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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1946
Page
13
In Chicago on Monday the livestock market recovered quickly from the railroad strike impact. With shipping resumed, eastern buyers returned, pushing prices higher across all classes. Four loads of fed steers and yearlings led cattle at 18 dollars, while hog shipments moved promptly at ceiling prices for 3,900 salable head and 4,500 packer consignments.
Receipts 2000. hogs lifted 25 cents. sows $14.10 ceiling. heavy demand for cattle. Steers $16.00 to $17.50. bulk calves and heifers strong at $15.70 to $17.00. cows and bulls steady to higher with beef bulls up to $15.00. Lambs quotable at $16.00 to $16.08 for No 1 pelts. wool prices varied. overall yard activity favorable with scarce stock.
USDA cattle market notes a 1500 head day with varied classes and weights. Prices rise for calves to about 17 dollars, stockers and feeders at mid teens, with grainfed and yearling categories showing broad ranges and several lots quoted across sizes.
Sioux City reports cattle receipts 4 500 on Salabie with calves and heifers showing gains up to 25 cents higher. Cows and stockers steady with steers 15.25 to 17.00, beef 17.50 to 18.50 on 1500 lb. range. Sheep receipts 3 000 with fed lambs and woolly markets steady to firmer and southwestern ewes with lambs at side.
In Omaha the USDA market shows hogs selling around 14.50 for barrows and gilts with few sows cleared. Receipts total about 6,500 calves and 28 loads quoted for cattle. slaughter demand steady to higher for fed steers and heifers, with other classes steady. Prices range up to about 17.55 for selected feeders, with mixed lots and pelts noted. complete sale activity continues amid higher slaughter quotes.
Fragmented text covers hog prices and weights in interior Iowa Minnesota markets. References to 36 and 43,500 weekly figures and price lines such as 14.20 and 13.70 appear, with odd terms like gnats and soot amid scattered market figures.
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The Chicago produce page lists prices for chickens, ducks, and fowl with notes on market conditions. It records wholesale and retail items, including Leghorn fowl and California whites, and mentions shipments arriving and prices as market remains firm despite cheaper supplies.
Current egg and produce receipts show unchanged prices for the New York market. The report notes no receipts and stable figures across items with no changes in general costs.
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The New York bond review notes distant advances in fraction e point activity with a muted comeback. stock exchange markets show little change as observers track overall market performance.
New York AP reports a busy start with gains in the stock market after the rail strike ended. Leaders generally rose fractions to 2 or more points while utilities saw expanding volume in blocks. Near the close gains narrowed and the pace slowed with broad distribution of plus marks. About 1,800,000 shares changed hands, one of the month’s larger transfers.
The Cedar Rapids hog market notes ceiling prices for prime butchers at $13.70 with hogs in the 160 to 180 pound range. Includes grain, beans, hay and poultry prices such as yellow shelled beans at $1.32 per bushel and Pasco celery at $1.35 per dozen. A mix of fruit, vegetables and eggs pricing is listed with several items in cents or dollars per unit.
Twenty men and women completed the Red Cross water safety school for instructors at the Cornell college pool last week. Instructor was Lloyd Hill of St. Louis with Dr. Dawson E. Grim announcing the recipients including Beulah Detweiler Minnie Kenyon Isaac L. McEvers Charles A. Meterman George M. Newland Nellieve Ross Lois E. Southard Doris A. Jess Earl E. Snader Shirley Fletcher Janet Hyde James H. King Gustie B. Kollman Barbara E. Marshall Virginia Ann Smith Carolyn E. Sellers Dorothy Farnum Jean Carter Cornell college Cedar Rapids Coe college Robins Moines area.
The old governor’s mansion north of the statehouse could serve as the governor’s residence again. The Iowa health department is moving to Fort Des Moines, leaving the 28 acre building vacated. Gov. Robert D. Ray may define the next steps as legislators discuss a new governor’s mansion. The health department has occupied the building since 1945, after Gov Kendall’s era.
Chicago AP reports lower oats trends with prices slipping about a cent as favorable crop weather and thin supplies push oats to market in rising volume. New contracts fall percent to percent, August at 14.34, September at 80. Old oats hold steady to down slightly.
Chicago market update lists grain and feed prices with oats barley and yellow corn. No. 2 red and No. 2 yellow oats and barley prices shown in nominal and feed terms. Prices include oats at 92 cents, barley around 1.23 to 1.43, and additional feed values for barley and barley products.
The Cedar Rapids city council on Monday approved another oiling program from Public Improvement Commissioner David L. Williams. Streets listed include Eighteenth Avenue SW from Hamilton Street to Second Street and several adjacent blocks in SW, NW, and SE districts along with alleys and a few cross streets.
One federal tax lien for 63.49 on Ralph C. and Juanita P. Alix at 1413 B Avenue NE was filed. A prior lien on Orville M. Hepner at 1044 Mt Vernon Road SE for 329.68 was released, and a lien on Benda at 1209 Fifth Street SE for 90.20 was finally released in September.
High school graduates across eastern Iowa rush to join the armed forces. Navy reports 17 enlistees in days, army 10, marines 1, with towns like Vinton sending multiple volunteers including twins Pearl and Earl Dublin. Reenlistment noted for Paul H. Woods of Marengo. Enlistees head to Ft. Snelling and Diego for training.
Gerald B. Hansen 2526 Avenue NE told Judge Harry S Johnson he was hurrying to see his girl after being clocked at 65 mph by patrolmen Roy Walker and Jerry Navratil at Fortieth street and First avenue E. He was fined $40 plus costs. The officers said they had driven 78 mph to catch him.
The poem depicts measles as a child illness that also weighs on grandfathers. It contrasts book learning with lived experience and notes mothers care for children until the fever ends while grandpas bear the burden without a nurse.
Cedar Rapids union No 18619 AFL calls on the city council to discourage wrecking residences for commercial use and to back Wagner Ellender Taft housing bill and FHA veteran plans. Mayor Hahn replies the council lacks authority to bar wrecking but will push policy to move homes rather than destroy them.
Mrs Charlotte Benedict and her daughter Mrs Roy Houser, hurt May 21 when a bus collided with a truck 19 miles west of Sacramento, Calif, reached Marion Sunday. Mrs Houser had scalp lacerations and Mrs Benedict internal injuries. Mrs Benedict plans Cedar Rapids hospital X rays and treatment.
Mrs. Annie Brotemarkle 76 of 315 Eleventh Street Marion died Sunday in Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born November 21 1869 in Walnut Illinois she married Miles D Brotemarkle September 28 1892 then lived in Marion Greeley and returned to Marion. Survived by three daughters two sons five grandchildren three great grandchildren and a sister. Services 3 p m Wednesday at Yocom chapel with Rev James P Gable officiating burial Oak Shade cemetery call at chapel
Mrs L R Boettcher reports latest fund gifts from Marion Legion post 15 United Gas Workers union 10 St Teresa s circle St Joseph s Catholic church and Robert Mitchell W R C 5 Pleasant Valley Tuesday club Lat a Lot club 2 Fidelis circle Kings Daughters Mrs Minnie Schenken and Mrs W H Balster 1 each bringing the total to 514 40.
A. M. (2/c) Robert E. Wilber, stationed at Great Lakes, spent the weekend with his wife and son Wesley Eugene at the Dvorak home in Cedar Rapids and with his parents the Wilbers of Marion. He left Sunday for Pensacola to join the U S Ranger for sea duty.
Mrs. Fred C. Newlin has been summoned to Moline due to the illness of her mother Mrs. N. R. Beall. The notice records a family emergency and travel for support in a local context.
Mary Ann McMullen, 4, of Marion died at 7 40 a m Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born March 25 1942 at Monticello she moved to Marion with her parents in 1943. She is survived by her parents a brother John and her mother Mrs R McMullen of Decorah. Services set for 10 a m Wednesday at St Joseph s Catholic church with Rev T J McElliott presiding. Burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
The program sponsored by five churches reports 175 pupils registered on Monday. Seventh graders finishing this spring and entering high school next fall may attend, announced by Rev. James P. Gable. Attendees will report to the Presbyterian church under Mrs. Norman J. Waffle supervision.
Tuesday voters in Marion township will decide Wednesday on uniting the 17 school districts into a single independent district. Polls open 12 noon to 7 pm at Concord school east of Marion with C. B. F. Michel J. W. Frazee and Frank Plummer in charge. The Rev. Robert C. Fleischer of San Diego preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning. He is superintendent of San Diego city missions. Laundry help wanted no school girls. Marion Cleaners-Adv. Improvement noted in M. J. Marchant’s condition after two weeks at St Luke’s hospital. George Straub is covering Marchant’s work. Miss Margery Lary leaves for College Camp Williams Bay Wis as assistant dietitian this summer. Wanted full time saleslady. Storm’s-Adv. Seaman James J. Hucker home from Minneapolis with discharge after 23 months in navy, 18 months in Pacific theater. C. A. Bailey ill with pneumonia at Mercy hospital. Guests Sunday included Mrs. Mann’s sisters Mrs. James Hall and Mrs. Ed Sonne of Davenport. Complimenting great-niece Sandra Leigh Carlberg of Chicago on her sixth birthday.
B. Secrist hosted six children at a party. Sandra, her mother Mrs. Arnold Carlberg, and sister Cindy Lou will spend the summer with Miss Secrist. Mrs. Caroline Hanscom travels to Minneapolis to visit her son C. B. Hanscom and will address Memorial Day Legion services. Erwin and Mrs. Lanning of Oswego, Kansas, visit their soninlaw and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jiruska. George Sweet hosts a family dinner in Alburnett for Mrs Sweet’s seventy birthday. Vernon reports 53 children have enrolled for the annual school roundup.
About 2 350 returning service veterans were scheduled to arrive in the United States Monday with ships and units listed. In New York miscellaneous troops on the J W McAndrew from Bremerhaven Germany 1456 Eufaula Victory from Le Havre France 1200. In San Francisco miscellaneous on the Cape Bon from Pearl Harbor Hawaii 630 navy Tolman from Pearl Harbor 25 navy. In San Diego miscellaneous on YP 637 five navy LCIs 1010 373 568 439 with combined total a4 navy LCIs 355 633 755 640 LC 47 APC 39 LST 1043 LCS 78 no passenger information.
A bus struck 49 year old Elizabeth Knoebel of McGregor as she crossed the Mississippi bridge at Marquette en route to a Prairie du Chien parade and Villa Louis opening. The jam stretched from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with cars two miles long.
Vice Admiral Koso Abe was sentenced to hang for the beheading of nine Carlson Raiders on Kwajalein in 1942. Two other Japanese received prison terms. The victims were among 14 Americans stranded on Makin Island during a sortie in 1942 before the Gilbert Islands invasion.
Bankers from Iowa Missouri Minnesota Nebraska Kansas and the Dakotas gathered in Des Moines for a two day conference on savings and mortgage issues. The American Bankers Association emphasized thrift as wartime habit and urged ongoing thrift education through newspaper advertising led by John B Mack Jr.
Frank D'Aquila of Iowa Manufacturing has been named program director of the new foreign trades bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. The appointment was made by Gordon Fennell, bureau chairman, with the bureau to meet on the second Wednesday of each month.
Civil service examinations will be held soon for probational forester and range conservationist posts in the Department of Agriculture and Interior. The positions pay 2320 dollars a year and are mainly in the West. No experience is required. applicants must have completed specific coursework. Further details available from the local secretary at window 8 in the post office.
Apollo Commandery Templar will mark Ascension Day with a 2 p.m. decoration ceremony and a 6 p.m. dinner. Dr. David I. Berger will speak at the dinner, with past commanders assisting. Sir Knights are expected to attend.
Premier Eamon de Valera refused to ease pressure on hunger strikers and said his government would continue to convict members of the Irish Republican Army. The report notes ongoing government resolve and actions against prisoners.
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