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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1949
Page
7
Chicago AP reports Tuesday livestock receipts near 12 000 hogs, 7 000 cattle, 3 000 sheep with cattle and lamb bids easing. Live dog trade was fairly active Monday, prices steady on heavy stock, lighter cattle and sows down up to 25 cents. Cattle receipts reach 18 000, the heaviest day since last year.
USDA market receipts show 14 000 hogs and 18 000 calves at Chicago with slow to steady demand and mixed prices. Hogs mainly 170 230 lb butchers 2050 2100 to 2125, 240 270 lb 1925 2025, 200 325 lb 1825 1900. sows 1625 1875, 525 600 lb 1500 1760. hog market mixed and scarce. Slaughter steers and heifers 100 lower, cows 100 lower, bulls 100 lower. vealers 34 00 down. Sheep slow with lambs bid 100 lower. ewes steady to weak.
Receipts of cattle at Salabie and Des Moines show slow trade with declines from 25 to 50 cents. Calves and cows mixed lower while stockers and feeders struggle. Hogs and sheep markets also soften with various weight brackets posting reductions. Des Moines and nearby plants report slower sales and weaker bids compared with Saturday.
Kansas City livestock market shows 19 000 calves and 700 supply fed steers and heifers among the largest daily totals. Early sales around 1.00 lower with bids 150 or more lower. beef cows down 00 to 100. bulls and dealers little changed. Killing calves steady to 106 lower. medium good fed steers 18 00 to 21 00. scattered loads strong, medium to good heifers 17 00 to 20 00. common to good cows 15 50.
Commodity listings show a broad price drop across cattle hogs and calves at Cedar Rapids markets. Hog top prices ranged around 19 to 25 dollars per hundredweight with varied weights, while cattle bids reflected steers calves cows and bulls at multiple price points. Meat and produce sections list oats beans apples onions and oranges with mixed regional prices and quantities.
New York markets closed weak after a midday rally, with stocks sliding in late sessions. Steel and motor shares showed modest demand early, but losses dominated the final hour. Volume moved about 1.3 million shares as trading slowed across the board.
Chicago market report shows poultry and produce receipts across types with prices for colored hens Leghorn hens fryers and broilers, butter cheese and butter substitutes, and assorted meats. Notable figures include 17 truck receipts, color specifics, and price ranges for ducklings, guineas, pigeons, and stocks, alongside butter and cheese quotes and miscellaneous farm goods.
Pressure against grains soybeans and lard grew toward close Monday. Soybeans and lard reached new seasonal lows as liquidation spread to nearby contracts. Wheat and corn fell late while futures for oats rye and soybeans showed sizable declines. cash provisions in Chicago listed varied grain prices and seed values.
Housing Expediter Tighe E Woods urged a two year extension of rent control before the house banking committee citing a chronic housing shortage. He warned removal of ceilings could affect 14 350 000 dwellings under control and said demand will not be met in less than two years. He noted authority expires March 31 and opened hearings on the administration request.
Alf M. Landon urged President Truman to set up closely regulated import quotas for foreign oil. He warned the surge in crude imports has doubled in a year, causing sagging product prices and softening domestic crude prices, and said lower prices could trigger a recession in the U.S. oil industry.
Three bandits robbed the North Wichita branch post office on Monday and escaped with postal notes and money orders totaling about 15 000. Supervisor Robert L. Davis said the men followed him for about a block to the back room where the safe was and forced him to open it.
The Marion Gazette notes Saturday wedding of Miss Jean Mathews and Jon E. Smith at St. Pauls Lutheran in Iowa City with plans to reside at 811 East College Street Iowa City. It covers Boy Scout Week events, local officials, birthdays, funerals, director re-elections, social notices, and residents visiting relatives.
Six people died in a train crossing crash Sunday near Tulsa and a 10 day old infant died later from injuries. Three others remained in critical condition Monday. The baby was Jimmie Eugene Litterell, son of 14 year old Wanda Litterell, one of the deceased.
A set of crossword style clues with horizontal and vertical entries. Entries include a wide range of wordplay such as animal terms rifle types verbs pronouns and place names. The list mixes abbreviations numbers and common vocabulary typical of a vintage puzzle page.
Inez Robb notes Palm Beach as a thriving winter enclave where wealth and pageantry define life. She contrasts New York cold with Palm Beach sunshine, cites huge billionaires and old guard elites, and revels in the luxury and pace of the season amid politics and social status. The piece ends with a local Lynch news item on a police investigation at a United States Coal and Coke mine commissary.
A union labor organizer Lawrence Pennington was held under guard in a hospital after a Lynch Kentucky shooting that killed Lynch policeman John Yelono ski and wounded Patrolman Harry Carroll. Police Chief John Greenlee said no formal charges yet. Pennington is organizer for the United Construction Workers affiliate of the United Mine Workers.
A jumble of lost and found notices and services including lost items such as a black notebook and brown billfold with rewards offered, plus ads for repairs, jewelry stores, rug cleaning, tax services, rental trucks, and various shop listings. Names and addresses appear in disjointed form amid miscellaneous contact numbers and offers.
A reader asks about optimizing a child’s birthday present in terms of timing and steps saved, and about the reach of people. The second question asks for a reasonable price for good telephone service.
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