19 Dec 1950
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1950
Page
1
Market notes show live hog prices firming 50 to 75 cents as buyers support processing demand. Analysts attribute the rise to tighter supplies and steady export activity, with Midwest quotes influenced by regional slaughter pace and packer demand.
Chicago market shows hogs 50-75 cents higher with top at 19.85 per cwt. Hogs receipts 15,000 and cattle steady to mixed. cattle mostly steady to 25 cents lower in parts. Sheep rise up to 25 cents, with buyers active on various beef classes and feeders amid large totals for hogs, cattle, and sheep.
Receipts Tuesday 85 905, week 89 500, year to date 83 500. Pork prices show gains across weight classes with 200 and under at 25 cents to $1.00 above base, 200-240 and 249 pounds higher by 25 to 75 cents. Sows and gilts range from 16.50 to 18.75 per hundredweight with several weight splits.
USDA cattle receipts at Omaha total 7 000 with calves 250. Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 25 cents higher. hulls and dealers unchanged. Stockers and feeders firm. several loads of choice steers around 36.00 with early sales at 1594 75.28. Mixed weights 1059 1150 lb good heifers around 32.00 33.00. stocker calves at 33.75.
Oklahoma Territory cattle market reports steady prices for steers and heifers with gains in some loads. Prices quoted include fed steers around 32.90 to 34.75, medium fed weights near 28 to 31.99, and cows from 20.00 to 22.00 with buyers showing mixed demand and some delays.
Market listings show Waterloo Frogs butcher weights from 160 to 550 pounds with price steps from 16.00 to 18.75 per hundredweight. Trends indicate price increases of 75 cents or more for larger lots.
Ottumwa hog market notes show various weights and prices for butcher hogs and sows. Listings include ranges from 180 to 590 pounds with prices around 16.90 to 18.78 per hundredweight and a general trend of 25 to 50 cents higher.
Hog and calf quotations advance on Tuesday at the Cedar Rapids plant with a half dollar increase for delivered hogs. Prices span good butchers, packers, steers, yearlings, cows, bulls, calves, and sheep with weight ranges and per hundredweight figures, reflecting broad market activity across livestock categories.
New York railroad stocks led gains as an advancing market lifted shares Tuesday. Automotive and steel stocks also climbed amid strong demand with rail gains reaching up to $3 a share and broader market up about a dollar fifty. About 3,200,000 shares changed hands.
Dr. Charles C. Graves director of Iowa state mental hospitals says television has proved very helpful at Woodward children's hospital school and should be extended to other mental institutions. He cites reception issues in distant hospitals but notes donations may fund sets for more facilities.
Fresno police headquarters switchboard operator Mrs. Lillian Fioren drew steam from a failed steam pipe under the switchboard during repairs. She initially mistook it for smoke before a check confirmed the leak.
Chicago prices show a mixed to lower finish as grain futures ease from early seasonal highs. Wheat December contracts fall to 2.41 and 4/10, corn ends mixed with a 34 cent range, oats hold near steady, rye climbs, and soybeans slip while lard trades firmer in December.
Chicago cash provisions list grain and feed prices across commodities. Wheat and corn prices appear with bid and offer figures, oats and barley shown with standard grades, soybeans quoted at No. 1 yellow with values. Local market figures reflect typical daily commodity pricing.
Live poultry trucks total 34 as market stays unsettled with fryer prices at 21 cents a pound and capons listed. Cheese and butter receipts show firm to steady tones while eggs move weak with varied per dozen quotes. Potatoes on track with limited demand and several washed U S A lot prices noted for Idaho and Minnesota shipments.
New York wholesale price data shows fresh cheddar at 39 2 to 40 2 cents per pound with grass fed 1949 at 48 to 50 cents, grass 1950 at 41 2 to 42 2 cents. Butter receipts total 915 703 pounds with firm market. creamery wholesale net prices range 63 to 66 cents depending on weight and score. Eggs receipts 18 961 cases of 20 dozen each. market unsettled with varied wholesale per dozen prices across color and weight classes.
Kansas City cattle receipts 7 900 calves 420 fed steers steady and heifers steady. High good to choice steers 34 00 to 36 00, medium and good 28 00 to 33 50. Medium and good heifers 26 00 to 29 00. One load around 750 lb yearline feeder steers 31 50. Medium and good feeders 27 25 to 30 00.
Gen. Eisenhower, arriving in St. Louis by train, calls international peace the main issue of the era. He outlines plans to visit Europe around Jan 1 for about 10 days and to bring Lt. Gen. Alfred Gruenther as chief of staff. He cautions peace won’t be easy or quick and urges duty and sacrifice.
A five year old boy named Charles Virgin left a crowded Atlanta department store and approached a passing police car. At the station he provided his name address and phone number to clerk Katherine Gossett saying he got separated from his mother downtown. Charles was returned to his parents who had instructed him on what to do if separated. Between 40 and 0 gold mines operate along a 50 mile stretch of South Africa's Rand.
A Kanggye government broadcast said North Korea and Chinese volunteers will join in an invasion of South Korea to seize Seoul and unify Korea. It claims legality of Chinese involvement and urges Seoul residents to sabotage UN forces. Seoul braces defense as thousands are drafted.
Iona Brie's EARLVILLE O E S officers listed led by Elmer Orbberg as worthy patron and Mrs Amy Benda as secretary. DECORAH preliminary inventories estates of William Ziegelmeyer and Gladys Jewell filed for collateral inheritance tax. Ziegelmeyer estate $24 952 with $800 expenses. Jewell estate $24 106. POSTVILLE Olive Grinders elected noble grand of Rebekah lodge. ATKINS Christmas party sponsored by Commercial club. DELTA Good Time club president Mrs Charles Farmer. CENTER POINT Paul E Miller elected worshipful master of Masonic lodge. WHAT CHEER American Legion auxiliary collecting food for Christmas baskets. EARLVILLE Mrs Leo Greiner elected president of St Josephs Ladies Guild. DECORAH Harold Grunhord 26 of Scarville injured in car crash near Decorah. POSTVILLE A C Webster elected worshipful master of Masonic lodge. CENTER POINT Grade school operetta Hansel and Gretal at 7 30 p m Friday. DELTA Y Y C Q G I officers listed. WYOMING Mr and Mrs Fred Nowachek honored on 31st anniversary. DELTA Mrs Will Sampson Happy Hour club officers listed. ELEADER Richard Hinsenberg of Guttenberg fined 300 for drunk driving. BRANDON Nellie Hausner resigns as Brandon post office clerk. NORTH ENGLISH Christmas program Thursday at 8 p m. OXFORD JUNCTION Christmas program Wednesday 7 p m and Coggan grade junior senior program at 8 p m Mystery for Christmas. Plus assorted notices on rentals, visitors from Peoria and California, minesweeper enlistment, new home move, birthday party, turkey dinner, family reunion, Woodward funeral, and visitors.
George O Stone aged 88 died at 12 45 am Tuesday at his home 1810 First Avenue Marion He was born May 12 1862 in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire came to Marion with his parents in 1867 moved to Nebraska in 1875 returned to Marion in 1889 and farmed until retirement in 1912 He married Florence Kinkead in 1891 She preceded him in death He later married Mary Gruewell Survivors include two sons Clyde R Iona Falls Howard D Stone Coggan two daughters Margarette Krause Alden and Eldeva Neilson Central City a sister Alice Pierce Englewood California 16 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren Funeral home Yocom Murdoch handling arrangements with services later announced
Margaret A. Goodyear 76 of 910 Seventeenth Street Marion died at 12 05 am Tuesday in a Marion nursing home after a long illness She was born August 15 1874 in Linn Grove community She married December 31 1890 to William J Goodyear they moved to Marion in 1910 Mr Goodyear died April 2 1948 She was a Methodist church member Surviving are five daughters Mrs John M Howe Marion Mrs Edward W Tiede and Mrs W F Benables Ottumwa Mrs Robert T Hibner Washington DC and Mrs Don Hawley Los Angeles 15 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Services Thursday at 130 pm in the Yocom Murdoch chapel by Rev James P Gable Friends may call at the chapel
Open Wednesday through Saturday nights until 9. Gifts for everyone for less. Robert Hibner of Washington arrives in Marion to join Mrs. Hibner and sister in law Mrs. Edward Tiede of Ottumwa, called by the fatal illness of their mother Mrs. W. J. Goodyear.
At the Marion American Legion post meeting plans were unveiled for a Christmas party for Marion children from kindergarten age through eight at the Legion hall Friday at 7 p.m. Santa will attend and toys will be collected for the Europe Tide of Toys drive. Post membership was listed at 294.
Cub Scout Pack 17 will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at McKinley School instead of Buchanan as announced Saturday. Paula Beauty Salon at 515 First Avenue SW advertises a lost item return for keys and glasses from Elks Club Saturday night. Knights of Columbus meet at 8 p m with Bohemian Nationality night and Louis Straka as speaker at the club rooms. Hotel Roosevelt Coffee Bar offers a Shopper's Special 10 minute dinner. Morris Fur Shop at 312 Granby Building advertises fur coats for sale at sacrifice prices. Correction more: Russell W Markert 2019 Markert Boulevard SE was mislisted as vice chairman Region Eight APBA. Pfc Gloria Fitzgarrald WAF stationed Stewart Field N Y spends 15 day furlough with parents at 1712 Fifteenth Avenue SE.
A and P food stores announced an eight cent per dozen cut in retail egg prices. Effective Wednesday, grade A eggs will cost 69 cents a dozen in Chicago.
Fairfield California AP Marine Major Alfred Sieminski arrived from Korea to join the U S house of representatives. He was elected from New Jersey's Thirteenth district while serving with UN forces. His wife ran his campaign.
A collage of lost items including purse keys and a McLellan bag, a yellow tiger cat with special diet needs, and a red billfold with money and papers. Also listed are local services and notices for monuments, barber shop ads, Gyro-Lator beauty system, sandwich trays, and a children’s hair cut offer. Rewards and contact numbers accompany each fragment.
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