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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1947

Page

12

Hogs Steady To 50 Higher In Market Report

Saturday USDA hogs receipts 500. cattle 2,000. sheep 600 as markets show firmer tone. Chicago and Omaha reports note hogs up to 50 cents, cattle generally firm, lambs steady with weak tone on mid to good wool. Prices cited for various weight ranges and regional listings include top hogs near 25.00 and calves moving around mid 20s. Complex mixed activity across Sioux City and Des Moines as hogs lead upward move in several yards.

Chicago USDAI Towa Des Uae

Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market mixed on Friday

Prices on the Cedar Rapids market were steady to 50 cents higher. Prime butchers topped at 23.25 and packers at 18.50 with varied weights for hogs. Cattle quotes show strictly choice to prime steers 1050-1300 pounds at around 26, with yearlings, cows, bulls, and sheep prices listed across the market.

Cedar Rapids

Feeble stock gains amid mixed market action in New York

In a faltering session New York stocks edged higher only to drift. Major averages showed fractional advances and many leading shares remained under pressure as transfers neared 700000 shares amid a cautious close. Railroad issues trimmed losses as trading stretched into the final hour.

New York

Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report

Chicago and New York markets show steady or weak demand across produce lines. Butter and eggs fluctuate with noted scores and receipts. potatoes, live poultry, and cheese show mixed trends as shipments, standards, and bids vary by grade and origin.

New York

Irregular Turn Taken by Grain

Chicago AP reports grain price changes mostly minor as traders await a government crop report after market close. Wheat fell 4 1/4 to 2.65 2/3 May. corn mixed, oats up 1/3 to 1/2, May. Cash wheat and corn bids listed: No. 2 yellow 1.74 1/4, No. 3 1.72, No. 4 1.70 1/4. oats bids include No. 1 heavy white 1.01 1/4, No. 1 white 1.01. barley bids around 1.60–2.06.

Chicago Board of Trade

City Hall Lifts Are Legal Again

City elevators were found noncompliant with a city code requiring conspicuous capacity tags. Maintenance crews relocated plates from crossheads to inside cars, with building officials promising new tags after further inspection by Building Inspector James Lilly.

James Lilly Lilly Lear Repair Center Point Road Kutchera Sodding & Fuel Co UNION Theo F Stark Co., Inc ABRAM Ini

Cardinal Spellman to Visit Des Moines

Cardinal Spellman will visit Des Moines this weekend to preside at 11 am mass at St Ambrose Cathedral. The event marks the first time such a highly ranked church figure has visited the city, said Most Rev. Gerald Bergan, bishop of Des Moines.

Des Moines Francis Cardinal Spellman St. Ambrose Cathedral Gerald T Bergan Bergan

City Hall News Confirms Streets Plan For New Cleveland School Site

City officials agreed to deed north and south boundary rights to the town for public thoroughfares as the school board plans to extend Burch avenue NW and widen First avenue W. The six block west site was discussed along with rezoning petitions on highway 30 east of junction with 149, curb cuts on First avenue and Thirty third street, and permits for carnation sales and beer licenses.

Cleveland Wesley G. Kluber C. J. Penningroth Burch Avenue First Avenue Bruce A. West Westland Heights, Inc Bruce City Plan Commission Val M. Barta Thirty-third Street Barta Northwood Dairy First Street Center Point Road Lilick Electric Service 2Nd Ave Cusack Electric Service 15Th St NW K. Davis Household Service Co Ae A Ag Kendall Window Shade Hospital 1St Street Persision Machine Marion Hatch & Brookman Dan Curry Root Ist Ave W. A. Kendall Window Shade Hospital Lst St Vernon Vireil Horak Chris Anderson General Jd C Kintz Albert _Gorsh Seton Sears Cedar Rapids OPI Eves Nings 16Th St Mr. Gosdill Singer Sawing. Machine Co 1St Ave Marion Pe Indy Kazy Inn Streer Eazy Inn Piccadilly Tavern Roosevelt Hotel Schneider White Bank 2Nd St. SE Indy Dial Dhug Dial Dini 2S Union News Union Railroad Station Stind Counter Commonwealth Dining Room Iwanted R & R Donut Baranchanu's Kozy Eenites Taft Stnangs Harmony Cafeterin Ge Itl Huches Wien Davis Clenners St. SW

Ossianan Club Names New Commercial Leader and Officers

OSSIAN Don Wessels is the new president of the Commercial club. Other officers are vice president Art Hemesnth secretary Don Amundsen treasurer Gustav Rogness and directors Philip Schmitz Francis Giblin and Lester Hexom.

Ossian Don Wessels Commercial Club Art Hemesnth Don Amundsen Gustav Rogness Philip Schmitz Francis Giblin Lester Hexom

WANT ADS IN MEMORIAM AND LOST AND FOUND MIX

A garbled Wants page features In Memoriam lines for Tittle Womacka and assorted lost items including a purse with $20, a gold heirloom watch, a blue purse, a one ton chain hoist, a dog and a white fox, plus multiple ads offering services and job notices. The fragmentary text lists names and contact numbers, with scattered classifieds for jewelry, jewelry repair, moving trucks, tailoring, and home services.

2Nd Street 12Th 14Th Ave G. Melvin Durland Atkins Iowa M. G. Mcltride Marion 23Rd St Dr SE

Briton Jailed for Spending Abroad

LONDON AP Percival George Arthur Harvey a 51 year old wealthy businessman was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 9000 pounds for spending too much British money in a non British currency area. He pled guilty to 14 summonses charging he exchanged 4900 pounds in British checks for French francs on trips to south France. Currency rules limit Britons to 75 pounds a year on holidays outside Britain.

London Percival George Arthur Harvey Britain Harvey France

Four Month Old Baby Suffocates in Carroll Crib

Sarah Jane Fertic four months old, daughter of Dr and Mrs R J Fertic of Carroll, was found dead in her crib by her mother. Coroner Lawrence Cochran ruled accidental suffocation with no inquest. The Ferlics moved to Carroll about two years ago from Lake View Iowa.

Carroll, Ia Sarah Jane Fertic R. J. Fertic Carroll Lawrence Cochran Ferlic Ferlics Lake View

Body Found In Des Moines River Identified

Police identified the body recovered from the Des Moines River as Dominic Formaro, 22, of Des Moines, who had been missing since April 12. The discovery was made Thursday night and is under investigation.

River Des Moines Dominic Formaro lApril

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