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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1949
Page
9
Hogs drop 50 to 75 cents while cattle move mostly steady to 25 cents higher. Lamb trade slow with minimal activity. Receipts show varied bids on hogs and cattle, with feeders scarce and cows bulls weak or steady. Sheep volumes limited as early trade remains slow.
Kansas City cattle receipts total about 8 000 calves 600 fed steers with spots 100 off and sales generally 30c lower. Trade moderately active with high to good quality steady. cows tight supply firm bulls and calves steady. Load numbers show choice medium weight fed steers at 25 50 with other loads near 24 25 to 25 00. Nebraska fed heifers 24 00. high good fed heifers 23 00. medium to good cows around 19 00 to 18 00.
Grain prices rebound from Wednesday losses with hog prices mixed by weight in Cedar Rapids. Prime butchers top $19 50 with packers at $17 00. cattle market shows steers and cows trading through the day while soybeans and corn rally on strong cash demand.
In New York, a laborious advance lifted stocks fractionally to more than a point as turnover remained light, marking a tepid session following the smallest total in months.
New York bond market during a slow session showed near equal losses and gains with slight early signs of recovery as the final hour approached. The day reflected a middle course amid limited trading activity and cautious investor sentiment.
Des Moines reports weekly hog receipts near 50 000 with four packing plants in southern Minnesota and twelve in Iowa plus out-of-state activity. Prices range by weight with barrows and gilts steady to 50 cents lower and sows around 14 16 dollars per hundredweight.
Chicago market news shows poultry receipts of 16 trucks with unsettled hens and steady chickens. Butter and egg prices move firm with various scores and rates. potatoes arrive on track with light demand. Regional items include Colorado red McClures and Idaho russet Burbanks with several price points across varieties.
New York market note reports mixed prices with no changes for receipts at 369.501 and steady, unchanged figures. Various item codes like Butter Easy and U FoGs stem mixed, with multiple garbled entries and fractions.
CAMP HOOD Texas AP An American soldier Millard J Allison 35 was given an honorable discharge for dependency after serving 51 months with the Canadian army He deserted the U S army in 1941 to join Canada and fought abroad He was jailed by court martial in 1941 and later apprehended in 1948 Returned to U S status in 1948 and applied for discharge He has a wife two daughters and a son In Canada he served 39 months overseas and was decorated credited with killing 50 Germans in one afternoon.
Penick and Ford directors, meeting in New York, voted to pay a 40 cent per share common stock dividend on March 14 with a February 25 record date. The same amount as the prior year's quarter.
Iowa firms employed 98,086 workers in January, down 2.2 percent from December and 3.5 percent from a year earlier per the state labor bureau. Total weekly payrolls averaged 4,752,087 dollars with an average wage of 54.22 dollars, down 1.5 percent from December but up 3.8 percent year over year.
Nine south Tama county townships plan a joint meeting February 24 at Toledo community hall. Ken Langer, assistant to the Iowa Federation president, will speak.
About 200 Iowa building industry representatives and federal lenders gathered to discuss economy housing under FHA guidelines. They urged production tied to ability to pay, emphasized simple, compact planning, labor saving devices, and varied roof lines to avoid looks of sameness while ensuring code compliance and suitable pricing.
A dozen Cedar Rapids boys start a YMCA woodworking program under Optimist club supervision. Four teams of six, each with a captain, will run craft room sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 pm starting March 1. Rotary members provide tools and replacements. Captains include Ted Leigh Harold Wendorf Dick Alman and Wendell Elfstrom. John Talley led planning.
Arthur H. Smith urged Cedar Rapids Chapter cost accountants to keep budgets flexible amid economic uncertainty. He advised adjusting budgets as volume and costs fluctuate and selling budgetary control from management to each department head while ensuring a liveable budget.
Art Hickson of Maquoketa Second district commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will inspect V F W post 788 at the regular meeting Thursday at 8 p m. Post 788 Commander Bill Matus notes the visit is the annual district command inspection. Hickson succeeded Hugh Sheridan as Second district commander.
Washington reports that when the draft resumes in spring older men aged 19 to 25 will be called before younger registrants regardless of state. State quotas will be superseded by an ordered age priority, and registrants may volunteer for any armed force if army draft cancellations are in effect.
General Raymund Mrazek was sentenced to life imprisonment on four counts for sending secret information to exiled Czechoslovak generals in England and to Bruce Lockhart a British secret agent. Lieutenant Miroslav received four years hard labor as an accomplice. four other officers were acquitted.
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A gas oven explosion in Marion high school kitchen injured Mrs. Clare V. Strickell on a Wednesday morning as she opened the oven door. She was taken to Mercy hospital. The stove was newly installed per Superintendent C B Vernon.
Dr Matt Ware 65 longtime West Branch physician dies in Iowa City hospital from a blood clot. Born Marengo 1883 he practiced here from 1917 until recently and held multiple medical and civic posts. Survived by wife Marjorie son Stephen Crosby sister and brothers with three grandchildren.
Iowa's 1947 state income tax data released shows manufacturers paying the highest individual and corporate taxes, wholesalers second, while teachers and laborers are at the bottom. Farmers provide half of the 1947 payable taxes, with the average across all taxpayers about 54 cents per dollar of income.
Diplomats from 33 nations met Pope Pius XII in Rome to convey condolences on the life sentence given to Hungary’s Cardinal Mindszenty. The pope thanked them, calling the gathering historic for Vatican diplomacy.
London AP Masaryk left an English estate of 9451 pounds 37804 dollars with 5000 pounds to Dr Jan Papanek for political work. 5000 pounds in British bonds to secretary Anne Joyce. residue to sister Dr Alice G Masaryk. will probated Wednesday dated Sept 19 1940.
A jumble of out of town want ads and lost items lists several losses including a lost black female pointer retriever dog with a $25 reward a missing package on the fourth floor at Newman's and a rust female cocker spaniel named Lis. Also notices for tax service clocks repair and fabric repair services appear amid scattered contact numbers.
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