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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1946
Page
9
Chicago prices for hogs fell as 30 000 hogs entered the market and receipts of cattle reached a Friday high. Top hog bids dipped about 75 cents to a dollar from Wednesday, with some loads at 16 25 per hundred pounds. Cattle demand remained weak despite heavy offerings, while top steers reached 22 25 and lambs held near 20.00 with slaughter hogs around 9 25.
Receipts summarize total sales and price ranges for beef and veal, with weighted declines versus previous averages. Sales include good and choice cattle at around 14 to 21 dollars per hundredweight, with calves, cows, bulls, and veal also noted. Lambs, sheep, and stockers show limited offerings and varied prices, while veal steady to lower.
In Sioux City market results, slaughter steers mostly steady with demand steady to strong. Prices show varied averages from about 14.50 to 21.50 for different weights and grades. cows and feeders remain scarce while stocker activity is limited. hogs are fairly active with lower cash prices and sow values soft. Lamb receipts remain light with steady to higher values for choice native spring lambs and good slaughter lambs finishing around 8 dollars per hundredweight.
Hog receipts reach 7500 with packer involvement and price drops for barrows and gilts. Cattle offerings 4000 include many choice fed steers and yearlings with gains up to 25 cents, bulls up 25 cents, cows steady to 15 dollars, calves and spring lambs mix. Slaughter lambs steady at around 8.50 for shorn 68 pound lots.
Salable receipts 1200 of 3400 cattle, active on slaughter steers and heifers, trade slow with prices 50 cents to $1 lower. High grade grainers offered around 19.00 to 20.00, top loads 22.00, medium to good cows steady to weak, bulls firm. Cows mainly cutter to medium dies 9.00 to 13.00, short yearling heifers around 16.50, several loads to major packer unsold early.
Combined hog receipts at 19 yards and 11 pens in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hour period ending 8 am Friday totaled 20 500 head, down from 6 900 a week ago and with prices mostly lower. Fairly active demand, steady to 50 cents lower than Wednesday. high time down about 85 cents. Slaughter weights ranged 180 to 360 pounds with buyers noting softer trends and weekly comparisons. Sows moved around 14.00 to 15.25 per hundredweight with notable price gaps across classifications.
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Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market receded 35 cents Friday after two 50 cent advances earlier in the week. Top price on prime hogs is 15.15 and packers pay 14.40. Also listed are wholesale fruits and vegetables with prices for Valencia oranges, watermelons, Georgia peaches, and other produce warming the market chatter.
New York traders showed a muted session with fractional moves and a drift lower as investors paused ahead of price control debates in Congress. Volume dipped to about 500,000 shares, the lightest for a full day since August, while few treated Independence Day as a longer holiday.
In a sluggish market Friday New York bonds fell with widespread losses and low turnover. A notable trade was Southern Pacific bonds at 105000 dollars for a 4 percent decline, reflecting a generally weaker session.
AP reports New York wholesale prices for eggs and butter with mixed colors and sizes. Egg receipts show varying prices from 32 to 36 cents per dozen, while butter receipts total 476,053 pounds with wholesale levels for bulk cartons and creamery grades, including high AA 92 score and A 92 score listings.
The notice lists butter receipts at 46.218 and market firm with 92 score, while eggs and poultry show varied figures. It cites prices for washed potatoes and U.S. No 1 sizes with quoted ranges around 3.10 to 3.45 per unit, noting immature stock and moderate demand.
Census surveys show a large wartime gain in farm and factory output while the civilian labor force grew only slightly from 1940 to 1942 and declined somewhat as the war continued.
In Chicago Friday oats futures fell more than 2 cents as demand waned. Corn rose 5 cents while barley held steady. Market nerves tied to potential OPA renewal and a return to prior ceiling prices. Moderate short covering eased losses in oats, but oats closed down 1 4 to 1 1/2 points. Corn traded up 5 cents at 1.6642 and March 1947 delivery saw light activity. Barley remained bid at 1.425 with little selling. September wheat in Minneapolis declined 5 cents.
Chicago AP reports commodity prices for grains with No 2 red wheat at 2.15 nominal, No 2 yellow corn at 2.25, oats varying by grade from 1.04 to 1.03, rye and barley with listed nominal and feed values. The figures reflect commodity market quotes for the day.
Linn county campaign reports show only 500 dollars added to the emergency food drive, totaling 11 500. Headquarters expects larger firms to file Friday and early next week. Canned food collection remains urged with depot drop at the Memorial building basement before next Wednesday for final packing.
Judge G K Thompson ruled to keep Ed Brennemans and Mrs Brenneman in possession of seven and one half acres of sweet corn land at the southeast corner of Iowa and Valley streets Center Point. Charity E Yost had sought to oust them from the land and barn and tenants had given up possession of the barn at trial.
Leo Boyles aged 49 of 422 J avenue NW pleaded innocent Friday before Judge Floyd Philbrick to a charge of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. He was jailed after failing to post a 1000 bond. Earlier police had held him on a disturbing the peace charge from a Lum’s tavern fracas at 113 First avenue SE. George Hanson, 31 of 819 Eighth street SE, was hospitalized after head injuries from a whisky bottle blow during an alleged half hour argument. his condition Friday was listed as improving.
Orlando M. E. Johnson, 33, of Decorah, was committed to the psychiatric hospital at Iowa City by Judge Floyd Philbrick after a request from his lawyer. He faces Cedar Rapids bad check charges and will be observed, with reports on his mental condition to follow. he has been jailed since June 22 in lieu of $1,000.
Lawrence Wesley Williams has asked for a new trial on a man slaughter conviction tied to a March 15 traffic death. The hearing was moved from Monday to Tuesday morning. Williams, 29, is free on a 5000 dollar bond and awaits final disposition. County Attorney William W Crissman provided the update Friday.
Alice M. Dvorak of Fairfax will receive her husband William E. Dvorak's entire estate without bond after his death June 4 in Fairfax. The will is dated March 23, 1931.
Philadelphia journalist Alfred M. Klein recounted a perilous flight of an army transport carrying vital Bikini test records. Scientists restrained loose cargo to prevent a crash as a fierce Nebraska storm battered the C 54, with key personnel from Wright Field and Boston University aboard.
Cedar Rapids city council authorized Mayor Frank K. Hahn and Deputy Clerk H. H. Wage to sign a contract with Mr. and Mrs. C. Marvin Potter to buy the lot for 8000 dollars for the Kenwood fire station near Thirty fourth Street NE on First Avenue. The Potters may move a house from the site.
Wilson and company buyers in Cedar Rapids purchased cattle for slaughter boosting farm operations to about one third capacity as OPA price limits eased. Top steers and yearlings sold around 19.50 with most good to choice from 18.50 to 19.50. cows and cutters fetched lower bids. Hog market softened in Chicago and Cedar Rapids with hog receipts high and lamb bids rising to 17.50 for lambs while ewes brought 8 to 8.25.
Trieste saw a four day general strike by about 200,000 workers despite Allied military rulings calling it illegal. The stoppage sharply disrupted the disputed city after riots left two dead and 60 injured in clashes between left and right factions.
Congress leaders from both parties denounce government wire tapping of telephone conversations. Speaker Rayburn and others demand investigations into department practices. The dispute centers on the War Department and possible broader agency overreach during Senate and House probes.
Norah Carpenter and her three newborns reunited with American father William Thompson in a Central Park West hotel after landing at LaGuardia aboard the Pan American flight. Thompson, who plans to marry Carpenter, awaits in New York before traveling to Pittsburgh where he works as a printer.
Ralph H. Hartwig, longtime assisstant manager on Cedar Rapids west side, will replace Ted Nesper as east side store manager. Nesper resigns to enter Florida nut brokerage. Hartwig begins as acting manager Monday and takes full duties July 15. he is a World War I veteran and longtime Cedar Rapids resident active in American Legion and Rainbow Division Veterans.
Mrs. R. E. Lacy of 1716 Sixteenth Street NW reported to police that 50 chickens valued at about 65 dollars were stolen from a backyard pen. The fowls were taken between midnight and 6 am on Wednesday, according to the claim.
Notice states an Iowa corporation will be formed under the 1946 Code to engage in manufacturing gas lights and appliances. It seeks authority to acquire hold lease sell and exchange real property and to conduct related business activities. The principal place is Cedar Rapids.
An automobile belonging to Mr and Mrs A Baron was stolen from in front of their home at 12 30 a m Thursday. Witnesses included Mrs Baron and Mrs James P Gable who lives nearby. The 1940 Chevrolet steel gray had not been found by Friday afternoon.
Donald and Delbert Benedict of Marion report for duty as the army air forces assigns Donald to Chanute Field Illinois and Delbert to San Antonio Texas. Their wives remain in Marion. Other local notices include family visits, birthdays, and camp fire group plans, with community names and places in Iowa and neighboring states.
A party poll shows 18-year-old voting favored four to one. The Democratic official paper notes Georgia and South Carolina allow 18 19 and 20 year olds to vote. Teens may vote in Georgia's July 17 primary under state law. South Carolina rules permit participation by white Democrats as of the new party rule.
The final plat of the First Kenwood addition to Cedar Rapids received city council approval on Friday. The subdivision has 384 lots along the south edge of Kenmore golf course, fronting Thirty fifth Street NE from Eastern Avenue to Old Marion Road, with sewers already approved. Iowa Amusement Company, owner of the area and the golf course, is the owner.
A playful monologue where Nellie argues hats and fashion drive love. She muses that hats lure men and seal partnerships, with rhymes about grooms, ribbons, and rosettes signaling a wife’s aim. The couplets satire dating customs and gender roles through witty verse.
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