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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1950
Page
2
USDA and AP reports show hogs mostly 10 to 25 cents lower, cattle uneven with some classes steady and others down. Receipts include 12 000 hogs, 200 sheep, and 2 509 cattle. price ranges vary by weight and class across Chicago Sioux City markets with notable demurrage on rail lines affecting sheep bids.
Omaha cattle receipts total 2 500 head with calves 200. Slaughter steers and heifers weak to 5c lower. Canner and cutter cows steady to weak. other cows 25 50c lower. Bulls steady. Vealers unlisted but stockers and feeders scarce. Medium and good steers and yearlings around 29.00 to 431. low to mid 28s for some heifers. Cows mostly 20.00 to 22.50. canners and cutters 17.75 to 19.50.
Hog market notes list per hundredweight prices for various weight ranges with trends. Prices for prime hogs span 170 to 550 pounds in ranges from 14.60 to 16.75 dollars, with sow and feeder categories shown and a general trend of 25 cents lower.
Iowa hog receipts show Thursday estimated 73 000 head with week total near 97 000 and year ago 74 000. Prices listed for sow and barrow categories range from about 14.50 to 19.00 per cwt, with steady trend noted and plants in Minnesota Iowa and outlying yards involved. Kansas City cattle receipts total 1 900 with steady trade and steers quoted around 28 000 to 31 000 per head, cows 20 50 to 25 00.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were steady on Thursday with a quarter added to base quotations for good hogs delivered and weighed at the Cedar Rapids plant. The report lists specific prices for good butchers and packers across weight ranges, plus related cattle, calf, sheep, and produce prices and several local briefs.
In New York, stocks rose unevenly led by railroad issues as investors stayed on the sidelines awaiting developments from Washington. The quiet morning session reflected caution ahead of policy news and congressional action.
Chicago market reports show receipts of 35 trucks of hens and other poultry with varied prices by type and weight. Cheese butter eggs and potatoes pricing listed, with Boston New York markets noted for firm cheese and butter, unsettled eggs, and dull demand on potatoes amid railroad delays.
A woman and four children were found dead in a car in a secluded spot in Van Nuys California. Police investigated mass murder and death by their own action as possible causes. The car was registered to Mrs. Margaret F Rowney of Encino.
Chicago grains and fats rally as undisclosed cash lard demand from Great Britain pushes lard to seasonal highs and pulls soybeans higher. Wheat, corn, oats show mixed moves with December contracts near 2.35, 1.66, and 0.93 respectively. Chicago cash prices list No 2 yellow hard wheat at 24, No 3 corn around 1.66 to 1.67, and soybeans at about 2.99 track Chicago.
John C. Smith of Marion retires as locomotive engineer on the Iowa division of Milwaukee Road after nearly 50 years of service. He began as a fireman in 1903 and was promoted to engineer in 1908, mostly operating Marion to Cedar Rapids with brief stints in Ottumwa and Wausau. He reports only two minor vehicle contacts and recalls a near collision when a stalled car blocked a tracks.
The Colip family thanks friends and Rev J Paul Stevens for sympathy during their bereavement. This notice appears in a memorial cards section with funeral home and monument ads included. Jack Smith, Cedar Rapids engineer, is mentioned in a separate fragment.
Charles Edward Strickell aged 73 of 1545 Seventh Avenue Marion died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Yocom Murdoch chapel with Rev. James P. Gable and Trojan Masonic Lodge. Burial at Cedar Memorial. Surviving include wife Hattie, two daughters Helen Gallo and Arlyne Michel, a son Clare V. Strickell, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren, two stepdaughters and a stepson, all of Marion. Burial details and calling hours noted.
A jumble of Lost and Found notices and small ads appears, listing lost items such as glasses, a black swallowtail pup, a green ladies billfold, a brown purse, a green billfold for a child’s Christmas money, a black zipper coin purse, and a pair of shell rimmed glasses with rewards. Also includes shop services like fur repairing, watch repair, haircuts, and a couple seeking carpooling to Florida. Contact numbers and streets are scattered throughout.
Additional Marion news will appear on page 20. E A Lagerquist showed Linn County Home residents motion pictures from Marion and Cedar Rapids. L A Franke travels to Englewood Colorado to spend holidays with Robert and Jane Stull. C B De Wees receives permit to build a stone veneer house at 1760 Tenth Street costing about 12000 with garage. Paul Wright, Marion schools music instructor, attends the Midwest band clinic in Chicago.
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