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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1950
Page
3
Hogs cattle and sheep quoted nominally steady Saturday in Chicago. Hog prices ranged from 19.25 to 20.50 dollars, with other livestock at stable value amid slow trading.
Chicago livestock receipts remain nominally steady with hogs showing top prices around $20.50 and cattle with calves at $33 to $38 for good and choice steers. Feeder and stocker activity appears varied while sheep report midrange values near $30 to $32 for medium and choice lambs.
USDA cattle receipts shrink early in the week as buyers stay wary. Prices rise for cows and bulls, with two loads of high-quality fed steers at 36.85 and yearlings at 34.60, while stockers and feeders hold firm and various grades of calves fetch mixed but buoyant bids.
Kansas City market notes compare Friday figures for cattle during the week. Slaughter steers under 1100 pounds hold steady to 25 cents higher with some spots up to 50 cents, while medium to low yield steers 1100 pounds and up show 25 cent declines. Heifers, feds, cows and feeder classes move variously with dealers firm and load lots of good and choice fed steers listed around 34 dollars per hundredweight.
Waterloo hog buyers post steady quotes for 1925, listing butcher prices by weight bands from 160 to 550 pounds. Prices range from about 12.25 to 19.00 per hundredweight with various bracketed weights.
Cedar Rapids market reports steady hog prices with a large base quota for a range of hog weights. Cattle and calf categories show varied values from choice steers to common cows, while sheep and hay markets reflect typical mid autumn rhythm with assorted fruit and produce prices listed.
Radio calls to the McHenry county sheriff interrupt services at a Woodstock Baptist church. The Rev. Clarence Kerr says prayers and sermons are disrupted about half the Sundays in a year as sheriff Nulle plans to move the antenna from the courthouse to the county farm five miles north. The church organ amplifier picks up the sheriff’s radio conversations.
Receipts for Saturday and estimates for the week show 50 000 and 70 000 head respectively with 37 000 year to date. Actuals Friday reach 74 000 with unloading at two Minnesota packing plants and twelve Iowa plants plus out of state movement. Prices hold steady for various hog weights from 160 to 550 pounds with ranges noted for barrows gilts and sows at several weight brackets.
The Ottumwa hog market lists steady to high prices across weight classes. Priced per hundredweight, 160 to 170 pounds at 19.25, lighter and heavier ranges show 16.75 to 19.25, with sows and heavier classes around 17.00 to 18.50.
USDA cattle report from Sioux City notes salable receipts at 1,200 head with bulk of cattle and calves held for Tuesday. Westerns and calves all held for Tuesday trading.
In Booneville Mississippi an explosion at the national guard armory Friday night killed six guardsmen and injured six others. Fire Chief Rayford Souse reported detecting gas and gasoline fumes soon after the blast while guardsmen were cleaning weapons.
Iowa Briers Sgt Marvin Sterrett and his brother Max E Sterrett recently returned home on furloughs with Sterrett stationed in Jonesboro Arkansas and Max in Sacramento California. Lester Thomas son of Rodney and Mrs. Thomas of Aurora underwent surgery at Fort Leonard Wood Army Hospital and is expected home for Christmas furlough. Local notes also include Mrs Allen Hoerner elected Pythian Sisters commander in Central City. Clarice Borden and Jerry Hatcher crowned homecoming king and queen at Mechanicville High. Mrs Nella Keller and daughter Margaret buying the John Campbell residence in Keswick. and a film showing life in Mexico titled To Every Creature at Walker High School Tuesday at 7 30 p.m.
Our pattern guide features a jumper with waist flattery stitched smart box pleats and a scalloped neckline for the blouse. Includes sizes 34 through 50 with yardage noted 355 yds for the jumper and 254 yds for the blouse. Send 30 cents for the special pattern to Anne Adams Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois.
Markets and many commodities exchanges in the United States were closed Saturday in observance of Christmas as traders observed the holiday.
A collection of seasonal notices from Marion recounts multiple visitors for Christmas including Kathleen Mullaley’s engagement plans to Robert O’Brien of Oelwein, plus arrivals from Des Moines St Louis and Denton Texas. Parcel post delivery in the residential district is announced for Sunday with post office closures on Christmas Day.
Marion churches list their holiday services and caroling events. The Baptist, Christian, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Westminster, and St. Paul’s Lutheran churches announce Sunday schools, morning worships, Christmas programs, carol singing to shut ins, and special music with pastors named.
Christmas Eve service at 7 PM and Christmas Day services Monday at 10 AM. Walther league hosts a bobsled party Friday at 8 PM in Springville. Prairie Chapel with Rev Elton D Wells. Sunday school at 10 AM morning worship at 11 with a sermon Where Is He and a Birthday of a King anthem. Music includes a piano solo by Sharon Dixon violin by Charlyne Wells and a vocal by Glenna Platner. Children’s Christmas party 2 to 4 PM. Seventh Day Church of God on Sixth Street at Ninth Avenue led by Elder L L Christensen Sabbath school Saturday 10:30 AM preaching 11:30.
President Truman asks Congress for emergency powers to adjust government contracts and reorganize agencies. Congress delays after holidays amid opposition led by Taft who fears a blank check to reshape the federal structure. Supporters say needed speed and efficiency justify the powers.
Chrysler Corporation won the largest postwar tank contract to date, a 160 million dollar preliminary order to build medium tanks at a Newark Delaware arsenal. General Motors Truck and Coach Division followed with a 100 million dollar deal to produce two and a half ton army vehicles. The combined orders push total defense work for U.S. automakers past half a billion dollars, with Cadillac and Ford also receiving related contracts.
In Hartford a physician who dressed as Santa for a holiday stunt quits after a child walks up to him and kicks his shins, saying that was for last year. The incident highlights a rough reception for the impersonator in a public event.
Notice states ER. Meskimen appointed and qualified as Executor of Mary Dorothy Faust, deceased of Linn County Iowa. Creditors and those with claims must file them with the Linn County District Clerk, Iowa. Attorney W. W. Crissman represents the estate.
Mrs. Hoffmann and Suzanne 7 receive packages ordered by Sgt. Jack Hoffman of the 17th ordnance medium maintenance company in the 83rd division. Hoffman's mail-order catalog, taken to Korea after reenlisting last summer, is used by his entire company and others, delivering Christmas gifts to families in Oskaloosa and Beacon.
Hollywood star Liz Taylor filed for divorce from Nick Hilton claiming cruel and inhuman treatment during seven months of marriage. She seeks to reclaim her name and denies alimony while alleging mental suffering caused by Hilton, whose gambling and neglect troubled their union after a May 6 wedding.
About 25 000 North Korean refugees were evacuated from Hungnam with 300 officials and prominent helpers removed under special orders to the 10th corps. Refugees were ferried to southern ports aboard South Korean navy LSTs as lines of people waited to board under search for infiltrating Reds.
Ten aged residents perished when the Walker Convalescent Home a converted army barracks north of Amarillo burned Friday. Firefighter water supply was limited. Thirty five residents were accounted for with 10 dead including Mrs Dannie Vincent. A visitor Mrs Anne P Taylor was among the injured and survived.
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said the extent of consumer goods production cuts from the arms program remains undetermined as analysts continue reviewing impacts. He spoke after a closed-door session with the Senate expenditures committee.
The Associated Press survey of 80 incoming Iowa lawmakers shows a strong tilt toward psychiatric treatment for sex criminals and stiffened penalties, with many undecided. County Attorneys urged raising penalties from 3 to 10 years and mandatory psychiatric exams.
Paris officials told INS that a hand written note from President Truman urging speedier rearmament was sent through regular channels. They stated the note warned of a possible withdrawal of the European defense line if Western unity and timely military buildup did not improve.
North Korean woman, possibly a Communist war correspondent, found dead on the beachhead front during a pre-dawn infiltration attempt. She wore a cut-down American fatigue uniform with North Korean army buttons and carried a large German-made portrait camera.
Notice is given that James Henry Jensen is appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Hans C. Jensen Jr., deceased in Linn County Iowa. Creditors are asked to settle debts promptly and file claims with Milo O. Hanzlik, Attorneys, in the Linn County District Court.
The Rev. Frielie E. Conaway resigns as Estherville Presbyterian pastor to become director of national missions for the Presbyterian church in Iowa. He plans to move to Des Moines to assume duties about Feb. 1, 1951, after four years in Estherville and prior pastorates in Paullina and Pennsylvania.
A semi trailer loaded with liquor was found abandoned near Oska loosa with two cases missing and the driver Lester Stanley from Chicago reported missing. He was en route to Des Moines from St Louis on a load for Aden Brothers Company.
Russell FE Boatman of Minnesota Bible College assigns Rev. William Kruger of Florence Christian church Omaha as minister of What Cheer Christian church. He began work Sunday to develop and enlarge the church. Kruger has served churches in New York Minnesota Illinois and Nebraska.
Eastbound freight No 96 derailed five miles northwest of here blocking the Rock Island main line. Locomotive and one car wheel left the tracks. no injuries. Detours used. traffic back to normal Saturday.
In Indianola Dennis Bug, five, died Friday night as his stepfather Raymond Woods searched for him in a burning home. Woods rescued the boy’s three brothers and sister. Dennis apparently left his bedroom while trying to escape. Woods and the other occupants were uninjured.
An explosion rocked a crowded North Shore elevated train in Chicago injuring eleven, two severely, as sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station on Christmas leave filled the cars. The cause was not disclosed and a small fire followed the blast.
Noticestates that on December 7 1950 Leo A Ward and James E Patterson were appointed and qualified as administrators of the estate of George Raymond King late of Linn County Iowa deceased. It directs all indebted persons to promptly pay their debts and urges claimants to file their claims with the district court in Linn County Iowa.
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