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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1947
Page
19
Chicago livestock reports indicate a mixed market with hogs up to 25 cents higher on light weights, lambs and cattle easing, and sows steady. USDA figures note steady to lower trends for calves and heifers, with demand narrow and some higher prices for select cows and bulls.
Feeder pigs around 22 to 23 dollars. choice barrows and gilts near 21 to 23 dollars. Calves steady to slow. steers and heifers with minor declines. Cows and bulls mixed. stocker demand narrow. sheep and lamb receipts listed with steady slaughter appetite. woolly lambs and odd lots noted.
Receipts 1 300 cattle calves 225 slaughter steers and heifers slow to weak with light weights bidless beef cows dull. Two loads to prime 1 450 lb beeves at 34.09. medium to good steers 17.50 21, medium heifers 15.00 17.50. cows 10. Most canners cutters 10. Receipts 1908 market slow. early sales good and choice 260 lb barrows and gilts steady to 25c below, 200 lb pigs steady, 260-300 butchers bids down 25c, sows 50c. Receipts 2 500 market unclear.
Receipts at 19 concentration yards and 1 packing plant in Iowa and southern Minnesota ended at 8 a m Friday with 65 500 on the day, down from 132 000 a week ago and 127 100 a year ago. Prices show moderate activity and wide weight ranges with quotes for various hog weights and grades across the market.
Market notes show lots of yearlings and cows offered with prices ranging from 9.50 to 19.00 per hundredweight. Heifer yearlings and canners listed with various grades and weights, reflecting typical Friday demand and sale activity.
The Cedar Rapids hog market listing shows top prime butcher price at 22.50 and packers at 19.75. Steers range from 16.00 to 29.00 for various weights, with cows and calves priced around 10.50 to 15.50 and bulls 9.00 to 11.00. Sheep lambs and hides are noted with regional fruit and vegetable prices also listed. Grain and feed figures appear for nearby markets and commodities.
New York shares edged higher despite a slow session after a brisk open as traders digested cautious sentiment. Notable moves included Dow components and various industrials showing modest gains while several listings remained flat amid thin turnover.
The New York market shows advances of one to more than a point with late trading up slightly. Strong early gains in front rents include Baltimore and Ohio and Illinois Central issues while Chicago Great Western and Sugar 4s attract attention. Delaware and Hudson moves counter to the trend amid varied results.
Market notes list hog price quotes with bids and bids ranges. Figures show prices per hundredweight and varying offers across categories. This brief summarizes current market levels for traders and producers.
Chicago traders report mixed receipts across commodities including poultry butter and potatoes. Poultry trucks arrive slowly with new crop varying by grade while butter prices show small gains. Potatoes arrive in steady shipments as demand remains fair for top quality with overall market activity modest.
Fragmented market notes describe mixed color items and weights with percentages and extras. Mentions receipts numbers 131 and 136 and steady prices with little cohesive context.
Washington UPS reports the House Interstate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to begin hearings Wednesday on the causes of recent airline crashes. The panel plans to hear testimony from airline officials and aviation experts amid renewed safety scrutiny.
Chicago prices ease as grain futures fall led by wheat down 1.25 to 3.5 cents. January wheat settles at 2.14, corn drops 4 to 1.0 cents, oats slide 0.75 to 0.745. Slow morning trade accelerates around noon in the bread cereal pit.
An OCR fragment shows several grain price entries for yellow corn and oats with numbers such as 1.36 for yellow corn No 3, 41.314 for some weight measure, and other figures including 1.40 and 47.00 for red clover and related commodities. The text is fragmentary with incomplete descriptions.
A three story Graystone hotel blaze in Water town New York killed three residents from New York and injured two others. Twenty two guests were evacuated or rescued as fire raged for about three hours. The roof collapsed onto the third floor and firemen prevented spread to the Crowner hotel.
Waubeek Area Council Boy Scouts of America held its first 1947 meeting at the Roosevelt hotel with Ray L. Short as president. The group reviewed 1946 results and outlined the 1947 program, appointing chairmen for advancement, camping and activities, finance, health and safety, leadership training, and organization and extension. Camp Waubeek event dates and an Omaha regional meeting are noted.
Mr and Mrs Omer Smith marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary on Thursday with a special dinner in their honor.
The central Iowa section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will hold a dinner meeting on January 2 at the State College campus.
Walter E Mercer, 37, indicted by the grand jury for desertion and abandonment of a minor child and for perjury, pleaded not guilty in district court Friday. Judge J E Heiserman appointed Kenneth Moon to represent him. Mercer allegedly obtained 275 dollars from Citizens Loan Co Cedar Rapids by falsely claiming Homer T Wolcott would sign a note.
Cedar Rapids police report five day meter income totalled 1518.87 dollars, the lowest in seven weeks of operation, though near the forecast. The release notes meter collections softened during the period and remained below prior highs.
Federal building recruiters announce the enlistment of two Cedar Rapids men and four eastern Iowans in the regular army. The six new recruits include Howard H. Hollingsworth of Springville, Robert J. Mistek of route 4, Daniel Sherbon of Central City, James A. Appleby and Lawrence T. Holmes of Monticello, and Thomas M. Flynn of Dubuque. Hollingsworth has four years of Navy service.
Mrs. Barnes freed a bird that crashed into a storm window at the home of Mrs. Bertha on Second Street. Geraldine Ellen Freeman, day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Freeman, died at Cedar Rapids hospital. services held Friday at Cedar Memorial Park.
Wallpaper cracking in the residence at 2121 Sixth Avenue prompted the Cabalka family to call the fire department at 10 20 p m. Fire crews responded to the incident with no injuries reported and the cause under investigation.
Police illness prompts substitute officer W J Goodyear at 910 Seventeenth. Mrs Whitte hosts a 25 guest misc shower at the Hotle home. Marion Cleaner advertises laundry help. John Gowans visits Emmetsburg. son John Eastman returns from Iowa State College. Maurice Whitman, stationed Treasure Island, on leave with wife and parents. I.O.O.F benefit party Friday afternoon. Mrs Keith Anderson and Monty visit Hamlet. Anderson serves in Aleutians. Duz Oxydol Dreft Ivory Storms sale advertised. Mrs Del Adkins substitutes kindergarten teacher at Emerson building. Mrs Jerry Kopecky undergoes major surgery at St Luke's.
A scattered page fragment lists lost items such as a full-blooded Scottie and a Dalmatian with contact notes, various business ads for insurance and jewelry, repair services, and event notices. It references stores on 2nd Ave SE and 1st Street SE, plus local venues like Cedar Rapids dance halls and Pythian meetings.
Grand Rapids detectives report Rev. Daniel L. Reedy and Mary Marguerite Cowles charged in a morals warrant for fleeing the state. The pair were apprehended in a Kalamazoo hotel and returned on a warrant accusing adultery. Reedy is a pastor with two grown daughters. Cowles is 40 with a grown son.
Des Moines OPA enforcement announced Keokuk Iowa hotel paid 2148.48 dollars to the federal government for room overcharges during 1946. Ward Brown operator admitted inadvertent overcharges and volunteered settlement.
Marvin L. Miller of Iowa City was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for improper passing. Miller was arrested by the highway patrol when attempting to pass another vehicle on the viaduct approach on Highway 218 just south of Cedar Rapids city limits.
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