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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
19
Chicago AP reports livestock receipts for Saturday show hogs 500 cattle 100 sheep with market generally steady. Cows unevenly steady to 25 cents lower vealers weak while other classes hold. stock cattle close with light declines and demand limited.
Receipts around 800 calves and 500 sheep with steady to mixed demand. Feeder steers 26.50 for top lots, mid grades 21.00–27.00, cows steady to higher. vealers soft. Sheep mostly mixed with small consignments and prices around 85.25 for No 2 pelts and limited offerings overall.
Salable cattle receipts 800 with calves and steers showing limited demand amid a sharp weekly downturn. Prices range from 19 to 25 dollars for medium to good feeders and yearlings. cows and cutters weak. Hogs receipts 2500 with barrows and gilts mostly steady to higher. 190 to 270 lb lots bring 23 to 24 dollars while 425 to 450 lb sows fetch around 18 to 20 dollars. Sheep receipts 200 with fed lambs steady and top weights around 21 dollars per head.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market fell a quarter. Top primes sold at 23.25 dollars and packers at 19.00, with varied bids for good butchers and cattle including steers, cows, bulls, and yearlings across weight ranges. Wholesale fruit and market quotes also listed alongside Dow Jones averages and Friday quotations.
The first summer band concert will be held in the city park Sunday afternoon under the direction of Ray Stumbaugh, Monticello high school band director.
In New York industrial stocks led a cautious rise as labor legislation fate rested with the senate. American Telephone rebounded from Thursday, while Chrysler conceded part of a climb to a new 1947 high.
Railroad liens led Ornalee to quiet markets with little activity in foreign dollar bonds as New York traders watched subdued conditions and light trading across issues.
Receipts 400 calves 100 mainly cows on sale with few slaughter yearlings offered. No clear market trend due to limited data. prices not established.
Combined hog production for 24 hours ending Friday in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota reached 25,500 head, up from 17,806 last week and 12,600 a year ago. Prices eased with spot pigs down about 50 cents, sow markets softer, while barrows and gilts ranged around 23 to 26.38 dollars per cwt across weight classes, with several price points listed for different sizes.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Cedar River at something, unclear time, and a weather or stage reference. No clear names, dates, or events to confirm a full report.
Boulder City Nevada report states Johnny Westen fished a rain flooded Dry Lake where a thin water cover revealed lung fish preserved in lake mud. He bagged the fish as they swam in shallow water following the unusual rainstorm.
Donna Beth Aitchison, daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Aitchison of Cascade, and a Monticello High School junior, will be sent to Hawkeye Girls State by the Legion auxiliary.
Chicago reports show grains slipping after corn futures reached an all time intraday high for July at $2.00. Wheat closed down 1 to 2 percent, oats fell about 1 percent, and corn eased from the day’s peak. Market notes list mixed prices for barley and malt products with multiple grade distinctions.
Chicago market reports show unsettled receipts across butter eggs and dairy with mixed quotes. Butter wholesale prices range AA to C, while U.S. standards No. 1 and 2 and various No. 3 and 4 grades appear with fluctuating cents per pound. Egg receipts and wholesale pricing in New York and Chicago reflect firmness with color grading, weights, and market activity noted.
Milton Reynolds of Chicago, sponsor and navigator of the 79 hour round the world flight, will fly to Des Moines to serve as air marshal in the Hawkeye Holidays parade on July 2. William Hopalong Boyd and his horse Topper are set to attend as ground marshal.
Catalog blurb for Anne Adams dress pattern 4749 featuring sizes 12 to 40 and an all-day sundress with a scalloped cape. Includes yardage for 35 inch fabric and assembly instructions. Order from Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois with mail instructions and a 15 cent book offer.
Iowa officials warn overcrowded state hospitals and a psychiatry shortage will slow the rollout of new mental aid laws. Herbert H. Hauge says voluntary admissions may wait for construction to ease beds, and required annual psychiatric exams face delays amid scarce psychiatrists.
Iowa fire losses for 1946 reached a 14 year high near 6.35 million dollars. Farm losses surpassed 1.95 million with 125 barn fires averaging over 4 000 dollars each. State fire marshal John Strohm cited carelessness and postwar safety laxity as key factors and noted nine common, preventable fire causes.
A jumble of lost items includes a Cort wrist watch, a Bulova 17 jewel watch, Angora sweater, eyeglasses, and a Harman wrist watch. Cited rewards and contact numbers appear with varying details and hours.
A jumble of shopping notices and classifieds includes jewelry store promotions at Katz Jewelers and Ginsberas Jewel Box, sale items, and floor care services. Also listed are dances, music lessons, theater beauty services, repairs, and various handyman ads across Cedar Rapids addresses with contact numbers.
Dr. R. A. Hender a Kalona chiropractor becomes a partner of Dr. H. G. Stitzel in Marion this week. The Henders bought the 1084 Tenth street residence from Lowell Sebern, former home of the Williamses, and will move with sons David 17 Eric 7 and Robert 2 to Marion Monday.
Z N Lundy announces the American Legion swimming pool will open Saturday after high water threats and two inundations in the past month. O W Rust is pool manager and Al Miller the instructor. Also notes on hospital stays, ads, visits, and local notices.
Reuben Armstrong Chet Freeman Fay Marsh and Gene Wilber attend the Thirteenth Railway Engineers convention in Des Moines as World War I veterans.
Miss Dorothy Nieland daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Nieland Marion and Jerry Krous of Cedar Rapids were married last Saturday at St Louis. The couple reside with the Doride's parents at 1863 Sixth avenue. Mrs Jessie Oliphant Toddville visits her daughter Mrs Erwin Lanning. Mr and Mrs H P Kline Iowa City visiting at 1550 Seventh avenue. Mrs Kline improves after spring illness. Estella Johnson entertained in honor of nephew Dick Fuhrman wife and son Freddie Hollywood Calif. Clyde Scott and family guests of Rev J B Clyde Nashua this week. Richard Strauch Davenport is a Baefee. Ruth Frederick home from North Central College Naperville Ill. Freda Joss convalescing after Cedar Rapids hospital operation. Harold Hayes to New York City for summer with brother in law J D Swan family in Chicago.
West Union Bethel Presbyterian church will dedicate its new cathedral chimes during the Sun Gay service. Organist B C Johnston will perform a 15 minute chime concert. George Scott and the late Miss Clara Sampson funded the chimes and steeple system. Chimes are played from the organ keyboard and broadcast from the steeple. They sound briefly at 6 p.m. each Saturday and before Sunday morning services.
Dr. Jean W. MacFar lane of UC Berkeley argues fathers should have a stronger role in childrearing. Speaking at a child development conference, she proposed fathers be treated as equal members in the American family and criticized limited paternal involvement.
Louis E. Roddewis a Davenport attorney and former state board of assessment and review chair died Friday morning of a heart ailment He served as police magistrate from 1906 to 1916 and two terms as mayor He ran in 1933 for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination but was defeated by Clyde L Herring.
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