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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1955
Page
2
Chicago hog receipts around 10,000 with the market steady to 25 cents higher on all butcher weights. sows mixed, some losses. Calves and cattle show gains with prime steers and heifers up to 50 cents, cows and bulls varied but mostly steady to higher. Slaughter lambs active, lamb prices steady to up about 50 cents. wool prices mixed.
Reports from Sioux City and Omaha livestock markets show cattle receipts at Sioux City near none for calves, with slaughter steers and heifers steady to strong. High choice 1100-1180 lb steers around 30.90 to 34.50, good 18.50 to 23.00, choice heifers 23.00 to 23.50, and steers and feeders steady. Omaha prices indicate steady to 25 cents higher on fed steers, prime lots around 31.00 for 1037 lb steers and 30.50 for 1214 lb steers, choice and good heifers 20.00 to 24.25, cows 8.50 to 12.50, bulls 14.00 to 14.50.
Des Moines shows Wednesday receipts around 50,000 hogs with a week-ago figure near 41,000 and year-ago about 49,000. Prices hover steady to higher across weight classes from 10 to 15 cents or more, with barrows and gilts in ranges from 14.00 to 17.88 per hundredweight depending on weight, quality, and load.
Receipts and prices show steady to slightly higher movement across butter eggs and poultry. Butter receipts 1,234,133 lbs with varied scores and prices. eggs quoted at 11,211 cases with mixed firmness. live poultry steady with hens and fryers up a touch. turkeys ducks and capons listed. potatos arrivals and stock levels described with track sales and regional price ranges from Idaho Russets to Pontiacs from Minnesota-North Dakota.
USDA notes butter steady to firm with receipts totaling 748 056. Egg market firm with 21 428 receipts and varied color classes. Extras and large eggs in the 39 to 40 cent range, medium 38 to 39 cents, smalls around 34 cents, standards 38 to 40 cents, dirties 33 to 34 cents.
City council and City Plan Commission representatives met Wednesday morning to review details of the proposed CR zoning overhaul. Russell H. Riley of St. Louis, with Harland Bartholemew and Associates, attended to review changes to the original suggestions as work nears completion before transfer to the city council for consideration.
California annual production accounts for about 90 percent of the nation's wines, highlighting the state’s dominant role in U.S. viticulture and the wine industry.
New York stocks fell on Wednesday despite gains in oils and some aircraft shares. Trading totaled about 3.2 million shares, down from 3.32 million the prior day when the market was higher.
Cedar Rapids market reports higher bids for hogs and cattle. Prices list by weight show good and prime quality hogs at various ranges from 16.60 to 18.85 for different weights, with cattle including prime steers at 37.00 and heifers around 25.00, plus calf, sheep, egg, grain, and straw values across commodities.
City briefs note Lions Club in Roosevelt hotel will hear sportscaster Tait Cummins on Thursday night. Antiques advertised by Koehn's on Third Ave West. Linoleum remnants sale at Smulekoff's. Electrolux service offered by Stalker Electric. Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber committees meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. Nursing conference attendees are named. Krebs ads promote milk and other items. De Molay Mothers card party set for Friday at YWCA. Wagner College Choir concert at Wilson high school Wednesday night. University of Iowa researchers William Weber and Hugh Anderson return after balloon experiments in Texas.
The Cedar Valley Radio club Tuesday elected Sumner Foster president for the coming year. Lad Hamous was elected vice president, Fred Cook secretary, and William Hawes treasurer. Harold Reid was recommended for the position of emergency coordinator.
Chicago grains firmed toward the close amid slow trading after the Argentine crop report showed higher than expected production, especially for wheat. Wheat rose about 4 percent with March at 2.31 to 2.30, corn up 4 to 15 cents, oats steady to higher, rye up a cent or two, soybeans flat to up slightly, and soybean meal down 5 to 12 cents.
Chicago feeding markets show corn futures with No 2 yellow at 1.56 1/2 per bushel and No 3 at 1.5144 1.55 1/2, No 4 at 1.46 1/49, No 5 at 1.41% and soybean meal at 65.50. Barley nominal around 1.00 with milling choice between 1.40 and 1.58, and 1.21 noted.
Mrs Delane Swecker 94 longtime Springville resident died Tuesday morning. Born near Springfield Illinois in 1860 she lived in Springville and Central City area except for early years in a covered wagon. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Springville Methodist Church burial in Jordans Grove Cemetery survivors include daughter Mrs Harry Hindman of Central City two sons Harvey of Villewash and Lawrence of Dubuque eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren
Washington reports 9000 servicemen will take part in Operation Teapot at the Nevada proving ground in about two weeks. The plan includes about a dozen detonations to study effects of new nuclear weapons and train personnel in combat under atomic conditions. Commanders include Major Generals Luedecke Stranathan and Wyman with Brigadier Earnshaw. Exercise Desert Rock VI sets up Camp Desert Rock Nevada as the HQ.
Wharton announces Thursday at 11 a.m. graveside rites for two day old Anthony J McQuown, son of James M and Roeine House McQuown of Marion. Born Jan. 30, died Tuesday at Cedar Rapids hospital. Survived by parents, three brothers, two sisters, grandmother Mrs Anna McQuown.
On Highway 30 at State Center edge a business group set up a speed trap and asked violators of the 25 mph limit to contribute to the polio drive. Speeders donated about 110 dollars with some giving up to five. Officials noted police manpower limits loosening enforcement.
A total of 478 aliens in the Cedar Rapids area filed annual January address reports at the Cedar Rapids post office according to postal officials. Completed forms are not accepted and filers are referred to immigration offices in Omaha and Chicago for processing. Penalties for failure to file include imprisonment, fines, deportation, or all three.
A 42 mile line in the Dominican Republic was financed by the Dutch, built by Belgians, carries British bridges and U S rolling stock, with Dominicans owning and Americans operating the system.
The January Traffic bureau report shows a drop in business and a rise in claims checks. Telephone inquiries were 681 versus 698 last January. freight bills audited 4,009 vs 6,483. Claims filed totaled $825.69, down from $1,308.68, while claim checks received were $686.19, up from $568.89.
Travel notes advise that colored shirts wear better mileage than white when away from home. For air travel, add identifiable stickers or paint stripes on both ends of your bag to spot it quickly at airports.
The Iowa House revived a proposal to divert unrefunded aviation gasoline taxes to the aeronautics commission after a tight debate. The body approved by 67 50 to reconsider and passed the measure 40 after opposition argued it earmarked funds and skirted budget controls.
Atty Gen Dayton Countryman said he expects a formal opinion by Friday on whether liquor may remain in private clubs that sell beer. He noted strong interest in his earlier comments and will consult staff to issue a solid ruling, with a possible two week delay if necessary. Des Moines clubs surrendered their beer permits on January 18. the permits would have expired July 1.
Cedar Rapids private clubs adopted a wait and see stance after the attorney general’s informal opinion that liquor cannot be kept in private club lockers when beer is sold. At least three club managers indicated they would drop beer, with a fourth suggesting the liquor system could be dropped. Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman planned a formal written opinion and said county attorneys would enforce the law as clarified.
Recruiters in Cedar Rapids report ten men and one woman enlisting. Eight men and the woman join the army with assignments to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for basic training. Names include Farrington Anamosa and Williams Fort McClellan. Two enlist in the air force at Lackland Texas.
About 300 members of the Cedar Rapids school safety patrol will be guests of the Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company at the Automobile Sports and Boat show February 18 in Memorial Coliseum. Patrolman George Davis said Frank Parker from the show’s stage cast will present a scroll for outstanding achievement in the first semester of the school year.
Douglas Ruble 61 of Springville was struck while crossing First Avenue East at Thirtieth Street at 6 40 am. The driver Allen G Dalton 30 of Mt Vernon was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian. Ruble was in St Luke s Hospital with hip and pelvis injuries and a leg wound.
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