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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1947
Page
19
Chicago market reports show choice steers rising to 28.00 per hundredweight, the highest since April 8, as totals for the week reach about 11 000 cattle and 1 500 hogs. Cattle overall steady to 0.50 higher while hogs drop 0.25 to 0.75 and sheep ease 0.25.
Market receipts are moderately active with uneven demand. Feeders, steers, heifers, cows and bulls show a range of prices from about 10 to over 26 dollars, with spring lambs strong and native lambs up to about 27 dollars. Top loads and mixed lots appear in several categories.
Salable cattle receipts around 7 800 with calves at 100. heifers at 2 percent higher. cows up. wet grades scarce. Good steer and yearling loads around 27.50 to 25.00 per cwt. mixed yearlings near 25.00. medium stockers 14.50 to 16.50. Sows and feeders vary. sheep market noted as higher with 1 000 receipts and slaughter lambs in demand.
Hog market prices fell a quarter with prime butchers at 23.25 and packers 18.75 dollars. Cattle quotes show ranges by weight and grade from 15.00 to 34.00 dollars, with cows and bulls listed and a separate calf market note. The report covers pork, beef, calves, sheep, and poultry with mixed price movements across several categories.
Industrial shares led a late upturn in New York trading with oils steels motors retailers and coppers gaining in the final hour. Leaders posted gains up to more than a point as total transactions neared 650 million in volume.
Hog receipts around 10 000 head with prices mostly 25 to 75 cents higher or lower in spots. top hogs around 24 25 to 24 40. Cattle receipts about 7 500. steer and heifer activity up to 50 cents higher. top steers around 28 00 to 37 00 with most medium to good fed cattle 24 50 to 26 10. Sheep receipts about 1 000. ewe and lamb prices mixed with lambs around 25 25 to 26 50 and springers up to 19 00.
Des Moines report notes mixed cattle trade for 48 hours with 29 500 head moved, down from 50 000 a week earlier and 24 000 year ago. Prices show varied activity around 25 cents, with steer weights 400 to 550 pounds quoted at 16.10 to 19.18 per hundredweight and real totals around 21.00 to 22.10 for certain lots.
Kansas City livestock market reports provide prices for steers and heifers with yearling stock scarce. Prices range from about 23.73 to 25.50 per hundredweight while steer and heifer categories show steady demand.
In Chicago the grain markets moved sharply as corn and oats rose after an early dip while wheat fell. Wheat closed 1 to 2 cents lower, July futures at 2.20 to 2.2044, corn up about 1.5 to 2.5 cents, July around 1.885 to 1.924, oats 1.5 to 1.7 cents higher, July near 0.985 to 0.985.
The clipping shows a garbled market report with multiple grain prices and grades including wheat and corn. It references No. 1 mixed, No. 2 heavy pene, No. 1 white, and various dollar amounts, but the data is fragmented and hard to parse.
A Chicago market update shows eggs receipts at 25.388 cases with steady extras, live poultry mostly up to 2 cents higher for hens and broilers, and potatoes with new stock arrivals on track. Price notes cover various regional qualities and shipments, including California size A at 2.95 per 100 pounds and other regional quotes.
New York trade notes show steady wholesale quotations for dairy products. Butter and cream cheese receipts and prices are listed with per-lb notes and carton pricing, indicating steadiness amid varied grade scores and market activity.
Harriett Parsons, area representative of the Family Service Association of America, will meet with Cedar Rapids welfare groups during a three day visit. Tuesday night she will confer with the Visional committee of the Family Service agency after a 6 p.m. dinner at the YMCA. Dr. Leo B. Sedlacek chairs the committee set up under the Council for Social Planning. A luncheon forum at the YMCA Wednesday will feature Miss Parsons speaking.
The Senate confirmed President Truman's picks including Dwight B. Griswold to lead the Greek aid program and Richard W. Allen as field director of foreign relief. Norman Armour was named assistant secretary of state, Emmett O’Neal as ambassador to the Philippines, and Mennett B. Davis as American representative to the economic council on Asia and the Far East. action set for June 16.
R C Dodds of Austin Minnesota was named to head the Milwaukee railroad Tow a Dakota division in Mason City. He will succeed W F Ingraham who held the post for 21 years. Dodds will serve as a special representative of the general manager with headquarters in Mason City. The change takes effect June 15.
Gary Indiana Joseph Klen president of the Lake County commissioners wrote a scathing letter criticizing delays in sheriff's office floor repairs. A commissioner read the letter aloud and county attorney Hershman called it regrettable while Klen admitted he authored it hoping to spur action. The tactic succeeded as the repairs were pushed forward.
A man claiming to be Chester Dean of Cheyenne Wyoming was arrested in Decorah by Petrolman Fred Mueller for speeding. Cheyenne officials later identified him as Smith who had fled with Dean's car and credentials. He abandoned the Dean car at Winona Minnesota and stole another vehicle later seized by authorities. Smith was returned to Winona.
Parking meter receipts for the five day period ending June 9 totaled 1743.63, the office of Police Chief T. G. Condon announced Tuesday. Boys, sponsors are waiting to buy your Soap Box Derby wheels. Call Rapids Chevrolet Co.
The Kiwanis club hosts a father son luncheon at noon Wednesday in the Roosevelt hotel with Rev. Andrew Kurth of Westminster Presbyterian church as speaker. Drive out to Krebs Dutch Girl for lunch served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily except Sunday at 2901 Ist Ave SE.
The city council on Monday approved class B beer permits for Milton J. Kubicek and Lucille Jakubec after nearby permits were surrendered. It also approved transferring A. T. Mitchells Class B permit from 1334 First Avenue NE to 827 Fifth Street SE.
The court admitted the will of George Andrew Krippner Jr dated May 27 and named Merchants National Bank as executor in trust for Grace Krippner. Also probated were Mary L Peters and Jennie Albaugh wills, with executors named without bond. Six Albaugh children are set to share the Peters estate alongside other heirs.
Lawrence Burns aged 19 of Marion was arrested after a tavern altercation with Jackie Showers. He faces assault and battery charges and is jailed in Linn County. Previously, Judge Hamiel had sentenced him to 30 days for a similar charge, with the prior case delayed 15 months due to military service.
Bruce Robison filed a district court petition against Charles Harness alleging property damage from a collision on April 30 when Harness crossed the center line between Springville and Mt. Vernon. Robison seeks 2500 for car repairs plus transportation costs and a jury trial.
Judge G K Thomp son ordered Merle A Plummer and spouse to allow Veil Roy Lindberg and John R Dines with spouses to use a well on the Plummer property. The action states each couple owns their property with a stipulation that the well use is included.
H. D. Kemmann Sons filed in district court Tuesday to recover 152.57 dollars as principal and interest on a promissory note dated December 29 1938.
Cub Pack 1 sponsored by Immaculate Conception Church will hold a picnic Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 at Bever Park.
C Merkel of Davenport son of A Merkel of Marion wins the Croix de Guerre with Vermillion Star with citation signed by General De Gaulle for exceptional war services aiding the liberation of France. He led the 689th field artillery battalion in France with Patton's Third Army for 15 months and is an Iowa State College graduate. His younger brother Howard died in a plane crash in the East Indies.
Rita Biddick of Marion and Marion High School honors student is chosen to attend Hawkeye Girls State at Grinnell College July 23 to 30. About 200 girls from across Iowa will attend as part of the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored program.
J. J. Albaugh notified of the death of his sister in law Mrs Flora Albaugh 70 of Glen dale California widow of Daniel Albaugh. She left Marion for California 15 years ago. A daughter Mrs Vanesta Ritzhaupt and a grandson both of Glendale survive. Services and burial will be at Glendale.
Garland Rundquist of Berkeley California told his parents Albert and Mrs Rundquist that he has been made general supervisor for the Quaker Oats Company in the San Francisco and Salt Lake City areas.
The Presbyterian congregation will honor Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Voorhies with a farewell picnic at the church at 6 30 p m Wednesday. They are moving to Hedrick.
Attendees and visitors include Alfred J. Bensch N E Hammond Robert Killen and Dr R E Lehdigh at Masonic grand lodge sessions in Davenport with return planned Thursday. Mrs Hattie Snyder of Tacoma Washington guests of Marion friends. Various residents relocate visit congratulate and travel news across Marion Cedar Rapids Dubuque and neighboring towns.
A jumble of personal ads and notices mentions a reward for a dog named Penny and various services offered in small ads. It cites locations like Monticello and Mt Vernon, with references to Ford cars, clothing, beauty shops, and local contractors.
Gunfire erupted in Ludwigsburg as a carload of American soldiers escaped from Mannheim jail. The fugitives rammed a roadblock with a stolen colonel’s car, MPs firing only outside town limits. Authorities believe most of the six prisoners remained at large, eight escaped, two captured earlier.
Governor Robert D. Blue announced seven appointments to five state agencies. Terms run two to five years from July 1, with most appointees reappointed. Recipients include Mrs. King R. Palmer to the Commission for the Blind and multiple reappointments across boards of engineering examiners embalmer examiners pharmacy examiners and dental examiners in Des Moines Storm Lake Council Bluffs Ames Cedar Rapids Mason City Fort Dodge Guthrie Center.
The University of Iowa engineering college began its ninth annual eight day management course in Iowa City with about 120 participants including plant managers foremen and engineers. Prof. Ralph M. Barnes said the program aims to help industrialists make better products at lower cost.
New York light heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich and New York heavyweight Tami Mauriello will box in a 10 round bout at Ebbets Field Brooklyn under Andy Neiderreiter promotion. Promoters donate all profits to the Damon Runyon memorial cancer fund and both fighters contribute 15 percent of their purses to the fund.
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