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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1946
Page
15
Chicago market reports a surge in cattle and sheep prices with steers and yearlings up to 18 dollars per hundredweight. Hog supplies tighten as 5,500 salables and 6,000 packinghouse consignments clear at ceiling prices, while sheep values jump to 9.75 for wooled and 8.75 for shorn ewes.
Hogs sold steady with prices around 14 to 14.10 for choice hogs and sows at 10 to 17.90 for several loads, while packers stayed out of the general market. Cattle and sheep markets showed scarce buyers, with stock cattle demand broader than supply and lambs, wooled lambs, and ewes noted at various steady to firm clips around 12.50 to 17.90 for different grades.
Receipts 900 salable 2,300 with slaughter steers and mixed yearlings active. Market shows spots higher on some lots while cows and canners hold steady to weak. Medium and low grade cows down up to 25 cents. bulls steady. Vealers and calves steady to firmer. stockers and feeders down about 25 cents. Prices range from 7.00 to 17.50 per hundredweight across various grades and weights.
The report notes hogs steady with barrows at 14.50, sows around 13.75, and strong cattle receipts nearing 8,500 plus 150 calves. Slaughter cattle stay active and steady with fed steers near 17.65 and loads at 17.00 to 17.40, plus feeder cattle in the 15.00 to 16.75 range. Lambs and ewes show varying bids, with good spring lambs at 16.50 to 17.00 and shorn ewes scarce at 8.00 to 10.00.
U. S. Department of Agriculture Sioux market reports recordings show calves firm to higher with large lots priced up to 17.65 per cwt for 1400 lb heifers and steers. Hogs receipts about 6,200 with barrows and gilts around 14. Sold sows and stags at 14.75. Sheep receipts 2,000 with fat lambs selling around 16 to 16.85 per cwt and No 1 pelts around 17.25 to 17. Also notes mixed trucking and shipper influence across markets.
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and plants in interior Iowa and Minnesota for the week ended Tuesday night totaled about 600 head, down from roughly 34 800 a week ago. Heavy activity noted with loading underway. prices listed for different weight ranges and quality hogs.
Market notes show hog price figures and ad references across Iowa towns including Ottumwa Mason Cleo and Ottumwa areas. Prices range around 13.70 to 15.00 per hundredweight with several line items showing 13.85 14.35 and 14.40.
Chicago produce prices show steady butter receipts with varied tub scores and bread lines. Poultry steadies with hens and broilers quoted, while table stock and exports reflect moderate demand. several regional brands and sizes noted with mixed gains and declines across categories.
AP report from New York lists egg and produce pricing with varying weights and color options. Records show different lot numbers and receipts while noting firm overall prices and some unsettled receipts for certain sizes.
In Wisconsin, bidding activity remained subdued this week with limited gains noted. Market watchers reported small price movements across cheese varieties as buyers and sellers assessed steady demand and supply dynamics.
New York shares rose on Tuesday as hopes for quick coal peace spurred buys. The market reached a 15 year high on heavy volume in the last three months with gains across steels motors rubbers and utilities. Rails added to the late strength as profit taking eased and most top marks held near the close. About 2,000,000 shares changed hands.
The Cedar Rapids hog market posted Tuesday ceiling prices with prime butchers at 14.45 and packers at 13.70. Grain bids show corn 1.32 and soybeans 2.10 per bushel. Hay prices range from 14.00 to 16.00 per ton with various poultry and hides values listed, along with fruits vegetables and potatoes for wholesale trade.
Chicago AP reports grain futures confined largely to oats with wheat at ceilings. Oats opened light, recovered some early losses, with December delivery under pressure. At close, wheat corn rye and barley held ceilings while oats showed declines in new contracts, with August at 8.43 and July at 8.3.
The bulletin lists cereal futures including wheat No 2 red and hard with nominal prices and ceilings for No 2 yellow and No 3 yellow. Oats No 2 grades show 86 to 92 cents with ceilings and barley malting around 1 34 to 1 525 nominal with feeds near 1 23 to 1 3342 nominal and ceiling.
A. F. Whitney head of the railroad trainmen accused President Truman of misrepresentation and broken promises after meeting him twice in May. Whitney said Truman ignored their case, promised a settlement and a postposed strike, and planned to reveal proof of insincerity nationwide. Alvanley Johnston added that Truman was short with them during the talks.
The market edged higher on Tuesday as demand broadened for a select group of falis and miscellaneous corporates. Fractions gained with some cases up a point as the final hour began.
A fragmentary verse piece praises golfers and the sport's moral tests. It highlights nerve in tough holes, the value of perseverance, and the thrill of triumph when facing traps and hazards.
Louis Nilles Jr., 16, of 1914 Grande Avenue SE, suffered a fractured pelvis when he was brushed from the running board of an automobile Monday. Mercy hospital attendants reported his condition as good on Tuesday.
Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower urged Congress to authorize transfer of arms and war goods to Western hemisphere nations. They testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on a broad military cooperation program, stressing no aim for an arms race or overall armament increase in the region.
The AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen scheduled a June 7 9 gathering in Chicago to formulate a new contract with major packing companies.
In Des Moines at Camp Dodge the first annual highway patrol memorial honored fallen members. Capt. Clarence B. Day of Cedar Rapids praised those who died defending liberty and humanity and noted the enduring spirit guiding the patrol. He paid tribute to Oran H. Pape, Mrs. Alex Miller, and other late officers including Weeks, Jennings, and Knee, recalling Pape’s death near Muscatine in 1936 and Knee’s death in March.
Fire at Rapids Equipment company 220 Sixth street NW Monday night was confined by sprinklers and saved from major destruction. Fire Chief E P Kohout said the blaze started from an overheated gas oven used to burn grease from metal parts. crew on duty discovered the fire.
City briefs announce new Saturday hours for all Cedar Rapids freight warehouses. The Cedar Rapids Freight Agents Association says starting this week warehouses will close at 1 p.m. each Saturday while freight offices keep current hours.
The Cedar Rapids Rotary Club hosted Ladies' Night at the Montrose Hotel on Monday with 166 attendees. The program featured comic readings by Peter Joseph McNamara, musical numbers by violinist Donald Johanos and soloist Bonnie Popham, accompanied by Thelma Trimble, and piano selections by Bob Colston.
Cub Pack 5 held a Monday potluck at Central Park Presbyterian Church with about 70 parents and Cub Scouts in attendance. Awards were presented to Eugene Brown Rodney Holtz Ray Howland Billy Dykehousen Orville May William Paeth Jerry Dawson Billy Barry Rowe Zehms Wayne Ellingson David Shean Jimmy Paulson Sonny Ray Billy Roberts Bobby Cech Bruce Spivey and Bobby Wylder.
Hanford post No. 5 American Legion with S. L. Stolba announced a Wednesday meeting of the Rifle and Pistol club. The discussion covers range practice and a Technicolor sound movie of the last national match at Camp Perry Ohio. Meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Cedar police station.
An elk escaped from its Bever Park pen on Monday evening and remained at large Tuesday afternoon. Police and local residents led by Bever Park custodian Bill Volz formed a posse to追 corner the animal, first learning of the escape near 34th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue SE around 6:30 p.m. The posse, including Patrolmen Glenn Walters and Jerry Carroll, drove the elk back toward the park after Volz set a trap near the enclosure.
Stolba stated the association aims to organize regional and national matches so members can participate. The plan seeks broader participation and structured competition across levels.
Daniel B. Storck 66 of 908 Eleventh Street died at 10 55 am Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness He was chief field deputy for the internal revenue office at Des Moines Born May 7 1880 at Earlville he married Maunie Leonard June 24 1908 at Battle Creek They moved to Cedar Rapids in 1909 and to Marion ten years later Storck belonged to Marion Presbyterian church was past master of Perseverance lodge A F and A M Battle Creek member of Iowa Consistory Cedar Rapids and Abu Bekr Shrine Sioux City Survived by wife two sons Owen D Storck Darlington Wis Gail A Storck Kansas City Mo a daughter Eleanor E Trimble Marion two brothers Richard Storck San Gabriel John Stork Des Moines two sisters Mrs Martha Zieman Oakes N D and Mrs Lena England Van Meter Ia and eight grandchildren Services set for Wednesday at 5 pm at Yocom chapel with Rev C V R De Jong officiating Burial Cedar Memorial park Pall bearers named Friends may call at chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Brote markle are set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Yocom chapel with Rev James P Ga ble officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Shade cemetery. Pallbearers include Herbert Dunn Robert Goodyear Gilbert Gordon of Marion and Wilbur Boehm of Greeley. Friends may call at the chapel.
The Rev. T J Mc Elliott will celebrate Mass at 10 a m Wednesday at St Joseph s Catholic Church for Mary Ann McMullen four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle R McMullen Burial follows at Mt Calvary cemetery Friends may call at Yocom chapel Mr and Mrs W E Failor return home from Concordia Kansas where they visited Failor s parents Mr and Mrs W Failor
No milk delivery on deco ration day and stores open only until noon. Marion Dairy ads note. F. L. Nickeson visited Des Moines. Miss Fae Carver named better groomed girl of Marionette Four H club and to attend rally day June 6 at C S P S hall Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Byron Ambdenstock judged. Sixty Baptist vacation Bible school pupils reported by Rev. Charles Moore. Wanted full time saleslady at Storms. Kathleen Mullaley, Iowa State Teachers College graduate, to work at Estes Park Colorado this summer. Mrs. Louis Rivera of Santa Fe visiting her Barkwill relatives. Anna Mullaley assisting grandmother in Preston. Mrs. Bernard Timmer seriously ill. Paul Snider of Detroit weekend guest of Miss June Milner. Mrs. LaVerta Burns of Washington DC visiting Breed relatives.
At the annual Cedar Rapids meeting of stockholders of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern, Campion presided as chairman with Gavin as secretary and Kelly Fleming as tellers. Proxies totaling 70 949 shares were held. Directors elected to fill the late M L Bell's term were W F Peter A C Middleton A B Enoch W R Owen all from Chicago and A D Martin of Chicago.
INDIANAPOLIS AP Sterling Perry 52 vice president National City Bank Evansville bound over to a federal grand jury on $10 000 bond for embezzlement. U S district attorney B Howard Caughran testi fied Perry confessed after entering the marshal s office that he embezzled 143000 in the last two or three years. He said he couldn t remember what happened to the money but wanted to confess because he couldn t stand it any longer. He had 36 years with the bank.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Foreman hosted a Sunday family reunion at their home with attendees including Peter Steffen of Bishop California Harve Vanston Ivan Holts Wesley Vanston from Waterloo Cedar Rapids Alexand er Rock Island and Rock Island natives Grover Ankey and Seaman Leslie L Ankey Springville Irvin Ankey Chester and Leo Ankey Marion Zuhlke represented by Frank Zuhlke of Marion.
Lt David W Elder and his wife traveled to Indianapolis to visit relatives before he returns to Fort Sheridan Ill and then to the 53rd base depot in Nuernburg Germany. Mrs Elder will stay in Marion awaiting transport to Germany. Mrs Otto Bensch is ill at 1290 Thirteenth Street after a heart attack. E C Hughes of Mechanicsville is ill with pneumonia at St Luke s Hospital. Paul Thomas was elected president of Blazing Star circle in Monticello succeeding Lee Voorhies of Marion.
An American army report details German SS troops gouging out the eyes of wounded American soldiers at Malmedy during the Ardennes battle. The discovery followed thawing of 71 bodies and relates to the Jan 14, 1945 massacre uncovering during trials of 74 elite guards.
Cedar Rapids final board of review sessions set for Wednesday and Friday to review assessment rolls. City Assessor Jim Scolaro said this is the last chance for taxpayers to lodge objections to tax assessments before the May board adjourns Friday afternoon. No objections had been filed yet.
A crew of youths aged 9 to 15 reportedly broke into the residence at 1226 Sixteenth Avenue SW, damaging the interior described as a total wreck. Police routed the group Monday night and ordered them to report to the juvenile bureau Tuesday.
Quaker Oats Company announced a $1.50 per share dividend on common stock payable July 10 to stockholders of record June 12. The company has paid $1.50 in January and 75 cents in April with no dividend in the last quarter of 1945. President R. Douglas Stuart cited uncertainty for future payouts due to price increases and grain shortages.
In Chicago AP report, after Al Harris left his cashier's cage two men confronted him. One pressed a sharp instrument against his back and demanded the coin bag. Harris handed over a $25 bag and later found a two inch slit in his coat.
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