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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1946
Page
12
Chicago AP reports the largest cattle receipts in a month while fed steers and yearlings gain. Medium and heavy steers sell around 16 to 17.50 dollars. hogs move at ceiling levels. lamb prices drop after one of the sharpest rises last week. Receipts: 14,400 cattle, 500 calves, 7,000 sheep.
Receipts reach 14 000 cattle with calves 500 and yearlings steady. Fed steers and yearlings hover around 16 to 18 dollars with mixed lots at 18. Cows bulls and sheep show erratic two way action while slaughter lambs hold around 16 to 17 dollars. Wool prices drift lower with scarce ewes.
Active sale heavy to stockers and feeders making up 40 of run. Prices firm to higher across classes with light steers and heifers selling at strong levels. Vealers calves steady. Herefords and yearlings present with mixed breeds near topline, cows and calves up to 13.00.
Omaha market notes show hog receipts 4 000 with total 8 200 at ceiling prices 14 50 for barrows and gilts. Calves salable total 150 with fed cattle steadily active and other killing classes steady to strong. Feeder cattle in scarce supply but strong with choice medium weight fed steers at 17 40 per cwt for 1 343 lb and 17 25 for weights. choice heifers around 300. cows 11 00 to 13 00. Slaughter cattle steady. lambs 16 75 to 17 00 with shorn lambs good to choice and pelts noted.
USDA cattle market notes salable receipts at 2 500 with calves and steers uneven bids. Cows scarce while feeder prices hold steady with limited demand from buyers. Moderate to good shortfed cattle range around 13 15 dollars per hundredweight as overall market remains unsettled and buyers pull back.
Readable items show hogs and concentrates with yard figures and prices for wood and meat products. Listings include 160 and 180 units with prices around 13 to 14 dollars. The text references Minnesota and a Monday timing with prior week figures.
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A brief market wire reports varied produce prices across regions. California lone whites and Idaho Burbanks appear with mixed demand while Louisianas Triumphs and South Carolina listings show washed and unwashed options with price ranges noted.
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The fragment notes bids on items by Sue Aes Weak Tas Totes and Maneeane, with currency indicators two pence and one pound, reflecting a brief auction scene.
New York buyers favored special stocks on earnings and dividends while shying from market leaders. Some lift came from coal miners returning to work, but skeptics kept a cautious tone about labor conditions.
The Cedar Rapids hog market posted ceiling prices Monday with prime butchers at 14 dollars and various weights and classes showing different bids. Prices for poultry and other farm items appeared alongside feeds and hides, including pigeons at 1.00 per dozen and ducks at 26 cents, while vegetables such as lettuce traded around 4.25 per head and tomatoes at 50 cents per pound in this mixed farm market report.
In New York the bond market shows early stability as rail issue quotations vary. Prices swing up to two points while stock prices trade over the counter in a tense, volatile session.
An American military tribunal on Monday sentenced 58 Mauthausen concentration camp workers to be hanged for atrocities. Three other defendants received life imprisonment after verdicts announced in English and German. The court noted the acts and sentenced the death penalties to be carried out by the U.S. Third Army.
President Truman signed legislation authorizing federal expenditures for a major airport fund. The measure allocates funds to support aviation infrastructure and related projects across key sites, signaling a push to boost national air transportation capacity.
Chicago AP reports another 5 cent drop in May rye on Monday with deferred oat deliveries softening on profit taking. May rye closed down 5 at 2.52. oats steady to 1 lower. September 82. wheat, corn, barley, and deferred rye unchanged at ceilings.
The report lists Chicago cash provisions with prices for corn and barley, noting No 2 yellow at nominal, barley around 1.41 to 2.00 nominal, and a mention of season-ending accumbens.
Cedar Rapids city council approved the second in a series of street oiling programs proposed by Public Improvements Commissioner David L. Williams. The project covers multiple streets including Third Street SW, Twelfth Avenue SE, L Street SW, Memorial Drive SE, Twenty first Avenue SW, Nineteenth Avenue SW, Thirty first Street NE, Thirty second Street NE, L Avenue NW, Tenth Street NW, Morag Avenue SW, and Twelfth Street SWFB, with exact start and end points listed.
Dr H E Pfeiffer of Cedar meets at University hospital in City as newly elected president of the Surgical Society. He succeeds prior leader and will guide meetings and initiatives.
Hanford post No. 5 of the American Legion in Cedar Rapids outlines May activities headlined by Memorial Day events. Parades begin at 9 45 a m from Second avenue to Oak Hill cemetery with speakers Byron Hollinshead and J Ward. Coe College band and other units to perform.
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen sparked talk of a 1948 bid while speaking at MacMurray College after a Sunday press conference. He criticized the Case anti labor bill and urged workers to balance duties with rights. He urged the nation to uphold human dignity amid postwar challenges.
City treasurer Wal ter Eler and Finance Commissioner L D Burgus present a 1945 46 financial statement showing a total balance of 630 919 75. Waterworks net 87 757 02 with a 60 000 bond retired next day. Fire pension 31 000 and police pension 44 989 34 reflect net balances amid investment gaps.
Coe College held Flunk Day on Monday despite chilly weather. A mysterious caller impersonated student leader Doris Glantz to order the event, sending a band to Greene hall and Voorhees kitchen unprepared. Students dispersed to Palisades and Cedar River areas for the day.
Chemists at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals in South Charleston claim a synthetic oil can operate at 40 degrees below zero and resist temperatures up to 470 degrees. They say the wax free oil dissolves sludge gum and varnish and could end frequent oil changes though not considered permanent.
The board of health directed Cedars firms to separate garbage from burnable rubbish and haul it to the city incinerator on Burlington Street SW when open Friday 7 am to 6 pm and Saturday 7 am to noon. Non burnables like cans glass and metal must be taken to the city dump at the end of Fifteenth Avenue SE per city officials.
Woman angler Mrs Henry Spitznagle lands a large blue catfish along the river last week. Report mentions use of shrimp bait and a victorious catch drawing local attention.
W L Perley of 2052 Linn Blvd SE has two black and white photos honored in four international salons. Arranged by Nature and Woven In Ice have entries in multiple shows, with a fifth salon pending. Both Cedar Rapids area images were shot with a twin lens reflex camera.
Judge G K Thompson ordered Charles Moore to pay a $300 fine and forfeit his liquor book after pleading guilty to drunk driving. The 53 year old, of 1031 Eleventh Street NE, had no license and may not apply for one for a year. He will pay $50 now and $25 monthly installments. Patrolmen Jerry Carroll and John Kuba reported Moore’s 1929 Ford side swiped Adolph Bracy’s car at Havenue and Center Point Road NE, then struck a tree on Center Point Road. Moore was arrested near midnight Sunday.
Fire loss in Cedar Rapids during March totaled 16918.38 dollars with buildings and contents valued at 535273.13 dollars. Fire Chief E P Kohout presented the figures to the city council outlining 440085 dollars in buildings and 95188.13 dollars in contents.
Mrs. Alvin Svenksen receives word of death of her husband William H Busch 68 at his home near Maquoketa Iowa. He formerly farmed near Maquoketa and lived on Blair’s Ferry road in Marion. Surviving wife a twin son Arnold and daughter Anetta at home another daughter Mrs. Paul Burchester Baldwin a sister Mrs. Leo Wuest Waverly and four brothers Lewis Davenport John Maquoketa Theodore and Gearhart Busch Oklahoma City. Member of Marion Methodist church. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Maquoketa Congregational church.
Guests at the Mason White home near Toddville included Louis and Mrs White C C Carpenter and Ralph Carpenter of Marion J A White Mary Alice Gary White Minneapolis F B Hodgdon Paul and Ellis Hogdon NY IL Eu gene Cook Sally Nancy Cook San Francisco Edward Hines Davenport F L Kelly Robert Marylou Linda Sue Cynthia Kelly Dubuque Nell MacDonald Portland Ore and Sarah Kine Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Ralph Michel travels to Anamosa after the sudden death of her brother in law J A Corwin once a Marion food store operator. His widow Blanche Remington of Marion. children Betty Mae 16 and James Doughlas 14. Also survived by his mother Anna Corwin sister Dorothy Langton Clinton and brother Ernest Corwin Anamosa. Funeral set for 2 pm Wednesday in Anamosa.
Weekend gathering at the E. V. Carey home celebrated Mother's Day and birthdays for Mr. Carey, David, and Robert Johnson. Attending were C. O. Johnson and Robert of Dubuque, Wyonna Carey of Chicago, Robert E. Carey of Des Moines, T/4 Ross L. Brown visiting from Japan, Mrs. Tom Maher returning from Cedar Rapids hospital, and Florence Brown of Lisbon with Barbara Jo.
Medical officials reported improvement Monday in the condition of Mrs Hulda Peterson of 1201 Fourteenth Page who is ill with pneumonia in St Miss Elda M. is a patient at St Luke s hospital.
Mrs E J Reed entertained at a family dinner Sunday at her home 1314 Fifth avenue. The gathering included relatives and close friends, with shared stories and light refreshments after the meal.
J B Emmons rests as patient at St Luke's hospital while Families visit. Mrs E J Reed and grandson T Sgt Le Martin, recently returned from Europe after 15 months service, are mentioned among relatives. The Marion group joined Westminster Fellowship at Dubuque University. Martin's Creek Community Club plans annual guest day at K V cafe Thursday with reservations through Mrs Hank or Mrs Stoneking.
Ottawa reports a secret April 8 agreement among Canada Britain and Newfoundland on Newfoundland defense. The three year pact returns air base control to Newfoundland and allows future air services while US bases and investments face no formal United States pledge. Officials worry Article V implies possible UK Canada Newfoundland coordination without U S consent.
In Tunica Mississippi six members of a Memphis family were killed when their car collided with another vehicle while returning with a missing $300. The dead are James Adkins 52 and his children Will 10 Melba 12 and their in laws Robert and Patricia Shearne and infant Patricia five months old. Mrs Adkins survived in fair condition. The other car’s occupants Denton and the Tunica party were hospitalized.
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