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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1947
Page
13
Chicago market notes weak livestock prices with hogs down 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight as consumer demand slows. Cattle steady to 25 cents lower amid steady to weak beef demand. Hog receipts around 9 500 head with top hogs near 29 dollars, calves and lambs show mixed moves amid overall softness.
The Omaha livestock market shows hogs steady to lower with bulk at 254 to 280 lb and top butchers around 27.75 per cwt while sow prices hover near 24.50 to 25.30. Calves and steers weaken across the board with good and choice stocks down 25 to 50 cents, lambs scarce but steady to firm for replacement and feeder categories. Receipts reach about 17 500 hogs and 7 500 cattle, with sales closing on lighter demand and ongoing price adjustments.
AP dispatch notes cattle receipts totaling 19 700 head with salable cattle up to 15 500. Trade is slow on limited offerings. steers and heifers show steady to weak demand with best buyers cautious. Prices shown include medium and good heifers 21 00 to 29 00 for certain classes and common cows 10 00 to 12 00, with several loads of cows and calves at sides.
The Cedar Rapids market reported hog prices a quarter lower on Monday with top prime butchers at $27.75 and packers at $25.25. Cattle prices ranged with steers from $23.50 to $28.00, yearlings around $23.00, cows between $11.50 and $17.50, and bulls $9.00 to $16.00. Sheep and wool prices, hides, poultry, eggs, and wholesale fruits were listed with varied per-unit quotes and receipts noted.
New York stocks showed only modest improvement among some leaders faltering as trading remained sluggish after a moderately active opening. The overall direction remained hazy near the close with transfers around 800000 shares.
Mixed cattle sale with steady to higher prices in places. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady, cows steady, stocker feeders little changed, some stock cattle strong. Bulk fed steers 21.50 to 24.00, good to choice 25.00 to 26.50, heifers 17.00 to 21.00, fed heifers around 21.00. Limited sales good to choice 12.00 to 23.00. cows 12.50 to 14.00, a few 14.50. canners and cutters 10.50 to 12.00. Barrows and sows not consistently reported. market not established in this report.
Combined receipts at the yards and packing plants show varied totals in Iowa and neighboring states. Numbers include ranges for hogs and sows with prices like 33.20, 27.60, and 28.25, reflecting shifts from the prior week and lower marketings.
A partial OCR fragment describes a local notice involving a sale or legal action with unreadable details. Readable entities include generic references to a case and official actions, but precise names, places, dates, or amounts are not discernible.
Harriet Parsons field representative for the Family Service Association of America postpones her Midwest visit to Cedar Rapids due to illness. She was to confer with the provisional committee organizing a local family service agency and may reschedule for early May.
Chicago reports a runaway grains session as March wheat and oats reach new peaks dating to 1920. Most wheat and oats and nearly all corn contracts climbed, with late trading pushing wheat to daily limits and corn to eight cent gains.
AP Chicago market notes show corn and oats pricing with multiple grades and figures such as No 4 at $1 and No 1 heavy oats. Red clover, sweet clover and timothy listed with nominal prices around 11 to 18 dollars per unit.
The Chicago produce market shows varied quotes across eggs poultry and vegetables. Prices listed include eggs at current receipts, fowl leders and broilers at specific per pound rates, cheese prices, and potatoes with regional arrivals and on track shipments across Idaho Nebraska North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin markets.
The report details wholesale cheese prices for American and cheddar varieties, noting per pound ranges from 42 to 60 cents and varying grades. It also mentions New York spot quotations and receiver sales to brokers and large retailers with percent ranges for quality classifications.
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers urged the Supreme Court to delay an immediate order enforcing last Thursday’s coal strike decision. They argued the public interest is not harmed by extra time for consideration and preparation of a rehearing petition, noting the case presents complex legal questions.
The Central News Agency reported that martial law was instituted on Formosa Monday to quell an armed rebellion against Chinese authority, signaling a government crackdown.
Lt. Gen. Hisaotani, 65, who led troops involved in the Nanking rape, was condemned by a Chinese military court to die by firing squad. He is the first of 16 former Japanese officers slated for war trials.
George J. Primmer 23 of 416 Sixth Street SE pled guilty to a second drunk driving offense and was fined 500 dollars plus costs by Judge J. E. Heiserman. He paid 200 dollars and costs upfront and will settle the rest at 35 dollars monthly. He may apply for a license in one year after the arrest near Mt. Vernon Avenue SE following a chase by Cedar Rapids police.
William H. Behrens Linn county engineer accepted membership in the National Highway Research Board as part of the National Research Council division. W H Root state highway commission engineer told Behrens his work will focus on research on secondary roads as a member of a joint Iowa group on road surfacing problems.
Five years after ordering by the Linn County Board of Supervisors the hand railings were finally installed on the courthouse front steps on Monday.
Wheat prices surge to their highest since 1920 driving bread costs up in Chicago Atlanta New York New England Pittsburgh Detroit and other areas. A 24 ounce loaf rose to 17 cents in Atlanta with other cities adding one to three cents. Flour and wheat prices climb as mills seek grain while government purchases for deficit areas and boxcar shortages push prices higher.
Soaring wheat prices fail to lift local bread costs as four wholesale bakeries hold price lines and one retailer recently nudges bread up by one cent. A manager notes they have been higher than competitors but plan no broad hike yet.
In Sioux City 12 wholesale beer distributors stayed closed after nine truck drivers and salesmen struck against the Sioux City Brewing Company. The stoppage began Friday and continues until a new labor contract is reached, with attorney Marshall A. Pipin of Chicago stating the strike arose from a breakdown in negotiations.
Burbank California news confirms speed flyer Paul Mantz established a new east west transcontinental record for single engine planes with a time of seven hours 47 minutes 19 seconds. Mantz flew from New York to Los Angeles, falling 19 minutes from the four engine B 29 record set August 1. He praised other pilots with multiple engines and noted the pace set by the competition.
Dr. Paul Olson of the University of Iowa told the Rotary Club at the Roosevelt hotel that freer trade benefits the United States, noting that the U S is a leading capital source and major exporter while facing civilian demand shifts after wartime production. He urged expanding markets and balancing export needs with imports to justify future exports.
The council on Monday recommended continuing the alley between First and Second avenues E across the Fourth street tracks and referred the matter to City Engineer Frank Young. Truck drivers and property owners from Third to Fourth streets asked for the extension to meet an east alley, noting vehicles currently have no Fourth street outlet. The plan would require cutting through a Milwaukee railroad loading platform.
Chief E. P. Kohout told the city council that February fire losses totaled 5235.94 with all but four dollars covered by insurance. Buildings valued at 1,219,200 and contents at 462,825. Insurance paid 4,968.82 for building damage and 263.12 for contents. four dollars related to uninsured property.
On recommendation of Traffic Captain L. W. Remington the council authorized a two hour limit on Sixteenth avenue SW from C to D streets and a one hour limit on C street from Sixteenth to Fourteenth avenues SW. The restrictions respond to petitions from the Sixteenth avenue Commercial club and area merchants filed last Thursday.
The Navy warned of a probable rise in explosive mines along U S coasts in coming months. Citizens are urged to avoid handling any mines and contact the nearest military installation for disposal. Unknown mines from wartime conditions drift as weather and time affect their moorings.
The city council denied a curb cut on the east side of Fifteenth Street SE from First Avenue to the alley on a recommendation by Traffic Captain L. W. Remington. William M. Valentine and other property owners sought the cut to create a right ankle parking area by Sunshine Food Market but opponents argued the net width would be under 11 feet and cause backing into traffic.
Center Point resident and long time Linn county native Center Point-John Franklin Edaburn died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness. He was born August 19, 1869, in Linn county. Survived by three sons Ernest Charles of Cedar Rapids and Burrell of Urbandale, two daughters Mrs. Addie Tharp and Mrs. Dolly Comried of Cedar Rapids, two brothers Will of Brandon and Charles of Center Point, a sister Mrs. Harry Smith of Cedar Rapids, 23 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. One granddaughter Geraldine lived with him 17 years. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Center Point Methodist church. Body at Beatty funeral home in Cedar Rapids. burial in Dunkard cemetery.
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay proposes a personal compromise plan to break the Germany reparations stalemate in Moscow. He suggests a phased reparations approach tied to postwar economic unification and a democratic boundary shift from the Elbe to the Oder and Neisse rivers, while warning of strong opposition to aiding Germany for Russia.
Cedar Rapids water chief H F Blomquist told the city council that water will be softer once lime shipments from Duluth resume. February readings averaged 7.95 grains per gallon versus 5.55 in January. summer levels ranged 4-5 grains. Blomquist noted plans to increase lime shipments this month and reported 47,000 feet of waterpipe stock and a daily average pumping of 6,862,964 gallons.
Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs William Broz of Dysart and son John Mr and Mrs Frank Garrity of DeWitt and son John Francis Mr and Mrs John Smeltzer of Stanwood and son Russell Mr and Mrs Henry Teidemann of Lisbon and son Bernard and Mrs Florence McCormick of Newhall.
Mrs. Fred M. Blakeslee entertained at a Monday luncheon for her guest Mrs. W. G. Bowen of Savannah, a former Marion resident, with members of the Monday Bridge club attending as guests.
Warren R. Johnson, chairman of the local Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, travels to Chicago for a general meet. The notice also lists local housing requests and a mortician apprentice moving toward study, plus a lost dachshund with a reward offer.
Mr and Mrs Arthur E Granger of Cambridge Mass have been advised that their daughter Mary Ellen Granger suffered a health issue as reported in the family update.
Card pays thanks for sympathy and gifts after bereavement listing flowers and aid from various individuals and groups. Also includes a long batch of lost and found notices for pets and items, plus local business and personal notices and classifieds from Cedar Rapids area.
Anita Louise Petrusch daughter of Mr and Mrs Ike Petrusch underwent a tonsillectomy on Saturday in a local medical procedure.
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