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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1949
Page
9
Chicago livestock notes show hogs down about 25 cents, cattle steady to $1 lower, and sheep up to 25 cents. Receipts expand with varied bids. calves and feeders mixed, steers and heifers steady to lower, hogs mostly 25 cent declines on active trading and several price points across classes.
In New York trading on Tuesday selling pressure eased after fractional declines to around 2 points. Although losses persisted for many stocks, several shares trimmed losses or regained some ground.
Grain futures slid through much of Tuesday with wheat and corn posting multi week lows after reports the Agriculture Dept sought bids on flour after trading hours. May wheat and corn closed at their weakest since November as oats and soybeans also fell while deferreds held firm.
Cattle sales slow with light demand as buyers mostly hold steady on feeders and stock steers. Hogs steady to lower with barrows and gilts near 18 to 25 percent. sheep receipts light and activity weak with higher asked prices for slaughter lambs.
USDA cattle report shows salable receipts 7500 calves 860 slaughter steers opened slow to steady with some bids 50 cents off. Early sales quoted steady to high for medium and good fed steers with prices around 2000 to 2400 dollars and higher weights at 2450. Heifers at 1950 to 2400 with most grades good to average.
Cedar Rapids hog market prices fell a quarter from Tuesday. Prime butchers topped at 1975 dollars while packers reached 1700. Cattle market listed choice steers and yearlings with varied weights and prices, plus up to 1300 pounds for common to medium cows. Illinois and Iowa livestock quotes included calf and sheep listings with wholesale fruit and egg futures noted.
Receipts for the week near 70 000 hogs in Des Moines and southern Minnesota plants with 12 Iowa facilities handling loads. Prices steady to 25 cents lower than Monday with barrows and sows at varied weights ranging from 180 to over 580 pounds and price ranges around 16 to 19 dollars per hundredweight.
Falls City Nebraska. The estate of the late Mrs Mary Fuller valued at 3175 dollars was divided among 37 heirs. Several heirs received 427560th or 008 percent equaling 16.29 dollars each. The largest share 8407560th or 111 percent totaled 30.32 dollars. Lawyers did not reveal how the unwieldy fractions were derived.
The Chicago produce scene shows receipts of 1 car and 9 trucks with firm markets for hens and various fryers. Prices listed include hybrids at 34c, red fryers around 9c, Plymouth Rock and Rock fryers near 32c, and several other poultry lots with varying cents per pound. Reports mention overall steady receipts and large shipment volumes, with notes on extraneous price movements and grade standards.
Northwestern Bell reports long distance service restored in 23 of 80 Iowa communities where lines were broken by the weekend storm. This recovery follows outages that affected many users across the state.
In Durango Colorado Fred Barnes designed a superior copper jacketed Spitzer bullet after dissatisfaction with market rounds. He started a small business employing six makers to produce ten calibers and 48 weights of cartridge leads, using pure copper jackets and pure lead cores.
Louisville police question how two men could lift a manhole cover and where the missing cover lies. Leo Coleman and Manson Duncan Jr were arrested as they rode through town in a horse drawn wagon with the cover in the wagon. They were charged with stealing the horse and wagon and the manhole cover.
In Fort Worth Texas a woman testified her husband drank heavily, describing a two and a half hour outing where she counted about 40 bottles of beer. The judge granted her divorce.
Ameri auto dealers meeting in San Francisco warn the credit squeeze hurts sales. They advocate relaxing Regulation W to allow longer term financing for middle income buyers to move used and new cars, with Kaiser-Frazer and others pressing the Federal Reserve Board to ease restraints.
Washington AP reports a playful rumor claiming there are two Harry S Trumans. The piece notes President Truman’s busy inaugural week and references conversations with diplomats, a Kennedy editor, and government officials while joking about dual Trumans.
Stockholm sources say Sweden failed to win Norway and Denmark support for an exclusive Scandinavian defense pact at Copenhagen talks. Swedish officials plan further talks when delegations from the two other nations convene on January 29 in Oslo. Sweden seeks a regional pact separate from the North Atlantic alliance.
Earl Jones, a University of Nebraska student, released a 10 cent gas balloon with his name and address. The balloon drifted about 300 miles to Union Star, Missouri, where it was found the next day after traveling 17 hours.
The Marion Presbytery met at Marion Presbyterian Church with full representation except Lost Nation and Clinton. Supper served to 53 ministers and laymen. Tom Redhouse presided, Dr. DeShaw led singing, and Rev. Bonte Gruessing spoke on laymen organization. Guest Rev. Robert Kieser visited. A potluck supper for Mrs. Melvin Berkley preceded PEO inspections. Funeral attendance noted for Jack Rosenstiel in Freeport, with ties to Marion’s garage business history.
Funeral services for Mrs Estella E Fevery will be held at St Josephs Catholic church at 9 am Wednesday with Rev T J McElliott officiating. Burial follows in Oak Shade cemetery with pallbearers E A Lagerquist William Redmond Vernon Brockman and Emery J Miller. Friends may call at the Yocom chapel.
Worker Henry Everett at 895 Twenty-fifth Street injures ribs unloading coal for Anderson Lumber Company. Verne Balster family vacationing in Hollywood Florida. Donald Balster enrolled at Loras Academy Dubuque. Mrs. James A. Pringle hospitalized at St. Luke's. Mrs. W Goodyear visiting Ottumwa. Venables family recovering from illness. Mrs. Glenn H. Clark visiting Marshalltown. Amos and Stockton Stewart to visit J. A. W. Stewarts and John Fillmores. Mrs. Mulholland receives permit to remodel home interior. William J. Rupperle returns home from Cedar Rapids hospital after surgery.
American physicians prepare for an atomic war with potential tens of thousands of civilian casualties. The Office of Civil Defense estimates 100000 casualties per single bomb. Flying medical squads and rapid response centers are proposed with dry runs planned.
Oscar Scott and Mrs. H. B. Mogenson made a November bet on Dewey versus Truman. The loser wore red flannel underwear and pushed the winner in a wheelbarrow along Jacksonport's main street. Scott, clad in red flannels, faced a public conveyance ticket at the end.
North Liberty elected Frank Zeller president and named Logan A. Myers vice president. Several towns reported marriages including Dorothy Hubbel to Arthur Voshell and multiple couples wed in churches or parsonages. Bank reappointments, golden anniversaries, and local civic events are listed with dates and names.
The famous caricaturist Thomas Nast was born in Germany and moved to the United States at age six, shaping his later influential political cartoons and illustrations.
Rep August H Andresen introduces a bill to repeal the 10 cent per pound federal tax on pre colored oleo and a quarter cent tax on white oleo while banning sale of colored oleo. He cites dairy industry impact and farmers protection as key in the reform.
Midwinter rains triggered floods across Illinois Indiana and Ohio with southern Illinois towns facing near record January rainfall. More than 100 Mt Vernon pupils got a vacation as Booker T Washington school heating failed. St Louis rescue crews aided lowland residents as floods rose on the Big Muddy and Kincaid creek.
Pittsburgh brakeman Harry Crawford 35 fell 85 feet from a dark caboose into space on a Monongahela bridge. He blacked out but landed on his feet, rolling to ground. He suffered a dislocated ankle and other injuries and doctors expect a week of recovery.
Georgetown University, founded in 1789, is recognized as the oldest Jesuit university in the United States, reflecting early Catholic higher education in the nation.
Classified notice page shows ad rates and sample lines for 1 day 8 days 7 days with various price listings. Includes lost and found items and personal ads. References to contact numbers and tax services appear amid the ad blocks.
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