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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1949

Page

11

Cattle Down Hogs Higher in Chicago Cash Market

USDA estimated Saturday receipts show 300 hogs 300 cattle 100 sheep. hogs up 25-50 cents per cwt cattle steady to 1 lower sheep steady to weak. Slaughter lambs 800 head steady to weak with no high choice offerings. hogs mostly 26 cents higher under 230 lbs. 240-270 lb sows around 2000-2100. beef cows and bulls mixed with lighter demand.

Chicago Eans thoRta Bude Cie Tex Froius Ca'ifornia Iervice Ascadarn Sioux City

Omaha Hog and Cattle Prices Move Amid Mixed Receipts

Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher with some gains on 240 270 pounders. Cattle receipts include calves and fed steers with varied firmness and several price points noted. hogs shown at 19 75 to 21 25 per cwt, cattle steady to lower on several classes, sheep slaughter values around 1300. Market includes multiple weight and grade references and speaker notes on demand and schooling of buyers.

Cedar Rapids Hog and Livestock Market Report

Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market held steady Friday with top prime butchers at 2000 dollars and packers at 17.50. The cattle and calf sections show varied quotes for steers, heifers, yearlings, and cows, while vegetables and fruits note rising prices and wholesale offers. Rural commodities such as butter, eggs, grain, and river stage reports accompany the market data.

Cedar Rapids

Stocks Rally Fades After Brief Midday Uplift

New York traders turned cautious as a midday stock rally faded into losses. Prices swung across the board with some shares slipping more than a point and grain and seed markets showing mixed quotes for wheat corn soybeans and field seeds.

Grain Quotations Rise as May Wheat and Corn Lead

May wheat and May corn rose sharply in late trading helping the grain market turn firmer. Cash dealers bought both May contracts, while short covering and government cash grain demand supported May wheat and May corn. Prices ended higher across grains with mixed moves in related fats.

Chicago

Iowa Hog Receipts Rise as Plant Output Edges Up

Des Moines reports Friday slaughter and receipts totaling about 35 000 hogs, with week and year comparisons. Prices are steady to up 25 cents, with some 50 cent gains in outlying sections. buyers and sellers note activity at packing plants in southern Minnesota and multiple Iowa yards.

DES Moines INS Minnesota Iowa

Plymouth Wis Sale Inventory Listing

Plymouth Wis reports a sequence of vehicle sales with color variants primarily white and colored cheddars. Listings include first sale of seven white cheddars 29 and other batches of 15 white or colored cheddars 29.54 with various 30 to 32 cent price notes and multiple 30 day terms and offers.

Plymouth Wis

Kansas City Livestock Receipts Steady For Calves and Cows

Kansas City livestock totals show 200 calves and 50 cattle supplies, mainly odd lots cows. Market remains nominally steady as traders assess demand and price levels.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City

New York Bond Review and Market Summary Friday

New York AP notes cautious market moves with more losses than gains and a restrained selling drive after sharp railway declines. Sioux City cattle receipts 1500 calves with mixed demand. hogs 7000 head active. sheep receipts 800 with mixed traders and steady to firm prices across classes.

New York

New Skirt You Need By ANNE ADAMS

Stretch your wardrobe with this stunning extra skirt featuring an Empire waist hip flaps and gentle back flare. Pattern 4812 offers waist sizes 24 through 32 with size 28 requiring 25 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 25 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. Chicago IL with name address size and style number.

Anne Adams Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept N. Clinton St Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Receipts and Prices Mixed

Receipts for poultry, cheese, eggs, and potatoes show varied demand and unsettled to steady prices. Hens and chicks priced around 40 cents to 44 cents. cheese quotes include Twins and Longhorn varieties. eggs steady with mixed browns and whites. potato arrivals totaling 125 on track with russet and red varieties differing in price.

Chicago Idaho Bakers Florida

Egg and Cheese Market Prices Steady Amid Mixed Dairy Rates

New York butter and eggs markets show mixed receipts with 93 score AA butter at 64 cents per pound and eggs higher for certain sizes while cheese prices remain steady. Receipts total 289 577 with no overall price changes across categories.

New York

Iowa Teachers to face Minnesota in eighth straight win bid

Cedar Falls Iowa Teachers aim for an eighth consecutive win as they wrestle the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday.

Cedar Falls Iowa Teachers University of Minnesota Minneapolis Leo Kelso Marion Jack Mordost Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Mordorsts Jackie

Republicans Challenge Truman Stand on Civil Rights Drive

Washington Republicans urged President Truman to first gauge his standing within his own party before appealing to the nation. Senators Brewster Taft Bricker Morse criticized his approach to Taft Hartley and civil rights, highlighting splits in the Democratic ranks despite Truman’s surprising election victory.

Washington Truman Brewster Maine G.O.P Taft Ohio Senator Bricker Bricker Morse Ore Senate Labor Committee Pepper Mr. Truman Mayflower Statler Russell Byrd Ellender Eastland and Stennis Miss

Go to Church Drive Planned In Nationwide Ad Campaign

A non-sectarian nationwide effort aims to promote churchgoing through newspapers magazines radio TV movies and billboards. Honorary leaders include William Jefferson Stanford chancellor Ray Lyman Wilbur Gov Beauford Jester Lowell Thomas Gene Tunney Walter Wanger and A Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

Los Angeles William Jeffers Railroad Ray Lyman Wilbur Stanford University

Tragedy Unfolds As Car Pulled From River

In South Bend a family is missing after a car was recovered from the St Joseph river. Eli Vintilla identified the vehicle by its last license numbers and learned his wife and 12 year old daughter were inside. A police dragline raised the car and one body lurched against the horn with a gurgling sound.

South Bend Eli Vintilla Vintilla Sample Avenue St. Joseph River

The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Poem

The piece urges students to value learning and respect teachers. It argues those who cheat or refuse to learn end up harming themselves, while willing pupils earn respect and benefit from instruction. It contrasts past failures with the rewards of effort in schooling.

Marion Council to Audit City Books and Set New Gas Rates

Marion city council voted to hire McGladrey Hansen Dunn and Company to audit the city finances and approved an ordinance implementing new gas rate structures. An explanation appeared in Thursday’s Gazette. Several residents and visitors are noted in the local notices and social items.

Marion McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Company Hamilton Fifth Avenue

Forrestal Warns Draft Or Expanded Service For Doctors

Secretary Forrestal said he may ask Congress to draft doctors and dentists unless civilian medical volunteers rise. He warned that service time could be extended and that a broad campaign targets the 15 000 wartime trained physicians and dentists who did not serve. He noted under 10 000 doctors and dentists are in the services now, with a potential loss of almost a third by July.

Washington INS Forrestal Congress

Hanging Photo Artist Found Dead in Cleveland

John K. Rogers, 35, was found hanged in his kitchen doorway by a canvas mover’s strap around his throat. Police recovered dozens of photos of Rogers in hanging poses in his downstairs suite, some tied to objects, with his hands and legs bound in leather straps.

Cleveland John K. Rogers Rogers

Two Ex-Cons and Woman Hunted in Slaying of Three

Phoenix lawmen expanded a large manhunt for two former convicts Billy Ray Gilbert and George Schmid along with Florence Chisholm, linked to the Needles California triple slaying of Ernest Winstead and spouse Frances and neighbor Willis Pugh. A Phoenix gas station robbery tied to the case yielded $100.

Phoenix Needles Calif Stanley Kimball Priesses Kimball Sa Billy Ray Gilbert George Schmid Florence Margaret Chisholm Jeffy Heffelfinger Miss Chisholm Weldon Carter Frank Bland Pugh Gilbert Kingman Aziz Bland Colorado California Nevada Arizona

Klan Rally in South Carolina Beset by Hecklers

In West Columbia near Columbia SC hecklers shouted at a Ku Klux Klan rally. A sulphur bomb was thrown as police and Klan members cleared the field where Grand Dragon Samuel Green of Atlanta spoke to about 2,000 people.

West Columbia. SC University of South Carolina Grand Dragon Samuel Green Atlanta

Alabama orders arrest for concealed plate drivers

Birmingham AP reports Gov Folsom directs police to arrest drivers with concealed license plates amid Klan parade concerns. Robed and masked bands reported active. Talladega County sees three crosses burned Saturday night.

Birmingham Alabama Ku Klux Klan James E. Folsom Talladega County

Protesting clergyman tortured in Bulgarian treason case

Washington reports state that Rev Yanko Ivanov, a Protestant clergyman among 15 Bulgarian treason defendants, was forced to stand for hours without his cane and face intensive questioning to extract a confession of U.S. espionage. The torture allegedly leaked through Bulgarian Communist party members.

Washington United States Yanko Ivanov

Flatfoot the Goose Serves as Sheep Dog on Farm

Flatfoot, a bragging goose on Bob Baer's farm in Livingston New Jersey, acts as sheep dog guiding flocks through the narrow gate and into the barnyard. Baer, who has no sheep dog, says Flatfoot assumed the role naturally and remains aloof from people.

Livingston N. J Flatfoot Bob Baer Baer Jas Boss

Spellman Parcel Proves Harmless

A Detroit man sent a suitcase to Francis Cardinal Spellman that contained nonhazardous items including a mason jar with foil and clay headstones. The bomb squad deemed it harmless after inspection. Eduard Herbert, 45, admitted sending the package and was booked for postal law violations.

New York Francis Cardinal Spellman Detroit Eduard Herbert Herbert

McDonald Named Envoy to Israel

Friday President Truman nominated James Grover McDonald as the first United States ambassador to Israel. McDonald has served as special representative since June 22 and the move follows the expected full recognition of the Jewish state awaiting Senate approval.

Washington Truman Friday James Grover McDonald United States Israel McDonald Senate

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Lost Notices Summary

Classified text outlines Gazette want ad rate rules and a series of lost and found notices. Items include a tan and white Beagle with a black saddle, a red purse, a Hound with tan ears, a black Pointer, a Bulova watch, and a male cocker spaniel. Contact details and rewards listed for each item.

Lewis Schaefer Toddville 8Th Ave Camburn Court Lady's Elgin Walton

Local Jewelers and Trades Advertisements Amid Busy Listings

A collage of business notices and offers appears, from Vincents Jewelry announcing a February vacation closure to fur restyling services and offers for watch repair. Other entries promote rug cleaning, truck rental, hauling, septic pumping, carpentry, plastering, and home repairs with various local phone numbers and addresses.

Morris Fur McLellans Mer Ozzie) Miller Yellow Cab Co., Inc Eral B. L. Concannon Charles Greenburg Kictier Ce Venetian Blind Hospital John Wordnich Venetian Blind Kinkead Constructor Co Ronnie George McBowen Schneider Larry Lawrence Paul Donnelly SI SE Virgil Horak Christ Anderson C. R

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