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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1949
Page
2
Chicago AP report shows hogs active with steady to 25 cents gains, cattle steady to strong, and lambs up 25 cents. USDA sale results list hogs about 7,000 head salable with varied weights, top around $18.50, calves and cows mixed, steers and heifers at mixed prices, sheep receipts about 2,000 with higher lambs and Colorado and Colorados market notes.
US cattle receipts around 6000 with calves and lightweight steers active. Fed steers near 22 to 24.25 for medium and good, heavy steers above 25. Cows uneven and mostly steady to plus 25 cents, bulls and vealers steady. Stockers scarce. prices show wide range across grades and weights.
Cattle receipts 4 200 and calves 25 under USDA data show slaughter steers and heifers largely steady to strong with medium and good steers at 22.75 to 24.00 per hundredweight and loads around 24 25 beef cattle pricing. Load averages reach 24.50 for 806 lb weights. beef cows steady with cans and cutters slow. stockers and feeders active with medium to good stock steers 21.50 to 24.00.
Des Moines area receipts show 37 000 estimated for Wednesday and 43 500 for week, 17 800 for year. Packing plant unloads in southern city with 12 plants and about 30 concentration yards in Iowa. Bids largely steady with some 25 cent gains. Barrows and gilts strong and select. Prices listed for various weight ranges from 160 pounds to 550 pounds, with sows pricing also given.
Waterloo market update lists hog prices by weight and type. Top price 18.00 for hogs, sow ranges 16.00 to 15.75, and various weight brackets from 160 pounds to 550 pounds with prices 14.50 to 16.50 per unit.
The market shows hogs steady with top bids around 17.75 per cwt for slaughter hogs. Prices range by weight from 170 to 550 pounds with bids noted between 13.50 and 17.75 per cwt, reflecting varied lots and packing house terms.
Prices across hogs rose a quarter with prime butchers at 18.00 and packers at 16.00 dollars. Cattle quotes show steady to lower ranges for steers and yearlings, with cows at mixed levels and bulls around 16 to 19 dollars. Calves, sheep, fruits and produce carry varied quotes, while butter and egg futures are listed for May 1949. Historical note lists long agricultural crop lineage.
Stocks advanced across the market on Wednesday with gains from fractions to more than two points. Trading volume reached about 1,300,000 shares as investors shifted toward higher-risk holdings.
New York bonds rise on a broad market rally led by railroad issues. Trading accelerates at the close with corporate prices advancing sharply, some gains exceeding two points in late hours.
Cattle market reports show 3,000 re cans and 200 calves, fed steers and heifers steady to firm. Spots rise about 25 cents for steers cows and bulls, with dealers firm. Prices include ad chosen medium weight fed steers at 25.50 and 24.85 to 25.25 for other lots, with mixed loads around 1,350 pounds at 25.00. Bulk anes steers 22 to 24.50, heifers 25.00 to 25.50, cows 20.50.
Chicago wholesale market notes varied prices for produce with many items rising or steady. Longhorn onions and potatoes show firm to stronger demand with receipts mixed and shipments light, including Idaho russets and Red River Valley russets, California and Texas supplies listed with per hundredweight and sack prices.
New York market notes show butter steady with various grades unchanged and cheese receipts at 406 460. The text also mentions Erastus Bigelow as the inventor of the carpet weaving machine.
Grain prices fell in Chicago trading after an early advance as May contracts showed firmer tone only briefly. Wheat closed down about 2 percent amid mixed cash-wheat signals from Kansas City and Minneapolis, with corn oats and soybeans also moving, while cash provisions quoted various grain grades and prices.
Actress Ingrid Bergman said she has no immediate plans to break up her marriage to Dr. Peter Lindstrom but did not rule out a future divorce to marry Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She issued the statement in Messina Sicily after meetings with Rossellini Lindstrom and others and then returned to Stromboli to resume filming.
Baha i speaker Natalie Anderson of Boston will address Cedar Rapids Baha i Community at 8 p m Thursday on The Search for Truth. Local doctors McQuiston and Hunting move offices to 1328 2nd Ave SE. Jim Shepard's condition improves and visitors may return. Grace Nassif and son Lester Nassif are in town. City cab promotes two way radio and dial 5161. City market opens at A Avenue and First Street NW on Saturdays Tuesdays and Thursdays with Market Master Frank Pollock announcing schedule.
Mrs. Riley Baker hunting petrified wood near Lee's Ferry Arizona found flaky logs with striking yellow color. Arizona Department of Mineral Resources confirms carnotite rich in uranium and vanadium. About 200 logs exposed on the Baker claim contain 3 percent uranium worth roughly 210 dollars per ton. The Bakers run a small gas station.
A prisoner escaped two officers and was tackled by Harry Nofal 20 a former McKinley High athlete in Cedar Rapids. They had stopped for supper at Mallwood cafe owned by Nofal’s mother Eugenie Nofal. Nofal helped in the cafe when the escape occurred.
Fidelis Electa and Mary Lowe Dickinson circles of King's Daughters held a dinner and musical program in Memorial hall on Tuesday evening. The Women's Relief Corps served the dinner for 40 women seated at a horse shoe arrangement with spring flowers. Circle presidents Mrs. Ray Starry Mrs. O A Tedeman and Mrs. Harlan F Knights led at the head. Senior high students John Snell Lynn Ford Floyd Domer Donna Bailey and Gene Michel performed with accompanist Mrs W O Hulin. Miss Rose Wilcox attended as a guest.
John W. Vowles aged 68 died in Independence after living in Cedar Rapids for many years. Born December 13, 1880 in Robins, he was a painter, unmarried, and survived by four sisters including Mrs. Gladys Derflinger who called to Independence for the death. Funeral plans were not announced.
Cary Club meets at Mrs. L. M. Phelps home as Mrs. Willis Jordan is elected president. Others chosen include Mrs. Harry Snell as vice president secretary Mrs. C. D. Burns and treasurer Mrs. E. V. Carey. Dinner honors Alpha Beta Gamma seniors at Marion high school.
Pieces from a community page report attendance at events in Toledo and Chicago, health updates and hospital stays, a dental convention clinic in Des Moines, and Mother's Day gift suggestions. Mentions include Mrs Susan Sanborn, Mr and Mrs Arthur, Mrs La Verna Crew, Mrs Stanley Thomas, Dr Anthony B Lake, Dr Francis Wells, Goodrow Greenhouse, and Dr Saundra Lacock.
A Jacksonville city statute bans displays claiming to show living mummies or the dead in public exhibitions. Sideshow acts may not depict a buried person or place a body on display outside bona fide theaters unless the person is truly dead.
Local notices list missing items and personal belongings from wallets to watches. Residents share contact numbers and locations near Iowa City and Cedar Rapids areas for recovery assistance and reward details.
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