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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1947
Page
7
CHICAGO AP reports all livestock quoted nominally steady in Saturday’s cleanup trade. Cattle and hogs prices were mostly lower during the last week as markets show softer demand and buyers recalibrate.
Week shows steady prices with feeders and steers mixed as receipts vary. Cattle futures and beef cow prices edge lower while vealers decline. sheep offerings remain limited with fluctuating ewes and yearlings, trades uneven but generally soft toward close.
Slaughter cattle and hogs show varied prices with salable receipts down for some categories. Hog prices fall 25 percent on some grades. butchers dip to 27.00 while sows trade around 23.50 to 24.80. Feeder classes soften, steers and heifers see modest declines, lambs and ewes mixed with demand improving for breeding stock.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog and cattle markets were steady with top hogs at 26.50 and leaners at 23.75. The report lists weights and prices for feeders, butchers, cows, calves, yearlings, hides, and fruit and grain items, plus Mississippi River stage readings and market notes.
New York reports show mixed advances as individual stocks push higher while professional profit taking on the week’s rally curbs leaders. Early gains faded through a slow session with little net direction near the close as small fractional changes dominated and total transfers reached around 400 000 shares.
In the over-the-counter market bond yields drift around a point as investors assess new issues and price action. Traders note tepid activity with prices holding near recent levels and bids and asks showing uneven support.
Prices quoted in Sioux City show declines from Friday with cattle and sheep easing. Vealers and stockers hold mixed values as buyers respond to lighter demand and seasonal shifts.
USDA reports mixed cattle trading with steers and heifers uneven. Some vealers and calves hold near steady while feeder lots and certain steer grades drop about 1.60 or more. Medium to choice 959 lb heifers reach about 25.00 with other classes varied.
A Des Moines brief notes weekly concentration figures for interior plants in Minnesota showing 22 against 29.396 the prior week and 37,590 the year ago. Barrows figures around 60 with prices near 26.75 to 31.00 and a 26.25 to 28 range. Prices and figures appear steady amid the sparse readable data.
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Chicago markets show grain futures steady with price dips met by support. Wheat rose about 1 to 10 cents, corn 3 to 3 cents higher, oats slipped up to 4 to 5 cents. Barley deliveries jumped to the 10 cent limit with March wheat bidding near the top limit.
A partially legible OCR fragment references a score line near 42 43 and mentions names and terms like Henini and suitie. The readable portion is too incomplete to determine participants, location, or outcome.
Frank Fretz 52 of Martelle Iowa real estate dealer was fined 110 dollars after two traffic counts. He admitted leaving the scene of an accident March 15 when he struck a culvert near Springville and was ordered to appear in Justice Court with a 60 day license suspension recommended by Judge Harry Johnson.
First Sgt. Edgar Hopson reported for duty at the army recruiting station in the Federal Building Cedar Rapids this week. A 41 month Pacific wartime veteran, he came from Fort Bliss Texas where he served as an anti aircraft artillery school instructor. His home is Johnson City Tennessee.
H C Klumph and his daughter Mrs Helen Westcott return from Los Angeles where they spent the winter. Mrs Westcots son Seaman 1st class Bruce Westcott has been discharged from the navy and is home from Norfolk Virginia.
H. P. Kline of 1550 Seventh Avenue was hospitalized Friday with fractured ribs and a punctured lung after he fell from a chair placed on a table while removing a piece of wallpaper. He toppled to the floor and sustained the injuries.
Mr and Mrs J C Miller purchase the house at 1285 eighth street from Mr and Mrs Wes Dye with sale handled by Earl Booze Bernard Price leases the property Mrs Arthur Daniels of Minneapolis and daughter Dorothy attend the funeral of Miss Adeliza Daniels in Marion Mr J R Strong and children return from Sioux City after death of her father W A Petty on March 14 Woodrow Millett of Rock Island and Bonita Foraker of West Branch wed in Methodist parsonage Friday evening Emor Millen of Mitchell S D visits local families once in Marion banking career Millen The condition of Dr H O is not good Saturday B F Brockman ill with flu cared for by son Earl T Brockman Mrs James Jordan southeast of Marion hospitalized at St Luke's hospital Friday
Fragmented ads list lost items such as a satchel and a baby sweater with owners sought, alongside a dense collection of service notices and miscellaneous help wanted items. The jumble includes driving to New York and New Jersey, apartment hints, and various trades and rentals.
Baptist Rev Charles Moore leads Bible school 9 45 morning service 2 Young People 6 evening worship 7 30 with baptism and special music. Catholic Rev T J McElliott celebrates mass 8 and 10. Christian Bible school 9 45 worship 10 45 with Rev Blair Sparks preaching. Youth fellowship 6 30. Congregational Rev E J Wykle interim pastor worship 11 Church school. Free Methodist Rev Carl M Cunningham preaching 10 45 and 7 30 Young People 7 prayer Wed 7 30. Methodist Rev James P Gable pastor Sunday school 9 45 worship 11 youth groups 5 30 and 6 30. Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong church school 9 45 worship 10 55 Dr C Vin White to speak. Westminster Fellowship 6 30 George Shaw leader. Lenten service 7 39. St Pauls Lutheran Rev Carl T Wuerffel worship 8 30 and 10 30. Prairie Chapel Rev A B Curran Sunday school 10 worship 11 Epworth league 7 30. Seventh Day Church of God Elder Lawrence Christensen Sabbath school 10 30 preaching.
Iowa Destry Rides Again and When the Daltons Rode listed with showtimes across Paramount and State theaters. Palace offers Of Human Bondage and The Cockeyed Miracle with late midnight show. Rialto schedules Kid's Last Ride and The Dark Horse while 2S presents Night and Day and Gangster with multiple times. Marion lists Betty Coed Plainsman and the Lady showings.
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