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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1947
Page
17
Chicago reports show hogs down 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight after a week of gains while cattle mostly hold steady and cows weaken up to 25 cents. Slaughter lambs and other meats listed with varied prices. receipts about 900 head and markets described as slow to steady with mixed demand.
Receipts include a mix of cows steers and heifers with activity varied from dull to good. Prices show range with good and choice weights at roughly 18 to 23 dollars per hundred. cows and sows around 21 dollars. Overall market not fully established with 2,600 to 7,500 head reported in various lots.
Receipts show calves steady to better with prices around 21 to 23 dollars. Cows and bulls range from 11 to 15 dollars with occasional higher bids. feeder and heifer trades seen in the mid teens. Lambs and yearlings mixed with moderate demand and steady to firm prices in places, early selling slow but steady.
Combined receipts at 1s eerie yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 a.m. Wednesday were 48,300, vs 44 4 and 15,700 a year ago. Market notes show prices and weights ranging with 160 to 200 lbs at 22.50 to 23.50, and 450 to 580 lb items around 21.00.
Slaughter steers held largely steady with good to top grades trading around 20.50 to 23.00 per cwt. Cow values ranged about 16.50 to 20.00, with stockers and feeders steady at 15.00 to 18.00. Calves totaled about 500 head with receipts described as salable.
Prices in Cedar Rapids held steady with prime butchers at 23.25, packers at 988.58. Cattle values ranged with steers 18.50 to 28.00, yearlings 12.00 to 22.00, cows from 10.25 to 12.00, and hogs around 11.00. Livestock and poultry values, hides and produce details fill the market page.
New York opening saw steels and motors lead a modest advance after two down days. Traders cited improved bidding sentiment from hopes for uninterrupted production and wage dispute solutions, with dividends and earnings reports boosting favorites while commodity worries kept some investors on the sidelines.
A garbled AP wire report from New York hints at rail developments and government funding, noting a close call and a notable dollar amount. The text is partial and unclear.
Iowa hog price figures from the USDA market pages show ranges for various weights. Terms include Ottumwa and Mason City with quotes around 180 to 200 pounds and price figures near 23.00 to 23.50 per hundredweight.
N T Chadderdon of World Brothers Inc spoke at a Cedar Rapids National Association of Cost Accountants meeting on cost control. He stressed overhead cost management and noted prewar cost mindedness in American industry and the need to cut costs to stay competitive.
The foreign ministry announced in Paris that Premier Stalin, Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek, Charles De Gaulle, and posthumously Franklin Roosevelt will receive military medals for their coordinated efforts against the Axis. The award honors their roles in rallying operations during World War II.
Wheat and oats advanced in Chicago trading on reports the agriculture department will speed up its export program. Corn lagged as a leading industry pulled back from the cash market, leaving oats and wheat higher with modest gains for January futures and mixed movement for corn.
The notice lists prices for oats No 1 heavy white at 83 1 2 cents per bushel, barley and clover including red top and timothy hay with reported figures such as 43.00 47 and 11 87, alongside other rough measures and nominal values. Indicates market rates and feed components for farmers.
Fragmentary OCR note lists Chicago produce prices with eggs at 44 cents and 60 cents per dozen, references to standards and a factory setting. The text is garbled but indicates market price readings and product lines as of a given date. No clear dates or full items beyond eggs and general produce references.
OCR readout shows scattered pricing terms and receipts figures for wholesale goods. Mentions of percentages, weights, and unit prices appear alongside irregular abbreviations and catalog-like entries.
Production and maintenance workers at Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company 3117 First Avenue E vote Thursday to determine their bargaining agent. They will choose Yes or No on representation by the International Union of Operating Engineers AFL in a regional NLRB supported election.
Hollywood gossip notes Lorra ine Dresselhuys named the era s glamor queen receives a movie offer from Charles Einfeld after her New York trip. Ginger Rogers next film Wild Calendar may star, with Dresselhuys mother reportedly weighing the decision. Other items include Maureen aging roles in Out of All Time, Ethel Smith returning to Disney Carnival, and wedding and feud tidbits from Hollywood snapshots.
Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, in Norway since April 1941, will come back to the United States in March for a West Coast concert tour, announced Wednesday by AP.
Dr. Robert C. Cook, editor of the Journal of Heredity, warns that current X ray and medical radiation practices could have disastrous effects on the human race. He cites gene damage from even small doses and warns that cumulative exposure could alter heredity in descendants.
The War Department reported on Wednesday that General Dwight D. Eisenhower is feeling fine and plans to return to his Pentagon desk before day’s end. The update follows his earlier illness and absence from duties.
Deaths reported across Iowa cover George Burger in Iowa City John C. Kloepfer in Riverside William Costigan in Elkader Sherwood B. Osborne in Anamosa and Mrs Ellen Brislawn in Prairieburg with details on burial, churches, cemeteries, and surviving family members including spouses children and siblings.
A boiler explosion at the Kaijo hotel in Tokyo left 700 American women Red Cross workers and War Department civilians without heat or hot water for a month. Fire and emergency crews responded as residents and staff evacuated, with repairs expected to take weeks.
Delores Klouda was elected president of Marion’s Best Four H at a meeting hosted by Carol Jordan. Other officers include Madelyn Belknap as vice president Marilyn Munier as secretary and treasurer eee as reporter and Donna as historian. Co-leaders are Mrs James Jordan and Mrs Myron Berry. Meeting is set with Marilyn Munier on Feb 7.
Mrs Floyd Williams of 2700 Fifth Avenue entertained guests Tuesday for her son Ronalds tenth birthday. Attendees included Roy Dean, Leslie Simonsen, Steven Simonsen, Dickie Luedeman, Richard Corum, Howard Corum, Denny Thompson, Verdine Stade, Junior Stade, Billy Eveland, Larry Sills and Terry Scott.
Mr and Mrs Albert Lewis of Cedar Rapids sold the house at 275 Twenty-first Street in Marion.
Mr and Mrs Roscoe R Market sold their house at 452 Third Avenue to Mr and Mrs Charles W Miller of 1913 Third Avenue Marion. The Millers sold their home to Mr and Mrs Paul Nissen of Belle Plaine. The sales were arranged through C E Pearson and Ivan Smith of Marion. Harry Edleman of Cedar Rapids handled the transactions.
Mrs Mary Hanna of 1093 Tenth Street entertained at a family reunion and dinner Sunday honoring her daughter Mrs Martin Klein of Washington DC. Also present were her sons Dr Charles Hanna of Scranton IA Dr Edward Hanna of Springville and W B Hanna of Marion and their families. The Sons were majors in the last war. W B Hanna served.
Mrs. A J Dice and others attended Linn chapter OES installation in Central City. A baby Judy Adell was born January 20 to Vernon and Iowa Falls residents. Various local residents ill or visiting, plus a Guam naval posting for Maurice Dahn and a Moose initiation for Hazel winkle.
A six man crew reached the snowbound town of Babb at 7 30 a m Wednesday with a snow plow ending a month of isolation for about 300 residents.
The sentence states Abraham Lincoln was 54 years old when he delivered the Gettysburg Address. No additional context or events are provided.
Iowa Senate panel led by Frank Byers proposes a bill to outlaw portal to portal pay suits in the state both for past and future cases. The measure would bar any trial by court of action for penalties due to unpaid wages.
The C S A Get-together committee will meet next Wednesday to discuss the English speaking group of the C S A society and a event to be held in Detroit next fall.
Edward Ashenbrewer of 912 Twentieth street SE elected president of the CSA Central committee. Esther Klersey named vice president, Mildred Raglan secretary, and Charles Smreck treasurer. The group holds meetings on the third Tuesday each month.
Florence E. Paulus of 408 Fifth Avenue SW has accepted a civil service position as a stenographer in the Cedar Rapids division offices of the bureau of internal revenue. A marine corps veteran, she served two years and was an OPA secretary at Vinton after discharge.
Attorneys in Cedar Rapids are invited to a Friday noon meeting at the YMCA to form a Junior Bar Association. The event marks the first step toward possible affiliation with the State Junior Bar Association.
Internal revenue offices in the Federal building are closed each Saturday. Herman E. Stecklein, division chief, noted Wednesday. More people are visiting on Saturday mornings and afternoons only to find doors locked. Normal hours run 7:45 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
A Chicago man launches a movement to abolish the salutation dear in business letters and to replace the stiff closing your obedient servant with plain language. He argues the term insults readers and proposes writing simply my dear or even dropping endearing terms altogether.
The senate banking committee on Wednesday unanimously approved President Truman's nomination of Dillon Myer to lead the United States Housing Authority.
DES MOINES committee assignments in the Iowa House include several Eastern Iowa lawmakers. The list highlights representatives from the region serving on key panels and policy groups. Their roles reflect experience in local issues and state governance.
Two men with long police records were captured during a burglary at a coal company office. Henry Schmitz, 33, was trapped under a freight car after dodging gunfire. Floyd Giese, 35, fled via a window, breaking his leg. A passerby alerted police at the Mulgrew office after hearing tools and seeing the unlit night light.
Chicago report notes AFL Air Line Pilots Association asks higher wages after a 15 day strike that grounded 115 planes. Proposed increases apply to overseas first pilots and co pilots with monthly pay boosts varying by service level. Arbitration was agreed November 15 between union and management.
The 1947 fats and oils forecast warns U S households may face soap and shortening scarcity. The survey projects a 1.6 billion pound shortfall from the 10.7 billion pound US needs, with 1946 to 1947 fat consumption slightly rising for inedible fats while edible fat use remains steady.
The committee voted to investigate Communist influences in the Hollywood film colony and to expose and ferret out the Communists and Communist sympathizers in the federal government. Robert E. Stripling was appointed committee clerk and chief investigator, succeeding Ernie Adamson.
Ralph L. Wolford of 82 1st Avenue was fined $50 and costs after a Wednesday peace disturbance arrest about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday at the request of Second Avenue residents who complained he became argumentative.
In Richmond Indiana George Turner 21 died after attempting to rescue his wife and small son from a blaze on Thursday. Police theorize he chose a dangerous attempt to save them as the house burned around the bed where the three lay. Firefighters found the charred ruins beside the bodies.
The record notes Barbados covers about 106 square miles and a population near 193,000. It presents a concise geographic and demographic snapshot for the island nation.
A bill in the Iowa Senate would shift hotel fire inspection from the agriculture department to the state fire marshal. It requires at least two inspections per year, mandates sprinklers alarms and elevators in larger hotels, and allows the marshal to close unsafe properties with a ten day appeal via district court. Penalties include fines up to $100 and jail time, plus $10 daily fines for noncompliance.
A $350000 bond issue floated by the Vinton consolidated school district to expand facilities was purchased Tuesday night by Thomas L. Crabbe and company of Cedar Rapids. The Crabbe firm offered a $1500 premium for bonds at one and one half percent interest. The issue will mature from 1942 to 1950. Other bidders included Paine, Weber, Jackson and Curtis of Chicago. Halsey-Stuart of Chicago. White, Phillips of Des Moines. Iowa Des Moines National. and W. Duncan of First National Chicago.
A plan to raise money for Monkey Island is being formed as a community project. The Tuesday VFW meeting named Louis Dvorak as project chairman with Earl Bapty Orville Rennie Walter Miller and Arthur Buckner as co chairs. Further committee heads and detailed plans will be announced in Thursday Gazette.
The Rev. Peter MacFarlane of St. Paul will speak at the Sunshine Mission 51st annual meeting. Four men and one woman will be elected to three year terms on the board of directors. Retiring directors are J.2. Merritt Anthony T. Pileune George Wavre Carl Hendrickson Chester Ainsworth.
Rep. Edward J. Morrissey of Valeria introduced a bill to permit prefabricated houses by changing housing rules. The measure targets first floor ceiling heights and would set an immediate effective date but expire June 30 1949.
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