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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1955
Page
3
Chicago market notes show estimated salable livestock for Saturday at 200 hogs and 200 cattle with no sheep. Hogs fell 50 cents to the lowest level since June 1946, as liberal marketings boosted supply totaling 9,000 head, while other livestock remained mostly steady.
Hog receipts 9 000 mostly 50c lower largest Friday since May with 190 240 lb hogs predominating and selling at October lows 10 years mixed No 1 2 3 180 280 lb 14 75 15 35 160 180 lb 14 00 14 75 Cattle receipts 1 000 calves 100 slaughter steers and heifers steady to weak vealers firm good and choice steers and mixed yearlings 19 00 21 50 good and choice heifers 18 50 21 00 good and choice vealers 21 00 25 00 Sheep receipts 500 limited wooled lambs and sheep steady shorn lambs and yearlings absent good to prime wooled native lambs 17 50 20 50
Receipts Friday about 67 000, week 63 000, year 60 500. Actual 60 000 Thursday. Prices 10 to 30 cents lower, mostly 15 to 25 cents down from Thursday. Top $14.95. Barrows and gilts by weight: 160-180 lbs 11.60 13.85, 180-200 lbs 13.60 14.95, 200-220 lbs 14.35 14.95, 220-240 lbs 14.05 14.80, 240-270 lbs 13.60 14.50, 270-300 lbs 13.15 14.25, 300-330 lbs 12.65 14.00, 330-360 lbs 12.15 13.50. Sows 270-300 lbs 13.75 14.35, 300-330 lbs 13.25 14.00, 330-360 lbs 12.75 13.60, 360-400 lbs 12.25 13.10, 400-450 lbs 11.75 12.70, 450-550 lbs 10.75 12.30.
Omaha market report shows receipts of 400 cattle and 500 calves with eight loads of heavyweight steers arriving. Prices steady for slaughter cows with limited stockers and feeders. canners and cutters range 8.50 to 10.00 and few utility cows at 10.00 to 11.00.
Sioux City market report notes receipts at 300 with three loads of stockers and feeders and scattered slaughter cows. Prices steady with scattered sales at 39.50 to 41.50 for tility and commercial, add heed 12.00, canners and cutters 8.00 to 9.50. Indicates stockers and feeders likely held over. no other slaughter class enough data to test prices.
Eggs quoted at 38439¢ with A and B medium 30, C and D id. native wool 40c. Grain market lists New oats 58c, Corn No 2 yellow 1.16, New crop soybeans 2.18.
In New York on Friday the stock market fell quickly in a short decline, with prices down one to three points at the outer ends. Some heavy losses were trimmed substantially. Estimated trading volume reached about 2 000 000 shares.
Chicago prices show weakness for young stock and firmness for fowl with 18 trucks noted. Crown springs and White Rock, Plymouth Rock varieties listed with color distinctions and penny per pound values. Cheese prices steady to mixed with Swiss grades, followed by stock weights, case counts, and grade breakdowns. Potatoes arrivals and on-track totals detailed with regional price references for Idaho russets, Washington beds, Minnesota-North Dakota Pontiac, and Wisconsin Pontiac figures. Market tone remains firm to slightly stronger with lighter supplies and improved demand.
AP U S Agriculture notes butter steady with receipts at 352,029 and prices unchanged. Eggs unsettled with receipts 17,866. mixed colors, extras 48-50 pounds at 47-482 cents, extras large 6-48 pounds at 45-47 cents, extras medium 30-32 cents, standards 39-41 cents, dirties 32-34 cents, checks 30-32 14 cents.
Wheat ruled higher by up to 1 cent while corn was steady to higher and oats declined as weather worries in the Midwest spurred rallies in corn and soybean futures. Traders cited additional rain in harvesting areas as a factor influencing prices.
Chicago AP report lists wheat and corn prices with varying grades including No 4 yellow and sample grades, oats in several White varieties, soybean oil and meal values, and barley noting choice and feed ranges. Prices shown reflect market quotations with notable spreads and cents per bushel or cwt.
Prof A Stuart Daley of Coe College spoke to the Cedar Rapids Lions Club about the Little Switch exchange at Panmunjom. He described rapid UN planning, first aid stations, a mobile hospital with 12 physicians 30 nurses and 100 technicians, helicopter transfers, and Communist reception gaps.
Motorists may still enroll their cars for a Sunday Road Run sponsored by the Road Knights of Cedar Rapids. The 113 mile measured course starts at noon from Twin Towers near Highway 30 and 149. Classes include stock, sports, and conventional cars. non members may enter.
City council received letters from Frank D. Cach and Charles L. Sampson opposing annexation of county land to west and south Cedar Rapids. Nov 8 was set for a Cedar Rapids annexation election. Various referrals, authorizations, and budget actions followed including tag day approvals, street paving petitions, and a police car purchase.
All ten Cedar Rapids dairies met the minimum butterfat and bacteria limits for milk and cream in September per the monthly Dairy Inspector James Evers report.
The council authorized payment of 42 270.98 to Hennessey Brothers Inc under estimate No 1 for storm sewer installation in the Erskine school area. The Tlowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co was authorized to install 145 feet of gas main in Prairie drive NE near Thirty first street and 64 feet in Wildwood court NE near Staub Court.
Observer James Evers reports Cedar Rapids gas for September averaged 1032 Btu per day. August also logged 1032 Btu, indicating no change in daily heating value.
Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank reports September expenditures of 419419 22 against the 1955 appropriation of 5210270, totaling 3407176 50 spent year to date and leaving 1803093 50 available for the rest of 1955. Police court fines totaled 7741 25 for September. Deputy Clerk Mollie Linville filed the monthly statement noting total September collections of 10849 28, including police court costs 1211 12 state case fines 726 state costs 179 62 and civil division 991 29.
The Columbus club operating as the Jefferson club is authorized to move its class B beer permit from 720 A avenue NE to 709 Second avenue SE. A class B beer permit was issued to Margaret Fayman for use at 78 Sixteenth avenue SW.
LONG BEACH AP Married 15 years Mr and Mrs Robert Beach welcomed their first child Thursday The stork delivered triplets but one infant died shortly after birth The other two survived marking a rare quirk of nature for this family
Elsworth Beavers 81 died at 3 30 p m Thursday at his Marion home 786 Eighth avenue after a long illness He born April 28 1874 in Winchester Ill son of John and Mrs Beavers He married Anna Everett at Yates Center Kan a bakery proprietor for many years They moved to Marion six years ago from Fort Smith Ark Surviving include wife a daughter Myrtle Gerrans a grandson two great grandchildren two brothers Charles Beavers Madeira Calif Thomas Beavers Butte Mont two sisters Mrs Robt Tut tle Yates Center Kan Mrs Hal Mays Pomona Calif Services 2 p m Saturday Murdoch chapel Rev James P Gable burial Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
The Marion board of education met briefly Thursday and adjourned until Friday at 5 30 p m. It voted to pay half the cost of installing traffic signals on Fifth avenue at Twelfth and Thirteenth streets if the city council covers the other half. A representative from Communications Engineering Co Cedar Rapids showed an intercom system but no action followed. The board plans to replace old intercoms in the high school and Lincoln grade school and approved fire hazard corrections in some grade schools such as leaky extinguishers and troublesome doors noted by Fire Chief James Reynolds.
Services for W B Sebern of 896 Fourteenth Street, who died Thursday, will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday in the Presbyterian church conducted by Rev R Franklin Galway. Burial will follow in Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call at Murdoch chapel this evening. Family asks that flowers be omitted.
Return to Marion Mr and Mrs Dan Lillie of Alburnett formerly Marion residents have returned from a trip to Washington D C where they visited Lillies sister Mrs Mary Hanna and niece Eleanor Klein and her family They also visited in Baltimore and Annapolis.
Mrs. C. B. DeWees entertained the DMC club on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Pat McCann presented colored slides of Alaska and the Yukon region. The McCanns had just returned from visiting their son Bill McCann and his wife in Anchorage Alaska.
Lora D Simpson of Martelle purchased the residence of Mr and Mrs George Morris at 1225 Fourth Avenue. Possession will be given November 1. The sale was conducted by the Thomas E McGowan firm.
The WSCS field worker Theressa Hoover will speak at the Methodist church Sunday morning. A potluck dinner follows at noon for all interested attendees.
R M Emerson reports the death of his mother Mrs Frank Emerson formerly of Martelle. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Hunte funeral home in Springville with burial in Martelle.
Mrs L K Martin of Des Moines visits her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs J W Larson before heading to Long Beach to make her home.
Mrs Fred Donaldson of Center Point spent Thursday in the W L Morgan home visiting with Mr and Mrs Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. G N Kinkead have returned to their Houston home after a week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCann.
Visit involves Mr. Carson Phebe Latta of Oelwein and Melda Latta of Logan staying with their brother O M Carson for a few days, details indicating a familial gathering.
Mrs Earl Grant of Palos Verdes Estates California and Irene Schultz of Park Ridge Illinois have gone back home after being summoned by the death of their sister Lura Fowler in a distant city.
Mr and Mrs George Marak and guests Mr and Mrs Ralph Gordon of Wheatland spent Thursday at Waterloo attending the Dairy Cattle Congress.
Tomorrow at Storm's Ben Franklin store presents prices on men’s work gloves at 17c per pair and men’s jersey gloves at 19c per pair. Oil cloth remnants up to yard 39c, cotton sheet blankets $1.77, boys’ sweat shirts 88c, jumbo towels 23c.
Order your photographic Christmas Cards now. 4x5 card with envelope 10c. Prompt service. Ro Jae Photos, 944 18th St. 581W Adv.
Mrs Clyde Scott of Williams Iowa is a patient at University Hospitals for observation.
Chancellor Adenauer has a slight cold and is ordered to remain at home for a few days, delaying official duties. The illness is described as mild with no underlying conditions reported.
Cedar Rapids area youths lead an Iowa air force enlistment tally with eight from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. Kenneth Swann Dwayne Wood Dennis Kaplan Donald Siver Dick Louvar Gordon Gilbertson Larry Reed Marion and Ronald Fett join as new airmen. S/Sgt Billie Trefz re enlists six years to be stationed at Waverly. Michael George volunteers from Cedar Rapids naval reserve for active duty reporting in San Francisco October 12.
Wolrab Berkshire boar tops the Mile Wolrab Berkshire sale at Hawkeye Downs bringing $600. James Waybright of South Dakota took the second high at $500. Sundberg of Stromsburg Nebraska bought two top gifts at $175 and $165. Forty boars averaged $166 and twenty gilts $102. Auctioneers were Keith Goode and Harvey Neiderhisar.
Webb Dock released from Mercy hospital will rest at home this week and return to work Monday. Arthur Breiholz travels to Pomeroy for his mother Mrs August Breiholz funeral in Fort Dodge. Children Chiropractic Clinic offers free consultation Oct 8 at 615 Guaranty Bldg. Dr Imoos lists new address 25812. Dr and Mrs Hoyt Thomas attend Iowa Chiropractors Convention Oct 8 11 Des Moines. 14-year-old Cedar Rapids youth cited after attempting to prowl car glove box at Dewey Almy plant. to report to juvenile officers after school Friday. Legion and Auxiliary host home cooked supper Oct 8 5:30 7:30 adults $1 50c children Palo Ad. Billfold with $50 cash and $56 check stolen from Tropic Lanes phone booth Waterloo reported by Walter Zierath. thief unknown. Hampton's ad offers 20% off modern gift ware. Electrolux sales service Joe Heiberger 1016 17th St NE 47254. Bake sale at Newman's basement St Stephen's Church Saturday morning.
Local notices list a rodeo sponsored by the Solon Lions Club at the Upmier Ranch five miles east of Swisher on Sunday October 9 and feature a Dick Haddy Trio performance plus miscellaneous ads for square dancing Ely Legion Hall on October 8, home services, hauling, grading, and interior exterior painting.
Accustomed to earning 7000 to 10000 yearly, we seek producers for expanding business. Commission, bonuses, leads provided. Must have good health, references, and strong desire to succeed. Contact Mr Dan Lonenecker at R. L. Polk Co. 2 Guaranty Ride. Hours 3 to 4:30 p.m. and 4 to 5 p.m.
Classified ad offers four day training for ages 16 to 19 at Collins Radio Co main plant with starting pay. preference for mechanical experience and steady work in Lima. Electric Motors Co seeks young man with selling experience to train as sales rep in Lima with earnings over $500. respond Box K-10. Central Petroleum Company seeks married men over 25 for oil sales in Walcott Iowa with interview appointments.
An ad seeks machinist jig and fixture experience for small parts and radio TV repair. Offers liberal commission and advancement with training. Call 3 3609 or 2 7867 for appointment. Also seeking experienced construction equipment salesmen in Central Iowa with applicant details at Box C-28 Gazette.
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