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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1936
Page
10
The hog supply was very limited on Saturday and prices were nominally steady. A top of 10.80 was paid for good to choice swine around 210 pounds, with a quotable peak near 11, as 2,500 fresh hogs moved, 2,000 direct to packers. Lambs rose strongly on Easter demand, with top at 18.00 and lamb prices the highest in five years, while cattle and hogs showed mild strength and uneven gains.
Receipts cattle 700 calves 100 with best fed steers up sharply yet uneven demand. Sheep 3,000 with week totals 5,900, lambs high on old crop and spring buyers. Hogs 2,500 with limited supply. top around 10.80 for 210 lb hogs as shippers hold steady to lightly higher.
USDA cattle receipts 1200 with steers and yearlings 15 to 40 cents higher, cows 25 to 40 cents up, stockers firm. Hogs receipts 700 steady to 25 cents lower, 160 to 250 pounders around 10.50 to 10.30, sows and pigs scarce. Sheep and lambs receipts 300 with slaughter lambs 50 percent higher, top woolly lambs 10.75, feeding lambs 8.50 to 9.50.
Combined hog receipts across 20 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday totaled 9,400, down from 14,500 a week earlier and 19,400 a year ago. Prices mostly steady with spots 5 to 10 cents higher, but trade undertone weak. weekend loading lighter than last week’s 31,100. Quoted: lights 140-160 lbs 9.25-10.00. 160-180 lbs 9.90-10.45. 180-200 lbs 10.20-10.65. 200-220 lbs 10.20-10.65. 220-250 lbs 10.15-10.65. 250-290 lbs 9.85-10.45. 290-359 lbs 9.55-10.15. pigs 100-140 lbs none. sows 275-350 lbs 9.00-9.45. 425-550 lbs 8.55-9.10.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts 150 calves 25 demand strong to 25c higher steers and yearlings 7.50 to 10.15 heifers 6.50 8.10 cows 5.00 7.00 cutters 3.75 5.00 bulls 5.50 6.00 vealers 8.00 49.00. Sheep receipts none lambs 10.50 10.75 top 10.85. Hogs receipts 250 steady 190 270 ls 10.00 10.25 top 10.25 270 335 lbs 9.00 10.00 sows 9.25 9.35.
The Associated Press notes steady hog prices in Mason City with ranges for 140-160 lb good light hogs at 9.15 to 9.45, 160-180 lb at 9.85 to 10.15, 180-220 lb at 10.10 to 10.40, 220-250 lb at 10.05 to 10.15, and 275-350 lb at 8.90 to 9.20, 350-425 lb at 8.70 to 9.00. Ottumwa reports local hogs unchanged.
The Austin Minnesota hog market reports bid ranges for various weights. Good to choice pigs 180-220 pounds bring 10.10 to 10.40, 220-250 pounds 10.054 to 10.35, 250-290 pounds 9.75 to 10.05, 290-350 pounds 9.45 to 9.75, and packing sows 275-550 pounds 8.55 to 9.20.
Cattle receipts 300 with mixed weekly results. Slaughter steers and yearlings strong to 25c higher. cows 50c higher. most fat cattle advanced. Hogs receipts 200 250 lb class down 10c. 100 choice lambs up to 10.75. week trade showing varied gains and steady Saturday activity.
Week's market notes report fed wooled lambs advancing by 50 to 75 cents. Most other classes held steady. Top fed wooled lambs brought 10.75 with late bulk at 10.50 to 10.75, small lots native springers 11.00 to 12.50, Navajo yearlings 9.00, two year olds 8.00, and fed ewes 4.50 to 5.50. No feeders or shearing lambs were offered.
Local hogs move higher after an advance of five cents in top and other grades Saturday. Top price climbs to 10 dollars and 50 cents. Good packers stay steady as corn and oats edge up slightly.
A dense pricing column from Cedar Rapids lists grain rates for Wheat Oats Rye Barley Corn and shelled varieties, along with soybeans and various poultry meats and eggs. Wholesale fruits vegetables and prices for oranges lemons potatoes apples bananas lettuce celery cabbage onions and hides are shown with assorted unit prices and crate or bag terms.
Chicago Produce Market report shows butter receipts firm with creamery specials and extras. eggs receipts strong with local firsts and cars. poultry live receipts up to date with hens, leghorn hens, and various fowl prices. potatoes receipts on track with varied regional prices, imports, and stock notes for several U S potato types.
New York AP market notes show eggs receipts at 32 348 mixed colors with firm demand, butter receipts at 17 466 firmer creamery and higher than extra, and cheese receipts at 135 611 firm with unchanged prices. Live poultry prices remain unchanged by freight.
Chicago futures report shows butter contracts closing with storage standards for November 26 and fresh standards for June 25. Egg futures close with storage packed firsts for April and May values, plus refrigerator standards for October.
US Department of Agriculture notes scattered transactions in the Boston market for domestic wools last week with demand limited and prices generally lower than two months ago. Outlook improves slightly as buyers hold a wait and see stance. Graded French combing length wools quoted around 85 to 88 cents scoured. graded fleeces for combing length listed in grease terms from 34 to 38 cents for various grades.
New York reports steady foreign exchange with listed cent demands for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and Montreal exchange pairs.
AP dispatch notes flour market figures in Minneapolis with carload lots for family patents at 6.50 to 6.70 a barrel in 98-pound sacks. Shipments listed at 43,637 units with pure bran 18.50 to 19.00 and standard middlings 18.50 to 19.00.
Karlis Ulmanis, already prime minister and virtual dictator of Latvia since 1934, formalized his rule by taking the presidency in ceremonies at the Riga castle.
Chicago trading opens with a sharp bullish government winter wheat estimate, sending May wheat up 1 1 4 to 1 5 4 cents as corn and oats climb modestly. The surprise lower production outlook spurred heavy initial buying, aided by expectations of possible Canadian stock purchases and mixed southwest weather.
Wheat prices show May at 0.802 and July at 0.812 with other futures noted. Chicago cash market reports no wheat sales. corn and oats prices listed across No. 3 white to No. 5 yellow ranges. beans and seed prices also given. A long list of stocks and commodities quotes accompanies, including primary firms Adams Express and Kroger, with extensive price detail across multiple securities.
The New York Stock Exchange and several U S markets reopened for trading on Saturday while most commodity markets stayed closed for Easter. Opened commodities in New York included produce dairy poultry bar silver foreign exchange and potatoes with Boston wool and federal reports slated in livestock centers.
Minneapolis noted mixed grain bids with receipts at 134 cars and higher futures. Wheat prices ranged by class including No 1 heavy and dark northern values with arrivals and different protein grades. Corn and oats quotes listed for No 3 yellow and No 3 white respectively with misc percent adjustments.
Railroad issues faced selling pressure in Saturday trading with losses from fractions to about a point. Several carrier liens fell, including Santa Fe 4s and St. Paul 5s, while some issues like Armour 4 2s and Youngstown Sheet and Tube 5s posted small gains. Foreign bonds mostly slipped with French 7s and German 52s down, Italian 7s up slightly.
U S government bonds closed with Treasury 44s 47 52 at 118.40, Treasury 4s 44 54 at 112.25, Treasury 33s 40 43 June at 108.14, Treasury 34s 43 47 at 108.70, Treasury 34as 46 49 at 105.20, Treasury 3s 51 55 at 104.60.
King Edward VIII will hold no royal courts this year as a mourning gesture for King George. Debutantes and potential American presenters are disappointed. Gardens parties at Buckingham Palace are planned for July 21 and 22, with possible certificates of presentation to eligible debutantes.
Chicago, AP. Betty Martin 32, sobbing I want to die, awaits grand jury action on a charge she killed her husband Andrew Martin whom she married December 19. Police say she shot him Thursday night in a south side nightclub and was jailed in Cook County. Coroner's jury reported the evidence Friday.
In New Orleans, Loyola University athlete Pel Hughes practiced for an opening game stunt by tossing a silver dollar 354 feet, outdistancing Walter Johnson's recent 317-foot Potomac throw by 37 feet.
Selective demand lifts rails copper steels motors and specialties. Santa Fe leads gains near new highs while U S Steel Chrysler GM White Motors post late advances. Wheat rallies in Chicago on government crop forecast. many issue performances rise, others lag as buying returns in copper from London.
Dr R J Stephen is in Indianapolis for post graduate study. Monty Cannon of 108 Twenty seventh Street Drive SE has heart attack symptoms and was moved to Omaha. Lowell Ayers faced reckless driving charges with a $5 fine and costs from Justice A S Reed. Fines and costs of $10 for intoxication were set for Chris Brown 47 Charles Graves 61 and Max Kronenfeldt 63. Seventh Day Adventist services at 3424 First Ave E listed with schedule. Gladys Pinnell returns to African mission work and will lead Four Square Gospel Tabernacle service Tuesday at 7 30.
Secret service operatives opened an inquiry into a ninth sabotage case against British war vessels since autumn. A large wrench was found under the casing of submarine L-54’s motor at Devonport dockyard, potentially disabling the underwater machinery if it had gone to sea.
Bert Puckett of 1001 Nineteenth street SE was fined one dollar and costs for parking in an alley. The same fine was imposed on W. F. Grady of 119 Twenty-seventh street SE James D. Blake 2340 Linden drive SE Charles Marous ek 84 Seventeenth avenue SW and D. C. Thomas 370 Twentieth street SE for overtime parking.
Jack O Day, 25, of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, was held by police at 11 a.m. Saturday for investigation tied to six leather jackets he tried to sell in the Cedar Rapids business district. He said he bought the jackets in Burlington from a Chicago man, claiming this was the fourth load he had brought to Cedar Rapids for sale.
George Nichols reported a bronze 18 inch tall marksmanship trophy with an eagle top stolen from the Delta Phi Epsilon house at 839 First Avenue E. The trophy valued at 25 dollars. Nichols also noted Robert E. Pfeiffer reported a wrist watch stolen from the YMCA on Friday night.
The Witwer Grocer of Cedar Rapids wins a temporary injunction in district court to stop Ford Hopkins Cedar Rapids from selling malt syrup below 54 cents per can. Witwer alleges contracts set the minimum price statewide and that Ford Hopkins agreed to honor them. Ford Hopkins says it recently stocked Witwer product at 54 cents and notes prior shipments from Chicago were discounted to 49 then 45 cents.
A defense appeal to the state supreme court has been filed in district court in the personal injury suit of Fred L. Zody of Toledo against E. F. Winslow and Ann Winslow. A jury awarded Zody $14,500 on December 19 for injuries from a crash between Zody’s car and the Winslow car in Cedar Rapids on December 15, 1934. A state motion led to dismissal of the operating while intoxicated charge against Lester Kaul, who had pled not guilty.
Mrs Filomena Pecha 73 widow of Frank Pecha died Friday at 7 am at the home of her daughter Mrs Josephine Blaha Stevensville Michigan where she had been for several months. She is survived by two other daughters Mrs Elizabeth Rainus of Chicago and Mrs Mary Kropick and a son Joseph Ruzicka in Czechoslovakia. Funeral services and burial will be in Stevensville.
Funeral services for Lewis Tow will be conducted at Turner chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. L. D. Stubbs. Burial follows in Norway cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel prior to the service.
Police piece together a fatal assault on Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton at Beekman Place. The murder involved strangulation and a attempted attack after disrobing, with clothing torn and a sash used to strangle. Neighbors heard no struggle and no robbery was evident.
Hollywood star Ginger Rogers ends her brief strike after securing a five year deal with RKO Radio. The pact awards a heavy salary increase, year round pay, and four yearly pictures, two with Fred Astaire and two solo projects, while continuing the Rogers Astaire team block.
Callander Ontario reports the Dicnne quintuplets will join a real fashion parade on the verandahs of Dafoe hospital Sunday. Each baby will wear a new bonnet, shoes, and dress with winter coats and loggins over dainty Easter outfits. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe notes the babies have Easter eggs from across the continent and greetings from Canada the US and Great Britain flood in.
Fremont Nebraska AP report details a Midland College psychology class exercise by Prof G E Hickman. He uncorked a bottle labeled water and asked students to raise hands when they smelled it. A stopwatch logged scent detection at two seconds for the first student and about forty seconds for all but four of thirty participants.
Mr and Mrs Roy Ehlers of 950 Circle Drive NE welcome daughter Marilyn Joan born April 7. Mr and Mrs Lester Boots of 1329 C Avenue NW celebrate son Lester Sylvester born April 10 at Mercy hospital. Mr and Mrs William Kepler of 3900 C Avenue NE announce son Harlan William born April 11 at Mercy hospital.
Wilbur R Mason of Cedar Rapids weds Mary B Gott of Center Point. Hillis C Whitenack and Norma G Street of Center Point. Laurence Booth and Lucile Gammon of Cedar Rapids. Edward B Burke and Myrtle M Burke of Cedar Rapids. Frank L Leeks and Juanita Winslow of Cedar Rapids. Albert Harford and Mildred Jayne of Cedar Rapids. B W Griffith of Ames weds Dreva M Hawks of Cedar Rapids. John W Padgett of Letts weds Louise Schomberg of Letts. Orville F Schlesselman Williamsburg weds Wanda A Pope North English.
Marion residents attended a Friday Rail way Mail association gathering in Cedar Rapids with several couples and individuals listed. Sixteen Marion athletes joined an invitation track meet at Mechanicsville under Coach Don Wolfe with a named squad. The Woman's Progressive club met at Maude McBride’s home with eighteen members and five guests. Other items note Julia Ames visiting Toledo, Dan Stanton moving to Marion, Vivien Holm visiting Sabula, Margaret Schrubbe Eastering Decorah, Louise Hutchison teaching Kalona, and De Vere Fehr on ten day furlough from San Diego naval training.
Mr and Mrs Ami Allen and their Chicago family will spend Easter and the weekend in the home of Mrs Fred Blakeslee in Marion with Cedar Rapids relatives. Miss Thusia Davis will accompany them to Marion.
The Pilgrim Highroaders of the Congregational church plan an Easter sunrise service at 6 30 a m Sunday at the church. Committee members include Wyoma Carey chairperson Lillian Voorhies and Gaylord Ward with Laura Smith leading.
Ethyle Wood Birmingham sang with the Consistory quartet at Maundy Thursday services in Cedar Rapids. Before the service the quartet members were dinner guests of Charles Harmer.
Mrs. Charlotte Holloway of Lincoln Nebraska is due in Marion Sunday for a extended visit with her sister Mrs Welden S Campbell and brother George Reichard. Lost coin purse containing 4.90 reward phone 259J.
Miss Margaret Wood an English teacher at Marion High School is related to relatives at Denison. The brief item notes a personnel or family linkage affecting staff arrangements.
Miss Margaret Paul of Gary Indiana is spending the Easter vacation with her mother Mrs George Paul.
Miss Frances Hildebrand of the Presbyterian church urges all members to attend Easter morning Sunday school at 10 o clock for a children’s Easter treat.
The Rev. Frank Mathis of Colorado Springs will oversee special services at the Methodist church starting Sunday evening. He stays with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Esgate in Marion. Miss Jeanne Dye of Cedar Rapids visits her grandmother Mrs. Ina Dye Minor for a few days.
Mrs. Richard A. Crew and daughter Virginia visit Marion relatives including Mrs. John T. Christie. Hyde family welcomed newborn son born April 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hyde. Shively family from Milwaukee and Chicago stay for weekend at R. O. Shively home. Parrott Jackson of South Bend visits Cedar Rapids relatives. Mrs. Jack Monahan travels to Milwaukee after a death in the family. Evelyn Coppock spends Easter vacation near Springville and Whittier. Minnie Elliott returns to Marion for summer after winter in Boston and Florida. J. C. Nebelung of Perry visits Cedar Rapids and Marion. Kenneth Nebelung Jr. returns from Perry. Margaret Echlin and son James return to Wooster Ohio where Echlin tutors at Wooster College.
In Kansas City Missouri a feeble clash titled the Italo-Ethiopian War ended when a rock was pitched by 74 year old Reuben Silvey. The yard trash and clothesline poles served as shields as mock soldiers fled after the improvised bombardment.
Frank Flack and Theodore Sil ker returned Friday morning with the Coe college military band which has been making its annual spring tour.
Mr and Mrs George Busby return to Savanna Illinois after a two day visit in Marion, listing their trip as pleasant and eventful with no incidents reported.
The Oxford club of the Methodist church holds its annual Easter breakfast at the church at 6 30 a m Sunday with Miss Catherine Reinheimer in charge The sunrise service follows in charge of Miss Margaret Oldfather and Miss Anna Helen Martin
Mrs E A Chapman visiting sister Mrs John T Christie has travelled to Iowa City to spend Easter with her son John at the University of Iowa. She plans to return to her Nevada home early next week.
A consolidated church guide lists services for Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Union, Free Methodist, Pray Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Neighborhood Chapel, and Seventh Day Church of God. It names pastors, service times, Sunday school, and choir staff for each congregation.
Short classified notice from The Gazette indicating listings may be sent by mail or delivered in person to the newspaper for publication.
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