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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1946
Page
15
Chicago AP notes a slower cattle market with about 75 percent of the volume in cows and medium grade heifers dragging prices. Good to low good steers and yearlings hold near 20.25, cows at 17, wealers 16.59. hogs brisk at 16.25. native lambs steady at 19.25 on good to choice stock.
General trade steady with moderate supplies of hogs and cattle. Slaughter cattle active with good to choice native spring tops. vealers around 16.50. steer and yearling prices near 20.25. cows to 17.69 and cutters about 9. hog receipts 21800. feeders and stock cattle listed with various prices. Odd head and load lots noted. heavy emphasis on price movement and market activity.
New York report shows late demand for selected steels and industrials helping reverse an early decline in Tuesday trading. The market opened lower with many stocks down 1 to 3 points, but by midday some losses narrowed or reversed and activity slowed with around 1,500,000 shares traded.
U S Department of Agriculture receipts show mixed demand across cattle hogs and lambs. Prices range with steers 16 to 19 dollars, cows 11 to 14, good stockers 16 to 18.10, lambs 18 dollars or more for choice, ewes slow but steady demand overall.
Shown are cattle and hog receipts with prices and trends. Calves and yearlings sell in the 17 to 20 dollar range, steers and heifers mostly steady, some grades slow. Stockers and feeders vary, cows active in trades, hogs at about 15 to 16 dollars with ceilings noted.
Combined receipts at concentration yards and feed plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 2 am Tuesday show a 1.8 percent increase from a week ago and 14.7 percent higher than a year ago. Prices for hogs remain steady with quotations unchanged. Sale notes list lots of sows and market hogs with weights from 160 to 550 pounds priced around 15.45 to 15.70 per hundred pounds.
UPI reports varied cattle prices with slaughter classes showing rarecy steer crops at 17.25 to 1940 per head, and heifers 1700 to 1890. Stock cows and feeders remained in steady demand as buyers moved plenty of stock through operations.
The page lists numerous corporate stocks and commodities with percent values and prices, including Allis Chalmers, Armour & Co, Coca Cola, Boeing, General Motors, Union Pacific, Westinghouse, and others. Markets note Cedar Rapids hog prices at 15.70 for prime butchers and packers, with lambs and sheep also priced. few weather- or date-specific details are given.
DES Mae Hegwen recorded times of 275 550 and split figures 18.70 28.48 15.70 15.65 15.68 in the event. The OCR fragment lists performance markers without clear context or names of competitors or venues.
Fragmented OCR shows butter tubs and cheese mentions with numeric codes and stray words. The readable items reference prices and shelves, with unclear shop actions and checks totaling 334.
Police Chief T. J. Condon left Tuesday for Chicago to board a special train heading to the International Association of Police Chiefs convention in Mexico City. The trip launches the first leg of his travel for the conclave.
Chicago grain markets edged higher as traders cited fresh wheat purchases by the government. Wheat rose about 4 to 1 1/2 cents, corn gained around 1 to 5 cents, oats fluctuated, barley firmed, and spot quotes showed mixed white and yellow corn grades amid a quiet day.
W. G. Williams seeks an injunction to bar War Assets Administration from sending surplus American goods to foreign or international groups. He heads American Direct Action Inc with Vernon L. Derrickson and H. H. Chadwick, filing papers in DC. The 70 year old aims to halt Yugoslavia aid following UNRRA surplus ice machines news.
A Pacific government agency announced that certain winter resort accommodations will be exempt from rent controls for the upcoming season. Eligibility requires seasonal use history and prior non rent during June 1 1946. Suspension runs Oct 1 to May 31 1947 to match resumed tourist trade.
R. R. Mahannah 62, longtime North English undertaker and furniture dealer, died at a Cedar hospital at 2 p.m. Monday after several weeks of illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Surviving are his wife and four
Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged a new inquiry into the Rama road project begun with President Roosevelt and funded from a secret war appropriation. He said Nicaragua seeks an additional 2.5 million dollars and called the gift political, not military, while pledging to press witnesses for details on rights to use the route and any similar secret aid.
A. Tracy, principal of Wilson high school, was elected president of the Linn County Educational council of the Iowa State Education Association at a meeting at McKinley high school Monday evening. Walter A. Shupp, county superintendent, led the session as vice president. Plans for the year were outlined with committee members to be announced. this was the first meeting of the school year and the second will be October 9 at an announced location.
Three nationalist generals were executed in Harbin for a planned armed uprising to seize the city. The revolt was said to be backed by Chiang Kai-shek and Tu Li-ming, with an August 28 date. arrests secured the plot two days early, and the leaders were executed after an eight hour public trial.
Laurance P. Bock of Marion will be awarded the Medal of Freedom the war department civilian honor for outstanding war service. The presentation is Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids army recruiting office on the second floor of the Federal building.
Pearl eee and Carmeline David pled guilty to disturbing the peace after a street fight at 1615 Fourth Street NW and at the Plaza hotel. Each was fined $25 and costs in Tuesday court.
Local notices reveal Mrs Grace Koppenhaver travels to northwest Iowa on business. Several visits planned with relatives and friends in West Liberty Beloit and Freeport while others relocate address trades and social events unfold including showers and baptist guild meeting announcements.
Mr B D Silliman will speak at 6 15 p m in K V Cedar. Mr and Mrs Ernest Clough and guests Mr and Mrs Chester Ingalls of Westford Mass returned Monday after a week with relatives at Rice Lake. Mr and Mrs E M Skeels Grand Junction Colo and Mrs Harlan Skeels Cedar Rapids were dinner guests Monday in the Lee home.
A collage of classified lines offers lost items and rewards, sewing and mending, jewelry and watch repair, furniture and upholstery, interior decorating, hiring, and various odd jobs. It lists contact phone numbers, local shops like Jack's Store, Vincent's Jewelry, and multiple addresses, with notices for dances, rummage sales, and services from carpenters, haulers, masons, and cleaners.
William Ludwick and Charles P. Murray pleaded guilty to petty larceny after authorities caught them siphoning about 12 gallons of gasoline from a parked semi at a filling station. Fines of 10 dollars plus costs were assessed by Justice W. A. Ball. F. S. Bell reported the theft at 2 15 a m. Police pursued and captured the men about 18 miles west of the city on highway 30.
Dr Ernest Anderson, who practiced dentistry in Cedar Rapids for 12 years, plans to set up an orthodontia practice in Olla California. He was released from the navy dental corps in February after serving two years.
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