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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1935
Page
17
Chicago hog prices edged higher as supply tightness boosted values. Cattle receipts were small about 5,000 with 2,000 calves, with uneven but mostly steady prices and top cattle at 1450 for 1,249-pound steers. Sheep buyers reported steady activity with woolled lambs at 8.25 to 8.50 and top 8.60.
Hog prices on the local market edge higher with most grades up a nickel except the first four, top at $895. Sinclair Hog Market lists bids by weight class from 140 pounds to over 550, with varied offers for good, choice, and packer hogs. Cattle and lamb prices follow a steady to higher trend, with steers, heifers, cows, and bulls shown in ranges for light to heavy weights.
Grain and livestock prices listed for Cedar Rapids area including Wheat Oats Rye Barley Corn Hens and cocks prices by weight and various livestock items. Wholesale Fruits Vegetables and other commodities with prices for oranges navels cranberries lemons potatoes lettuce and oysters. miscellaneous meats and retail items also noted with unit prices.
A fragmented OCR item lists sugar prices, contracts, and bond data with scattered figures. It mentions US Treasury data and international references including Denmark Japan Austria Slovakia and Argentina, alongside city names like New York Montreal and Mexico City.
May and September wheat hit new highs on the Chicago board of trade as traders digest a bullish government crop report and dust storm news from the southwest. Prices rose sharply in early trading, with later pulls but the underlying strength remained. Corn and oats showed smaller moves amid mixed cash price changes and day’s receipts.
Grain movement reports show Chicago and Minneapolis wheat receipts by rail, with bids and classifications for No 2 and No 3 wheats, various corn and rye prices, and cash grain quotes. Minnesota and St Louis markets list wheat, corn, oats, and barley values, while Kansas City and Chicago cash grains reflect mixed bids and standard grades for export-ready lots.
Metal and mining stocks led gains after the government boosted the domestic silver price to 71 cents an ounce. U S Smelting and Cerro de Pasco rose while many major issues barely moved. Transfers topped 700000 shares as overall tone stayed steady amidst mixed bonds and commodity gains.
New York bonds edged lower for some issues while semi speculative groups paused for consolidation. Prime rated corporates traded at slightly higher levels with little government activity. noted gains in silver had limited market impact and few strong trends emerged across sectors.
In Mocksville North Carolina after 52 years of marriage F M Reavis 75 and his wife Addie obtained a divorce unopposed. Reavis said we could not make a hit of married life and left her to seek the divorce noting their golden wedding anniversary two years ago ended with a separation.
Siam shows signs of moving away from its historic alliance with Britain as more students seek education in Japan and a deputation from Siam's parliament visits Tokyo to study reform. Britain and France value Siam as a buffer between their empires and Indo China, while Japan plans an air service to Bangkok.
A Department of Commerce survey shows Americans pay cash for groceries more than any other item and favor open credit for undertakers and doctors. It details creditor shares by sector, delinquency rates, and furniture dealers optimistic about collections through repossession.
More than 600 pilgrims from Dublin led the largest Irish pilgrimage to Palestine. It sailed direct from Ireland and visited Haifa, Palestine and Cairo, Egypt, marking the first such voyage of its kind.
BELTON Tex UP Houston and Chicago are nine hours and one minute apart after a new passenger air service by Brainiff airlines. Seven Lockheed-Electra planes are built for the route carrying passengers and two pilots at 203 mph. Planes have two Wasp motors and all metal soundproof construction. Connections planned with Pan American to Mexico at Brownsville.
The public is invited to a Friday 7 30 pm program in the Lincoln school auditorium. Seventh grade pupils perform Selections by a mixed chorus and several plays including The Fatal Quest and A Bachelor's Reverie. Family Night noted at the Methodist church. Larry Griswold shows slight improvement from inflammatory rheumatism.
Cleveland report cites Col Leonard P Ayres stating the United States is sixth among ten industrial nations in production recovery from 1932 to 1935 based on League of Nations statistics. He notes American productivity could match or exceed others' gains in actual volume. Sweden United Kingdom Canada Germany Italy lead US. Netherlands Czechoslovakia France Belgium trail.
A golf instruction note explains keeping the elbow toward the stomach to prevent a slice, warns hands ahead of the clubhead and late hands causing hooks or shanks, and suggests bracing the forward-leaning right leg and turning hips and shoulders to correct faults.
The Lions club Service Club and American Legion sponsor a two day show Crazy Politics in the Lincoln school auditorium on May 16 and 17. A 23 person speaking cast will be supported by two large groups including 25 caucus members for the People’s party and a separate Syncopated Rally group. A children’s group and a 25 girl high school chorus will also perform. Proceeds fund a new recreation center and playground.
A Marion list covers a teachers club social at the Vernon home and a Cornell college talk by Dr. Burgstahler. Local groups meet for dinners readings and garden talks with names like Mrs. Granger Mrs. Wallace and Miss Crew noted.
The Marion Linn chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked its seventh anniversary with a guest day at Mrs. Charles R. Biddick’s home. Juniata Caldwell Laser of Coe College read The Roof by John Galsworthy. More than sixty members and guests attended the tea, with Mrs. R. J. Kendall and Mrs. W. E. Fisher presiding. Out-of-town guests from Cedar Rapids included Mrs. R. C. Toms and Mrs. Otto Schulter, among others.
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