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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1952
Page
4
Chicago reports Saturday salable cattle receipts around 800 with calves scarce and steady to 25 cents higher. Hog prices steady to strong with several lots up 25 cents. top near 19.90 for midweight butchers. Sheep mostly steady with some prime lambs around 26.00.
Receipts total 1 200 with calves 400. Slaughter and feeder cattle largely steady to weak. Some cows carried over. About half the flow direct to stocker and feeder dealers. Commercial to low choice fed steers 21.00 to 29.50, utility cows 12.50 to 14.50.
Receipts total 1 600 cattle with 350 calves. slaughter sales weak and no clear market. Steers and heifers scarce while stockers and feeders hold about steady after sharp declines. Good to choice stock steers bring 26.00 and 780 pounders around 24.00.
Waterloo market notes hog prices with a 25 cent drop from prior, top at 18.25. Buyers posted prices across weight classes from 160 to 550 pounds, with several mid range brackets around 16 to 17.50 dollars and a steady decline for heavier hogs.
Market notes show poultry prices for spring fryers under4 lbs and other weights, eggs current receipts, and sheep market ranges from 10 to 23.50 per cwt. Listings include apples from Michigan and Washington, citrus from California, vegetables, grains, and field grass seed. Iowa hog receipts and prices across weight classes are reported with top around 19 dollars, plus grain bids and DOW Jones context.
New York stock market idled on a slightly lower path with only a few gains and losses. Volume was light with roughly an estimated million shares exchanging hands as traders mostly held steady.
Ottumwa hog prices show steady trends with top at 19.00 for slaughter class. Prices vary by weight from about 15.00 for 160–170 pounds up to 19.50 for 290–310 pounds and near 13.50 for 300 pounds. figures include specific ranges and butcher categories.
In Chicago the latest produce market shows mixed butter scores around 70 percent with receipts at 8,227 cases and steady to 1 cent changes. Cheese and eggs hold steady with various cuts and regional potatoes and onions on limited track, Idaho russets at about 4.90 to 5.20 a sack and Wisconsin round whites near 4.15.
New York butter quotes steady with AA 93 score at 73 cents per pound and A 92 score at 72 cents, 90 score at 70 cents unchanged. Fancy heavyweights and extra No 1 sizes listed with varied cents per pound.
Morris Rats reports that stock values lead bonds on the Wall Street Stock Exchange with notable market movement and overall gains in major listings.
Scattered selling entered the grain pit ahead of the government crop report. Wheat moved higher while corn and soybeans declined amid mixed activity. December futures prices varied with modest gains and losses across oats, rye, and pork products, reflecting cautious market tones.
Cash wheat none. Corn market notes old quotes for No. 1 yellow $1.69 and No. 2 $1.69 to $1.70, varying by grade. Oats No. 3 white 91 cents, No. 2 90 cents. Soybeans No. 1 yellow $2.96 in Indiana origin, No. 2 $2.87, Illinois origin No. 3 $2.96. Feed and forages priced: sweet clover hay $9.00–$9.50, redtop $38–$39, alsike $33.50–$34.50, timothy $14.50, red clover $32.50.
Kansas City livestock report notes cattle salable receipts 400 with calves salable 100. cattle not offered to test market, prices nominally steady.
Five Iowa American Legion Auxiliary officers launch a 10 day tour of Veterans hospitals and Mental Health Institutes in Iowa to confer with administrators and boost support for the Ladies in Blue volunteers. Attending are president Mrs Ralph J Williams Marion secretary treasurer Mrs Blanche G Allbee Des Moines and three rehabilitation committee members Mrs Moody Nora Springs Mrs Louis J Scholz Dubuque and Mrs Earl P Ellsworth Emmetsburg. Also attending national and state child welfare leaders plan to attend Indianapolis school October 13 and 14.
Washington report says the Internal Revenue Service fired four employees and forced ten to quit in August as part of a broad housecleaning linked to tax scandal disclosures. Forty nine others were cleared of charges and the bureau gave no reasons or names for the removals.
First Lt. Earl C. Sturm, a Korean War veteran, has arrived at the University of Iowa to serve as an instructor in the department of military science and tactics. Sturm recently returned from Korea where he commanded a company with the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
Lucille Neal 25 of 717 Tyler Court SE suffered a concussion a lacerated forehead and a back injury when struck by a car at Twelfth Avenue and Ninth Street SE. She was taken to St Luke s hospital for treatment. The driver Edgar Huelsenbeck 3034 Circle Drive NE was identified by police.
Vikerion Andrew G Carlson of Marion died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 2 10 p m Thursday born in Sweden November 26 1875 he had lived in Vinton until December 1949 Surviving include two daughters Mrs Clarence Van Fossen and Mrs William D Calston a brother Otto in Anaheim California and two sisters Mrs Ida Bostrom and Mrs Lottie Gillow His wife died in 1949 Services set for 2 p m Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran church Vinton
Mr and Mrs D D Cory have returned from Waverly Ohio where they visited Mrs Corys brother James Chalmers.
Mrs Arthur E Granger is a patient admitted at St Luke's hospital as a routine medical case. The report notes her current status without details of diagnosis or treatment.
J Robert Mun sen, a chemical engineer for Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, arrived Friday to spend the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Andrew P Munsen.
Mrs Fitzgerald hosts Mr and Mrs Fred Wright of Grimes while Mrs Wrights sister Mrs Lee R Fitzgerald hosts. Wrights mother Mrs Charles Wright visits Mrs Rosa Reiter. The Wrights once lived in Marion. Advertisement seeks stenographer bookkeeper and sales staff for permanent work Gordon Hatchery.
Dinner guests Thursday in the S. M. Simmerson home included Mr and Mrs N J Stoner and Mrs Lottie Stoner of Adair and Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson of Anita en route home from New York City. Miss Mabel Reid of Traer returns from Burma to speak at the Methodist church Sunday morning. For sale a good used oil heater phone 352 Adv.
Former residents E A Lagerquist and sister Mrs Elvira Truman visited Kiron Iowa and Omaha with trips to a Baptist church conference in Kiron where their father once served as pastor. The note also mentions a Methodist W S C S district meeting at Mt Vernon and local social updates.
The Mariana Klub met with Mrs. Will Burrell on Thursday evening for a picnic supper. They approved plans for a galloping Halloween party on October 25.
Mr and Mrs W Allen Bond of Washington DC purchase the home of Mr and Mrs Grant J Bradley at 2401 Third Avenue. The Bonds take possession next week. sale arranged by Brockman and McGowan.
DES MOINES AP Warden Foss Davis of the Anamosa re formatory will go home in the next few days after a lung operation at Veterans hospital about ten days ago. An official said he may be discharged possibly by Saturday.
Ottumwa Mayor Herschel Loveless, a Democratic candidate for governor, criticizes Iowa liquor laws as promoting drunkenness. Speaking in Sigourney, he cites Des Moines and Racine arrests and argues enforcement delays, calling current statutes unenforceable and ineffective.
The U.S. circuit court of appeals voided the two year sentence and $10 500 fine against Denis W Delaney former Boston collector of internal revenue for bribery and tax lien falsifications The court ruled publicity before the trial violated his right to a fair trial and remanded the case to the attorney general to decide on a new trial or dismissal The decision followed congressional hearings in Washington that scrutinized his conduct.
Iowa University experts in counseling will present a TV series this fall starting October 21. University of Iowa television students will dramatize guidance scenarios to aid teachers and high schoolers. Ten-minute plays cover Choosing Among Different Courses and Making Plans after High School along with 11 other sets. The series airs Tuesdays at 10 am on WOI TV Ames with re telecasts on WOC TV Davenport for East Iowa students.
Col E E Stoup Iowa’s oldest Legionnaire was feted on his ninetieth birthday at an open house in the Oelwein Legion club. A World War I army engineer, he later worked for railroads including as superintendent of the Illinois division for the Great Western with offices in Oelwein. He has been a Baptist church deacon and trustee, a director of the First National Bank, a former Legion post commander, and currently its chaplain.
Fifteen men from The Gazette area were aboard the navy transport Marine Lynx docking at Seattle from the Far East. Names include Cpl Richard Barker Manchester Pfc John Cartano Pfc Ernest Meyers Sgt Fredrick Naaktgeboren Sgt Clarence Reding Capt William Zeiger Cedar Rapids Cpl Neil Dittmer Strawberry Point Sgt Orgal Holland Marion Sgt Alvin Lau Oelwein Pfe Darrell Lender Brooklyn Cpl Leslie Schwer Independence Cpl Barnard Short Lisbon Sgt Dale Statler Washington Cpl Jackie Wolford Ellis Woodruff Columbus Junction.
Anchorage Alaska AP reports Lt Charles L Fos ter a crewman on a jet fighter that disappeared Monday on a flight from Elmen dorf air base. The craft has not been found.
Seven Houston police officers were arrested by fellow officers in a burglary and theft probe. Night Police Chief H Buddy McGill said two officers face burglary and theft charges, a third a misdemeanor theft, a fourth suspended, and three allowed to resign. James W Atkinson and Edwin B Moore were charged in the Williamson Supply heist.
Stanwood high school senior Robert L. Wendt, 16, was seriously injured when his car left Highway 38 north of Stanwood, struck a culvert extension, tore off three wheels and wrecked the car. Deputy Hemmingway said he dozed prior to the crash. Wendt was admitted to St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids with a skull fracture, leg and ankle fractures, and other injuries.
New York hypnotist Jack Wafer finished a 75 day fast in Brighton and claimed a world record for living without food. Sealed in a glass cubicle he survived on soda water and cigarettes, weighed 126 pounds after starting at 147, and credited self hypnosis with easing hunger.
A San Francisco trading firm was indicted for moving U S money through Hong Kong to Communist China. At least part of the remittance was linked to blood money demanded by Chinese Communists. Peak transfers occurred late in 1951 during the extortion racket. The Min San Trading Company allegedly sent 161 848 dollars from the United States to Red China.
Sanford Tillis, 30, a television star, was found slain in his New York apartment Friday. The body lay under a couch, wired and with a deep forehead wound. Police Capt. James Walsh said the fire was started to cover the murder.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. George J. Biskup of Cedar Rapids is named vicar general of the Archdiocese of Dubuque by Coadjutor Archbishop Leo Binz. Also announced were appointments for Rev. Walter F. Crowley secretary to the archbishop and several parish assignments for other priests.
A Cedar Rapids Iowa City interurban bus plan was reviewed by the Iowa Commerce Commission in Cedar Rapids. Commissioners Long and Reed oversaw the hearing for the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company as it seeks to restore service from 12 trips down to four or five daily rounds. The company has until Oct. 20 to file briefs, with a decision expected shortly after.
Gertrude Benecke of 1011 First Avenue SW is appointed deputy probation officer in Linn County by Judge William J. Matias. The appointment, effective Oct. 1, announced by Probation Officer A. Lowell, follows 19 years as a secretary in the probation office. Benecke will fill the role as a search for a new secretary continues. She plans to return to Cedar Rapids from California after visiting there due to the death of a son.
A Virginia justice fined the parents of eight Negro children $200 each for refusing to send them to a segregated school 16 miles from their West Point home. The West Point school is whites only, and the parents were found guilty of violating the compulsory education law requiring all children under 16 to attend school. The judge, W. T. Mocklar, suspended the fines if the children returned to school within 10 days.
President Harry S Truman was served a federal court summons in Cleveland shortly after crowds cheered him. Norman F. Black delivered papers naming Truman as a defendant in a suit filed Sept 3 by William W. Cavanaugh challenging the Korean War as unauthorized by Congress. The President has 60 days to answer, though officials doubt the case will stand in this district.
Lexington resident Will Shipton traded 420 dollars in Roosevelt dimes weighing 23 pounds to buy a new pickup truck. The coins had been saved over two years.
Harry Sutton indicted September 11 for arson in the Ely Block fire seeks a bill of particulars in district court. He claims grand jury testimony minutes are vague and asks for amplification of statements by Detective John H. Hanna and Fire Captain E. J. Herron. Sutton ran an appliance store planned to open in the Ely Block building on the fire day, with attorney Carl H. Lambach of Davenport handling the filing and A. W. Bass of Cedar Rapids listed as attorney on prior actions.
James A. Stewart faced district court arraignment on robbery with aggravation charges and was given until the following Wednesday to enter a plea. Paul E. Whitters was charged on the same information in connection with Stewart.
The trial of Clifford Jewell Minor who was charged May 2 with uttering a forged instrument was moved from September 29 to October 20. The court appointed Attorney Robert Nelson to represent Minor.
The will of Susie May who died September 24 was admitted to probate on Thursday. John D. Feiereisen Jr. was confirmed executor with a $2000 bond. A $500 bequest goes to Elizabeth Schluntz of Blue Island Illinois and $5 to Frank W. May of Chicago. The remainder benefits Marie Feiereisen with a proviso that she must have cared for Susie May during her lifetime.
James J. Kohl of Lisbon was bound over to the grand jury after arraignment on a morals charge filed earlier this week. Kohl is free on bond.
Florence Roloff dismissed a divorce action filed against Donald Roloff. Edwin F. Schminke sued Daryl A. Fesler for 75 dollars alleging payment due from a 1950 partnership dissolution.
Cedar Rapids NAACP members gather at Community House for a 4 PM meeting with an executive board session at 3 PM. Advertisements note Bereger Furrier in Marion and a Holy Name Society communion breakfast at Immaculate Conception church after the 8 AM mass.
Anna Eisenhower aged 85, the only living aunt of Dwight Eisenhower, died Friday in Upland California after a week in critical condition. The death was reported by United Press International.
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