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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1952
Page
2
Financial and market news precedes church schedules. St Pauls Lutheran lists service at 10 with Sunday school at 9, communion, and circuit meet at Atkins. Prairie Chapel and Seventh Day Church of God show varied worship times, youth groups, and sabbath school details.
Chicago livestock desks report Monday unofficial estimates show hogs at 11 000 head and cattle at 20 000 with sheep 3 500. Hog prices slipped for the fifth straight week while many cattle were carried over for Monday and slaughter lambs fell in demand.
Market notes from Chicago show bulk cattle at 17.70 per hundredweight with heavy steer listings near 17.65 and light stock around 17.60. Sheep and hogs posted steady to firm quotes with sows around 24.00 and yearlings near 21.00. ewes and dogs listed at mixed but stable levels.
Cattle classes show larger supply and cautious buyer activity in Omaha. High choice and fed steers under 1,150 pounds fall 5 to 25 cents. other grades down 25 to 50 cents. Cows ease 50 cents to $1. stocker and feeder segments steady to up 50 cents. Prime fed steers around 1,260 pounds cited at lower figures. various calves and yearlings listed with mixed gains and declines.
Sioux City cattle market receipts 1,500 head, slow and weak bidding. Calves and western cattle held for Monday sales, with bulk offerings unchanged. Auction could see delayed demand as stockers await feed and market cues.
Des Moines market report shows Saturday receipts around 42 000 with an estimated 38 500 the previous week and actual Friday at 46 000. Prices for butchers steady to 10 cents higher, hogs show top values near 15 to 17 dollars per hundredweight for various weight ranges. sows and boars listed with bids from about 12 to 16 dollars depending on weight.
The Ottumwa hog market reports rising prices with top quotes near 17.00 for butchers and extensive pricing across weight classes from under 200 pounds to over 550 pounds. Sows and heavier categories feature quotes mostly around 14 to 16 dollars per hundredweight with limited lighter ranges.
Cedar Rapids hog market held steady with higher prices for hogs delivered to the Cedar Rapids plant. Cow and steer categories show varied quotes. calf market notes and a separate sheep market detail animal classes and prices. Local notices include births, events, and visits from area residents.
More than 2,000 persons attended Marion's second annual Halloween frolic, parade, and entertainment Friday. The event, sponsored by the Modern Woodmen of America and Farmers Elevator Company with Marion merchants, featured Earl Booze as chairman Del Adkins as master of ceremonies and music by Nancy Gary and Linda Siders. Prizes awarded for costumes and dog ribbons, a witch wagon served refreshments. The American Legion hosts a Halloween masquerade dance Saturday night from 9 to 12 at the Legion hall with post-dance refreshments.
J L Vavra now serves as Milwaukee railway roadmaster for the Iowa division and has moved from Tama to Marion. The Vavra family home is at 1073 Sixth street. Mrs. Warren R. Johnson residing at 1649 Eighth avenue has returned home from a Cedar Rapids hospital.
A roundup of area church services including Marion Churches Baptist led by Rev. Charles Moore with Bible school at 9 45 and services at 10 45 communion and youth group 6 30 Evening worship 7 30 choir practice midweek. Catholic St Josephs Mass times 6 8 and 10 a m. Christian Cedar Rapids guests for Chi Rho and Y F events with sermons and choir practices listed. Free Methodist Rev Knepper Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 11 Evangelistic service 7 30. Methodist Rev Gable Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 11 Youth Fellowship 6 30. Missionary Baptist 1395 Fifth Avenue Bible study Thursday 7 30. Presbyterian Rev De Jong church school details continue.
In Creston AP Loveless the Democratic gubernatorial nominee accuses Republican bosses of coercing state employees with threats of dismissal after election day. He cites a state school employee punished for talking with him and says the Beardsley administration pressures workers to vote Republican.
A 1947 Buick owned by Rev. S. J. Caulder was badly damaged when a fire broke out in the Caulder four stall garage at 115 Eighth Avenue SW. Firefighters from Companies No 2 No 5 and Aerial No 2 extinguished the blaze. The paint wiring and interior were burned. Firemen suspect the fire started from a nearby trash burner.
Betty Potter of 2235 Mt Vernon Rd SE was arraigned before Justice Charles Benesh on an embezzlement charge. Hearing continued to Wednesday at 2 p.m. Bond set at $100. Potter is accused of taking household items from an apartment she formerly lived in at 725 Fifth Avenue SE.
Notices announce probate of wills and appointments of executors and executrix in Linn County Iowa. Hearings set for November 8 1952 at 9 o clock am for Ashley M Blett will and testament. Thomas Woolley named executor. Rae M Pratt will probate hearing set. creditors warned to file claims with Linn County Clerk. attorneys Crissman Bleakley Schimb er g Donnelly Lynch etc listed.
Leslie Peyton of Mt. Vernon suffered a severely cut lower lip when his car ran off highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids and struck a utility pole. He was treated at St. Luke's hospital after telling the sheriff he was blinded by oncoming lights and lost control.
Cedar Rapids had a safe Halloween with four false alarms to firemen and minimal trouble. Fewer than a dozen reports included a paint-splashed house and eggs thrown at bars. One minor injury involved a youth slashing Walter Homsey’s thumb with a pocket knife.
DES MOINES AP state oleomargarine tax receipts in October totaled 41732, down about 19000 from September. The five cent per pound tax, paid by distributors, varied with butter prices and stamp orders sometimes covering more than one month.
The undersigned appointed and qualified as executor for the estate of Carrie Enight, awaiting immediate payment to the Fillott, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll firm. Public notice dated October 1, 1952, records state the county as Iowa with the mutual network reference in the record.
Radio host Mach Zolotow will join KCRG-KCRK tonight at 7 PM for Twenty Questions. Zolotow is the Times Square chronicler and author of It Takes All Kinds and The Great Balsamo among others. The program airs as a popular off air guessing game with wide audience involvement. MGM Theater of the Air features The Stranger's Return at 7 30 PM and The Cat and the Fiddle at 9 PM on the Chicago Theater of the Air on KCRG-KCRK.
Dr. Alton Linford of the University of Chicago urged Iowa to discard laws making relatives liable for supporting the needy. He argued such rules strain family ties and cited studies showing relatives with recipients bear the burden. Linford proposed expanding social insurance and simplifying welfare classifications.
Dean Hoover a 24 year old farmer near Troy Mills was hospitalized in Cedar Rapids after a corn picker accident. His left hand was entangled in the machinery resulting in the loss of a thumb and index finger.
Reinbeck police report James Dinsdale 19 of near Dinsdale was shot by a night watchman during Halloween celebration. The constable said Dinsdale and a companion Bern attempted to stop a truck. when they did not stop the watchman fired, injuring Dinsdale.
SEATTLE AP Eight men from The Gazette area are aboard the Gen. M. M. Patrick and the Gen. R. L. Howze due here Saturday with 3 790 veterans of Korea. They are Marvin B. Boysen, Dwain F. Meyer, Clarence McGowan, Robert J. McGowan, J Seemuth and Kenneth R. O Malley Iowa City Pfc Vincent F. Simon Riverside.
Fragmentary notes show references to appointments in the Town and District offices, naming Tomesek and Vogel and mentioning Evans and Linnterdl in roles related to executive duties. The text hints at qualifications and future actions but lacks complete context.
Court documents state Ysa County Iowa appoints Stanley Co score estate executor. An order dated October 1952 names ANLEY C. MOORE JR as executor with Holmes & Holmes Attorneys listed.
A fragmented note indicates a five dollar rate being observed at an event. Details and entities are unclear, but the mention points to a pricing change or charge. Further context is not readable.
Listing shows 1458 kilocycles AM program blocks from 6:00 PM to 11:15 PM on Saturday night including Top Tunes News Stork Club Beat Clock Theater and Lord Prayer segments with varied times and durations. The schedule references 48 Sun School and 3 Lord Prayer and 2 pare 3.
Two fire trucks responding to a grass fire collided in downtown Sioux City during the late afternoon rush hour. Fireman Valois Linden was killed and eight people, seven of them firemen, were injured, some critically. The crash damaged a bank building and a traffic signal, as gasoline spilled at the intersection.
In a schoolwide mock election at Springville High, Eisenhower led in the senior class with 97 Republican ballots to 28 for Stevenson while Beardsley had 81 to 38 for Loveless for governor. Junior high tallies favored Eisenhower 41 to 14.
Wayne S. Strohl 25 of Council Bluffs died in a hospital Friday night from injuries suffered in a two-truck crash near here on highway 275 Monday.
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