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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1946
Page
11
Chicago and Omaha markets report yearlings at a record $37 with strong calves and steady hogs while sheep gain 25 cents. Across Sioux City and Kansas City, cattle, hogs, and lambs show mixed gains and steady to weak tones, with top loads around $37 for yearlings and varied weights selling firm to higher.
In a volatile Friday session the market moved up and down as leaders fell while some issues shifted to the plus column. Early rally faded under selling. prices slipped fractions to several points. A midday revival provided a modest turn, with limited gains near the close as transfers approached one million shares.
Friday price movements show Cedar Rapids hog quotes down 50 cents with top prime butchers at 22.00 and packers at 20.00. Cattle section lists prime steers at 23.00, yearlings around 28.00, cows and bulls with varied ranges, plus Mississippi River stage figures and New York bond notes.
Chicago live poultry receipts 15 trucks with f.o.b. prices for fowl and ducks listed. butter receipts 438,592 with unchanged prices. eggs unsettled with U. S. standards and extras prices. potatoes arrivals 352 with various U. S. No. 1 prices by origin. New York Produce prices show cheese steady and butter up to 309,333 with bulk carton pricing and tub standards.
Eastern commission houses push grains lower on Friday with early losses near 3 cents before a late rally. Wheat finishes down around 1.54 to 2.44, corn off 2 to 2 1 2 percent, oats weaker, soybeans at 3.29 for No. 2 yellow, barley around 1.61 to 1.76, and seed and field seeds priced nominally. Iowa hog receipts at interior yards total 40,800 with prices mostly steady to higher in light trade.
Winston Churchill sues Harper and Brothers and Louis Adamic over passages in Dinner at the White House. The case targets descriptions of a Jan nine? 13 1943 White House dinner with President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt and uses observations on Roosevelt and Churchill to critique Soviet ideology and British imperialism in relation to U S policy.
Corn Products Refining Co and subsidiaries report nine months ended Sept 20 earnings of 5,592,283 dollars, or 1.70 dollars per common share, down from 6,099,088 dollars or 1.90 per share a year earlier.
Dan F. Hunter will attend Frazer distributors meeting at Willow Run plant October 28-29. Roast beef supper priced at $1.00 for St James church on October 29. Maine lodge No. 643 LDOT meets at 7:30 with first degree to be conferred at 838 First Avenue NE. Albert's Cleaners offers hats cleaning and blocking. Rev Lyle K. Anderson to speak on The Stewardship of Time at 9:30 a.m. at Shueyville United Brethren church. church activities follow. College Shoe Shop advertises army shoes for hunters. Mrs Mary Beth Maloff, piano instructor, featured soloist at St James Methodist vesper service. Rev Frederick Samek to speak. H. L. Cerveny for sheriff on November 5. Wayne Swan and George Serovy named to Iowa Engineer staff at Iowa State College in Ames. Hobbie, state representative, November 5. Irene Warner to attend American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City. member of William Woods horsemanship class. Bernadine's Beauty Mart now taking appointments.
A top OPA official denied political motives in issuing the master decontrol order before the November elections. Deputy Administrator C Dean McNeal said politics had nothing to do with the move and outlined three criteria guiding what items will be decontrolled, with hundreds of goods affected.
In Prague President Edvard Benes told an interview that Czechoslovakia must chart its own course between East and West. He said the country cannot be an exclusive eastern or western ally and cannot imitate the Soviet system due to proximity to the West. Prague also notes U.S. loan hesitation, with Czech officials signaling a shift toward England for surplus materials credit while denying Soviet economic pressure.
Berlin AP report says U S army Berlin district forces are warned to refrain from photographing objects of military importance in the Russian sector or German Russian zone. The alert follows the fatal shooting of Harry Flory Jr. a Nebraskan who was stopped by a Russian patrol while his party used cameras.
Ballots have been prepared and mailed for the 1947 executive board election of the Young Men's bureau. Eight present members seek re election. six will be chosen from twelve nominees. Re election hopefuls are Herbert Beckman, Iver Brecht, Frank Gantt, Virgil Haight, George Hallenbeck, Leo Holmes, Paul Palmer and Ray Spielman. Nominees include Byron Anderson, Vincent Reinke, James Brady, Glenn Darling, Edwin Ford, Kenneth Hastie, Adam Kreuter, Kenneth Moon, Pat Patterson, Robert Prastka, Charles Severn and Harold Ward.
Robert Cmelik aged 73 of 128 First avenue E was struck by a car at First avenue and Twenty-seventh street E around 6 40 p m Thursday and sustained a dislocated right shoulder a cut over the left eye and bruises. Johanna J Severtson 17 of 2406 A avenue NE the car driver was charged with failure to yield the right of way but the charge was dismissed on payment of costs in police court Friday. Cmelik was taken to St Luke s hospital by ambulance after the incident. He was crossing Twenty seventh street when Severtson turned right from First avenue officials said.
The Cedar Rapids fire department offered to wash and tidy downtown Christmas decorations. Chief E P Kohout made the offer to the Chamber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau which runs the project. a planned cleaning session at Hawkeye Downs was canceled as YMB volunteers were not needed tonight.
Three suits filed to restrain meat dealers from violating control rules were dropped by OPA in Cedar Rapids federal court on Oct. 19. Nine cases have been dismissed to date, with three more from Thursday. Defendants on the latest dismissal were Clyde C. Burgess of the Fifth Avenue market Cedar Rapids H W Johnson of Johnson cafe Tama and George Blazek of Blazek's park Chelsea.
Joe Pitlik of Mt. Vernon suffered a possible fracture of the right arm when a sack of feed fell on him while loading a truck at the Quaker Oats plant on Friday. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital by Ambulance Service.
In Memoriam tribute for Lloyd A. Stark from his mother and sister Pearl Della M. Stark. A flood of lost items includes a red Sheaffer pencil, a black billfold, a red male cocker spaniel named Sandy, lost glasses, a white dog, and a boy's shoe. Found a man’s wedding ring. Local ads cover jewelry, fur fitting, rentals, car hire, printing, and beauty services.
The 178 day strike at the La Crosse Allis-Chalmers plant ended as CIO workers accepted a new contract by 347 to 47. Local President Robert Ludvik said the offer mirrored a prior rejected deal and included wage increases and a dues checkoff provision.
W. L. Kassler sold an 18 acre farm near Robins to Ralph E. Tipton of Walker who will take possession March 1. Tipton sold a Cedar Rapids house to C. E. Pearson of Marion. Stanley L. McCammon sold 1349 Lincoln drive to Kenneth D. Harris of Centerville who will move to Marion next month. A Marion election was set for Dec 4 to renew the Iowa Electric Light and Power company franchise. A memorial service is planned for Lt. Frank Whittemore lost in 1944 over Italy. Several social notices and ads fill the page, including Halloween party details and local hospitality.
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