15 Jul 1953
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1953
Page
1
Chicago cattle rose to new highs with steady to higher on steers, hog receipts 7,000 and prices near 27.50 to 30.00 for various weights. Sheep advanced about 50 cents with active spring lamb demand, hogs steady to strong while butchers showed strength in select lots.
Omaha live stock market report shows calves selling around 12 000 cents per hundredweight, heifers near 50 cents to 2 dollars, steers around 28 dollars, with prices for commercial to choice cows at 18 dollars and up. Stocker and feeder activity scarce while overall tone is steady to firm with strong demand noted in some grades.
Auction market reports higher bids for choice steers around 25.50 to 29.00 with prime lots reaching mid 30s. Heifers largely move in the 20s to high 20s, stocker and feeder demand firm with medium quality cattle trading 15 to 18.50.
Des Moines reports weekly hog receipts totaling about 33 000 with steady to higher prices for butcher hogs and sows weak to lower in some lots. Top price reached 26.25 per cwt with barrows and gilts generally quoted around 25 75 to 26 25. weights range from 160 to over 340 pounds amid varied adjustments and stag entries.
Market notes from Chicago show poultry prices for various birds and cuts with colored Plymouth Rocks at 25 to 31 cents per pound and White Cross and other varieties around 27 to 40 cents. Cheese prices per pound range from 38 to 42 cents for Swiss and similar items, while hog and beef items quote loaded weights and scores. Market tone appears dull to firm with light demand and mixed receipts, California and Idaho-Oregon whites and triumphs listed at several dollar figures.
Fragmented notes show egg and commodity price fragments. Mentions mixed colors dawn heavyweights 54 cents, large 3 dollars, extra large 52, extra 4, medium standards 45 46 cents, current receipts 45 46 cents, dirties 41 49, checks 39 4s. No cohesive story or clear entities.
A fragmented OCR note references yellow seed priced at 14 dollars per 100 pounds delivered per country on roads basis. Mentions Clover and Bar Street with unclear fees and addresses.
A moderate uptick in the stock market halts a four day decline with small gains of one to two points and estimated trading of 900000 shares. In Kansas City livestock news cattle numbers reach 3500 with calves 600 and prices up. slaughter steers and heifers rise 50 cents to $1.50, cows steadier, bulls firmer, and yearling fed steers around $30 per hundredweight.
Chicago reports show strong mill demand driving wheat higher as mills purchased after robust overnight flour business. Prices listed for July and nearby futures advance across grains with gains in soybeans and lard. cash wheat ranges noted with several No ranges and grades in activity.
Ora I Miller route 3 Marion died Monday evening in a Des Moines hospital. Funeral Thursday at 10 30 a m in Murdoch chapel with Rev W R de Jong officiating. Marion lodge 6 AF and AM will assist. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Masons meet at Masonic temple Thursday 9 30 a m to attend. Friends may call at the chapel.
Two men were injured Tuesday when a car truck collided at the intersection of Avenue NE and Fifteenth Street NE in Marion. Jerry Voldingh and Erwin Bowser were taken to St Luke's hospital with lacerations and possible fractures. Voldingh's truck rolled over after the impact. Bowser's vehicle plunged over the curb into a fire.
Lawrence Bergh, 70, of 201 Twenty second street NW, suffered lacerations and left shoulder injuries after a truck struck him in front of 2204 Johnson avenue NW. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital. The driver, John Flick of 2651 Johnson avenue, said Bergh stepped into the path of the vehicle.
U.S. delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr at the United Nations described the U.N. as having the principal arsonist in the fire department. He argued for retaining troublemakers within the body rather than excluding them, to keep them visible and influence policy.
A driver lost control when a pinch of snuff blew into his face, causing a collision with a parked car and $125 in damage, police said. Raymond Rice, 22, reported the incident in Asheville. In Mt. Vernon Everett Freeman elected commander of Hal n Howard post with officers named and installation set for Aug. 13.
Iowa City experts urge immediate care for wind scarred trees after a July 4 5 squall. The university botany head George W. Martin advises removing damaged limbs, undercutting to avoid bark tearing, sealing wounds with white lead paint, and notes which species suffer and which cope better, with replanting considerations for older trees and root-limiting urban planting.
Pittsburgh AP report says Aluminum Company of America, which five days earlier granted 30,000 employees a pay raise, has increased aluminum prices by one half to one cent per pound.
Receipts in 1952 reached 40424.12 dollars, qualifying Monticello’s post office as first class pending July 1. Postmaster Hogan and Assistant Postmaster Rhatigan will receive raises to 5570 and 5096 dollars respectively. Accounting shifts to Washington and stamps sourced directly from Washington. Two injuries reported near Iowa City as a car rollover left Lester Holderness with a fractured collarbone and facial cuts. Leslie Schnare suffered minor injuries.
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