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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1952
Page
2
The Chicago market shows hogs steady to 25 cents higher with sow demand up, cattle prices steady to 25 cents lower, and sheep mostly 25 cents higher. USDA reports salable hog receipts about 9,000 with loads hitting 21.00 for 230-260 lb hogs. cattle receipts around 7,000 with varied changes by weight and grade. sheep receipts about 4,500 with native lambs advancing modestly.
Omaha cattle receipts total 9 500 with fed steers and heifers steady to higher. Prices show prime fed steers around 33.75 to 33.85, mid grades 30.00 to 33.50, and cows 15.25 to 16.50 for utility to commercial. Waterloo hogs 25c lower with varied carcass weights from 160 to 550 pounds and prices from 14.75 to 19.50.
Hogs steady to high demand in Ottumwa market with butchers paying for various weight ranges. Prices show 160-170 pounds at 16.50 to 500-550 pounds at 14.25, including sows and heavier categories.
Scalable receipts total 7,000 with steers and heifers steady to strong and spots 25 cents higher. Vealers steady. Import: time yearling steers at 35.00, Nebraska fed heifers 34.00, good to choice vealers 24.00 to 28.00.
The Cedar Rapids hog market opened Tuesday with a quarter lower quotes while cattle and calf prices varied by weight class and grade. Livestock categories include prime to utility steers and yearlings, cows, canners, calves, and a broad poultry and sheep section with current receipts and wholesale figures.
Prices slipped for the third straight session as stocks traded lower in New York. Trading volume edged past one million shares, slightly above Monday’s total, with the market continuing to show downward momentum.
Dr. Vernon Lichtenstein told Coe students that the Revised Standard Version should be read in today’s language. He praised the King James Bible while noting readers need knowledge of English from 300 years ago. He cited 90 scholars, 14 years, and older manuscripts behind the new translation.
In San Francisco Patrolman John H. Monson found his patrol car missing from the street, and his traffic tags city map flashlight and night stick stolen from the vehicle during a Monday incident.
CHICAGO UP Some grain was mostly easier to weak Tuesday yet rye displayed a firm undertone. On the close wheat rose about a half to one cent, corn steady to lower, oats fell up to 8 cents, rye gained about a quarter to four and a half cents, soybeans slipped 1 to 1 1/4 cents, and lard declined 12 to 45 cents.
Oak eye AP reports cash grain quotes from Chicago markets. Wheat No 2 re 27 cents, Corn values range from No 1 to No 5 with various prices. oats No 1 white at 91 to 92 cents. soybeans show none. Field seeds list per cwt with prices for sweet clover, redtop, alsike, timothy, and red clover.
Des Moines Iowa hog receipts for Tuesday show an estimated 40 000 head versus 45 500 the prior week and 52 000 a year ago. Saturday actuals run 33 000 as markets ease with prices mostly 25c and more lower. top 20.00. Barrows and gilts across weight classes show declines, with sow prices ranging roughly from 13.75 to 17.75 for heavy weights.
Sioux City reports receipts of 5 300 cattle including 125 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers grade choice and above steady while other trades slow. Loads of choice fed steers 31.50 to 32.50, choice heifers around 32.25 with some higher bids. a 947 lb mixed yearling load is noted.
Live poultry and market items in Chicago remain barely steady with receipts listed for fowls and commercial chickens. Cheese and dairy rates hover. potatoes and eggs show firm or modest shifts as shipments and scores vary across grades.
Chicago ordnance district awaits Washington guidance on 12 carriers delayed from International Harvester Melrose Park plant. CIO United Auto Workers pickets barred federal inspectors. 14 inspectors refused entry since Wednesday. Plant strike lasts eight weeks over work classification. Police arrested thirteen pickets. bonds set at ten dollars each for Thursday court appearance.
William A. Brooks, a self confessed bank robber who already admitted two Wisconsin attempts, told police little about a August 1 194? Iowa bank robbery claiming partial theft of 25720 with vague details. He was arrested in McFarland Michigan after a failed Poplar Wisconsin hold up where a vault lock stopped him.
A gunman described as under five feet tall killed a Pawtucket officer and wounded a Providence officer after a bank robbery at Industrial Trust. He fled to a house, forced a woman to negotiate, and surrendered after a tear gas assault. Louis Di Fraira, 27, Providence, was identified as the suspect.
Merlin H. Aylesworth 66 prominent attorney and first NBC president died after a long illness in New York City. He led NBC from 1926 to 1936 and held numerous roles in Radio-Keith-Orpheum and other media firms. Born Cedar Rapids July 19 1886, he also led Scripps-Howard and published the World Telegram.
Philbrick recuperating after influenza attack at home. Gladiolus Society meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Odd Fellows hall. Ahepa Cedar Rapids Chapter 194 meets 8 30 p m in St John Hellenic Orthodox hall. Yager in fairly good condition after highway 94 crash near Marion. I C B J baseball banquet set for 6 30 p m in 7 C B J hall with coach Dick Clausen as speaker. Mrs James Lowe undergoes second operation at St Luke's Hospital in good condition. Retired Men's bureau directors to meet at 3 p m to discuss by laws. Breakfast Club to hear wildlife slides at Montrose hotel. new officers to be installed. Pospishil returns to Sandia base after furlough for parents silver wedding anniversary. Harley Morris fined 100 dollars for reckless driving. 25 dollars suspended. incident at F avenue and Second Street NW.
Sigourney Warren Sweet is hospitalized at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa after a fall on Sunday caused a fractured hip. The report notes the patient is among regional inhabitants seeking care on the continent.
The Rev. E. C. John, former missionary to Japan and Orient field secretary, will speak at Toddville Free Methodist Church Thursday at 1 45 and 8 p.m. and Friday at 7 45 p.m. at Marion Free Methodist Church with color pictures from Japan. Co speaker Rev. Jacob De Shaser, a Dolittle Raiders veteran, will show photos. De Shaser and Mrs De Shaser are tied to Florence Matheny of Toddville. De Shaser returned to Japan after World War II.
Infant Kathleen Sue Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Jones died at birth Sunday in Cedar Rapids hospital. Services were held Tuesday at Cedar Eye cemetery with Rev C R de Jong. Surviving are her parents sister Connie Marie Jones and grandparents Mr and Mrs A R Jones of Marion and Paul Jacoby. The report also notes local visits and travel of relatives including the Newmans Turners Edisons Halse and others visiting in various Iowa towns.
Des Moines residents Chris La Barge and his son and daughter in law visited Monday to see Frank La Barge a Mercy hospital patient Mrs Frank S La Barge hosted the guests Also visiting were Mr and Mrs V C Norris who returned to Toledo Ia after seeing their son in law Franz Sieck
People attending the Red Feather better breakfast at Marion rural school are urged to meet on the west side of Marion city park by 9 a.m. Drivers should fill their cars before leaving town as many attendees have no transportation.
U S Senator Richard Nixon the Republican vice presidential candidate may visit Cedar Rapids in late October on an Iowa campaign swing but confirmation was not available on Tuesday. Linn County GOP leaders said efforts to arrange a Nixon appearance continue with no definite plan. Reports suggested he could appear October 22 in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Fort Dodge and Sioux City.
Senator Williams urges the Justice Department to postpone any move to deport gangster Frank Costello. He argues Costello could testify in trials of ex government officials and questions whether tax audits and records were properly handled. Costello, an 18 month contempts term, faces possible loss of citizenship tied to 1925 application.
Earl Browder former head of the Communist party and his wife were arrested in the New York City area after a federal grand jury indicted them on four counts of false statements in naturalization records Mrs Browder faces up to 20 years in prison and 20 000 dollars in fines while Browder could receive up to five years and 5 000 dollars according to the Justice Department sources
Three Iowa City men were sworn in Monday night as sea men recruits in the Cedar Rapids unit of the naval reserve. They are John H. Koch and Peter and Gary Boeke. A Cedar Rapids machinist war rant officer will report at Great Lakes Sunday for a two week instructor school.
Cedar Rapids reports its twenty first polio case of the year LaDonna Weede five daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Weede of 3348 Pioneer avenue SE has been at Mercy hospital since Sunday in good condition. Faith Johnston three of 800 Tenth street SE remains in good condition at Mercy while the previous patient William Burns seventeen of 1024 Third avenue SE was taken to University hospitals in Iowa City.
A fragment notes high habitations around 16 000 feet above sea level, mentioning smothers and daughters needing level.
Iowa's 1952 corn crop is 93 percent dented and hard, two percent above the 1948 record. Weather last week was ideal for maturing, with a frost on Sept. 23 causing no major damage. Soybeans harvested 11 percent. winter wheat 53 percent planted. fall plowing 56 percent done. silos 84 percent filled.
A high US Eighth Army officer said there are several thousand Russian troops in rear areas of North Korea serving in support roles. He said technicians and advisers likely man radar controlled anti aircraft guns manufactured in the Soviet Union and that some personnel could be East Europeans from Soviet satellites. He noted the Red airfields near Antung bases in Manchuria have modern batteries and that evidence suggests Russians are at the guns.
Walter H Bonn 75 an attorney and former Iowa state legislator died Monday in Victor. He served as county representative from 1943 to 1947 and belonged to the Masonic lodge El Kabir Shrine Cedar Rapids and the county and state bar associations. Services set Thursday at 1 p.m. at McAninch Funeral Home and 2 p.m. at Emmanuel Methodist Church near Victor.
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met on September 16 1952 after adjournment with Sutera Hood Wiley and others present. They widened Consett Highway sections 1 and 2 82-7 and approved contracts for FM 244 Benton Linn project. accepted a settlement with Julius Malik. ordered notices to depart under state code. approved road fence removal and numerous county expense items. adjourned to September 23 1952.
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