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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 10, 1955

Page

3

Market Trends Show Mixed Livestock Receipts and Rates

Chicago reports Friday salable estock receipts of 1000 cattle 11000 hogs 500 sheep. Hog prices largely steady to 25 cents higher with dull close. several hundred Nos. 230-270 lbs weak to 25 cents lower. Cattle receipts 2000 calves 300. steers steady to 50 cents down heifers weak to 50 cents lower vealers steady. prime yearlings around steady. Sheep receipts 1500 lambs steady to weak. good to prime wooled lambs under 107 lbs 17.50-18.75. shorn lambs and yearlings absent.

Chicago Cedar Rapids Farkeys

Des Moines Market Receipts and Hog Prices Report

Receipts Thursday about 75,000, week 80,000, year ago actuals Wednesday 77,000. Prices mostly steady from Wednesday with some sections 10 cents higher. Top price 12.65. Hog barrows and gilts by weight band ranges given from 160 pounds to 550 pounds with varied bid prices. Sows listed by weight and price bands.

Des Moines INS

Stocks Again Score Gains

New York stocks extended gains on Thursday with fractional increases pushing major indexes higher as investors chased continued advance in the market.

New York Sns

Omaha cattle receipts show light supply and varied demand

Omaha reports cattle receipts at 2,000 with calves 600 and light supply. Feeder cattle mostly steady while cows make up about 40 percent of receipts and bulls weaken. Prices listed include yearling steers at 21.50 and fed steers 16.50 to 21.00, heifers 16.00 to 20.00, cows 8.25 to 10.50, canners 6.50 to 7.00, bulls 12.00 to 12.25, dealers 18.00, and two loads of stock heifers at 17.50.

Omaha INS

Sioux City Cattle Receipts Steady Demand on Steers

AP report from Sioux City notes 3,000 cattle receipts with light supply of feeders and heifers. Trade on choice steers under 1,150 lb and choice heifers fairly active and steady. Cows slow. early sales steady. Bulls and feeders steadier. Prices posted: choice steers 20.25 to 21.25, choice heifers 18.60 to 20.00, util cows 7.60 to 9.60, bulls 12.50, stock steers 16.00 to 18.25.

Sioux City UBDA

Corn Market Wavers on Buyers Exit and Weather Outlook

In Chicago, light moisture forecasts in the dry winter wheat belt spurred selling in bread grains while short-covering buoyed prices slightly. Large buyers pulled out of cash markets, leaving corn in soft spirits as futures closed mixed: wheat down to up, corn down about 1 percent, oats mixed, rye varied, soybeans down sharply, and lard mixed.

Fr Dup Gon Pany Audrina Admiral T & T Carrier Corp Alcor Libbey Owens Slig Greitis Myers Monsanto Tobacco Lockheed Loews, Inc McKesson Armco Steel Marshall Fld Armour A Martin G L At'n T &S Maytag Co Atla'c Refining Merr Ch Avcopis Moline Baldwin Lima I Mont Ward Balto Otorola Bendix Av Dstiis Briggs Mig Bucyrus-Erie Bud Co Roughs Corp Central Canada Dry Nor Pac RR Nor Am J. I Paramount P Park Davis Cerro de Pasco Penna R Ches Ohio Penney JC Chgo, Corp Ct. Wes Philco Chego N.W Phillips Pet_ Chrysler Corp Coca Cola Ander Gamble Colum Carbon Cole Colo Padio Col Gasactures Schamae Edison Exall Henley Ieneers Roebuck Crane Co Incrucible Steel EU Oil Co Curtiss Simmons Co Deere and Co. Say Sinclair Oil Douglas Air Socony Mob Dow Em Sou Pac Co du Pont Railway Fastern AL Eastman Eaton Mfg Kdk Stand Calif Eric R.R. Eng Stan Oil Ind Fairchild Stand Oil NJ Firestone Stuerecare Gair, Robteery Gen Baking Tex Textron Am'n Gen Tidewater Gen Electric Timken B. En Gen Motors Mon Arbide Gillette Co Inionic Gudden Co Goodrich BF Oebel Brew Goodyear Tire Graham Paigenaus Nor Ry Pr Steel Greyhound Walworth Houd Hershey Warner Bros Houston West Penn Homestake West Unio Howe Sound West AB Hupp. Corp West'ghouse el Ind Rayon Wwte Mtrs Ils Cent RR Wilson & Co FW Inland Steentlaa Woolw Nickel Youngstown Zenit Radio Midwest Dumont Lab Barium Steel Dynamics Chicago

Chicago market notes show mixed grain prices

CHICAGO AP market report lists wheat and corn prices with bid ranges for No 3 yellow and No 4 yellow, oats unavailable, oats not offered, and soybean meal around 48.50. Barley malting sold around 1.30 to 1.41 and feed barley about .85 to .9 cents. Oil futures quoted at 1054? 4 percent.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Report Hints Steady Poultry Prices

In Chicago dispatch live poultry mostly steady to weak with fowl uncertain. Hens over 5 lbs quoted at 20c, under 5 lbs at 24c. Eggs receipts 7,801 cases steady with white and mixed large extras at 46c per dozen, mediums 38 1/2c, standards 4 1/2c. Potatoes arriving 43, on track 206, U S shipments 675.

Chicago U. S

New York Produce Prices Steady for Butter and Eggs

New York AP USDA report shows butter steady with receipts 221,594 and prices unchanged. Eggs firm on mediums and smalls with about steady large, mixed colors. extras 48-50 lb 47-49c, extras large 45-48 lb 45-47c, extras medium 39-39.5c, smalls 33.9-34c, standards 0.45, dirties 32-33c.

New York USDA

Borden Company Honors 25 Year Men at Dinner

The Borden Company celebrated four ice cream division employees for 25 years of service at the tenth annual Quarter Century Club meeting held in Montrose hotel Crystal room. New members Lyle J. Duffy Marshalltown J J Jacobs 1835 Third Avenue SE Wm J Malek 1030 Twenty fifth Street NE and J W Whelan 1960 Second Avenue SE received certificates and diamond pins from Iowa milk and ice cream division head J Axel Johnson as the group’s membership reached 32. The dinner drew members and wives plus local executives with attendees from Monticello Iowa City Decorah Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa Estherville Webster City Rock Island and Chicago district representative Milburn McClelland. A program followed with master of ceremonies Jack Voorhies and performances by the Mello D Men Nathan Nassif The Great Jonathan and Marimba Merriment by Jeri Ware.

Borden Company Quarter Century Club Crystal Room Montrose Hotel Lyle J. Duffy Marshalltown J. J. Jacobs Third Avenue SE Wm. J. Malek Twenty-fifth Street J. W. Whelan Second Avenue SE J. Axel Johnson Iowa Milk and Ice Cream Jack Voorhies Jonathan Nathan Nassif Jeri Ware

Fruehauf Announces 100 Percent Stock Dividend

DETROIT Fruehauf Trailer Company directors declared a 100 percent stock dividend payable Jan 31 1956 to holders of record January 13 1956. They also approved a regular quarterly dividend of 35 cents a share on common stock, payable March 1 1956 to holders of record February 13 1956, down from 50 cents prior to the split.

Detroit

Wherton Springville Man Fined for Vision Restriction Violation

Henry Graham, 92, of Springville, was fined $5 in M. H. Biddick's justice court for violating a driver's license restriction by driving without glasses. Three counts. witnesses said he wore no glasses while operating the vehicle. Frank Sinbery of Bovey, Minn., also fined after refusing to have his car and house trailer weighed. He was charged in Marion with three counts totaling $45 plus costs. Gerald Wayne Minor of Marion and William C. Cones of Cedar Rapids were each fined $100 for hunting rabbits at night. Additional fines included Grover Stroud for prohibited passing, Clifford Parmenter for an inadequate muffler, William Lee Rose for stop sign violation, Carl Adrian Ealy for prohibited passing, Robert LaVern Loss for improper passing, William R. Paul for defective muffler, and Orville George Webb and Ernest C. Knudsen for following too closely.

Henry Graham Springville M. H. Biddick Graham Frank Sinbery Bovey Minn Biddick Sinbery Marion Gerald Wayne Minor William C. Cones Cedar Rapids Grover C. Stroud Anamosa Clifford Parmenter Central City William Lee Rose Carl Adrian Ealy Robert LaVern William R. Paul Orville George Webb Ernest C. Knudsen Des Moines

Iowa Officials to Panel on Law Enforcement in Cedar Rapids

Atty. General Dayton Countryman and Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer will join a Cedar Rapids law enforcement panel during state associations conventions. Other participants include Nebergall, Herrick, Glassgow, Graham, Lucas, Welsh, and moderator Willett. Countryman pushes county peace officer groups statewide, aiming for 99 counties by December.

Iowa Daily Press Des Moines State Sheriff's Association Iowa Association of County Attorneys Countryman and Moyer R. W. Nebergall Bureau of Criminal Investigation David Herrick Iowa Highway Patrol Willis Glassgow Cedar Rapids Leonard Graham Ida Grove Harry Lucas Bedford William Welsh Montezuma Walter Willett Tama Department of Public Safety Countryman Moyer Iowa State Attorney General FBI Herrick and Nebergall

Permits for Seven New Marion Homes Issued by City Clerk

City Clerk Kenneth T. Brown reports permits issued for seven new Marion dwellings with estimated costs from 6 500 to 12 000. Builders include Don Earl Homebuilders at 1175 Twenty-ninth street and 1105 Twenty-ninth street, B A Westbrook at 1445 Twenty-sixth street, J R Howe at 103 and 105 Twenty-first street, Hugh Churchill at 479 Tenth street, and Francis Hinds at 1164 Twenty-ninth street with related garages and remodels listed for other properties.

Marion Kenneth T. Brown Don Earl Twenty-ninthstreet Twenty-ninth Street B. A. Westbrook Twenty-sixth Street J. R. Howe Twenty-first Street Hugh Churchill Tenth Street Francis Hinds Owen Brislawn South Eleventh Street R. J. Gallagher Maplecrest Carport Gladys Freese Blair’s Ferry Road C. H. Rollins Eighteenth Street Ole’s Ham and Egger Eleventh Street Marie Anderson English Boulevard Ethel Kirkpatrick Seventh Street N. F. Sorg Eighth Avenue Ronald van Note Twenty-eighth Street Edward Lala Sixth Street le Roy Ninth Street

Rapids Machinery Plans Expansion Purchase of Harris Residence

Vance J. Coleman of Rapids Machinery announces expansion plans after the firm purchases the Rudolph H. Harris residence at 1137 Ninth Avenue. The sale was handled by Thomas E. McGowan Real Estate.

Vance J. Coleman The Rapids Machinery Company Rudolph H. Harris Ninth Avenue Thomas E. McGowan

Rose couple hosts 58th wedding anniversary dinner

Mr and Mrs Paul E Rose entertained Wednesday at the Embassy club for the fifty eighth wedding anniversary of Mrs Rose's parents Mr and Mrs S O Stamy of Robins. Fourteen covers were set with light red tapers and the hosts housed the evening at their Rose home.

Paul E. Rose Embassy Club

Costume jewelry sale earnings at Nordman Jewelry

Report notes earnings from a costume jewelry sale at F. T. I. Nordman Jewelry. Details are limited, highlighting proceeds and business activity without further specifics.

F. T. I. Nordman Jewelry

Lifetime Pass In Recognition of Beeson Fifty Years

Lifetime pass in recognition of his fifty years service with the Milwaukee railroad will be presented to Jack A Beeson train conductor by President John P Kiley of Chicago. The ceremony marks his long career and dedication with the railroad company.

Milwaukee Railroad Jack A. Beeson John P. Kiley Chicago

Beeson Couple Granted Milwaukee Road Lifetime Travel Pass

A lifetime travel pass on all Milwaukee Road trains is issued in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Beeson of Marion. The document confirms their entitlement to unrestricted travel on the railway network for life.

Milwaukee Road

Correction on Marion Ward One results in Gazette

The Gazette corrects vote counts for Marion First ward council race. Connie B Peal on the Progressive ticket received 56 votes. Raymond Eckhart on the Citizens ticket was elected with 151 votes.

Marion Connie B. Peal Progressive Peal Raymond Eckhart Citizen’s

Birthday Party Honors Donald Akerly at Francis Akerly Home

Lyle Touro hosted a Wednesday birthday gathering at the Francis Akerly residence celebrating Donald Akerly turning thirteen. Guests included Eugene Faust, Leon Lacock, Jerry Noah, and Steve Miller. Mrs. Akerly assisted with refreshments.

Lyle Touro Francis Akerly Donald Akerly Eugene Faust Leon Lacock Jerry Noah Steve Miller Akerly Touro

Fresh Pangburn Candy Sale At Sorg Drug 79 Cents

Fresh millionaires, your favorite Pangburn candy is offered at 79 cents at Sorg Drug.

Local man returns from Cedar Rapids hospital home

Walter Schlotterback of 403 Ninth Avenue is home after treatment for a fractured right hip at a Cedar Rapids hospital. In local retail news Burd Hardware announces a GE TV set available for 99.95 dollars as a bargain.

Walter Schlotterback Ninth Avenue Cedar Rapids

Martelle Woman Attends Funeral for Maxine Corne

Mrs. A. A. Lyon attended funeral services Wednesday for Maxine Corne in Martelle. Corne was a past chief of the Pythian Sisters at Martelle.

A. A. Lyon Maxine Corne Martelle Corne Pythian Sisters

Veterans Day Display Ad in Pfeffer's Jewelry Window

Notice urges readers to view a Veterans Day display featured in Pfeffer's Jewelry Store window. The advertisement emphasizes the exhibition as a community tribute and invites public attention to the window display.

Veterans Day Window Display at Peiffer Jewelry

Marion Post 298 arranged a Veterans Day display in the Peiffer jewelry store window. The display honors military service and features apparel insignia and commemorative items. Community members are invited to view the exhibit through the weekend.

Marion Post 298 Peiffer Jewelry

Walter Schlotterback Thanks Friends For Cards And Car

Walter Schlotterback extends thanks to friends for cards and a car received, noting appreciation for the generosity and support from the community in his note.

Walter Schlotterback Adv

Mayor's Court Traffic Violations Heard This Week

In Mayor L A Frainkein’s court this week traffic violations were heard. Local officials reported multiple cases involving speeding reckless driving and improper signals with defendants summoned for hearing and penalties issued as required by city ordinance.

L. A. Frankein

Burkett and Holmes Fined for Driving Violations

Herman John Burkett of Monticello cited for failure to keep car under control and fined 25 dollars. H L Holmes of Marion charged with illegal parking and fined 25 dollars.

Herman John Burkett Monticello H. L. Holmes Marion

Birthday Dinner for Mimi Gordon at Sixth Avenue Home

Mrs Edith Gordon of 785 Sixth avenue hosted a Monday evening dinner in honor of her daughter Mimi Gordon birthday. Eight guests attended with formal covers.

Edith Gordon Sixth Avenue Mimi Gordon

Mrs Beavers Recuperating At Home After Foot Surgery

Mrs E Beavers who is convalescing at her home 786 Eigth avenue after surgery on her right foot has been ill with influenza. Her condition is improved.

E. Beavers Eigth Avenue

Visit With Brandts Annes Gruebel in St Louis

Visits Brandts Annie Gruebel of St Louis is visiting her son in law and daughter the Rev Mr and Mrs E L Brandt.

Brandts Annie Gruebel St. Louis E. L. Brandt

Davenport Host Visits Dr. Robert A. Hender Family

Mrs. A. B. Hender of Davenport is the guest of her son Dr. Robert A. Hender and his family, spending time with relatives.

Guest of Henders A. B. Hender Davenport Robert A. Hender

Stitzels Visit Dixon to See Ill Mother in Hospital

Dr and Mrs Harry G Stitzel visited Dixon Illinois on Wednesday to see Dr Stitzel s mother Mrs G B Stitzel who has been ill in a hospital there for several months.

Harry G. Stitzel Dixon Il Dr. Stitzel G. B. Stitzel

Mrs Simmerson Patient at St Luke's Hospital

Mrs Samuel Simmerson of 1160 Thirteenth Street is listed as a patient at St Luke's hospital.

Samuel Simmerson Thirteenth Street St. Luke’s Hospital

Newhall Woman Mrs Albert J Boddicker Dies at 66

Mrs Albert J Boddicker 66 of Newhall died suddenly Wednesday night. Funeral services set for Saturday at 9 30 a m in St Pauls church. Born in Germany she came to the United States in 1923 and married January 20 1924. Survivors include her husband and four daughters Bernice and Lois of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Don-

A. J. Boddicker Newhall Albert J Wilhelmina) Boddicker St. Paul’s Church Keystone Funeral Home Germany Boddicker United States Altar and Rosary Society Bernice Lois Cedar Rapids Don

Classified adverts scattered across Linwood area offer services

Collection of old style classified lines includes used books buyback values, rug cleaning, furniture removal, remodeling and painting services, upholstery, cement, plumbing and landscaping, tool rentals, hospitality acts and personal care posts. It lists ads for tax, rental, and business services with contact numbers and locations around Cedar Rapids area.

Family details for Campbell Seber circle listed

Ald Campbell of Norway and Mrs. Robert Seber of Iowa City, and a son John of Long Beach California, are named along with nine grandchildren and a sister in Germany in the family notice.

Ald Campbell Norway Robert Seber Iowa City John Long Beach Calif Germany

Iowa Farmer Dies After Truck Hits Bridge

LeClaire AP Russell J. Auliff 46 a retired Princeton farmer was found dead late Wednesday after his loaded pickup crashed into a highway 67 bridge abutment just north of LeClaire pinning him in the cab. Coroner Kenneth Froeschle said autopsy showed a crushed chest and internal injuries and was to determine if a heart attack contributed.

Leclaire Russell J. Auliff Princeton Here Kenneth Froeschle Auliff

Daman Motor Sales Inc Incorporation Notice

Notice declares the Iowa corporation Daman Motor Sales Inc organized with Cedar Rapids as its principal office. Certificate No 9772 grants 20 year authority from Oct 13 1955 to Oct 13 1975 to operate motor vehicles garages parking lots and sale of vehicles and to own property and shares. Directors named C J Daman James Daman William I Daman James W Crawford, officers listed with positions and Cedar Rapids addresses. Shares, liens, pre emptive rights, corporate seal and annual meetings described.

Daman Motor Sales, Inc State of Iowa Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa State of Board of Directors Executive Council of C. J. Daman James Daman William I. Daman James W Crawford Daman Cedar Owa Aman Motor Sales, Inc Franken, Keyes, Crawford & Bradley

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