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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1949

Page

3

Hogs and cattle ease as markets show mixed tone in Chicago

Hog receipts near 15000 and cattle around 13000 faced uneven bids with hogs down about 25 cents per hundredweight and cattle steady to 50 cents lower while sheep rose up to 25 cents. In Omaha bids remained varied with buyers scarce for feeders and clearances improving for some beef and pork cuts.

Chicago Chicago -Up Lowe Oma Nous Actus Big Packer Acconts Saukburt Ewes Omaha Usda Hogs Saabe Ately Siam Eadvty Y . Bleers Ibno Medi Iight Fedeers Aes

Stock Market Drifts Lower In Quiet Trading Session

New York and Chicago receipts show weak tone across commodities with gentle declines in poultry and meat markets. Domestic cheese and butter prices edge up slightly amid mixed stock track results and ongoing market steadiness.

Chicago Eklings G& A Maat Idaho Colorado Red McClures U North Dakota Minnesota Red River Valley Blies Triumphs UC Pontiacs U U S Pierita Bliss Triumphs U New York Ierass

Pattern of Grain Exchange Mixed Pattern of Grain Exchange Mixed

Chicago grain futures moved on a mixed pattern after a dull opening. The Commodity Credit Corporation indicated market interest in wheat and corn but no aggressive buying. cash markets showed steady demand for spot corn with minor basis gains while soybeans futures reflected continued oils and fuels accumulation with weak trading. Wheat, corn, and soy futures showed varied declines and slight gains in May and March contracts amid fluctuating overnight tones and warehouse activity.

Chicago Commodity Credit Corporaton

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary

Kansas City livestock market saw large cattle receipts with 400 fed steers and 50 or more lower bids. Fed steers traded around 210.00 to 210.50, with good to choice fed heifers near 181.25 to 176.25. Bulls and cows showed limited activity and prices mostly steady to firm.

Cedar Rap Tomorre Heef Boos Kansas City Kansas City Tin

Five Cedar Rapids Women to Attend Chicago Meeting

Five Cedar Rapids women will attend a Community Chest regional conference in Chicago on February 1 2 and 3. Attendees are Shirley Bechtel Jean Rela Mio Leonard Wilkening Mies Bleaner and Manian tiunting to represent Cedar Rapids. Alvin Fl Keves will represent Cedar Rapids at the meeting and the conference will follow February 4 to 6.

Cedar Rapids Rst Tate Chicago Shirley Bechtel Jean Rela Mio Leonard Wilkening Mies Bleaner Manian Meetiato Alvin Fl Keves

City Briefs and Local Notices Roundup

Elks club will meet Wednesdays at 8 pm for balloting with refreshments. Robert Rothersnow to teach general engineering at Iowa State College. Cedar Rapids Chamber plans officers election at Montrose hotel Tuesday noon for 1949 plans. Sandra Lackey of Meadowbrook underwent emergency appendectomy at St Luke’s Hospital. visitors allowed. Health section planning meeting at YMCA Wednesday noon for National Social Hygiene day with Dr Kanealy. Frank Burke, army air force, now in Germany stationed at Torstenfeld bruck, per parents. Neema Clark of Springville injured ankle at Paramount Theater. taken to Mercy Hospital in fair condition. Rotary speakers presented summaries of work by Dr W J Moershel, Louis Blair, Keith Benner, C W Johnson, and O A Harstad.

Convention Bureau Conventon Bureau of the Cedar Rapds Chamber of Commerce Montrose Hotel Council of Social Planning YMCA John Kanealy Ands As Neema Clark Springville Paramount Mercy Hospital Rotary Rotary Club W. J. Moershel Louis Blair St. Luke's Hospital Keith Benner C W. Johnson Johnson Gas Appliance Company O A Harstad Iowa Title and Abstract Company

Convalescing Hoff Recovers After Snowplow Crash Near La Porte City

Marion News reports Rock Island Rocket passenger Boyd Hoff of Santa Fe New Mexico is convalescing at his parents home after a crash near La Porte City. He was hospitalized in Waterloo while en route from St Paul after attending an insurance convention.

Boyd B. Hoff Santa Fe N. M Rock Island la Porte City Warren Hoff Waterloo Hoff Marion St. Paul

Ten Persons Homeless After Clinton Fire

A Clinton blaze left ten residents homeless after a Sunday fire devastated a combined apartment building grocery store and tavern. Fifteen people faced extreme cold as the structure burned, five managed to return to two apartments while the grocery stock was destroyed and a gas meter ruptured injuring a firefighter.

Clinton (Ap

Vaughn Drowned Reporter on Asia in Tokyo Bay

Miles W. Vaughn United Press vice president for Asia and four others drowned when a duck-hunting boat overturned in a Tokyo Bay squall. Victims included Maj. T. R. Haddock of Cape Girardeau Missouri, a Japanese newspaperman, a Japanese boatman, and the boatman's son aged 11. Vaughn had covered Asia since 1924 after U.S. and Latin American service.

Tokyo INS Miles W. Vaughn United Press Asia Tokyo Bay Vaughn Maj T. R. Haddock Cape Girardeau United States Latin America

Early methods for determining ship longitude emerged in the 18th century

The statement notes that reliable longitude determination at sea was not developed until the 1700s. It reflects historical progress in navigation, marking a shift from earlier rough estimations to coordinate precision enabled by chronometers and astronomical approaches.

Red leaders on trial defy stereotypes in New York court

A New York federal trial of 11 top Communist leaders exposes a striking contrast to the expected image. The defendants sit in a dignified row, impeccably dressed and confident, while defense attorneys attack jurors as a wealthy class. The piece notes their refined appearance and suggests little sign of economic sacrifice.

New York INS Communist Party Ana Pauker United States Ana Romania Sally Victor Lilly Dache Hat Ladies’ Auxiliary Union Square Columbus Circle Heaven Save Marx Eugene Dennis Westchester Petit and Grand Juries Defense Council Gus Hall Ohio Communist Party Dennis Minnie

Spectral Trojan Tenets and a Communist Courtroom Circle

The piece observes a courtroom gallery of nine charged defendants with mixed reactions, noting jovial mood among most and a stern, almost sanctified aura around Rev. Eliot White. White, longtime Grace Episcopal assistant minister, defies expectations by aligning with the Communist party after decades aiding immigrants and tenement communities.

Eliot White Grace Episcopal Church Grace Church Lower East Side Ellis Island New York

James Doyle Missing From Home in Tama

Special to Tha Gazette Tama authorities search for 48 year old James Francis Doyle, missing since Thursday night from his Tama home. He kept livestock on the John O'Hara farm north of Tama and may be snowbound there. Doyle is 5 foot 7, 185 pounds, gray hair, hazel eyes, last seen in striped overalls, brown leather jacket and heavy overshoes.

Tha Tama James Francis Doyle Doyle John O'Hara

Beardless Decorah Men Must Pay Fines

Special to The Gazette Decorah with the Whiker club a week old, hay crop looks strong as Decorah gears toward its centennial on June 10. City rule fines every businessman who does not grow a beard ten cents daily. The measure began January 25. U S Marshal Fred Biermann paid his fine of thirteen seventy dollars in advance to cover 137 days until the celebration.

Gazette Decorah Whiker Club U. S Fred Biermann

Gillette Recommends 39 Iowa Postmasters

Senator Guy M Gillette has recommended 39 Iowa postmasters to the postoffice department. The list includes Joseph L Torpey DeWitt Edward P Domayer Dyersville James W Klaus Earlville Marion C Ketter Van Horne Oral J Brown Washington Rex C Severt Wellman and William J Newcomb Williamsburg. The department will review the names and forward them with comments to the White House for nomination and Senate confirmation.

Washington Iowa Postoffice Department Guy M Gillette White House Wich Joseph L. Torpey DeWitt Edward P Domayer Dyersville James W. Klaus Earlville Marion C Ketter van Horne Oral J Brown Washington Rex C Severt Wellman William J Newcomb Williamsburg

Draft Law Violators Given Prison Terms

SIOUX CITY AP Three young O'Brien county farmers were sentenced to 18 months in federal prison by Judge Henry N Graven after pleading guilty to failure to register for the draft. Roy Knight 20 Primghar Donald Mott 23 and Lawrence Tyossen 19 Paullina all Quakers declined registration on religious grounds, a second refusal occurring before their guilty pleas. They had been indicted by the January federal grand jury.

Sioux City O'Brien County Henry N. Graven Roy Knight Primghar Donald Mott Lawrence Tyossen Paullina Tiev

European Owl Symbol In Early Greek Wisdom Emblem

A fragmented note discusses the owl of Europe as an emblem of wisdom tied to Pallas Athena in ancient Greek culture and mentions its early acceptance as a symbol.

Europe Pallas Athena

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