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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1948
Page
3
Chicago market report shows hogs steady to 50 cents higher with tops around 26.75 while cattle ease 50 cents to 1 dollar and sheep ease slightly. Hog carcass values stayed strong with sows near 25 dollars, cattle top at 40.50 for select steers, and calves and bulls posting varied quotes amid light slaughter.
Hog receipts total 5 000 with sows 50 cents to 1 dollar higher and barrows up to 27 50. Cattle receipts 5 500 with fed steers and heifers weak to 50 cents lower, bulls steady, stockers and feeders generally steady. top fed steers around 34 dollars, cows 18 50 to 21 dollars. Sheep receipts 3 000 with fat lambs slow, natives and westerns mixed with highs near 25 dollars for slaughter lambs and ewes 7 to 8 dollars.
New York stocks rose on Wednesday with steel shares climbing to 1948 highs. Trading ranged from fractional gains to more than a point as turnover reached about 1.2 million shares.
Salable receipts 3200 cattle with calves 350 and mixed cows. trade slow and uneven with some buyers 1.00+ lower than Monday. Grass fat heifers little changed. stockers and feeders about steady. Medium to good fed steers 27.00–31.00. heifers 25.00–31.50. cows 17.00–21.50. Hog receipts active 25–50c higher. 180–190 lb barrows 26.50–21.00. 190–270 lb 27.00+. sows up ~25c. 360 lb down 23.00–24.25. Sheep 800 head, no early action. Good–Choice lambs 24.
New York AP reports a steady market with fractional changes and rare larger gains in final hour. Rail stocks leading with Pennsylvania Central Air Line 3s and Norfolk Southern 3s among winners. Missouri back in forward progress with other rails mixed. Agricultural and commodity prices listed include lambs, ewes, potatoes, onions, apples and citrus with varied per-unit quotes.
Cattle receipts 6 500 calves 800. steers slow and weak to 50c lower, some bids down more. slaughter steers quoted 29 25 to 32 75. medium to low good short fed 24 50 to 29 00. good fed heifers 29 30. common to good cows 17 25. Bulls steady. dealers unchanged. early sales good fed steers.
Chicago market reports show poultry receipts at 23 trucks with steady trading. Plymouth Rock fryers and broilers listed at 35 cents, cheese and butter prices varied by grade with multiple scores and sizes. Potatoes note total shipments of 1,117 tracks and steady track sales with No. 1 washed price around 3 dollars.
Market notes show slight upticks in eggs and cheese with varied quotes for dairy and produce items. Yogurt and whey stayed steady as traders pass along minor price moves across categories.
Strength in soybeans lifted a generally firm market as exports allocations spurred buying. December wheat and oats showed strength with Mills buying wheat for flour sales to the army, and a 50 000 bushel oats shipment aided oats. Corn stayed near highs and bookings neared 200 000 bushels, with other grains and lard also firm.
The Chicago market shows No 3 yellow wheat at around 1.49 to 1.53 and No 1 yellow at 1.55 to 1.53. Oats hover near 1.26 to 1.62 per unit. Field seeds list sweet clover redtop timothy and other items with varied quotes.
Receipts Wednesday show 48 000 head with southern Minnesota unloads and Iowa plants contributing. Prices rise 50 to 75 cents with strong demand for barrows and gifts across weight ranges from 160 to 550 pounds. Sows fetch lower but steady values across the scale.
Nine year old terrier owned by Edward Sadler of Manor Pennsylvania chewed through the rear window of a parked car in Omaha. Heat and restlessness led the dog to gnaw glass. The dog crawled out and hid under the vehicle to cool off. A veterinarian treated the bleeding animal after onlookers called for help.
Brief, urgent update notes fast actions and figures labeled 14 16 M18 20 L 40 42 with emphasis on immediacy and compact math cues. Readers see a terse call to speed and precise values.
By ANNE ADAMS. News for a hostess pattern details for a gay party lapron with bows. Sizes small medium large and yardage quoted. Send 25 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept Chicago Ill. Include name address size and pattern number.
Republican Campaign Manager Herbert Brownell Jr says the White House is making a brazen attempt to sandbag civil service employees in Washington into contributing to the faltering Democratic campaign. He cites a letter by Aaron L. Ford urging liberal contributions and threatening reprisals for noncompliance. The note requests a large check but caps it at 5000 dollars.
New York reports Chic Young the Blondie creator will receive the Silver Lady statuette as outstanding cartoonist of the year from the Banshees at a luncheon on November 4. The design by Willy Pogany echoes the Oscar standard in comic artistry.
In Covington, a juvenile jury backed by Police Judge Ernest Mershon Jr. recommended that four teenagers accused of pre Halloween vandalism apologize and stay home after 8 p.m. from October 25 to 31. The judge will enforce the plan with parental compliance. The case shows the juvenile jury system as a first step for misdemeanors, while more serious offenses go to county officials.
In Kenosha Wisconsin District Attorney Urban Zeivers faces a potential election setback as his car was stolen from his driveway. The vehicle was recovered about two miles away within an hour, abandoned with election posters bearing his name and title still inside. Zeivers suspects the thief aborted the theft after finding the candidate’s posters.
Mr and Mrs Joe Cira hosted Sunday dinner at E V cafe after the christening of twins Joseph and Joanne with 25 relatives attending. Guests included Mrs Fred Fensterman, Mrs Michael Cira Jr, Gus Pusateri and Joe Pusateri. Eleanor Leinbaugh dies in Waukesha burial in Elwood Indiana planned. Robert Hibner and wife visit due to family death, and Arline Smoyer funeral set at Turner chapel Cedar Rapids Cedar Memorial park.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Singer of Minneapolis visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. John McLane. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson of Chicago with their daughters stay with his aunt Mrs. W. A. Jackson and Mr. Jackson. Mrs. Mae Schlotterbach, cousin of Mrs. Frank J. Cleveland, returns to Long Beach.
Mrs. Bertha G. Barnes is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Stamy at Robins, staying for a social visit and meal hosting.
Anamosa Methodist church hosted the Davenport district Women’s Society of Christian Service annual meeting on Tuesday. Attendees included Mrs Charles Sweet Frank Clark Owen Turner E T Hiams Ray Starry E E Godwin M H Biddick Robert B Burns Carroll Roberts Minnie Schenken Jake Shaffer J J Booth James P Gable Harold Howe and Frank Newcomb.
Plans were made for a rum mage sale Saturday at the meeting of the Electa circle King’s Daughters in the home of Mrs Milo Petrak Tuesday.
Mrs Homer F Perry entertained the Theristrial club on Tuesday. Mrs R J Williams reviewed The Bishop's Mantle by Agnes Turnbull. The club contributed 3 to the Marion Community Chest.
Senator Ball of Minnesota intervened for a 16 year old farm youth who tomatoed him and splattered Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey. The youth faced county juvenile court with paternal punishment already given. Ball urged dropping charges if possible or leniency from the court.
Frau Reinhard Heydrich, 37, was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Prague court. She is reported living in the British zone of Germany and was charged with torturing Jews who served as slave laborers for Heydrich during World War II.
William Rossey of Marion suffered a possible fractured leg when his truck collided with a car on the Alburnett road about a mile from Marion. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital and listed in fairly good condition. Donald Jones of Alburnett, driver of the other vehicle, escaped injury.
Courteous taxi service ad. Creighton law freshman vice-president Thomas P. Shanahan. Gillette hearing at ZCBJ Hall Tuesday. Apollo Commandery dinner and inspection Friday at Masonic temple. uniform preferred. Deadline Oct 23 for registration. transport via Democratic headquarters. Cedar Rapids residents to tri state credit meeting in Des Moines today through Friday. Chamber dinner dance next Wednesday at Club Ced-Rel. Dr. B J Radford opens office at 1026 3rd Ave SE. Visitors: Keith Johnson returns from Dubuque. Kenneth M Johnson on 10 day home leave. electronics rating promotion to 2/c. report to San Diego Oct 27.
Washington report shows organized labor has raised and spent about 2.6 million dollars in this campaign. AFL officials expect over 1 million more, CIO PAC hints spending will exceed 500 thousand, with six other groups joining in opposition to Taft Hartley supporters. Massachusetts unions reportedly exceed 200 thousand for state battles.
A historical source notes the world population at about two and a quarter billion people. The figure reflects a mid twentieth century demographic snapshot with emphasis on global scale. Entities include no specific organizations or dates in the readable text.
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