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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1933
Page
10
Chicago area hog prices rose 5 to 10 cents with a top of 410 and average around 3.95 as demand firmed amid limited receipts. Cattle and sheep also traded variedly with East St Louis and East Buffalo showing gains while overall markets remained a cleanup, catch-as-catch-can style.
East St Louis and related markets show hog receipts around 5 500 to 5 500 with top quotes near 4 00 for 150 230 lb hogs and sows around 3 15 to 3 40. Cattle receipts include 600 calves and 400 stockers with limited trade and mixed draws, steers around 4 00 to 5 25, and cows near 3 25 to 4 00. Sheep receipts near 11 000 with steady to firm prices for best lambs and midweights.
AP livestock report shows hogs steady to 10 cents higher with tops around 37.65 per hundredweight in Omaha and 37.0 in Sioux City. Cattle receipts about 1200 in Omaha and 700 in Sioux City with killing classes steady and cattle prices mostly steady. Sheep receipts near 4000 in Omaha with lambs steady to higher, feeder prices around 520 to 530.
Market note with hog receipts 2,500 and cattle receipts 500 at Kansas City and Des Moines. Prices listed by weight show hogs 140-330 lbs mostly 5-10 cents higher, cattle including calves and steers in the 4.00 to 6.75 per hundredweight range, vealers to 6.00. Sheep receipts 1,000 with lambs and ewes priced, Iowa hog prices across several markets are provided with ranges by weight and packing demand noted.
A Cedar Rapids list shows varied farm and market items with prices including grain hay vegetables fruits and meats. Entries include barley corn root vegetables cabbages bananas lettuce celery pears and hides with assorted crate and unit prices.
A fragmented summary of commodity receipts and prices across Chicago and New York markets. Includes potatoes onions butter eggs cheese and related futures with mixed receipts and firm or unchanged quotes. Mentions Wisconsin Idaho and Minnesota origins and notes storage and refrigerator standards.
Wheat led a modest uptick on the Chicago board as inflation chatter weighed on futures. Corn and rye showed mixed strength while oats stayed dull. traders awaited farm bill news and farm board holdings. Cash prices rose modestly with car receipts reported, and Liverpool closed higher.
Grain prices from Chicago and Minneapolis show bids for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds. Wheat No 3 yellow hard 54.5 cents No 2 mixed 54.35 to 55.45 cents corn No 3 mixed 30 to 31 cents No 2 yellow 30 to 31 cents oats No 2 white around 20 to 21 cents per bushel barley seed and timothy quoted with varied figures. Minneapolis receipts show cash grain market activity with No 1 northern hard red winter wheat around 85 to 90 cents and various durum and amber durum bids, oats bids around 16 to 17 cents, and corn bids near 27 to 28 cents.
The report lists irregular demand in various currencies with rates for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany and other nations. It notes unchanged flour shipments and stable sugar futures with raw sugar at 29 45 cents per pound and futures at 20 3 cents.
The New York bond market was thin and unsettled as traders stayed on the safety sideline. Government securities showed inactivity while foreign issues slipped to new lows amid political jitters. Some domestic corporates posted moderate gains though defaults appeared in banking and drug store notes.
Hog prices rose Friday with a 10 cent gain across all grades. Sinclair Hog Market lists primes 180-260 lbs at 3.40, with various weights up to 550 lbs and liberal premiums based on quality. calf and sheep markets show mixed prices for choice and good grades.
NYSE and Chicago stocks slipped in late Friday trading after an early rise driven by tobaccos and sugars. Major losses appeared in Consolidated Gas New York Central Public Service of New Jersey and AmericanTelephone with further declines in U S Steel Allied Chemical and Lorillard. Turnover about 650 000 shares and traders remained wary despite some signs of week end improvement.
Mrs P A Hromatko left for Topeka Kansas. Fresh shipment Jones sausage bacon and hams advertised. James White 49 of 509 Fifth Ave SE fined 10 dollars for intoxication. Fishermen's club to meet at Trinity Methodist church Saturday 730 pm. Cedar Rapids Chapter DeMolay meets Masonic hall 730 pm today. National Railway Employes Pension Assoc Local 170 meets Moose Hall Sunday 230 pm. Walter Arnold fined 10 dollars for speeding. Co Sharpe fined 2 dollars for double parking. Fines of 2 dollars for over time parking for Paul Maney B F Mather and E I Heuer.
The second wholesale rotation of shifts at police headquarters goes into effect at midnight Friday bringing the last of the two night shifts up for thirty days of day service Captain Al Mikota and his crew will man the decks during the day hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. during April Sam Christensen former assistant chief and his men will take charge of the work from 4 p.m. to midnight daily while Captain John Cook and his men will quit working days and come on duty at midnight to stay until 8 a.m.
Rock Island train number 810 could not depart Decorah for Cedar Rapids Friday due to high water flooding the tracks. The upper Iowa river near Decorah reached record levels Thursday night and was receding Friday morning. High water also reported between Waterloo and Nora Springs. North Western trains ran normally despite west side rain, with Chelsea area hit hardest.
Governor Henry Horner approved a Linn county warrant for Vincent Cerame Terzo, 43, Chicago, wanted on a charge of burning a building to defraud insurers. Terzo, arrested in Chicago March 18, faced a 1922 indictment. extradition to Cedar Rapids was pursued after a governor's hearing. Bond was raised from 2,500 to 15,000.
Roy Le Gallyne of 214 Fourteenth Street SE suffered bruises to his legs and arms after a bicycle was struck by a car driven by Ed Grubhoffer of 1210 First Street SE near Second Street and Fourteenth Avenue SE. He received first aid at a doctor's office. injuries were not serious.
Amelia Tersini, a Soho waitress, sues prize fighter Primo Carnera for breach of promise. Attorneys for Carnera, now in Italy, refused to say if the heavyweight will appear for the trial scheduled next Monday.
Guerrilla attack in Manchuria derails a Vladivostock to Harbin passenger train at Mataoshi tunnel. Casualties reported with two guards killed and five wounded. a Manchu-Japanese guard unit repulsed the bandits.
The city debates a new fiscal plan reducing police and fire wages to save funds while preventing pension cuts beyond 3.54 monthly. The mayor Xavier Stepanek proposes staffing cuts and pay reductions across departments, with detailed allocations for public improvements, water works, and bonds.
Ira A. Moore was appointed manager of the Chicago Reconversion Finance Corporation loan office succeeding Howard P. Preston who became deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Moore earlier worked at the Minneapolis RFC office and before that was a banker in Sioux Falls and Sioux City.
Carl Cohrt a Grundy Center hardware dealer and city council member died at his home after a long illness. Survived by widow Miss Anna Priost two children Theodore and Caroline his mother Mrs Theodore Cohrt of Traer and brother Leo Cohrt of Waterloo. He was a member of the Grundy Center Masonic lodge.
John Condon born July 4 1855 in Zanesville Ohio died Wednesday after a life as an Iowa County settler. He lived on farms near Holbrook and in Cedar Rapids and married Rose Lang in 1894. Survivors include daughters Mrs Shea of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Ebright of Holbrook. Funeral Saturday at St Patrick's Church then burial at Holbrook.
Mrs. Marie Christensen 44 widow of Anton Christensen of Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 7 40 p m Thursday after a lingering illness. She had lived in Cedar Rapids five years and was born May 12 1888 in Carbon Ja. Survivors include her daughter Mrs Dan Cerney of Cedar Rapids and three brothers Fred Steinhorst Lincoln Neb William and Henry Steinhorst Corning Ia and one sister Mrs Maude Wilson Griswold Ia. Funeral arrangements: body to Cing where services and burial will be.
William E. Hotz of Marion learns his sister Mrs. F. L. Prebyl died March 27 in San Diego California at age 57 after about four weeks of illness. She leaves husband, one daughter Eldora Day of Aurora NL, three sisters Elva Stingley Florence McCall and Bessie Duncan, and two brothers W. E. Hotz of Marion and Gilbert Clayton Hotz of Monrovia California. She had long been a Cedar Rapids resident before moving west.
Funeral services for Mrs. Magdalen Kaminsky will be held Saturday at 9 30 am at St Patrick's Church with Rev D J Lenihan presiding. Burial will follow in St John's Cemetery.
Funeral services for Donald George Meek infant son of Mr and Mrs James A Meek were held at the Shellsburg grave Saturday at 2 PM with Rev J R McCullough of Cedar Rapids presiding.
Chicago enters a tense fight to name a successor to slain Mayor Anton Cermak. Acting Mayor Frank J. Carr vows he is not a candidate as the city council election looms after run-off alderman races. Democrats expect a solid majority in the new council, with Republicans about half.
Robert D Meader of Eldora and Ruth J Norman of New Providence received marriage licenses, indicating the upcoming nuptials between the two couples.
In New York on Friday the Louis K. Liggett Company filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. The drug store chain operates 450 stores in 35 states. The board authorized officers to file, with vice president W E Watt signing the petition.
Leaders and social workers met at Miss Perkins request to discuss unemployment relief. The AFL program urged shorter work weeks higher wages unemployment insurance home mortgage relief for workers and a child labor amendment with strict immigration enforcement. Perkins filed a facts statement citing 4 million families and 600000 individuals on public relief and warned relief is greatly inadequate. Public works could employ about 1,000,000 on a 30 hour week if planned earlier.
Circuit Judge Horton held the defense showed a prima facie race bias in Alabama's jury system in Morgan County. The state must prove Negroes were not excluded by color as the trial for Haywood Patterson proceeds. The judge postponed ruling on the defense motion to quash the 100 jurors called to retry Patterson after the Supreme Court overturned prior death sentences.
In Muncie Indiana a suspended Methodist minister denies accusations from 18 year old Sunday school teacher Pretty Helen Huffman. Alibi witnesses claim Conway was in a plumbing shop from 2 to 4 pm on December 9. Thomas D Martin testifies that Dr Frank Daugherty offered to drop charges and transfer Conway rather than prove innocence.
A break-in at Captain Frank N. Mallory's home at 2222 Fifth Avenue SE was discovered Friday morning by maid Verna Blain. Entry was through a cellar window. jewel boxes and purses were opened but nothing reported missing yet as a full check awaits the Mallory family's return.
Washington reports Postmaster General Farley appointed Mrs Carl Smouse acting postmaster at Vinton Iowa. The move designates her to oversee local mail service and duties while the position is vacant.
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Civil Service Commission schedules a session at Grant High School on Thursday April 13 1933 at 8 p m to examine applicants for Police and Fire posts. Applicants must meet age height citizenship and residency rules and avoid felony records. Qualified candidates will obtain application blanks and surgeon certificates at City Hall and submit by noon April 16 1933. L J Storey Secretary. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
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