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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1950
Page
1
Chicago quotes hog prices at 19.50 to 20.75 with a week low, cattle and sheep steady. Receipts show hogs light but stable, with feeder and stocker items mixed. Omaha reports varied steer and heifer values and lower cattle grades offset by steady high grades. calves and veal also listed with price ranges across several classes.
Cattle markets show average good and choice fed steers around 1,200 lbs steady to lower, with steers 1,000 to 1,200 lb ranges down to 25 cents. Medium to low good beef cows hold, vealers firm, killing calves about 1.22 lower. Nebraska fed steers near 33.00 with loads topping 31.75 to 32.50 for 896 lb fed heifers.
Waterloo hog market reports show prices easing 50c, top at 19.25 for butcher hogs. Carcass weights from 160 to 550 pounds listed with varying bids, including 170, 180, 190, 200, 300, 330, 360, 400, and up to 550 pounds, with sows bid around 16.25 to 18.75 depending on weight.
Receipts estimated at 35 000 on Saturday with 2 packing plants in southern Minnesota and 12 in Iowa. Demand weak with prices 25 to 75 cents lower than Friday. Barrows and gilts mostly 160 to 360 pounds posted various price ranges from 15.00 to 19.75 per hundredweight and sow quotes from 15.36 to 19.50.
Sioux City report shows salable cattle receipts at 250 with market steady. Bulk western supply is held for Monday trade.
Hogs trimmed 25 cents with Ottumwa top at 19.50 per hundredweight for butchers. Prices listed for weights 160-170, 170-180, 180-190, and 200 pounds.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market fell by 25 cents with base quotations adjusted by a 25 cent premium for good hogs delivered to the Cedar Rapids plant. The report lists price ranges for good butchers and packers across weight brackets, plus cattle and calf market figures, hay and straw values, wholesale produce, and Mississippi River stage notes.
Grains rose in a lively Saturday session led by corn with expectations of a higher loan rate for the 1950 crop. Wheat finished up 1 to 2 cents, soybeans gained about a nickel, oats and rye climbed, while lard slipped.
Chicago cash provisions report lists wheat No 1 and No 2 prices around 1.56 and 1.45 respectively, sample grades noted. Oats quotations show No 1 heavy white around 83 and No 2 heavy white near 81, with sample grade slightly lower. Maltine and feeds quoted at about 1.60 and 1.25 respectively.
Mrs. Robert Hess was elected president of the Christian church Cheerful Companions club at the September meeting held at the Henry Krieger home. Officers include Mrs. Ray C. McCallay as vice president, Mrs. Walter Erwin secretary, Mrs. Clarence Meggers treasurer, Mrs. George Roberts press reporter, and Mrs. Harold Simonsen assistant Sunday school secretary.
Straley has returned to Plainfield and is a patient at St. Luke's hospital. Mr and Mrs John L Gritzner came back from Minneapolis where Mrs Gritzner attended a Beauceant convention. En route they stopped at Cedar Falls and their daughter Teresa Gritzner and Mr Gritzner's niece Florence Garland of Sumner returned to Marion with them. The girls study at Iowa State Teachers College.
The Marion church calendar lists services for Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Prairie Chapel and Seventh Day Church of God. Each congregation shows Sunday school, worship times, special observances like World Communion Day, baptisms, and youth activities. Recurrent pastors include Rev. Charles Moore Rev. T J McElliott Rev. Richard Goins Rev. J P Knepper Rev. James P Gable Rev. C V R De Jong Rev. Carl T Wuerffel and Rev. Elton D Wells.
Nadine Subotnik reviews Tea for Two noting splendid music and dancing but a feeble plot. Doris Day shines with a strong screen presence and vocal work while Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson deliver solid singing and routines.
Weather bureau experts predict a split October with the West cold and wet while the East stays warm and dry. Seasonal outlook emphasizes contrasting regional patterns and overall variable conditions ahead.
The entertainer Bob Hope is born in Eltham, England in 1903, a fact noted as a biographical detail. His birth location and year anchor his origins before he rises to fame in American entertainment.
In Linn County District Court Jean Beaty filed a petition against Lawrence Glen Beaty seeking a decree nullifying their marriage performed on June 3 1950 in Marie Iowa. The case asks for general equitable relief and cites lack of legal qualification to wed under Iowa Code section 519.19. The defendant must appear in Cedar Rapids by November 6 1950 or face default and judgment.
Arline Swalley files for an absolute divorce from Leland C Swalley in Linn County District Court. The petition asks for dissolution of marriage, equitable relief, and attorney fees with appearance required by October 21, 1950. failure to appear may lead to default judgment.
Movie listings from Paramount to Drive-In detail showings for Tea for Two Madness of the Heart The Skipper Surprised His Wife Shadow on the Wall Return of Jesse James I Shot Billy the Kid Young Man with a Horn Wake Island The Red Shoes Champion Outpost in Morocco So Proudly We Hail Sons of New Mexico Buck Privates Dracula's Daughter and cartoons with multiple daily times.
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