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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1949
Page
11
Saturday USDA estimates show hog receipts around 300 with hogs steady to 25 cents lower. Cattle receipts about 800 and sheep 106. cattle steady to 50 cents higher and sheep steady amid overall mixed livestock trends.
Receipts of 200 calves and 50 scattering slaughter steers and stockers showed steady to strong trends but supply was insufficient for loads. Medium grade steers brought about 17.75 to 17.85, cann ers and cutters and cows traded around 14.25 to 14.60 with odd lots at 14.00 to 15.00.
Cedar Rapids hog market reports prices up a quarter with top prime butchers at 1900 dollars and packers at 16 25. Cattle and calf values listed across weight classes with steers and cows showing varied prime to common grades and a range of live animal prices. Wholesale fruits vegetables and grain quotations accompany the market notes.
New York stocks opened with losses but a half hearted rally pushed some shares into positive territory. The majority remained down with declines around 2 percent in many listings and total turnover near 1.9 million shares.
Chicago receipts show four trucks of poultry steady with fryers around 27 to 28 cents per pound and processed leaf leaf 34 1 2 to 37 1 2 cents. Butter markets firm with varied carlot scores and egg categories steady. New York butter prices rise with mixed quality eggs steady at 43 to 45 1 2 cents per dozen.
Sgt Nelson L Porter killed in action on Okinawa April 1 1945 will be honored in Buck Creek church at 2 pm Sunday Burial will follow in Hopkinton cemetery He was born June 28 1919 in Hopkinton son of Mr and Mrs L C Porter He entered service in 1941 served in Hawaii Leyte and Okinawa Survived by parents a brother Raymond and two sisters Mrs Everett Beitz and Mrs Marvin Stahlberg
In Northfield Vermont Norwich University recruits 25 year old Mrs Burt Porter formerly Carol Landon a famed skier from before the war to serve as ski coach. The move marks a break in the university’s long male dominated sports culture as Porter steps into the role with a national reputation.
In Chicago Friday grains soybeans and lard posted minor changes with oats firming late. Wheat edged down then up around May prices while corn and rye fluctuated. soybeans moved within narrow ranges as traders kept positions tight before weekend closure.
Chicago market prices show No 2 yellow wheat at 12342, corn listed as none, oats No 1 heavy white at 14 percent, field seed timothy $17.00 per cwt, sweet clover $15.00. Soybeans none.
Sioux City cattle receipts include 900 calves and 25 slaughter steers under 1100 lbs with strong to 25¢ gains. various grades steady to higher, price ranges $16.00 to $20.00 for steers and $12.50 to $16.50 for cows. Hogs market active. lots at $17.00 to $19.50 for 180-230 lb, higher on some 240-270 and 200-330 lb ranges. sows steady at $14.75 to $16.00. feeders at $16.50 to $17.50. Sheep receipts 500. good to choice wooled lambs $22.25 to $23.50.
Receipts Friday estimate 35 000 week ago 39 000 year ago 45 600 actuals Thursday 24 000 with unloading at two packing plants in southern Minnesota and twelve plants in Iowa plus some out of state shipping and country buying stations. Prices steady to 50 cents higher with many 160-180 lb barrows and gilts at 16.25 to 19.00, 180-200 lb at 18.50 to 19.50, 200-220 lb at 18.75 to 19.50, 220-240 lb at 18.50 to 19.60, 240-270 lb at 17.75 to 19.90, 270-300 lb at 17.00 to 18.00, 300-330 lb at 14.25 to 17.25, 330-360 lb at 15.50. Sows 270-330 lb at 16.00 to 16.75, 330-360 lb at 15.50 to 16.50, 360-400 lb at 15.00, 400-450 lb at 14.50 to 15.75, 450-550 lb at 13.50 to 15.25.
Wisconsin cheese market notes Plymouth reports steady close with multiple lots and cars of white and colored cheddar. Prices range from 29.2 to 32.3 cents per pound for various lot sizes and aging periods including 10 cars of white cheddar and 2 cars of colored cheddar with several two to three car lots and 30 to 80 day aging.
CARE says its contract with the Hungarian Communist government expired and negotiations failed. No political considerations were involved on CARE’s part, but shipments to Hungary stop while parcels to Czechoslovakia and Poland continue. Parcel cost lowered from $10 to $7.75.
Springfield police sought a 12 year old girl named Elizabeth Patty Smith after her father James Smith died after an extended illness and her mother had died years earlier. Authorities searched Green Bay Wisconsin and towns in Illinois but had conflicting stories and no clear whereabouts.
In San Francisco AP report Billie Holiday, already free on narcotics charges, was indicted by the county grand jury for possession of opium. Her bail rose from 500 to 2500 dollars.
In a Communist conspiracy trial in New York, defense expert Prof Doxey Wilkerson admitted misclassifying jurors as he sought to prove labor bias in federal juries. He claimed the occupation tally treated a tailor shop owner as manual labor, and he could recall only three full names among many assistants. The judge warned the defense against delays as eleven defendants face possible ten year prison terms and fines.
City brief notes Townsend Victory Club No. 8 will meet Sunday at 6 p m in the K P hall for supper and a business session. Everette Dow, barber, now at John Greenlee Barbershop. Shueyville Church services Rev Lyle K Anderson to lead worship at 9 30 a m at Evangelical United Brethren Church. church school 10 30 a m. youth groups 7 30 p m. City Cab offers two way radio service dial 6161. Trinity Lutheran church home missionary society held founders day banquet at the Montrose hotel Thursday at 6 30 p m with a dinner program. Marine Pfc James B Boyle, 19, arrived in Guam with the First Provisional Marine Brigade, son of E J and Mrs E J Boyle of 1556 Washington Ave SE. Frank Danberg of 710 F Ave NW reports the death of his brother M C Danberg of Moline Illinois. services will be held Monday in Moline. Mrs Tracey Gibbs of 888 Center Point Rd fined 25 dollars for drunkenness and disturbing the peace after police court action.
Gilmer Texas city commission passes ordinance forcing Cotton Belt Railway engineers to slow to six miles per hour within city limits. Penalty for violations capped at 100 dollars.
A dense list of crossword style clues spans topics from moon goddess and Ireland to Turkish coin and sea nymph. Includes Roman dates and emperors, fruits and bridle parts, and chemical tellurium along with Greek letters and the British peers.
Cedar Rapids Civil Service reminds applicants that the 5 p.m. Monday deadline applies to both the assistant city health officer and fireman posts. So far 22 have applied for the health officer job at $3,111.60 yearly and 15 for fireman at $209.55 monthly. Applications are available at the city hall clerk’s third floor office. tests set for Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in McKinley High School.
A bipartisan Iowa plan would limit deputy county tax assessors to four year terms and remove the county auditor's appointment power. The bill, drafted after complaints about the 1947 law, would have assessors serve until Jan 1 1952, then face new exams by the state tax commission. Appointment would shift to a board of county supervisors, county education board members, and city mayors. auditors would lose ex-officio assessor status. The measure also proposes joint control of the county tax rate by the board of supervisors, education board, and mayors, with cities retaining authority to appoint their own city property assessors. A GOP joint committee from both houses will study the assessor law after Democrats proposed repeal. The panel includes Reps William Kruse, M F Hicklin, LE Wilson, H R Frei Jr, and Senators Arthur H. Jacobson, X. T. Prentis, Frank C. Byers.
Notice in Linn County Iowa states on February 10 1949 G J Hisenbael appointed and qualified as Administrator of Anna IB Lee estate. All debts owed must be paid to the administrator at the Linn County Iowa District Court office.
The U S army recruiting reopened Friday after a three day halt but Cedar Rapids must fill only two enlistees for February. Only men with high mental and physical ratings may be accepted and selectivity is strict. Former service members are eligible only if not re-enlisting within 90 days. Air force quota for the month is already filled.
The Camp Fire Girls group and guardians will attend their fourth and final baby craft lesson at St Luke's hospital Saturday morning. They will tour broadcasting stations The Gazette and the Cedar Rapids telephone building. Members include Sandra Whitlock Priscilla Tanner Carol Bunny Carol Goodrow Janice Schultz Hildegarde Schneider Sharon Berlin Dorothy Kroening Elizabeth Waffle Marlene and Darlene Thompson and Ferd Britton.
Band Boosters hold an auction sale at Marion High School Gym on Saturday February 12 starting at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are available.
Mrs and Mrs Rudolph N Fitzgerald celebrate 58th anniversary at 1000 Twelfth Street with a noon family dinner. Obituary notes Frank A Norton a retired Milwaukee railway telegraph operator dies in Central City. Also reports travel, visits, illness, refunds, and local notices.
Major General Lewis A. Pick was confirmed by the senate as chief of army engineers succeeding Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler who retires at month end. Pick, 58, led Operation Snow Bound in the Midwest and built the Ledo road into Burma during World War II.
National Republican Chairman Hugh D. Scott told Buckeye clubs in Columbus that the GOP must win in 1950 to set up a knockout in 1952. He criticized Truman policy as double dealing and urged a moderate program free of me too elements.
A mother Mrs. Clifford Conant, 29, and seven of her eight children aged one to 11 died when a one story frame house burned in Clayton New York. The husband 39 and daughter Susan 13 escaped. Firemen blamed a faulty oil heater for the blaze.
Johns Hopkins physicians report aludrine a synthetic adrenalin derivative provides quick relief for asthma. Inhaled mist acts within two to five minutes and lasts from two hours to 12 hours in milder cases. Five patients unresponsive to adrenalin previously improved with aludrine.
Gazette want ad rates and notices describe lost items including purse with owner details rewards offered. Listings list wallets watches tires billfolds and a dogeared box number. Several contact numbers and addresses appear for rewards and inquiries.
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