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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
7
Sultry conditions gave way to a forecast of heavy showers tonight and Saturday as the weather bureau tracks a weather system across the region. Temperatures ranged from 69 to 83 degrees locally with highs near 90 in the state.
Postmaster Albert S Barry announced the Muscatine post office shipped 326 pounds of letter mail and air parcel post in May, the heaviest volume since Ozark Airliners began regular airmail service in January. Sixty one of 81 scheduled flights were completed, with three flights daily planned for Muscatine.
Cash wheat values show Mo. 1 ward at 2 BRS, corn prices range from No. 2 yellow at 1.79 to 1.80, No. 3 at 1.77 to 1.78, No. 4 at 1.70 to 1.745, No. 6 at 1.70. Oats No. 2 heavy white 93. Barley malting 1.39 to 1.69, feed 1.29 to 1.50. Soybeans listed as none.
Butter prices fall as receipts reach 933,297 with wholesale shows 4c to 1carb lower and various scores listed. eggs steady with minor U.S. standards adjustments and current receipts 40.5c. live poultry shows hens weak while chickens hold steady to firm, heavy hens 29 to 33c, fryers 3 to 4c, roosters and ducks not quoted.
Chicago markets report estimated Saturday receipts for hogs at 21 head fewer, cattle around 300 head, sheep uncertain. No further details available from the fragment.
A fragmented list shows many companies and percentages such as Am Can 110% Am Rao 8S 14% Am Smelt 75% Am Te 155% Tobacco 60% Anaconda 41% Armour 10s Atchison 154 Bendix Aviation 50% Beth Steel 51 Boeinz Airplane 44% Base 61 Edison 31% Curtiss-Wright 10% Deere 62% DuPont 95%
A buying rush in soybeans sparked by crude bean oil sales to Germany buoyed a dull grain market on Friday. Wheat and corn rose modestly while soybeans gained 2 to 7 1/2 cents, July contracts reaching 3.26 3/4 to 3.27 and soymeal prices easing to 16.95 per hundred pounds.
Open Might Low Close for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Soybeans and fats. Futures show Sep Wheat near 2.46 percent gains, Corn around 2.48, Soybeans near 2.8 with July and Sep quotes, Rye Old and New Style figures, Lard bids and fats trading with mixed basis and unsettled activity across the board.
A Yugoslav military tribunal sentenced four people to three to twenty years for spying for Czechoslovakia and the Soviet led cominform. The group included a Yugoslav army captain and his wife, a Czech attache secretary, and a Czech born tapestry shop owner. The trial underscored Tito’s widening feud with Soviet satellites.
A panel of three district judges found Clarence Meldrum, a Council Bluffs attorney, guilty of unprofessional conduct and suspended his license for one year. The decision cites Meldrum soliciting bail bond business and acting in a dual capacity as lawyer and bail bondsman.
New motor vehicle registrations list Neva M. Crene of West Liberty and Keith Walker of Muscatine among others with models Chevrolet and Harley Davidson noted. Commencement for Muscatine junior college’s 1951 class set for 8 pm at First Presbyterian. High school band joined a wiener roast at Wild Cat Den State Park. Several speeding fines issued by Police Judge Hoefflin and Justice Wilson sentences for intoxication. Area hospital admissions and discharges recorded for Hershey and Bellevue. Weed Park pool opens Sunday June 3. Community program practices and church services outlined with Nazarene and Musserville events.
Authorities in Clarion Iowa sought burial steps after Clyde B. Bauerly aged 71 was found dead in a box car near the Chicago Great Western roundhouse. Coroner Dr. Richard A. Young ruled natural causes and Michigan relatives gave permission for burial but declined to claim the body locally pending legal checks.
The Defense Department estimated through May 30 total enemy casualties in Korea at 1 133 410 up 108 006 since May 23. The figure includes 682 238 battle deaths 138 880 non battle losses and 149 417 prisoners of war up to May 16.
A three judge panel ruled Meldrum violated a law prohibiting attorneys from acting as bond sureties in court and found him guilty of unethical and unprofessional conduct in soliciting legal business.
Dr. Robert Asthalter was guest speaker at the Bloomington township Farm Bureau meeting at the Schneider home. He discussed Socialized Medicine. Carl Schmidt chaired and reported on the prior board meeting. Four-H reports highlighted rally day June 2 and club tour June 17. About 50 attended with a luncheon and social hour.
Wapello Lions International hosts social gathering on June 4 at the VFW home with every member bringing two farmers as guests. Dr. George Browning of the Iowa State College experiment station will speak. Officers will be installed June 18 at Herman and Lu's cafe with W. O. Weaver as president and other new officers listed.
Grandview Bible School will open at the Community church Monday with classes from 9 to 11 30 a m for children ages 4 to 14. Memorial services were held at the cemetery at 10 a m Wednesday led by Rev R C Priebe. Wreaths were placed on soldiers graves by local children. Mr and Mrs James Wade bought property in the southwest town and plan to move in after repairs.
Deputies raided a Des Moines bar Thursday night seizing a fifth of whisky and two mixed drinks. Owners Joseph Cunningham and Anthony Aldern ordered to report to the sheriff. Picket lines at Tony Citrelli Stage Show and Tick Tock club aimed to stop whisky and beer after 1 am. Sheriff plans continued enforcement at taverns refusing to cooperate with closing-hour policy.
Joseph Pirrone 39 of Omaha escaped serious injury when his Union Freightways semi plunged through a Woodbine Iowa bridge on highway 30 after heavy rains. He swam to shore and was treated for minor bruises at St Catherine's hospital in Omaha. Traffic rerouted via detours No 59 and 64 from Denison to Council Bluffs.
Rudolph Halley former chief counsel of the U S Senate crime committee says he will run as Liberal party candidate for New York City Council president the second highest city office. He rose to prominence through interviews with major underworld figures. The Liberal party nominated him Thursday night. Democrats and Republicans have not yet named their nominees for November.
General J Lawton Collins United States army chief of staff arrived in Salzburg Austria for an inspection tour of American installations in Europe. He will stay in Austria until Sunday and then proceed to Trieste.
A two car collision at Seventh and Walnut sent Pvt. Bobby Dawson 18 and Mrs. Elbert Olson 22 to hospital with non serious injuries after one car crashed into a Younkers window. Both parties reside in Des Moines.
Nichols-Pike Grange will meet Wednesday evening June 6 in the Grange hall with a potluck lunch served by Bill Poole Lloyd Dealer Everett Grim. Fathers are urged to attend and women are asked to bring wedding dresses and toy musical instruments.
Toronto Pi Arbitri Power and Paper Co Ltd announced a $10 per ton rise in newsprint price. The New York price moves to $116 per ton while the Canadian price tests $12 per ton.
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