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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1952
Page
1
Friday salable: cattle 1 000 hogs 5 000 sheep 1 000. Hogs fell 25 to 50 cents amid oversupply. most weights above 210 pounds and loads 270 290 pounds were 50 cents lower. Cattle steady to mixed with cows and good steers down 25 50. bulls up 25. Sheep bid weak to 50 cents lower with limited slaughter.
Omaha stockyards report receipts of 3 500 cattle with calves and vealers showing steady to strong prices. Fed steers and heifers mostly steady to weak, cows mostly steady to 50 cents lower, packers buying at 25 to 50 cents off, bulls and miscellaneous categories with mixed changes. Prime lightweight fed steers quoted around 34.00, choice mixed yearlings about 33.25, commercial to low choice cows 26.00 to 31.50, good to very good vealers up to 30.00, utilities 17.50 to 20.50.
Cedar Rapids hog prices eased by a quarter to a half dollar as higher prices paid for hogs weighed and delivered at the Cedar Rapids plant. US prime steers and yearlings priced from 32.50 to 34.00, utility and canner categories listed, plus calf, poultry, wool, fruit and vegetable quotes and Dow Jones averages.
Field grass seed delivered to Chicago priced per 100 pounds with ranges for Timothy Red Clover Alsike Meadow Rescue Alfalfa northern and Canadian Alfalfa. White and Sweet Clover figures also listed with varied costs.
Stocks closed mixed in quiet trading with small changes in either direction. Some gains reached about one point as volume totaled 850000 shares.
Kansas City cattle receipts total around 800 head with generally steady market. Small lots of choice and prime yearling steers quoted at about 35.00 per hundredweight, one individual head at 35.50.
Hog prices listed for Waterloo market show weights from 160 pounds to over 330 pounds with quotes ranging from 18.25 to 21.25 dollars, noting top price of 21.25 and various bids for 90 to 330 pound categories.
Ottumwa hog market shows varied prices with lots around 1600 head and prices per hundredweight ranging from 15.50 to 21.00. Butchers at 180 pounds fetch 19.00 and heavier hogs 400 to 550 pounds bring about 15.50. Industry notes indicate price shifts and weight categories for buyers and sellers.
Des Moines reports Thursday hog receipts around 33 000 with week and year totals varying. Prices fall for under 200 lb hogs by 25 to 75 cents while over 200 lb and sow classes ease 25 cents or more. Barrows and gilts and sow quotes listed across weight ranges with mixed declines.
Buying which started in soybeans spread to other sections toward the close Thursday, lifting a dull trade. Wheat fell 44 cents to 2.31, corn rose 12% to 1.79, oats steady, rye up, soybeans gained about 1 to 3 cents with September at 3.22. A large portion of bean demand was short covering with buying attributed to commercial interests after the Agriculture Department forecast heavy margarine use due to higher butter prices.
The Chicago IAP market reports cash wheat at various grades with prices from 2.30 down to 1.76 per bushel and mixed white oats values around 89 to 87 cents. Soybeans are listed as none.
USDA cattle market report from Sioux City shows receipts of 2200 as slaughter steers and heifers move slowly with prices largely steady. Cows and canners active with lower close, stockers and feeders unchanged, prime yearlings around 34, fed steers 31.50 to 33.50, heifers 28 to 31.25. Medium speed stock steers around 24.50 to 28.50 with 750 lb weights near 29.50.
Chicago UP- Live poultry receipts 23 trucks with firm market. Cheese prices range 43 2 to 57c per lb for various grades. Butter and eggs show steady to firm levels with different weights and scores. Potatoes arrive heavy 120 on track 229, with dull demand and varied prices across Idaho Oregon Minnesota Washington markets.
New York market rundown shows mixed trading for butter with AA 93 up 4 to 76, A 92 up 4, B 90 at 74. Fans regular and fancy heavy weights up, No 1 large 55c, No 1 medium 52c, white fancy heavyweights 65 12c up 2, large 9c, medium 55c unchanged.
Mrs. Viola M. Delaney resigns as deputy probation officer effective Aug 31. A replacement is sought with inquiries to I. A. Lowell at Linn County Courthouse. Duties include handling delinquent dependent and neglected children.
The Postal Bulletin announces that combat pay application cards will be available at all post offices at a later date. The 1952 combat pay law grants extra pay to members of combat units in Korea after May 31, 1950. Each member must file a claim using a government printing office supplied card. Cedar Rapids officials say cards are not yet available and will be announced when received.
A note explains that pollen used for artificial pollination is sometimes frozen to preserve viability and kept for use in the next season. It mentions methods of storage and the seasonal timing for replanting projects.
Mrs. Sherman Bently Scott who died August 9 in Orange California will have services Tuesday August 26 at 3 30 p m in the Yo com Murdoch chapel Marion Rev Arnold H Marzell Cedar Rapids will conduct burial at Oak Shade cemetery She was born December 23 1873 on a Linn county farm and survived by two daughters Fern Stoddard Cedar Rapids and Cessford Santa Ana California a son Sherman Bently Scott Orange California a sister Merle Jordan Cedar Rapids and a brother John C Austin Cicero Illinois Services were held in Orange August 12 and the body arrives Marion Sunday morning Friends may call after 1 p m Sunday
Sept C B Vernon reports 145 kindergarten children enrolled for the new school year, up from nine last year. Morning and afternoon sessions run at Emerson Irving and Lincoln schools. Opening day Sept 2 families with last names A to M bring children at 9 am. N to Z at 10:30 am. Five by Oct 1 birth certificates required. High school registration follows: Freshmen Aug 25, sophomores Aug 26, juniors Aug 27, seniors Aug 28.
In Mayor M. H. Biddick court Warren Bleakly of Marion route 3 fined 15 dollars for speeding. Harry F. Wurster route 2 Springville fined 25 on first count and 10 on second for speeding and improper passing. Emil J. Dondelinger route 1 Cascade fined 10 for speeding. Hugh Leffingwell Marion fined 2 for failing to observe stop sign. Costs paid in each case.
Mrs. Leona Campbell Dunlap 46 of 1750 Fifth Ave Marion died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. She was born March 15, 1906 in Paralta and married July 25, 1927. Survived by husband and six sisters and three brothers. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. Springville Presbyterian Church. Burial in Springville Cemetery. Friends may call at Hunte Funeral Home Springville after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Des Moines Iowa Democratic campaign school will feature speeches by Mayor Hershel C Loveless Ottumwa and Senator Guy Gillette. Loveless to speak in morning session Gillette in afternoon with candidates for legislature and state offices and party leaders from all 99 counties attending.
Cedar Rapids city council approved promotions in the fire and police departments. George R. Leehman was named lieutenant in the fire department effective August 21. Murphy Davis was appointed police sergeant effective September 1. Both promotions followed recommendations from their respective chiefs.
Mrs Kathryn Harlidy protested a petition seeking oiling of Twenty six avenue SW from J street to the alley near second street. Streets Commissioner Stolba cited 75 percent owner support. 77 percent signed, council filed the letter and said majority must be heard.
Armed Forces three East Iowans enlistment reported by Cedar Rapids recruiting office. Vernon D. Vacek and Richard R. Benhart of Oxford Junction and Ronald D. Fowler of Wyoming, all 18, sent to Marine Corps Training Center in San Diego for basic training.
Four artists from Iowa City and three from Cedar Rapids won honors in the annual Iowa art salon a preliminary to the Iowa State fair. Arthur Kenak of Iowa City won first in oil class, John Rosenfield and Richard Kleeman of Iowa City took fourth and honorable mention, Zora DuVall of Cedar Rapids won second in water color, Harold Stepanek of Cedar Rapids was fourth, Agostino Pusateri of Cedar Rapids took third in prints and lithography, and Keith Boyle of Iowa City received the purchase prize.
Cedar Rapids men Tom Campbell and Joseph Kos paid fines totaling 75 dollars after arraignment on reckless driving charges. Campbell, at 1350 Elmhurst drive NE, was fined 25 dollars plus costs after a 50 mph speed clocking on Twenty seventh street NE. Kos, of 648 Nineteenth avenue SW, was fined 50 dollars after his car rammed a stop sign and a fire hydrant at Sixth street and Nineteenth avenue SW.
In many species, the muscles powering flight make up roughly fifty percent of the bird’s total mass, reflecting significant strength dedicated to aerial locomotion.
Portable water heater advertised as quick hot water solution for bathing scrubbing washing. Claims cost under 3 dollars and savings versus gas, available at Howard Dates Hardware Center Point and Kayser Walk Leading Hardware and Electrical Stores.
Western Front dispatch details a trek to the Bunker Hill area under fire. Soldiers wear heavy protective gear as mortars and shelling rattle nearby. A sniper incident and observations from an improvised front line trench highlight daily dangers and tense patrols.
A brief report notes that Onyx is produced in the San Quentin area of Lower California, indicating local mining or quarry activity nearby and its geographic association with the region.
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