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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1952
Page
3
Chicago dispatch reports Saturday salable hogs estimated 200 heads with prices 25 cents lower after fresh receipts exceeded expectations. Cattle and sheep showed steady to weak values with hogs the main price mover. various weight classes and loads traded around 18 to 20 dollars for hogs and mid teens to mid twenties for other cuts.
Cattle receipts at Omaha reach 800 with calves 25 and a large cow share. Fresh supply increased by carryover from early in the week. Slaughter classes steady to weak while stockers and feeders hold. few choice fed steers bring up to 32.00, utility cows 13.75 to 15.00, canners and cutters mostly 11.00 to 13.25, individual commercial bulls 20.50.
Sioux City receipts total 1 200 with calves and cattle mixed. Slaughter steers and heifers steady with a few loads: one load 1 222 lb fed steers at 31 50. 72R 50 for others. heifers at 29 50. stock steers 21 00 to 24 50.
Kansas City cattle and calves traded steady to $1 higher on selective offerings. Buyes showed active demand with morning bids steady to higher while feeders and calves remained mixed amid light receipts and steady wholesale prices.
Receipts show Friday 33 900. week 39 000. year 50 000 with Thursday actuals 40 500. Prices for butchers mostly 25 to 50 cents lower. sows steady to 25 cents lower. M2 19 50. Live weights and quotes for hogs listed: 180 lbs 55 50 180 200 19 25. 240 19 50. 270 17 50 18 00. 300 1798 360 4 0 16 75. 400 450 15 16 25 50 550 13 50 15 60.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were a quarter lower Friday with higher prices paid for hogs delivered and weighed at the Cedar Rapids plant. Cattle and calf markets show wide ranges for prime steers, yearlings, and cows across weights, while sheep and lamb values, vegetables, hay, and wool are listed with various regional figures.
New York traders saw a steady session as prices moved within about a point in either direction. Trading volume stayed under a million shares as the market hovered near five week lows.
Live poultry steady to firm while young chickens weaken with 19 truck receipts. Cheese prices mix with Swiss and processed loaves and multiple grades. Eggs show varied prices by size and quality with 5,381 cases received and a barely steady market. Potatoes show on track shipments and steady to mildly higher prices across regions.
New York markets show varied quotations for produce with multiple grades listed. Fancy heavy up 2 and extra No 1 medium 47c to 65c, white fancy 65c, with some items unchanged and up to 3 cent shifts across several lines.
A bankruptcy petition listing 10339.25 in debts has been filed in federal court by Leslie T. Dulin of 3314 Johnson Avenue. The filing lists 4059.78 in assets and was submitted Wednesday in the chief clerk's office in Dubuque. Dulin is an elevator installing technician. The case goes to John H. Mitchell of Fort Dodge, northern district of Iowa.
Chicago futures firm as buyers and short covering push grain and soybeans higher. Wheat gains 34 to 1% with December at 2.3434, corn up fractionally, oats advance, rye modestly higher, soybeans up about 2% to 3.05 for November, lard higher at 8.85 for October.
Chicago market notes show prices for wheat crude and sample values at $1.4061 and $1.714 respectively. Nominal rates include sweet clover $9 to $10, redtop $38 to $39, alsike $33.50 to $34.50, red clover $31.50, and general forage figures for hay and feed components.
Ottumwa market notes show hogs priced mostly lower with top at 18.09 per cwt. for 160 to 170 pound feeders and varied values across weight classes from 1300 to 450 pounds. Sows fetch 16 to 17.75 per cwt, while heavier weights range down to 13.75.
In Waterloo the hog market shows 25 50c lower trends with top prices near $19.00 for butchers. Across weight brackets from 160 Ibs to 550 Ibs, prices range roughly $14.50 to $19.00, with notable drops as weights rise and inconsistent figures in the heavier ranges.
Washington reports federal tax collections reached 65,009,585,000 for the 1952 fiscal year ending June 30, with total receipts up from 1951’s 50,445,000,000. Individual income taxes produced 33,700,000,000, while corporate taxes yielded 21,500,000,000 and other levies added over 9,000,000,000.
An American officer reported that Koje island riots leader Col. Lee Hak Koo was sentenced to death in absentia by North Korea. Capt. Joseph M. Brooks said three defectors told him a military court condemned Lee for military failure.
John D. Cosgrove, 17, of 703 Eighth Street SE, is the first winner of a Cedar Rapids Engineers Club scholarship for local youths entering engineering college. Cosgrove, a McKinley High graduate, enrolled at Iowa State College. selection considered scholarship, leadership, engineering interest and need.
Services for Howard Emsley Matthews 37 and his two daughters Dianna Fay 7 and Cleo Connie 3 who died Thursday will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Catholic church with burial in Evergreen cemetery at Vinton. Coroner says the trio died of asphyxiation around 12:30 a.m. Matthews had driven a hose through a car window to end their lives.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Little of Clifton Heights Pa and their daughters Mary Ann and Kathy left Friday after visiting his brother Paul Little and sister Mrs Irvin Kemp and families New shipment Popular Records Arps Adv
Mr and Mrs Edward Kendall purchased a lot at Fourth avenue and Twentieth street from Mr and Mrs Leonard Taylor. The Kendalls plan to build soon. The sale was brokered by Brockman and McGowan.
Public Library on the second floor hosts creative dramatic sessions sponsored by the Children’s Theater of Cedar Rapids. Classes run Thursday October 2 and Friday October 3 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday October 4 10:30 to 12:00 a.m. Fee is five dollars for a fourteen week course.
David Carey, a Marion high school senior who suffered a brain concussion in football practice ten days ago, was released to return home Friday. He will be confined to his home for several days. Photo included.
Chanpine Camp Fire group met at Mrs. George Bradley home on Wednesday evening. Earlier the group held a cookout at Thomas park using self made stoves, three bee colonies and equipment for sale. Inquire 260 11th St Marion Adv. Mrs Hastings returns home from Cedar Rapids hospital after several days as patient.
Pupils of St Josephs parochial school will hold a waste paper drive on Saturday at 9 am. Newspapers and paper should be tied in bundles or placed in boxes and left on the curb. The Birthday club met Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs H F Lockwood to celebrate Mr Lockwoods birthday.
Camp Fire Girls meet as Mary Lou Pazour is named president with Elizabeth Waffle as vice president, Carole Bunney secretary, Carol Goodrow treasurer, and Hilda Schneider as scribe. A birthday dinner for Mrs. Schneider, Patricia Tanner, and Dorothy Kroening is planned at guardian Mrs. Norman Waffle’s home. Emma R. Klein hosted a luncheon honoring Mrs. Mable Kesting of Syracuse.
Mrs J B Howell Mrs Gerald Thomas Mrs C B DeWees and Miss Emma Klein attended the Second district convention of the Federated Women's clubs at Winston on Wednesday.
From Minneapolis Mr and Mrs Edward Singer of Minneapolis are guests of Mrs Singers stepfather John McLane They will leave Saturday for Long Beach Calif to reside
Mr and Mrs O O Kieckhaefer of Marion and Mr and Mrs M H Janowsky of Cedar Rapids have returned from a trip to Minnesota and Canada.
The Marion Business Girls club hosts a dinner at the American Legion hall Tuesday with Cedar Rapids business women’s groups attending. Lois Emanuel, president of the host club, and Jean Strong of the Cedar Rapids Gazette will present. A slide program shows Europe tour photos and an exhibition of pictures and articles bought in England Germany Switzerland Rome and Paris.
Women in Marion and Cedar Rapids are asked to make reservations with Teresa Moffatt, the special program chairman, by Saturday noon.
The Merry Makers club hosts a formal dance at K. P. hall starting 8 30 p m. All members may bring a friend. Also noted are scholarship awards for Jeanette Trachta of J street road SW a University of Iowa freshman and other local notices including hospital stays and enlistments.
Read as a brief obituary noting the Wednesday event for Mrs J D Stickley the mother of Mrs Peppers and Mrs Shafer with reference to family relations and timing.
Linn county Democrats plan a Friday charter bus from Cedar Rapids to Fort Dodge to hear Gov Adlai Stevenson announce the dedication of a municipal airport. A two hour visit, large crowds, and extensive preparations are noted with 75 000 expected attendees and 50 000 programs printed.
Albany AP dispatch says John Sparkman scoffed at Dwight Eisenhower’s charges that prosperity is false due to the Korean war and defense. In Amsterdam he urged Eisenhower to check the record before belittling what he called the greatest prosperity. Sparkman accused the Republican nominee of not understanding the economy. He added, “the general can only know what Taft has told him.”
Decorah Iowa Luther college Norsemen aim for a conference win versus Wartburg college Knights at Nystad field Decorah Saturday 8 p m Wartburg rests after cancelling Westmar game while Luther searches to avenge last week loss to Buena Vista Wartburg brings 17 lettermen and three transfers from Westmar a strong running attack centers on a hard running fullback with coach Norm Johansen preparing the squad through scrimmages.
An informed source says Britain will free German Field Marshals Albert von Kesselring and Erich von Manstein on parole from Werl Prison in Westphalia. Both men, aged 67 and 64, were jailed for war crimes tied to the Rome massacre and other crimes. their releases follow recent moves including a prior parole for General Eberhard von Mackensen.
Senate Internal Security Committee Chairman McCarran pressed Attorney General McGranery to study Owen Lattimore’s testimony for possible grand jury perjury. McCarran labeled the former official’s remarks as patent and flagrant lies in a Friday letter.
Bruce Stiles of the Iowa Conservation Commission said four professors will study faults in newly built state lake dams. Dean F. M. Dawson will chair the group, with J. W. Howe of the University of Iowa and M. G. Spangler and Frank Kerekes of Iowa State College. They will meet on call of Dawson and proceed as they see fit.
Iowa State College reports fall quarter enrollment of 7 757, up 209 from last fall. Freshmen total 1 963, veterans on GI Bill 563, with 5 737 men and 2 020 women among total students.
Curtis Chapman a 22 year old navy hospitalman with the marine corps in Korea suffered minor wounds on Sept 14 during the Bunker Hill fighting. In a letter to his parents he calls his injuries a couple of scratches and says only five in his platoon including him walked away. He is a 1948 Franklin high school graduate and a University of Iowa junior who enlisted in January 1951 and has been in Korea since July 10.
Cee mee Jim Meaghan acting business manager announced a new association office on the first floor of the Inter Ocean building at 526 Second Avenue SE. The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association seeks a 10 200 budget for the season and mails invitations inviting local participation in its financial and music program.
In Tokyo Air Force Secretary Finletter rebutted Eisenhower's call for South Korean troops to bear the main burden in Korea. He said Korea is a U.N. operation and that U.N. members must take full responsibility, and he would not recommend withdrawing any American forces.
Rome AP reports Italy ends ban on the American sponsored Church of Christ. The U S embassy says the decision follows talks. Twenty two churches and one orphanage will operate normally while permanent permission is processed.
DES MOINES AP reported Warden Foss Davis of the men's reformatory at Anamosa is in satisfactory condition at Veterans Hospital in Des Moines. He underwent a major lung operation Thursday.
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