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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1952
Page
1
Week saw lower hog values with losses from 25 to 50 cents despite cattle gains. Prices listed for various hog weights show top around 21.50 and slaughter figures estimated at 10 000 hogs with 17 000 cattle and 2 000 sheep. Local receipts were the smallest in two years amid potential plant strikes.
Salable receipts listed with grades and price ranges for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Prices show steady to higher trends with ranges from 12.00 to 35.75 depending on class and quality. Notable figures include steer and heifer stocker prices and lambs trading up to 32.25.
Choi and me steers over 1300 lbs fetch 1.00 higher with full advance on canners and salebenc bulls. Week tops show high choice prime steers 1175 to 1322 lbs at 34.50 with loads 1060 to 1326 lbs at 34.60. Vealers steady to higher. cows around 22.00, bulls 24.00, heifers 22? to 29.25 for stockers. Montana feeders 29.00. bulk fed steers 31.75 to 33.75. grass steers 27.50 to 28.00. canners 14.00 to 17.50.
Kansas City markets report fed steers steady to 50c higher with most advancing, grass cattle uneven though, and heifers up to 50c. Bulls rise 50c, dealers and calves steady to strong, stockers and feeders up about $1. Spot prices show $33.50 to $34.00 for loads under 1200 lbs and $28.00 to $33.00 for good to C choice under 1250 lbs.
Sioux City AP reports cattle prices rose for the week with slaughter steers and heifers up 50 to 75 cents, cows up 1 to 1.50, and stockers and feeders strong. Bulk fed steers ranged 31.00 to 33.00, prime beef 34.00, cows 17.50 to 19.00, with various stocker and feeder prices across weights and grades.
Market report from Waterloo shows steady hog prices with top at 21.75 for hooves over 160 pounds. Young hogs, sow categories, and various weight ranges list prices from 15.75 to 21.75, reflecting mixed demand and weight-based grading.
Cedar Rapids hog prices held steady with higher quotes for hogs delivered to the Cedar Rapids plant. Cattle prices showed wide ranges with U S prime steers at 32.25 to 33.75 and various weight classes. sheep and wool also listed with diverse figures across categories.
Chicago reports Jacob Greasy Thumb Guzik was released Friday after being questioned in connection with the alleged Going of Policy King Theodore. Authorities continued to probe links between Guzik and the case.
Des Moines reports Saturday receipts about 23 000, down from 26 000 week ago and 32 500 year ago, with actual Friday receipts 42 000. Demand is mostly poor and prices are steady to 50 cents lower with many 25 cents lower than barrows and gilts. Notable quotes: Choice 160-180 lbs 18.25 to 21.50. 180-200 lbs 21.00 to 22.25. 450-550 lbs 15 to 11.75.
Mr and Mrs Emil Storm of Minneapolis and their children visit Leon ard E Storm and his wife in Marion. Ivan Peterson of Chicago will bring the body of his mother Mrs John A Newman for services Sunday afternoon at the Yocom Murdoch chapel.
Mrs Frank Hanson has bought the house at 115 Twelfth Street from Lester J Bulman. The sale was made by Ed V Carey.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Holsinger returned Friday from Denver where they visited their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gunn. Mrs. W. D. Shank who accompanied them as far as Blair Neb to visit relatives returned home with them.
Wisconsin visitors Mr. and Mrs. Jack Powell and daughter Kathy travel to Shullsburg to spend a two week visit with Kathy's grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jake Strahm.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Fisher completed a trip east visiting Washington Pittsburgh New York City and Niagara Falls. They reported a pleasant journey with noted sights along the way.
Mrs. W A Jackson of 1304 Twelfth Street has been discharged and returned to her home from a Cedar Rapids hospital.
James Jelinek home from Fort Lewis Washington where he was stationed with Iowa State College ROTC units. He also visited California.
Edwin H. Ford of 1349 Lincoln drive reports his mother Mrs Arthur H Ford return from Iowa City where she visited. Mrs Ford fractured her left hip and arm in a fall at her home last week.
Mrs. Charles M. Crain, of 438 Seventh Street, has been discharged and is at home after an illness treated at a Cedar Rapids hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth V. Murdoch hosted a Friday luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Miller of Homestead Florida who are visiting in the A. E. Granger residence. Eight guests were seated. Vacation Endings feature the White family returning from three weeks at Clearwater Lake Minnesota with Frank Hodgdon and his sons Paul and Ellis.
Mrs W Grassfield advertises for a practical nurse. Ruth Maier traveled to Franklin Park Illinois today and plans to return Sunday with her niece Mrs Philip Smithmeyer and the Smithmeyer children Philip Greg and Michele. The Smithmeyers will visit her parents Carl F Michels and the couple Dr and Mrs H O Young have just returned from a two week vacation in northern Minnesota. 4c per print at Lagerquists Camera Shop. Sherrie Sue McMurrin eight daughter of Mrs Fred Lutz recovering after appendectomy at St Luke's hospital.
Marion churches list morning worship at 10:45 with Bible school at 9:45 and evening services. Catholic Masses at 6, 8 and 10 a.m. include two clergy assistants. Free Methodist holds 9:45 Sunday school with no other service. Missionary Baptist at 935 Fifth offers combined Sunday activities.
In Denver AP dispatch Senator Nixon accuses Governor Stevenson of double talk and calls him a me too candidate for silence on issues. Nixon outlined Eisenhower’s Boise Idaho political speech and a sequence of campaign moves while criticizing Stevenson’s White House aides and Truman administration ties.
In Seoul an anticipated blast shattered a U N plane wreckage carrying delayed action bombs including a dead U S airman. The crash occurred three days earlier prompting evacuations of three villages as authorities warned many bombs may detonate days later.
Bernard Baruch accuses the federal government of wasting eighty billion dollars in six years through inflation and incompetence. He says he will speak his mind on politics when he chooses.
In New Orleans doctors examined four year old Harold Barber who always spoke in whispers and removed a rusty safety pin from his throat. His mother believes he swallowed it about three years ago.
Kenneth Muirhead, 53, farmer from north of Toledo, died of polio at University Hospitals Iowa City after being admitted August 3. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Lester Graff of Grinnell, and three grandchildren. State polio deaths reach fifty two. active cases 30, 28 inactive at University Hospitals. In Fort Dodge Douglas Lee Hansen, 7, Pocahontas, died Friday, the second polio victim there this year.
Three members of the Krusie family from Olin suffered cuts when a spare tire door on a Greyhound bus opened and struck their car three miles east of Marion. Driver Henry J. Krusie 29 and his daughters ages 3 and 6 were treated at St Luke's hospital. Mrs Krusie and the couple's infant were uninjured. Bus driver Ken W Horton was involved.
A $286000 tax lien covering 16 years 1933 to 1949 has been filed by the international revenue bureau in federal district court in Davenport against the estate of Mr and Mrs Edward Rice of Davenport.
Newhall voters approved a $15,000 bond to finish the school gymnasium and add classrooms in a special election held Friday. The measure follows a prior $130,000 bond from December that was deemed insufficient for completion.
New York based Adlai E Stevenson says in a Look magazine letter that a sharp decline in the divorce rate would benefit America and notes his own divorce did not bar his Democratic nomination for president. He adds that if his divorce had posed a great political hazard the party would not have nominated him.
In Linn County Iowa on August 8 1952 the Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids was duly appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Mary C Snouffer deceased. All debts should be paid to the Administrator and all claims filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. O Rieley and O Rieley Attorneys.
A provocative idea surfaces about featuring a politician on currency while rails against hands-on control. The remark hints at concerns over influence and integrity in monetary imagery and public trust.
On September 3 1952 the Board of Supervisors at the Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa will hold a public hearing on the proposed county ponies ordinance. Interested parties are invited to attend. Iles P Sutera Clerk of Supervisors.
Des Moines AP reports seven parties qualified for Iowa's November 4 general election ballot with an extra write in column. Parties listed include Republican Democratic Socialist Labor Republican Vigilantes Prohibition and Progressive. Socialist candidates for president Darlington Hoopes and vice president Samuel Friedman filed, with electors led by Donald Muir of Cedar Rapids.
Two men fled from a Michigan registered car after it hit a Newton taxicab on highway 6 two miles west of Newton. The crash injured Leonard Shadley and Rosetta Davis. a two man hunt in a three square mile area with a 50 member posse ended without success.
A 1949 Ford coach was demolished Friday afternoon when hit broadside by a Rock Island freight train at the A avenue crossing in Vinton. Mrs. Karl Fischer, wife of a local attorney, drove the car and tried to flag the train after the engine stalled on the tracks. The engineer could not stop in time despite no signal lights at the crossing.
DES MOINES AP Lack of donors Friday closed the Iowa defense blood center. Administrative director Harry Wheaton said about 250 people in Des Moines and Polk County signed up, but after temporary rejections the donor pool fell to around 10, not enough to justify staffing. This was the first regularly scheduled donor day the center has skipped since opening September 10.
Ronald Dean Naggatz ten month old son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Naggatz of Iowa City Iowa died of bulbar polio Friday in a Hastings hospital He was admitted Monday The Naggatz family were visiting Mr and Mrs Fred Naggatt in Hastings The death marks the 23rd polio fatality in Nebraska this year
Marshall County Sheriff Harry Jennings marked 14 years in office by noting Thursday night was the first with no prisoners. The jail’s last two occupants left at 8:45 a.m. Thursday and the couple later cleared the jail to prepare for future guests.
DUBUQUE AP Wayne Hamilton 39 a Britt born electric lineman was electrocuted Friday afternoon while working on a power transfer job north of the city. He worked for a Chicago firm hired by Interstate Power Company of Dubuque. He is survived by his widow and four children.
Veterans of the Women's Army Corps opened business sessions at the sixth annual convention in Des Moines. Gov. William S. Beardsley and Col. Mary Halloren led the noon Pallas Athene luncheon. The convention ends Sunday with election of officers.
The 1952 Iowa traffic toll climbs to 309 after a Chester teen, Arthur Hagemeier 17, dies in a Ridgeway Winneshiek county crash with a gravel truck. Passenger William Armstrong 13 is critically injured. Meanwhile two women, Mrs. Richard Schaumberg and Mrs. Joe Kruml, die from earlier accidents.
Seven year old John E Reich of Fulton Illinois died Friday while being transported to a hospital after being struck by a car as he crossed a highway toward the family mailbox. Edwin Yoder Napanee Indiana was charged with reckless driving.
Gunther Storbeck 27 of Watertown Wis faces kidnapping charges possibly presented to a grand jury Monday without his consent. Storbeck, who claims to be an alien from Germany, refused to enter a plea at arraignment for abduction of Sabula Mayor George Ulmer after a speeding stop.
Robert Jedny, 14, son of Emil and Mrs Jedny, won the grand champion baby beef at Winneshiek county fair over all breeds for the Animal Shorthorn division. He belongs to the Springfield Choreboys 4 H club. Doug Dickman, 11, son of Ed and Mrs Dickman, took the reserve grand champion baby beef and won the Black Angus breed. He is a member of the Frankville Jolly Boys 4 H club.
A car reported stolen in La Crosse Wisconsin was found wrecked in Waukon Friday morning. The vehicle had been stolen from the farm of Keith Wild near Waukon and abandoned in LaCrosse.
Nobukizu Mori a staff editor for Mainichi Japanese newspaper will enroll in the University of Iowa graduate school this fall after a two year leave of absence in the United States. He covered the San Francisco peace conference for Mainichi.
Mrs. Allen W. Reed of Mt. Clemens Michigan the wife of an army colonel convicted of black marketing in Germany returned to the United States aboard the La Guardia. She offered no comment and said she hopes to live a normal life. She was fined 3982 dollars and denies the charges with an appeal ongoing Col Reed a Fairfield Indiana native and former Wiesbaden post commander heads to Washington for reassignment.
Fourteen 4-H youths from Winneshiek county are selected for state fair events. Joan Hawkins 16 Ossian will model clothing with Rendeen Mork 17 and Karen Mork 14 chosen as alternate demonstration team members. Demonstrations titled Secrets to Smart Pressing and Making Plaids Match will be shown at Dairy Cattle Congress. Junior and other members from Cresco Castalia Decorah attend.
Dwight Ehrman, age 3, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Ehrman of South Amana, suffered facial cuts in a highway 30 collision six miles west of Mount Vernon. He was listed in good condition at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids. The boy rode with his grandfather Fred Wendler, also of South Amana, when their car rear ended a vehicle that had stopped. Mrs Ehrman said the first car stopped to avoid a motorcyclist who had sideswiped a third vehicle and momentarily lost control.
The Boone News-Republican will charge 30 cents weekly delivered in Boone starting Monday, a five cent increase over current rates. The paper cites rising costs of newsprint materials and services and says part of the increase will go to carrier boys.
Des Moines minister Rev. D. C. Butherus was re-elected president of the Iowa Seventh Day Adventist at the bicentennial conference in Nevada. Also reelected were Rev. W. C. Day secretary treasurer Rev. H. R. Coats secretary of home missionaries Rev. Paul Whitlow head of educational and war service commission and Rev. L. G. Whitlow publishing secretary. The Coreas welfare department opened welfare centers in Burlington Spencer Hawarden Fort Dodge Humboldt Sioux City Mason City Hamelburg and Fort Dodge.
In Des Moines two men were injured when a bed mattress caught fire at the G and W Central hotel. George Daniels, 29, fell asleep smoking a cigarette and started the blaze. Walter Williams, 36, living next door, alertly smelled smoke, rolled Daniels from the mattress, and tried to push it out a window, breaking the pane and injuring his wrist.
In Washington Iowa the 5200 resident town approved a new 25 year franchise for Iowa Southern Utilities Company. Voters backed electric service 953 to 280 and gas service 955 to 277, with the company offering 25000 dollars for a municipal street lighting system replacing the old remaining 14 years.
Iowa and Nebraska guardsmen completed two weeks of training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. The 34th Red Bull infantry division, largely Iowa personnel, started leaving on Saturday and all units were due at their home stations by Sunday midnight. The training record set at Camp McCoy was unmatched since the 1946 National Guard reorganization.
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