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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1947
Page
13
In Chicago trading, cattle and hogs advanced 25 to 50 cents on Tuesday while slaughter demand eased to steady. Hogs traded slowly at higher levels with lighter butcher weights under 250 pounds seeing a 50 cent gain. most choice hogs sold around $23.50.
Hogs and cattle prices move in narrow ranges with limited demand. Receipts total about 18 000 hogs and 4 000 cattle. weights and classes show slight advances for some categories while others ease. Steers bring around 27 dollars, cows and heifers mostly steady to slightly lower, with common and medium quality sheep trading near seven to eight dollars per hundredweight.
U S Department of Agriculture figures show receipts for sheep and lambs weighing 180 to 250 pounds with average prices around 24.25 dollars. Early sales report good and choice sows with prices near 11 dollars and some ewe lots at about 148 dollars. Sheep table indicates active loads of medium to choice ewes and general pricing for top market grades.
Market notes show active demand for calves and heifers with prices ranging from 18.50 to 24.00 per hundredweight. Cows bring 11.50 to 12.75, replacements around 1450, and sows at 606 2.500. Market not yet settled.
Combined receipts at concentration yards and packing sites in interior and southern Minnesota ended at 8 a m. Wednesday. Totals show various items with prices and quantities, including beef and pork at different weights.
Market update shows hog prices up a quarter with prime hogs hitting 23.25 and packers 20. Cattle prices listed for steers and cows across weight ranges with notable highs and lows. general activity and pricing details included across肉 markets. Potatoes and other items noted with limited prices.
Stocks drifted lower in a lackluster Tuesday trading day marked by sluggish activity after an initially active opening. Some favorites rose slightly while declines dominated late trading, with broad weakness across major sectors and several listed issues showing fractional gains or losses.
Moscow reports last fall drought covered a larger area than 1921 but hardship was kept to a minimum by emergency food measures. The broadcast by the state planning commission described the effort, noting the Volga region was affected and bread cards were removed from able-bodied refusals to work.
The Civil Aeronautics Board on Tuesday tightened safety regulations for non scheduled air carriers after several recent accidents.
Gifts and grants totaling 44 405 have been accepted for Iowa State by the state board of education. The Alumi num Company of America led donors with 35 000 for a three year research fund on farm uses of aluminum.
The article states that Venezuela derives its name from a Gecitions unit ad dite salente on those in Venice meaning Little Venice or Venice. It links the term to the Italian phrase and historical context.
Grain prices slid sharply on Tuesday with wheat dropping broadside after the Commodity Credit Corporation exited the market. Nearby corn held firm while oats and barley also moved lower. lard fell, and wheat ranged from about one to two percent down.
Chicago market bulletin notes arrivals and shipments of produce including turkeys and daisies. It lists prices for trucks, washed Burbanks and utility onions, and mentions regional supplies from Idaho and Dakota with various sizes and weights.
Fragmented text shows wholesale and pricing data with stray numerals and references to cartons and scores. No coherent event or named entities. The readable bits resemble a catalog snippet or ad list rather than a complete news item.
At a Washington session Mayors urged Congress to curb strikes by amending the Wagner act and enacting new limits on unions while preserving the Norris La Guardia safeguard. Lawmakers Case and Lamange pushed restrictions on strikes and union privileges, while La Guardia cautioned against rapid changes.
The Allied Industrial League at its annual meeting elected Dobry as president of the Board of Control. Leona Borschel and others were named officers and executive committee members. The 1946 activities were reported with participation tallies across basketball golf horseshoes and social events.
Three members of a California family died when their car crashed into a Greyhound bus on U.S. Highway 40 near Effingham Illinois. Roy E Win age 55 his wife 50 and their son Donald 21 were killed. Seventeen bus passengers were bruised and shaken. The bus was en route from Indianapolis to Saint Louis.
The army air forces announce a postwar aviation cadet program in Cedar Rapids for regular army enlisted men. After a year of training, successful candidates will be commissioned as second lieutenants. Applicants must be high school graduates aged 18 to 26 with at least two years of service remaining.
Fathers and sons of the Indian Guides will hear Rex Conn Farm Editor of The Gazette discuss the history and habits of Guatemalans at the YMCA Little Theater on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Conn will present slides of Mayan descendants who comprise about 80 percent of Guatemala's population. Byron Anderson will lead the meeting.
Six civilians from Semerhaven were scheduled to arrive in New York Tuesday after a Monday delay caused by bad weather.
The Marion council sets February 3 for hiring a city collector to run the new garbage truck. Specifications available January 29 at city hall. Mayor Mullin notes prior complaints over lack of collector while awaiting delivery. Claud Luck offers to operate the truck for 50 cents monthly per customer, with city covering truck expenses. A new zoning ordinance from City Attorney White is tabled for January 28 council meeting.
Legion post members voted to send Commander Earl Adjutant H. R. Li and W. A. Jackson to the state commanders-adjutants in Des Moines on February 17 and 18. The post donated 25 to Marion Cub Scouts. Auxiliary initiated Crissee Vernon Kensinger Walker Allen McKean and Bernard Struck of Marion and Mrs Shirley Clark of Viola into the unit. The auxiliary gave 10 to the March of Dimes and 25 to the Red Cross. Mrs Neal Miller presented a program on Legislation. A picnic supper served to 125 members and their families under Mrs Harlan F Knight.
Mrs. Charles Wace 45 of Goshen Indiana died suddenly at 9 30 p m Monday in the John Mollenhour home near Linn County Home. Mr and Mrs Romig from Goshen had arrived to visit Mrs Mollenhour sister. The widow is survived by her husband and other relatives. The body will be at the chapel until Wednesday then sent to Goshen for services and burial Friday.
The Marion Business Girls club held a Monday night party in the E. V. cafe to honor Mrs. Mac Towers the former Betty Peck and Mrs. Earl Fillenworth the former Glatha Port. Twenty four members attended and gifts were presented to the honorees.
Dr and Mrs H G Stitzel who traveled to Santa Cruz California on December 15 to spend Christmas with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Louis Alcorn are traveling home and stopping in Tucson Arizona for a few days according to word received in Marion.
John E. Jayne died at 7 55 a m Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after living in Rapids for about 12 years. Funeral services will be held at the Yocom funeral home.
John E Heffren died Monday at his home 1475 Eleventh Street. A high mass will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St Marys Catholic Church conducted by M J McElliott. Burial follows at Mt Calvary cemetery. The Rosary is at 7 30 tonight in Yocom chapel with pallbearers Ed and Harold named among mourners.
The fragment lists Mullaley Dan G Hickey James Cue of Murray and Joseph Marion and Joseph Reilly of Cedar Rapids with a note that friends may call at the chapel.
Gifts and specials promoted by Edison Pharmacy during a 21st to 25th sale. Weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrison of Cedar Falls to Ed Lagerquist home. Found tan puppy reported at phone 420W. Russell Ailen of Miller South Dakota visiting Ed Holzworth, 1556 Sixth Avenue. Samuel Simmerson underwent major surgery at St Luke's Hospital. Homer Pollock back in hospital for further treatment after returning home from St Luke's. Mrs George on leave during husband’s illness. Mrs William Perrin hosted guests Leona Dimerly, Bill Perrin, and Del Johnson of Rockford Illinois.
General Eisenhower told the U S Conference of Mayors that volunteers are needed as American forces are dangerously low and warn that security requires united actions with nations. He urged manpower, warned against button war, and backed armed forces unification for effective field operations. St Lo Mayor La Valley named him an honorary citizen in memory of liberation.
Manila RP Felicisimo Manican twenty a service station helper had a habit of rubbing himself with gasoline before a shower He said it fed colds He paused in the shower to light a cigarette He died of his burns a few hours later in the Philippine General Hospital.
Harold R. Davis of 119 Second Street NW was fined $50 and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson in police court Tuesday for reckless driving. Police said Davis swerved to the left curb in front of his car Monday afternoon, narrowly missing a vehicle driven by E Krause of 1632 Eliis Boulevard NW.
Fragmented want ads list memorial note JAN 21 1967 and lost items including a watch and a rug. Notes mention reward for a hound and a sale of rag rug wares at 319 2nd Ave with upholstery cleaning and massages offerings.
N. T. Chadderson of Des Moines speaks on An Executive's dinner at Roosevelt hotel for the National Association of Cost Accountants. He holds a 1920 Nebraska degree and a master’s from Marshalltown Company. A 6 to 6:30 social precedes the dinner with a technical session at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Robert S. Vane of Cedar Rapids and Dr. William J. Petersen of the University of Iowa will address the Civic Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at a Thursday dinner. Vane, an amateur ornithologist, will present a 30 minute motion picture "Feathers Through the Limbs" on eastern Iowa birds and will speak on "Tall Tales of the Mississippi."
Pye of Twenty-fourth Street NE and Pauline Siebels of First Avenue E were fined 25 dollars each plus costs in police court Tuesday on disorderly conduct charges. The pair were arrested around 2 am in a downtown hotel at the hotel night clerk’s request.
Victor Man pled guilty before Justice of the Peace H. R. Churchill to intoxication on a public highway. Roshek was arrested Monday by the highway patrol on Highway 30 a mile south of the junction with Highway 149.
Registration for the 1947 University of Scouting at Coe College is heavier than prior years. Leadership chairman George Warkentine says courses begin at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Main Building at Coe. Cub den mothers start at 1 30 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company bungalow.
Four patients at University foetal Iowa City and Apollo Commandery hold a meeting Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the Temple de gree to discuss events and plans.
A fragment from Iowa State College mentions a Collier of Durant connected to a fraternity matter. The readable portion lacks full context or outcomes.
R. B. Booth, organization director of the Linn County Farm, is noted in this segment as a key figure within the regional agricultural leadership, with emphasis on his role and responsibilities in the county farm program.
Three car crash near Leon Monday night killed Mrs. Paul Drake 47 of Excelsior Minnesota. Police attributed the fatality to snow conditions. The article notes her husband was involved, with authorities continuing to investigate the collision details.
Secretary of Commerce Harriman told a St Louis audience that the world depends on the United States for leadership and stability. He warned that depressions can end only if management labor farmers and consumers with government cooperate and that tariff talks among 18 nations will be held next April with care to avoid harming domestic production.
Two Coe College social studies professors have articles in recent professional journals. Dr C Ward Macy authored Incidents or Effects of the Corporation Income Tax in the December American Economic Review. Dr Howard es military morality in December Research.
State Fire Marshal John Strohm says William Spettel of Waterloo admitted starting fires at the Elmer Hoover and Henry Gettler farms in Jackson county on December 22. The arson charges stem from two farm fires near Andrew Iowa last December.
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