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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1946
Page
3
USDA and UP reports show Tuesday receipts of 1000 hogs 3000 cattle 3000 sheep with live stock prices mostly steady. Slaughter steers and yearlings top 20.25 while bulk beef cows range 10.00 to 14.00. hogs steady at 16.25. spring lambs top 19.25 with yearlings 16.50 to 18.60.
Hog receipts 460 active with price ceiling at 16.90 and full clearance. Cattle receipts 12,500 steady overall with slaughter classes limited. good to choice grain fed yearlings 10.60. good fed steers 19.00. slaughter cows 11.00 to 14.25. stocker and feeders 16.00 to 18.25. western lambs 18.00 with natives 18.00. feeding lambs 17.50 to 17.85. breeding ewes about 9.50.
Cattle sales show strong demand on shipper accounts and limited buyers, with cows steady and stockers firm. Calves, steers, and heifers vary by weight, with price ceilings noted for South Dakota stock. hog receipts steady with good to choice weights. sheep receipts growing but market not established. Des Moines area yard and plant totals referenced with mixed price ranges for hogs and sows.
Market listings show ceil ing prices for hogs at 1570 for prime butchers and 15.70 for packers, with weights 160-360 pounds. Cattle quotes include Boe racters and weights, with ranges for yearlings, cows, and bulls. Also listed are sheep, lambs, poultry, produce, and grain prices from Hastings to Dubuque along Cedar River routes.
The New York market edged higher on a cautious start to the week, with modest gains in many issues and thin turnover. Transfers totaled about 1,500,000 shares as several issues posted small advances while others lagged and the overall pace remained slow.
Chicago and New York markets show varied produce rates with butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry steady or mixed. Wisconsin and Idaho potato shipments and russet prices appear, while regional notes include certain Burbank and Russet varieties and freight terms.
Chicago grains traded in a tight range with indecisive moves. Wheat and corn fluctuated around prior levels, while oats and barley showed modest shifts amid mixed cash provisions.
Kansas City cattle receipts total 15,000 with steers steady to last week. Loads offered at 18.00 to 19.50 and 17.00 to 18.50 for medium grades. good helpers around 18.35. cows and grass cattle steady with mixed lots 12.50 to 13.00. Stockers and feeders mostly 16.00 to 17.00 with good feeders 17.25 to 18.00.
Notice of incorporation for Kratchmer Furniture Company filed in Cedar Rapids Iowa Linn County. Articles authorize manufacturing and sale of furniture and related goods with real and intangible property powers and a 10000 par value 1000 shares. Officers include Lazar Krachmer president and director Rebsacca Krachmier vice president Meyer Schaffer vice president Paul Krachmer secretary treasurer. The board to be elected annually with meeting date set for second Tuesday in August 1947.
Mrs Eleanor Wardle Locke aged 78 died Saturday at her Marion residence after a two month illness. Born in Grundy Center on November 25 1867 she was married to the late Rev M J Locke in 1893. Surviving are two sons Melvin W Locke Pekin Ill and John at home two sisters Emma Anderson Glendale and Ada W Robinson Bishop three grandchildren and a daughter Emma Amelia Burdick who died in 1930. Funeral at 2 pm Tuesday in Yocom chapel with Rev James P Gable officiating. Burial in Mt Vernon cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Charley Lee Granger 75 lifelong Marion resident died Sunday at 12 15 pm at the family home 1073 Sixth Street after a long illness. A carpenter he was born July 16 1871 and belonged to Marion Methodist church and Osceola lodge 1 C C F. He married Anna Jane Day on August 16 1899 and survived by a son Bert Bradford of iPa a granddaughter great grandchild and two sisters Laura Shafer Cedar Rapids and Mary Mills Tampa Fla. Funeral arrangements by the Rev James P Gable in Yocom chapel with time to be announced.
Mrs Broussard's brother Dr Raymond Cooney is en route to Washington. Birth announced Sept 14 for a daughter to Mr and Mrs Wayne Martin Ames, former Marion residents Mrs Barbara Sloss. Several local visits and travel updates follow including the Leidigh and Papes families, and attendees at Cedar Rapids gatherings.
A B 25 bomber carrying Maj. Gen. Paul Wurtsmith and four other Army men crashed into Cold Mountain Friday, killing all five aboard. Wreckage was found early Sunday and a rescue party reached the scene later.
The King, advised by physicians, stayed home Monday to recover from a slight cold after skipping Sunday's church services per medical orders.
A dense local page lists numerous lost items including a brown car key case with two keys and license, a brown leather pillfold, a dark blue umbrella, a Yale jack key, a spotted male fox hound, four keys, shell rimmed glasses, gold identification bracelet, and an oversized pile of personal ads. Also contains service ads for machine quilting, car rides, transfers, massage, printing, and housework help with contact numbers.
local classifieds feature auto body work and complete fender refinishing Rapids Chevrolet Co. plus jackets dresses jewelry fur shop services classes sewing and tailoring. several shops tout low heating costs jewelry repairs beauty salons and modeling services with addresses and phone numbers included for Cedar Rapids area.
A 6-year-old boy was found hiding under a dining room table at 808 L street SW after breaking into a home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. McPherson. Police say $955 was missing from a money changer and the youth admitted to at least one other break in. He was handed to juvenile authorities.
Paul Kuba of 1722 J avenue NE was fined 100 dollars in police court Monday for reckless driving. Patrolmen Vaude Fellwock and Jerry Navratil reported he drove erratically from Fortieth to Thirtieth streets on First avenue E around 1 am Sunday.
DES MOINES UP The state health department reported three new polio cases in Iowa two in Wright county and one in Jasper The year to date total rises to 352 up from 130 at the same point last year.
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