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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1950
Page
8
Unofficial Monday livestock estimates show cattle 13 000 head hogs 11 000 and sheep 2 000 in Chicago. Hogs sold 18.50 to 25.00 with gains of 75 cents to 1.25 linked to lower receipts and firmer eastern dressed pork markets. Cattle and sheep prices varied with stocker and feeder ranges noted alongside capably steady calf and lamb values.
Omaha feedlot report shows good and choice fed steers and fed heifers up 25 to 50 cents while common and medium slaughter steers and heifers ease. Beef cows lower, canners and cutters down, bulls fall, vealers steady, stocker and feeder classes mixed with higher values for select lots and broader ranges across weights.
Cattle prices fell across classes in Kansas City reports. Cattle fed steers underperformed with many weights off, grass slaughter steers 50 to 75 cents lower, bulls 1.50 to 2.00 lower, while feeder steers 800 pounds and up eased about 50 cents. Some cuts held steadier with moderate gains seen in high good and choice fed cattle.
AP notes salable receipts 1,500 cattle in Sioux City. virtually all western stockers and feeders held for Monday. general market steady. calves at 150. all westerns held for Monday.
Hog market in Waterloo shows steady to higher bids with top at 23.50 for 160-170 pounds and price ladders reading through 550 pounds. Sows reaching 300 pounds fetch around 20.75, while lighter ranges hover near 16.50 for very large categories and 45.50 for 300-550 pounds.
OCR text shows butcher price listings by weight ranges and animals with values like 160-170 Ibs at 25 and 200-240 Ibs at 23.75. Several weight brackets appear, including 270-600 Ibs and 300-330 Ibs, with varied prices such as 16.50 and 6.70. The exact context is unclear but documents the price table for livestock weights.
Receipts Saturday about 28 000 and week 29 500 with year-to-date 30 000. Packing plants in southern Minnesota and twelve in Iowa plus some out-of-state stations show steady prices. Feeder weights 160 to 200 lbs bring 23.00 to 24.10 dollars, 240 to 270 lbs around 38 to 38. As weights rise 270 to 330 lbs bring 22.25 to 23.50, 330 to 360 lbs 20.50 to 21.50, and 360 to 450 lbs in the 18 to 19 dollar range with sows around 19 to 21 dollars.
Cedar Rapids market held steady with premiums for quality on arrival. Listings show hogs from 180 to 360 pounds priced from 23.25 to 16.50 per cwt and cattle and calves in various weight classes with steers, cows, bulls, and yearlings noted alongside per hundredweight ranges. Also includes fruit vegetables poultry grains and other wholesale items with assorted prices.
DES MOINES AP Elmer P. Corwin 67 state industrial commissioner died Saturday after collapsing while starting his mower at home. He was dead on arrival at a hospital with heart trouble listed as cause. A Republican, Corwin was appointed in 1943 and reappointed in 1949 for a second term. He served in the state senate in 1934 and 1938. Born July 15 1883 on a farm near Fruitland Iowa he lived in Muscatine County most of his life. Survived by wife Jessie two children Donald and Mrs Marjorie Weber a brother Ray and a sister Mrs Pearl Hoyt. Funeral plans pending in Muscatine.
In Chicago on Saturday buyers were scarce in grain pits, forcing price concessions and a broad market decline. Soybeans and new crop corn led losses with export chatter noting substantial sales to Great Britain and Holland. Wheat and oats fell, while rye and lard showed smaller moves amid the sag.
The report lists Chicago iAP Wheat and Corn prices for multiple grades No 1 to No 5 and mixed categories, including red and yellow wheats at about 2.14 to 2.24 per bushel and corn around 1.55 to 1.56, with oats cited at 79 to 82 cents and feed and nominal values noted.
The Senate approved 13.29 billion dollars in national defense funds with no debate. Sen. Thomas said the measure was drafted before the Korean War and would form a base for additional military spending later. The House has already approved the funds.
Joe D. Egger 23 of Stuart Iowa pled guilty to robbery in the so called hasty bandit case. District Judge James T English deferred sentencing after the plea Friday. The bandits allegedly robbed Leavenworth grill Top Spot bar Gridiron bar Reed s ice cream stand and an Offutt air base range house. Deputy County Attorney Henry Winters said more robbery charges would be filed against Frank De Rosa 24 Bernard Doerflein 23 and Joseph Carpenter 23. Doerflein was sentenced to five years for auto theft. Carpenter awaits sentence in that case.
U S agriculture reports farm product prices climbed 6.5 percent from mid June to mid July due largely to Korean war developments. July 15 farm price level reached an 18 month high, 6.9 percent above a year ago, with increases in hogs cotton eggs and other staples while oats sorghums hay flax oranges lemons and butterfat declined.
George William Burson 19 of Pleasantville died in a Friday auto crash two miles east of Carlisle Iowa on Highway 60. Donald Kraft of Des Moines drove the other car as Burson's vehicle reportedly went airborne and rolled twice with a door resting on his neck. Cause of the crash remains undetermined.
Polk County Council of Veterans Organizations asks postponement of the Veterans Memorial auditorium construction citing potential shortages of critical building materials and urging city council and commission to delay work.
An elderly unidentified woman circulated a peace petition in a University of Iowa education class. Officials said campus authorization was not given and no petition may be circulated in university buildings. The Iowa City for Peace club was linked to the effort.
Decorah high school football coach Art Hass was hospitalized in Iowa City on Friday with a disease doctors diagnosed as polio. The incident prompted school officials to monitor the team and health authorities to trace potential exposures.
A special election will be held in Hiawatha Iowa on August 25 1950 to decide whether Ordinance No 4 granting Iowa Electric Light and Power Company a 25 year non exclusive franchise to install maintain and operate electric systems within town limits shall be adopted The polling place is Hiawatha Water Co office and polls run 8 am to 8 pm Hazel L Fosnacht town clerk CLARK aware of the town of Hiawatha Iowa
A Panair do Brazil Constellation crashed near Porto Alegre killing all 43 passengers and six crew. The four engined plane hit a high tension wire and burned near Sao Leopoldo while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre.
Hospital reports improve for Dr. J. J. Booth at St Luke's. Mrs. George Bristol and Mrs. Bertha Barnes are mentioned in local visits. New residents Clarence James family move to Marion from Sterling. Various travel visits include Rev. De Jong and families, Miss Mullaley, and Chicago visitors at local homes and camps.
A listing of church congregations with pastors and service times. Marion Baptist Church Rev. Charles Moore leads Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m with Rev Carl M Cunningham preaching. St Joseph Catholic mass times 6 8 and 10 a m. Christian church Rev. Richard Goins morning worship 10 45 a m. Free Methodist Rev Rex L Ciwaliea sermon and Light and Life hour 8 15 a m. Methodist Rev James P Gable services 9 45 a m Sunday school and 11 a m worship. Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong early worship 8 30 a m and union 11 a m with Methodist. St Pauls Lutheran Rev Carl T Wuerffel worship 10 a m and Sunday school 9 a m. Prairie Chapel Rev Elton D Wells 11 a m worship. Seventh Day Church of God Elder L L Christensen Sabbath 11 30 a m preaching.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa bonus board reminds eligible World War II veterans who have not filed claims that the deadline is December 31. Board Secretary FE J Kallemyn notes many veterans may still be unpaid. Approved payments are halted as the 85 million dollar state appropriation is exhausted. Funds for remaining claims are expected from the 2034 legislature.
Three Iowa kids died in accidental drownings. Paul Brewster aged two from a farm near Sheldon drowned in a stock tank while playing with others. Two-year-old Chub Livingstone from Knoxville drowned in a 10 gallon rainwater tank after climbing its side. Patrick Pridie, thirteen, from Sioux City drowned wading into deep farm water near Waterbury Nebraska.
The Des Moines infant died by strangulation en route to a hospital, diagnosed by Deputy Coroner Leo Luka. Dr. Theodore A. Bancroft was named head of the Iowa State College statistics department and director of its statistics laboratory. Davenport ponders morning theater parking with 12 minute meters. meters would be hooded at noon. Hedrick fire fundraiser collected 157 dollars for firefighters from Sigourney Ottumwa and Fremont. Edward Carpenter, 38, Des Moines, faces grand jury for assault with intent to murder a 35-year-old woman. he was moved to Polk County jail. Des Moines enlisted 13 in the armed services Friday. Army six Navy three Air Force four Marines one. Des Moines homeowners face the largest 1951 tax rate at about 80.20 per 1000. 1950 rate was 75.02. John F Wilwerding, 76, fractured left leg in a tractor takeoff accident near Early. John Watson Fort Des Moines finished fourth in junior rubber-powered cabin models in Dallas. Claude McCullough Ottumwa placed fifth in gas-powered free flight.
Funeral services for Clark E. Joslin 71 lifelong Anamosa resident and former mayor and councilman will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Goettsch Funeral Home. He died Wednesday at his daughter's home. survivors include his son Clark L. Joslin of Sabula and his daughter Mrs. Orla McGuire.
Iowa City AP bids were invited Friday for a University of Iowa student infirmary on the south side of the University Hospital. The project will convert four barracks into a two ward facility with 11 beds each and bids will be opened August 15.
The line about needing a hat like a hole in the head delivers a comical misrecollection. The quip reflects a playful memory of a husband’s branding of style and fashion as a joke between spouses.
DES MOINES UP The Public Safety Department cited five Iowans for aiding the highway patrol at accident scenes. Harold Bolsinger Colesburg Harold Beatty Guttenberg William Crimmins Dash near Dubuque and Ralph Ebaugh Cedar Falls were named for helping at accident scenes on July 2 16 especially aiding the patrol at scenes near Millville Dubuque and Bpwor.
A car hit a Greyhound bus at a railroad crossing on Highway 60 in Waukee after midnight. Oscar Berke of Lincoln Neb received chest and head injuries and was hospitalized. Deputy Wilbur Hildreth investigated and said no bus passengers or the driver were hurt.
A detailed list of detours and openings across Iowa counties including Madison, Bremer, Jasper, Polk, Guthrie, Cherokee, Muscatine, Webster, Fremont, Warren, and many more. Notes cover paving projects, graveled stretches, bridge work, and open dates with anticipated completion around late summer to autumn. Major routes affected include US 6 US 18 US 30 US 34 US 63 and state roads, with temporary detours and one way arrangements.
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