18 Jun 1953
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1953
Page
1
Friday cattle and sheep receipts shown in USDA estimates with hogs easing to mid twenty dollar range. Demand remained moderate as country supplies exceeded trade expectations, while cattle and calf prices showed mixed to weak movement and sheep held firm.
Cattle receipts 3,200 with calves 100. Fed steers and heifers mostly steady with choice grade higher, commercial and good down 25 cents. Cows and bulls vealers little changed. stockers and feeders slow. Notable prices include fed steers 73.22 to 25, most choice steers around 20 to 21.75, commercial heifers down to 14.50, utility cows 10.50 to 13.50, bulls up to 16.00.
Cattle receipts 3,000 with calves to 25. Slaughter steers above low choice and usually under 1100 lbs steady. Choice steers 750 lbs and down $19.75 to $21.25. Load lots high choice and low prime mostly $21.25 to $21.50. Yearlings 1008 lbs at $22.00. Good to low choice $17.50 to $19.00. Choice heifers $19.50 to $20.50. good grades $17.00 to $19.00. One load choice and prime $21.50.
Kansas City cattle market receipts 500 head calves 100 cows mostly steady bulls 50c lower dealers and killing calves steady to easier small lot choice medium weight fed steers around 21.00 per hundredweight.
Des Moines reports Thursday hog receipts show 35,000 3,500 year instances strong to 20 cents higher on 220-270 lb heavier weights while 50 cent lower for some. Sows steady to 50 cents lower with some top hogs and prices noted across various weight ranges including 180-200, 240-270, and 300-330 lb categories. Total sales listed and market totals include several figures around 20 to 24 dollars per cwt with multiple weight brackets referenced.
The document lists hog and butcher price ranges with weights such as 500-550 pounds and 180-190 pounds. Various figures show hogs steady around 18.75 to 24.00 per hundredweight and butchers at 22.00 to 24.00 per hundredweight, with several specific weight-price entries.
Cedar Rapids hog prices on Thursday held steady to a half dollar lower at the Cedar Rapids plant with variation by quality and distance. Poultry and grain quotes follow with mixed figures for spring heats, corn, oats, soybeans, and seeds priced for delivery and seed use.
Stocks rose selectively in New York with rails and motors up modestly. Oil steel and aircraft shares edged higher as traders noted mixed performance amid unclear sales figures and regional market chatter.
Chicago live poultry steady with 16 trucks and no price changes. Cheese prices show small variances for daisies and longhorns with processing noted. Butter receipts and scores listed, eggs receipts and prices easing. Potatoes arrivals and on track totals cited, heavy demand slow. New York butter and egg receipts reported with steady or easy prices and mixed color values.
Journey men plumbers in the Fort Dodge area ended a three day strike and returned to work with a 14 cent an hour wage increase. The new scale pays 2.50 an hour, with outside Fort Dodge work within 10 miles at 2.65 an hour, after negotiations.
DES MOINES UP report says air force bombers will invade central and eastern Iowa Sunday in a test of ground observer corps alertness. B 25 and B 29 planes will fly over 59 counties while 200 observer posts report the planes to the filter center.
Wheat rose to the day’s best levels in late trading on Thursday closing 3 to 4 percent higher. Wheat strength followed gains on the Kansas City and Minneapolis exchanges with mixed results for other grains and cash bids listed for Chicago.
Market report from Austin Minnesota shows mixed cattle and hog prices with several weight ranges quoted. Top hogs reach 24.00 per hundredweight while lighter and heavier lots display varying bids around 21.45 to 24.00 based on weight. Continuous quotations reflect regional livestock trading activity.
Des Moines plumbers and steam fitters union ended their strike against the Master Plumbers Association after winning a 10 cent hourly raise and seven and a half cent welfare fund contribution. The new wage becomes 3 dollars per hour plus welfare benefits, while five AFL unions continue picket lines against master builders.
Frank J. Fuller 94 a former Marion resident died Wednesday at 4 45 p m in a Dubuque hospital. Born March 28 1859 in Orleans County New York he moved to Anamosa at age nine, to Marion in 1924 and to Dubuque in 1943. He mined gold in Alaska 1898 1904 and worked for the Milwaukee railroad. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Josephine Stoneham of Chicago and Mrs Zeola M White of Kansas City and a son Stephen B Fuller of Denver. The body arrived in Marion Thursday. services Friday 2 p m at Murdoch chapel. burial Oak Shade cemetery.
President Eisenhower defends the defense budget while Air Force Chief Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg argues the plan imperils national security by delaying a 143 wing force. He urges Congress to provide funds now. Wilson counters a slower path via study justified by the new joint chiefs and NSC.
Guests from Montebello California and Cedar Rapids attended the Storm’s store parade of values with a four page circular. The Rev Harry D Green and Rev James P Gable attended the annual Methodist conference at Mt Vernon. Robert Ruppert of Slater Missouri, a Southern Methodist graduate, visits the Gable home while joining Clinton church duties.
Kenneth Brown Lucille Bailey Mrs Kay Hiner Mr and Mrs James E Cippera and Mr and Mrs Jack Ellis of Marion and Mrs Arliss Heath of Cedar Rapids attended a friendship meeting of the Iowa City chapter Wednesday evening.
Leaves Hospital Albert Runge, 1080 Eigth street, is at home after a Cedar Rapids hospital check-up. Guests include Mrs. Runge's sister Mrs. J. H. Johnson of Carman NL and Mrs. Robert Thornburg of Homewood Ill. Visitors to Dumont and travel notes reference Joe Turner Lloyd Fathers. Four nice lots for sale Newlin and Jacobson. Mrs. A. W. Gable of Waterloo visits Rev. James P. Gable. Appletons purchase a lot west of 262 Sixth Avenue to build soon. Return from Trip R C Wilson and son Robert tour Emo Ont with J W Mc Daniels and Wesley Mc Daniels. Recovering Marion: Mrs E J Esgate, 90, fracture recovery. Daughter Born Mary Susan Spain June 15 Mercy Hospital. Attend Funeral Wieneke to Winthrop Zeiser. Don Kensinger at Clinton Master Plumbers. Everett Lurth at Cedar Rapids hospital. Father’s Day cards and gifts Edison. Auction Sale 620 Seventh Avenue. Dr Bruce Phillips to visit. Birthday Party Mrs Arnold Kimm 396 Twenty-sixth Street. Advertisement.
An advertising blurb promotes T-4-L for athlete’s foot claiming it dries quickly and kills fungi on contact. It promises instant results and a money back offer at May's Drug Store if not pleased.
U.N. officials advance preparations for the military armistice commission including clearing prisoner exchange sites and housing at Freedom Village where first freedoms are tested. Major General Blackshear M. Bryan arrived at Munsan after leaving Tokyo to brief U.N. negotiator Lieutenant General William K. Harrison on the work.
The report notes top negotiators preparing text while observers question the armistice timing. Panmunjom work crews start a large permanent building that may host the official signing, as observers expect delays for Washington and U.N. approval.
In MUNSAN AP report the draft armistice nears completion but President Rhee's defiance by releasing 25 000 anti Red prisoners could jeopardize the pact.UN officials warn delay possible as exchange of POWs accelerates and finishing touches are applied to the final text.
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