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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1947
Page
16
Diminished livestock receipts push prices higher in Chicago, Sioux City, and Omaha. Hogs and cattle gain 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight while sheep show firm to higher quotes. Iowa reports 9,000 combined receipts with steady to up markets for barrows and sows and strong cattle demand.
The Cedar Rapids hog market rose about a quarter with top prime butchers at 24.25 and packers at 1.50, while various weight categories show ranges for good and common hogs. The cattle section lists steers, yearlings, cows, and bulls with price bands across quality levels, plus sheep and lamb figures and wholesale fruits and vegetables prices.
New York AP report shows automobile shares rising as GM moves to a higher dividend, lifting investor optimism. Rail shares faded while Dow components including General Motors and Chrysler paced movements amid a tight trading session with railroad and utility issues quoted close to prior levels.
War born bead shortage hampers Utah Indians from making beaded gloves hunting vests and regalia. Beads trickle from Europe to the U S and wartime imports stopped. Full regalia requires thousands of beads leaving many areas with few complete costumes. Burial regalia for dignitaries is affected.
Lancaster residents prepared starling dishes after police shot six thousand birds. A resident asked for a mess of starlings, and an officer said they would shoot them but buyers must collect them themselves.
George Ayer, a janitor at Chicago's Merchandise Mart, the world’s largest commercial building, has completed 300 paintings in his spare time. He paints during lunch hours and after work.
Wheat fell as much as 2 percent amid profit taking after a recent climb. Corn eased through the session with modest losses, aided by shipping demand. Wheat closed slightly lower near 2.17 to 2.18. corn around 1.32 to 1.34. oats slipped to about 0.76. barley quoted near 1.75 to 2.05 per cwt for field seed and supplies. The Chicago cash market noted No. 3 yellow wheat around 1.35 and various feed and seed prices posted for clover and timothy.
Receipts of 5 800 head. slaughter classes steady to firm with gains up to 25 cents on medium and low good grades. Cows steady, bulls steady to strong. vealers and calves steady to 50 cents. Shippers report varied loads with top medium and good grades selling around 20.06 to 23.25, high loads up to 24.50. Holsteins and Jerseys mixed and lower quality varied from 9.00 to 14.50. many buyers cautious with narrow demand for steers at current levels.
The Chicago market shows receipts of four truckloads of poultry with hens at 34 cents and turkeys around 18 to 24 cents, plus varied produce prices. Idaho and Nebraska arrivals listed with limited trading due to cold weather, while New York notes butter and egg prices with steady wholesale values and mixed color assortments for eggs.
Harold Myhra age 32 of Aledo died after a failed holdup at the Wayside Inn near Milan. Arthur Norris age 35 suffered three bullet wounds and remained in St. Anthony’s hospital. Mrs Norris wounded Myhra then he leaped from a fifth floor window as officers awaited deputies.
In Bellevue Washington residents from nearby areas gather each Saturday for the Overlake Trading Company's weekly auction. Neighbors place cast-off items on the block and bid on others while Charles Dike and Howard Lindblad run the event. Coffee doughnuts are provided and the partners take a 15 percent cut of each sale.
A 72 year old Indian on a country road near Cushing Oklahoma was found by passers by to have fallen asleep in mud after drinking from a jug to treat rabbit bites. Investigators ruled out murder or accident concluding he had dozed off while hunting and drinking.
Hal Boyle recounts how John Adams moved 131 federal employees to Washington in 1800 to staff the new capital. The piece traces growth, housing, and the expanding federal payroll, noting population rise from 14,000 to 1.3 million by 1940 and projected 1.5 million by 1950 with tourism and service trades expanding alongside government workers.
The Iowa senate unanimously approved a bill to move the Oakdale tuberculosis sanatorium from the board of control to the state board of education. The transfer, urged by the interim committee, places Oakdale under education jurisdiction to integrate with the UI medical school and University of Iowa Hospital. The bill now goes to the House. Senator Irving D. Long said the sanatorium is a medical facility and could run more efficiently with Iowa City facilities. The board of education would supervise the hospital superintendent and set his salary.
Des Moines AP report notes the Iowa House passed 80 to 23 a bill making insanity for five years a grounds for divorce. The measure, amended to drop incompatibility as a ground and to raise insanity from two to five years, faced opposition from Rep. Ernest Smith who urged stricter marriage vows.
Obituaries list services for Mrs Mary Adeline Ellis 83 of Iowa City and John Mowbery 77 of Tracr along with Charles Kohler 91 of West Union William H Nelson 79 of Hazelton Rev Daniel Jordahl 82 of Decorah William W Young 67 of Vinton Chris Meythaler 74 of Independence. Details include birthplaces burial sites and survivor lists.
James I. Eddy, 45, pleaded guilty to forging the name on a Kuchara Construction payroll check for $21.36. Judge J E Helserman suspended a six month sentence on the recommendation of Assistant County Attorney David Elderkin after Eddy was arrested visiting his son in Linn county jail. Sheriff James Smith arrested Eddy on January 25 at a local hotel.
Judge G. K. Thompson granted Dr. R. A. Vorpahl a judgment of 261.50 against defendants Louis and Elsie Walsh after their default on a medical service account.
Grace A. Evans won dismissal of her separate maintenance suit against Howard E. Evans on Tuesday. The plaintiff’s motion led to the court’s dismissal of the case without further action.
Des Moines Iowa senator Leo Elthon won consent to strike two letters opposing full state income tax from the senate journal. The missives from Alta J. Fast of Adel and W L Londahl of Des Moines were criticized as propaganda though Faul argued they were petitions to the legislature and should be read by all senators.
Danish Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen stated in Copenhagen that Denmark has no plan to sell Greenland. He denied rumors of negotiations for sale to the United States and noted prior wartime rumors. Rasmussen said he spoke with James Byrnes about future status talks and confirmed that negotiations on a new treaty had begun, though details were not disclosed.
An elderly Chicago candy shop proprietor confronted two teen robbers inside a loop store. She persuaded the younger boy to return home, refused to open the till, and warned of police. The pair fled as the woman notified authorities. The incident involved a 16 and a 19 year old.
Mrs Opal Dixon 35 advised her attorney she would stand trial on entering a bank with intent to rob in connection with a $2 950 holdup at the Des Moines Bank and Trust Company. The charge carries a life sentence upon conviction and a prior offer to plead guilty to robbery with aggravation was rejected. Trial set to start Thursday.
The Mycenaean Age in Greece spanned roughly from 1500 B.C. to 1200 B.C. This period marks the height of early Greek culture with palace centers like Mycenae and Pylos, advancing art, architecture, and trade before the collapse around 1200 B.C.
Washington report on Attorney General Clark testifying before the Senate Civil Service Committee about federal payrolls. He argues the government preserves bloated staffs to justify salaries, cites 40 hour week effects, and proposes a policy that wages do not depend on staff size. He notes 100000 bomb investigations and 3000 OPA lawyers as examples.
Miss Irene Harris daughter of Rudolph Harris and her aunt Mrs Julius Ives travel to Los Angeles to visit relatives. G I apprentice James D Oelke starts at Yocom funeral home. Charles R Oxley to attend embalming school in St Louis March 1. Richard Wells discharged from Army Air Forces returns to Lula A Wells. Lions Club dinner at Indian Creek Country Club with Rev Lilley speaking on Utah the Unique. Marion board of education to meet at high school. Various local visits and travel updates across Marion and Cedar Rapids communities.
In-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Maurice Jacobs, and their daughter Mary are mentioned. Johnny Eyestone, five year old son of the Bernard Eyestones, underwent an emergency appendectomy in Mercy hospital Tuesday.
Reports say Dov Gruner's execution is set for February 18. He refused appeals to appeal to the privy council in London and said he would not acknowledge British authority. British authorities fortify Jerusalem and other cities as clashes with the underground loom. The Jewish Agency faces a government demand to urge Palestine's 600000 Jews to aid police and troops in suppressing the underground.
Teodoro Erdmann Lau a 44 year old German born Argentine citizen admitted handling pay for members of the Frederick Ludwig spy ring and was sentenced by Federal Judge Edward A Cona ger to 10 years in prison. US Attorney McGahey warned the war may be over but the threat persists as nine ships linked to Ludwig’s group sank at sea.
Polynesian researchers forecast Easter Island faces potential submersion into the Pacific as rising seas and erosion threaten the remote isle. The projection highlights long term environmental risks impacting heritage sites and local communities.
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