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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1947
Page
17
In Chicago, good to choice fed cattle prices edged up about 25 cents per hundredweight Tuesday, while hogs slipped 50 to 75 cents. Bids hovered near 25 cents per hundredweight.
AP report from Chicago notes slow sales and mixed action across cattle hogs and sheep. Fed steers and yearlings show slight gains while most calves cows and bulls move lower or steady. hogs remain weak with corn near $27 and lambs hold around $23.30. Dense figures show salable receipts around 7 500 with varied price ranges and activity.
Slaughter steers and heifers mixedly higher by about a quarter, cows dull and cutters steady, stockers and feeders largely steady. Good fed cattle around 18 to 23 dollars, medium and good types 19 to 24, light calves and canners steady to lower. Receipts about 2,000 with moderate demand and prices closing higher for slaughter cattle.
The Agricultural market report shows cash receipts around 6,500 with cattle bids easing 25 to 80 cents. Calves and vealers modestly weaker while steers and heifers trade slowly. Choice weights hold, with stocker classes scarce and cows trading lighter early.
Combined receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in Des Moines show interior week figures with ranges for good and choice hogs. Prices listed by weight bands indicate varying bids from 24.00 to 360 pounds and up to 550 pounds, with totals and per hundredweight equivalents noted.
Cedar Rapids hog market prices fell a quarter to 50 cents Tuesday with prime on at 23.50. Reports show mixed lower bids on choice hogs and dairy goods, while poultry and fruits saw varied prices. Several states now require all marketed cheese to be made from pasteurized milk.
New York stocks edged upward on a selective basis as profit taking after Monday's rally slowed many leaders. Steel, motor, copper, rail and industrial shares attracted buyers while fractions gains dominated near the close. Transfers neared one million shares with United States Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Woolworth Kennecott Phelps Dodge American Smelting Santa Fe Norfolk and Western du Pont Pepsi-Cola Eastman Kodak among advancers.
Market notes show varied Chicago produce prices with items like beans daisies, russet potatoes, and chickens listed. Shipments and arrivals include Burbanks and Nebr varieties with limited figures and scattered quantities amid a busy trade day.
New York eggs quoted for the week show mixed color and quality grades. Heavy eggs at 80 percent A minimum, large and extra large offerings noted with varying weights. Prices indicate volume around 530,681 and pounds per dozen ranges appears, though OCR garble obscures exact figures.
A fragment notes a Sere 266 SE island in the Pacific reportedly weighing between fifty and sixty tons each. The record reflects limited readable facts and lacks full context or clear sourcing.
Chicago AP reports grain futures advanced sharply Tuesday on heavier export prospects. Wheat finished up about 1 percent, corn mixed, oats higher, with March prices around 2.10 for wheat and 1.16 for oats as European crop rumors influenced early trading.
Fragmentary OCR notes show mixed prices for feed and seed items in Chicago. Mentions include clover, sweet clover, red top and timothy hay with scattered figures like 1.05 3.218 11.00 17.50 7.40. Details are incomplete and sporadic.
Kansas City livestock prices show calves steady to strong with improvements in weights and quality. Notable figures include good native beef calves priced around 16 to 20 dollars, medium to heavy lots at 10 to 14 dollars, and bulls 12 to 14 dollars. Quantity around 2300 head with varied weights and classes across steers, heifers, and feeders.
CIO President Philip Murray urged all CIO unions to extend contracts and slow demands to reassure the public and promote genuine collective bargaining. He asked steel industry unions to grant extensions when more time is needed for wage and issue discussions to ease congressional concerns about organized labor.
The Iowa Senate approved two banking bills from the banking committee at the request of the Iowa Bankers Association. One would let banks lend on city and town real estate in the top two tiers of counties of an adjoining state, expanding beyond farm land. The other would authorize G I loans, while debates over a portal to portal pay bill and current lending limits continued.
A witty riddle asks when is a door not a door a bookcase with a storage cabinet below. The piece promotes built in shelving to add practical storage and decorative value, suggesting painting the interior and expanding space in rooms like dining areas and entryways.
Ottosen residents celebrated with a surprise party for ae Holden at the Gillmore home. The Mond team guests included Mines, Mable McCalley, Minnie Frederick, Fred Snyder, Robert Hagerman, Badham, Mark Hickman, and Miss Elizabeth Stevenson. Flowers and cards were sent from Marion and Cedar Rapids friends while in hospital. Mrs Pauline Charles. Mrs Josephine Flower of Whit tier Calif visiting Rosa Reiter. Mr and Mrs L M Wilkinson and sons Billy Johnny spent weekend at Osceola with her parents Mr and Mrs E S Vanderlinden. Mrs Vanderlinden returned to Marion to visit Wilkinson home and her son Milo C Vanderlinden.
Mrs. George Danskin and son David visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Dove in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Balster travel to Des Moines with sister Mrs. T. H. Kinsella of Minneapolis. G. O. Palmer and family visit Aurora to see his ill aunt Mrs. John King. Del Adkins and son return from Grinnell after death in the family of his father C. E. Adkins. Ralph Berryhill, Marion post office custodian, returns home from the hospital. A. Underwent and Oscar Anthes have operations at St Luke's hospital. Mrs. Fred Jorgenson and Mrs. Henry Anhorn of Owatonna and Jimmie Anhorn weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Currier.
Charles J. Madison appeared before Justice H. Churchill on a charge of false uttering of a check. He waived to the grand jury and was released on a $1,000 bond. He allegedly passed a $50 bad check to H. L. Williams on January 23, per preliminary information by County Attorney William Crissman.
Vernon Voelpel returned from Chicago last Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder pled in nocent to a charge of desertion and abandonment of a minor child in an appearance before Judge J. E. Heiserman Monday. He is being held in Linn county jail in lieu of $1,000 bond.
Lillian Barger of rural route 2 was jailed by Judge J E Heiserman on state recommendation. the sentence followed a state recommendation.
Frankie E. Hocken Monday is named executrix of the will of S. Elizabeth Dance who died December 19. The estate is divided with Hocken receiving one quarter and Georgia Frederick a daughter one quarter. Granddaughters Helen and Vivian Fachter receive a quarter and grandchildren Bonnie and Robert Bittner receive a quarter.
Town truckers backed a 20 percent rate increase for intrastate shipments over 5060 pounds with truck roads. Harry F Sundberg of the Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau cited the tariff filed with the state commerce commission and a 30 day wait before taking effect. The plan involves a 33 percent boost on less than truckload moves under 5000 pounds, with meeting representatives from Des Moines Ottumwa Waterloo and Dubuque and W C Grice of Dubuque as chairman. Interstate hikes from 20 to 33 1/3 percent were to take effect February 21 unless blocked by the interstate commission.
The Allied Control Council in Berlin orders secrecy on seven imprisoned Nazi leaders including Doenitz, Speer, and Hess. They will be moved to Spandau Prison next month to serve terms ranging from 10 to life. No public disclosure of their actions or comments is to occur.
Polk county sheriff's office holds Lawrence Rooker 30 of Des Moines on an open charge after he severely beat his former wife Bella Donaldson 26 and her companion Ila Weston 27 with a hammer near Ankeny following a staged auto accident claim. Despondency over his former wife's remarriage cited as motive. Both women hospitalized at Broadlawns General.
Fire swept the Lend-A-Hand club home for girls in Davenport as firemen battled flames. No injuries were reported, and investigators began scene checks.
Fragmented notice lists several lost items including an earring described as musical note themed, a hymn book or hymnal, a female hound named Reifel or Harold Clet Clark, and a black and white ten semiba old puppy with a tag 2-5127. Readers urged to contact for rewards. partial legible contact details and scattered misc text accompany the notices.
A joint labor management committee of Iowa trucking executives and labor representatives met in Cedar Rapids to iron out grievances on a state level. John H. Gillespie of the Iowa Motors Association led the session, with topics including contract terms and worker grievances. Members included James White, Lester Stewart, Glen Beaman from the Teamsters AFL and management reps Tyril Wissel, Warren Hobbs, Joe Hall.
A government expert told Congress that airlines operating abroad are three to 20 times as dangerous as U S scheduled carriers. Lt Gen Ira Eaker noted about 70 percent of military aviation accidents involve military crews and emphasized U S 1946 safety was the best in the industry’s history. He cited 873 deaths in U S civil aviation last year and urged modernization of airways and facilities to raise safety.
Managua, the capital of Nicara, lies along the shores of Lake niet, shaping its geography and regional identity. The brief note highlights the city’s location and environmental setting.
Prompt service for straightening and refinishing fenders with quick turnaround. Numerous ads list related services and items including automotive work, cleaning, hauling, printing, and various small businesses in the Rapids area. The page blends automotive, household, and trade notices with many promotions and contact details.
Iowa Deaths list several local obituaries with details of birthplaces, lifetimes in Mechanicsville and Tipton, and survivors. Services are noted for a Mechanicsville resident at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian church, and for others in Sinai and Tipton with burial planned in Tipton Masonic cemetery.
A study notes that among birds the mating season can trigger changes in eye color. Observers tracked multiple species noting color shifts linked to reproductive activity and hormonal changes.
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