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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1951
Page
3
Chicago AP notes hogs were mostly 25 to 50 cents higher with a top of 21.65 in a brisk session. Cattle and hog estimates show Thursday salable figures of 4000 cattle 8000 hogs and sheep unspecified. Lamson Brothers furnished market data with H R Mowrey listed as Cedar Rapids manager.
Receipts: hogs 7 000 and calves 9 000. Hogs higher by 25 to 50 cents with top at 21.65 for 200 to 230 lb choice. sows steady to higher. primes 450-600 lb and 270-350 lb ranges noted. Calves steady to 50 cents higher. prime steers 38 to 39.75. bulk steers 32.50 to 38.25. heifers 32.50 to 36.75. cows 19 to 31.50. Sheep receipts 1 500. lamb bids weak to lower. spring lambs 37.00. ewes 15.00 to 18.50.
Cattle receipts 2,500 with 200 calves. Slaughter steers steady to 25c lower, spots off more. heifers steady to strong. Good and choice steers 32.00 to 36.25, some held higher. Choice to mostly prime 1,052 lb heifers 37.00. Good to choice heifers and mixed yearlings 31.50 to 34.50. Stockers and feeders about steady.
Salable receipts 7 000 calves 25 slaughter steers and heifers slow scattered sales weak to 25 cents lower. Cows scarce firm. Stockers and feeders steady. Early sales good. Choice steers largely 32.50 to 35.50. Beeves 1 300 to 1 400 pounds fetch 36.50 in load lots. commercial to good 29.00 to 32.00. heifers 28.00 to 32.00. Canners and cutters 19.00 to 23.00. stock steers 29.00 to 34.00. few 600 pound weights 35.00.
Waterloo butchers publish hog prices by weight, listing 160-170 lbs at 18.25 dollars and ranges up to 330-360 lbs at 19.50 dollars. The note mentions trends 50 to 75 cents higher.
Des Moines market report shows receipts for Wednesday about 42 000 head with week-ago 49 500 and year-ago 35 500. Hog prices quoted by weight range from 18 25 to 21 25 for various weights with active packing at Minnesota and Iowa plants and some out-of-state movement.
Cedar Rapids market quotes hogs 50 to 75 cents higher with a 0.25 dollar per hundredweight base add-on for plant deliveries. Prices span Good and Utility classes across weights 160 to 600 pounds, plus prime yearling steers, cows, bulls, and sheep with varied regional fruit and vegetable items and poultry rates in the wholesale update.
Penick and Ford board in New York declares a 50 cent per share dividend for common stock. Shareholders of record as of May 25 will receive the payment on June 14. Cedar Rapids officials of the firm report the action.
New York stocks traded with little direction as the day closed with a hint of buying power. About 1.7 million shares changed hands in a cautious session.
US cattle markets in Omaha report total receipts near 11 000 cattle with calves and stockers scarce. Fed steers and heifers trade mostly steady to 25 cents lower while cows hold firm and some commercial cows rise up to 50 cents. Prices range from 18 50 to 37 00 for various grades with bulls around 31 00 and prime to choice demand noted among dealers.
Ottumwa market report lists butchers buying hogs by weight with price steps from 160 pounds to 550 pounds. Prices range from 18.75 dollars per hundredweight for the 270 to 330 weight band to 17.25 dollars for 500 to 550 pounds, with a 50 cent higher trend noted.
Wheat futures eased 1 to 2 cents with May contracts around 2.38 as Southwest plantings shrink and cash wheat at eastern terminals strengthens. Midwest weather dampens buying in other cereals while oats and soybeans show small moves. lard holds and rye edges up.
Chicago cash grain prices show mixed values for corn and oats with no cash wheat or soybeans offered. No. 2 yellow corn around 1.78 and 1.80 per bushel, No. 4 about 1.62 to 1.73, oats No. 1 heavy white near 0.94 to 0.945, and barley nominal at 1.20 to 1.50. sample grades variably priced.
Live poultry prices mixed with weak during Tuesday trading in Chicago. Hens near steady, springs and cross varieties climbing to 34c, 29c for fryers, high end 40 to 46c for grade A, 41 to 43c B, 37 to 40c C. Butter receipts high at 576,086 lbs with scores around 67 to 69c per lb. Potatoes arrivals steady, Idaho russets $3.30–3.50, California long whites up to 4.50 per 100 lb sack.
New York price list shows wholesale ranges for American whole milk cheese including Cheddars and young Americas with 1949 50 dated figures. Receipts totaled 559 299 lbs with firmer market and higher creamery scores. S receipts 20 296 cases with steadier market and per dozen wholesale prices for mixed colors extras heavies mediums dirties whites browns in Midwest markets.
Mrs. Claire Knight reported a billfold containing 120 dollars lost on First Avenue near Fifteenth Street SE. The finder kept 54 dollars and returned 66 dollars the same evening, leading police to seek the generous thief.
The statement notes Greenland’s area rivals the portion of the United States lying east of the Mississippi River. It compares vast geographic sizes to emphasize Greenland’s expanse relative to a major U.S. region.
Henry Cambridge of Johnson avenue NW was fined $100 and court costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Judge William Matias recommended a 90 day license suspension following a near collision with a car and a bus at Twelfth avenue and Fourth street SE, arrest at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday by unidentified officers.
Palette Club meets Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. in the Little Gallery of the public library with a model. Story Hour at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the Daniels Park library station. Cedar Rapids booster club to hear Kerby Farrell at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Alcove. Monthly Chamber luncheon at noon Friday at the Roosevelt hotel. YMB Council biweekly luncheon at noon Friday at the Montrose hotel. Ernest Hick aged 77, father of Edmund I. Hick, dies. services Friday 2 p.m. in Mitchellville funeral home. John Carpenter reports $33 stolen from overalls on a Skogman project. Harlan Zerba, 22, injured in car crash near Walker. treated at St. Luke's. Cedar Rapids Chess Club meets 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Y.M.C.A. club room. Paul and Cecil Goodrow, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Goodrow, visiting Cedar Rapids about 10 days. Visitor David Jacobs, son of Lloyd A. Jacobs, is visiting. he worked as GE testing engineer in Pittsfield, Mass. Private David Popelka on 14‑day furlough. basic training at Fort Riley. will report to Fort Lawton May 23.
Sylvester Garrett resigned Tuesday as acting executive director of the Wage Stabilization Board due to poor health. He cited his medical condition and said he would step down from the post immediately.
Marion News reports Tawasa Camp Fire group elected Winkel president on Tuesday with Donna Schmatt as vice president Katherine Ray secretary Garnet Sample Ice Age and Darlene Shanklin also named to posts City Audit notes council met with state auditor to review city books and suggested changes A baby sitter needed at 602 J Adv Also sale of blue 9x14 rug and home sale of William L Ireland to George A Lowe with possession by Aug 1 Brockman and McGowan handled sale
Dunlap strawberry and hybrid tomato prices listed with strawberries at 1.00 per hundred and tomatoes at 35 cents per dozen. Other vegetables and bedding flowers sold at last year's prices. Contact by phone 787W or 1143M. Advertising.
X rays show Mrs W D Shank sustained no fractures after a fall at her apartment last week. She remains a patient at St Luke's hospital.
Jerry Trimble has completed boat training at the Great Lakes naval training station and is spending a leave with his parents, Mr and Mrs Harvey E Trimble, route 2 Marion.
Des Moines Thomas Thompson Jr and Jack R McVey of Marion join Melvin Campbell, son of the Kenneth Campbells of Springville, as they are inducted into the army this Friday from local pickups and ceremonies.
The Monroe township schools hosted an annual Play Day at Thomas Park with 300 pupils, teachers and parents in attendance.
Mrs Milo Petrak was elected president of Electa circle King’s Daughters at a Tuesday gathering in the home of Mrs Willis Jordan. Mrs Harry Snell named first vice president and others appointed including secretary treasurer and press reporter. The group presented $10 to Camp Good Health and named cochairmen for the June luncheon.
Members of the O. O. P. club enjoyed a May breakfast Tuesday at the home of Mrs. DeWitt H. Smith. Favors were pansy corsages. Miss Sarah Nott reported on the Federation of Women's Clubs state convention in Sioux City. Mrs. R. J. Kendall, Mrs. W. A. White and Mrs. Hazel?
Recent guests at the Gerald Wilson home included Mrs Wilsons brother Paul Simmons, Mrs Simmons, and their son Steven of Des Moines. Nellie Simmons of Lorimer, Mrs Wilsons mother, is visiting. Mr. and Mrs Clint Wilson plan a Thursday trip to Los Angeles to visit Clarence and Tom Northrop.
Despondency over poor health is believed to be the reason behind the Tuesday death by his own action of Raymond Riess 51. His wife found his body hanging from a corn crib on their farm five miles west of North English. He left no note but had been in poor health recently. Survived by wife parents a daughter and a son recently discharged from the army. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church.
Roy Holland of Sioux City Iowa Junior Chamber will award William Crissman a good government honor in Cedar Rapids at a 6 15 p m dinner meeting of the Cedar Rapids Young Men's bureau. Six foreign students studying in Linn county will speak. Reservations by phone ee 5135 by noon Thursday.
Vice President Alben W. Barkley will miss Des Moines engagement Sunday night and St. Louis next weekend due to a relative’s critical illness. The canceled program was to feature the Offutt air base band concert and talks by state, city, and military guests.
A jumble of lost items and small notices from a Cedar Rapids area page. Brown leather billfold with money and licenses, truck tire and rim lost, plastic rim glasses in blue leather case, children's hat, bank check book, and various business ads and classifieds. Multiple contact numbers and locations included.
Robert Caldwell and Roy Swanson plan to attend the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Secretaries convention in Sioux City next week. Caldwell will speak Monday on Changes in the Basic Dues Structure and Swanson will attend the Tuesday session.
The Coe college chapter of the American Association of University Professors announces new officers led by President Richard C. Spencer and Vice President Signi Falk. Secretary is Don Fehrenbacher and Treasurer is Lawrence B. Wick with all appointments by retiring president Vernon Lichtenstein.
Classified notices advertise detective services and moving offers. Hertz truck rental and Buresh Rental at 1405 3rd St SE provide delivery trucks. Jewelry repair by Swarrzendruber Jewelers and clock repairs noted. C10 labor affiliations denied. notices list Bay location at 419 2nd Ave.
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