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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1952
Page
2
Daily livestock report from Chicago notes hogs reclaiming about half of Tuesday’s losses as receipts drop to under half the prior session. Cattle and sheep show mixed moves with cattle mostly steady to slightly lower, hogs and sows ranging higher on lighter demand and limited buyers.
Salable receipts 5,500 cattle and calves about 150. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents higher with most choice steers around 30.75 to 32.50 and top 33.35. Commercial to good steers range 25.50 to 30.25. good to choice heifers and mixed-yearlings 28.50 to 32.25.
Sioux City AP reports cattle sale receipts at 3,700 with calves and steers steady to higher. High good beef prices seen for 1 100 to 1 225 lb fed steers around 32 50 to 33 00, yearlings to 33 25, and good to prime weights near 26 50 to 29 50. Heifers and stocker cattle show varied gains with utility cattle 16 00 to 17 50 and light canners around 13 00.
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog markets show receipts estimated at 28,000 for Wednesday, with prices for butchers steady to about 50 cents higher. Barrows and gilts by weight range from 160 to over 500 pounds, with bids from roughly 16.25 to 23.00 dollars, varying by weight class.
Kansas City cattle receipts 2,800 with calves 200 and steers and heifers steady. Cows opened steady to strong. bulls steady to 500 lower. High choice to low prime 1,100 lb fed steers brought 33.75 per cwt. three loads 33.50 for medium weights. Nebraskas 33.00.
Omaha architect Leo A. Daly died of a heart ailment in the city late Tuesday. The 62 year old, renowned for his work on Boys Town, was widely respected in the profession.
The New York market rose on Wednesday with rail stocks leading gains as other sectors edged higher. Volume reached about 1.1 million shares, the week's high, while several specialties chalked up modest advances.
Market notes show lambs and yearlings priced at 12.00 to 14.00 per 100 pounds with shorn ewes at 130 pounds and bucks at 109 per 100 pounds. Wholesale fruit lists include California Elberta peaches at 2.10 per 20x, Washington cherries 2.85, and grapes at 4.75 to 5.50 per box. The piece ends noting the new German government in Bonn operates like a district enclave separate from state authority.
Chicago prices surged as new crop soybean contracts hit seasonal highs. Wheat and corn also advanced with September futures showing gains across commodities, while lard rose to about 11.55 per hundred pounds.
The listing shows cash and futures quotations for wheat corn oats barley and soybeans. Prices reflect No 2 red Mass No 3 No 4 sample grade and feed categories with assorted percentages and ranges.
Chicago markets show live poultry barely steady with 31 trucks moving through. Butter and eggs supply firm to easy with varied scores and prices. potatoes arrive light though overall supplies gauge steady to firmer for reds and whites with ranges for Idaho Oregon firms and Washington varieties.
New York produce prices show mixed steady runs with Botter Signet at 93 and 73 cents for various items. Heavyweights and extra No. 1s maintain status with small changes noted in large and medium categories.
Mrs. Jean Smith of West Union appealed to the Iowa supreme court from a district court ruling that denied her a 15000 judgment in the traffic death of her husband. A jury awarded damages but the judge set aside the verdict on defense motion. She sued Darling and Company of Chicago and J Sperfs lage, driver of the truck involved.
Melvin Larsen became postmaster of Brandon on Wednesday. Willis Stainbrook serves as a postal clerk in the Brandon office.
Marion will register all bicycles at the fire station Saturdays at 9 am and continue weekly until all city bikes are numbered. Fire Chief Richard Caylor leads the effort with police, volunteer firemen, and Lions Club aiding. A 35 cent fee funds plates, safety manual, and ordinance booklets.
The Marion playground season ends this week with a Thursday 6 30 p m parade starting at Lincoln school led by a king and queen from each school. The procession ends in the city park with prizes for tournament champions best costumes dolls and decorated bicycles and tricycles. Two room apartment unfurnished. Phone 1120 Adv.
Mrs. Ralph J. Williams was elected department president of the American Legion auxiliary in Des Moines and maintained auxiliary headquarters at the Roosevelt hotel during the care convention in Cedar Rapids. Kiwanis meets at 6 15 p.m. Thursday at the K V cafe with County Supervisor Miles Sutera as speaker.
Twenty members of the Marion Business Girls club met for a picnic supper Tuesday evening at Ellis Park in Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Glanz of San Francisco with children arrived Tuesday afternoon to visit Mr and Mrs Andrew B Otting. Mrs Irvin Kemp's illness near Marion has shown improvement. Linns Best Fourth club met Tuesday at Margaret Scotts home to finalize a booth plan for the All Iowa fair.
Diana Hess daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Hess will graduate Wednesday evening from the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Attending from Marion will be the Hess family Mrs Elizabeth Gibson Miss Marjorie Hess and Jean Carlson. Jeanne Noe daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Noe of Garrison has returned home after visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs James Downing last week.
Chief of Police Leighton Ford announced that Sixth Avenue from Thirteenth to Seventh Street is zoned for westbound traffic only. Signs at each intersection guide drivers. Parking will be permitted on the south side of the avenue.
The Marion Independent Rural school hosted a 4-H achievement show Tuesday evening with 12 girls in the style presentation. Irene Nelson presided. Wanda Simonsen read the Country Girl's Creed. Janet Anderson and Bette Lou Chamberlin demonstrated Rise and Shine. Exibits totaled 53 clothing items, 31 advanced to the All Iowa fair. Carol Jordan to represent the club with Irene Nelson honorable mention. Judges were Mrs. Ray Drenkhahn Mrs. J. W. Streeter and Mrs. E. Doupnik. About 70 guests attended refreshments.
Mrs Bob Wells and children left Wednesday to join her husband in Hornick Iowa. Wells was transferred by the J F Anderson Company from Marion to the Hornick office.
Mrs Violette Jacobs travels to Des Moines to visit her sister.
Eloise Allen and Nancy Hess hosted a Monday going away party at Robert Hess home for Shirley Swartzendruber who moves to Indiana this month. Eight guests attended. Linnette 4 H club held achievement day at Rural school north of Marion with accordion and piano trio performances and a demonstration by Marlene Barnes and Rossie Seymore. Mr and Mrs Robert Mitchell of Chicago and daughters Lorette and Geraldine visit Harmon Bailey family this week. Jerry Kopecky sold a lot on Twenty sixth street to Lowe Construction Company via Earl Booze. Vernon Blietz of Marion and Elmer Ostercamp of Amber returned from Lost Island Lake trip.
The Chatterbox club meets Thursday at one o clock for a Dutch treat luncheon at Krebs Dutch Girl in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs H D Little of Eugene Oregon visit their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Irvin Kemp at their farm home north of Marion.
In Alliance Nebraska a three year old, after hearing his father discuss washing the family car, stole a match and sprayed water through the interior. The windows were open and the inside filled rapidly before the incident was discovered.
At Fort Hood Texas the 1st armored division begins ranger training with four week courses in guerilla warfare and aggressive combat led by its NCO Academy. Graduates will train others in close combat and hand to hand fighting and learn to act as aggressors in later tests.
H A Barnes watched his Drift Creek home northeast of Salem burn to the ground with the Silverton volunteer fire department aiding the blaze. Barnes had bought the property and sought the fire to clear the site for a new house, using the event as a planned live drill. Neighbors gathered to witness the fiery house warming as crews prevented the fire from spreading to nearby properties.
UC Berkeley plant pathologist C. E. Yarwood reports a new problem in fighting plant destroying fungus. He notes that leaf water droplets, caused by root pressure, result from internal metabolic pressures. The finding suggests plants may aid the very forces attacking them.
In Winnipeg, professional instructors, U drive companies, and city traffic police hail women drivers. Inspector Robert Still notes women have a better record and fewer accidents, with one large U drive firm claiming no accidents with women customers. Conclusions: women anticipate hazards, drive defensively, show social responsibility, and are more courteous than men.
Fort Worth Texas Frank Ditto a steel worker was eating a wishbone when it slipped and became lodged in his throat surgeons removed the bone to relieve the obstruction.
The article notes that swimming was rarely attempted in the Middle Ages due to a widespread belief that disease spread through water, influencing public health practices and recreation.
Yeo man H F Lupton and Storekeeper Roy M Toft, longtime Cedar Rapids training center staff, leave for new duty stations. Lupton moves to Sioux City naval reserve training center and Toft to World Chamberlain naval air base Minneapolis. Both natives of Cedar Rapids volunteered for active duty.
Five new recruits signed for service with the navy and marine corps including Allen J. Lethbridge 20 Henry H Unnum 18 Daverell E Heckart 19 Darrel T Coleman 19 and Jereld R Reeder 19 all of Cedar Rapids Mechanicsville Marion Toderville and Center Point road NE. They were sent to San Diego for initial training and induction notices are due Aug 19 in Des Moines.
Marvin Klima of Center Point was fined $50 and costs in police court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Arrested at 12:30 a.m. for a disturbance in front of the Roosevelt hotel, he was the first visiting Legionnaire cited during the convention. Police praised visiting Legionnaires for generally good behavior.
Californians Bernard Gingras of Oakland and William Bolton of Hayward met by chance in Cedar Rapids Tuesday evening. Gingras parked at 303 Eighth Avenue SE about 7 30 p m. Bolton, passing Gingras car, bumped the door, causing an expensive encounter.
Medical researchers note that while most cancers occur in older adults, no age group is entirely exempt. Early signs, screening, and awareness remain important for all ages to improve outcomes.
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