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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1946
Page
9
Chicago and Omaha livestock trading report top hog price at 22 dollars, cattle and calves rally as fed steers reach near historic highs. Receipts about 6 000 hogs and 10 000 cattle in Chicago, with sows and lambs showing mixed gains and declines across classes.
Grain quotes for corn oats and barley listed with market figures for months Jan through Mar Aug Nov and Dec. Prices include open high low and close columns with prior close noted under old contracts reference. The Cedar Rapids office and bank building address are given for Lamson Brothers contacts.
Multiple regional cattle hog and lamb price reports show steer and heifer trade active and higher in Sioux City and Kansas City markets. Cattle prices reach around 26.25 for road lots and hogs broadly mix with good and choice 180 to 300 pound barrows at about 21.60 to 22.00, with yearly highs noted. Idaho lambs and fat cows feature in Iowa listings alongside dairy and cheese notes.
Mrs. Kate Owen of 1727 First Avenue SE gains an one eighth share of an estimated 395000 estate under the will of Mrs. Ellen Davidson which was admitted to probate in Chicago this week. The will divides the estate into eight equal parts among relatives and close friends. Mrs. Owen is first cousin to Mrs. Davidson and has two children, Mrs. Lee B. Winterberg and W. E. Owen Jr.
New York stocks showed a partial early recovery but failed to hold gains as the day closed with uneven results. Steel shares rose early but cooled, with overall trading slowing after an active first hour and about 1.2 million transfers.
Hog prices at Cedar Rapids posted a steady tone on Wednesday with early- week advances noted. Prime butchers top at 19.75, packers around 18.0. The report lists livestock quotes and market reconnaissance from J. B. Bennett & Co and other brokers, alongside commodity and stock listings and vegetable prices.
Finland bought between 420000 and 490000 bushels of oats lending a steady note to markets amid overall weakness. Corn and barley fluctuated slightly with mixed prices and small activity from local traders in Chicago cash provisions.
Chicago market show Cheese Receipts 593,502 with irregular, unchanged cheddar. Eggs receipts 7,958 cases steady with extras and standards pricing. Butter receipts 38,546 tubs steady with AA 7c and 92 A 165 4c. Potatoes arrivals 87 on track 197 with Idaho and California long whites prices and supply notes. Live poultry steady to 2c lower across hens, broilers, fryers and turkeys. The report lists wholesale carton and grade prices for creamery and cheese products and notes regional price levels in New York and Chicago markets.
Carl Ettenger and Mrs Eleanor Cahill McGuire were elected co chairmen of the Frank Miles for governor committee organized Tuesday night. Miss Winifred Groth was elected secretary and Frank Craven treasurer. Headquarters at 311 ORC building.
President Truman nominates Louis G. Dreyfus Jr of Santa Barbara California to be minister to Sweden. The post is vacant after Herschel V. Johnson became deputy U.S. representative on the United Nations Security Council.
Marriage intentions on file show Lucille Perreault 13 and Armand Mecervier 21 plan to wed Aug 5 before her 14th birthday if approved by the county probate judge. Lucille's parents consent. Ralph Cote 39 and Henrietta Caron 66 also seek marriage, his first wife.
The White House announced President Truman will fly to Missouri August 3 to vote in the Democratic primary and return to Washington after voting on August 6 in Independence. Press Secretary Ross said no public speeches are scheduled during the Missouri trip.
In Oklahoma City Democrats oust Rep Jed Johnson and Reps Lyle Boren and Victor Wickersham in a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment. Roy J. Turner wins the Democratic governor nomination to face Republican Olney Flynn in November.
In Chicago detectives traced Hulbert Jurgensen after two years living undercover as Henry Worthington. A hotel door exchange confirmed his identity and he surrendered to begin the remainder of his five year term for auto theft.
Three men entered a Chicago tailor shop and forced tailor Adolph Sugar to help them choose fifty suits. They used ice picks to threaten him, stripped him, and stole 60 cents from his pockets. One thief wore a size 42, another a 48 long stout, and the third a 36.
Ford Ashcraft a 40 year old garage mechanic was held without bond on murder charges in the death by own action pact involving his wife 38 who was killed June 11 when struck by a train as they sat in a car on tracks Ashcraft said he intended to die with her but jumped out before the train strike Miss Lulubelle McClellan 17 a former sitter for the Ashcraft children testified he told her he would be free to marry by June 15 but she said no promise was made
At Grand Forks North Dakota fishermen cope with high rod prices by converting auto radio aerials into fishing rods. They weld three loops on one end and attach a handle on the other to create a working rod for about one fifth the cost of a real rod.
Two Des Moines women were assaulted in separate incidents. Dorothy Vestal, a beauty shop operator in the Royal Union building, was struck with a hammer during a burglary in front of a customer and two children. A 51-year-old man calling himself E A Anderson was arrested. In Urbandale, a 40-year-old housewife was grabbed from behind and slugged with a rubber hose modified with an iron rod. she screamed and the assailant fled.
The no turn ordinance on Second avenue SE at the Second and Third street intersections shows progress. In the first week 53 tickets were issued, while the first two days of week two yielded five fines, three on Tuesday and two on Wednesday. Officers remind the public that turning onto or off Second avenue SE at the intersection remains prohibited.
The state highway commission reports the lowest bids for surfacing grading and bridge and culvert work. Firms listed include BEF Patton Independence for 4,499 miles, Hewitt Brothers Fredericksburg for 3.96 miles, and Lowe Construction Cedar Rapids for 4.499 miles. Other bids cover trunk roads in Buchanan and Scott counties, culverts in Delaware and Fayette, and local roads in Cedar and Jackson counties.
Howard W. Walker thirty nine of 1400 Second avenue SE paid twenty five dollars and costs on a reckless driving charge in police court. The accident occurred at First avenue and Thirteenth street when his eastbound car struck Wade S. Patterson's car stopped for a stop sign. Police said Walker's brakes were defective.
Mrs. N. R. Beall of Marion aged 75 died Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Roy W. Larson in Moline after a lengthy illness. She was a Marion Methodist Church member and widow of a former Milwaukee railway engineer. Survivors include two sons Dr. Ross H. Beall Tulsa and Ralph Beall Davenport, another daughter Mrs. Ruth Scharnberg, and daughters-in-law and relatives. The body will be taken to Hopewell Indiana for burial. services to follow with relatives traveling from Illinois and Massachusetts.
A collage of personal notices thanks friends and relatives for expressions of sympathy and floral offerings after bereavement. Names include the Butler and Lustick families. mentions Ely Legion and D.A.V. and various attendees at dinners and visits. Also several lost and found notices and local ads are interwoven.
DES MOINES UP The board of control announced total bids of 560,005.90 for 124,610 tons of coal to last the 15 state institutions until June 30, 1947. The total cost is 4.3 percent higher than last year, about 1.814 cents more per ton. Sixty percent of the coal will be Iowa coal and the remainder Illinois coal.
The Japanese government says it will register all residents of atom bombed cities to study hereditary effects on children born after the bombings. Checkups will be conducted yearly for at least one generation among survivors and their offspring.
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