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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1950
Page
8
Unofficial Monday estimates show cattle 12 000 hogs 12 000 sheep 2 000 with prices holding steady. Hogs traded nominally steady after recent highs. cattle and sheep also steady. Receipts: hogs 400 cattle 300 sheep 100. Prices span heavy to light categories, with calves and feeders noted. Local church notices follow with service times and picnic plans.
Cattle fed steers uneven and mostly steady to 50c higher. heifers up to 50c. cows and bulls mostly higher. Week’s tops include Choice 1109 and 1268 lb steers at 32.00 and 31.85 for yearlings. bids range across good to choice vealers and stockers, with cattle prices from about 17.00 to 32.00 depending on grade and weight.
Slaughter steers and heifers showed a moderate early advance but closed 25 to 75 cents lower. Cows rose 25 to 50 cents, bulls up 1 to 1.25, veal and killing calves steady. Several loads of fed steers 32.10 to 32.25, yearling and heifer lots in the 31.75 to 32.00 range, grass fats and bulls also noted.
Sioux City auction reports salable receipts 1,200 head with bulk western stock cattle and butcher cows. Most grades held for Monday, calves 100. All westerns scheduled for Monday trading.
Des Moines and southern Minnesota packing plants report receipts and loads with mixed activity. Prices shown for barrows and gilts from 160 to over 450 pounds range from 14.75 to 23.75 dollars, with some shifts up to 25 cents higher or lower and overall activity described as moderately active to slow.
Market notes show hog price ranges from 22.25 to 23.25 per cwt with weights 160 to 200 pounds listed. OCR text includes inconsistent terms such as okeeers and INS in a fragmented price listing.
Waterloo market notes steady hog trading with price ranges for different weights. 170-180 lb hogs fetch 22.00 and 20.00 at various lots, 330-360 lb at 19.00, 360-400 lb at 18.25, and lighter weights around 16.50 to 20.00 depending on size and condition.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were steady to a quarter higher Saturday. A premium for quality and condition on arrival is paid for hogs weighed at the Cedar Rapids plant.
The listing shows cattle and calf prices by weight class including prime and good steers from 900 to 1350 pounds, cows and bulls with varying grades, and yearlings. It also lists sheep and lamb values with weights, plus wholesale fruits vegetables and poultry prices with regional items like Elbertas plums lemons and cantaloupe.
Chicago wheat closes up as buying late in session pushes prices higher across cereals. Traders note modest volume and short-covering in response to unsettled Korean war outlook, with July wheat at 2.21 3/4, corn 1.53 1/4, soybeans 3.37. Cash grain prices show mixed No 1 wheat at 2.18 3/4 and No 2 yellow corn at 1.56.
Three Iowans including Mr. and Mrs. Bowen E. Tubbs of Sioux City and their three year old granddaughter Cindy Koehler of Burbank were killed in a Glendale California crossing collision. Eight others were injured when two Southern Pacific trains passed a crossing and a car drove onto the tracks into a second train.
Phil Jenkins of Peoria was killed when the car he rode in overturned twice on a highway 10 miles east of Muscatine. Police said the vehicle was likely speeding. Charles Fitch and Ruth Myers of Rock Island suffered minor injuries and were hospitalized.
Mrs. Anna Houtsma, 72, died after the car she rode in with daughter Mrs. James Jasper Jr collided Friday with a vehicle driven by George Kleinhassel near Orange City. Jasper was injured and taken to an Orange City hospital.
Two blasts rocked the Gosport naval yard on the English Channel Friday night injuring seven people. Fires spread to six ammunition barges and the armament depot, with one barge disintegrating and smoke rising 2,000 feet high. Authorities limited releases while nearby towns aided firefighting as windows shattered within miles.
Paul Bartlett injured Wednesday evening when he jumped from a hand car before it hit a freight train east of Marion yards. He underwent knee surgery Friday at St. Luke's hospital and is reported in favorable condition. Curtis Lint also injured, received head lacerations and is recovering satisfactorily at St. Luke's.
The column lists church activities: Marion Churches Baptist with Rev. Charles Moore and Rev. Carl M. Cunningham hosting Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m with a picnic event for the Mid Eastern Baptist Men's Association at Anamosa State Park Sunday evening. St Joseph’s Catholic with Rev. T J McElliott and Rev. Maurice L Scallon celebrating masses at 6 8 and 10 a m. Christian and Free Methodist services, Melbourne Indiana supply pulpit and unemployment sermon, and Subpoenaed Witnesses sermon by Rev. Sam Bear Cedar Rapids at the Methodist church.
Davenport report notes Rep Fred Schwengel presented a chart comparing 44 less populated counties to 55 larger ones. The 44 counties hold 69.2 percent of the tax burden yet receive 59.6 percent of allocations, while the five largest counties pay 24.1 percent of the tax load but receive 15.8 percent of total allocations.
Enoch M Johnston age 63, former Chicago Daily News criminal court reporter, retired since January 1949 and living in Washington Iowa, died in a hospital after a long illness.
Special Agent William Hopkins urged officers to use imagination beyond routine at the 14th annual peace officers short course at the University of Iowa. He cited unique techniques, such as merchants placing distinctive coins in tills, and praised newspapers for aiding investigations.
In Grenada California Jim Tackitt 14 woke to pet what he thought was a cat. The animal proved to be a porcupine causing a painful awakening and quill injuries.
Des Moines reports that certain enlisted reserve corps members may volunteer for active duty effective immediately. Iowa military district chief Col Granger Anderson says this follows Fifth Army guidance and targets technicians in radio, radar, communications, air defense, and specialized infantry and armor fields. Volunteers must meet qualifications, endure at least one year of service, pass physical standards, and have no moral or loyalty concerns. Wac personnel included. Eligible applicants are directed to Fort Riley processing and local sub-offices in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Sioux City, Ottumwa, Waterloo, Dubuque, Burlington, Fort Dodge, or Fort Des Moines.
Max Lerner told a University of Iowa summer lecture audience that America should persuade Asia through fighting for underdogs and supporting democratic forces. He argued limiting the Korea conflict to win trust, promote racial equality, social reform, and welfare at home to prevent a world war and counter Soviet influence.
Joe Falconer 16 was seriously injured Friday evening when his left arm was mangled in a corn sheller on his parents farm six miles east of Ryan. He was found unconscious beside the sheller and hospitalized after transport by ambulance. doctors at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids planned elbow amputation and reported his condition as fair.
DES MOINES AP John Grant of West Des Moines was cited by the state department of public safety Saturday for aiding highway patrolmen in apprehension.
The Iowa World War II bonus board estimates 7 332 966 more funds required to finish payments. Of 253 547 claims filed, 229 265 have been paid totaling 84 632 836 dollars at an average 369. With only emergency payments likely until new funds arrive, 19 865 claims await payment and 4 817 have been rejected. County breakdowns show large disbursements across Adair Adams Allamakee Appanoose Audubon and Benton counties.
Harold Small of near Hudson testified he was compelled by several men 22 years ago to sign a $70 000 note and later forced to purchase a car with a bad check and turn the funds over. He faced a plea of innocent on a charge of obtaining property by false pretenses as Upton B Kepler, his attorney, said he seeks to have Senator Kefauver of Tennessee hear his story.
Delies Forman of New Virginia and his brother Willard fled Warren County deputies in Oskaloosa after Delbert released his brother from a straight jacket. They allegedly beat a police officer and caused a tavern disturbance before being subdued. Delbert was arraigned on resisting arrest and assault charges with bond set under $1,000. Willard remained in a psychiatric hospital in Iowa City.
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