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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
9
Chicago and Omaha marked mixed cattle and hog markets with hogs up 25 to 50 cents from Thursday losses. Receipts included about 6,000 hogs, 2,000 cattle, and 700 sheep in Chicago. similar activity reported in Omaha with varied steer, heifer, and lamb trading and price ranges across weight classes.
Kansas City livestock sale saw 400 calves and scattered cattle with weak to moderate demand. Prices ranged as buyers resisted high bids, with some medium to good quality cattle bringing around $2000 to $2300. Beef cows were few and traded slowly.
Stock market and commodity notes show Cedar Rapids hog prices up to $19.75 for prime cuts and $19.25 for packers with various weight classes quoted. Cattle quotes include steers from 1 000 to 2 000 pounds at $23.00 to $25.00, yearlings and cows listed, with market receipts and nearby futures, plus fruit and grain prices and stock quotations from Des Moines and Chicago.
In Chicago on Friday grains partly recovered losses after an early drop. Wheat led gains from lows while corn oats and rye moved with mixed results. Soybeans were steady to down and oilseed prices showed modest shifts as the USDA reported flour purchases and market activity.
Salable receipts include 1700 calves and 7000 hogs with steady to strong demand. Cattle trade shows moderate to firm activity across steer and heifer classes while hog prices rise 25 cents or more, with barrows and gilts and sow groups posted at varied but higher levels. Iowa Des Moines area receipts estimate 40,000 for Friday with packers moving cattle and hogs across multiple plants and yards.
The Cedar Rapids Kiwanis club reports that gum ball machines brought in 1778 30 for needy children over the last 15 months. Expenditures in 1948 totaled 1230 53 for tonsil removals glasses and dental work plus camps and radios donated. The club thanks businesses for housing the machines on their property.
Palm Beach story reports actress Margaret O'Brien 12 may not attend her mother Gladys O'Brien’s wedding to Hollywood figure Don Silvio. Aunt says the child cried upon learning the plan and is upset by the union after five years of acquaintance.
UPI report shows unsettled Chicago market with varied prices on hens and chickens, longhorns, and processed loaf. Eggs receipts 12,673 cases with firm extras 70 80 percent, and potatoes arrivals light with good demand for top stock. Wisconsin round whites and Florida Bliss Triumphs cited among regional items. New York butter and rice prices noted with steady quotes.
Edward Brown, 27, of 1018 Ninth Avenue SE, was fined $160 and costs in police court after pleading guilty to indecent exposure. He was arrested Thursday evening following a complaint that he exposed himself to a woman pedestrian while seated in his car on an avenue bridge. Police noted multiple prior complaints about a man fitting Brown’s description during the past three months. The woman obtained the license number of the car.
Athens AP report: Lt. Col. Selden R. Edner, 30, of San Jose California, an unarmed U.S. Army observer, was killed when his small trainer aircraft was shot down after landing in Karpenisi. The Greek pilot also died in the attack.
Marion and Alburnett Boy Scout troops hosted a court of honor in Rockwood hall with 78 scouts, families, and guests. Eight scouts were promoted to second class, and one to tenderfoot, with merit badges awarded to James Drenkhahn and James Kruger.
Cleveland judge Samuel H. Silbert refused to enjoin the wife from further interior decorating at their home after a domestic relations bureau investigator testified. The couple's 35 year old complainant, Peter T. Kunigonis, an electrical engineer, sought relief two weeks earlier over her decorating, which he said was aimed at annoying him. The wife said she had urged him to do the work for years and the house had become too drab for her to bear.
A bill in the Iowa Senate would create a seven member state board of vocational education appointed by the governor for four year terms. Members would come from agriculture merchandising home making industry labor and public schools. The existing board includes the superintendent of public instruction the president of the state board of education and the labor commissioner.
Charles E. Wilson of General Electric told the Senate labor committee that the administration labor bill imperils freedoms including the right to work and speech. He praised Taft-Hartley’s safeguards such as the ban on the closed shop and protection for workers, but urged retention of injunctions for critical strikes and broader anti-Communist labor protections amid clashes with senators.
Roberta Lee Mason, 14, rushed through flames to evacuate her five younger siblings from a four room bungalow near Des Plaines after an oil stove explosion. She and Leroy, 3, escaped with burns and cuts while others remained unharmed. Neighbors plan rebuilding and start a fundraising fund.
Bernard E. Baker, 28, of Council Bluffs, leaped 65 feet from the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge into the ice clogged Missouri River. He survived the plunge and, as police intervened, planned a second attempt, citing despair over ill health. He was rushed to Mercy hospital.
The wreckage of an American C47 found sixty miles west of Salta in northern Argentina confirms eight deaths. Brigadier General B H Hovey of the American embassy announced the discovery and withheld names pending notification of next of kin.
Towns end Victory Club 8 schedules Sunday 6 PM supper and meeting at K P hall. City Cab two way radio advance dial 6161. Sister dies Lena Moody of Frankfort Indiana. Clarence Johnson's sister. Dr. H A Knott moves office New address on 3rd Ave SE. Hold suspect Cedar Rapids police detain Pvt Gerald Trimble on AWOL suspicion. Shueyville church services Bishop Weidler Kansas City to speak at Evangelical United Brethren church. Church school 10:30 AM youth groups 7:30 PM. Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Shaw and sons Ronnie Jimmie to attend 50th wedding anniversary in Bryant IA. Enlist navy two 18 year olds Charles Schultz and David Rank Jr. Patricia Scheurs completes basic training WAC at Camp Lee. Mitch Olson arrives at Furstenfeldbruck Germany base. Half-brother Sgt Guy McCreary killed in Texas motorcycle accident. Cub Pack 33 Cleveland school meets at Roosevelt school. Eighteen boys earned Cub Scout advancement and many received achievement awards.
A machine gun test at Boeing's firing range in Seattle fired into two houses, narrowly missing a sleeping baby. Mrs Covell M Hanes reported a bullet crashed through a door and struck a bureau leg after ricocheting from a bedroom wall. Boeing officials said the weapon misfired momentarily and discharged two or three rounds over the revetment edge.
Census Bureau data show independent retailers began 1949 with a 33 percent drop in dollar volume from December to January and 6 percent below January 1948. Jewelry stores lead the declines at 71 percent, with drug stores 58 percent and department stores 54 percent. Durable goods fall modestly, lumber and building materials down 14 percent.
Walter W. Sharp of Burlington, 43, resigns from the state printing board effective immediately. He leaves to become plant superintendent at a Mason City printing company holding many state contracts. Sharp has been composing room foreman at the Burlington Hawk Eye Gazette since 1940. his term would have expired July 1, 1950. Governor Beardsley to appoint a successor for the unexpired term.
Chicago Cubs announce that 21 year old Kenneth R. Daugherty from Madrid Iowa has signed with their Springfield Missouri team in the Western Association.
A historical reference explains that the term yard originally denoted the length of a man's arm rather than a fixed unit. The note discusses how this measurement varied by region and era before standardization.
Washington report notes a 10 inch split in Senator Vandenberg's desk caused by Senator Langer during a foreign policy speech. Langer pounded the desk to emphasize points, and the damage became evident at the speech's end as the crack extended from edge to pen tray.
Out of town want ads and lost items fill a cluttered notice page. Names and contact numbers appear with rewards and various personal notices.
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