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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1952
Page
1
Chicago reports show hogs down 25 to 50 cents with a slow market and uneven cattle. Slaughter lambs and sheep were generally lower with limited bids, while yearlings and steer prices showed mixed declines and sparse demand amid a weak overall market tone.
Sioux City cattle receipts 3 500 slow slaughter steers and heifers with steady to higher asking prices. early cow sales little changed. canners and cutters active. bulls steady. stockers weak. small lots of commercial and good cattle priced up to 40 0 with prime levels noted.
A livestock price table shows hog bids across weight bands from 190 to 550 pounds with varied prices. Notable quotes include 259-280 Ibs at 15.79 and 500-550 Ibs at 13.35, reflecting a broad spectrum of per hundredweight values for buyers and sellers.
In Waterloo Nova Scotia hog prices fell 10 to 25 cents with diversos weight ranges listed. Butchers and hogs from 160 to 550 pounds show prices from 12.75 up to 15.50 and around 13.00 to 14.75 for various weights.
Des Moines reports hog receipts estimated at 75 000 for the week, with actuals Monday at 77 000 and after a slow open activity improved. Prices ranged by weight from 12.10 to 16.25 per cwt with several weight bands listed and variations noted in top sows and barrows.
Omaha cattle receipts total 6,998 with calves around 1,500. Early sales show fed steers around 33.50 to 34, fed heifers 31 to 32.50, cows 12 to 14, bulls 17 to 18, stockers and feeders generally weaker, with select yearling stock steers about 26 and stock steer calves near 30.50.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market fell by 15 cents as bids for hogs delivered to the Cedar Rapids plant showed lower quotations. The report lists various weight classes and packer categories with mixed prices, including hogs 190 to 200 pounds and calf market figures, reflecting a broad set of quotations across liveries and carcass categories.
The post election rise in stocks reached boom-like levels with leading issues advancing one to more than two points in the most active session in over a year. Trading volume surpassed 2,000,000 shares in New York.
A broad stock list shows gains across utilities and major industrials with notable moves in Johns Manville, Anaconda, and American Smelting. Dow components such as Caterpillar, Chrysler, and General Electric improve while smaller firms like Zenith Radio and Woolworth also advance amid mixed shifts in the market.
Coe college honored high achieving students at a convocation in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Dr. Irving L. Churchill spoke on college education as a privilege and duty, praising the scholars from Cedar Rapids Wellsburg LaPorte City Chicago Manchester Rochelle Bangkok and Waterloo for their scholastic distinction. New Phi Kappa Phi members include Andresen Barnes Mach Rogers and Anita Becker.
In Columbus Ohio the drought sank creek and river levels allowing the sheriff to recover five stolen safes. The drought impeded flow but revealed hidden caches and aided authorities in securing the loot.
In 1951 there were 9,300,000 people in the United States who were single because their spouses had died. This figure highlights the large widowed population during that era and reflects demographic trends of postwar America.
Chicago traders saw grain hold steady to firm as cash buyers and exporters supported the market. Wheat finished mixed while corn oats rye and soybeans showed modest moves. Ash houses and southwestern buyers aided wheat amid reports of light to no rain in the winter wheat belt and a dry five day outlook.
Market notes show Chicago cash provisions for wheat and various grain grades with prices per bushel. Entries include No. 2 white and yellow samples, heavy white, old yellow, and related nominal values, alongside feed and specialty grain quotes and notes on grade quality.
Kansas City livestock market shows calves at 1200 head and 22 head, commercial at 22, choice fed steers steady with 50 cent off spots, some high grade under 1100 pounds up 25 cents, cows lower by 2 to 25 cents, vealers not established, live cattle at 1,050, fed steers around 4.25, few loads of choice 0 heifers and yearlings at 29.00 to 31.50.
Chicago reports mixed livestock and produce listings with live poultry receipts from 32 trucks. Prices vary by breed and grade for White Rock and White Cross chickens, plus coinages for singles and longhorns. Eggs and potatoes show varying prices with dull, slow markets and limited edge.
Market report shows butter prices easing with several grades listed. AA 72c, 93 score. A ic 92. irregulars mixed. extras No 1 large and medium sizes noted with various price shifts. whites heavyweights 64c up 2.
Robert and Mrs. Robert J. Durbrow of Cedar Rapids now in Dubuque filed a petition through Cedar Rapids attorney disputing a $10,845 federal income tax for 1944. They say they paid $89,968.89 in taxes while the government claims $100,814, tied to travel and entertainment deductions and losses from Blackfoot Dried Foods Co. of Idaho.
Belgrade radio quoted Marshal Tito planning a visit to England in the second half of March next year. The report, sourced from Belgrade, notes no specific dates or venues.
Marion Tews and Mr and Mrs Ralph Merck, Mr and Mrs Floyd Elson, Everett Booze, Mrs Margaret Booze, Betty Jean, Billie and Harold Ransier of Marion appear in a local notice listing residents connected to recent events and filings.
Marion chapter 183 O E S honors past matrons and patrons at a Monday evening meeting in the Masonic temple. Mr and Mrs Miles P Sutera led, past officers presided, gifts were presented, an original reading was given by Blanche Leasure Miller and Ralph Dewey sang.
The Marionette Four-H Club entertained members and guests with a hayrack ride and sporty Saturday evening. Hayracks were provided by Loren Airy and E. J. Doupnik. Refreshments followed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zrudsky with Mrs. Doupnik and Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith as guests.
The article details a theater party for Stephen Smith’s eighth birthday with 15 children, visits to the Batchelder home in Alburnett, and several family reunions. It notes guests from Texas and Alice, a 22 year gap since the siblings last met, and a naval transfer of Seaman Apprentice M. P. Collins.
Mrs. Raymond E. Hotz 41 died at 3 35 am at her Marion home after a long illness. Born Irma J Wood July 4 1911 Prairieburg she moved to Marion at nine. She married Raymond Hotz Dec 30 1930 and had four sons. Surviving include husband parents four sons three brothers two sisters. Services Thursday at 2 pm Yocom Murdoch chapel with Rev James P Gable. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Mrs Hattie Rogers and her daughter Mrs Fred Donaldson from Center Point were guests Saturday in the W L Morgan home.
Thanksgiving fowl order ahead for turkey capon geese ducks and chickens. Choice birds fancy dressed or ready. Gordon Hatchery phone 134.
Norman Hutton of Montezuma begins as office manager at Gordon Hatchery succeeding Mrs. William Fulmer who moved to Albuquerque NM. Presbyterian Women's Bazaar and Supper set for Wednesday 5 to 7 p m with tickets at $1.25. Rural Homemakers club meeting postponed to Friday.
Linen Snower Betty Jean Ransier will entertain at a linen shower Tuesday evening for Miss Marcia Frontress of Robins, a bride elect. Twenty guests will share the courtesy. Vern Lee Greear, three year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Greear, underwent surgery Monday at Mercy hospital and is permitted to have visitors.
The Navy reports two Russian made jet fighters were shot down at sea about 35 miles from U S Task Force 77 off Korea as a third was damaged The encounter occurred Monday night in the Sea of Japan about 100 miles southeast of Chongjin Reserve Squadron 781 Panthers from Los Alamitos Calif flew past the battle One American plane was hit but returned to the carrier Oriskany
Mayor Milo Sedlacek proclaimed November 16 to 22, 1952 as Diabetes Detection Week in Cedar Rapids to boost free urine analyses at physicians’ offices or Security Laboratories. Only 220 residents were tested Monday, amid a national estimate of one million undiagnosed diabetics.
Steve Grimm, 6 year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Grimm of Atkins, is in fairly good condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City after suffering a fractured skull from a fall Saturday morning when he fell from his father’s car at E Avenue and Edgewood Road NW.
The planet Neptune takes 164.8 years to complete a full orbit around the Sun. This long orbital period reflects its great distance from the solar center and its slow orbital speed compared to inner planets.
A 68 year old Benton county farmer, Walter Wamser, reported being swindled by two con men in Cedar Rapids after a rigged poker game. He was forced into a car, dumped in the rain, and his 2000 dollars vanished after a long ruse involving a room and a fake inheritance scheme. Detectives describe the suspects as blond man about 25, 5 feet 5 inches, 135 pounds, and a second man about 55, same height, dark hair.
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