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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1955
Page
2
Chicago reports USDA figures show Thursday salable hogs at 12 000, cattle 2 000, sheep 1 600. Producers reduced hog shipments Wednesday and prices advanced, with butchers up 25 cents, sows steady, steers steady to down 1, hover, heifers steady to 50 cents lower.
Chicago livestock totals show hogs at salable receipts of 12,000 with mostly steady to higher prices for butchers and sows. Cattle receipts near 18,000 with steers under 1,200 pounds down and heifers and cows unevenly lower, while sheep at 1,000 receipts slip on woolled slaughter lambs. Prime steers reach $24.25 per hundredweight and hogs trade around $13.10 to $13.40 for butchers.
Des Moines market reports receipts around 80 000 on Wednesday, 70 000 actuals Tuesday and 56 000 year ago with fairly active trading. Prices mostly steady with some 25 cent shifts. Top hog price reached 20 75 and a detailed spread shows U S 1 3 weights from 160 to 450 pounds ranged roughly 9 25 to 12 75 per cwt for barrows and gilts and 3 00 to 10 75 for the heaviest sows depending on weight.
Omaha receipts 800 cattle and 1,000 calves. Fed steers and heifers vary, with prices 25 cents lower on average and some bids 50 cents lower. Early sales show choice fed steers under 200 pounds at 20 to 21.50 dollars, prime steers 1,522 pounds around 19.50 dollars, and choice and prime heifers 19.50 to 21.50 dollars.
Egg prices listed by C R Markets show large white market bugs and mixed grades. No 1 oats price 57 cents and No 2 soybeans cited at 2.09 dollars per bushel. Francis, duPont and Company, 404 Merchants National Bank Building, W Jump as manager, phone 4-9151.
New York AP reports the stock market fell Wednesday with mixed earnings and dividends. activity spanned about three-point moves. Volume light at 1,660,000 shares as traders assessed results and near-term prospects.
Sioux City cattle receipts reach 5800 as USDA AP reports slow trading across most slaughter classes. Early sales show steers under 1100 pounds steady to weak with even lighter demand for cows and bulls. Load choice around 1100 pounds, steers at 22.25 with utility and commercial cows near 9.00 to 42 is cutter and utility bulls at 12.00.
The listing shows hog prices and weights at Waterloo with multiple weight brackets and prices per hundred pounds. Entries range from light hogs at 25 to 30 pounds with prices around 10.25 to 11.70, to heavy hogs at 270 to 360 pounds priced near 10.80 to 11.25 per cwt. The fragment includes several weight bands and price figures, indicating a market snapshot with varied consignments.
CHICAGO AP. Corn rose on a government prep action report that may support prices. Trade said officials would pause corn sales to exporters and curb domestic cash offerings in danger of deterioration. Wheat gained 59 1/2 cents, soybeans up 1 1/2, lard fell to about 10.82.
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP a Royal Canadian mounted police man and his dog team joined planes in the search for a missing aircraft since Saturday over the frozen Arctic Coast with three men aboard including an Iowan A 60 by 90 mile area near Barter Island west of the Canadian Alaska boundary was covered in Tuesday searches with no clues The Interior Airways plane piloted by Keith Lenhart of Anchorage failed to reach a radar station on a flight from Barter Island Harold N Brazell 28 a Western Electric rigger from Harper s Ferry Ia and R F Castling of Toronto Canada were aboard Brazell s parents said Harold and his older brother Maurice have worked in Alaska
Recruiters in Cedar Rapids reported two men enlisted for the army. Duane E. Jurgensen, 21, of Morley, and Wy man W. Leek, 21, of Manchester, were sent to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for basic training. Leek was accepted for training in the army stenographic school.
Recouping at home after surgery is Mrs. Richard Taft of 621 Fifteenth Avenue SW. Community notices include Stalker Electric service, a Catholic Laymen meeting at the Roosevelt hotel, and postposed Federation of Czech Groups events at the CSPS hall. Upcoming hurch dinners, a breakfast club film of the Dee-Cornell game, a scavenger hunt at the Moose Home, and a used furniture listing at Smulekoff's Annex are advertised alongside ROTC cadet sergeants named at Iowa State College. Voters are urged to support Bailiff candidate Marvin Fatka on November 8.
Chicago market notes show corn prices for No 2 yellow around 1.18 to 1.14 dollars and No 4 near 1.07 to 1.12. Soybean products listed include soybean meal at 52.00 dollars and soybean oil at 10.4 to 11. Barley quotes include choice at 1.30 to 1.40 and feed at 0.87 to 1.01.
Chicago market brief notes steady live poultry with 16 trucks, processed loaf pricing, Grade A to C butter ranges, egg case values and unsettled white large eggs, potato arrivals and on track shipments, current carlot sales for Idaho and Washington Russets. key figures include butter scores and doz pricing. market conditions described as dull with moderate supplies and light demand.
New York (AP) USDA notes butter steady with receipts of 645,704 and prices in range. Eggs hold firm with mixed colors and extras across sizes showing 48-50 lb at 52 cents, large 45-48 lb at 50-52c, medium 36-37c, small 30-32c, standards 42-45c, dirties 31-32c, cheeks 29-31c.
Gov. Leo Hoegh announced that Illinois toll road bond sales totaling 415 million dollars enable Iowa to move forward. Iowa will select an investment bank within 30 days to arrange bond sales and fund future engineering, with the banker paid from bond proceeds.
More than seventy percent of fires in the Rocky Mountain region are started by lightning, research shows. The finding highlights the need for vigilant monitoring during peak thunderstorm periods and informs firefighting resource planning.
Services for Frank Edward Johnson a 61 year old police guard at Iowa Soldiers' Home Marshalltown and former Marion resident will be held Thursday at 1 30 pm at Murdoch chapel Marion. Marion Post 298 American Legion will assist at the grave at Oak Shade cemetery. Johnson died Monday evening in Marshalltown. Born Sept 17 1894 near Marion he served with the AEF in World War I and was decorated for action at Argonne St Mihiel Muese and Marbache. Surviving are a daughter a sister and a brother all of Marion. Friends may call at the chapel.
The Rev. Mr and Mrs James Gable entertained Marion ministers and their wives Monday morning at a parsonage coffee. Rev Frazer Thomason spoke as Cedar Christian church pastor and National Christian Teaching Mission committee chairman. James D Pope of the Marion Kiwanis club discussed the religious preference file index. Mrs Pope attended as guest.
The Kiwanis Club will meet Thursday at 6 15 p m at the K V cafe. A musical program by the high school double mixed quartet directed by Mrs Marian Hulin will be presented. A board meeting will follow and officers will be elected.
Local ad offers Halloween decorated doughnuts at 55 cents a dozen from Marion Cafe. Order now for treats.
Visit of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Malcolm of Detroit to the Wade Stookey residence. They will be dinner guests tonight Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin McBride, reflecting a social gathering in Detroit.
A young married couples class of the Methodist church will hold a Halloween party Friday at 8 p m at the church. Members should call 455 J for information and to reserve a place before Thursday noon.
Sunbeam hosts a trypan demonstration and coffee meeting Thursday at Light Company venue, inviting community members to view the display and discuss its uses.
Mrs Emma B Heffron has purchased the residence of Mrs Jessie E Atz located at 1101 Twelfth Street and will take possession November 1 The sale was conducted by the Thomas E McGowan real estate firm.
An old classified notice proclaims Sunbeam frypans available with a payment plan of one dollar down and two dollars forty cents per month under a Light Company advertisement.
Mr and Mrs L M Phelps and Mrs L H Benttman spent Wednesday at Conesville with Mr Phelps brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Iverson A Summers Returns Home Mrs Edward Mullaley has returned from an extended visit with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Hugh Kelley and their daughter Kathleen Ann in Los Angeles Louis Brutsman 329 West Eighth avenue is home from a Cedar Rapids hospital where he underwent surgery Return to Marion Mr and Mrs Andrew P Munsen have returned from a visit with relatives at Huntington W Va and with their son J Robert Munsen and his family at Cincinnati Ohio
Ralph P. Young announced an appreciation luncheon for Milwaukee and Union Pacific rail officials hosted by the Marion Chamber of Commerce. The event is Monday at 11 a.m. at Indian Creek Country Club Marion, with a short program after lunch, then a depot visit to view the Challenger Mid-West Hiawathas as they depart Marion at 12:31 p.m. eastbound and 12:42 p.m. westbound, with the Marion high school band playing at the depot. Reservations are open to non members.
Plans for a Marion Halloween parade and frolic on Oct 31 are announced by Modern Woodmen of America. Earl Booze is general chairman. The parade starts 6 30 p.m. at Lincoln school grounds Fifth avenue at Thirteenth street and ends at 7 p.m. The first 10 floats should contact Booze at phone 441 to register for a prize without judging. Participants for costumes and pet entries meet Lincoln school grounds at 6 p.m. sharp.
The leisure club will meet on Thursday at 1 p.m. with Mrs. John Hunter. A dessert luncheon will be served.
Mrs Harry Relder has gone to Dubuque to spend the rest of the week with Mrs Myrtle Stoneburner.
A visitor from South Indian Rocks Beach Florida is in Marion this week to see his mother Mrs W J Atz. The trip centers on family reunion and filial care as he spends time with his mother.
Mr and Mrs Max Berlin were recent guests of the Robert Whitneys in Clinton during a social visit.
Ray Tieden 57 a well known Clayton county farmer died Wednesday morning at his home ten miles south of Elkader after a long illness. He had farmed south of Elkader all his life and served on the Clayton County Farm Bureau board and on the Cooperative Commission Company board. Survivors include his wife a son Duane at home a daughter Mrs William Brabham Estherville a brother Don and a sister Mrs Harvey Witte both of Ebber. Funeral arrangements are by Witt funeral home.
DETROIT UP reports cab driver Edward Grzynowicz was robbed of his watch and $8 Tuesday. The bandit returned the loot and 50 cents from his own pocket saying the money was for coffee and cigars because the driver looked nervous.
Rep. Fred Schwengel urged Congress to pair a national road bond issue with a pay-as-you-go financing system while opposing a higher federal gas tax. He spoke to the Iowa Bankers Association with Bertram Tallamy and Sen. Knowland cautioned against Soviet influence and reasserted free elections as essential.
Two traffic deaths Wednesday pushed Iowa s 1955 toll to 510, one more than on the same date last year. Don ald Lindt 17 of Dubuque died from injuries in a crash Tuesday night. Kenneth Duane Case 22 of Marcus was killed instantly in a northbound crash near Sioux City.
Six talks on the Cedar Rapids annexation proposal have been given or scheduled. The Jaycees endorsed the proposal and set up a speakers bureau. Talks have occurred before the Cedar Rapids Executive Association and the Council for Churches and are planned for West Side WCTU Woman's Relief Corps Kimanis Club and other groups.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other groups seek speakers on the annexation proposal. Organizations can arrange by telephoning the Jaycee office at 4-6180.
The Rev. Alvin L. Kershaw, 36, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Oxford Ohio, won 32000 on The $64,000 Question for jazz knowledge after answering about a 1925 Louis Armstrong recording. He may attempt the grand prize next Tuesday night or quit with the winnings. Don E. Self Jr., a physicist from El Paso, chose to quit at 16000 after three appearances.
Partial OCR text shows rates and deadlines for want ads in the Gazette. It mentions insertion limits and publication times, with a note that Gazette is not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion.
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