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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1955
Page
2
Market notes show USDA estimates for Wednesday salable receipts at 14 000 cattle 14 000 hogs 1 500 sheep. Butcher hogs steady to 25 cents lower with sows down. steers and heifers steady. Cattle and sheep receipts and prices listed, with prime yearling steers and heifers varied.
Des Moines cattle and hog market notes show Tuesday receipts around 85 000 head for the week about 75 000 year over year and Monday actuals near 115 000. Prices hold steady to 25 cents lower than Monday with top at 12.75 per hundredweight. Hog classes listed with weight ranges and bid/ask quotes across barrows gilts sows and various weight brackets.
Omaha stock market report shows receipts at 9,000 cattle and 450 calves. Fed steers and heifers sold slow to steady with declines of 50 cents to 1.00, cows and bulls weaker about 25 cents, stockers and feeders steady to weak. Prices listed include prime fed steers around 1150 pounds at 22.00, choice under 1150 pounds 18.75 to 21.25, prime 1300 to 1350 pounds 20.50 to 21.00, over 1400 pounds 17.50 to 18.50, and various cow and calf values.
Hog prices at Cedar Rapids plant dropped 10 to 25 cents with detailed bids across weight classes from 180 to 600 pounds. PackER and butcher categories show declines while calf and sheep values vary, and grain and egg quotes also listed alongside.
Sessions of the Iowa Association of Secretaries gather Tuesday and Wednesday at Camp Wapsie with about 60 YMCA secretaries registered. Speakers include B P Fau bion of the YMCA National Council Otto Ambroz Cedar Rapids advertiser and Lee Winterberg of Cedar Rapids president of the North Central Area YMCAs. Harley Van Akkeren of the Cedar Rapids YMCA serves as association president.
New York and American Stock Exchanges were closed Tuesday in observance of election day, with no trading activity conducted on the financial markets as voters exercised their rights.
The Cedar Rapids note lists VFW post 788 advisory board meeting at 8 p.m. Friday, local suppers, church events, a dental meeting in Chicago, barber shop hours, a Cedar Rapids coin club, a Naval Reserve enlistment, and multiple political advertisements including Jim Meaghan for mayor. Also mentions new phone books and medical society talk at Montrose hotel.
In Mexico City the injured pilot and co pilot of a Saturday crash were under arrest Tuesday as investigators consider engine maintenance faults as the likely cause. The crash killed Communications Minister Lazo and six others.
London dispatch reports a rhesus monkey escaped its cage on Monday and released 27 white mice seven parakeets two canaries and seven finches, prompting a city-wide animal wrangle and cleanup by handlers.
CHICAGO AP Grains turned weak Tuesday with major losses in soybeans as bean meal and oil softness weighed on the board. Wheat, corn, oats and rye fell with December and November contracts posting lower closes led by soybeans.
Chicago market update shows Wheat and Corn bids with various No. 3 yellow and No. 4 grades at specific prices. Oats prices for No. 1 heavy white and heavier weevily grades listed. Soybeans and soybean meal quoted. barley nominal at making choice price.
Sioux City reports cattle receipts of 4 500 with calves at 250. Few sales of choice and prime steers under 1 200 pounds, heifers steady. Choice steers under 1 150 pounds priced at 20.50 to 21.50 dollars. Start load prime at 22.00 dollars. Choice heifers range from 18.50 to 20.25 dollars.
AP dispatch outlines unsettled live poultry with 20 trucks, various hen weights, cheese prices for daisies longhorns and Swiss Grade A to C, butter receipts and scores, egg receipts with price tiers,Potatoes arrivals and track sales with regional russets and washed/waxed varieties. Market conditions described as steady to unsettled with moderate supplies.
USDA Butter steady with receipts 617,805. Eggs mixed but about steady with receipts 13,860. Extras 48-50 lb 47-49 cents, extras large 45-48 lb 45-47 cents. Medium 36-42-39 cents, smalls 29-30 cents, standards large 42-43, dirties 31-32, checks 32 cents.
Iowa auditors report irregularities among Polk county mayors and justices of the peace in 1954. Eight of 13 mayors failed to file reports on fines. eight JPs did not turn over 30 day fines. Four JPs did not file. Lee E Howard indicted for failure to report and not paying 1954 fines. Howard free on $1,000 bond awaiting trial.
Paris AP Barbara Hutton aged 42 slipped to Versailles suburbs Tuesday and married her sixth husband Baron Gottfried von Cramm 46, the former German tennis star, in a private ceremony.
The Marion city council passed an ordinance establishing new traffic regulations. It lists stop intersections mainly at Fifth to Tenth streets and avenues, declares one hour, fifteen minute, two hour, and no parking zones across multiple blocks, with many streets and sides specified for each restriction.
Howard Dickey son of the Beryl Dickeys 1408 Tenth Street Marion will be awarded the Eagle Scout rank at a Marion Methodist church court of honor Wednesday evening Other Scouts receiving ranks include Star to Charles Carney David Edmunds John Lange Anaris Raits first class to Gary Clark and Michael McCann One year service stars to John Lange and Michael McCann Merit badges listed for multiple scouts Potluck supper precedes the ceremony at 6 30 p.m.
Willman Company receives extension to November 20 to finish paving on East Tenth Avenue. City officials warn that if unfinished, the city will pave and deduct costs from Willman’s contract. Council also handles refunds, property improvements, licenses, and hearing dates for street work.
Mr and Mrs Archie D Conklin drove to Goodell on Saturday and were joined by Mr and Mrs Charles Conklin for a family visit at the Conklin home.
Marion city council heard Marvin Hart of Century Cab Company request permission to unload passengers at the depot after Union Pacific stream liner service moved to the Milwaukee line. Officials advised Hart to meet with Marion taxi firms and report back November 17 on possible arrangements. Four cab stands exist at the Marion depot.
A total of 204 votes were cast in Marion by 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in a light turnout. Two mayor and council seats are contested across four wards with votes by ward: 35 in First, 87 in Second, 22 in Third, 60 in Fourth. Polls close at 8 p.m.
Mrs Del Crowley and Mrs Cecil Anderson hosted a Monday evening miscellaneous shower at the E V cafe for Kay Melichar of Cedar Rapids. The honoree will wed Kenneth Crowley on November 19 at St Joseph's church Marion. Twenty four guests attended.
Mrs Lee Voorhies entertained Monday afternoon with a dessert luncheon for Mrs Richard Dice of New Haven Conn and her son Kirk. Covers were set for eight at 1396 Seventh avenue. Mrs Dice is visiting her husband's parents Mr and Mrs Arling J Dice of Cedar Rapids and his brother Lee Dice and Mrs Dice of Marion.
A drain pipe at the Marion water department reserve tank across from the post office pulled apart this week. Water flowed down the street until Robert Hess, superintendent, could oversee the required repairs.
Hubert Hatcher of Way side farms route 3 Marion was treated at St Luke s hospital after a bull stepped on his left foot on Monday. A cast was placed on his leg.
Mr and Mrs Earl V High of Marion have purchased an 88 acre farm five miles north of Marion from Henry Gerdes. They will take possession November 15. Robert F Smith of the Thomas E McGowan real estate firm handled the sale.
American Legion post and Marion Chamber of Commerce ask local merchants to shut doors for one hour Friday from 10 45 to 11 45 a m in observance of Veterans Day.
Sunday guests at the Frank Foughty home were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilda of Anamosa.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin McBride and their children Jeanette and Ivan join Mrs. George McBride at funeral services held on Monday.
A homecoming note lists Irvin E. Wyman son of Mr and Mrs Irvin J Wyman on a 17 day furlough from Ellsworth air base South Dakota and mentions George Clearman who resided near Oxford Iowa City days.
Visit Reicherts Mrs Emil Iverson of Chicago and her son Emil Jr are guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Verto Reichert in Chicago.
An all day Fry pan demonstration runs Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th with free coffee. An ad lists a lost Stetson hat near Presbyterian, phone 3721. Mrs. Lorna Kusler returned from visits to Lakeview and Sioux Falls South Dakota. Sorg Drug is recalled for prescription service. Donald De Vault, 2601 Third Avenue, is a patient at St Luke's Hospital.
Audubon Iowa group of 94 farmers businessmen and railroad officials concluded their Operation T-Bone excursion by selling 1150 head of graded choice and prime beef at Union Stock Yards Chicago a top price of 22 per hundred pounds for steers amid near record supplies that pressured prices lower.
The United Nations General Assembly after nine ballots failed to settle the Security Council seat deadlock between the Philippines and Yugoslavia and postponed further voting for two weeks. A record 21 ballots have been held since October 14. Philippines 30 votes to Yugoslavia 27. two-thirds needed 38. Yugoslavia briefly led as Britain and Russia backed it before the Filipinos regained the edge.
Cedar Rapids board of education reviewed two reports on bus transportation for public school pupils. Mrs Krejci's unit urges sticking to state rules for distance, carrying only elementary pupils two miles away and high school pupils three miles away. Mrs McKay's group favors bus service for closer elementary students with a $10 semester fee and criticized some committee procedures. A final decision by November 21 seems unlikely, but a discussion is planned.
Reginald B. Figge of Cedar Rapids and Neil MacNeil of New York City were named to the board of trustees of the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation, Inc. at Iowa City. MacNeil joined the executive committee. the name was changed to Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation, Inc. and the group toured the Hoover birthplace at West Branch. Bill Anderson, president of the Birthplace Society, gave a progress report.
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met October 18 1955 with Sutera and Wiley present. Minutes from Oct 10 and 11 were approved. A tax compromise for Lee's Standard Station 150 was authorized. Petitions for a secondary road assessment district and widening were filed. Various reports and claims were approved and the board adjourned to Oct 25, 1955.
Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman became a father for the fourth time as a daughter nine pounds was born Tuesday morning at Story County Hospital to Mrs Countryman. The couple already has two daughters aged 13 and 10 and a 6 year old son.
The copied ad page lists Gazette want ad rates for 1 Day 3 Day and 7 Day insertions, with pricing per line and word counts. It also includes a mix of Lost and Found notices, business ads, service offerings, and small classified entries for items such as monuments, rental cars, cleaning services, and personal notices. Notable items show lost dogs, wallets, coats, a payment policy urging advance pay, and several resident service ads.
Social dance event at Mayou Ballroom located at 12th Ave SE featuring Roberts and His WMT Rangers. Reservations requested by calling provided number. Event dates include Thursday and Saturday with dancing sessions and likely admission details.
Keokuk county Democrats invited Senator B. B. Hickenlooper to a rally at Sigourney Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday to hear R. M. Evans discuss the farm price situation. Hickenlooper said he cannot attend due to prior commitments and was not invited to speak.
The Iowa Industrial Traffic league met in Des Moines Monday and voted not to oppose a proposed hike in the minimum motor carrier freight rate. The proposal raises the minimum charge per shipment from 2 to 2.50 dollars, with representatives of Iowa motor carrier companies and the MiddleWest Motor Freight bureau present. Harold Ewoldt, league president, stated the group would not oppose the increase.
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