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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1955
Page
5
Chicago and Des Moines market reports show hogs mostly steady to 25c lower with lighter weights under 230 lb leading declines. Sows steady, cattle steady to weak, vealers steady, and spring lambs 25c lower amid fairly active demand. receipts cited around 58,000 hogs in Iowa and 7,500-9,000 in Chicago area.
Waterloo market notes hog prices with top bid at 16.25 for hogs. Butchers range for different weight classes from 13.00 to 16.58 dollars per hundredweight, with sows and heavier ranges declining to 11.50 for 500-550 pounds.
Omaha cattle market reports receipts of 24 500 calves 1 300 with many fed steers and heifers and cows and stockers. Cattle buyers were cautious with limited early fed demand keeping prices steady to weak while cows loaf and feeders and stockers showed moderate activity and steadier to stronger prices. Yearling stockers traded around 20 50 to 21 00 with two year old feeders at 20 50 and several lots of yearling feeder heifers around 18 00.
Livestock receipts total 6.2 hogs with most over 200 lbs 25 cents lower. highest weights 25 to 50 cents off and very scarce over 260 lbs. Hog prices ranged with U.S. No. 1 s 200 to 250 lbs at 17.00 to 17.25. Cattle receipts 14,500 with calves 500. slaughter steers slow, few early sales steady to high good. Heifers bids weaker. choice steers 250 to 22.50. some heifers 20.25 to 21.00. Stockers and feeders steady with lots 850 to 1,100 lbs at 19.00 to 20.00. other grades slow. Medium to good stockers and feeders 16.00 to 18.50.
Cedar Rapids hog market prices held steady with bids for various hog classes listed. Also shown were cattle, calf, sheep, poultry, wool, grain, and egg market figures including prime calves 160 200 pounds and lamb prices in the 12 to 19 dollar range, soybeans at 1.98 and corn at 0.94.
New York stock market moved irregularly within narrow limits Monday with only a small group of issues showing significant price changes. Autom Wash and Barium Steel among the few movers, while other names list varied small gains and losses amid quiet trading.
Lasley, a 37 year old Mesquakie Indian from Toledo Jesup, won the western championship dance contest for the third time on Sunday afternoon. Leonard Youngbear, 33, also a Mesquakie farmer, took second, and Frank Push Jr., 36, another Mesquakie from the Tama settlement now living in Davenport, placed third. About 2,700 attended the two shows with 220 Indians participating. Push is among the Eagle dancers famous at the annual pow wow.
In Chicago a six state strike against 18 International Harvester plants was set to begin at midnight Monday night. Thousands of workers had already walked out. Negotiators for the company and the CIO United Auto Workers representing 40,000 Harvester employees were to meet Monday in a final bid to forestall the strike.
In Darmstadt Germany two of three German girls do not wear lipstick and only one in six uses nail polish according to an unofficial army newspaper Stars and Stripes. The report notes that three quarters of German girls wear nylons, an existence new to Germany after American arrival.
Cows grazed on the Commons of Jamestown and in Mas husetts by 1635, indicating early colonial pastoral practices and land use.
The U S Department of Commerce reports ongoing gains in the level of retail business, marking persistent growth and higher spending. Morris Kats notes data indicating continued strength in consumer demand and sales across sectors.
CHICAGO AP grains opened sharply lower then tried to rebound but could not restore earlier losses. Soybeans fell about four cents, corn down around three cents at times, while some recovery limited. CHICAGO CASH PROVISIONS Wheat none. Corn values listed for No 2 to No 5 grades, oats prices noted, soybean meal and barley pricing included.
Chicago market notes steady two day receipts for butter and eggs with scattered price rises. Poultry mostly steady with modest gains in hens and fryers, while potatoes show moderate supplies and mixed regional pricing for whites and reds.
New York reporting shows butter steady with two day receipts at 377,262 and wholesale bulk carton freshness noted. Eggs stay steady to firm with two day receipts totaling 33,234 and mixed color sizes priced from 24 to 52 cents for different grades and weights.
CBS announced it will televise a portion of the Soviet embassy reception for the touring Soviet farm delegation. It will be the first live telecast from inside the embassy during the Douglas Edwards news show beginning at 5 30 p.m. and carried nationwide via a TV hookup.
Waterloo AP Frank O'Tamburo of Des Moines was elected president of the Iowa Master Shoe Rebuilders Association at the annual convention. Whitey Lowe of Dubuque was named vice president, Ralph Caston of Burlington secretary, and John Price of Webster City treasurer.
In Iowa City a Monticello brother and sister, Gerald Bronneman 15 and Sandra 6, were reported in fair condition Monday at University hospitals where admitted Saturday as polio patients. Their mother Velma Bronneman. Four other Eastern Iowa polio patients were discharged to home over the weekend: Joseph Tuttle 23 Brooklyn admitted Aug 13, Henry Townsend 26 Cascade admitted Aug 14, Harry Smith 21 Iowa City admitted Aug 15, and Patrick Gilkin 18 Wellman admitted Aug 16.
Des Moines report describes another weird burrowing hose case. George Milliron said his hose burrowed 15 feet into the ground under an apple tree and kept digging even after he shut off the water, remaining stuck into Monday.
Washington INS reports White House aide Howard Pyle says President Eisenhower must have complete Republican backing before running for a second term. Pyle, handling federal-state relations, cautions he cannot be sure the President will seek the 1956 nomination. He notes a free-for-all if he declines and cites Nixon as a potential bearer among others.
New York police officers, on a sweltering Sunday, hunted for narcotics suspect Michael Julia among 100000 beachgoers at Orchard Beach. After six hours they found heroin in his bath-house locker and booked Julia for possession and intent to sell.
Dr Hoyt Thomas announces Planned Parenthood clinic at St Luke s hospital Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Dr Robert E Mason announces move to 217 Guaranty Bank Bldg. Social Committee Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber meets tonight at 7 30 in Chamber of Commerce. Civic Development Association meets Thursday noon at Roosevelt hotel. The Melody Men from Shenandoah sing Friday at 7 30 p m at First Assembly of God church 1101 Oakland Rd NE. Moel s Beauty Shop closes for vacation, reopening Sept 6. Lloyd Keyser speaks on Fourth Street problem at South Side Civic Club tonight at 7 30. Canopus speaker Bill Delp Jr Coe college on Red China at Cedar Rapids Canopus luncheon Montrose hotel. Gladys Thomann returns from month long trip to Canadian Rockies Pacific Northwest Yellowstone and Denver. Dick Cheverton speaks at Kiwanis luncheon Wednesday noon at Roosevelt hotel Reservations for caucus dinner Aug 26 at Ox Yoke Inn Amana. Public Welfare Bureau meets at Montrose hotel noon Tuesday to discuss 1956 budget and 1955 campaign goal. Vincent H Burwinkle called to Minnesota where his mother Mrs George Burwinkle is in Rochester hospital suffering heart attack. Free CeMar tickets for Kilian s Children s Fun Day Aug 24 by purchases in Kil ee shops.
Police raided the Circus Bar in Dubuque on Saturday night seizing liquor and arresting owner Roger Johnson on a charge of keeping liquor where beer is sold. Also reported a Western Tool and Stamp strike affecting about 275 workers over dues and a fire in Alden causing $50,000 damage to a Vern Lawson and Sons storage building with tractors and feed destroyed. Lloyd Strom, 65, a Great Western railroad veteran, died in Clarion after a long career. A six year old Webster City girl, Deborah Hadaway, died from injuries after falling from a tractor in Des Moines.
Cedar Rapids post office changes opening times for stamp and parcel post windows effective immediately. Parcel post opens 8 am, stamps 8 am, stamps no longer at parcel post window. Other windows keep schedules with minor past relocation noted.
In a July 19 letter to Sen Estes Kefauver Truman recommended stay at home moms and dads and more chores for children as the solution to juvenile delinquency. He criticized babysitters boarding schools and excessive gadgets while urging parents to take responsibility for raising the next generation.
Circuit Judge J E Wilhite will hear Allis Chalmers plea for a temporary injunction to halt mass picketing at its struck Springfield plant. Defendants include Local 1027 CIO UAW and 22 officers. Company says pickets kept about 1300 workers from entering. About 4000 UAW members are striking at the plant amid a two week dispute over a layoff wage plan.
Cedar Rapids city council rejected two requests for two hour parking zones on First avenue W between Fifth and Sixth streets and on Seventeenth street NE between J avenue and Greene avenue after Police Chief Kudina advised surveys did not justify limits.
Fire losses in Cedar Rapids fell from May to June with total losses reaching 6,621.32 dollars in June versus 13,208.75 dollars in May. Uninsured losses dropped from 1,216 dollars in May to 12.50 dollars in June.
Edward F. Kloubec Jr of Chicago won the Iowa State fair Photographic salon sweepstakes prize and two other class honors. His entry Slenderized Mood won the scenic picture class, he placed first in Iowa scenic pictures and second in commercial photos.
A 12 foot boa constrictor captured in a Rainy family grain combine on a farm near Wabasha Minnesota ends a three week hunt. Four year old Dale Loechler alerted his father and the snake bit a man’s hand slightly during removal. Townwide relief followed the discovery as residents prepared a public reunion and picnic at Thomas Park.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania three men were killed and eight injured when a 100 foot high Kohinoor coal breaker collapsed. Twenty six workers were inside as the top gave way and wood and twisted steel fell atop them. Floods delaying shipments reduced the normally 150 man crew.
Iowa beer sellers cry foul over an 21.4 percent sales tax added July 4 and an 8 cent per gallon barrel tax. Distributors report tighter profit margins as taverns trim servings or raise foam and prices. Consumption figures for July hover near 1954 levels despite the tax and hot weather. A border county tavern owner links sales to Attorney General Countryman’s dry campaign, arguing that some patrons prefer beer where liquor is available.
James B. White 55 oldest Cedar Rapids fireman in point of service will retire Sept 1. His resignation was accepted by the city council. White served 33 years in the department, mostly as driver and fireman and for the last five on the central switchboard. Fire Chief Jesse Hunter commended his long and faithful service. White resides at 725 Thirtieth Street Drive SE.
Arland Leonard Gerberding was found guilty of robbing the Farmers Trust and Savings bank at Lakota on April 26, 1954. A federal jury convicted him on three counts and the judge sentenced him to 20 years for attempted larceny, 20 years for theft by force, and 10 years for assault with a dangerous weapon, to run concurrently. Terrence Rex Ferrell was identified as his accomplice. Ferrell allegedly fired a rifle disabling a patrol car during the escape.
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