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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1955

Page

8

Hogs Prices Fell on Record Receipts Across Markets

In Chicago and Des Moines reports, hogs hit new 14 year lows amid heavy weekly receipts. Thursday top at 11.85, week average 10.44 for barrows and gilts. Friday rally left about 50 cents lower. Cattle also rose modestly with prime steers up to 26. Prices for various hogs and cattle classes listed. Des Moines prices showed steady to higher nearby, with barrows and gilts across weight ranges.

Chicago INS Des Moines U. S

Cedar Rapids Hog Market Steady Prices Saturday

C. R. Markets reports Cedar Rapids hog market held steady on Saturday with prices paid for hogs delivered to the Cedar Rapids plant.

Cedar Rapids

Industrial group Lenox changes name to Lennox Industries Inc

Lennox Industries Inc. will replace Lennox Industries The Len nox Furnace Company of Marshalltown as the firm broadens diversification. Des Moines police official Hartzer, 56, escaped with slight head injuries after a late Friday intersection crash. District Judge Glenn ruled a tax method on road equipment double taxed. Elmer Lines, 12, injured after a fall from Titus Manufacturing roof. Evansdale committee set reward for hit and run driver injuring a boy. livestock and calf market data follow with grains and wool notes. Earl A. Tyler, 79, former bank president in Des Moines, died of a heart attack while snow shoveling. services Monday in Des Moines.

Lennox Industries Lennox Furnace Company Marshalltown Lennox Industries Inc Eee Herman M. Brown Company Des Moines State Tax Commission Milton J. Glenn Evansdale Elmer Lines Earl A. Tyler First Federal State Bank

Tax Study Group Seeks Equality Not Tax Increases

Des Moines officials report the Iowa Taxation Study Committee aims to rework Iowa’s tax system toward equity. Members insist proposed new taxes would replace existing ones, not raise total levies. The panel plans grass roots hearings, including a Dec. 7 meeting in Fairfield, with Professor William G. Murray citing school finance as a major issue.

Des Moines Iowa Taxation Study Committee Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Blythe C. Conn Burlington Leo Hoegh Conn Fairfield William G. Murray Ames

Miss Mary Gibson of West Liberty Dies

West Liberty Miss Mary Altha Gibson sixty died Friday night at University hospitals Iowa City. She served as secretary to the dean of dentistry at the University of Iowa for 26 years and taught school 13 years before that. Survivors include her mother three sisters Grace Gardner of West Liberty Mrs Louette Holden of Milwaukee and Kathleen Whillington of West Liberty and a brother Dewey of West Liberty. She was a Methodist and member of chapter AH PEO here. Services are at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Methodist church with burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.

West Liberty Mary Altha Gibson University Hospitals Iowa City Gibson University of Iowa Grace Gardner Louette Holden Milwaukee Kathleen Whillington Dewey Methodist Church PEO Oakridge Cemetery

Hamersly, Retired School Head, Dies

SIGOURNEY Owen Hamersly aged 79 of South English died Thursday at a Mason City hospital at 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in South English cemetery. A native of Wapello County he taught and supervised at multiple Iowa districts including South English Letts Tabor Villisca Stuart Mt. Ayr Batavia Cedar and Corning He retired in 1938 and was a Mason and Odd Fellows member Survivors include his wife a daughter Beulah Simons a son Wilbur of San Diego a brother two sisters five grandchildren and three great grandchildren

Sigourney Owen Hamersly South English Mason City Union Church Wapello County Hamersly Iowa State Teachers College University of Nebraska Letts Tabor Villisca Stuart Mt. Ayr Batavia Cedar Corning Masonic and Odd Fellows Beulah Simons Wilbur San Diego

Chappell Services Set for Tuesday in Iowa City

Edward A. Chappell former publisher of the New Yorker and long time Speidel Newspapers executive died of a heart attack in San Jose California. His funeral will be Tuesday at Hohenschuh mortuary Iowa City Iowa. He previously served as advertising manager and business manager of the Iowa City Press Citizen.

San Jose Calif Edward A. Chappell Ip. Ie New Yorker Hohenschuh Mortuary Iowa City Chappell Speidel Newspapers Inc Iowa City Presstizen

Wharton Christmas dinner reservations for Legion auxil ary past presidents

Wharton residents should reserve for the American Legion auxiliary past presidents dinner on December 7 at 6 30 p m at the E V cafe. Reservations must be made with Mrs Jack Ellis by December 5. Secret Sisters will be revealed after the dinner.

American Legion Auxilary E.V Jack Ellis

Marion area church schedules listing services and activities

A pillary of church notices lists service times and programs for Marion churches including Marion Churches Baptist, St. Joseph Catholic, Christian, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Westminster Guild, St. Pauls Lutheran, and Prairie Chapel. Each outlines Sunday school, worship, youth events, meetings, choirs, and special observances for the week ahead.

Charles Moore Christian Board of Education St. Joseph’s T. J. McElliott William H. Blessington Roy P. Fields Monnday CWF Free Methodist J. P.knepper James P.massey Iowa City Women’s Missionary Society Susan Sanborn Methodist James P.gable Sherry Hopple St. Paul’s Methodist Church Cedar Rapids WSCS Priscilla Circle Friendly Guild Merrill S. Smith Norman J. Waffle Presbyterian Jean P. Hayter Westminster Guild Don Kensinger Circle One John L Gritzner Circle Robert Repstein Roy Williams Circle Four Ephraim Doupnik Anchor Club St. Paul's Lutheran Missouri Synod E. L. Brandt Noah Jesus Walther League Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Ladies Aid Society Circle Two Pairie Chapel Harry Sp. Green

Religious notices and services schedule

The Rev. Joseph Yates of Lisbon will supply the pulpit. MYF at 7 30 at the church. Seventh Day Church of God prayer service every Friday at 8 p m. Sabbath school Saturday at 10 30 a m. Preaching each Saturday except first in month at 11 30 a m. Young people in charge of the service on first Saturday.

Joseph Yates Lisbon Church of God

Damages Awarded In Amana Admiral Patent Case

A Portland federal jury awarded Moist Cold Refrigeration 2,138,755 in damages for dual temperature refrigerator patent infringement by Admiral Corporation of Chicago and Amana Refrigeration of Amana Indiana. Admiral faced 2,093,180 and Amana 45,575. The verdict denied invalidity claims and defense motions follow.

Portland, Ore INS Portland Amana Admiral Admiral Corporation of Chicago Amana Refrigeration, Inc Amana, In Moist Cold Refrigeration Company, Inc Lewis J. Bronaugh T. Irving Potter New York City Potter Refrigerator Company Admiral and J. Pierre Kolisch Gus J. Solomon Patent Office

Father Gone but Mother and Nine Children Get Aid

Nashville welfare workers assist an abandoned mother, Mrs. James L. Hamilton, and her nine children ages 1 to 16, after their itinerant father left them near Shelbyville with $2. The Travelers Aid Society placed them in a safe home as the family, traveling from Colorado to Waycross, Ga., recounts sleeping in a car after their trailer was ruined. The father’s whereabouts are unknown. officials expect he may reappear.

Nashville James L. Hamilton Travelers Aid Society Shelbyville Tenn Hamilton Garnet Morgan Travelers Aid Colorado Waycross Ohio Mrs. Morgan

FTC restricts case against 41 insurers over ads

Hearing Examiner Frank Hier limited FTC authority to states without adequate false advertising laws. The Federal Life and Casualty Co case narrowed to Rhode Island, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia. Most other firms appeal, with review by the commission pending.

Washington Federal Trade Commission Frank Hier FTC Commission Hier Federal Life and Casualty Company of Battle Creek Mich Rhode Island Mississippi District of Columbia Montana Missouri

Scranton Bus Service Resumes Under Public Utility Order

Scranton, Penn. Temporary bus service started Friday within Scranton Transit Company’s franchise area after eight months without service. The substitute line offers a 15 cent fare, down from 18, with negotiations to resume between the firm and drivers.

Scranton Penn Scranton Transit Company Public Utility Commission

Notice of Ad Prove of Claims in District Court

Notice that claims are to be presented to the undersigned in a district court administration matter. The administrator and attorneys Bleakley and Ver are named. Claims should be filed with the administrator by the stated deadline in the notice.

Eteato Ving Alps Bleakley & Ver Altorneys

Roosevelt High Presents Eerie The Medium by Menotti

Roosevelt High School stages Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium in two performances. Direction by Richard E. du Boise creates a somber mood with a skilled cast led by Florence Waters as Madame Flora and Sandra Dieterich as Monica. About 300 fans attended the Friday night show. The production returns at 8 this evening in Roosevelt auditorium.

Gian-Carlo Menotti Roosevelt High School Richard E. du Boise Madame Flora Florence Waters Monica Sandra Dieterich Toby Charles Perry Dianne Senecaut Jack de Wees Nancy Thomas Mrs. Gobineau Menotti Roosevelt Auditorium

Confession Repudiated In Slaying of Girl

In Canton Illinois Lloyd Miller charged with murdering Janice May eight repudiates a signed statement in which he described the killing Officials said he signed it to end tiring questioning He was bound over to the grand jury Thursday night on charges of assault and murder

Canton, Ill Lloyd ‘Miller Janice May Miller Grand

Constable O H Myers Dies at Central City

Ola H Myers 66 of Main township a stable constable died Friday after a heart attack. Born in Edinburg Mo he moved to Marion and lived in Linn county most of his life a World War I veteran he was married to Ina Kee in 1920. Survivors include son Russell daughter Mrs Norman Kloster sister Mrs Frank Simpson and two brothers. A son Harrison was the first Central City World

Central City Myers Main Township Edinburg Marion Linn County France Ina Kee Alburnett Federated Church and The Legion Russell Norman Kloster Ovens Frank Simpson Rock Island W. H J. L Kansas City Harrison

World War II Casualty Funeral Details

An Iwar II casualty killed serving aboard the Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Passmore funeral home with burial in Blodgett cemetery.

Oklahoma Pearl Harbor Passmore Funeral Home Blodgett Cemetery

France Sets Jan 2 Date for General Elections

Paris AP reports the French cabinet fixed January 2 as the election day to name a new national assembly after a day of political maneuvering over constitutional interpretations. The old assembly was dismantled by cabinet decree as Premier Edgar Faure’s government set the schedule to avoid Christmas or New Year voting.

Paris Council of State Edgar Faure

Television Listings for Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas

TV schedule notes for KCRG and WMT KWWL and WHBF listing programs from 7:30 to 11:00 including Gunsmoke George Gobel and Captive City. News weather and sports segments are interspersed with movie listings and game shows.

Kcrg-Tv Cedar Rapids WMT Kwwl-Tv Waterloo Wheef-Tv Rock Island KCRG KXEL Sandy Midwest Glenn Miller Sandy News Ineer Richard Maltby Idwest Ienitor R29

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CHI (Ap Chicago Livestock Ates PePe C. R. Markets Iowa Hart — Floyd Hartzer Laurice Kern Titus Manufacturing Caium Chotee Palme Ipsa Dept. of Labor Morrie Kats Mary Gibson Wharton Pearl Newman Savanna Leonard Striegel Lyle Hanison Shirley Post Joyce Porter Newcombs Fred Newcomb Olin Mrs Frank O'Newcomb Robbs Gerald Riley Baltic, S. D Marion F. Robb Bess Boyles St. Luke’s Hospital Miss Boyles Milwaukee University School Frank S. Skinner Eleanor Brown Mamie Overall University Hospital Ann Arbor, Mich Overall Hugh T. Hutton Eighth Avenue Goodirow 5Th Ave Gayle Overly Curtis Overlys Ninth Street Marion Page Ben Franklin Adv Marion Churches Case Restricted Donald Key O. H. Myers Television Highway Patrol Perry Woi-Tv Woc-Tv Davenport WKBT LaCrosse Who-Tv Gunsmoke George Gobel Orze Gobel Orge Gobel Runyon Theater Playhouse Captive City Lawrence Welk Honeymooners Jatar Pedes Abbott Costello Jimmy Durante Restlin Nonights Andre Drapp Cyclone Anaya Texas Rasslin Kcrg - TV Channel 9 Ozark Red Foley Foley Jimmie and Charlene Arthur Four Strings Bert Parks Rocky Rockwell Alice Low Larry Hooper Joe Bartelme Armchair Theater Charles Boyer Jean Arthur Boyer Arthur Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Super Circus
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