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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1950
Page
8
Unofficial Monday estimates show cattle 13 000 hogs 10 000 sheep 2 000. Hog sales ranged 19.56 to 24, with cattle and sheep quoted near steady. Iowa and Illinois regions reported steady calves and feeder steers, lambs 24 to 28, culls 20 to 24.
USDA cattle report shows Friday comparisons with good and choice fed steers 25c higher, cow prices 25c to 50c higher while heifers and mid grades fall. Week top bids include choice steers around 31.50 for 1103 lb, vealers 31.00, cows 23.00, canners 16.75 to 18.75, and bulk feeders 28.50 to 30.00 with varied stocker activity.
Cattle fed steers down 25 to 75 cents with grassers off 50 to 1. Cows rise up to 50 cents. Heifers ease to 50 cents. Bulls and calves steady to strong. Notable quotes include Colorado fed steers at 231.00 and yearlings around 31.00. Nebraska fed heifers near 31.00. other good to choice heifers 28.50 to 30.00. Good cows 20.50 to 22.00. Practical top bulls 24.00. Vealer top 30.00.
Soux City AP reports salable cattle receipts 7 860 with bulk of supply in western stock cattle and cows held for Monday. Native cattle steady and calves 250, all westerns kept for Monday trading.
Ottumwa market notes list steady butcher prices across weight brackets from 160 170 pounds to 500 550 pounds with multiple increments. Prices range from 21.25 dollars per hundredweight up to 24.00 and descend for heavier cuts.
Receipts Saturday estimated at 28 000, week ago 28 000, year age 26 500, actuals Friday 32 500. Barrows and gifts range from 160 to 270 pounds with prices from 21.25 to 24.50. Sows 270 to 550 pounds priced from 19.00 to 22.50, across packing plants in southern Minnesota and Iowa with some out-of-state shipping.
Waterloo market notes list butcher prices for cattle and sows across weight ranges. Prices rise from 160 to 360 pounds, with ranges from 212.00 to 21.25 dollars for cattle and 22.00 down to 18.50 for sows in various weight bands.
Cedar Rapids hog market held steady Saturday with a 0.25 top-up to base quotations for good hogs delivered and weighed at the Cedar Rapids plant. Read across the market, good and choice weights for butchers and packers, calves, yearlings, cows, bulls, and sheep show varied price ranges, while hay, straw, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and grain prices fill nearby markets.
The Iowa Board of Education approved three contracts for a new University of Iowa infirmary. A 55 by 104 foot single story building behind University hospitals will be ready this fall. Ralph Wildman Company wins the general contract for 12500 dollars. Carstens Brothers for 9984 dollars. Olds Electric Company for 3200 dollars.
James Enyart four dies in Decorah hospital after blasting powder in a shed exploded. Hartley Enyart father remains in serious condition in a nearby hospital. Authorities say the boy played in the shed attic while his father welded adjacent to the farm home. Sparks from the torch ignited a powder can, triggering a fire.
Miss Mary Stever 86 pioneer Y W C A worker and Iowa’s first police matron died at her Fairfield home after a several day illness. She served as Des Moines police matron and worked with Y W C A staffs in Cedar Rapids and St Joseph Mo. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at the First Christian Church in Fairfield. a sister Mrs L W Van Nostrand of Cedar Rapids survives.
Leonard OBrien returned to Decorah after a bicycle tour of Europe visiting England Ireland France Austria Italy and Belgium Jim Rugg son of Frank Rugg serves with the army in Korea stationed 10 miles from the front lines Duane Cook Winneshiek county army reservist ordered to report for duty Eight men from Winneshiek board to undergo preinduction physicals in Des Moines on Sept 8 Reverend R M Hudson named to Church of God emission in Cedar Rapids Dr Harry McCreedy and wife left for Miami Beach for American Veterinary Medical Association meeting Bolson family reunion in Decorah elected officers and more than 146 attended Ransome Bolson president Mrs Stephen Boison vice president Mrs Melvin Stephens secretary treasurer
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park spans North Carolina and Tennessee and hosts a total of 131 native tree varieties across its protected region.
AP notes a late pick up in selling pressure toward the close leaves wheat with minor losses. Before liquidation, the market drifted at a steady pace with very small dealings and futures showing mixed moves across grains and related commodities.
Chicago market notes show Wheat No 2 red trading at 2.16 and No 3 red at 2.14. Corn prices list No 1 yellow at 1.55 and No 2 at 1.54. Oats range from 0.79 to 0.81 for various grades. Barley quoted 1.30 to 1.62 nominal with feed barley 1.15 to 1.25 nominal.
King Farouk of Egypt announced he will not marry 17 year old Narriman Sadek during his incognito Deauville visit. A royal spokesman said the marriage would occur in Egypt if at all. Farouk, childless on paper since 1948, is reportedly smitten with Narriman as she travels with her brother and the Egyptian minister to Rome.
DES MOINES AP The North Western railroad asks the Iowa Commerce Commission to remove restrictions on its motor truck operations over seven routes in Iowa. Hearings are set for Cedar Rapids Oct 3 Boone Oct 4 and Denison Oct 5. Route details cover Clinton De Witt Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown among many communities.
Des Moines based Watson Bros. Transportation Company Inc of Omaha has applied for authority to operate extensive motor freight in Iowa. A hearing is set for Sept 21 in Des Moines with a second hearing to be held later in Storm Lake. The firm seeks routes to and from Sioux City Le Mars Sheldon Sanburn Hartley Spencer Spirit Lake Estherville Emmetsburg Algona Mason City Cherokee Storm Lake Fort Dodge Webster City Iowa Falls Waterloo Dubuque Mapleton Denison Carroll Ames Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Iowa City Davenport Onawa Missouri Valley Council Bluffs Atlantic Red Oak Des Moines Pella Os kaloosa Ottumwa Fairfield Burlington.
Mitchellville farmer Maynard Swanson aged 54 died at Iowa Lutheran hospital from injuries after a truck trampling collision with a Great Western locomotive. His son Carl Swanson, 20, was injured fatally in the same crash near Mitchellville on a gravel road crossing.
Tokyo reports show Japanese speakers prevail in daily quirks and theater menus. English translations of Imperial theater programs reveal convoluted synopses for Marriage in Monte Carlo and Lil lom, while stage performances continue in Japanese.
Miss Kathleen Newman of Chicago convalesces from virus pneumonia at her parents home. Mrs. C F Gowans and Mrs. Gilbert Cropp attend Bert Cropp’s funeral in Monticello. Robison funeral services held at Presbyterian church with burial at Oak Shade. Mrs. Irene McMickle visits brother C E Pearson in Marion. The Amana Colonies host Mrs. Esther Bow and daughter Rachel. Robison services noted. Birthday party for Diane Fitzgerald. guests listed.
The notice lists service times and pastors for multiple congregations. Marion Churches Baptist under Rev. Charles Moore schedules Bible school 9:45 a.m. and worship and picnics. St Joseph’s Catholic and other churches present mass times, sermons, choir rehearsals, and midweek events across Christian, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Prairie Chapel, and Seventh Day Church of God communities.
Tokyo confirms government white paper backing U.N. Korea efforts as a self defense measure. It frames Japan with Western democracies against communism and notes cooperation with democracies without detailing specific assistance.
Lillian Vittoe a 23 year old resident of Oskaloosa died of polio in University of Iowa Hospitals. She was admitted Friday and died today. The loss is reported from Iowa City.
Dysart, Indiana maker John C. Neibohr won first prize with a 1,280 pound Hereford worth $1,000 at the seventh annual fat steer contest in Monticello Iowa. Top entrants came from Dysart and nearby towns as 79 entries across nine states vied for a $3,450 prize pool.
About 250 visiting Indians participate in the Mesquakie powwow at Tama, the largest turnout yet, with tribes including Winnebagoes from Wisconsin and Nebraska, Chippewas from Minnesota, Pottawattomies and Kickapoos from Kansas, Sac and Fox from Oklahoma, and the Omaha from Nebraska, plus 50 locals directing events.
A 70 year old barn on the Sam Blunt farm north of Charles City burned Friday, destroying 2000 to 3000 bushels of wheat and 40 to 50 tons of hay. Fire is likely caused by spontaneous combustion as stated by Blunt.
Long list of road closures detours and openings across Iowa counties due to construction. Includes dates near Aug to Nov for US highways and state routes, with detour routes and new temporary bridges, paving, overpasses, and underpasses. Notable entries include US 6 in Jasper Poweshiek for widening, Iowa 2 and 71 at Nodaway river bridge, and multiple county road detours near Newton Grinnell and Des Moines areas. Indefinite opening dates noted for several projects with temporary runarounds and single-lane traffic controls.
Des Moines GOP national chairman Guy Gabrielson announced the committee will fight for the reelection of Iowa Senator B. B. Hick enlooper, pledging support as needed. At Iowa City University Hospital four new polio cases were admitted, raising active patient total to 23. patients include Dorothy Leman, Martha Halverson, Lilian Wittetoe, and Mark Ackley.
Notice states Minnie E. Peterson is appointed executrix of James H. Peterson late of Linn County Iowa. Debts should be paid to the executrix and claims filed with the county district court, attorney Pred W Hann listed.
Notice is hereby given that on August 18 1950 an Executrix was duly appointed for the estate in Linn County Iowa. Creditors and others having claims against the estate are requested to present them properly authenticated to the Clerk of Linn County. AGARET FRIEDL Executrix. Attorney.
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