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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1952
Page
8
Chicago market notes show hogs up 50 cents to 1 dollar on Monday with East buying interest pushing prices to the highest since Oct 24 at 202 per hundredweight. Cattle mostly steady, cows and sheep mixed. calves and feeder cattle reported with variable demand and prices.
New York traders saw an extraordinarily dull session with low volume around 750000 shares. The report notes limited price movements across sectors including Industrials Utilities and Commodities with hogs and cattle markets also described in nearby quotes and price ranges.
Market notes show live poultry steady to weak with multiple classes listed by price. Prices cover hens at 23 to 30 cents per pound, fryers and broilers around 20 to 34 cents, turkeys and geese varied, and eggs and dairy receipts cited with general market steadiness.
A chaotic clipping lists numerous company names with fractional percentages, local stock movements, and commodity notes followed by Sioux City cattle and Kansas City livestock market summaries. It mentions several brands and firms alongside a dental ad and cattle prices, reflecting a mixed wire service snapshot.
Detroit man says he feels happier and younger and not constipated after using ALL-BRAN Kellogg's cereal. The ad claims it is non habit forming and rich in iron and vitamins. It invites readers to mail an empty carton for a double tour money back guarantee after ten days.
In Chicago trading May wheat jumped nearly 50 cents as heavy short covering lifted prices. Other grains rose but failed to match the wheat surge with May corn at about 1.80, oats around 1.58, rye up about 1, soybeans near 3, and fats higher.
The State Executive Council unanimously refused to pay 89 000 to the Radio Corporation of America for two way radio equipment in Iowa Highway Patrol cars. Public safety officials said the RCA gear remained unsatisfactory and ordered new bids. RCA argued 25 000 in repairs had been spent and that the equipment met specifications. The attorney general was told to notify RCA why the payment was not made.
Howard Sutter aged 17 and Fred Knowling 23 were fined 160 and costs each in police court for tampering with a Scott's Transportation semi-trailer. They were arraigned on larceny in the night time charges and bonded at 500 each after a Saturday arrest.
Dr John V N Granger of Palos Alto Calif sails for a Copenhagen symposium on aircraft communications with a month visiting labs in France and England. Harry F Caraway 75 dies at his Marion area home after a long illness. survivors include wife Myra and children. Funeral in Yacom Murdoch chapel with cremation and family lot interment. Various social items, church notices, club activities, and local visits across Marion.
The Taxpayers Association reports Iowa’s 117 city school districts averaged 215 per pupil for the year ending June 30 1951, up 13 from the prior year. Elkader had the highest 333 per pupil, Urbandale the lowest 145. town districts averaged 226 and 145 respectively. Total operating expenditures rose to 43,427,251 with teachers and superintendents earning 2,326,576 in towns.
DES MOINES UP The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation gained 300 new members in the last week bringing total membership to nearly 191000 this year. State director Al Hagen says the figure is within 2900 of the 1948 peak and 3500 above 1951 totals.
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