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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1952
Page
3
Chicago market reports show hogs reaching a top of $18 for the first time since March 4 as salable hogs volume rises. Cattle receipts exceed expectations with about 11,080 head, while hog price gains remain tied to variable wholesale demand and slow late trading.
New York stocks fell along with steel and oil walkouts as investors faced growing pessimism. Trading volume reached about 1,100,000 shares as the market retreated on Wednesday.
Stocks and bonds listed with industrials at 259.34 and utilities 93.88, hog and cattle prices, grain and packer quotes, and commodity ranges from Chicago to Cedar Rapids. Readouts include numerous company names such as Allied Stores and Chrysler Motors, plus farm produce pricing for poultry, fruits, vegetables, and grains.
Receipts of 7,59 evolve cattle market with fed steers and heifers steady to moderately active. High choice and Prime around 1,200 lb sell near 35.50 with prime lots at 34.00 to 34.25. Holsteins and cows show broad spreads from 20.50 to 28.50 with occasional higher quotes for prime dealers up to 35.00.
Howard McElhinney is named principal of Columbus High School. He previously led Ainsworth High School for four years and is a graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant.
Des Moines reports Wednesday hog receipts estimated at 40 000 with weekly 42 000 and yearly 48 000. Prices rise about 10 cents from Tuesday’s average across weight classes from 160 pounds to 550 pounds, with specific quotes such as 180-200 lbs 16.50 to 17.60 and 400-450 lbs 14.00 to 14.85, reflecting active demand.
Chicago market notes a unsettled poultry fruit and egg market with shipments of 21 trucks and 745 810 pounds of otter, eggs facing weak demand. price changes show Springs and White Rock varieties rising to 28 32 cents per pound while eggs vary by grade with values around 32 37 cents per dozen.
Cheese steady with Cheddars 41 42 1 2 cents and cured Cheddars 46 48 cents. Butter receipts 827,325 pounds as market eases. Creamery prices show AA fresh 70 cents and A 69 cents per pound, B 68 2 3 cents, C 67 2 cents. Eggs receipts 23,773 cases. Midwest whites weak, nearby whites weak, browns steady. Wholesale egg prices per dozen listed for various weight and color categories.
The Radio and TV Mirs Association announced a scheduled date for television set demonstrations and related broadcasts. Details specify exhibitors and event timing at the civic center, inviting public attendance and press coverage.
Chicago traders faced sharp declines as corn futures led a broad grain slide. Wheat, oats, rye and soybeans fell in tandem amid market uncertainty and spillover effects from cotton and steel concerns.
Chicago market notes show No. 3 yellow corn at 1.81 dollars, No. 4 at 1.77, No. 5 at 1.72, No. 5 white at 1.58, oats various grades around 88 to 89 cents, seed prices for red clover and timothy and other forage varieties listed, soybeans and cash wheat not active.
Sioux City market shows salable receipts around 5000 cattle with calves and slaughter steers near steady. Prices listed include choice fed steers $32.50 to $34.00, commercial and good $27.50 to $31.50, 825 lb heifers $32.00, cows $22.00 to $25.50, canners $16.00 to $21.00, and lighter canners $16.00. Market activity mixed with some firmness in select lots.
In Waterloo the butcher market lists hog prices by weight bands from 160 to 800 pounds. Prices start at 1450 per hundredweight for light hogs and drop to about 13.25 per hundredweight for very large sows and fat hogs, with many bands between.
Kansas City cattle receipts 1,500 with calves 200. Slaughter steers slow. early sales steady to 25c lower. Yearling and lighter steers and heifers under 850 lbs steady to strong. High choice to low prime medium weight steers $34.00-$34.50. good to average $28.50-$33.50. Fed heifers and mixed yearlings $28.00-$33.00. Stockers and feeders scarce.
In Cleveland Julius Kish completes the first local home bomb shelter. The 10 by 14 by 8 foot room sits under a back porch with 32 inch thick concrete walls and a three foot reinforced roof. It has a basement entrance and submarine style escape hatch. Total cost about 1200 dollars and weighs over 75 tons when stocked with supplies.
STATE COLLEGE Pa A Penn State associate professor of entomology Dr Hubert Frings and Beverley Cox studied 20 cats at Tyrone Farm drenching diluted milk with and without sugar. The felines repeatedly chose sweetened milk, challenging a European claim that cats dislike sugar.
Marion chapter staged a dinner for Hazel Cox of Marshalltown and other grand officers at the Manoe temple. 175 members and guests attended with roses on center tables and pastel decorations. Ten Linn county chapters demonstrated the initiatory degree for two candidates.
The Marion high school senior class presents a three act comedy titled Out of the Frying Pan on Thursday and Friday nights in the Lincoln auditor ium. Richard Peterson a faculty member directs rehearsals. Mrs Robert Hammond hosts a surprise party for her mother in law Mrs Charles Hammond marking her eighty second birthday with 13 Dakonya Camp Fire group members among the guests.
Guests Tuesday of Dr and Mrs Herman N Strader included Mrs Straders father John Snyder and his daughters in law Mrs John Snyder Jr and Mrs Lloyd Snyder all of New Hampton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Oxley and Mrs. Frank J. Cleveland joined Mrs. James A. Pringle and Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jordan in visiting Mrs. Harry C. Van Wormer at Independence on Tuesday. Mrs. Van Swgee is described as a former Marion resident.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cira Jr plan a dinner at 103814 Seventh Avenue tonight in honor of Mrs. Cira’s cousin Rev. Robert Ament of Anamosa who was ordained Sunday. Guests include Albert Ament family, Michael J. Whalen of Anamosa, Rev. Charles J. Murray of Pueblo Colorado, and Miss Mary Tracey of Washington DC.
The Saturday Evening Post endorsed Gen. Eisenhower for president, criticizing Washington muddle and mediocrity in the White House. The magazine praised his speeches and conversations as showing a sound American who opposes socialism and favors individual opportunity, while wary of government expansion.
A Cedar Rapids Young Men's Bureau delegation of about 35 will attend the state Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Davenport this weekend to promote Cedar Rapids bid for the 1953 convention. A committee led by Bob Glee has organized convention-securing activities for weeks and a planned parade was canceled due to Davenport flood conditions. The bureau seeks awards in five fields and entered a new Giessenbier award submission. No Cedar Rapids members seek state offices at this convention. Attendees include Ken Holvenster, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Glee, Willard Verba, Dick Fetzer, Bob Jones, and many others.
In Rome Georgia Judge H E Nichols sentenced Atlanta Constitution editor Ralph McGill and managing editor W H Fields to 20 days in jail and $200 fines each for contempt of court. Defense appealed. they were not jailed or bonded. The action stemmed from traffic safety stories and a Floyd county case with a disputed disposition.
Iowa total non agricultural employment declined through January to March 1952 reaching 619 500 in March from February 620 300 and January 620 950. Manufacturing jobs fell mainly due to seasonal factors while non manufacturing positions rose with spring retail gains. Average weekly earnings dipped about a dollar from February with manufacturing at 65 77 dollars in March, about 50 cents above 1951 yearly average.
DES MOINES Iowa small drop in motor vehicle registrations since December 1951 reported by the department of public safety. John Carlson superintendent notes plate sales ahead of last year with 381 184 plates sold in December a rise of 86 584 from December 1950. Licenses issued to date this year up 11 270 over last year despite the December lag.
The children's bureau announced a $100,000 yearly federal grant to establish regional heart centers in 12 Midwestern states including Iowa and Illinois. The program funds care for children with congenital heart defects, enabling surgeries by experts at facilities such as Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Police report more than 280000 eggs taken from two half pound sperch amid a theft incident. Authorities cordon off the site as investigators seek leads and identify suspects. Local officials note the high quantity points to professional operation and potential impact on local suppliers.
Evans campaign manager Clark McNeal challenged Beardsley and Nicholas to state their views on key issues at a Republican women’s district meeting. Evans charged misused state cars and questioned liquor store staff levels and other state departments amid the June primary.
Jane Wyman checks into Columbia studio after Labor Day to star in Happy Birthday by Anita Loos. She will play the Helen Hayes role and may receive another Academy nomination. Vince Sherman and Oscar Saul return as director and producer. a ballet is added to the Loos tale.
Local items note St James Methodist Minstrel Show May 1 2 at C S P S Hall in HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs Lester Bow ers at Mercy Hospital and Bert Fox visitors allowed Leonta Morrison inducted into Psi Chi at Drake University Clean Up Campaign luncheon at Roosevelt hotel Band Festival and Flight Committee meetings at Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Age of Flight day planned Palette Club events Eva Gabor publicity and Mel Ferrer La Dieman School of dancing notes Richard Prior leaves for navy duty Mala Powers hospital greeting Lola Lane estate news and Hollywood snapshots Chess Club results and police arrest Cedar Rapids R and S M Palestine council dinner and Royal Master degrees Coe College speaker W T H Jackson Phi Kappa Phi session counselors named for Iowa State Teachers College
The Desert Son story notes Mrs. Harpo Marx as mother of the year for adopting five children. Zsa Zsa Gabor is cited as the career mother of the year. Vera Mila and Margaret Fields, Warner contract players, declined to play Debutantes on an air show due to an expected visit from the stork.
L M Atwood of 2144 Grande avenue SE is promoted to assistant general sales manager of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company. He and his family plan to move July 1 from Cedar Rapids to Cambridge Massachusetts where the company home office is located. Atwood has been western manager of the belt department and has resided in Cedar Rapids since 1939.
3c Glenn A Comried has returned to the 376th air police squadron at Barksdale air base Louisiana after a 15 days leave to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Lester Comried of 411 G avenue NW.
A brief puzzle instruction explains a daily fortune game. It uses the reader’s first name length to compute a key number by rules that subtract four if six or more letters, or add three if fewer than six. Start at the rectangle’s upper left and read letters under checked figures for a message.
Most building trades unions have reached 1952 wage agreements with only five trades still negotiating on Wednesday. Cedar Rapids official John Evans noted unions seek increases allowed by the Construction Industry Stabilization Council, final approvals by the Wage Stabilization Board. Carpenters and bricklayers already secured raises. others report current rates for laborers, iron workers, plumbers, and more, with scattered adjustments pending.
The Iowa Executive Council delayed a decision on paying RCA 89000 for 200 police radio sets bought in December 1950. RCA and Iowa public safety officials clashed over performance while a 90 day extension had been granted. patrolmen reported mixed results amid calls for system improvements.
Navy recruiting station in Cedar Rapids reports three enlistments and Linn County expects to call 12 men in May. Recruits are Gerald D. Foster 17 of 1215 Eleventh Street SE Ed ward H. Harper 20 of Vinton and George E. Von Lienen 19 of Marijengo. Inductees will depart Cedar Rapids by bus on May 19.
A May 9 hearing on motions to dismiss two suits against Vernon O. Lawson of Hardin County was canceled by Federal District Judge Henry N. Graven due to an amended petition. The Buckleys of Minnesota seek 16644.34 dollars in damages from a auto accident. Also received were bankruptcy adjudications in cases filed by Donald W. and Lenora R. Kimball of Walker, filed by John H. Mitchell, Fort Dodge referee.
Fragment reads as a garbled list involving Mrs. Harry C. Van Wormer and Rev. Robert Ament with Rev. Charles J. Murray of Pueblo. The text lacks complete context or dates to define a full item.
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