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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1950
Page
2
Chicago livestock report notes hogs opening slow then active with discounts up to 25 cents on sows and 15 on barrows and gilts. Cattle steady to 25 cents higher, sheep generally steady. Calves lighter, steers and heifers up about 25 cents, fed steers near 1150, cows steady to 25 cents higher, bulls and feeders steady, vealers up to 34.00 with overall steady demand and varied prices across weights.
At 42.4 city market for cattle and calves shows 5700 head on feed and 500 calves. Slaughter steers and stocker buyers limited, canners steady, stock stockers weak with some pockets of better demand. Beeves about 30.50, choice 32.00, medium stockers around 38.00 for 460 lb stock steer, choice heifer calves 34.00.
The fragment lists pig weights and prices across ranges with figures like 169-170 pounds at 16.25 and 500-330 pounds at 17.00, plus sow weights from 270-300 pounds at 17.00 to 550 pounds at 14.75. Prices are per hundredweight with multiple brackets and small decimals.
A damaged OCR shows scattered numbers for weights from 180 to 500 pounds with prices around 14 to 17 dollars. The text is incomplete and mixed with stray characters, making exact items and quantities unclear. No clear entities or context beyond general weight and price entries can be determined.
Omaha market receipts total 7,500 cattle with 700 calves. Fed steers under 1100 lb and fed heifers steady. heavier steers slow. Cows and bulls steady to firm with light supply. Vealers and killing calves stable. stocker and feeder classes steady. Notable: choice 1075 lb steers about $32.00, some higher. near 700 lb choice around $31.75 to $32.00. better lots up to $23.00 per cwt for grade steers. Good stocker calves to $70.00, some $49.00. 800 lb feeders around $70.00.
Cedar Rapids hog market prices fell by 15 cents on Tuesday with base quotations adjusted by a quarter for good hogs delivered at the Cedar Rapids plant. The report lists varied weights and classes for hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, hay and straw, wholesale fruit, and poultry prices, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
New York stocks fell sharply in late trading for the second day as a burst of selling pushed prices down to around three dollars a share before steadying. Overall volume reached about two million shares with most issues closing just above the day’s lows.
Kansas City live stock market report shows 6,500 cattle receipts with calves at 800 and fed steers around 1100 lbs. Steers over 1100 lbs move slowly while early sales stay mostly steady. Demand weak to lower on unsold lots, heifers unchanged, top yearling loads steady, fed steers 1150 lbs down about 28 dollars, average prices 26.50 to 30.00 per hundredweight for 1100-1300 lb cattle.
Iowa markets report 12 plants and about 30 concentration yards with some out-of-state shipping and country buying stations. Prices ease 10 to 25 cents on barrows and gilts with good to choice quality. 360 lb to 400 lb hogs bring 15.85 to 17.25, sows 450 to 550 pounds bring 14.26 to 16.25.
Iowa farmers expect good drying weather for corn this year. Recent conditions have advanced harvests, with full field access in the south and northern frosts leaving some chaffy, shallow kernels. Soybeans are being harvested across the state, with generally good bean quality.
A report states Jupiter has 11 satellites and Saturn has nine, reflecting early astronomical tallies. The figures identify moons orbiting the two giant planets and indicate ongoing measurements of outer solar system bodies.
Soybeans showed unexpected strength lifting grains on Tuesday as delivery notices for around two million bushels of November beans failed to appear. Shorts covered, light offerings followed, with wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybeans finishing higher though profit taking trimmed gains.
An AP styled notice from Chicago describes a fragmented radio track listing. The garbled text references station origin Chicago Illinois and a price of 2.53, with unclear entries about a track and stars.
Live poultry, 43 trucks, market steady with price changes on hens and heavies. Receipts 479,863 lbs, tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots noted with varied scores and prices. demand good, market mixed across produce lines.
Receipts of 1,041,592 lbs steady market. First hand wholesale bulk carton prices at creamery with 92 score AA at 64c and lower scores at 63c to 60s. Eggs receipts 28c per case with market quotes for various egg sizes and grades. heavyweights, mediums and pullets priced from 58c to 63c, with processed options around 40-43c.
Washington report from special counsel Joseph Sharffin states affidavits allege Philadelphia police and fire personnel were pressured to donate politically. He urges hearings in Philadelphia as the Senate subcommittee probes Democratic complaints of Republican tactics and registration fraud in Pennsylvania. Sharpfin notes wards with registration well above city and national averages.
Washington AP The Pressed Steel Car Company unveiled a plywood and plastics freight car called unicel claiming it will require 20 tons less steel than current cars. The body is plywood laminated with plastics and steel used only for undercarriage and door frames. A model refrigerator boxcar is planned for rapid production next year.
Bloomington Indiana police chief Ray Hinkle responded to patrolmen complaints about rising living costs by allowing part time work, but barred any police officers from serving as tavern bouncers during off duty hours.
Iowa doctors organized as the Iowa Freedom League say they donate to Republican senate and House candidates to oppose socialism. Dr. C. V. Coughlan of Council Bluffs heads a sponsoring committee of nine or ten districts, with about ten doctors solicited statewide. A citizen donor is not disclosed. a $1,000 contribution attributed to C. L. Caughan was reported by Sen. Hickenlooper after the primary.
In London, Churchill told Parliament the British socialist government relied on U S largesse for five years while attacking Attlee for not recognizing America’s pivotal role in Korea. Attlee retorted that Britain and the Commonwealth fought alongside Americans, denying insinuations of ingratitude.
Police surrounded the Nan Yang Commercial Bank in central Hong Kong while three robbers staged a daylight holdup. Officers found the trio missing inside the building along with 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Ahepa Cedar Rapids chapter 194 meets Wednesday at 8 30 p.m. in St John s Hellenic Orthodox church hall 501 A avenue NE Three more notes list City Cab two way radio and the number Dia 6161 plus short items on a children story hour at Mt. Vernon branch library a chicken pie and ham supper bazaar at First United Presbyterian a Holy Communion service at St John s Episcopal and a theft report involving a car radio and tire from a truck near J avenue and Weing road NE Also mentions attendees at an Iowa Music Teachers Association meeting at the University of Iowa including Paul S Ray Joseph Kitchin Max Daehler Alma Turechek Eleanor Taylor of Coe College and others.
Two men died and seven were missing after a Mississippi riverfront explosion that sank a dredge and set a barge and tug aflame. The blast occurred late Monday near Friar Point about 20 miles south of Helena Arkansas as the dredge was being refueled from the barge. Officials suspect a welding torch may have caused the blast.
Cripple Creek and Victor gold camps revive after decades of decline as mining costs rose and wartime shifts reduced activity. The Midland Terminal line was cut, the Golden Cycle mill moved to Cripple Creek, and a 1951 restart of the mill signals renewed operations with plans to reopen long-idle mines.
Jasper Plage Alberta reports a $14,000 bulldozer was stolen by Halloween pranksters Monday night, driven from town and dumped in a ravine two miles away.
Portugal's overseas possessions are named as Portuguese India Timor the East Indies and Macao in China.
Albert J. Loveland the Democrat challenging Senator B B Hickenlooper reported to the secretary of the senate that he has spent 3715 in his campaign He listed 2474 in contributions and a 300 donation from Art Sanard The filing follows the rule requiring reports ten days before the election and within 30 days after the balloting and notes a 25000 expenditure cap with travel and personal costs exempted
Washington AP Attorney General McGrath ruled that nominal membership in a totalitarian party does not automatically bar an alien from the United States. He noted the internal security act allows the attorney general to relax the ban temporarily and outlined standards used in granting temporary visas in a letter to Secretary of State Acheson dated October 20.
A Halloween party in Lafayette Louisiana ended when the barn on the Leland Brown farm burned to the ground despite efforts by Central City and Center Point fire departments and party guests in costume. No injuries were reported. Investigators blamed probable defective wiring. The event was sponsored by Four Square church.
Monroe Indiana state police and neighbors joined Boy Scouts in a wide search for Marshall Grover 75 who wandered two hours overdue while exploring a wooded area for wild pawpaws on his farm He was found sitting by a fence post and said I lost my way.
Two weeks after winning a pony in a Sister Kenny Polio Foundation raffle Rickie Owen aged four was hospitalized in Chicago with polio diagnosed by doctors.
First Lt. Marvin I Frentress son of Mrs Ione Frentress Marion assigned as adjutant of the air force hospital MacDill Florida member of medical service corps US air force graduate of Grant High School attended Coe College and University of Iowa veteran of European theater WW II entitled to wear Purple Heart Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Clusters married with two children younger brother of Mrs Stella Johnson Marion
The Marion Water Company is to be transferred to the city of Marion Wednesday morning at the Merchants National Bank in Cedar Rapids. The city council Monday night adopted a resolution to issue 250,000 dollars in bonds to buy the water system, bearing 3 and 3 1/2 percent interest with maturities differing. The bonds are secured by the waterworks property and repaid from earnings, due in 20 years and callable anytime.
Mrs. I. L. Mann has returned to 1225 Sixth Avenue from a Cedar Rapids hospital where she underwent surgery. Mrs. Laura Meierkord of Waukon and her daughter Lillian stayed with Mrs. Martha Bulman and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Schroeder. Abdul multiple vitamins priced at $2.96 per hundred at Sorg Drug-Adv.
Mr and Mrs John White of Waukon were guests Sunday of their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Milton White. Electric heating pads advertised with all prices by Edison Ad.
George Ross and several Marion Presbyterian church members traveled to Freeport Illinois Monday to inspect the Freeport Lutheran church organ. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Harold Martin of St Louis and Mrs Caroline Clark of Provo South Dakota as guests in the G L Martin home. Newlin guests included Mr and Mrs D C Beier of Hillsboro Oregon their son Danny and Mr and Mrs Lavern Hesebeck with family of Delavan Wisconsin over the weekend in the George Newlin home.
Trimble guests Sunday at the Harvey E Trimble home near Springville included Mr and Mrs E H Rickman of Battle Creek Iowa Mrs R Sweier of Lakeview Iowa Mr and Mrs O D Storck of Darlington Wisconsin and Mrs D B Storck of Marion Lecture recording at Marion Free Methodist church Wednesday at 730 pm Rev C F Olson of Cedar Rapids will present a recording of a lecture A Series of Miracles by Rev Ernest Keasling of Winona Lake Ind He is general superintendent of the Young Peoples Missionary Society The lecture is based on his experiences as a delegate to the Youth For Christ convention in Brussels Belgium last summer Bay House Mr and Mrs James Brunson of Cedar Rapids have bought the residence of Mrs Elizabeth Tyner at 1300 English boulevard They will be given possession the last of this week The sale was made by E T Brockman and Thomas E McGowan Mr and Mrs Clyde McVey of Center Point were guests Sunday of their son Clair D McVey and his family Charles Burch 394 Twentieth Street is a patient at University hospitals in Iowa City Mrs Ray Bonebrake entertained Monday morning at a party in celebration of the first birthday of her son Rickey Guests included Mrs Ray Penn and Douglas Mrs John Trimble Janis and Jackie Janet Alexander and Rex Bonebrake Mr and Mrs Gilbert French entertained Mr and Mrs Harold Talmadge and Mrs Sophie Tait of Oelwein over the weekend
Miss Ethel Kratzer of Cedar Rapids entertained at dinner Sunday celebrating the birthday of Mrs. George McBride of Marion. Guests included L. Graydon Reed and family, David Machacek of Winthrop, Guy A. Reed and Adelle Calloway of Cedar Rapids, and Melvin McBride of Marion.
Transferred Sergeant William J. Mills, son of Mr and Mrs W H Mills, moves from Rapids City South Dakota to an intelligence school in Denver. Wilfred Wilkinson, Mills grandson, raised in their home, now stationed at Lackland Air Base San Antonio Texas.
Mr and Mrs Vern Clemans of Marion and Mr and Mrs Merrill Clemans of Alburnett traveled to Oxford Junction Monday for the funeral of Mrs QO A Hunter, sister of Mrs Vern Clemans and former Marion resident.
A North Leavenworth resident reported to police that a 1934 model car had been parked near his home for about two and a half years, since the owner apparently never returned.
The concept states that absolute zero equals 459.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This establishes the lowest possible temperature, where molecular motion ceases, as a fundamental thermodynamic reference.
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