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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1949
Page
5
Chicago and Kansas City reports show live hogs jumping 50 to 75 cents per hundredweight as supplies tighten. Prices for cattle and calves varied, with some categories up to 80 cents higher and others steady amid active but uneven trading.
A Cedar Rapids market report notes higher prices on prime butchers and packers with top prices around 2000 dollars. The listing includes varied weights for cattle categories, hog futures and poultry, alongside grain and fruit prices.
New York AP reports early stock market gains did not hold Monday and prices turned to fractional losses. Trading around 800,000 shares matched last week’s level.
A garbled OCR excerpt from Chicago market notes shows various produce items with prices and quantities, including chickens, hens, fryers, ducks, pigeons, rabbits, daisies, eggs, and onions. The text reads as a messy inventory with many misspellings and broken phrases.
A fragment lists produce prices with weight and cheese terms and references New York produce items. Mentions extra weight, regular prices, and several price figures. includes unclear notes and a product code 991.087. The legible items hint at a bustling market listing with mixed quality and varied pricing.
Grain futures rose Monday on strong CCC purchases of corn and soybeans and export interest. The Commodity Credit Corp reported buying 4,715,450 bushels of corn on two cash markets for the year’s largest day, plus 640,000 bushels of wheat and 31,000 of soybeans, lifting cash dealers into futures trading. Wheat slipped. corn gained. oats and soybeans moved little to higher as hogs and cattle markets showed broad activity.
A garbled market note estimates current week activity at multiple packing plants in the southern mint region with listings for pork and beef weights and prices. The report notes higher than Saturday averages, with mix of cut weights and various per hundredweight prices across ranges.
Lt Gen Clarence R. Huebner said Germans captured the Normandy invasion plan on D-Day but failed to act. The paper, sent back through German channels, reached Rundstedt 30 days later, by which time Allied forces held Omaha Beachhead and the plan was largely valueless.
Charles Chadima will become president of the South Side Civic Club at its January meeting, succeeding Giles Joyce. New officers elected January 10 include Leon Drapela as vice president, Marvin Kuba as secretary, and Richard Hach as treasurer. Board directors begin terms: Lumir Striesky, Jay Hesser, George Evilsizer, Joseph Zachar, Frank Zastera, Francis T. McPartland, and Giles Joyce.
Prof. Paul Ray was named president of the Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association at the annual meeting held last week. Officers elected include Mrs. Edward H. Files as first vice president, Joseph Kitchin second vice president, Roland Moehlmarin third vice president, W. R. Boyd honorary vice president, Russell Lemly secretary, Mrs. Fred G. Kellogg treasurer, Van Vechten Shaffer honorary president, and Mrs. Kellogg as campaign treasurer.
Prague AP reports police publicized letters tied to a Slovakia wide arrest of 60 on charges of plotting against the government. Josef Vican, a Slovak, allegedly wrote letters indicating American intelligence backing, while letters show aims to rally anti Communist support and view Slovakia as a central European stronghold for American forces in potential conflict with the Soviet Union.
In Chattanooga a group of hooded men identifying as Ku Klux Klan members attended a Philadelphia Baptist church service. The church pianist fainted and her husband resigned as musical director and trustee after the intrusion. The Rev. Clarence Starling described the masked entrants as the service began.
A Ku Klux Klan spokesman delivered a letter praising the church and inviting a Sabbath visit. After the reading, the group offered a prayer and departed. Mrs Arch Gray fainted, and her husband and about 15 other members resigned from church duties and membership amid the intrusion.
President Klement Gottwald was not shot. Prague’s office denied a Berlin rumor as Gottwald greeted students and miners during visits on Saturday and Sunday.
President Truman asked Congress on Monday to repeal the Republican sponsored tariff act of 1948 and restore the old reciprocal trade law without hampering restrictions. He sent the request in a letter to House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton of North Carolina.
Police investigated an attempted safe robbery at the Cad Glass Company 907 Second Street SE. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window over the weekend and hinges on the safe door were tried to be chiselled but failed. Nothing reported missing.
Obituaries note Estella Fevery of Marion dies after long illness at 82 born 1666 near Center Point later a Marion grocer with Emil Fevery. Rosary and funeral details set at St Joseph's with burial at Oak Shade. Also mentions blood donors for Mrs Kinkead, injuries to Mrs Trimble, new Grove City Rebekah officers, and various local notices including guests, club meetings, and civic posts.
A government source says the British cabinet formally approved recognizing Israel, with an official announcement planned in days. In Paris, France extended de facto recognition to Israel, meaning acknowledgement of the Israeli government without full diplomatic ties.
Postponed Tuesday study club meeting. Story hour at Sixteenth avenue library conducted by Mrs. Richard Miller at 4 19 p m Tuesday. Planned Parenthood clinic opens at St Luke's hospital 1 p m Wednesday. Assistant County Attorney Dave Elderkin to speak at East Central Iowa Peace Officers Association meeting at Memorial Coliseum 6 30 tonight. Shakespeare club meets at 2 p m Wednesday at Mrs. W L Paxson 1920 Fifth avenue SE. Act I of King John to be studied. Edward O'Brien fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. judge suspends 15 dollars of fine. Three Cedar Rapids University of Iowa ROTC students win Minute Man Awards Glenn L Medhus Richard H Heusinkveld Williams Stanford. Edward Hutchings article Heritage published in Defense News January issue. Robert Lloyd fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. arrested at Leo's lunch.
President directs Interior Army Agriculture Commerce Budget Office and the Economic Advisory Council to draft legislation for a Columbia Valley Authority. A White House statement says a special message to Congress will follow once a workable draft is ready, with weeks expected to pass.
In Kansas City 1949 began with a goal of 100 days without a fatal traffic accident but reached .22 days before a collision killed motorcycle patrolman Robert Delano Edmunds, 22. The year’s first traffic fatality involved Edmunds, who served as a traffic safety patrolman.
Burglars broke into the senior high school in Marshalltown over the weekend and escaped with about $915 in cash. They entered via a basement window, jimmied the principal's office lock, and used tools from the janitor's chest to pierce a wall to the vault and take the money.
A 14 year old Black youth is being held on morals charges after a 10 year old girl accused him of grabbing her near the Penick and Ford plant while she walked home from a show. She said he threw her to the ground and fled when she screamed. Police tracked footprints to his home and the girl identified his photo.
Carroll report says coroner's jury ruled 46 year old Maurice Reid of Coon Rapids killed himself accidentally while hunting. His body was discovered in a cornfield by a motorist who saw a parked car and followed Reid's tracks. a 12 gauge shotgun was found underneath.
Scattered ad rates for the Gazette including 1, 3, 7 day options and line counts. Also appears to show lost and found notices, rewards, personals, and specials. Names and contact hints are incomplete and resemble a damaged classifieds page.
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