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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
14
Chicago and Omaha reports show live hogs up to 50 cents higher with moderate activity. Cattle calves and sheep receipts moderate with weights up. hogs led gains while lamb and feeding lambs moved inconsistently amid mixed demand nationwide.
Cedar Rapids hog market prices rose a quarter with prime butchers at 2000 dollars and packers around 1700. Several weight bands for good and choice butchers and packers shown, plus cattle and calf prices, and a sparse farm goods listing and grain market notes.
Chicago markets show firm hen receipts and mixed broiler quotes with White Rock at 33 cents and Smouth Rock at 32 cents. Butter demand remains nervous with price ranges around 64 to 64 4 cents, eggs mixed with unsettled extras, potatoes modest demand and firm red stock quotes, and Mississippi River stage readings noted for Hastings and La Crosse.
In New York buying interest picked up in late trading after a choppy day with few large moves. Early losses were erased as gains extended with turnover around 700000 shares.
CHICAGO AP reports a broad commodity gain as lard stabilizes with gains on short covering and new buying. Wheat, corn, and oats rise modestly amid quieter trading. May prices listed for wheat at 2.25, corn 1.46, oats 0.74, rye 1.66, soybeans 2.45. lard up 25 to 35 cents for January at 14.45.
Des Moines receipts estimated 65 000 with 48 500 week ago and 30 000 year ago. Prices steady to up 25 cents on most. Cattle and hogs mixed with feeders and bulls weak to 50 cents cheaper. hogs steady to 30 cents higher. Sows and vealers show varied quotes across weight ranges. Kansas City and Chicago market notes include cattle receipts around 2 000 calves and mixed bids for steers, heifers, and cows.
The U S Navy tests the Martin AM-1 Mauler off the Atlantic coast aboard the U S S Kearsarge. The 11-ton carrier aircraft carries the heaviest load of torpedoes rockets and machine guns ever mounted on a single engine carrier plane.
Union organizer Mrs Thelma Clemson sued a local company claiming an official had her arrested falsely. The jury deliberated three hours and twenty minutes and awarded Mrs Clemson one dollar.
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Labor seeks pensions medical care and job safeguards funded by industry or government. Management fears higher costs inflation and tax burdens, suggesting production boosts or price increases. analysts propose incentive plans tying pay to productivity with welfare funded from gains.
Chicago AP reports Marvin Rotblatt, former Illinois pitcher, turned in his signed contract to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday signaling the start of his major league journey with the club.
Federal Judge Charles Dewey sentenced Herbeyt F. Hoover 28 to 18 months in prison and fined him 500 dollars for failing to register for the peacetime draft. Hoover claimed visions guided his decision not to register and faced a jury verdict of guilty with others in related draft cases.
Miss Amelia Geffert died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Yocom chapel conducted by Rev. G. V. De Jong. Burial in Oak Shade Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Robert Kessler 24 of 321 B avenue NW was fined 75 dollars and costs in traffic court after pledging guilty to reckless driving. Police said he arrived at 12 29 a m from the east at a high speed and struck Henry Cambridge 52 of 1801 Johnson avenue NW who had collided with a city snow plow at First avenue and Fifth street. Cambridge was fined 5 dollars and costs for failing to control his car.
At a Cedar Rapids region meeting of the National Association of Cost Accountants the Coe College team led by Homer Wilson and Bill DuVall defeated Cornell’s Jackson Bogert and Robert Slam 23 to 22 in a tax funded schools debate. The win cited Mississippi’s $11 million year end surplus and arguments on socialized education, while Cornell highlighted the South’s dual school system and wartime illiteracy figures. The Cedar Rapids chapter hosted a dinner for teams and coaches.
An informed source says Britain will aid Egypt by lifting the arms embargo if Rhodes peace talks fail, dropping conditions tied to recognizing the 1936 Anglo Egyptian mutual aid treaty. Egypt rejects the treaty and negotiations with Israel on demarcation in the Negev face resistance as Bunche mediates.
Council Bluffs Iowa AP Corliss R Bruntlett 60 will not be hanged Feb 18 for the Dec 8 1947 slaying of Percy Smith as his attorney says a legal technicality delays the sentence. Bruntlett pled guilty and the Iowa supreme court has not yet ruled on the appeal.
Two teenage boys in Louisville were charged with delinquency and storehouse breaking after police found they could not play violins carried in bicycle baskets. Officers had received a report that instruments were stolen from Alex G Barret junior high school.
The class of 1949 at Coe College will present an oil painting by Marvin Cone to hang in the new social studies building. Cone, art professor, will paint a subject chosen by the artist. The gift will be unveiled at a senior chapel in spring with committee members Donald Gunn Mary Hamblin Jack Morgan and Jo Ann Stebbins.
Elmcrest Golf and Country Club held its annual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce building with president Howard Helscher presiding. Directors elected for three years were C. W. Bohlander Dr. Harold Jirsa Harvey Lynch J Frank Morris and Ray Spielman. Merlin Rees fills the unexpired term of Herbert Kirkland who resigned. The board will meet next week to elect officers.
Classified pages show ad rate tiers, placement rules, and various small ads. Listings include lost items such as watches and jewelry, clothing, services offered, and personal notices. Names like Char lene Buresh and Taft Hotel appear among requests for returns and local business ads.
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