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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1955
Page
3
Chicago AP USDA notes estimated Saturday salable receipts 200 hogs 200 cattle no sheep. Hog prices rise to 70.50 per hundred pounds with strong weekend activity. Cattle and sheep markets steady to firm, with varied prices for steers and cows and limited supply. Grain quotes indicate mixed gains across Des Moines and Chicago markets.
New York rail stocks led a broad market advance on Friday with prices up one to three points and gains near five in some issues. Overall volume reached about 2,300,000 shares as scattered losses appeared in a few sectors.
Baled straw delivered to Chicago priced per 100 pounds with carload rates and tonnage figures. Grass seed, clover and alfalfa offerings listed with varying prices and regional origins. Includes red clover and sweet clover varieties with stated price ranges and regional descriptions.
Sioux City cattle market notes receipts 400 head none for calves slaughter steers and heifers steady cows steady to weak. Prices listed include choice steers at 572 dollars and good and choice steers at 18 dollars.
Omaha cattle receipts total 400 with 50 calves. Slaughter cows and some carried into next week. Utility and commercial cows mostly 11.75 to 14.50. Canners and cutters 10.00 to 11.50. No fed steers or heifers of consequence. Stockers and feeders unchanged.
A Cedar Rapids Kiwanis representative reported to police that six gumball machines were stolen over two years. Each machine was valued at 18 dollars and placed in local businesses. Four were taken in 1953 and two more last month.
Export demand lifted grain futures with gains across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans. Yugoslavia Japan Canada and the UK boosted purchases of U S wheat and corn while Soybeans and sorghums saw mixed trading on Friday in Chicago. Cash wheat and corn prices were reported with various lots and grades priced at bid levels and byproducts listed with nominal ranges.
Live poultry steady with prices for various grades. Butter receipts total 1,611,996 lbs with mixed score values. Eggs show unsettled pricing across white large extras and mixed large extras. Potatoes report old and new stock, Idaho russets priced around 4.75 to 5.00 per cwt and California stock with long whites at 3.90 to 4.30 and round reds at 4.00. Cheese prices noted for single daisies and longhorns.
AP reports USDA prices for New York produce with butter steady and eggs firm. Receipts total 502745 for butter and 20343 for eggs with various weight classes and price ranges for extras standards and dirties.
Gov Leo Hoegh announced Harold Martin of Hamburg Indiana to the board of parole succeeding the late C C Godfrey of Monroe County who died recently. Martin is an Iowa graduate and was a classmate of Hoegh at the University.
A chartered plane carrying Friedrick Zielke and his family plus 62 others arrives in Chicago before heading to Arlington Iowa. The Zielkes aged 50, 44, and children Edith 21 Friedrick Jr 15 and Bernhard 13 will farm and live on Herbert Meisgeier’s property near Arlington. The trip marks the first all Lutheran Refugee Service transport coordinated by Rev. Vance Baird of Iowa.
The habeas corpus hearing for Terry Lee Simms an Anamosa reformatory inmate is postponed in federal court to July 19. Judge Henry N. Graven ordered the delay after Simms claimed he was convicted of rape without due process of law.
E D Jack retired after 44 years with Iowa Electric Light and Power. Fifty coworkers held a surprise dinner at the Izaak Walton club in Cedar Rapids, joined by sons and their families from Oelwein. Jack received a gift and plans to care for 50 acres near Marion.
Cedar Rapids police investigated a break in at the D M service station at 40 Sixteenth Avenue SW. An estimated $80 was taken from the cash register after a side door was left ajar, discovered by Carl Snider of Wichita Kansas.
Local notes report visits from friends and relatives in Marion and nearby Cedar Rapids, plus births, hospital returns, and residential auctions. Also listed are job ads, sales pitches, and advertisements for local merchants including Lemings Estate auction, Mac’s Maidrite, and Edisons.
LeRoy McHale 34 of Lawton Oklahoma escaped from Cerro Gordo county jail Thursday after sawing a bar and squeezing through a 14 inch square opening hidden with chewing gum. He and accomplice James Blankenship 32 were accused of a March 12 robbery of A L Lundquist at National Tea stores. Roadblocks were set in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota as authorities searched for the potentially dangerous suspect.
Leo Hoegh announced the final results of the voluntary slow down effort from May 27 to June 6. Sixteen drivers were charged with reckless driving for speeds of 70 mph or more on 18 foot pavement, twelve pled guilty, three cases are pending, one pled innocent, and 134 courtesy tickets were issued for speeds over 60 mph. Hoegh urged continuing the slowdown drive through Labor Day.
Lois Lenz, 20, of Cambridge Illinois, was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court for improper passing after an June 5 auto crash in Iowa City. Police Judge Roger Ivie suspended the fine and recommended a 60 day license suspension. The Cedar Rapids family injured included Mr and Mrs Gerald Hotchkiss and two sons treated at Mercy hospital. A third son was not injured. Lenz reportedly passed several cars and collided head on with the Hotchkiss car traveling in the opposite direction.
A terse inventory entry lists materials and packaging at 106 Pashery Cedar Rapids. Items include starch and refined starch products in paper bags, dextrine, sugar in bags, crude corn oil, and associated tank cars with quantities noted. The record reads like a logistical ledger fragment with product names and bag or tank references.
Arthur F. Corey of San Francisco warned 942 University of Iowa graduates that extremism threatens liberty. He called extremists primitive, urged protecting academic freedom, and criticized reformers who push conformity and loyalty oaths. He praised the enduring value of the nation’s founding principles and urged personal dedication to liberty.
No visitors are permitted at St Luke's hospital for patient Kopecky son of Lumir Kopecky 1827 First street SW. Square Dancing program at Ellis park Saturday 7 30 to 10 30 p m. picnic buns from Naxlena Pastry Shop. Two Cedar Rapids students initiated at Iowa State College Dick Walch and Eric Andersson. Francis W Franey honored 125 years service at Phillips dinner in Bartlesville. Francy Honored and Trene dance recitals at Coe Chapel. Frank Suchomel appointed to Iowa DAV committees. Two Cedar Rapids students named to Iowa Transit editorial staff Walt Huber and Dave Bulecheck.
Elmer Comstock, 49, operator of the Happy Corner tavern, died after a shooting spree by Illinois ex convict Thomas Dodd. Gloria Fox, 29, and Policeman Charles Hutchins, 28, remained hospitalized with injuries as Dodd faces murder charges and a bond set at 25000.
Safety Week officials report nearly 5,000 cars checked as the free 10 point safety program ends Saturday. Lanes run 11 am to 3 pm on Fourth Avenue, C Avenue, and Washington Avenue with warnings that mechanical defects can cause accidents if left unchecked.
Des Moines reports Earle S. Smith of Iowa’s gasoline tax division says Missouri officials talked of a wheelage tax on Iowa trucks in retaliation after Iowa halted hundreds of Missouri trucks at the border. Iowa agents collected 5 cents per gallon on gasoline above 20 gallons in each truck.
DES MOINES IAN Mitch ellville resident Vern Clark said he shot at a prowler during the incident Thursday night. A Bondurant doctor treated a 14 year old boy who had about 100 buckshot pellets in his back. the youth was questioned and taken to Lutheran hospital in Des Moines for further questioning.
Iowa teacher salaries show modest gains for 1955 56 but remain below the national average. The Iowa State Education Association survey covers 478 responses from superintendents with detailed figures for elementary junior and senior high grades, principals and superintendents across small town consolidated districts and larger cities. The executive secretary notes progress yet notes Iowa schools stay in a poor competitive position versus other states.
Six year old Billy Pilicer son of Mr and Mrs Martin H Pilicer of 2154 Chandler street SW suffered a cut heel injury from a tractor driven mower at Cleveland school during lunch hour. He received 17 stitches at Mercy hospital and was reported in good condition at home next day. School officials said he was playing in the yard when he stepped into the mower path operated by George E Floyd.
President R. O. Hughes of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen will join a Washington, D. C., conference next Wednesday. The gathering follows an advisory committee report on transportation policy and organization, with invitations from William T. Fariey of the Association of American Railroads to railroad system presidents and rail labor executives.
Municipal Judge James E. Patterson, also juvenile court judge, addressed about 25 people at a youth activities committee meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce discussing juvenile delinquency. Marvin Moody was elected permanent committee chairman with the next meeting set for June 23 to elect other officers.
William Augustine 30 of Elgin NL charged with assault with intent to murder in the May 30 shooting of Iowa City doctor Dr. John Greenleaf appeared in district court. Judge Harold Evans ordered him returned to the psychopathic hospital and set bond at 10000 dollars for the case in Iowa City.
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