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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1947
Page
7
Lamson Brothers provides a financial market overview with commodity quotes including oats corn and hog futures. Prices show varied percentages across July September and December contracts and include notes on barley and lard values.
Chicago livestock markets held near steady levels as the week closed. Prices for fed steers, heifers, and cows showed small changes, with tops around 24.50 and most figures lingering in the low to mid 20s. Vealers and sheep had modest shifts, while stock cattle remained scarce and bids steady to firm.
AP dispatch reports USDA market data from Omaha with mixed livestock results. Hogs mostly 25 to 50 cents lower on lighter weights while sows rise about 50 cents. receipts near 500. Feeder steers and cows show varied price moves with some strength in top cattle, vealers around $21.50 to $23.50, lambs easing with California and native lots around $24 and $22 for wooled lambs and good to choice clips. Heavy activity noted in No 1 and No 7 lamb lots and fluctuating stocker classes.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market rose 15 cents on Saturday with top prime butcher at $23.00 and packers at $18.50. Cattle market shows yearling prices and various weights with No. 1 and choice grades cited, plus prices for wool and lambs and a list of fruits and staples including oranges and cherries.
Chicago AP reports broad gains across grain markets after overnight announcement of supplemental export allocations to food deficit regions. Wheat rose about 1 percent to around 2.36, corn up about 1 percent to 1.765, oats 1 cent higher to 89.5, and lard strengthened on eastern commission house buying amid the firm tone.
AP summary notes bids and prices for No 2 yellow No 1 mixed No 1 white and feed grains. Includes prices around 1.87 to 1.70 per unit and several nominal values across multiple grain categories.
Kansas City cattle prices show steady to higher bids for select lots with calves good at 27.00 to packer and 25 loads mostly. Bulk steers around 23.50 for 812 lb, feedlot and stocker cattle range from 15.00 to 16.50 for light stockers, yearling stock heifers about 19.00, and medium to good stock cows from 13.25 to 15.25 with cow calf pairs around 16.00.
Market report notes weak to good demand across hogs and lambs with prices mostly steady to slightly lower on Friday. Slaughter cattle and fed lambs posted softer quotes while ewes remain firm. No. 1 pelts and various lamb categories show modest gains or stability amid limited loads.
Market notes show hog prices ranging around 12 to 23 dollars per hundredweight with loads at 180 to 400 pounds and 270 to 368 pound ranges. Seana activity remains steady while packer bids are sometimes 25 cents lower than prior periods. District terms reference southern Minnesota and Iowa markets for the weekend.
New York stocks edged forward in a brief Saturday session, with many issues trading within a narrow range and showing small daily gains or losses. Major names across industries including Gen Electric, Goodyear, and Woolworth posted fractional moves as market activity remained subdued from last week’s highs.
New York bond dealings showed minimal activity in a brief Oct session. Traders noted fractional shifts in yields as rates waved off volatility, with the market reading as calm for distant maturities and little price drama.
Detectives investigated the theft of 204 from the Shaheen's Sundries office safe at 604 Ellis Boulevard NW. Manager Douglas Shaheen reported the Friday morning loss and estimated the theft occurred about 8 30 p m May 19 when he left the shop for 20 minutes with a customer watching the premises. The safe was found unlocked on return.
Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd day of May 1947 the undersigned was duly qualified as Executrix of the estate of J W Kaufman late of Linn County deceased. All interested parties are requested to make payment or settlement of estate debts. Kaufman Executrix Attorney DPMANKA
A jumble of lost and found notices, sales ads, and personal notices from a Cedar Rapids area page. Items include a Graemer's office loss, a missing Hayler wrist watch, contact numbers, and rewards, plus a potpourri of shop ads, rentals, and employment offers. The listing also covers rummage sale times, jewelry store notices, and service ads from local businesses.
A reader reviews the film Swell Guy with Jackie Tufts as a scheming foreign correspondent whose antics displeace his mother and wife. The second feature Born to Speed offers a dirt track racing tale with little drama but plenty of action.
A compact cinema schedule lists movie titles and showtimes across theaters including Paramount The Sea of Grass and The Best Years of Our Lives with multiple daily slots. Other features include Born to Speed Swell Guy Nobody Lives Forever The Man in Gray The Desert Horseman The Walls Came Tumbling Down The Killers Cisco Kid Barbary Goes to College and more with varied morning and late evening times.
The vocal department of Wilson High School will present a spring concert in the school auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. The public may attend. The a cappella chorus combined chorus mixed chorus girls chorus girls double trio and male quartet will back piano soloist.
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