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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1947
Page
11
Chicago AP USDA notes Wednesday salable receipts hogs 6 000 cattle 11 000 sheep 3 000. Hog prices eased 50 cents to 1 dollar as supplies rose. cattle mostly steady to weak with bulls up to 25 cents. lambs steady to higher for clipped and wool breeds. Sizable pork, beef, and lamb values shown across hogs cattle and sheep with varied activity and top quotes.
Combined receipts show cattle hogs and sheep trading mixed. Hog prices sit 25 to 75 cents lower with mix of 180 to 350 pound shipments. Cattle mostly steady to easy with top fed steers around 25 to 26 dollars hundredweight and heifers and cows showing modest declines. Sheep slow with some small gains on select lambs and woolled animals. Des Moines market totals for the 24 hours end Thursday show moderate volume and softer price trends across barrows sows and feeder cattle.
The Cedar Rapids nog market shows prices down 75 cents with top prime butchers at 2250 and packers at 18.0. Listings cover cattle, calves, hides, poultry and fruits with varied weights, vintages, and regional grade pricing. Details include steers, yearlings, cows, bulls, lambs, and wool markets, plus fruit and produce quotations from local vendors.
New York AP report shows profit taking halting a partial market rebound as industrials and utilities drift lower. Active trading cooled in forenoon and a late cover rally trimmed losses with transfers near 800000 shares and Dow Jones averages easing across major sectors.
Chicago and New York reports show butter receipts around 13.143 tubs with variable prices from 60 to 59 cents for AA to C scores. eggs receipts 33,450 cases down slightly. Cheese notes list twins and Swiss prices, live poultry and potatoes sector detail stock levels and track sales across regions.
Chicago and Minneapolis markets spiked downward as grain futures closed with wheat down 2% to 2 2/3, corn mixed near even, oats up modestly, and various grain prices listed across cash and futures. Livestock in Sioux City and Kansas City shows steady to higher cattle and steady to lower hogs with active sales and price ranges.
Dwight Havens who leads the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce will address the Young Men's Bureau on Lets Do a Better Job. Dinner program will include informal notes on the Iowa state Junior Chamber convention and a new trophy case at Chamber headquarters highlights YMB awards from last week. Havens is a 1936 University of Nebraska graduate and has held multiple civic roles.
Cedar Rapids airfield welcomed the United Air Lines DC-3 with 24 pilots checked out for landings. The Mainliner arrived from Chicago at 9 45 a m, the third pilot contingent to qualify at the Cedar Rapids Municipal airport since the opening ceremonies on April 27.
The Chamber of Commerce purchasing agents committee will meet Thursday at the Montrose Hotel. A short business session will be followed by a movie titled Fury in the Pacific. F. J. McCarthy heads the committee.
Des Moines Bruins of the Western League will host the first three home games of the season at Birdland Park on Saturday and Sunday instead of the Western League stadium now under construction.
Marion council adopted an ordinance prohibiting minors from entering or working in beer taverns unless beer sales are under half total business. A separate rule bans dogs running at large from May 1 to Sept 1. Other actions include license updates, street projects, and budget notes.
Marion Eastern Star chapter hosted a friendship meeting at the Masonic temple on Monday evening. Four initiates received the work as visiting chapter officers presided, with Bertha Goldsberry as worthy matron and Dudley Henderson as worthy patron.
Olive D. Kent 55 lifelong Linn County resident died nine forty five p.m. Monday at her daughter Mrs Orlan Klopp seven miles north of Alburnett. She born August 3 1891 near Marion daughter of Robert and Mary E Martin. She married Orbra Kent in 1920. he died 1934. Survived by daughter Mrs Klopp another daughter Mrs Opal Hollingsworth Cedar Rapids son Melvin Kent Walker four grandchildren three sisters and three brothers. Last rites Thursday 2 p.m. Yocom chapel Rev Clyde Scott officiating burial Martin's Creek cemetery. Friends may call at chapel.
Three Marion teachers were honored at a dinner hosted by fellow teachers at Mrs. Harlan F. Knight's home. Bride-elect Miss Elizabeth Jane Frederick received a gift, and Miss Shirley Carver and Miss Ruth Roberts, both leaving Marion schools, were also honored.
A jumble of lost notices and ads lists many items missing or awaiting reward. Items include a female Irish setter Wendy contact numbers 2-2247 or 2611 Ist Ave E a set of 22 fox hounds with Dowglas Ross Marion reward 6665 pink shell rim glasses missing near Daniels Park a red and black boys jacket at 2-6949 a Harmon gold wrist watch near Tratel and other personal items. Also various business ads and local notices fill the page.
Four of six Dubuque area club and tavern owners pled guilty to possession of gambling devices after a sheriff county raid. Cletus Philfner and Joseph Smith of city clubs faced $500 fines, with Cletus Meyer and Tony Grutz also fined. Two operators, Frank Reuter and James Metcalf, failed to appear as 25 slot machines were seized.
Eastern Iowa Scottish Rite candidates begin work at the Iowa Consistory spring reunion with degrees from the fourth to the fifteenth on Tuesday. Walter S. Newell and Floyd Philbrick lecture degrees while Orville H. Adams and Harry A. Palmer give degree talks. El Kabir Shrine auxiliary provides noon lunches and dinners.
Linn county Red Cross chapter selects three delegates for the national convention June 9 to 12 in Cleveland. Named are William Whipple chapter chairman, Mrs L K Cornell nursing activities chair, and Bernice Erwin home service director. Whipple and Cornell are volunteers while Erwin is a staff member.
Don Tomash of 1816 K Street SW was treated at St. Luke's hospital for a dislocated shoulder after his motorcycle skidded on Ellis Boulevard NW Monday afternoon. Police say he was riding west on E Avenue NW and tried to turn into Ellis Boulevard.
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