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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1952
Page
2
Hershey reports a son born to Mr and Mrs Harry Hilsenhoff route 1 on Tuesday Bellevue announces a son to Mr and Mrs Dean Thornton Wapello on Tuesday A son born to Mr and Mrs Walter Maylone New Boston today
Chicago potatoes market shows arrivals 145 with U S shipments 68. Supplies liberal and demand slow with market slightly weaker. California white bakers at 5.50. Idaho russets 4.00. Minnesota North Dakota pontiacs 4.10 to 4.25. Washington russets 4.85. Wisconsin round whites 3.75.
The Wage Stabilization Board announces new handling of informational and advisory services. Regional WSB offices will direct most services while field representatives remain in 30 cities to advise by interview phone and distribute materials. Ninth regional office details for Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska and parts of Illinois listed with addresses.
Chicago grain futures show scattered gains and losses on October 1. Wheat contracts rise modestly while soybeans edge higher, with ongoing volatility in corn and lard markets reflecting unsettled supply and demand dynamics.
Two Muscatine area purebred herds join 17 Iowa swine herds accredited as brucellosis free. Dr. Maynard L. Spear of Iowa State College notes the importance of brucellosis free boars and testing gilts to protect future pig crops and reduce human infection risk. Morning Sun breeder Melvin Nelson owns a Duroc herd. W. A. Legler owns an Hampshire herd. He urges buying from accredited or seasonally tested herds to help eradicate the disease in Iowa.
Record show 21 marriage permits issued in September while 10 final divorces were signed in the Muscatine district court. Harold Hanson, clerk of the district court, reports the totals for the 30 day period.
Southeastern Iowa water works operators conference scheduled for Muscatine at the Geneva Golf and Country club on Tuesday October 7 correcting an earlier misprint that listed October 6.
Chicago reports butter steady to firm with receipts 633 522 and wholesale prices mostly unchanged though some increases by 2 cents per pound. Eggs remain firm with prices for U S large 57 58 and mediums 41. Live poultry market unsettled with fryers or broilers up to 42 cents and heavy hens to 21.5 22.0 cents. Ducklings at 32 cents.
Chicago livestock officials list estimated salable receipts for Thursday. Hogs about 9,900 head, cattle around 2,500, and sheep near 1,000. The figures reflect USDA estimates and are subject to change.
Readable lines show percent figures for diverse firms and brands including Am Can Anaconda Armour Boeing Case Chrysler Con Edison Corn Prod Curtiss Wright Deere Du Pont Gen Elec Gen Foods General Mot Goodrich Int Harv Interstew Kresge Mon Ward Nash Kelv Nat Dairy Penn R R Pepsi Cola Phil Pet Radio Cap with many percentages. The data appears as a fragmented OCR list of corporate percentages rather than a narrative.
Local calendar lists driver training class meeting at Muscatine junior college room 301 at 7 p m Monday October 6 and various church and club gatherings including Christian Women missionary meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday choir practice at the church and Muscatine Power Boat club at 7 30 p m at the club house Amalgamated Clothing Workers Local 289 meet at 8 p m Thursday Iowa avenue union hall Democrats meet at 113 Iowa avenue 8 p m Friday with refreshments. updates on hospital admittances and injuries noted along with new vehicle registrations in Muscatine listings
The notice lists individuals and infants dismissed from residences across Morning Sun Lincoln boulevard First avenue Bryan avenue East Seventh street Breese avenue Evans street and Wilton Junction. Named are Mrs Ray Boulton and infant, Mrs Gilbert Rock and infant, Mrs Roger Yocom and infant, Mrs Richard Symmonds and infant, Mrs Berdina Terrill, Mrs Barbara Beck, Mrs Ethel Lemaster, Arthur LaRue, and Janice Kiser.
Former Rep. Clare Boothe Luce says Communists infiltrated into the U.S. government and have been thriving in the Democratic party for 20 years. Her radio television program sponsored by the Republican National Committee used charts film and newsreel clips to warn that root out of subversion requires sacrificing no constitutional liberties.
Cranston residents Mr. and Mrs. Fay Meeker and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hafner hosted dinner in Fairfield with Albert Brookhart and others. The gathering included families from Fairfield Mt Pleasant Wilton Letts and Des Moines with multiple cousins and grandchildren in attendance.
Philip M. Hegstrom, 48, a prominent Sioux City real estate dealer, is jailed without bond on a first degree murder charge in the death of his 53-year-old wife Ruth. She was beaten in their suburban kitchen Monday night. Police found two heavy coffee cups splattered with blood beside the body and report 17 scalp wounds and severe head trauma.
Chicago price board lists cash wheat with no bid. Corn values show No 1 and No 2 at 1 14 43, No 3 at 1 72 in fractional terms, No 4 at 1 69. Sample grade at 1 62. Oats offer none. Barley prices vary with making 1 35 81 and seed 1 28 32. Field seed per hundredweight ranges for sweet clover 9.00 10.00, redtop 38.00 39.00, alsike 33.50 34.50, timothy 14.00 14.50, red clover 31.50 32.50.
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