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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1947
Page
7
Chicago livestock market reports hogs quoted steady after a week of gradual gains. Prices topped around 23.50 with mixed shifts in cattle and lambs. receipts estimated, demand improving, and heavy trade noted across medium to good grades.
Sioux City livestock report shows hogs largely steady with slight gains, cattle and yearlings rebound from early losses. Slaughter cattle reach top levels with good to choice prices, while stockers and feeders rise modestly. sheep and lambs mixed with choicest loads around 113 pounds and 21.5 dollars.
USDA cattle market report shows salable receipts 100 with calves none. Slaughter steers steady, heifers and mixed yearlings up to 25 cents higher, cows up 50 cents. Vealers and calves up 50 cents to $1.00, stocker and feeder classes 25 cents higher. Week’s top $26.25 for 1,604 lb choice steers. various weight ranges cited with prices from about $18.00 to $25.75 and load 929 present.
Prices show loads and lots across weight classes with bids for feeder steers and heifers ranging from about 17 to 23 per hundredweight and cows from 13 to 15. Targeted buyers include load lots around 975 pounds and mixed breed feeders with medium to good quality.
Cedar Rapids hog market saw prices up 50 cents for butchers and a quarter for packers. Top prime butcher price reached 22.50 while packers neared 40-240 lb range with strong demand. good paper weight classes noted.
Des Moines market notes list cattle and calf prices by weight and grade, hogs and sows prices, hides and poultry rates, eggs, fruits and vegetables, and grain market figure. Readers see bids for steer, yearling, cow, bull categories, lambs and lambs wool, plus regional commodity prices and freight.
A mixed grain trend from Chicago shows wheat closing unchanged to slightly lower, corn easing about one percent, and oats advancing around four percent. Cash provisions list No 1 mixed feed wheat at about 1.63 and oats at nominal prices. field seed quotes include red clover, timothy, sweet ver, and red top among others.
Hog prices hold with 180 to 240 pound butchers near steady to 25 cents lower, 240 to 350 pound hogs mostly steady, sows steady. Cattle see steers, heifers and fat cows steady to higher, veal top at 20 dollars, yearling stock steers around 21.25. Sheep receipts scarce with lambs and wool-fed ewes showing strength, prices up to 22.75 for top clips.
The House Veterans Subcommittee approved a measure to raise subsistence payments for disabled veterans in on the job training. Single veterans would receive 115 dollars monthly, married veterans 135 dollars, with 20 dollars for the first child and 15 dollars for each additional dependent.
Washington AP Rep Fuller R NY says the agricultural committee will investigate possible infractions of sugar rationing rules by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. The inquiry signals heightened scrutiny of sugar controls amid the wartime economy.
Timid buying kept favored shares afloat in Saturday trading on the New York market. Profits from a three session rally were scarce among leaders and deals. By near the close the market showed uncertain direction and transfers dwindled to about 250,000 shares in the final two hours.
The Saturday quotations page lists numerous stocks and commodities with fractional changes. Notable entries include Adams ess 14 percent, Am'n Smelting 8 percent, Pepsi-Cola 284, and Consolidated Steel around 28 percent. Names such as Pennsylvania Railroad, General Electric, Du Pont, Swift & Co, and Union Pacific appear with varied figures.
New York bond review notes prices held within very tight ranges as trading stayed light. Governments and foreign dollar bonds remained quiet with minimal movement across markets.
Arthur Raymer, 29, of route 2, was fined 35 dollars in police court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and breaking glass in the street. Police said he left Lum's tavern on First avenue SE Friday night with a beer and threw the glass at a passing couple. He received 10 dollars for drunkenness and 25 dollars for breaking glass.
Paramount offers Lady in the Lake with showings at 1 3:05 5:15 7:25 9:35 plus short subjects at 2:40 4:50 7 9:10. Iowa features Suspicion at 3 6:30 and Fallen Sparrow at 1:20 4:50. State presents Gallant Bess at 12:50 4:10 7:10 10:10 and Susie Steps Out at 11:10 2:30 6:05 9. Palace shows Claudia and David at 1 3:50 6:40 9:30 and Having Wonderful Time at 2:35 5:25 8:15 with a midnight show at 10:45. Rialto runs The Cat Creeps at 3:10 6:05 9 and Smoky Smith at 1:15 4:10 7:05 10. Times lists Sister Kenny at 2:40 6:10 9:40 and Shadow of a Woman at 1:15 4:40 8:15. Strand screens Blazing the Western Trail at 1:37 4:08 6:39 9:10 and Crime Doctor's Warning at 2:52 5:23 7:54 10:25. Marion shows The Showoff at 1:55 4:47 7:32 10:26 and Wild Bill Hickock Rides at 3:35 6:20 9:14.
A dense page fragment lists lost purses keys and a Navy blue coat with rewards offered. It mentions a Green torpedo skirt for a 1940 Ford, found keys in Daniels Park, and several service ads for repairs, jewelry, and hauling plus classified offers.
Sister Mary de Lourdes head of the Mount Mercy junior college music department won first prize in the instrumental division for her string ensemble composition Minuet at the Iowa unit of the National Catholic Music Educators association in Des Moines April 24 to 26. First prize in the choral division went to Sister Mary Bernice of the Order of St Frances in Dubuque. Authorities in the musical field served as judges.
The text notes that the Aztec name for the city site now known as Mexico City was Tenochtitlan. It highlights the historical identity of the Aztec metropolis and its location on the site of present day Mexico City.
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