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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1950
Page
3
Washington AP reports that most items in the family food market basket remain below government price ceilings, with only certain meats rice cottonseed oil and a few others at or above ceiling levels. Parity rules constrain ceilings and many staples sell for less than minimum ceilings, including potatoes grain sorghums sweet potatoes grapefruit oranges and various dairy and poultry products.
Iowa lawmakers review farm price ceilings tied to processed foods and discuss safeguards for farm margins. The piece covers parity, meat ceilings, and the risk of rationing while noting Iowa representatives Talle and Hoeven push for farm labor oversight in Pace led hearings on harvest needs for 1951.
A sequence of closing out sales listed with dates from December 14 to December 28. Buyers and sellers include Verne Aller Ira Hummer H. G. Ellison Paul Starry Neal P. Boeshart Earl and Ray Larson L F Hendrix C L Spurgin G O Waldemer Wayne Beauregard Albert Boots Rod ney Petersen Frank Bellon Loren Mangold W G Wyman Clair Washburn Richart and Sons and Baxter. Locations include Anamosa Homestead Mt. Vernon Iowa City Center Point Central City Fairfax Fairfax Prairieburg Center Point Troy Mills Hunter Air port and nearby towns.
Rep. H. R. Gross of Iowa charged on the house floor that officials mislead the public about food price rises and demand action rather than resignation. He cited a two percent November jump and questioned parity pricing and consumer-farmer price spreads. He also noted Alan Valentine’s role as Freeport Sulphur director amid a 22 percent price boost.
Funeral services for John Parizek longtime Iowa City resident are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Beckman funeral home. Parizek died this week at home after a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow a son George Iowa City auctioneer two daughters Leona Nelson Bettendorf and Violet Derman Moline Ill and two grandchildren Ronald and Jonette Parizek.
Ralph H. Alexander Hedrick was re-elected chairman of the Keokuk county Production and Marketing Administration committee. Solon T. Yates was re-elected vice chairman. Orville V. Heaton becomes a regular member with alternates F. Joe Kelly and Lee R. McNabb. Kenneth Snakenberg appointed corn sealer in Heaton’s former territory.
More than 500 farmers signed a petition to the Linn county draft board asking that Mt. Vernon veterinarian Dr. Orlo Haight be kept in his draft classification. The farmers say Haight is essential to war production on their farms.
Henry Ford Jr speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention urged unity to outpace international threats and urged government signals on production. James B. Carey stressed farm labor unity against communism as Harriman pressed higher food output to win future national emergencies. Allan B. Kline declared farmers are on trial amid manpower shortages. Delegates from 45 states and Puerto Rico attended in Dallas.
In discussing national defense Iowa's Kline urged caution on rapid military buildup. He argued the nation must plan for a long, sustainable defense effort not bound by a short war horizon. He emphasized building a durable program rather than an all-out, time-limited machine.
Local 4 H club leaders from 13 counties attend the first statewide farm electrification training school at Iowa State College from Thursday to Saturday. They will learn about safe wiring lighting and motors and how to present demonstrations. The program is sponsored by the Iowa 4 H staff with cooperation from the college department of agricultural engineering the Iowa Utilities Association and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Elkader a 160 acre estate farm ten miles south of Elkader sold Monday at $75 per acre. Kruse recently died of a heart attack. William Kruse was high bidder. Beef cows sold at $250 per head, 160 pound hogs $36, corn $1.50 a bushel, oats 90 cents. Grain elevator $500, combine $1,370, tractor and plow $835. Jack and F C Thiele were auctioneers.
Allan B. Kline head of the American Farm Bureau told delegates in Dallas that the U S must be ready to fight for many years stressing production over price controls and calling for higher taxes to pay war costs He warned against broad economic controls and urged extended work hours and greater use of older and female labor along with better machinery to boost production for war preparedness Also noted the 1950 AFBF membership record and Cornell Dean W I Myers emphasis on efficiency and cost reduction
Congressman Henry O. Talle was informed the agriculture department will hold informal hearings January 31, 1951, at 1:30 p.m. in Cedar Rapids before the American Soybean Association and National Soybean Processors Association. Public input is invited. written data may be submitted by February 15, 1951. Hearings led by Robert H. Black, PMA grain branch, with other sessions planned in Toledo Chicago Decatur and Minneapolis.
The agriculture department reported statements across January and February outlining policy updates and sector guidance. The brief notes emphasize program changes and anticipated impacts on farming communities.
Masonville resident Masonville Mark Thurm sells a 144 acre farm south of Masonville to Charles Stimson of Manchester. Possession is set for January 1.
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