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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1946
Page
12
USDA figures show hogs up to 18.50 with most grades at 16.85 to 17.25 and light arrivals of 2,500 hogs. Cattle climbed as much as 4 dollars with fed steers and yearlings hitting 22, and sheep rising about 2.50, spring lambs at 19 for 76 pounds.
Grain prices for corn oats and barley shown with bid and offer figures. Old contract highlights list July oats at .93, Sept oats at .90, Dec oats at .90 and barley at 1.35 and a half percent. Market figures reflect bids closing values and price movement.
Receipts number 500 with a slow opening, cattle markets steady to higher. Fed steers and yearlings rise about 13 dollars with top bids near 22, calved pairs and cows show gains, while spring lambs lift to about 19 dollars with slaughter ends steady to higher and ewes advancing modestly.
Salable hog receipts 1 900 with barrows and gilts mostly 16.00 to 17.00 per cwt and sows 15.00 to 16.50. Cattle receipts 2 000 with fed steers and heifers largely 17.00 to 22.50 and cows 12.00 to 16.25. Vealers firm to higher with top around 15.50. Slaughter sheep and lambs steady to slow with native spring lambs 14.75 and shorn ewes 7.50 down. General market in Omaha area shows scarce stock and mixed demand.
Kansas City AP reports USDA sale receipts totaling 17 500 with prices generally higher across most categories. Fed steers and yearlings show gains up to 60 cents, bulls rise 25 cents, vealers steady to firm, stockers and feeders up around 25 cents, with mid to good quality lots selling at 15.50 to 17.25 per cwt and cannery and common kinds easing to 7.00 to 10.00 for lighter lots.
Combined hog receipts at 19 plants in Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8 am Monday totaled 13,800 head, down from 32,800 a week ago and 13,800 a year earlier. Prices quoted for various weight ranges showed little change with steady activity and a small volume.
The report shows receipts for two days totaling 526.663 with F.O.B. prices for butter and poultry, including fowl, fryers, broilers, roosters, and ducks. Potatoes arrivals and shipments are listed with moderate stock, varied quality, and a firm market tone.
New York produce market updates indicate varying bids and receipts for fresh items. Details show per unit pricing ranges and quality grades across categories like bulk cartons and new tubs, with some entries coded by score, condition, and origin.
New York industrials opened with a brisk 1 to 4 point push after the OPA demise but strong advances faded as profit taking set in. Steel, motor, rubber, copper and mail order shares led gains while rails and utilities lagged. Volume neared 1.7 million shares, among the season’s largest totals since late May.
New York bond review notes railroads in reorganization showing generally improved market with gains from fractions to more than a point. A few losses appear on the list while U S governments hold steady in the over the counter market.
Salable cattle receipts 1 300 calves 50 steer and heifer activity largely on shipper account with most bids about 2.00 higher. Cows uneven around 90 higher. Stockers and feeders to 20.50 for 838 lb steers and heifers, all time high. 800 850 lb heifers around 19.50. light cows to 16.00. 540 lb stockers 16.50. Hogs receipts 2 500, slow. barrows and gilts 189 lb to 17.50. other notes include concluded inactive cows and mixed Idaho ewes with market not established.
Parks Commissioner Dick Jones received authorization from the Cedar Rapids city council to sell the house at 1609 Zika Avenue NW. The property will be used to extend Ellis Park golf course and the home must be removed before the project begins.
In San Francisco Municipal Court Judge Daniel Shoe cleared Sally Rand of all charges after a Monday court session related to her night club performance. Rand, a noted dancer, faced accusations that were dismissed with the ruling.
Oats futures rise with strong demand as corn and barley also gain. July oats set at 93 and corn closes at 1.5144, barley at 1.405. Heavy trading on oats with limited deliveries, while some corn sales occur.
Chicago market notes show wheat prices for No 2 and No 3 yellow around 1.84, No 4 yellow 1.84 with a sample at 1.83. Barley prices listed with maltings and feed around 1.23 to 1.3342, all nominal.
Chicago AP reports that the board of trade directors ended ceilings on corn barley and oats following OPA expiration. They kept a five cent per bushel daily limit on price moves to bounds.
Prices on Cedar Rapids live stock and grain markets had not yet been established by Monday noon.
Superior Court Judge Harry S. Johnson opened a campaign for the National Probation Association to fund modern juvenile treatment. He praised local staff Lena Vogt Stanley Jonas Stanley Davis and Fred Carstens and urged donations to Cedar Rapids and Linn County’s probation efforts. Contributions should be sent to Judge Johnson in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids recorded 11.36 inches of rain in June, far above the 40 year average of 4.07 inches. The report notes days with little or no rain and lists daily amounts across the month, with Chambers-Inskeep providing the measurements.
In Montevideo Uruguay authorities announced the foiling of an anti-government plot. Official statements attributed the disruption to coordinated actions by security forces and intelligence units. No further details were provided about suspects or dates.
Reports indicate rents increased in areas once under rent control while overall Iowa retail prices remained steady on Monday. Landlords issued 30 day notices as the month began, though some owners told tenants there would be no increases.
Mrs. Fred Hartkie reports a drastic rent increase after OPA price controls ended, with her monthly rent jumping from 40 to 150 dollars. The notice reflects widespread concern about postwar housing costs and supplier demands.
Isolated reports show higher prices for scarce foods like meat and butter, but many Iowa retailers say they will hold prices. Des Moines bakers strike 25 cents a loaf. stores refrain from price hikes pending possible OPA extension, while officials hedge on new measures.
Darwin Burnets and Jim Richie drivers for Kenwood Transfer recount a lightning strike on a moving truck near highway 30 within city limits. A bolt blew bulbs, ripped a nine inch load cover gash, and the dash produced a ball of fire. The cab remained unburned. battery discharge lasted about thirty minutes as the trip continued toward Garfield Ark.
Lee Ragsdale assistant to the vice president of AO EE Graph Company addressed a joint luncheon of five clubs and the Business and Professional Women's club at the MH Hotel. He spoke on the unrestricted output of the scientific mind as the best hope for the modern world and described modern inventions waiting for Americans.
More than 100 relatives and friends attended an open house Sunday for Carl W Falcons and his wife celebrating their golden wedding anniversary at 476 Elev Enth Street. Relatives traveled from New York California Mason City Waterloo Sioux City Cedar Falls Rowley Central City Springville and Moline. A surprise picnic dinner for forty was held at noon and flowers were sent by Dr. Arthur A. Crew.
Mr and Mrs Jake Shaffer and relatives completed a 2700 mile return trip to the East visiting Washington Niagara Falls Marietta Ohio Reading and Bernville PA The group saw the Shaffer homestead whose title dates to 1747 bricks for the house were made by Shaffer's grandfather
The 18-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Kacena remains in critical condition with spinal injuries after a swimming pool dive at Marion. He had completed a year's service in the army and reenlisted at Fort Snelling, returning home on a 30 day furlough days before the incident.
Coach O. W. Rust said Monday that although Indian Creek overflowed Saturday night the American Legion pool was not damaged. The pool remained closed Sunday as surrounding grounds were flooded.
Ivan Smith at 958 Seventh avenue bought the late B F Mentzer residence at 1325 Eighth avenue from Dr J J Booth. Mr and Mrs Gerald Gordon have moved to Marion from Cedar Rapids and leased Dr A B Lake apartment in the Commercial building. The board of education plans its annual meeting at 7 30 tonight in Supt C B Vernon's office.
Russell Leeks Ralph Hilmer and Harold Fulton traveled to Iowa Falls on Monday to spend the week at the Iowa Baptist Boys camp. The Rev Charles Moore and E A Lagerquist accompanied them on the trip.
Notices list visits by Mr and Mrs Owen Turner to Dumont to see the Lloyd Fathers, Ruth Kruger from Phoenix guest of W F Kruger after a home service directors’ convention in Cleveland, and various relatives staying with Hillerege, Balster, and other families. Several trips to Minneapolis and Ely noted along with a hospital discharge for George Martin.
New York AP dispatch reports union leader Adolph J. Mazanec said Monday the 10 000 Railway Express Agency workers stoppage halting shipments in the metropolitan area since Thursday has been settled.
Clyde Parker became the Cedar Rapids schools superintendent on Monday replacing Arthur Deamer whose contract runs to Sept. 1. The former Moline Illinois superintendent was to meet the board Monday night. Dr Carl Kesler, appointed to replace the late George Kosek, will attend his first board meeting.
The Senate sent to the White House a 1947 half billion appropriation bill covering State Justice Commerce and the judiciary. It includes 19,284,000 for the State Department informational service and 4,150,000 for the State Department intelligence service, restored after House objections.
The Cedar Rapids Carton Company property at 1125 Sixth Street SE was condemned by the city council acting as a board of health. Assistant health officer C. H. White and Building Inspector J. H. Lilly reported extreme dilapidation with a missing front door, broken windows, and unsanitary interiors, noting no effort to maintain the dwelling for occupancy.
Cedar Rapids council revealed Coe College may erect a large T shaped barracks type dormitory partly on an unimproved street area at Sunset Park north of St. Luke's nurses home. The 140 by 97 foot building funded by the Federal Public Housing Authority for single veterans would protrude onto B avenue NE. City Attorney Don Hines was directed to prepare papers for occupancy.
Thomas brothers John George and Mike, former Lafayette cafe owners, took over the Central Park tavern at 1602 Avenue NE from Charles B. Roberdee. They received cigaret and Class B beer permits after Roberdee surrendered his licenses.
Mayor Frank K. Hahn of Cedar Rapids will testify in district court at Marshalltown Tuesday in a dispute involving the League of Iowa Municipalities and its ousted secretary Frank G. Pierce. Hahn cites that Max A. Conrad replaced Pierce at the October 1945 convention after a contested election.
Dean Keith of Coggon tavern was fined 100 dollars plus costs after arraignment before Justice H R Churchill on a charge of keeping a jar of smiles a bowl with numbers used as lottery. He paid 25 dollars and costs, with the remainder suspended. Deputy Sheriffs Harlan Snyder and R D Spooner arrested him after a written complaint from a Coggan woman.
A break in at a Fairfax tavern owned by Ralph Emanuel left $24 and five cartons of cigarettes stolen. An attempt to enter a nearby grocery across the street was reported but nothing else was taken.
A fragment notes P. O. Box 825 in Vancouver as a contact for rheumatism and arthritis information and guidance. The terse item references a group or initiative connected to medical support without further details.
Senator Robert Taft replies to President Truman's veto of the price control extension, saying Truman's action harms the economy and labeling the veto a partisan attack. Taft defends Congress's stance on continuing price controls modestly while urging earlier termination when feasible. He criticizes OPA and calls for relief from wartime pricing rules as peacetime costs rise.
Washington AP reports Congress held a solemn joint session in the house chamber to memorialize Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Truman attended, with former Roosevelt aides and foreign representatives present as John G. Winant lauded the wartime leader.
Chicago owner coach George Halas announced the Bears will train at St Josephs College in Collegeville Indiana this fall for the third straight season. The move keeps a long standing training arrangement and sets the team up for pre season preparations with established facilities.
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