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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1950
Page
4
Chicago notes salable livestock estimates with hogs 25 to 50 cents lower, cattle steady to 25 cents lower on cows, hogs topping around 18.50 for short loads. Calves and steers show mixed results with weights over 1100 pounds steady to weak, heifers scarce, sheep receipts 1500 with lambs firm to higher despite some weakness in other categories.
AP reports at Omaha receipts of about 1,000 calves and few other offerings with prices largely steady. Calves dominate the limited sale with steers and heifers scattered, stockers and feeders scarce, and bulls trading in small numbers.
Sioux City AP reports USDA cattle receipts 1 500 with calves 150, limited quota slaughter steers and heifers little changed. Prices ranged for yearling and dairy stock, with medium stock cattle across classes and canners to good cows trading around specified figures.
Receipts Friday estimated 50 000 with week-ago 66 000 and year-ago figures. Actuals Thursday 41 000. Unloads at two Minnesota packing plants and 12 plants in Iowa with some out-of-state shipping. Prices steady to 25 to 50 cents lower. Barrows and gilts various weight ranges with quoted prices from 13.00 to 17.35 per hundredweight across classes. Sows also listed with similar ranges. Moderately active to slow market tone.
Ottumwa market reports steer prices for hogs across weight classes from 160 to 500 pounds with bids ranging from 14.00 to 17.25 dollars per hundredweight and some garbled entries indicating other weights and prices.
Butchers list hog prices by weight range with varying quotes from 13.00 to 16.75 per 100 pounds. Quote shows a 25 cent overall trend decrease across ranges with large weights down to 14.75 and 15.25 in higher brackets.
Cedar Rapids quotations show a 25 cent drop on Friday with added premiums for good hogs at the plant. Good butchers and packers across weight ranges from 180 pounds to 600 pounds fetch varied prices, while steers cows yearlings and calves list multiple grades and figures.
In New York the market closed near its high after a slow advance. Gains reached about two dollars a share on light volume around 1.6 million shares. An uneven mix of issues failed to sustain broader participation.
Kansas City cattle receipts total 200 head with calves at 50 cents. Prices for cattle hold mostly steady amid light trading and quiet demand as buyers assess the supply.
Andrew Greshanowitz a 66 year old resident of Quincy Illinois was fined 100 dollars and costs and given a 60 day suspended sentence in district court for selling contraceptives. Judge Floyd Philbrick ordered him to leave town as a condition of the suspended sentence. Juvenile Captain Stanley Davis said the department had long pursued him for peddling near Cedar Rapids schools.
Mechanicsville resident Harry Dorcas Jr suffered a broken arm Thursday after slipping and falling against the tumbling rod of a corn elevator on his southwest farm. Monticello couple Mr and Mrs Herman Zimmerman plan a golden wedding anniversary November 20 at the Helgrens home with open house.
Grain market steadies as early gains spread through grains on Friday. Corn and oats rise with winter weather seen boosting farm feeding and potentially trimming cash grain shipments. Wheat and soybeans gain while rye retreats. December and November futures cited.
Chicago cash grain figures show corn prices for No 1 yellow at 1.62 per bushel and No 3 around 1.60, with varied quotes for No 4 and No 5 grades. Soybeans and cash wheat show limited or no activity in the report, with mention of sample grades and heavy white varieties.
New York reports steady to firm markets for cheese and eggs. Cheese prices show various grade levels with creamer and creamery levels noted. egg receipts tallied at 14,718 cases with wholesale per dozen prices for mixed colors and extra large sizes.
Live poultry receipts reach 30 trucks with market steady and unchanged prices. Cheese quotes show mixed grades with daisy and longhorn varieties around 34 to 37 cents. Eggs receipts at 830 with market steady. extras 52 to 53 cents per dozen, standard cartons 39 to 41 cents. US shipments total 544 indicating moderate supplies and fair demand. Idaho russets washed priced at 43.00 with size-based splits, Colorado and Minnesota listings noted.
In Des Moines the International Harvester building housing several state departments recorded 18 degrees above zero as workers braved the unheated space. Five stayed on the job in sweaters and hats while fourteen chose to stay home. A remodeling delay left no oil heating, with an oil tank promised for early next week. Five auto license staff nearby kept a small heater but wore overcoats and jackets indoors.
Two inactive Navy reservists from Cedar Rapids are recalled. Clarence C. Wagner, radioman, and Walter Jones, chief electronics technician, will undergo physical exams in Des Moines and then report to the Great Lakes station for active duty in December. Wagner lives in Marion and Jones in Cedar Rapids.
Radioman Leland J. Fix and Beverly Ann Sexton married Friday morning at a Dyersville Catholic church. Buddies from the Cedar Rapids navy reserve training center arranged the transfer papers to give more free time before he reports to Tongue Point in Astoria Oregon. The couple plans a motor trip to Oregon via California after a seven day extension to report for duty.
Two bellhops from the Roosevelt hotel were jailed on five counts of breaking and entering. Glenn Eiland alias James Gleason 22 and Ashley Hogan Jr alias Robert Gleason of Sebring Fla admitted thefts tied to breakins at Pay-Naker Lumber Quaid Lumber and Fleury Equipment. Police found loot in their Roosevelt garage trunk including tires oil and flashlights.
Oscar Hale, 82, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, admitted to Burlington hospital for observation and treatment. Hale has served on the state high court since 1938 and was reported in fairly good condition Friday.
Iowa assistant attorney general Don Hise and County Attorney William Crissman with aide David Elderkin prepared the state's brief for the Robert C. Rutledge Jr. second degree murder appeal. The filing deadline is January 1 with the defense to file by March 1. Rutledge, free on a 40000 bond, was sentenced to 70 years for the 1948 Cedar Rapids hotel killing of Byron Hartman.
Ruth Ann Soper by Claudean Soper sued Edward Nemecek Jr for injuries from a July 6 1949 car collision in an alley between Third and Fourth Avenues SW and First and Second Streets. Judge Floyd Philbrick trimmed her petition from $400 to $100 in damages.
Cedar Rapids resident Isabelle Davis filed a $25,000 damage suit against Fred Pelicek claiming injuries to her head face and a broken right leg when his car struck her at Sixth street and Eighth avenue SW on October 3. She alleges no negligence on her part and fault rests with the defendant. The petition seeks $25,000 for permanent injuries past and future pain and suffering and for loss of earning capacity.
The Traflo Filter Company, Inc. filed an account suit against Gladys and Paul Lord, which was dismissed on the plaintiff’s motion Friday.
An error in docketing caused a suit for separate maintenance by Stella M. Harbit against Frederick Harbit to be mislisted as a divorce petition in Thursday’s Gazette.
Coe college will dedicate Hickok hall Sunday November 19 at 4 p.m. in the main lecture room. Dr Charles T Hickok professor emeritus will be honored. Dr Howard Preston of Seattle and Prof John Henry will speak. Mrs Carl Kesler will respond for the Hickok family. President Cumings will preside. Public invited to the service and open house.
Shueyville Evangeli cal United Brethren church will host Rev. Galen Hershey this Sunday at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 9 30. The announcement appears in city briefs along with other local notices.
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company directors in Des Moines declared a 2.50 per share dividend on preferred stock payable December 1, 1950, to holders of record by November 20, 1950. The company has 914,526 shares outstanding and about 1,550 miles of its 10,000 total in Iowa. Board meetings were held in the Iowa area to mirror service regions.
Marion notes report Esther Barber of Marion elected grand conductress of the Iowa grand chapter Order of Eastern Star at the Des Moines convention closing session. The item names the event and location with no extraneous details.
Charles Baratta, 30, a Des Moines tavern operator, received a 10 year prison term after a denial of his motion for a new trial. Convicted of second degree murder for the April killing of Wilbur Sandin at Baratta's Last Chance tavern, Sandin died in a Des Moines hospital nine days later. Baratta claimed self defense and sought a new trial arguing the jury should have been limited to manslaughter.
Lake Heads Board Dr Anthony B Lake elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Marion Water Department at Thursday evening meeting in the mayor M H Biddicks office. Also noted are society dinner notices and local engagements across Cedar Rapids Robins and Marion with guests and travel plans.
Roger L. Landis Miles Sutera Richard Ware and Kenneth Harris attended the Eastern Star convention in Des Moines and returned Thursday.
The Iowa Democratic State Central Committee approved a $25 a plate dinner to raise funds and erase an $18,000 deficit from the campaign. The Dec. 16 event in Des Moines aims to showcase gains with Democrats winning 50 counties this year and planning 9 senators and 14 representatives next term.
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