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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1949

Page

3

Barbara Trimble Crowned Fourth Marion Corn Queen

Barbara Trimble 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Trimble of Whittier, was crowned queen of Marion Corn Festival in the Armor ballroom after receiving 48 707 votes. Attendants were Sandra Blazek and Donna Kolda as gifts and roses were presented. Del Adkins presided. The festival runs Friday and Saturday with a husking bee hog call ing and fiddlers contest activities and dances by Leo and his Pioneers.

Barbara Trimble Harvey E. Trimbles Whittier Marion Armor Miss Trimble Springville High School del Adkins Sandra Blazek Milo Blazeks Donna Jean Kolda George J. Koldas Marion Chamber of Commerce Phyllis Ford Veda Mae Pollock Onalee Paul Betty Lou Kemp Laura Lee Freeman Elaine Petrusch Mary Tucker Pat Armstrong Edna Mae Kemp Marilyn Wahl Virginia Roberts Leo

Hog Market Mixed Activity in Chicago Trade

Chicago hog market was moderately active with prices steady to 25 cents higher, while receipts ran about 20 percent below expectations. Cattle eased 50 cents and sheep held or fell slightly as market opened.

Chicago

Hogs Cattle and Veal Prices From Chicago Market Report

USDA hogs receipts 4,000 with modest activity and mixed quality. top hog price $21.75, most good 200-280 lb animals $21.00-21.50. Heavies scarce around $18-20, sows down to $16. Calves: steers and heifers steady to Thursday’s averages, calves $30-33 for good, common and native $17-21. Bulls and vealers weaker. veal steady near $23-24, top $24. Lambs weak at $22, culls $16-18, western lambs or fed yearlings unchanged.

Chicago USDA Seti Dow-Jones Etereee Ilroads Peewee Eeressand Cree Nawes E. Nett & Co Merchants National Bank Adams Express Gonaeal Admiral Ary Alleghany Corp Am Intl Hydro Allied Chem Ann Smelting Libey McNeill Steel Fays Libbey_ Owens McKesson & R Armco Steel Marshall Fid Armour and Co Martin G Contig Balto Ohio Motor Wheel Best Foods Murray Corp Ckers Beth Steel Nash-Kelv Ibs Bian Knox Biscuit Ing Airp Borden Co Natl Dairy P Borg Warner Bridgeport Gypsum NY Central Nor Pac North Amn Cois Butleiros Nor Amn Avi Canada Dry Nor Nat Gas Anad Pac Paramount 21 Cerro de Pasc Ger Trainteed Phills Cain Pittslegh Octor Gamble Colg Col Gas Sys Iadio Corp Shell Union Inc Peneesis Ie Immons Co Iftoaiaos Pone Motors Orn Ion Railway Crucible Insperry Corp Curtiss and Brands Curtiss Wr Calistar Deere and Co Douglas Airta du Pont Yy Ltd. Steel Studebaker Astman Kodak Eaton Mfg Swift Atl Erie Firestone Ken Axle Fruehauf Garwood Film Baking Age Union Carbide Elec Gen Cables Union Pac Gen Foods Uni Gen Motors Uni Kines Gillette SR Uni Fruit Melien Ypsum Aecena al Sproodrich Graham Paige Walgreen Codess Eee Abe T Nor Ore Walworth Ryve We Wast Pe Bros Reyhoun Wesnion An Hayes Mfg

Box City Beef Receipts Dip as Demand Slows

AP reports cattle receipts at 1 506 with calves about 100 and slaughter stock largely medium to good from earlier in the week. Demand wavered with weak to dull close, beef cows and cutters weak, stockers slow, prices showing cann ers and cutters 11.00 to 13.50, medium cows 14.00 to 15.00, good fed steers around 21.50, loads of good heifers at 26.50, and buyers cautious amid slow sales.

Box City USDA Ursday

Cattle Prices Mixed as Demand Slows in USDA Sale

Demand for cattle eased with slower sales on Thursday as cows showed some declines while higher quality stock remained steady. Calves and stockers were weak to moderate with prices for steers and heifers ranging from 16.00 to 23.50, cows from 11.50 to 15.50, cutters 12.75 to 14.00, canners 11.50, and good sausage bulls up to 24.00.

USDA Salabye Rec Palete

Stocks Edge Higher Amid Possible Steel and Coal Strikes

Demand for stocks rose Friday in New York despite looming strikes in steel and soft coal. The market closed near day’s highs with fractional gains across many issues, some reaching new tops for the year. Turnover surpassed 1,000,000 shares for the fifth straight session.

New York

C R Markets Cereries Wholesale Fruits and Prices

Market notes show California lemons at $11.00 per crate and oranges $4.50 to $8.00 per box. Listings include celery, onions, apples, grapes, and Bartlett pears with varied per unit or per crate pricing. Butter and egg futures are quoted with closing values around 6.80 and 54.60.

Lorado Pascal Minnesota Fornia Afencia Jack Ribiers Ake Elbertas River Hales Bartlett Linois Jonathans Celles Segawest Forea Les Rich al Anne

Wisconsin Cheese Prices and Purchases Report

Trading tone steady in Plymouth Wisconsin with cheddar cars listed at 30 to 34 cents per pound and monroe Illinois delivery points. Unfilled bids and uncovered offers include multiple white and colored cheddars and specific terms noting assembling charges and allowances.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis U. S Illinois Monroe Illionis U.S Point Monroe

Kansas City Livestock Market Update

Cattle receipts 300 and calves 100 in Kansas City market show weak demand late in the week. Not enough on sale to form a representative market, with most odds and ends carried over as buyers pass on offerings.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City INS

Chicago market report peaks with mixed poultry and produce data

Live poultry in Chicago shows 18 trucks and varied consignments including hens turkeys and ducks. Butter and receipts quoted with prices around 62 to 66 cents per pound for different grades while potatoes arrive 140 on track and Idaho russets command several dollars per crate amid steady demand.

Chicago Ewiss Abe Patras U. S&s Marty Aout Idaho

New York Produce Prices From Market Report

New York produce prices listing various grades and weights for eggs and cheese. Mixed brands show small changes or no change with specific figures for Sac eggs large and extra large sizes. Cheese notes steady wholesale prices with American varieties and daisies pricing reference.

New York

Wheat Rises but Declines Again

Chicago AP reports wheat futures rose to seasonal highs before profit-taking pulled prices back. Export buying signaled government cash market participation after heavy purchases earlier in the week. Corn rose with wheat, soybeans strong, oats and rye mixed, and lard futures up.

Chicago

Des Moines Pork Receipts and Prices Across Iowa Plants

Des Moines reports receipts estimated 30 000 for Priday, 25 000 year ago, actual Thursday 30 000. Unloads at two packing plants in southern Iowa and twelve plants with about 30 concentration yards in Iowa, plus some out of state shipping stations. Prices show steady to firm tones, with higher values for butchers over 240 lbs and sows over 330 lbs. 160-1st lbs at 19.18 to 19.30. 180-200 lbs at 19.00 to 19.50. 300-330 lbs at 19.00 to 20.00. 330-360 lbs at 18.25 to 19.50. sows 270-300 lbs at 19.00 to 19.50. 300-330 lbs 18.75 to 19.50. 230-300 lbs 18.00 to 18.75. 60-400 lbs 17.25 to 18.75. sows 400-450 lbs 16.25 to 17.50. 450-500 lbs about 16.75.

DES Moines Ins Iowa Ottumwa INS Inc

Hogs Steady Prices at Ot tum wa Market

Ot tum wa hog market reports steady top bids around 20.50 per hundredweight for slaughter hogs. Prices listed across weight categories from 160 to 550 pounds show varied quotes with some ranges and specific figures for sows and skewed entries.

Waterloo Market Report Sees Cattle Rates Rise

Butchers steady at 25c higher and sows also up 25c with top price $20.80. Market notes show hogs average 7.50 per cwt with weights 180-200 lbs fetching around $19.25, and 160-170 lb butchers also cited.

Waterloo

State's Witness In Murder Gang Case Found Dead

The bullet riddled body of Phil "Little Farrel" Cohen ex convict and key state witness in Murder Inc slayings was found near the Southern State parkway on Long Island. Police link the slaying to gangland vengeance amid unclear connections to his past or recent activities. Cohen was 43 and had testified in 1940 aiding prosecutions of Louis Buchalter and associates.

Valley Stream N. Y Leaders of Murder, Inc Southern State Parkway Long Island Phil “Little Farrel” Cohen Cohen Louis “Lepke” Buchalter Electric Chair Howard Heddink State Police

Senators Reject Ilgenfritz for Munitions Board

The Senate voted 40 to 28 to disapprove President Truman's pick Carl A. Ilgenfritz, a U S Steel official, to head the munitions board. Opposition centered on continuing a $70 000 year salary from steel company while serving in government. Senator Byrd led the fight, citing steel's stake in military orders.

Washington Senate Truman Carl A. Ilgenfritz U. S. Steel Corporation Munitions Board Ilgenfritz White House U. S. Steel

Hindman guests and Florida trip notes

Tipton plans to move in by November first with Dr and Mrs Hindman staying as guests of D F Hindman. Glenn O Pyle travels to Hollywood Florida to see his mother Mrs C A Pyle and brother Edgar. Mrs Jean Carrick and Miss Bernice Carrick from Toronto arrive to visit Mr and Mrs Glen Sanderson at 1580 Park Avenue.

Tipton C. A. Hindman Lincoln Chiropractic College Indianapolis Tipton and Mrs. Hindman D. F. Hindman Florida Glenn O. Pyle Hollywood Fla C. A. Pyle Edgar Toronto Jean Carrick Bernice Carrick Ont

Snell Heads to Harvard for National Honor Scholarship

To Harvard John E. Snell will leave Saturday for Boston where he will enter Harvard University. Snell was awarded a national honor scholarship to Harvard.

Harvard John E. Snell Boston Harvard University Snell

Dressmaker Robbed Of Her 850 Dollar Savings

In Iowa Falls, 76 year old dressmaker Effie Card reported a burglary upstairs in her business district apartment. She said 850 dollars saved over years plus 80 belonging to her daughter Irma Frederick were stolen. It follows a separate jewelry store burglary nearby, where four rings valued at 1400 dollars were taken days earlier.

Iowa Falls Effie Card Irma Frederick Card Baker Jewelry

City Briefs and Local Notes From Bulletin

Emergency appendectomy performed on Patricia Mandell 17 of 810 First Street SW at St Luke's hospital Wednesday. She is recovering and visitors are allowed. Richard Jones 23 of route 2 escaped injury when his cab tipped near Bohemian National cemetery after hitting a rut and fence. I.O.O.F. picnic scheduled at Konicek's grove near Ely. Correct address for the publication is 1121 First Ave SE. George Clark repairing at 413 6th St SE. Shueyville church service Sunday at 9:30 a.m. topic Launch Out. school at 10:30. Fairfax St Patrick's chicken dinner Sunday Sept 18 starts 3:45. tickets at local businesses. Community Chest executive committee to meet at Montrose hotel noon Monday. Pat Wright 25 of 1226 Second St NW suffered a four story fall from a roof. condition described as fairly good. J B Ringer elected director of the Iowa Milk Dealers Association.

Patricia Mandell First Street St. Luke’s Hospital Pat Wright Second Street NW Iowa Mutual Mercy Hospital

Boy Dies of Polio While En Route to Hospital

Dallas Deeds six died of polio Friday morning while being transported to University Hospital in Iowa City. He lived with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Deeds of Waterloo.

Diane Hess Robert Hess University Hospital Iowa City Waterloo INS Dallas Deeds Charles Deeds

Rajk Admits Plot to Oust Hungarian Communist Regime

Laszlo Rajk former interior and foreign minister testified in a Budapest court that he plotted with Americans and Westerners to overthrow Hungary and turn it into a Yugoslav colony. He named two Americans, George Kovach and Martin Himmler, and said he contacted Selden Chapin, former U.S. minister to Hungary, amid a charged trial atmosphere.

Budapest Hungary Laszlo Rajk Yugoslavia Rajk Marshal Tito Josef Cardinal Mindszenty Soviet Union George Kovach Martin Himmler Matyas Rakosi Selden Chapin U. S

Classified Instantities and Lost Items From Local Ads

A cluttered page presents a heap of small ads including lost items a lost purse missing tokens and gloves a child’s dress a jacket zipper service offers for repairs and cleaning a rug pickup and delivery offer and various local business notices all items carry contact details and brief service lines from the neighborhood paper.

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