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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1947
Page
7
A smattering of buy orders gave the stock market a slight lift in Saturday trading. Stocks that had closed flat earlier rose modestly while leaders advanced marginally amid thin activity and cautious sentiment on Wall Street.
Market notes show cattle prices slipping under cattle types with common to medium weights trading near 14 to 26 dollars. Slaughter demand remains steady while feeder and lighter weights trend lower. estimates and receipts are mixed versus prior week, with some figures around 20 to 26 dollars per hundredweight for select classes.
USDA reports generally steady hog prices around 24.50 to 25.25 with Friday's top near 25.00. Steers mostly steady to 25 cents higher, cows and bulls mixed with fats weaker. Yearling and feeder categories show varied gains. slaughter and stocker volumes firm to higher as wholesale quotes show choicer fed steers around 26 to 29 dollars, cows 17 to 19 dollars, vealers near 20 dollars.
Cedar Rapids hog market remained steady on Saturday with prime butcher sales at 23.85 to 23.35 per cwt and various weights of butchers and packers priced from 23.00 to 32.50. Cattle and lamb values listed include steers 950 to 1250 pounds at 12.09 to 29.00, yearlings 28.00 to 31.00, cows 11.56 to 16.50, bulls 16.50 to 20.00, and hides and wholesale fruits and grains noted in brief.
All hogs quoted steady in dull weekend action with prices ranging 24.50 to 25.15 per hundredweight. Cattle and sheep also quoted near steady, while a raft of commodity and stock listings from Adams Express to Armour & Co or International Nickel mingled in the day’s market chatter.
Friday price comparisons show hogs and beef cattle mostly higher in slaughter classes, with sow top at 24.75 and late top hogs at 25.10. In California, slaughter steers and heifers rise 25 to 50 cents, with bulk good and choice steers 27.50 to 32.00, yearlings 33.50 to 34.00, and calves around 18.59 to 24.00. Lambs steady to 25 cents lower, natives 22.75 to 23.25, with feeding lambs dull and some losses.
Demand shifts leave Slaughter steers and heifers down by 3.94 or more in places, with bulks steady to higher for some grades. Stocker and feeder steers gain up to 25, calves and heifers mixed, heaviest receipts show declines, price ranges noted for average to good stockers and grassers with numerous loads and varied per hundred figures.
Norman Baer, son of Mrs. Wilma Mc Knight of Marshalltown, died in a hospital Friday night from shotgun wounds suffered while hunting south of the city. The incident occurred in the surrounding area as authorities investigated the fatal shooting during a hunting outing.
Miss Sophia Coenen dies Friday. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Yocom chapel led by Rev. C. V. R. De Jong. Burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Pallbearers named Karl W. Kendall Emery J. Miller Earl Welsher Frank Johnson. Friends may call at the chapel.
Active demand for grains heated price moves on the Chicago Board of Trade led by corn. Wheat closed about 4 higher with December near 3.00, corn up around 41 to 45 higher with December near 2.40, oats up about 1 to 1.5 higher near 1.17, and soybeans mixed around 3.70 for November.
In Chicago, cash provisions show mixed movement across corn barley and seed prices amid fluctuating markets. Prices for corn No 2 red and No 4 yellow are noted with figures such as $2.18 and other nominal values referenced, while barley and seed values appear inconsistently documented.
Combined hog receipts at 18 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Mingesats totaled 48,000 for a 24 hour period ending Saturday, up from 32,000 a week ago and 46,000 a year ago, with operations moderately active and prices firm to higher. Markets show varied quotes by weight from 160 to 550 pounds across good and choice sows and hogs, with steady to higher tone and weekend marketing noted.
Police planned to continue questioning Charles Ver Helst over the strangulation death of his fiancée Arlene Mott 16 in Mason City Iowa. A spool of pink thread found in an alley near the Mott home is being traced as a possible clue.
Van Buren 6A will be showcased in a vesper concert Sunday at 3 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum. The program features Snow Is Falling Down and The Bugle Corps by the 6A class, with violin solo Willa Deane Howells of Franklin performing Hejre Kati by Hubay. Other groups include Franklin band, Wilson choir, McKinley ninth grade choir, and Tyler elementary chorus, amid McKinley and Franklin student art in the lobby.
The Licensed Embalmers Union of Greater New York warned Saturday it would strike unless undertakers met its demands, signaling potential labor action among funeral industry workers.
Charles Kent Philip DeWees David Carey Billie Moffatt and Dar rell Stimson of Boy Scout troop 35 served as ushers at the Iowa Minnesota game. Jack Shinault assistant scout master accompanied them.
More than 200 Camp Fire Girls and their parents picnicked in the Methodist church dining room Friday evening. Mrs. John Battin and Mrs. Wilson Fern spoke and plays were given by the individual groups.
Lyman Smith visits Des Moines with his wife and their son Jimmie spending the weekend.
Judy Arnold, who had been visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Tow, returned to Cedar Falls Saturday.
Starts Sunday with The Egg and I playing at Marion Theater. Matinee continuous on Sunday and Monday. Don’t miss it with advance notices for showtimes and screenings.
Mrs Clementine Schminke of Rock Island visited Marion friends Friday. Mrs Kathleen Oxley Goodyear was returned to her home Friday from a Des Moines hospital after being stricken ill at the state teachers convention.
Mrs. Grace C Koppenhaver heads Linn county tuberculosis office at Cedar Rapids. Mrs Gayle Zedik, executive secretary, recovering from an operation. Mrs Verle Etzel of Alburnett ill at the home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Earl Helbig. Miss Elizabeth Brown ill at home 957 Fourteenth Street. Prof C B Hanscom of the University of Minnesota spending weekend with his mother Mrs Carolyn Hanscom. His sister Mrs Richard Bristol and her son Richard joined him at the Iowa City game.
The list outlines morning and evening services at Marion churches including Baptist Catholic Christian Congregational United Methodist and Presbyterian offerings with Bible school times sermons youth activities and special events led by pastors such as Rev Charles Moore Rev T J McElliott Rev Richard Goins Rev Homer F Perry Rev How ard Potter Rev James P Gable and Rev C V R De Jong. Local denominations hold services from Saturday Sabbath school to Sunday worship and midweek prayer with choir rehearsals and youth programs noted.
Classified section items include lost items such as a brown purse, diamond ring, blueprints, a cow or heifer calf, a yellow gold wedding band, a white collie named Mike, and a brown and white terrier named Randy. Also listed are buy and sell notices, services, layaway offers, and business ads from local merchants. Notable entities include Cedar Memorial lot inquiries, JANEBA FUNERAL HOME, Probasco Jewelry Co, Claxton's College Pharmacy, and Sokol Bazaar.
District Judge James Gaffney refused the request to halt 250 new parking meters in Iowa City. The injunction action was brought by Attorneys John Knox Harry Albrecht and John Taylor. Original petitioner John Lindsey withdrew from the case at a November 4 hearing.
An accident outside the police station left Melvin L. Montague 1444 Second Avenue SE with a $50 fine after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Capt. Eddie Stearns reports Montague ran a stop sign and struck Robert B. Dalton of Minneapolis on Second Street. No injuries and minor property damage. William L. Shukers 1006 E Avenue NW also faced reckless driving charges and a $25 fine for speeding 35 mph on the Third Avenue Bridge.
William Koch announced that a class of 12 candidates will be conferred the 33rd degree. The list includes Frank F. Phillips, president of Phillips Petroleum, Ralph C. Wanlass, formerly Clinton resident in Panama Canal Zone, Dr. A. C. Tiemeyer of Baltimore, and Des Moines members Leslie M. Carl and Bernard F. Nowack, plus others from Ames Clinton Sioux City Cedar Rapids Burlington Marengo.
Ottumwa reports Fire Chief Harry E. Criswell, 52, died Friday night after a brief illness. He suffered a heart attack. Criswell had led the department since May 1944 and served with the fire service since 1919.
A New Britain Connecticut AP report notes a Sioux Indian in South Dakota bought an electric blanket from a local manufacturer, suggesting changes in rugged image among Indians. In a light anecdotal item the piece highlights a consumer purchase rather than traditional stereotypes.
Three defendants in federal liquor cases tied to the Tama Indian reservation face January trials in Cedar Rapids as Judge Henry A. Graven ordered the sessions. Belle Plaine residents Donald W. Hines and John Sullivan Share, arraigned in Waterloo, pleaded not guilty to charges of furnishing liquor to Indian women. Leroy Duncan, resident on the reservation, will be arraigned in Cedar Rapids December 15 for taking liquor onto the reservation. All three were released on $1,500 bond.
Mrs John P Pesina 52 of 99 Twenty second avenue SW died Friday at about 8 p m by taking poison coroner Dr Robert E Brosh cites despair over ill health as cause Born in Czechoslovakia Dec 24 1894 she lived in Cedar Rapids 38 years and was correspondent for Hlas Atel a Chicago Bohemian paper Surviving are her husband John a daughter Geraldine Jean two sons William and Johnny a granddaughter two brothers Joseph Novotny Los Angeles and Frank Cedar Rapids The body is at Brush chapel funeral announced later
DES MOINES AP two young bandits held up the Brown Drug Company store near downtown Des Moines at 2 30 p.m. Friday escaping on foot with more than 1500 in cash. One wore a handkerchief mask and carried a sawed off shotgun. The other was unmasked and carried a pistol. Both appeared under 25.
Elizabeth Blitsch of 811 Seventh Street SE will travel to Muscatine for a ten day visit. A Big Legion Bazaar runs Tuesday through Wednesday November 18 and 19 at 7 pm with public invited for Thanksgiving dinner. Betty Hoff and Martha Jenison will lead the Sunshine Mission Sunday evening service. Private Clark I Neal, son of Mr and Mrs Henry A Neal of 939 Fourth Avenue SE, completed basic training with the 65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion reserve company, 3rd Armored Division, at Fort Knox Kentucky.
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