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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1952
Page
3
The hog market strengthened as reduced salable hog supply pushed prices up by 25 to 50 cents. Cattle and sheep were mostly steady with some firm gains. butchers and weights showed varied movements. Receipts and price ranges across hogs, cattle, and sheep are detailed, with lighter weights and prime lots highlighted.
Receipts total about 5,000 calves with feeders under 1,250 pounds steady to strong. Fed steers and heifers mostly steady to 25 cents lower. canners and cutters steady to strong. beef cows weak. Vealers and stockers generally steady to weak with high choice fed steers around 33.25 to 33.50, most good grades 26.50 to 29.00, and Kansas feeders around 22.75.
Sioux City cattle receipts 2 700 include calves and steers under 1100 pounds. Demand for high good and choice heifers and steers remained steady while slaughter classes weakened about 50 cents for two days. Prices range from around 23 to 34 dollars per hundredweight with several loads of prime cattle noted.
Ottumwa buyers list hog prices by weight bands and bands for sows and barrows. Prices range from about 14.50 to 20.25 per hundredweight across multiple weight intervals, with varied quotes for different carcass sizes and sexes.
Market report lists prime and choice beef cuts with price ranges for 160-200 lb cattle, various poultry weights and prices, and sheep market figures. Includes wholesale fruits vegetables and grain, with cattle receipts and steady to easy demand, noting Kansas City livestock prices and steer ranges.
A full grown hippopotamus reaches 14 feet in length and weighs between three and four tons, highlighting the animal's substantial size and mass.
New York stocks climbed for a fourth straight session as railshares led gains. The market finished near highs with prices up about two to three points on the day and gains extending to outside highs.
Chicago market report shows live poultry steady to weak with hens steady and chickens weak. receipts 29 trucks. Cheese and butter varied with grade specifics. eggs steady to firm, white large extras 60-69.9 percent A and over 57c a dozen. Potatoes arrivals 104 on track 326, Idaho russets and Minnesota-North Dakota pon tiacs prices noted, U S shipments limited.
New York produce market reports show butter with scores and assorted rates for cadences of 93 score AA at 73 2/3 cents, 92 score A at 72 2/3 cents, 90 score B TK. Eggs unchanged with mixed weights priced 57 cents for fancy heavy extra No 1 large 50 cents for extra No 1 medium 42 cents for white fancy heavy weights 62 cents for extra No 1 large 57 cents for extra No 1 medium 41 1 2 cents.
John H. Martin Jr., 17, of Victor enrolled in the Navy in an enlistment announced by the local recruiting office. He was sworn in at Des Moines Tuesday and will begin basic training in San Diego.
British Foreign Secretary Eden landed in Vienna on Tuesday for a six day visit to discuss matters of mutual political interest with Austrian officials.
Commercial buying and short covering lifted grain to a steady basis on Wednesday with solid gains in corn oats and soybeans while wheat remained softer. December wheat closed around $2.35 to $2.35 while corn rose about 4 cents to $1.68. Oats were mixed with slight rises, rye edged down, and soybeans edged up toward $3.02. Lard moved within a narrow range near $9.99 for October delivery.
Chicago cash provisions list prices for grains and seeds with No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.92 from Illinois origin. Wheat prices show No 2 red at 2.29 and No 1 yellow at 1.71 to 1.68 across various grades. Barley nominal around 1.35 to 1.81, feed at 1.28 to 1.32. Field seeds include sweet clover 9.00 to 10.50, redtop 38.50 to 39.50, timothy 14.00 to 15.00, red clover 31.50 to 32.50. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.92 Illinois origin.
Receipts for the week show Wednesday esti 50 800 and Tuesday actuals 45 500 with week age 46 500 year age 49 000. Prices steady to higher with top barrows and gilts noted across weight ranges from 160 190 Ibs at 16 25 19 00 to 450 550 Ibs at 14 25 16 00.
City and county officials mail sealed bid letters to Don Condon’s Ambulance Service and Lee Passmore of Central City. Bids open at 10 a.m. Monday under set minimums including four ambulances two with radios and resuscitation gear, trained staff, price caps for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas, a $25,000 performance bond, and existing subsidy details.
About 250 Cedar Rapids Education Association members and guests attended a dinner at Roosevelt High School. Dr. L L Dunnington, pastor of First Methodist Church Iowa City, spoke on life behind the Iron Curtain and said freedom hangs by a slender thread. Entertainment came from Bel Aires barber shop quartet. CR EA president Miss Jeanette Williams Roosevelt teacher chaired the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman A. Fontaine visited relatives in California and Arizona where their son Lt. Richard Fontaine earned his wings as a jet pilot at Williams Air Force Base Chandler. He will report Oct. 1 to Nellis AFB for 10 weeks of gunnery training in Las Vegas New Mexico.
Secretary Lovett said in Houston that aircraft output in the last three months exceeded U.S. losses in Korea and that total military production has risen about 660 percent since the Korean War began in June 1950.
Various community items including the Order of Beauceant surgical dressings drive at St Luke's hospital, Woman's Benefit Association meeting at Sokol hall, a chicken supper at St James Methodist church, Townsend Victory club supper, Mrs Tony Nase returning from Reno Angeles Burlingame trip, Dick Clausen to speak at Business Men's Breakfast at Montrose hotel, Civic bureau dinner reservations via Chamber of Commerce, Theodore Lilly to speak, Johnson PTA endorsing 712 million school bond issue, correction about Linn county Democratic dinner with Estes Kefauver, YMCA Toastmasters meeting highlights, and Cpl Charlotte Dawson visiting family before returning to Camp Cooke.
Cairo sources say the Arab League political committee discussed a memorandum alleging Israel intends aggressions in Jordan and Syria during the American presidential election in November.
Harold McKinley told about 150 in the coliseum armory that Dwight Eisenhower and the Republican party would give farmers a fair share of national income with better soil conservation local control an expanded REA and a stronger price support system The talk also blasted the Democratic administration and urged turnout for Eisenhower with remarks from Leland Auld and Burns Byram and a Nixon broadcast.
Henry De Boer 20 of Buck Grove died in a Waterloo hospital after a Tuesday crash that also wounded Marvin Flessner 19. The wreck occurred on a gravel road near Buck Grove when De Boer’s car rear ended a poultry truck driven by Art Miller and was struck by a Wellsburg car driven by Calvin Janssen.
Chicago and North Western railroad announces time change for the Cedar Rapids to Chicago sleeper. Beginning Sept 29 the sleeping car moves to Train No 24 leaving Cedar Rapids at 2 35 a m and arriving Chicago at 7 30 a m. The prior schedule used Train No 1 30 a m departure.
A range of products arrives including a clear bake lite shade pull by the Winette Co., a portable oxygen inhalator from Mine Safety Appliance Co., a 5 000 foot Skyroplane toy plane by Marxman Pipes Incorporation, and a traffic light style auto signal from Elstron Co. of Chicago. Also featured are a plastic windshield shield from Central States Papers and Bags Co. of St. Louis, vinylite rugs by Vinyl Linens Inc. of New York, and vinylite billfolds from Autopoint Co. of Chicago.
A petroleum exploration team reports drilling a borehole deeper than 20 000 feet as part of an oil search. The operation aims to locate rich reservoirs and assess production potential, with crews progressing through complex geology and drilling challenges.
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