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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
6
Hogs climbed on Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh and other markets as receipts stayed tight and demand edged up. Chicago top moved to 3.95 per hundredweight with most sales around 3.89 as totals in major yards reached about 18,600 head regionally.
Iowa market cattle and hog quotes show several price tiers. Mason City lists 180 to 350 pound ranges with bids from 2.30 to 3.90 per pound, Waterloo notes prime and good packers around 2.70 to 3.10, and Des Moines records receipts and averages around 2.40 to 3.50 per pound for different weight classes.
Chicago livestock reports show hog receipts at 15 000 with 3 000 direct gains. Top hog prices reach 3 25 while 140-290 lb slaughter hogs trade around 3 70 to 3 95 per cwt. Cattle and sheep receipts mix with steadier to higher bids for better grades and lighter weights.
A local Cedar Rapids listing shows grain and produce prices including oats at 15 cents, rye 2 cents, barley 20 cents, corn curb at 2022C grade, and hay at 5 dollars. Fruit and vegetables priced: oranges 3.25, grapefruit 3.25, lemons 4.75, potatoes 10 dollars per 160 pounds, bananas 6 cents, head lettuce 2.50, celery 2.65, cabbage 2.65, oysters 2.00, and other items with various unit costs.
The New York bond market showed nervous trading with leaders drifting to slight price cuts. Several issues including Liberty bonds faced pressure as auctions and prewar optimism faded, while rails and major corporate issues fluctuated in uneven activity.
Dr B J Moon moved his office to 826 Higley Bridge. Phil Baker, stage and radio comic, visited Hotel Roosevelt while en route from Chicago to Des Moines to stay with Gov. Cyde Herring. Baker traveled with wife and Harry McNaughton the butler Bottles on air. Rock Island trains 66 and 67 restored between Cedar Rapids and Waverly. No 66 left Waverly 10 10 am Wednesday, arriving Cedar Rapids 11 15 pm, No 67 left 5 10 pm and arrived Waverly 7 45 pm.
Local talent at the Presbyterian church will present Uncle Jimms a& one act by Zona CGvile Thursday evening under the Working band. Cast includes Paul Smith Maurine Sting ley Marjorie Ahraken Evelyn Robbe Wilma Jackson Robert Alyca Lyle Thompson and Meta Prahm. Miss Irma Sanford coaches the play.
Persistent profit taking and selling by commission houses drove wheat sharply lower on the Chicago Board of Trade in late session. Corn led losses as prices slipped nearly 2 cents with light buying and weak support. oats and rye weakened while provisions eased. Cash demand showed strength with 180000 bushels sold to southeastern mills. Liverpool and cash markets posted mixed results as field work lagged due to rain and cold.
Grain movement reports list Chicago markets for JAP WHEAT No 2 red at 6134c, No 3 red 63%2c, CORN No 3 mixed 33c, No 6 mixed 3i, No 2 yellow 335ac, and various other yellow white oats and barley figures. Minneapolis case grain lists receipts 81 cars versus 73前年, cash bids for No 1 northern 60 7GAc, No 1 dark northern 15 per cent potential, amber durum prices, and corn and oats quotes.
Markets report firmer hen prices at 12 26/13c and turkey rates 124:18c, old ducks 12% 13c, spring ducks 12% 14c, leghorn broilers 117c, Rock broilers 20% 21c, and various prices for potatoes butter and eggs. Receipts show steady trading with moderate supplies. butter and eggs firm with steady to higher quotes. New York and Chicago listings include cheeses eggs and chicken products with freight rates noted for express and freight sales.
Chicago egg futures closed with firsts for April at 12 4 and 13 1/3 cents, with October 13 1/3 cents. Butter futures finished with April at 17 8/10 cents and May at 17 5/8 cents, reflecting storage standards for November at 18 3/4 cents.
Foreign exchange quotes listed for numerous currencies with cents figures, including Britain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, and others. Amsterdam, Mexico City, and Hong Kong references appear with nominal values. Exchange receipts show one car shipment and unchanged market status in Chicago.
Stocks eased in a colorless session with losses extended late in the day as major issues like U S Steel Santa Fe Case Corn Products Consolidated Gas American Telephone Union Pacific and U S Smelting and Refining fell one to two points. Turnover ran about 750000 shares while gains were erased and trading showed signs of exhaustion despite improved steel output and mixed retail hints.
Charles Votava, 52, died at his home 1629 Eighth Street NW at 3:30 am Wednesday after a three week illness. Born in Bohemia he lived in Cedar Rapids 23 years. Survived by wife three children Frank Mason City Mrs Norbert Zobl and Bessie at home two grandchildren and four brothers in Czechoslovakia. Funeral Friday 2 pm at Barta chapel with T B Hlbucek officiating. Burial Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call Thursday evening.
William Brecht a month old son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brecht of near Watkins died at a local hospital after a brief illness. The date and time are given as 6 30 a m Wednesday. Funeral arrangements were not yet made.
Charleroi report says Jeff Houston a riverman from Monongahela quit his job aboard the S. S. Collier. He protested that he cannot stand washing his hands with the sharp edges on a new bar of soap. He cites a clash between work conditions and sanitation.
The Iowa Senate delayed action on beer bills with a 25 to 25 tie on a motion by Senator Valentine. Two liquor measures passed in the afternoon session removing prescription filing requirements and allowing dentists to use intoxicating alcohol under federal rules. The body also moved to post pone taxation limits on agricultural lands and expunged a record on H. F. 88.
Gladys L. Smith and Ralph Woodman Bostain married in a single ring ceremony at a Tama Methodist church. The bride, a Belle Plaine graduate and longtime local worker, will live on a farm near Belle Plaine with her husband. Attendants were Naomi Budd and Elmer Jones.
D Fillmore of Cedar Rapids addressed the Federation of Women's Clubs on April events in U S history and praised Woodrow Wilson. Plans were announced for a benefit card party April 20 and a delegate to the biannual meeting May 2 3 was chosen. Members formed a nominating committee for May officers. Harold Philips bought the Hibner cigar store. Ameigo club hosted a luncheon and program featured local history notes. Pleasant Grove Community club enjoyed a program with music and readings for thirty three members and eight guests.
In Chickasha Virgil Antria spilled whisky and a lit cigarette caused a flash of flames burning him severely and sending him to a hospital. Tama students and staff prepare a World Peace program at the high school auditorium with talks on War Debts and Disarmament. Marengo opens the April county term with forty two cases including four divorce actions led by Watts, Goings, McAninch, and Lowe.
New York AP Shaw told an American audience at the Metropolitan Opera House that the United States may lead in saving civilization, but he blasted financiers, Hollywood propaganda, and a "charter of anarchy" in the Constitution. He praised Roosevelt and Hearst as against the current system and urged a new American constitution.
Eighty city business leaders attend first Marion Service club meeting at New Hailwood. After business, a by law submission, committee reports, and a youth quartet, the Rev John M Walters calls for moral revival and new prosperity. A three hour devotional at the Methodist church Friday unveils a city wide inter church service with organized hours. The public is welcome.
Four winners of the national high school music contest Ruth Wedd Philip Young Donald Robinson and Shubert Parkinson with leader W B Parkinson performed a concert as the opening Passion week service in the Christian church. The quartet offered solos and ensemble arrangements by the director and the church reported a full house. A silver offering was given to the music class.
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