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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
14
Chicago market reports show cattle prices holding steady with 3 000 salables and strong slaughter lambs. Six loads of Colorado cattle brought the $18.00 ceiling. better barrows and gilts hit $14.85, sows at $14.10. total salables around 8 000, most going to packers.
A dense page of classified ads lists services and work notices. Entries include washing machines service repair shops, painting offers, floor cleaning, stove and furnace maintenance, welding, rug cleaning, blinds refinishing, hauling, cleaners, and job requests for both men and women. Multiple employer and individual postings show openings, needs for cooks servers clerks and tradespeople with details like contact numbers and boxes for responses.
Omaha market receipts total 14 700 for cattle and 4 000 for sheep. Barrows and gilts at 14 50, sows and stags 13 75. Fed steers up to 17 50 with prices for medium grades from 13 25 to 15 75. Sheep scarce with good lambs at 14 25 to 14 75 and odd lots down to 7 50.
Sioux City cattle hogs and sheep market report shows salable receipts around 3 000 cattle 13 000 hogs and 5 500 sheep with prices ranging from 7 90 to 17 50 for cattle and 13 75 for sows. Hogs steady with barrows and gilts around 14 50 and roader prices above 15. Sheep buyers aiming higher with roping lambs around 14 75 to local packers and more.
Saline receipts total about 1,300 with light salable supply. Early clearance kept prices generally steady. Odd lots of good steers and yearlings quoted at 14.50 to 16.50, common and medium 10.00 to 13.25. Cows 9.50 to 11.50, odd good 12.00 to 12.50. Canners and cutters 6.25 to 9.00. Trade indifferent, few medium and good sausage types at 11.50 to 12.75. Dealers mostly bid 14.50 to 16.00.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24-hour period ended 8 a.m. Friday total 51 000, down from 56 000 last week and 80 500 a year ago. Prices steady to 15 25 cents higher on heavier weights. Loadings lighter than week ago. Barrows and gilts 160 35, 180-200 lbs 14.10 14.45, 200-360 lbs 14.20 14.45. Sows 0-400 lbs 13.45 13.70, 400-450 lbs 13.40 13.70, 450-550 lbs 13.30 13.70.
The record lists prices for good butchers and packing sows across multiple weight classes and markets including Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa and Des Moines with bid ranges from 13.60 to 14.45. It notes steady trends in packers margins and animal classes with several weight brackets.
Cedar Rapids hog market ceiling prices Friday with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70 per cwt. Hog weight brackets range 160-360 lbs with varying quotes. Cattle market notes include steer and heifer ranges, calf market values, and grain prices. quotes indicate percentages, grades, and yield-sensitive figures. Lambs, wool, hay, grain, and hides markets listed with multiple commodity prices and units.
Market listings show wholesale fruits and vegetables with Colorado Pascal celery at 1.45 per dozen, lettuce 5.00 per crate, medium Colorado onions 2.71 per 50 bag, navel oranges 5.89, Idaho russet odds, and various grapefruit and berry prices. Prices quoted for peppers, tomatoes, and apples appear alongside regional origin notes and pack sizes.
New York traders saw uneven stock action with some gains in select favorites while industrials drifted. early strength faded as near day end activity remained irregular. Volume around 1,300,000 shares with many listed issues showing fractional moves.
Chicago receipts show mixed movements across dairy eggs and live poultry with steady demand and varied scores for items like meats and cheeses. Totals list 368 tubs of produce, 19 152 cases of eggs, 83 arrivals of potatoes, and 499 total U.S. shipments with oil stocks light as demand slows.
New York AP price bulletin shows eggs firm with receipts around 28 006, mixed colors extras and No 1 dirties at 33. Butter steady at 304.099 with no quotations. GHEESE 406 408 nominal with no quotations.
George Scurlock, chief shop steward for Packinghouse Workers, will attend a national strategy committee meeting in Chicago Sunday at the Wilson and company plant in Cedar Rapids. Local representatives will meet with wage committee members in Chicago Monday or Tuesday.
After cautious early trading in May rye, brokers grew more confident as the session progressed on Friday. Wheat, corn, and barley closed unchanged at ceilings of 1.80, 1.18 and 1.22 dollars, oats inched up half a cent, May rye held at 3 1/2 cents higher, and May wheat closed at 2.13 dollars.
Chicago price listings show No 2 hard and No 2 red wheat at 1.79 with ceilings. Oats graded from 84c to 82c for various white and mixed types. Barley and clover formats listed with nominal per cent and alfalfa prices, alongside timothy and red top hay rates.
Investment issues continued to rise on Friday with higher priced railroad bonds showing improvement. U S governments remained quiet as the market displayed scattered minus signs in the list.
Courthouse records show Articles of Incorporation filed Friday for the First Church of the Open Bible at 109 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids church is described as a branch of the Open Bible Standard Churches Inc of Des Moines with elders including Rev. Keith L. Hume pastor Verl V Sterns superintendent Kenneth E Crooks secretary treasurer Lynn C Mozena and Rex E Elliott.
Federal tax liens were recorded in Dempsy Jones's county office against Dan Christensen Construction and Messinger and Sons for small employment and miscellaneous tax amounts in 1945. Separately Judge G K Thompson dismissed Pauline Elizabeth Akers's divorce petition from Leroy Akers at her request.
Des Moines rent controls stay in place as OPA rejects the Des Moines Real Estate Board resolution. Walter D. Kline notes a 99.8 percent occupancy in Des Moines and warns lifting controls would push about 75,000 people into a competitive housing market. Copy from INS dispatch.
Iowa’s 176 liquor stores sold 25,440,777 in 1945, up 14.13 percent from 1944 as the state liquor commission reported. Fourteen outlets posted declines. the biggest gains were 52 percent at Waukon and 48 percent at New Albin, with other eastern stores listing varied totals.
The student government at Iowa State College prepared to canvas Ames residents on Friday to locate available rooms and apartments for the spring quarter enrollment. Also notes two lost items: a black and white Springer Spaniel and a Westfield sports watch with a plastic band with contact numbers.
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