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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1952
Page
16
Chicago and AP report year end hog prices near those of 1951. Estimated Friday receipts list 16 000 hogs, cattle and 1500 sheep. Top grade cattle close to year end 1951 levels while other grades cow and bull prices are $10 or more lower.
The Chicago livestock market reports higher bids for slaughter steers and heifers with mixed loads. Hogs show strong demand with barrows and gilts near 19 to 22 dollars, while sheep and lambs edge up or hold steady as receipts remain light and active buyers stay engaged.
Receipts total 3 200 cattle with calves none. Slaughter steers and heifers move slowly. few sales. Steers about steady and heifers steady to weak. Good steers fetch 23.00 to 27.00, commercial and good heifers 16.00 to 21.50, stockers and feeders steady with medium and good stock steers 18.00 to 21.50 and 856 lb feeders at 21.25.
In Omaha cattle market notes receipts reach 2 500 with calves at 50. Fed steers mostly steady to firm with some 25c gains under 1 150 lbs. Heifers slow, steady to weak. good fed weights hard to move. Cows scarce, steady to strong. bulls firmer. Prices: fed steers 32.00, high prime loads 29.75 31.00, good to choice 22.00 28.50, commercial to low good 16.50 21.00, good to choice heifers 20.00 27.50, utility and commercial cows 14.00 15.50, commercial bulls 19.00 19.50.
Auction notes show hog prices across weight classes with 25 cent gains in Waterloo and surrounding markets. Top reported prices reach $17.75 for lighter hogs, while various 160 to 550 pound ranges list prices from $13.75 to $17.60, with broader highs near $17.25 in Waterloo.
Des Moines reports Wednesday hog receipts estimated at 57 000, up from 52 500 last week and 85 000 the year ago, with actuals Tuesday at 67 000. Prices held steady to about 25 cents higher than Tuesday, with liveweight ranges shown including 360-400 lbs at 14.60 to 15.50 and 459-550 lbs at 13.10.
Cedar Rapids market reports show hog prices 15 cents higher for weighed hogs at the Cedar Rapids plant. Cattle prices list prime steers 24 to 29 dollars, yearlings 18 to 23, utility cattle 13 to 14, with sheep and wool prices also noted and grain and egg markets included.
New York reports that wholesale food prices edged up one cent from the prior week on the Dun and Bradstreet index for Dec 30. The index reached 6.16, up from 6.15, with the pre Korea figure at 5.96 for the late 1951 week.
Stocks closed with a mix of gains and losses in New York trading as the market showed a virtual stalemate in the averages. Volume was around 2 million shares, reflecting uneven investor activity.
Kansas City cattle receipts total about 800 with calves around 100. Steers and heifers show little change while cows sell strong with choice fed steers at 28.00 and good to low choice loads at 21.25 to 25.50.
Chicago live poultry market steady to firm with receipts of 13 trucks. Prices list commercially grown white rock at 31 to 33 cents per lb, turkeys toms 26 cents, 20 lb and under 28 cents. Cheese and butter prices vary by type, eggs show weak to mixed demand, and potatoes see light supplies with Idaho russets at 5.25 to 5.35 per cwt. New York prices mirror unsettled butter and mixed egg tones with various grade quotes.
Prime Minister Churchill sailed Wednesday on the liner Queen Mary for a visit to the United States to confer with President elect Eisenhower. He travels with Mrs. Churchill and the ship is due in New York on January 5.
A Kansas City Southern freight train and a Frisco passenger train collided near Fort Smith Arkansas late Tuesday. The crash injured 26 people, with only one person needing hospitalization.
Chicago reports mixed grain trade in moderate volume. Wheat rose modestly while oats and soybeans posted gains, rye declined slightly, and lard moved up to near terms. Export news from the MSA granting Yugoslavia 4.55 million dollars for U S bread grains boosted buying in wheat.
The Chicago market notes cash wheat unavailable with no quotes. Field seed prices show nominal values for clover and other forage items, including red clover listed around 29 to 30 dollars per unit. Reports indicate miscellaneous figures such as 28,000 and 13.50 for certain seed lots, with slight variations across categories.
Killian Company officers were named at a Tuesday meeting to take effect today. Herbert L. Killian was named president and general manager. R. E. Scherling was elected vice president and general merchandise manager. J. Frank Morris became secretary-treasurer and controller, and H. A. Wendorf was named assistant secretary-treasurer and store superintendent.
Victor Lawrence Otto, 22, from a Storm Lake farm family, was killed in an icy head-on crash on Highway 30 near Scranton. Five others were injured, one critically, including Juanita Huggins, 50, of Des Moines. Rouse, 24, Ayrshire, escaped with minor injuries. the crash occurred on a foggy bridge as Rouse passed a truck.
A House Armed Services subcommittee criticized the Truman administration for not maximizing use of South Korean troops in Korea and for not accepting Chiang Kai-shek’s offer of America’s heavy combat load. The panel, five Democrats and four Republicans led by Rep Brooks, toured Far Eastern defenses last summer and urged sharing the fighting burden.
A 15 year old Cass county farm boy Donovan Lee Plain was fatally shot when his .22 caliber rifle discharged while hunting near Cumberland. Coroner Dell Taylor said he had just shot a rabbit, reloaded, and the bullet struck him in the head. He died on the way to a doctor’s office. This marks the fourth fatal gun accident in Iowa in two days and raises 1952 total to 11.
A prowler entered Petersen Electric Company early Wednesday under watchful eyes of the owner's wife and daughter. He stole a Browning automatic shotgun and opened a safe by manipulating the combination, then left through a doorway near the alley. Detective reports identify the house at 1044 Maplewood Drive NE and note the alarm line.
Cherry Burrell Corp posts fiscal year ending Oct 31 1952 net sales of 31 645 million down 8 5 percent from 34 603 million in 1951 profit after taxes 633 thousand down 48 percent from 1 217 million. Company cites weaker machinery shipments higher material costs and defense work as main causes and notes new product diversification including ice cream dispensing and milk equipment.
The Cedar Rapids post office invites sealed bids to establish a star route between Des Moines and Dubuque via Tama Cedar Rapids and Marion. Two trucks of at least 1176 cubic feet capacity will run six trips weekly over 185 miles. Bids due January 10. details from Cedar Rapids postmaster.
The CIO steelworkers asked the Supreme Court to declare Taft Hartley injunctive provisions unconstitutional used to halt strikes in national emergencies. They seek review of a federal judge in Buffalo upholding the President’s 80 day injunction.
Henry Morgenthau Jr., former secretary of the treasury, was reported in good condition Tuesday at a New York hospital where he underwent an abdominal operation last Saturday.
Fifty five Kemp offspring and kin gathered in Memorial hall for a Wharton family reunion honoring Mrs. Lillian Kemp Scanland and her son Vern of Oxnard California. They are guests of Vern Kemp and Mrs Scanland’s Marion hosts. Mrs Scanland and Vern left for Oxnard after visiting Maxbass North Dakota.
Mrs James E Clapp has traveled to Humboldt to visit her daughters Mrs Merlin and Mrs Don McFarland. The trip emphasizes family ties and travel between towns.
At Garner Sunday funeral services were held for Ray Maley, brother of Mrs. Ray Starry. J O Maley of Fort Collins Colorado joined the Starrys for a Marion visit after the service. Mrs Lucy Kost now hospitalized at St Luke's with serious condition, previously living with daughter Mrs J F Slavik in Waubeek, a former Marion resident. Gene McDaniels and children Lee Ray Verne Norma returned to Milwaukee after visiting the Starrys and their family.
Luther C. Rinard is home from the Iowa City VA hospital where he underwent neck surgery and stayed more than six weeks.
Mrs. L H Beni Tema hosted her Canasta club Tuesday afternoon with a luncheon at her sister Mrs. L M Phelps home. During the gathering Mrs. Bertha Barnes received a surprise birthday shower of gifts.
Twenty two members of Marion high school’s graduating class of 1952 and their dates attended a Monday evening party at the home of Betty Ann De Jong.
Minneapolis couple Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Miller, en route home, visit their mothers Mrs. Bertha Miller and Mrs. George Reichard. They stopped at Fort Bliss to see their son Lt. J. R. Miller and his family.
New Year’s Eve brings an exhibit of 38 oils and watercolors by Big Ten art faculty at the University of Iowa in the exhibition lounge of the University Art Building. Works by Stuart Edie James Lechay Eugene Ludins and Byron Burford are shown through January 20.
New York AP report cites a weaker prospect for tax relief as federal, state, and local governments face higher budgets. Expect smaller new appropriations in the coming fiscal year, with relief unlikely soon amid backlogs and rising public spending pressures.
In Berlin a mouse was used to shame 200 Communist finance ministry workers after they fell ill from a state canteen lunch. The food tested clean. a laboratory report said the mouse fed the luncheon remains alive. The union paper mocked the lab findings.
NEW YORK AP President elect Eisenhower chooses Rep Thurston Ballard Morton R Ky as assistant secretary of state The general also names Herman Phleger San Francisco attorney as legal adviser to secretary of state designate John Foster Dulles
A wooden flagship used by Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd during his 1930 Antarctic voyage ran aground and burned off Yarmouth harbor. Port officials feared a total loss of the 391 ton three mast schooner as her six crew were rescued by a patrol boat.
Three bids for a new 40 foot steel grated bridge across the millrace by the Amana refrigeration plant were opened Tuesday. A company official said bids were very close and a contract will probably be awarded Friday. The bridge will replace the current structure on company property along a private drive from highway 220 to the plant.
The Republican leadership confronts a clash over filibuster rules on the opening day of Congress. They must choose between appeasing Northern black voters or courting Southern Democrats whose support is needed for the GOP agenda. Senator Lehman plans to move to weaken filibuster rules, signaling a major civil rights dispute. President-elect Eisenhower has a hands off stance as Taft and other leaders weigh the political risks and timing. If Lehman acts swiftly, Southern opposition could delay Senate organization.
The city council approved doubling sewage rental fees added to water bills, rising to 50 percent of the bill with a minimum 2.5 cents per 100 cubic feet. Revenue funds a 2.5 million expansion of the treatment plant, with Howard R. Green Company tapped to draft plans.
Theodore P. Schmidt of Council Bluffs marked his 65th birthday and retirement after 48 years with Milwaukee Railroad. The Van Horne native leaves a long career as general rear foreman to pursue city council duties. His sons Ted and Martin continue the Schmidt rail line.
Tama high school vocal students Sharon LaQuette Merrilee Spooner Pauline Brecht Harold Voergler Warren Hill and Jerry Jackson will take part in the Dorian vocal festival January 7 and 8 on Luther college campus in Decorah.
Four of six new members were elected Tuesday to Cedar Rapids Public Welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. New appointees are A T Pleune Sunshine Mission and A L Smulekoff Linn County Mental Health Center. Re-elected are John Evans Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor and Larry W Hawks Cedar Rapids Industrial Union Council. Two Chamber representatives remain to be named. Holdovers include Gordon DeLay Charles Kriz James L Cooper Richard M Miller and others.
Eisenhower receives a blank sheet of paper from Iron Curtain escapees symbolizing 100,000,000 behind the Curtain sending good wishes to Americans. The group, led by Dr. Paul Fabry, included men from Hungary Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Latvia Lithuania Poland and Romania and asked Secretary of State designate Dulles to deliver the gesture.
Henry T. McKnight of Vienna Virginia was named secretary of the 14 member advisory committee to draft the new administration farm program. The committee is led by W S Myers dean of Cornell Universitys agriculture college.
The U S Navy announced 36 ships from the Mediterranean fleet will visit eight Spanish ports next month. Vessels range from the 45 000 ton aircraft carrier Midway to small landing craft and include the 27 000 ton carrier Leyte along with the cruisers Pittsburgh Quincy and Columbus visiting Barcelona Valencia Seville Tarragona Palma Alicante Castellon and Malaga.
The American British and French high commissioners said part of the Flick coal and steel empire is returned to Friedrich Flick and his two sons. The elder Flick has completed a U S sentence for war crimes and the plan reorganizes the Flick empire to break up large German trusts under the allied program.
Anamosa reformatory inmates contributed 332 pints of blood to the Red Cross drive. The bloodmobile collected 295 pints Tuesday and 37 pints Wednesday morning, with Mrs. George Waite noting the blood is bound for Korea by air.
Around Iowa City officials announced that property assessments will stay at the local board of review level after talks with the State Tax Commission in Des Moines. In Des Moines, Lee Roy Billings, 68, was held to the Polk county grand jury on a first degree murder charge for the Dec 30 tavern shooting of Charles Barnett, 21, and was ordered held without bail.
The statement notes typhoons typically originate between 12 and 25 degrees north or south of the equator. It emphasizes the geographic belt where tropical cyclones begin, without detailing additional meteorological factors or regional variability.
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