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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1949
Page
9
Chicago reports hogs down 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight while cattle show uneven weakness and sheep rise up to 25 cents. Receipts reach around 8,000 hogs and 9,000 cattle with notable activity in wet weather areas and regional markets including Omaha and Waterloo.
Market reports list prime butcher prices around 20.75, packers near 17.75, with widespread declines across hog categories. Cattle and calf quotes follow, including choice and good grades, alongside wholesale fruit and vegetable prices and Iowa hog receipts at Des Moines with prices steady to down 25 cents.
In New York the woolen mills and suit makers wage a price war over fall suits. Mills face high wool and labor costs and resist cuts. cutters pressure for lower prices to spur sales, with Metcalf Brothers cutting fabric prices and mills like American Woolen considering matching declines.
A 6 percentish drop in American Woolen unsettled the New York market on Tuesday. Prices declined fractions to over a point as trading quickened on the fall with about 800000 shares changing hands.
Live poultry prices in Chicago show firm markets with multiple varieties and steady demand. Hens, colored, white rock, Plymouth Rock, and cross breeds priced from 29 to 42 cents per pound. frying stock around 31 to 34 cents. eggs brown and white mixed receipts total 16 657 cases. market steady with extras at 70 percent and 44 cents a dozen. New York prices mirror a steady to slight uptick trend with various grades and large lots noted. Receipts reach 681,440 with prices unchanged.
CHICAGO AP liquidation in soybeans unsettled other futures late Tuesday. After selling in soybeans, profit-taking began in wheat and spilled into corn. Close: wheat 2.44 lower, May 2.14 12. corn 0.45 higher, May 1.30 30. oats steady to 0.48 higher. rye 1 percent up to 3 lower. Soybeans 1.12 to 2.34 lower, March 2.21 34. Lard 0.32 to 0.48 lower, March 1.14 5. Chicago cash provisions list grain bids and soybeans none.
A two car collision Monday night left Drake University seniors Dennis Brumfield 27 Blockton Iowa in critical condition with head injuries and Edward Mahoney 24 Highwood NL with leg injuries. Both were hospitalized Tuesday AP reports.
Miss Paula Robinson a social service consultant for the Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association spoke to Linn County Health Association members at a Tuesday YMCA victory luncheon. The event celebrated surpassing the 1948 Christmas Seal sale quota of 20 000 in contributions.
DeWayne Weers of Anamosa said he was slugged behind the Wheel Inn after leaving the tavern at 8 p.m. The assailant took about $2 from Weers’s wallet, but left another $75 in a coat pocket. Police investigated the alley assault.
Iowa Jaycee executive committee urged Governor Beardsley and lawmakers to pass a bill providing 12 million dollars yearly in general school aid. The plan would add to transportation and handicapped aid, with half of increases to local property tax relief, and would shape other aid proposals.
A Linn County Red Cross letter praises St Patrick Day decorations and gifts created by Cedar Rapids grade school Junior Red Cross members. Students produced 150 nut cups tray favors and covers, 68 hand puppets, 75 place units, and Bix scrap bags sent to hospitals and homes nationwide under Mrs Donald E. Smith's supervision.
City Briefs note the Newpos Club ANA regular of March Degree at 7 pm in the Masonic hall. A special Board of Adjustment meeting is set for 3 pm Wednesday in the city hall council chamber. Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge 221 meets 7:30 pm Thursday at 780 0p.m. pending listing. Lawrence Bullingen of Mandan ND re-enlists as sergeant first class per Cedar Rapids recruit office. Mrs Charles McShane reports death of sister Mrs N Starrett 81 of Corpus Christi TX. George Clarke recuperates after minor operation in University hospitals Iowa City since March 12. Edgewood No 1 Women hold 12:30 pm picnic at Mrs Paul Floyd’s home. Robert L Prastka delegates Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association Sixth district. Betty Burlingham in fair condition after car crash near Covington. John M Drabelle named Iowa Electric Light and Power Engineers Publications Committee member. John Sedlacek fined 25 dollars for reckless driving after clocked at 70 mph on First Avenue NE near Fortieth Street.
Marion post 298 American Legion reports a membership high of 450 with a 100 person picnic supper for members and families. A 30th anniversary cake accompanied guests including district officials. Various meetings and events followed, including district conference spots for auxiliary and alternates, plus local club and school activities.
John A Roosevelt, youngest son of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, was appointed president of Spray-a-Wave Company in New York. He will keep his partnership in the Roosevelt-Good department store chain in Beverly Hills, California. Spray-a-Wave is a semi setting hair wave preparation applied by spraying from plastic bottles.
Franklin E. Gill assistant United States district attorney filed condemnation actions against 10 cans of Master Liquid Hog Medicine in the possession of Russell W. Holmes of Steamboat Rock. Judge Henry N. Graven ordered a hearing for April 18 in Cedar Rapids federal court on alleged mislabeling.
The Rock Island railroad petitions to remove a $6 276 damage suit filed by Norman Taylor in Benton county district court to the U S district court in Cedar Rapids. Taylor and Minnesota Valley Canning Co are sued over damage and loss of use of a tractor loader damaged April 2 1948 near the Rock Island station at Vinton during use on the rail road right of way after leasing the machine to the canning firm.
Former Third division Marines who did not receive the division history can obtain a free copy. Eligible service dates cover September 15, 1942, to September 2, 1945, and Navy men attached to the division in that period qualify. M Sgt Ray Nichols urged eligible personnel to write Infantry Journal Inc at 1118 Seventeenth Street Washington DC with name address unit and service time.
A City Lines bus and a car were damaged Monday evening in a collision in the 2700 block of Bever avenue SE. Police say Fred Frederick of 2715 Bever avenue backed his car into the bus as it turned at the end of the line. The bus driver was Earl Shears of 131B First street SW.
Classified blurbs show old rate card for Gazette want ads, deadlines, and out of town payment rules, plus a flood of lost items and personal notices listing rewards and contact details, including names and phone numbers. The heterogeneous entries mix ads with memorials, lost jewelry, pets, and various service offers from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
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