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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1948
Page
7
Chicago livestock markets show hogs down 1 to 2 per hundredweight under pressure from Monday's heavy receipts. Cattle mixed with slight declines and gains, sheep softer. Om
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market slipped 75 cents. Prime butchers topped at 24.25, packets at 23.00, with various grade ranges listed for steers, yearlings, cows, bulls, calves, and lambs. Wholesale fruits and vegetables also show mixed rates, noting deserts like celery, lettuce, onions, and multiple fruit varieties with per bushel or per crate pricing.
New York stocks started the week higher with oils and rails leading the advance. Volume reached about 650000 shares as most gains were fractions to around a point while a few leaders pulled back from earlier highs.
Chicago market reports show unsettled poultry receipts with diverse prices for hens, fryers, and ducks, plus egg, butter, and cheese pricing. New York notes firm butter and egg markets, with varied cheese receipts.
Chicago cash market boosts corn as cash houses buy heavily. Wheat up 1/2 to 1 1/2 percent with December futures around $2.24. Soybeans mixed to up, oats and rye modestly higher. Livestock at Sioux City and Kansas City shows slow sale pace and weaker bids on cattle, with scattered steady to lower quotes for fed steers and heifers.
Photographer Brady Bynum of the Columbus Ledger Enquirer says companions of Alabama Gov. James E. Folsom destroyed about 50 dollars of camera gear at the Auburn Louisiana Tech game on his orders. He refused to delete the negative and was shoved by a man identified as Nick Littlefield and others. Police Chief C B Ellis said he is investigating.
Police report an auto crash killed six high school students and left two 16 year olds in critical condition. The vehicle sped along the road shoulder Sunday, struck a culvert, then flew about 80 feet and rolled 50 more feet before landing upright.
CHICAGO UP Thirty persons were injured two seriously when a northbound elevated train crashed into the rear of a Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee train at the Wilson Avenue station. Motorman Frank Scatina, 47, blamed the collision on greasy tracks slipping his wheels as he braked.
Elmer E. Prosser, 75, former Linn county farmer, died Saturday in Clifton Texas. Born August 11, 1873 in Lost Nation, he married Lizzie Poole in 1900. They farmed near Marion before moving to Texas in 1922 for Mrs. Prosser’s health. Survived by two sons, Howard of Valley Mills and Ted of Plainview. Funeral arrangements to be announced. body to be returned to Yocom funeral home.
Ralph Edward Sankey infant son of Mr and Mrs Albert Sankey of Marion died Saturday in Town City hospital. Funeral services were held at Yocom funeral home with burial in Walker cemetery. Survived by parents a brother Albert Jr and grandmother Mrs Jennie Sankey.
Police seek two burglars who broke into Louis Hanssens and Sons hardware in Davenport using a wrecking bar to smash two safes. About $2,000 was taken from one, $3,600 from the other, with $2,850 in bonds and around $15 in petty cash left behind.
About 350000 French coal miners walked out at government owned mines in Paris area towns. The Communist General Confederation of Labor urged members to stay away until demands are met. Christian Mine Union struck 48 hours while Workers Force held back to discuss wage hikes and job security. Military guards and battle kits deployed as government sought to keep mine operations secure. Totem poles by North American Indians noted in the same page.
In New Castle Pennsylvania a six year old boy fatally shot his ten year old brother over a dispute about a comic book. The weapon a twelve gauge shotgun was unloaded in the father’s room with shells hidden. The coroner and district attorney said the younger boy Samuel is too hysterical to be questioned and no charges will be filed due to a Pennsylvania rule on children under seven. The case will go to the juvenile court.
Henry A Wallace’s public rally invitation at Fresno State was canceled by the college after sending a telegram from Dean Mitchell Biggs. The note indicated the institution could not limit the audience for the event and halted plans for the campus speech.
A college official said the public could not attend the college meeting, inviting the public to the separate event instead. Stewart Bryant of Students for Wallace blamed financial pressure from contributors for the cancellation, while Arnold D. Royal called the invitation tone unwise for public relations. Royal stated Wallace’s speech would be non political.
New York university students can attend class in a nightclub and study jazz by listening to a weekly series of records on WNYC. The course titled basic jazz music meets Monday nights under top jazz specialists guiding the homework.
New York City. Fort Dix sergeant Sst. Lewis Gendron accidentally hit a wild deer on the Hudson parkway inside the city Monday. He restrained the stunned year-old doe until the SPCA sent an ambulance and moved it to an animal hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises. SPCA officials expect release back into the wild once recovered, noting the drought may have driven it into the city.
Morrell packing plant restarted hog killing on Monday and allied departments partially reopened. The pork cutting floor was still largely idle. Eighty four workers in the department were discharged a week earlier over a dispute on work standards and replacements. Some allied-department workers were offered cutting floor work but did not report. Union and company representatives resumed talks with Walter C White, labor conciliator.
The undersigned on September 26 1948 was appointed executor of Esther C Scats late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to the estate must make immediate payment. Edward E Sears is named executor and O W Lawrence attorney will file authentication in Linn County District Court.
The Gazette reports on the Roper poll released Thursday detailing public opinion trends. Key figures and institutions cited include Roper Institute data, political parties, and local officials commenting on the poll’s implications for upcoming events.
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