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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1952
Page
1
Chicago livestock notes show Tuesday salable hogs at 15,000 with most prices 25 to 40 cents lower after a large Monday hog run. Cattle were steady to 50 cents lower, sheep generally steady. calves and other weights vary with loads and bids shifting across categories.
AP-USDA cattle receipts 7,500. calves 1,750. Slaughter steers and heifers uneven. Most steers under 1050 lbs. heifers above average good. Shipping steers 25 cents lower. over 1200 lbs slow. Canners scarce, steady. other cows slow. Stockers and feeders weak. Prices: choice 1125-1225 lbs fed steers 32.00-33.00. under 1050 lbs 29.00-32.25. veal and stock steers 27.00-31.50. cows 18.00-21.50. canners 14.00-17.00. 650 lb weights 27.00-27.50.
Omaha cattle market shows calves and fed cattle around steady to slightly lower with slow buyer interest on cows. High choice yearlings and steers reach up to 26.00 per hundredweight with two loads at 33.25. heifers and mixed yearlings around 29.50 to 33.00. cows 16.50 to 21.50. bulls up to 26.25. weaners top at 31.00 for light stock steers at 31.50 in spots. 80 lb feeders at 29.00.
Cedar Rapids hog market held steady with higher delivered prices. Cattle, calf, sheep, wool, poultry, fruits and vegetables prices listed with ranges for US prime steers to culls, calves, and various sheep categories, plus grain and field seed quotes from the Cedar Rapids area.
New York stocks drifted lower with little selling urgency as a few railroads slid near the close. Most changes were fractional and total volume was about 1.1 million shares as trading slowed.
Market listing from Waterloo shows hog prices by weight. Top quote is 20.00 for heavy hogs with ranges from 160 to 170 pounds up to 350 pounds and above. Sows priced from 270 to 400 pounds at 16.75 to 18.00 depending on weight.
Receipts Monday 50 000. week ago 26 000. year age 52 000. actuals Saturday 20 000. Active demand good. Prices steady to 25 cents higher than Saturday. Top at 20.75. Barrows and gifts. Choice weights listed from 160 to 550 pounds with varied prices across ranges.
Kansas City cattle receipts about 9 500 with calves 1 100. Slaughter steers sold early about steady while fed heifers and yearlings showed strength with some 50 to 100 cent gains. Slaughter cows up 50 to 100 cents. bulls firm. Prime fed steers 33 25 to 35 00. prime heifers 30 00 to 32 50. select to good ranges 27 00 to 29 00. occasional primes around 30 00.
Hog market news from Ottumwa shows entries for sows and butts with prices ranging around 18 to 20 dollars and various weight brackets. Prices listed include 14.75 for some hogs and 18.00 for sows, with butts and heavier weights noted at 16.75 to 18.75 and up to around 20 dollars per hundredweight.
Chicago price report shows wheat closing uneven after late hedge selling pressure. Oats rise firmly while corn and rye gain modestly and soybeans edge up. July bids: wheat near 2.28, corn around 1.79, oats about 0.785, rye 2.12, soy 3.29.
Chicago cash market notices list corn and oats bid prices and grade notes. Prices show No 2 and No 4 futures ranges including 2.22 to 2.25 for corn and 1.73 to 1.78 for No 4 oats, with malting barley around 1.28 to 1.65 and soybeans unavailable. The piece records mixed, sample, and grade indicators and mentions 1305 dollars for a tied lot.
Chicago market notes butter receipts 1 219 295 pounds with varied scores and a range of cheese and poultry prices. E receipts 10 237 cases show steady to higher demand with mixed extra mediums and standards. Potatoes arrivals totals listed with regional prices for Arizona Pontiacs Triumphs and California long whites, noting moderate supplies and good demand.
New York prices for dairy and eggs show steady butter with various grades holding steady at 92 93 scores and 72 or 70 rates. Eggs rise modestly with fancy heavy weights and extra large and medium sizes varying by fractions to 52 2c for white fancy heavyweights and 47c for extra No 1 medium.
In Iowa City supporters collect signatures and letters at downtown tables to send to the Palmer House headquarters. D M Stanley organizes pamphlets urging residents to back Eisenhower as Iowa delegates report steady mail and telegram traffic showing a well organized campaign.
Condition satisfactory. Mrs. Andrew J. Wheeler recovering after major surgery in St. Luke's hospital and expected to return home Tuesday. Their son Marine Cpl. Robert C. Wheeler on leave from Camp Pendleton visiting. J. O. Biesecker travels to Canada on a fishing trip. Ernest Weaver and wife return to Sabula after visiting Mrs Weaver's cousin. Cucumbers for sale. W.R.C. No. 126 meets at Memorial hall at 2 p.m. Dinner guests include Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown of San Diego and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wayson and their son Billy of Walker.
Rebekah Lodge junior drill team from Grove City will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the 1.0.C.F. hall for practice. Richmann deputy clerk travels to Dubuque to supervise transfer of office from Cedar Rapids. Richmann family remains in Marion. Marion residents Mrs. Bertha Blinks and Edwin attend wedding of Beverly Richards to Dr. Charles Weeber in Ottumwa. Weeber a grandson of the late Blinks family of Marion.
Mrs. Margaret McGowan visits relatives in Oelwein and Vinton return home. Ann Bevarns travels to Perry to see grandparents. Harold Horner, son of Dr and Mrs Horner, takes a job in Providence Rhode Island after Iowa graduation. Mr and Mrs Paul Snider and children return to Columbus Missouri after visiting Marion relatives. Dr and Mrs A B Lake and children return from Lake Okoboji. John Edward Vikdal returns from Mankato with William Doe of Cedar Rapids. Linette Four H club to meet with Landa Hutchins. Mrs Frank S Skinner undergoes major surgery at St Luke's with relatives arriving. Miss Alice Vallance convalesces after bursitis operation. Mrs John O Kelly of Marion and family visit Worth Illinois over weekend. Mr and Mrs George Barber and Nelda Barber return from Ozarks trip with Ross Roby family. Mr and Mrs W H Lindgard and M and M attend funeral of a Marion area figure.
In Mabrey's case Judge Ardell urged clear legislative standards on bingo. He noted no gambling paraphernalia, reflected on legal bingo in Council Bluffs, and stated Mabrey could not be found guilty without defined illegality. The judge urged specifics or tolerance rather than judge discretion.
Airman 3/c Gaylon Decious, aeromedic stationed at Kessler Field Biloxi Miss, spends furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Decious.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Farley arrived in Marion last week to care for their ill daughter Mrs John M Howe Jr The elder Farley left for Austin Minnesota while Mrs Farley remained in Marion Mrs Howe is a patient at St Lukes hospital with improved condition
Council Bluffs Iowa May or Wilson Mabrey of Carter Lake is found not guilty of keeping a gambling house after sheriff's officers reported a bingo game at his Carter Lake Recreation club. Judge Allan Ardell says the court will not rule on moral issues of bingo as played.
A 44 year old Oelwein grocer Lorenz Heldt died Monday after treatment in Rochester Minnesota where she had been a patient for about ten days Funeral services will be announced later
Cedar Rapids city council received four bids Monday for grading, tree removal, and rockwork on Burch Avenue and Twenty first Street NW. Firms listed include Kutchera Lodding and Fuel, Van Buskirk Construction, Hennessey Brothers, and Haegg Construction, to be checked by City Engineer Frank Young for a Thursday report. Five firms bid on 70 tons lump coal and 180 tons stoker coal for next winter, with bids from Merveaux Fuel, Dicks Coal Yard, W G Black Coal, Haegg Coal, and White Eagle Coal, all referred to Finance Commissioner L D Burgus for further checking before award.
Five residents petitioned for street lights on Harrison Court NW. Council granted the request and sent it to the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company for installation as soon as materials are available.
A resolution to impose assessments for concrete paving on C J Avenue NW from Highland Drives to Fifteenth Street received final approval with no public opposition noted.
At a Monday council session the Haegg Construction Company work was discussed. The International Association of Machinists Harmony Lodge No 831 sought permission to use a sound car for advertising its baseball night on July 13. The request was referred to the police department for study and a report.
Observer James Evers reported Cedar Rapids heating gas averaged 1039 Btu per day in June, compared with 1037 Btu in May. The figures highlight the monthly energy content of the local gas supply.
Earl Grider filed for divorce in Rockford Illinois citing cruelty. He recounts instances from March 1947 when his wife Dorothy grabbed his throat, April 1947 hits with a dipper hammer and curtain rod, June 10 1947 she bit his hand, and June 16 1952 she beat him on the neck.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer rejected reports that he opposes a four power conference on Germany and favors delaying West Germanys response to Moscow until parliament completes first reading of the peace treaty.
Linn County Board of Supervisors meets adjourned sessions and approves settling Goss L Davies debt for 10 dollars to State Sanitarium Oakdale. They set bids for fuel, approve wage and pension disbursements, authorize road assessments, grants, licenses, and file financial reports for June 1952.
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