11 Apr 1953
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1953
Page
1
Unofficial Monday estimates show hogs 10 000 cattle 18 000 and sheep 6 000. In Chicago AP notes hogs sold nominally steady after a week of gains while cattle and sheep were quoted steady.
In Chicago market notes receipts for hogs and cattle were nominally steady. Prices shown include hogs at around 21.50 to 22.00, heavy weights 21.75 to 22.00, sows 19.00 to 20.75, and pigs at 14.00. Cattle include steers 16.00 to 22.00, cows 11.50 to 16.00, calves 22.00 to 27.00, and stocker heifers 14.00 to 22.00. Lambs range 18.00 to 22.00 with ewes 6.00 to 10.00.
Receipts exceed last week with 27 percent more meat produced under federal inspection than a year ago. Fed steers mostly average to high choice steady to 50 cents lower. beef cows up to 50 cents higher. vealers steady. stockers and feeders weak. Prime and high choice figures note 1,355 to 1,418 pound fed steers at 26.00 and 24.00, with varied prices across weights and grades.
Sioux City AP reports cattle receipts at 250 with small supplies steady. Liberal mare held for Monday and calves 100. all western cattle also held for Monday.
Market report from Ottumwa shows hogs steady with top price of 21.00 for 190 to 220 pound hogs. Various weight ranges from 160 pounds up to 550 pounds list bids from about 18.10 to 21.00 per hundredweight with many small fluctuations.
In Waterloo market reports hog prices held steady with top bids at 21.25 for 190 to 220 pound animals. Most weight ranges show declines from peak prices, with mid to heavy hogs trading between 18.25 and 19.75 per hundredweight and several ranges listed as sold.
Des Moines market summary shows Saturday receipts estimated at 32 000 with week 29 500 and year 32 000 actuals Friday 40 000. Prices mostly steady with some shifts across weight ranges for barrows and gilts from 160 to 550 pounds, including figures for 160 to 180 up to 450 to 550 weights. Moderately active to slow demand with occasional 25 cent lower and spots 10 higher.
Market report lists butchers prices for cattle and hogs with weight ranges and per hundredweight quotes. Steer and sow categories show prices from 17.65 to 21.00 dollars per hundredweight across various weight brackets.
Prices paid for hogs delivered at the Cedar Rapids plant held steady. The report lists prices by quality and distance, with noted figures for oats, wheat, soybeans, and corn.
Delivered Chicago field grass seed per 100 lbs with carload lots. Prices range from 9.00 to 13.00 dollars for various seeds including Red Clover at 29.00, Sweet white at 9.00 to 49.50, and Alkfate central at 28.50.
Mrs. Dennis Sullivan, 83, died Saturday morning in Marengo. She was sister to G. J. Sullivan, a prominent local attorney. Services set for Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary to be recited Sunday at 8 p.m. at Hoover Funeral Home.
Whating To Africa Navy Petty Officer Don Parker stationed at Patuxent River Md has left with the fleet for Port Leota Africa where he will serve six months. Mrs Parker and daughters Kathleen and Beverly will stay at Patuxent River until school ends and then visit Mrs Verne H Edaburn in Marion.
Returns home to 1044 Twelfth street as Mrs Mabelle C Oxley recovers from a fractured left arm. She had stayed in Cedar Rapids with her sister Mrs C O Gray since the accident and has now returned home.
From Wheaton Illinois Mrs W B Carpenter the Wheaton college housemother has spent the Easter vacation with her son B Wayne Carpenter and his family in Cedar Rapids and at her home in Marion. She will return to Wheaton Monday.
John Gallagher and Jim Smith of Birmingham Alabama, classmates at Mt. St. Bernard's seminary in Dubuque, are spending the weekend with Gallagher's parents Mr and Mrs R J Gallagher.
Enroute home with Koje island service duty completed Cpl Dale Williams informs his parents Mr and Mrs Arnold Williams that he is returning home.
George Murdoch left Saturday for Hanover New Hampshire to resume studies at Dartmouth College after spending the Easter vacation with his parents the Kenneth V Murdochs.
Mr and Mrs Junior Millam of Manchester and their son Tommy were guests Thursday of Mrs Millams uncle and aunt the Clifford Bealls.
St Mary's circle of St Joseph's church will entertain with a card party Monday evening in the parish hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Betzer came back from Versailles Missouri after a week with Mr. Betzer’s uncle Charles Drake.
The Mariana club held a pot luck supper Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs George Barber.
Mrs. Fred Beitz and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rash of Algona are guests in the Dale Beitz home.
Local churches publish their schedules with pastors, service times, and youth events. Marion Churches include Baptist US, St Josephs Catholic, Christian, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, Prairie Chapel, Seventh Day Church of God with times for Sunday school morning worship and midweek activities and youth gatherings.
Geneva AP reports Hugh Gibson head of the International Committee for European Migration said his organization assisted 84 492 migrants from Europe to overseas homes in the year ended February 28.
Three Brookings State College students, including Dwane Bruestle of Glenwood Iowa, die when a 1939 model car crashes into a bridge abutment on highway 14 east of Brookings. Two other occupants, Delores Bullard and Edward Skinner, sustain injuries while Phil Edwards and two others are seriously hurt.
Frederick Head of Omaha died in a hospital Friday night from injuries after a Thursday collision on highway 34 near Red Oak. The semi truck driver Charles C. Clark of Kansas City Missouri was uninjured. Head is survived by his wife and one son.
Des Moines AP reports four Iowa newspapermen received the Master Editor Publisher award at an Iowa Press Association banquet. Recipients were A. L. Frisbie of The Grinnell Herald Register, Lee P. Loomis of The Mason City Globe Gazette, Don J. Reid of the West Des Moines Express, and John Vanderwicken of The Grundy Register Grundy Center. Prof. Leslie G. Moeller of the University of Iowa presented the honors.
Polk county grand jury indicts 68 year old Des Moines barber George F. Kintsley for murder in the March 23 shooting of Mary Mercer 28 at her home. Her brother John Funaro 23 a Korean war veteran was critically wounded. Kintsley is jailed without bond.
The text reports a 350 member Local 499 work stoppage at Iowa Power and Light in Des Moines over a union issue. It notes a permanent gambling injunction against Joseph C. Leo after tax records showed $55 047 in betting pools. Other items mention the Iowa Radio News Association meeting in Ames and carpenters electing leaders for the 1954 convention in Council Bluffs.
Emil Zrudsky of 1101 Nineteenth Avenue SW forfeited a $105 bond in traffic court Saturday on a charge of reckless driving. He was arrested Friday night after an accident on Sixteenth Avenue SW between Third and K streets when he rear ended a truck while attempting to pass it. Judge William Matias ordered the bond forfeited after Zrudsky did not appear in court.
East German President Wilhelm Pieck appears in good health in a Soviet zone newspaper photo published Saturday, following recent reports of grave illness.
Iowa politicians propose a toll road study committee with a 50 000 budget and a potential toll road authority. The package also includes a 300 million dollar primary road bond issue and a 1 cent gas tax increase with 7 4 million annual revenue for primary roads, pending voter approval.
AP reports that stock market moves reflect psychology more than earnings. In 1952 the 60 key stocks rose 17 percent while combined earnings fell 1 percent, yet end-year optimism boosted prices. Sector patterns varied as industrials rose 10 percent while earnings fell 7 percent, railroads up 39 percent with earnings up 28 percent, utilities up 6 percent with earnings up 11 percent.
Gov Beardsley signed three measures prohibiting commitment of mentally deficient or incorrigible children to two state juvenile homes authorizing use of parking meter revenue for street widening within metered areas and nearby blocks and allowing the State Commerce Commission to supervise underground gas storage in subsurface formations.
The Iowa House approved a tax relief bill granting a full year dependency credit when a taxpayer marries becomes a parent or when a spouse dies. Other measures passed would tighten driving permits for students raise a permit fee for learners and adjust insurance lapse rules. Additional actions targeted truck registration cross-border fees and school employee pensions in Cedar Rapids Clinton Des Moines Dubuque Mason City and Sioux City.
The Security Commission will enforce an ineligibility period against a person who fraudulently applies for unemployment compensation. The measure targets individuals who submit false information to obtain benefits and will apply penalties accordingly.
Two Mason City men George Karamitros age 35 and Andrew Sideris age 65 faced preliminary hearings on illegally selling liquor. Police and state agents raided Karamitros Troika club and Sideris Cerro Gordo Bakery back room drinks Friday night under guidance of County Attorney Robert H. Sheppard who directed officers to obtain patron names for grand jury witnesses.
Henry Tucker 76 a retired farmer and lifelong Edgewood resident died Friday. Survived by his wife and five sons Clarence Marvin Edward Cedar Rapids Ralph Edgewood and William Tucker Earlville. The body is at Rhines funeral home.
Iowa Rep. H. R. Gross says Washington lawmakers seek to learn what Americans think about the Korean war as casualties rise to more than 141 000 with 23 000 dead. He questions why many UN members have not contributed troops and urges clearer public guidance and action.
A campus carnival at the University of Iowa Field House features a Guys and Dolls style variety show, a basketball toss, and A Gay Nineties Barbershop. Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa sponsor. Alpha Phi Omega runs the Ugly Man on Campus contest. Four booths by fraternities and sororities will aid Campus Chest charity drive.
The Iowa Society for Mental Health awarded two Iowa leaders for distinguished service. Decorah resident Mrs. H P Fields and Dr. Ralph J Ojemann of Iowa City received honors while Rev Noel Orcutt of Sioux Rapids was elected president. New officers include Dr J E Evans Ames first vice president and Hope Oxley Des Moines second vice president. William H Nicholas Mason City former lieutenant governor to lead the fundraising drive starting May 3 with a $60 000 quota.
Six Des Moines residents were indicted by a grand jury on charges tied to a October raid on a key club. True bills named Frank and Charles Bisignano Joe Gillespie Fred Eckrosh Thelma Nelson and David Reese. Two defendants pled guilty, and 23 people were arrested when officials seized more than 1500 liquor bottles. Three others await trial on gambling and conspiracy charges.
The Iowa legislature sent Gov Beardsley a compromise bill allowing deer hunting and fish spearing and setting raccoon season. The Senate approved 46 to 1 after earlier House approval. The bill lets the Conservation Commission set a deer season Sept 1 to March 1 and a fish spearing window May 1 to Oct 31 with a $25 annual deer license.
The United Tool and Die Workers union announced that striking employees at Solar Aircraft Company would return to work on Monday after a Friday night meeting. The company said 2,700 workers would receive an eight cent hourly wage increase under a new contract for all but about 700 employees. The AFL International Association of Machinists agreement does not affect the tool and the rest of the plant workers.
The Anamosa city council held a special Friday meeting to consider objections to a building permit for a Super Val-U Food Stores supermarket on the Edna Watters property beside city hall. About 15 residents within a block voiced concerns. the council took the matter under advisement.
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