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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1951
Page
2
Country suppliers cut hog deliveries to offset an unsold holdover. Hog prices mostly steady to 25 cents lower with good clearance. cattle dull and weak. sheep steady. Receipts: hogs 5 000, sheep 500, cattle 500. Prices listed for various weights and grades, with top hogs around 23 25 and sheep up to 32.00.
Butchers quote hog prices in Ottumwa Iowa with weight brackets from 160 to 300 pounds. Prices range from 18.75 for 160-170 Ibs to 20.00 for 280-290 Ibs and 20.25 for 270-280 Ibs with higher brackets at 19.75 20.75 21.25 and 21.00 for various ranges.
Salable receipts 650 head and calves 100 indicate light slaughter stock with market test limited. Steers and heifers generally steady with commercial and good classes at 27.50 to 29.00 dollars. light canners near 18.00. stockers and feeders mainly held for Monday.
Receipts total 400 cattle with 15 calves in Omaha market. Slaughter classes steady to weak. stockers and feeders scarce with limited supply. Fed steers mostly commercial to good grade at 28.50 to 33.25, utility cows 22.25 to 25.00, some canners and cutters around 18.00.
Waterloo buyers report hog price ranges by weight, from 160 pounds to over 550 pounds. Quotations show a steady trend with prices listed for various weight classes and sows, from 18.50 to 21.25 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting stable demand.
Cedar Rapids market reports held steady with a one quarter cent add-on for hogs arriving at the Cedar Rapids plant. Prices list good butchers and packers by weight across hogs from 180 pounds to 600 plus, with mixed cattle and calf sections showing varied yields and prices. Also listed are sheep, lambs, and vegetable items with current receipts and crate prices.
An early buying wave in New York lifted prices in a major market segment while the rest of the list failed to gain. Volume reached about 1.4 million shares.
Live poultry receipts 22 trucks with price shifts across springs, colored, white rock, leghorn, ducks and butter and cheese quotes. Eggs and potatoes show mixed movements with price ranges for scores, classifications and regional varieties cited.
New York wholesale prices for cheese butter and eggs show steady cheese with Cheddars at 39 to 41 1/2 cents, cured at 49 54 cents. butter receipts at 447 936 pounds with creamery scores around 92 and 89 to 92. eggs receipts 8 521 cases with mixed colors and sizes priced per dozen from 44 to 55 cents, markets described as irregular.
A listing from F C B Factory Cedar Town detailing transport and packaging of corn derivatives. Contents include carloads per 43 CSU, tank cars of sore paper bags, starch, dextrine in white panel bags, sugar bags, oil in tank cars including crude corn oil and soapstock.
In Chicago a sharp rally led to July rye contracts posting gains. Old style rye rose 7 percent to 2.15 and new style up 6 to 7 percent, while July wheat fell 3 to 5 cents and corn slipped modestly. Soybeans traded mixed and lard showed small moves across the session.
Chicago cash provisions show mixed grain prices with No 2 red wheat at 2.32, No 2 hard at 2.33, corn values varying by grade around 1.70s, oats mostly between 0.80 and 0.82, and barley nominal at 1.25 to 1.45 or feed 1.00 to 1.15, with soybeans listed as none.
Receipts Friday estimated 27,000, week ago 25,000, year ago 34,500 with Thursday actuals 29,000. Hog unloads at two southern Minnesota packing plants and 12 Iowa facilities plus nearby out-of-state stations. Barrows and gilts mostly steady to 25 cents lower. price ranges by weight include 160-180 pounds at 19.00 to 21.50, up to 450-550 pounds at 16.25 to 17.50 per hundredweight.
Industry officials from oil auto and natural gas sectors press for a bigger steel share to secure fuel oil gas and production needs for next winter and beyond. Defense Production Administration notes shortages but predicts rising output may create a surplus in early next year with tighter supply through autumn.
United Air Lines posted a record second quarter net earnings after taxes of 1 585 724 or 71 cents per share for the three months ended June 30 1951 A retroactive mail revenue reduction and a strike that cost 10 revenue days limited the quarterly total below the 1950 peak For the first six months of 1951 United earned 2 957 558 after taxes versus a 59 370 loss in the 1950 period.
Nomi Sarnia of State of Iowa is named Administratrix. All debts payable on demand to the erk 0:-as laws. Crissman Bleakley, Attorneys, handle the matter.
Cpl. Bill Creglow of the First Marine Division in Korea is hospitalized for right hand injuries after a grenade explosion nearby. He expects to return to the firing line by the time his wife receives his letter. His wife and children live with her parents north of Marion. Marilyn Jo Le Clerc hosted a first birthday party for Barrie Allen Peck with Jack Edmunds at Barrie’s grandparents’ home, A. P. LeClercs. Mrs. A. F. Tallman of Ottumwa, formerly Louise Worman of Marion, dined with Mrs. Walter Van Fossen. Attendees included Leta Marchant and Grace C. Koppenhaver of Marion and Ben Z. Moats of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs O G Meyer and Dr C O Meyer Des Moines Mrs A MacKenzie Chicago and Judy attended the wedding of Lois Brockman to Charles Boquist of Cedar Rapids at the Marion Presbyterian church Saturday. Straley guests Mr and Mrs Robert Roach Plainfield and their children Roger Susan and David visited Mr and Mrs Frank Straley. A dinner at the Straley home celebrated Jack Roach Cedar Rapids twenty first birthday.
Mrs Jack Ellis of 807 Eighth Avenue suffered a deep laceration to the lower lip when she fell Wednesday on a broken glass she was carrying. She tripped while on her way to match the glass and required several stitches to close the wound.
Interior redecorating continues at the Christian church with floors being sanded and finished. A new Sunday school wing will be dedicated next month after decoration.
A man labeled as a habitual spender confronts his spouse over weekly groceries. The incident centers on a domestic disagreement inside the market setting, highlighting ongoing friction over household budgeting and shopping choices.
J Pardubsky of Cedar Rapids visited Wednesday with Mrs Jelinek to meet Robert Jelinek a student at Iowa State College. Richard Blackford son of the Blackfords reported Thursday at Des Moines for military service.
Mrs. Margaret Johnson and Mrs. Harry Nephew of Tipton were guests in the Arthur Gravel home Friday.
Mrs Leslie A Dunn travels to Cody Wyoming to visit her sister Mrs Lettie Davies who recently sustained a back injury in a fall.
Sandra Koppenhaver daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koppenhaver is spending the week at Camp Hitaga according to local social notes.
Miss Pauline Clarke of Grand Lodge Michigan stays with W W Waddill family in town. Barbara Alleman to return to Detroit Saturday after visiting the Waddills. Mrs Malcomb Adee of Los Angeles and daughter Linda visit, then depart with Mr and Mrs Andrew Gessner of Covina and son Raymond. Clarence Kuiken and family arrive from Sheldon to visit Rev C V R De Jong and his wife for the weekend.
Mexico's youngest and most active volcano El Paracutin first erupted in a farmer's field in February 1943 marking a surprising geological event witnessed by villagers and scientists alike.
Thomas E. Young, 33, of Perryman, indicted in district court on a habitual criminal charge. He faces up to 40 years if convicted for alleged theft of narcotics from a Sloan drugstore on January 17. Bond was raised from 5000 to 10000, with his wife Margaret detained locally and several others held or questioned after a chase from Fort Madison.
Merle Wilton, 44, a Wapello farmer, died Friday morning from carbon monoxide poisoning. Coroner J. W. Pence of Columbus Junction reported the body was found about 6 a.m. by his father, Herbert Wilton, who heard a tractor running in the barn. The hose was connected to a source in the residence.
Wil ton, a resident whose parents are named in local notices, died in a tractor incident. He is survived by his wife and two daughters and attended the final night of the Wapello homecoming celebration Thursday with his spouse.
City briefs note Rev. Walter Sabins will deliver the Sunday sermon at Ely Lutheran Church at 10 a.m. with Sunday school at 9 a.m. The Kolach Festival is set for tonight at Frolic Field at Second street and 21st Ave SW with a delicious picnic lunch advertised. A separate item mentions Janice Clark earning a master’s degree in arts and sciences from an university in Syracuse, NE. A billfold containing $20 was reported lost by Elroy McKean near a service station at First Ave and First St W. John Nye will speak at a Young People meeting tonight at the Sunshine Mission at 7:30.
Seven hundred seven week old turkeys died in a stampede at George Teachout farm near Shenandoah after eight diesel Caterpillar starter motors were activated. The birds panicked by noise and rushed to protect themselves, piling up in heat. 3,000 other turkeys in a coop remained calm. Market value: broilers at 70 cents per pound.
A Sunday meeting in Cedar Rapids seeks to form a Colored Veterans of Foreign Wars post for World War I II and Korean veterans. The 2:30 p.m. gathering at Bill Walker’s home 1406 Tenth Street SE will include Emil Vodoska from post 788 to provide information and aid. About 200 eligible veterans are believed to live in the city, with none previously organized.
In Memphis Tennessee a family story from wartime reliefs a dog that refused to eat after its owner went to war. Mr and Mrs W T Record placed their son's old coat for the dog to sleep on and the animal began to eat again. The account credits the coat with reviving the pet.
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