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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1946

Page

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Bulls Strong To 25 Higher In Chicago Livestock Report

USDA estimates Tuesday salable receipts 8,000 hogs 8,000 cattle 7,000 sheep in Chicago market. Cattle steady with bulls up to 25 cents. hogs unchanged at ceiling. sheep opening slow with yearlings and older classes steady to up a quarter. Livestock totals show hogs 18,500 cattle 17,000 sheep 14,000. beef cattle, steers and yearlings priced around 14.00 to 18.00. cows mostly 9.50 to 12.00. lambs and yearlings firm to higher on bid.

Chicago USDA

Livestock Market Report From Omaha Trading Floor

USDA cattle hogs receipts at Omaha show hogs at ceiling levels with barrows and gilts around 14.50 and sows 13.75. Cattle receipts 16 500 with calves 400. steady to higher on stocker and feeder classes while killing classes are steady to weak on cows. Lead choice 1 127 lb fed steers at 17.65 with several loads 17.00 to 17.50. good grade steers 14.75 to 16.00. good cows 12.50 to 13.50. Feeder steers 15.85 and calves 16.00. Lambs bids down 25 cents or more, steady to stronger prices for fed wooled lambs and ewes at 7.50 or higher. Feeding lambs active and steady.

Chicago USDA Bcad Colorado Omaha Dow-Jones R —& Bennett & Co W. B Merchants Bank Adams Express Alaska Juneau Mis Alleghany Corp Harv Allied Chem Allied Stores Intl Paper Allis Chalmers T and T Johns Manville Jones Laughlin Loco Kennecott Eg Sickesson Hy Ark Grarchall Armour & Co Wartin G L Atch T & SF Martin Parry Atl Coast Line Atlantic Rfe Sritche Laon Pet It & Ohio Mols Moline Barnsdall Mont Ward Bendix Av Motor Wheel Best Foods Murray Corp Beth. Steel Nash-Kelv Blaw Knox Penna x Penney J C Caterpillar Pepsi-Cola Philco Pie Phillips Pet Cerro de Pasco Cessna Aire Proctor Gambie Schenley Comi Credit Sears Roebuck Comi Solvents Server_ Inc Comw Edison Shell Union Comw Southern Simmons Co Sinclair Oil Cons Edison Socony Vultee Pac RR Conti Motors Sperry Corp Crane Co Centibit Steel Flee Erie Tidewater Pirestone T Timken Pruchauf Garwood Ean Ee G Baki Union Carbide Ae Ee . Union Pac Nae Uni Aircraft Gen Aio Uni Air Lines Gillette Cues &. R Goodrich Goodyear Tire Steel Graham Paige Walgreen Granby Walworth Warner Bros Greshoand Westen el Hares Mfc Saiseriz Aspowsten Wilson & Co Howe Sound Tounisten Hudson Mtrs Zenith Radio Etricts

Market prices for fruits and vegetables listed in local ad

Wholesale fruits and vegetables with prices: celery 1.45 per dozen, lettuce 5.00 per crate, Colorado onions 2.71 per 50 lb, navel oranges 5.89, Idaho russet potatoes 0.84 per lb, Minnesota Red Triumphs 2.00, Colorado Red McClures 3.45 per 100 lb, Red River Cobblers 2.65, Texas seedless grapefruit 2.95 and 4.00, rubs red grapefruit 4.40. Also mentions Market and varieties including kip and eggs and other lines.

Colorado Idaho Minnesota Red River Texas

Sluggish Start for Stock Market Trading in New York

Traders concentrate bids on distillers and specialty stocks while rail and industrial leaders slip to lower levels. Overall dealings stay quiet as transfers reach about 1.4 million shares.

New York

Sioux City Livestock Market Report Defies Clear Trend

USDA cattle receipts 16 500 calves 150 mixed results with cows steady and feeders firm. Hogs 13 000 salable, market active and steady with barrows Good, sows 12 75. Sheep receipts 12 300 with buyers sharply lower on fed lambs and yearlings. multiple loads of various sheep offerings note.

Kansas City cattle market aids steady bids amid large receipts

Salable receipts reach 14 000 with total 15 500 as trade opens firm on good and choice beef. Slaughter steers hold at 15.50 to 16.75 with some loads at 16.00 or higher. heifers and cows steady. bulls show strength up to 15 cents. Stockers and feeders about 30 percent of run. buyers active.

Kansas City USDA

Des Moines Combined Receipts Fall From Week Ago

Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending 8 am Monday totaled 51 000, down from 70 400 last week and 38 490 a year ago. Active steady weekend loadings were larger than last Monday with good and choice barrows and gifts. Prices ranged for various weight classes with sows at 12 70 to 14 12.70 and 400-550 lbs at 13.30 to 14.45.

Des Moines Iowa Minnesota

Auction Prices for Pork and Cattle at Ottumwa Market

The list shows multiple items with prices for pork and beef from Ottumwa markets. Prices vary by weight category from 65 to 360 pounds with figures ranging roughly from 13.60 to 14.45. Also includes values for packing sows in the 270 to 550 pound range and related lots.

Cedar Rapids Hog Market Tops Prices as Monday Quotes Issued

The Cedar Rapids hog market posted ceiling prices on Monday with prime butchers at 14.45 dollars and packers at 13.70. Good hogs weighing 160 to 180 pounds sold around 14.00, 180 to 360 pounds at 14.00 to 14.25, and 360 to 400 pounds at 14.25. Packers priced 270 to 600 pounds in the market, with additional notes on cattle and related commodities in the day’s quotations.

Cedar Rapids

Wisconsin Cheese Sold At 27 Cents A Pound

Two cars of twins and cheddars were sold at 27 cents a pound last week in Plymouth Wisconsin according to a Wisconsin dairy market report.

Plymouth. Wis

Chicago Produce Market Reports Mixed Receipts and Prices

Chicago produce receipts show varied figures across eggs, live poultry, cheese, and potatoes with steady to firm poultry prices and demand described as moderate. Prices range for fowl and ducks, while potato markets list several regional varieties with Tennessee and Wisconsin stock noted.

Chicago U. S U.S Ight Farm Idaho Russett Burbanks Colorado Ted McClures U. S. Xe

New York Produce Prices and Receipts Mixed

New York dairy prices list butter cheese and eggs with two day receipts. Butter creameries set new carton prices with units around 80 to 92 scores and higher than 90. Cheese receipts show no quotations. eggs show firm wholesale prices with mixed lots and standard grades.

New York

May Rye Stages Occasional Rally In Sluggish Trade

Chicago AP reports grain futures showing weak prices with May rye exhibiting occasional rallying tendencies while wheat corn and barley closed unchanged near ceilings. Cash provisions list No 2 hard and No 2 red at 1.79 and ceilings. corn and oats with minimal activity. barley nominal at around 1.24 to 1.35 and field seed prices for clover and alfalfa listed.

Chicago

Market slips in rails and utilities. some stocks resist

New York trading saw rails and utilities lead declines with fractional losses to a point and more. A handful of corporate issues managed to resist the trend while U.S. and government securities remained quiet and near unchanged.

New York

Behel Hosptialized Four Months After Marion Farm Corn Pick

Friends and lodge brothers of Roy Behel pick corn on his Marion area farm north of town. Behel attended by his mother Mrs Sadie Strait and sister Mrs Charles Dye with help from several neighbors. He remains hospitalized at an Iowa City hospital.

Lodge Roy Behel Marion Behel Sadie Strait Charles Dye Carl Cherry Leslie Morrison Verle Thompson Cecil Christiansen Winfield A. White Charles Woods George Brousseau George Stark Robert Burns Ralph Parks DeVere Hakes Pete Iowa City

Weekend guests attend service honoring four WWII dead

Guests at the H. M. Titus home included Mrs. Fred Ahlers of LaMotte Mrs. James E. Strain Mrs. Eldon Runde Jimmie Runde and Miss Patricia Google of Zwingle. They came to attend a service of honor at the Methodist church Sunday. Dean McGregor and a group of former St. John E. Titus classmates from Cornell College also attended the service.

H. M. Titus Fred Ahlers LaMotte James E. Strain Eldon Runde Jimmie Runde Patricia Google Zwingle Dean McGregor St. John E. Titus Cornell College

Local notes from Marion and surrounding area

Col Herbert C Gee arrives in Marion and will move to Washington DC to join the Manhattan Engineer District. Many residents visit family and relatives over the weekend including Arthur Dodd, Ben Bordwell, E E Kline, Donald Parsons, Lee Kruse, Ray Wickham, Richard Arp, and others. A new unfinished bungalow for sale near Marion is advertised.

Herbert C. Gee Marion Mrs. Gee Philip Washington, D. C Col. Gee Manhattan Engineer District Washington Ray Wickham Tempe Ariz Richard Arp Navy South Pacific

Western Open at St. Louis to award $10000 prize

The 43rd Western Open golf tournament was awarded to Sunset Country Club in St. Louis. May 24 to 26 are set for the event with prize money of ten thousand dollars. Local notes mention fox hunting outfits, California moves, and funeral services in Cedar Rapids.

ST. Louis Chicago Sunset Country Club

Lost and Reward Notices From Gazette Ads

Multiple lost items and rewards listed from the Gazette including wallets keys a pocketbook a Bulova watch a bracelet a red billfold and identification with various contact numbers and locations across Center Point Rowley Roosevelt school Westfield and 1st Ave SE. Also classified wants and services for repairs trucking painting and employment openings appear in the same notice.

Pines Ave 1St St Parkson's Tavern Westfield 8Th Ave C.ps. Hall Roosevelt School

Salesman with plumbing knowledge needed at Montgomery Ward

Advertisement seeking a capable salesman with plumbing knowledge to take charge of the plumbing department at Montgomery Ward & Co located at 219 72nd Street SE. Good salary and commission offered.

Montgomery Ward & CO 72Nd Street

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