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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1949
Page
1
Chicago livestock prices rose across the board as hogs sold Saturday in a 17.65 to 19 range, capping a week of 25 to 50 cent gains. Cattle and sheep also advanced with steers mostly higher, cows stronger, and lambs steady to firm on light receipts.
USDA cattle report shows Fed steers 25c lower Friday, vealers up $1.00–$2.00, light yearling and heifer prices mixed. Sows strong to 5c lower for lower grades. stockers, feeders under 105 loads. Prices listed: steers $21.50–$25.25, heifers $23.00–$25.25, vealers $26.00, cows $15.50–$19.00, stockers $20.20–$23.50.
Sioux City AP bulletin notes Baiable receipts 400 including 300 western stockers for Monday. Cattle moderately active, fully steady. calves none. Steers 1,100 lbs down 25¢ higher, other steers weak to 25¢ lower. over 1,250 dull. Heifers largely 25¢ higher. beef cows strong to 50¢ higher. Stockers up to 25¢ higher. bulk mostly 24.50 to 25.95. Medium goods 21 to 24.75. common and medium 9 to 16.50. canners 14.50 to 16.50. feeder steers around 24.00.
Market report shows hogs steady with top bid near 18.25 per hundredweight. Variety of weights listed from 160 to 270 pounds with bids noted for different ranges.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market held steady Saturday. Top price for prime butchers reached 18.25 while packers averaged 16.25. Beef and cattle figures show various weight classes with steers and cows listed at mixed prime and current marks. Potatoes and poultry also noted in the market brief.
New York AP reports copper stocks led gains on Saturday with rails close behind. Limited advances occurred elsewhere as turnover hovered around 300,000 shares, signaling a slow trading day for the overall market.
Des Moines wholesale hog market activity shows receipts Saturday near 33 000 head, week ago 30 500, year-ago 28 000 with unloads at two packing plants in southern Minnesota and twelve plants plus thirty concentration yards in Iowa and some out-of-state and country buying. Prices mostly steady to firm with some 25 cent increases and varying quotes by weight, for example 180 Ibs around 16 1/4 to 18 1/4, 180-240 Ibs about 18 3/4, 240-270 Ibs 17 3/4 to 18 3/4, 300-336 Ibs near 17 1/4 to 18 1/4, 360-400 Ibs around 16 1/6 to 16 2/3, with declines into 15s for lighter or heavier lots.
Cattle futures and prices show mixed changes with steer and heifer values steady to higher on light weights. Nebraska fed steers and higher grade heifers command gains, brils and calves firm to higher across the board in early trading, with overall demand steady in Kansas City.
Ottumwa hog market notes varying price quotes by weight ranges from 170 to 800 pounds. Prices listed include 170-180 lbs at 18.25, 240 lbs at 16.25, 240 abs at 17.75, 300-318 lbs around 15.7, 400-450 lbs at 15.25, and 500-550 lbs near 14.00.
Donald Gantenbein 23 of Scales Mound NL pled innocent at a formal arraignment on a manslaughter charge. District Judge Milton J. Glenn continued bail at 2500 dollars and set a trial date later. The indictment stems from a March 13 auto accident in Dubuque that killed Eunice Fraser 77.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern notice describes Princess Beauty Collar pattern 4754. It offers Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 and specifies size 13 requires 4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams at Pattern Department Chicago Illinois with name address size and style number.
In Chicago on Saturday a mixed grains market developed with nearby months dipping while December contracts held firm. May corn and oats fell on cash grain delivery expectations, but December corn paused higher at times. Wheat and rye showed modest moves and soybeans held steady to higher amid overall volatility.
Fragmentary text lists barley and malting coal prices with nominal values and percentages but obscured details prevent clear interpretation. No identifiable events or names appear.
Norris, a Linn county road employee, suffered a fractured rib near the spine after a county truck collided with a freight train at Holsinger crossing north of Cedar Rapids. He is a patient at Mercy hospital and X rays confirmed the injury.
Luke's hospital report notes Lt Mathewson en route to join the U S army and his wife with her husband's parents at West Amana. Floyd Hill is back at St Luke's hospital for observation. Miss Amelia Petrusch sponsors The Vox at Marion High School with Jean Carlson and John Snell co editors. First Baptist hosts an evening of tunes Sunday at 7 30 p m.
A roundup of Sunday worship times and church activities for Marion area congregations. Listings include Bible schools, morning services, youth groups, choir rehearsals, and special events across Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, Prairie Chapel, Seventh Day Church of God, and other local churches with times such as 9:45 am Bible school and 10:45 am worship.
Melvin P. Virchow of Charles City sues City Western Railway Company in district court for 100000 alleging injuries as a switchman due to alleged lack of safety precautions in the yards. The company is named as defendant in the action filed in Uque Iowa.
A probate hearing is set for May 18 at 9 00 a m in Linn County District Court to prove the last will of L Swan. Attorney Wm O Slade signs the notice naming the probate case No 20442 and the instrument allegedly authored by L Swan.
Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of May an instrument purporting to be the Will and Testament of G. Stoanes Br Sse, place and details unclear, will be presented for probate in the district court in Iowa. Att: M. FF. Mitvaisky appears as the probate officer or attorney.
In Clinton, 17 of 75 homeowners tenants and children face eviction for housing standard violations. City health officer Dr. Robert H. Foss resigned amid protests over Broadmoor conditions. Notices demand compliance within 10 days or vacate. water wells struggle against solid rock.
Frances Slagle of Indiana had a new car with only 300 miles when the Veishea parade arch collapsed at Iowa State College. The wood and wallboard arch, 15 feet high and 45 feet wide, fell onto the car parked near the Memorial Union, destroying the top. Veishea organizers were not insured for the incident.
Max P. Woodward a 41 year old Villisca businessman was found guilty by a district court jury of a third drunken driving offense and faces a three year prison term. The Feb 22 offense sparked the third conviction following prior wins on Nov 7 1940 and March 17 1944. Judge John A. Murray did not set sentencing time.
Des Moines announced Friday that Charles Fredericks and Herbert Hauge would serve as legal counsel for Iowa’s World War II bonus board. Fredericks will be a full time assistant to the attorney general with a $4,500 annual salary. Hauge will be paid per diem and previously served on the state board of control.
August Groth, 50, a farmer near St. Ansgar Iowa, was killed Friday while planting corn with a horse drawn planter. The bolt stunned the horses and Groth's wife found his body.
Independence hosts dinner dance as Wapsi pinicon Golf club opens season with J G Weepie as president and R F McDonnell as secretary treasurer Tama County Bar Association holds luncheon naming James Rozek as secretary and Robert Powell as treasurer Chamber of Commerce forms in Tama with 75 members and festival plans for July 2024 Marriage of Marie Faust and Clark Satterlee noted plus reception in Independence Baccalaureate sermons and school notices across Atkins West Union Monona Volga City Decorah and other towns include theater purchases school superintendents new hires and upcoming commencements
The Rev Theodore Liley of Cedar Rapids will lead the baccalaureate sermon Sunday night. Olson, pastor of the Lincoln Evangelical church, will deliver the sermon. Eighth grade graduation exercises are set for Wednesday morning.
A federal appeals court reversed Grove Kirsch's income tax evasion conviction for 1944, citing errors in tax basis and cash payroll handling. A new trial is ordered while his 18 month prison sentence and $10,000 fine from 1948 remain tied to related liquor tax convictions and parole revocation.
A jury of eight women and four men was chosen for the district court trial of Everett Hopper 38 charged with conspiracy to incite a riot. The case stems from a Rath meat packing plant riot last year in which a striker was killed. Allan Herrick said the state would prove Hopper acted with others to deter Rath workers from returning to work through intimidation and violence. He allegedly damaged property and interfered with peace officers enforcing the law. Judge Shannon B Charlton ordered the jury segregated.
John A. Saltzman 41 surrendered to Des Moines police after his wife Grace 27 accused him of beating and attempting to shoot her. He appeared with his attorney at headquarters and was held for investigation amid an earlier indictment for liquor violations.
Four boysat Iowa City High School share valedictorian honors for the four years of high school with perfect scholastic records. Wayne Haighley John Fenton Henry Rate and Jim Bradbury are the top graduates. Principal Ralph A Austermiller notes it is likely the first four way tie for the top honor at City High.
A 40 day deadlock over selecting a city attorney in Marshalltown ended when the city council at a special meeting unanimously voted to hire James D. Robertson. Robertson, who lives on an acreage just south of town, will serve as the city attorney, closing a long conflict between two factions over their candidates.
Des Moines AP reports 18 year old Russ Duane Nelson of Jefferson, a farm boy, died Friday night in a single vehicle crash on a rural road near Extra. A farmer discovered the wreck and Nelson’s body about 6:30 a.m. The car left the road, went into a ditch, and Nelson was alone in the vehicle.
Verdene Henken, 22, died when the tractor he operated overturned into a ditch on the Earlmeashie farm about 18 miles north of Waukon. Investigators reported the fatal incident occurred Friday.
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