total 30712 28650 and 19078. Clayton county draftees report Dec 16 for exams. Mt Vernon Cornell college art trip to Chicago. Marengo Mantz announces engagement Marcella to Ray Jeck. Arlington engagements for Annetta Gleim and J W Richards. Winthrop Morley Homecoming plans and Morley Center Junction basketball and alumni dance. Monticello Burns Masonic lodge past masters honored. Arlington Eastern Star installs new officers.
Mrs Opal Pearl Bolt 21 of Milan NL died in a Burlington hospital from injuries after she fell from a running board Monday while directing the driver with a flashlight as his lights failed The car skidded into a ditch when the driver was blinded by oncoming headlights police said
Richard D. Vitolo, 20, escaped from Pottawattamie county jail for the second time hours after being returned. Held on grand larceny charges, he reportedly pried ceiling boards with a gas pipe, slid down a drain pipe, and fled the jail after a guard checked on him.
Des Moines AP reports a federal grand jury indicted nine unnamed individuals for violating the Selective Service Act of 1948. Warrants were issued for their arrest as part of a larger batch including 17 total indictments and three for federal income tax evasion, described as the largest grand jury action here in eight years.
A seven-year-old girl, Dorothy Ann Marr, was killed when she stepped from a car driven by William H. Olson of Mason City near Riceville Iowa. She had accepted a ride home from her country school and paused at her sister’s home before the fatal accident.
Sioux City AP report says Thomas F. Farley aged 56, longtime law officer, died after an illness. He joined the force as a patrolman on December 19, 1921, served in traffic, became a detective May 1, 1928, named chief of detectives July 3, 1937, appointed chief of police May 31, 1946, and returned to chief of detectives April 8, 1948 under a new city administration.
Advertisement notes pattern 4643 with scoop necklines draped sleeves and side swept back details. Available in sizes 12 to 20 with size 16 using 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 25 cents and request by mail from Pattern Dept Cedar Rapids Gazette Chicago Illinois.
Edwardsville Illinois AP Robert L Knetzer bankrupt auto dealer told creditors he did not know who could sign firm checks for his motor sales company funds A $22000 check to cash signed by office manager Mrs Dallas Harrell was endorsed by salesman James Q Walker Walker had served as a director since Oct 26 when given stock Knetzer said deposits partly to him partly to the firm He would not discuss other car sales The referee ruled creditors may file claims against neither Knetzer nor the company alone but not against both.
A break near the Riverside pumping station cut off water to about 300 000 people in Indianapolis Friday night. Two thirds of the city faced a trickle with low pressure restoration expected after hours. Fire safety and industry were strained as hospitals stocked reserves and Eli Lilly limited production.
Gen. Frank L. Howley, U S troop commander in Berlin, declares Russia now stands naked and alone as a government whose word cannot be trusted after a Soviet backed rump regime forms in Berlin. He cites Tehran Yalta Potsdam and Allied control agreements as violated by Moscow. Mayor Fritz Ebert concurs that Berlin is under Soviet occupation and will heed orders only from Russia.
An advertisement in a Port Huron newspaper seeks the return of a purse containing $3,000. Elderly couple Mr and Mrs John Lacyk, who moved from Detroit to a Michigan farm seven years ago, endured crop failure, diseased cattle, and a barn fire before losing their life savings en route from Mt Clemens to home to pay off farm equipment mortgage.
It is estimated there are at least 2,000 covered bridges still standing across the United States. The count reflects historic structures once common in many regions and preserved as heritage sites.
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