Cattle Prices Rise on Monday Demand in Chicago Market
A Monday rally in Chicago cattle and hog values driven by tighter receipts and stronger eastern demand. Red steers and yearlings topped 18 dollars per 100 pounds on 1,202 pound averages. steer ranges mostly 16 to 17.65, with choice heifers around 17.25. Hog sales near ceiling at about 14.85 for good barrows. sheep volumes smaller, with lambs and mutton trading steadily.
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Sioux City Livestock Market Report Mixed Cattle Hogs Sheep
Sioux City cattle receipts 6,900 with calves salable 25 and cows fairly active. Hogs receipts 6,000 with slaughter classes firm and feeders steady. Sheep receipts 1,000 with fed lambs and ewe prices reported. stocker demand scarce and prices varied across categories.
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Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market quotes and prices
The market shows ceiling prices for hogs with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70, plus detailed price ranges for hogs by weight. Cattle quotations include steers, yearlings, cows, and bulls with various grades and price bands, alongside calf, sheep, and lamb quotes and wholesale fruit and produce prices.
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Market Ends Quiet as Traders Await Railway Strike Outcome
In New York the market showed slow recovery with many leaders lacking enthusiasm. Investors weighed potential railway strike developments while coal sector remained a puzzle, keeping volume light as several prominent stocks drifted. Dow Jones averages mixed with Industrials around 207 and Railroads near 64, with utilities around 42. Prices across numerous listed companies reflected cautious trading and tentative gains, mirroring a tepid mood in a thin session.
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Chicago and New York Produce Prices Summary
Chicago market reports show lively activity in poultry and fowl with receipts of six trucks and no cars. Butter and eggs figures cross regional lines, including two-day butter receipts over 377 thousand pounds at varied grades, eggs unsettled with current receipts around 32 to 36 cents, and potatoes with mixed prices and light old stock. New York figures list egg prices by grade, butter receipts around 636 thousand pounds, and cheese prices steady with multiple subgrades and processed options.
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May Rye Gains 10 Cents as Cash Rye Purchases Rise
Chicago market reports show May rye leaping ten cents in the final minutes to 2.32 as a cash trade of 20,000 bushels supported the price. Corn and oats futures mixed with old and new contracts closing varied while cash wheat held near ceilings. Livestock prices in Kansas City edged higher with steady to strong demand for cattle, while Des Moines hog receipts and Iowa price quotes reflected active market activity.
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Merchants Win Low Bid on $40,000 Cedar Rapids Sewer Bonds
Cedar Rapids city issues a $40,000 sewer bond sale with Merchants National Bank as low bidder at 4.4 percent of one percent, after bid adjustments. White-Phillips and Company of Davenport offered 1 percent par with a $400 premium, later eliminated. Merchants topped with 1 percent par and $500 premium before changes. Bonds dated May 1, 1946 pay interest Nov 1 and semiannually thereafter, maturing in 1947 to 1949 at $1,000 each, 1950 at $7,000, and 1951 to 1953 at $10,000 each.
Murray’s Condition Improves After Bus Fracas
Charles C. Murray an Union depot ticket agent at 375 Fifteenth Street SE was reported in good condition at Mercy Hospital after losing sight in his left eye during a City Lines bus disturbance Thursday night. Hoover Hubbard Jr. of 420 Twelfth Street SE faces a district court assault charge. Driver Eddie Gorman stopped the bus to summon police as Hubbard and Roswell J. McCauley followed and Hubbard attacked Murray as they fled.
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Improvement Noted In Kainz Condition At Wisconsin Hospital
Karl H. Kainz of Cedar Rapids shows definite improvement after a hemorrhaging stomach ulcer left him seriously ill at a Madison Wisconsin Methodist hospital. Family reports halted bleeding and early signs of recovery. Kainz, a Cedar Rapids businessman, fell ill May 10 while traveling to Milwaukee for a Optimist club convention. Seven Cedar Rapids Optimist Club members donated blood for his transfusions: Gene Baxter Cooke Anderson Ed Coolman William Whipple Bob Wilson Al G. Keyes Tom Termohlen.
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Graduates Hear Baptist Minister at Marion Baccalaureate
The Rev. Charles Moore of Marion Baptist Church spoke to the Marion high school graduating class at the annual baccalaureate service in the Methodist church. He drew from First Samuel 24 14 and warned that pursuing education for selfish or pleasure seeking ends leads to a dead dog, like King Saul. The service featured organ preludes, readings, and music from the mixed chorus and girls' glee club, with Frances Ford as soloist under Rose Wilcox. Benediction was offered by Mr. De Jong.
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Marion man and Perry resident wed at Catholic church
Gene Jacobs of Marion and Janet McCarthy of Perry united in marriage at the Perry Catholic church on Saturday. The bride wore white brocaded satin with a long train and carried red roses with white satin streamers. A 24‑relative breakfast followed at the bride’s home. Jacobs, a Seabee, served in the South Pacific. his mother and relatives attended the ceremony.
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Violette Jacobs
Marion
Janet McCarthy
Dan McCarthy
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Bernard Mullaley
Seabees
South Pacific
Marvin Martin
Joyce Ann
Dukek Infant Died After Brief Illness Near Marion
D. Michael Dukek six month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Dukek died at Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born November 22, 1945 in Des Moines, he is survived by his parents a sister Janet Rae Dukek paternal grandparents Earl Dukek Marion maternal grandparents Lyle M. Campbell Grants Pass Ore great grandparents J W Dukek Emma Goodrow Marion and Andrew Johnson Grants Pass. Services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Yocom chapel with Rev R E Kerney of Alburnet officiating and Cedar Memorial park burial. Casket will be closed at services.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
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Earl Dukek
Lyle M. Campbell
Grants Pass
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J. W. Dukek
Emma Goodrow
Andrew Johnson
Yocom Chapel
R. E. Kerney
Alburnett
Cedar Memorial Park
Mrs H F Falkenstein Dies in California
Mrs H F Falkenstein formerly Grace Locke of Marion died Saturday in Huntington Park California. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs P Becker Huntington Park and three sisters Irene Schultz Park Ridge IL Earl Grant Savanna and Mrs Fowler Services will be held in Huntington Park Tuesday afternoon. A fire department responded to a blaze in a car on Main Street causing slight damage. Ralph Richardson is a patient at St Luke s hospital. Volunteer fire department meeting at fire Station 7 tonight. Chris Johnson seriously ill at 535 Eighth Avenue.
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Fourth Street
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Park Ridge
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Savanna
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Louis Parks
Main Street
May breakfast honors Miss Harris before summer wedding
Mrs. Harry Waline, Mrs. Frank Strother, and Mrs. Jerry Mann hosted a one-gift May breakfast for Miss Ethel Harris at the Waline home 410 Sixth Street. Eighteen guests sat at tables with mixed tulips and bridal wreath. Out of town guests included Mrs. T. G. McGowan Huntington Park Calif, Mrs. Walter Ellsworth Central City, and Mrs. John Taylor and Mrs. Mable Jayne Cedar Rapids. Harris was honored at a recent dinner by Marian teachers at Mrs. Harlan F. Knight’s home, and received a mirror from the Kings Daughters circle Mary Lowe Dickinson served.
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Waline
Sixth Street
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Cedar Rapids
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Harlan F. Knight
Mary Lowe Dickinson
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King’s Daughters
Grandson Richard Faber Dies in San Diego Navy Hospital
Mr and Mrs Owen Turner mourn the sudden death of their grandson Seaman 2/c Richard Faber 18 in a San Diego naval hospital after boat training at Great Lakes. His mother is Charlotte Turner. Mrs Ray Newman of Richmond Hill Ga accompanied the Turners to Dumont. Marion groups have donated 472 40 to the national cancer control fund led by chair Mrs L R Boettcher. May breakfasts planned by Republican Women and Athenian clubs. W F Kruger attends Wartburg commencement. Mrs Leonard Brenneman and daughter Mary Kay visit Philadelphia.
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Ray Newman
Richmond Hill
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Truman Urges Nation to Work After Honors
President Truman, receiving an honorary degree from William Jewell College in Liberty, urges Americans to heed his V E and V J Day call to work. He says a strong work ethic, plus understanding neighbors, will forge the nation’s postwar peace and leadership, with all sectors required to contribute.
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William Jewell College
United States
Juvenile Trouble Lingers In Cedar Rapids Weekend
A Cedar Rapids flare of juvenile vandalism and theft continued at a reduced pace Sunday night. Sgt. Fred Carstens noted new findings shifting blame in an alleged attack near Sixth Street NW. Donald Randall, a naval base straggler from Ottumwa, is jailed awaiting naval authorities. Police also rounded up four younger boys for a stolen house intrusion. Several teens admitted to firing “bombs” used as decoys against the Japs, obtained from a Baltimore company via comic books.
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McKenzie Promoted to Associate Professor at Coe College
Dr Donald A McKenzie acting head of foreign languages at Coe College since last fall is promoted to associate professor of German and Latin President Byron S Hollins announced Monday McKenzies doctorate was earned in 1943 from Stanford where he also taught German since 1937 His undergrad studies were at Cincinnati and New Mexico From 1932 to 1936 he taught at Southern Arizona School for Boys in Tucson His Stanford Press published Otfrid von Weissenburg Narrator or Commentator recently There were more automobiles and trucks 5358420 manufactured in 1929 than any year since or before
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Stanford University Press
Last Man's Club Plants Corn on Idle Cedar Rapids Plot
A group of eleven former veterans from Marengo Conroy South Amana Williamsburg Blairstown plus Cedar Rapids members turned idle land at the junction of highways 149 and 30 into a corn field. Wenkstern and Hermon owners of Danceland Cedar Rapids are backing the project after delays halted a ballroom. Participants include Dean Jacobs Eugene Jacobs J Fred Falinson Olin Helgeson Henry Plagmann Art Stanerson Harold Stanerson John Jones Harold Plagmann John Grunewald Heath Smith.
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Danceland
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Eugene Jacobs
J Fred Falinson
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Harold Stanerson
Henry Hertel
John Jones
Harold Plagmann
John Grunewald
Heath Smith
Troop Arrivals From United Press Report
Eight ships expected to arrive at U S ports Monday carrying 3 600 plus service personnel. Webster Victory and Westminster Victory from Le Havre list 367 and 404 undesignated troops respectively. Antioch Victory from Bremen shows 300 undesignated troops. General Langfitt from Canal Zone has no available figures. Bronx from Taku is 982 naval personnel bound for San Francisco. Carrier Lexington due at San Diego with 1 563 sailors. Minesweepers Murrel a and Roselle bring 33 naval personnel in total.
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Clothing Controls Will Be Continued
The government will extend its program to spur inexpensive clothing through the July to September quarter. It keeps large quantities of cotton rayon and wool fabrics set aside for low cost garments until inflation risk subsides. Birds see reds better than humans, and cannot distinguish blues or violets well.
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Civilian Production Administration
Britain quits Egypt and India over atomic shift in policy
Britain will withdraw from Egypt and grant India independence as part of a new postwar strategy. Officials say atomic power changes defense needs and market prospects. Attlee's government hopes for better pacts and to avoid economic boycotts while seeking to keep Indians in the Commonwealth.
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45 British Hurt In Riot In Egypt
Reuters reported 45 British soldiers were injured in a riot in Alexandria after a collision between a British truck and a street car. Egyptians blamed the British for the accident and attacked British service clubs, stoned vehicles, and smashed shop and cafe windows. Egyptian police restored order after British troopers were ordered back to their barracks.
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Alexandria
Fire at Des Moines plants causes $25,000 damage
A Des Moines fire of undetermined origin swept through the Insul Wool Insulation plant, destroying machinery and newsprint used for fire resistant insulation, with damage estimated at $25,000. The blaze spread to Slumber Products next door, damaging wind frames and mattress materials by water, and water damage also affected Loetscher and Burch Manufacturing Company.
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Insul Wool Insulation Company
Slumber Products Company
Loetscher and Burch Manufacturing Company
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