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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1949
Page
9
Tuesday hog market showed steady to 25 cent higher prices with buyers covering for Monday losses. Trading ranged with noon quotes around 350 cents, while futures and other livestock sections hint at broader gains and mixed cattle activity in Kansas City and regional markets.
New York prices eased after early offer strength faded. Trading remained slow with about 600 000 shares changing hands as the market edged down on a quiet Monday.
The Chicago and New York markets show varied prices across produce lines. Potatoes russets steady with limited movements. poultry steady to higher for fryers. cheese prices mixed with cheddar and sausage products showing modest gains.
In Chattanooga Tennessee Police Chief Ed Ricketts admitted to reporters he drove against the one way street system, highlighting public confusion as locals struggle with the new traffic rule.
Chicago wheat and grains slip on the first full day of spring as bumper crop hopes pressure futures. May wheat falls to about 2 1/4 cents, corn and oats trend lower, rye down, while lard and meal show varied moves and hog futures edge higher. Cash grain quotes from Chicago show No 2 yellow corn around 1.92, oats softened, and hogs trading with mixed bids across deliveries.
U S officials back a rebuilding push as European and Asian visitors tour American production centers. The two way exchange aims to boost mass production skills and spread technical know how to revive global competitors and sustain export leadership.
The piece argues American aid aims to spur foreign growth and stabilise peace, yet critics fear hidden costs. It notes falling demand for US raw materials, rising foreign competition in textiles and diamonds, and renewed European production aided by Marshall Plan funds.
The state executive council refused to authorize printing health department pamphlets on sex education and related topics. Gov Beardsley criticized federal distribution of similar materials and said the state should not engage in the field.
Raymond W. Rystrom Jr joins Marion Soil Conservation Service staff to assist in eight northeast Iowa counties after Iowa State College agricultural engineering degree and World War II service. Wedding notices, reunions, and a long list of lost items appear with local residents, antiques and business ads, plus Scout meeting and travel notes.
Jim Meaghan general manager of the Cedar Rapids Central Association baseball club will speak at the Marion Lions Club dinner Tuesday evening. E A Lagerquist will show movies of the 1948 World Series. Floyd Reynolds of Seattle spent the weekend with his aunt Mrs Bertha Barnes en route home from South America. Reynolds and Mrs Barnes visited his uncle George Floyd at Center Point. Mrs W B Sebern will host the Ameigo club luncheon Tuesday at one o clock. Mr and Mrs Harold Ridenour of Afalissa and their children visited the Ridenour parents.
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