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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1947
Page
17
Chicago AP dispatch reports salable estimates for cattle at 11,000 head and hogs at 6,000. Hog prices declined by 25 cents per hundredweight while cattle stayed steady to 25 cents higher and sheep firm to strong across the market.
USDA and AP notes show hogs steady to higher with salable calves at 1 200 total 1 200. cattle demand mixed with steers heavier and cows 11.00 to 13.75. lambs opening active with wooled lambs 23.00 to 25.75. stock cattle slow and sausage bulls strong. Illinois and Texas bred lambs feature in top pricing.
Salable receipts total 3 to 5 thousand across cattle hogs and sheep with mixed activity. Slaughter steers steady to higher, stockers weak. bulk good fed steers about 21.25 to 24.50 with medium grades around 20.50, cows 13.00 to 14.50, cutters 11.00 to 12.75. Hog side shows steady to 25 cent gains, 190 to 330 pound averages 26.25 to 26.75, sows 23.25, 120 to 200 pound feeders 24.00 to 26.00. Sheep receipts 3,500 with market stable.
Combined receipts for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. show 26 000 with steady markets. Lower prices noted across items with hogs and sows quoted. 420 lbs and gifts and notes 26 75 to 26 25 range. Compare figures to last week and year ago with slight declines in some classes.
The Cedar Rapids market reports a quarter decline across hog pricing with top prime butchers at 26.75 dollars for various weight ranges and packers down to 23.75. Steers and yearlings show mixed bids, with cows, bulls, and sheep also listed. Poultry and produce prices follow, including eggs, poultry, and wholesale fruits and vegetables with assorted per unit costs.
New York stocks advanced with gains in motors, steels, rails and select industrials as the market resumed a gradual recovery. The day featured widespread small increases across many large and mid cap names, with rail and manufacturing groups showing notable activity.
Estimated receipts 6,000 total 7,000. Slaughter steers weak to steady with bids around 25c lower on most bulls. heifers and mixed stock steady to firm. Vealers and yearlings mixed, demand slow. good and choice vealers around 22.00 to 23.50 with some top figures near 25.50 to packer. Canners and cutters weak. calves steady.
The Omaha market shows calves and fed steers steady to higher with good demand for heavy weight cattle. Receipts include 3,300 hogs and 9,000 calves, with butcher and packer prices around 26.50 to 27.25 for various weights, and sows near 24.00. Bulls and stockers are scarce. lambs show unsettled footing as buyers bid lower on lighter offerings.
Postmaster General Hannegan recovering from a spinal operation at Massachusetts Memorial hospital will perform only light duties for at least two months. The Democratic National Committee chairman is expected to leave hospital within a week. The operation aimed to relieve high blood pressure.
Researchers announce flames reaching nearly twice the surface temperature of the sun, indicating advances in combustion science. The breakthrough could influence industrial processes and energy research, with potential applications in materials cutting and propulsion.
Grain futures fell sharply in late trading with wheat off the daily 10 cent limit after a report that government talks with Kansas City would shift spring wheat delivery to lake navigation. Corn and oats also declined with March prices: wheat 2.86, corn 1.70, oats 31.4, barley 1.56.
Chicago poultry and produce prices show steady to weak demand across categories. Leghorn hens 25c, broilers 30 32c, Plymouth Rocks 34 2c, tom turkeys 26c, guineas 25c. eggs receipts 18,552 cases with multiple grade prices. butter receipts 460,778 lbs with varying scores. potatoes and onions arrivals reported with moderate supplies and slow demand. regional notes include Nebraska Idaho and Col Bans markets and mixed price directions.
New York AP market note shows butter receipts at 1,211,711 with firm wholesale prices and creamery grades. Cheese receipts at 474,398 with prices unchanged. spot quotations listed for various dairy products and sales ranges for receivers, buyers, and large resellers.
The Iowa House approved a bill 63 to 35 to enlarge the state tax commission’s powers. It would authorize reassessment of property in taxing districts and extend supervision over boards of review, drawing opposition from Rep. George Kester. The House committee also backed raising pay for county officials to at least 2400 a year with steps to 4800.
In Iowa City University of Iowa students began signing a petition to delay a planned dormitory fee raise until public hearings explain the reasons. Sponsored by American Youth for Democracy AYD the effort gathered over 1000 signatures by Monday afternoon at a downtown booth and also calls for action on a fair employment practices bill.
Bill Holmes and John Hall Moss, Harvard geology graduate students, lead a Wind River range expedition titled Journey into the Ice Age. The project, funded by their university, includes Sheila Holmes and Margie Moss as volunteers. They plan further field work next summer while analyzing rock specimens to illuminate Ice Age chronology and prehistoric life in Wyoming.
The Iowa senate approved the house backed uniform safety responsibility act by 35 to 1 and sent it back to the house with amendments. A separate truck bill to lengthen total vehicle size was nearly killed when the senate removed it from the calendar, 22 to 17. The measures also include posting proof of insurance after crashes, suspending licenses on certain damages, a 90 day delay on license renewals for drunken driving conviction, a one third reduction in registration for city only tractors and three ton trucks, and arrests when public offenses are suspected.
The will of Carrie L Rypka who died March 6 was admitted to probate Monday. Anton J Rypka and Fred H Hubicek were named executors without bond. The bulk of the estate went to her husband with specific bequests to the Praha lodge endowment fund for the Odd Fellows Old Peoples home Mason City Otto Konasek Emma Houser Robert and June Kuka Milton and Marlene Hass Francys Kelly Clara Haas and Dorothy Novotny. The will of Elbert E Earl died Feb 22 was also admitted Monday. Edward E Earl a son was named executor without bond and sole heir.
William P. McGuire, 35, of 513 McKinley Street SE, was fined 300 dollars in district court after pleading guilty to drunk driving from an 8:50 p.m. arrest at E Avenue and Second Street NE. Judge G K Thompson allowed 100 dollars down and 50 dollar monthly installments.
LeRoy Porter aged 29 of Olney pleaded guilty to drunk driving Tuesday. Judge G. K. Thom fined Porter $300 plus costs after Patrolman Charles M. Fels and Mt. Vernon marshal Ed Gill arrested him on highway 261 near Mt. Vernon at 4 p.m. Porter drove a truck erratically at high speed, Fels said.
Judge G. K. Thompson dismissed the divorce action of Martha A. Freel against L. on the plaintiff's motion.
A statistic shows that fewer than ten percent of blind people in the United States are younger than twenty. The data highlights age distribution gaps and implications for services and education.
Marion Auxiliary elected delegates A B Nollsch Barkwill Ellis Markert Co Kassler Helbig Williams Pras ng and others for the April 9 session. They approved a $20 donation to the mental health fund and heard an instrumental program by Marion high school students directed by Howard Ellison. John W Donnelly Cedar Rapids SS office spoke at the meeting after a picnic dinner for members and families.
Paul Rose is now head of the Marion board of education and Irvin L. Ford is vice president. The board met the day after the March 10 election to reorganize.
Mrs. Billie Walter sold the Bill mark restaurant Monday evening to H. L. Good of Cedar Rapids. Good, a longtime cafe operator from Monticello, received immediate possession.
The Marion youth center steering committee was made a permanent committee at a Sunday Lincoln auditorium meeting to review site reports. Clinton H. Moyer proposed sketches for a center in the city park and the group will organize tonight at Moyer's office. Women sought for part time greenhouse work during spring transplanting and cuttings.
Mrs Elizabeth Hatt and her daughter Mrs Sam Walker hosted a family dinner at 58 Ninth Street. Guests included Richard Hatt and Mrs Hatt of Longview Washington and James Cira with his wife and children from Fort Wayne Indiana. Furniture for sale. Grace Kopenhaver.
Ed Forbes enters Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids for partial right foot amputation. Albert and Mary Jordan return to Waukesha after visiting Marion relatives. Vernon and Mrs. Lent adopt two month old Eugene Leonard. Ora Miller returns home from Roselle Illinois after three months with daughter Lyell Shellenbarger. Dr. H O Young recovers after illness. Mrs. Floyd G Slauson back from Cedar Rapids hospital. Amos Norris ill at home Fifth Avenue East. Charles Wood birthday celebrated with 18 relatives at 1022 Seventeenth Street. Mrs Frank Goodrow and daughters attend funeral for A J Kingery in Mt Carroll Illinois.
In Des Moines AP report Frank G Moorhead publicity director notes Iowa Democrats are already naming possible 1948 contenders. U S senator mentions include several frequently named figures as party speculation begins.
United Air Lines posted 1946 operating revenues of 64.95 million dollars, up 65 percent from 1945, while expenses nearly doubled to 62.47 million. President W A Patterson outlined an 85 million dollar postwar expansion, including a San Francisco to Honolulu route by May 1 and a Hawaii link to major cities. Additional new aircraft include Mainliner 300s, Mainliner 303s, and Stratocruisers, with fare adjustments to reflect long distance services.
About 100 Knights of Pythias attended a dinner and initiation at Pythian hall Monday evening to raise 16 new members to the rank of Page. Guests from Mel Ewen of Minneapolis to state officers gathered for the Fifth district Iowa meeting. The ceremony used the Rathbone bible, the order's founding text from 1864, now 103 years old.
Members of Mt Zion Baptist church will meet at the church at 7 30 p m Wednesday. The Four Square Gospel supper at the Y M C A Tuesday night has been postponed indefinitely.
A story hour at Mt Vernon library Wednesday at 4 p.m. Miss Catherine Redmond will lead the event.
Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection will hold a regular meeting at Consistory Temple Wednesday at 8 p.m. A women's social hour and refreshments are planned.
An automobile stolen November 30 from Dr. S W Stookey at 2505 A venue NE was found Monday in a Rock Island public garage, according to a radio bulletin received by Cedar Rapids police.
A patent leather purse containing a pair of glasses and a small amount of money was found in the business district by Hen a len. He reported the find and the owner may claim at 3-2649.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Harry H. Sample, son of Mrs. Vera Sample of 810 Third Avenue SW, serves aboard the destroyer tender USS Yosemite now at Cuba. In the service nearly eight years, he previously taught at Notre Dame University in Indiana.
The Cedar Rapids Marion Council of Churches will hold a general session Monday at 7 30 in First or Gan chapel on Third avenue Fifth street SE. Vice President Lee B Winterberg will lead a symposium group.
Patricia Pratt and Waneta Mae Owen listed as members of Simpson College Indianola first semester freshman honor roll. Pratt is daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett C Pratt of 820 Nineteenth Street SE. Owen is daughter of Mr and Mrs E H Owen of 556 Knollwood Drive SE.
Champlain civic bureau invites members to a Thursday Father Sons night dinner with a surprise feature and a talk by Dr. Robert E Moyers titled My Experiences as a Member of the Greek Guerillas.
Igor Gorin is among performers for the Decorah Concert Association season with the St Louis Symphony and Whittemore and Lowe piano duo and Margaret Hershaw. Ticket sales through Saturday exceeded all previous years.
Card of Thanks from Mrs Mary Nolan and family thanks neighbors for support after bereavement. Lost and Found items include a green suit at Killian's store box with $5 reward, a child's scarf, a brown leather boy's signet, a cocker spaniel and other items with contact numbers. Classifieds list printing services, jewelry repair, rug cleaning, and a home for an elderly lady plus volunteer radio listening help early mornings.
Eight new members of McKinley High School’s National Honor Society chapter were inducted in a ceremony held in the high school auditorium. Inductees include Carol McLeod Carolyn Lindahl Margaret McLennan Darlene Dickson Patricia Jones Kenneth Cuhel James Stone and Helen Zajicek.
The noon luncheon of the Personnel Managers committee of the Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers bureau will feature E. Schaalman and Mr. Darling. The talk covers vocational information for high school graduates and the Family Welfare bureau program at the Y.M.C.A.
Venita omit Eliza R. Fenton Lois Swarzentruber and Arthur Swarzentruber organize a Iowa corporation under Chapter 491 to produce and sell chemicals and related products. The Articles of Incorporation outline general manufacturing and mercantile business, capital stock, and authority to acquire real and personal property with two thirds stock consent required.
A jumble of ads lists auto body fender straightening and refinishing offered by Rapids Chevrolet Co and Pure Motors, plus service notices for jewelry, tutoring, guitar lessons, beauty permanents, and interior decorating. Multiple small businesses promote crafts, wares, and dining in a busy commercial page.
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