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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1936
Page
17
Chicago reports Wednesday receipts including 9,000 cattle 11,000 hogs and 8,000 sheep. Hog prices weakened to a top of 10.90 as wholesale meat costs rise after Lent, with limited demand and cattle and sheep showing only mild strength. Representative hog and lamb sales noted mixed averages and a new April top for choice wool at 11.60.
Hog receipts 12 000 with 3 000 direct demand weak to 10 cents lower than Monday. Top $10.90. Cattle receipts 8 000 calves 2 500. fed steers steady, killing quality plain to slow but turning higher, best fed heifers around $8.50 to $9.00. Sheep receipts 7 000. prices uneven but firm to higher, top wooled lambs $11.25 to $11.40, best colored spring lambs up to $12.50.
U S Department of Agriculture notes active cattle receipts around 3000 with strong feeder demand and varied price levels. Hogs similar volume with steady to slightly lower bids overall, while sheep receipts also about 3000 show gradual gains on late Monday wool clips and held over lambs.
Iowa hog receipts reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards and 9 packing plants, located in interior Iowa and the southern region.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts at Omaha hogs 4 500 steady to 10 cents lower with prices 9 25 to 10 40. cattle 6 500 calves 300 weak to 50 cents higher. steers 7 50 to 9 50 heifers 6 50 to 8 25 cows 5 00 to 6 00. vealers 8 50. sheep 7 000 lambs 10 50 to 10 85 with best above 11 00.
The Associated Press notes steady to five cent higher hog prices in Mason City. Packers' hogs range 140 to 425 pounds with prices from about 9.15 to 9.25 for lighter grades and up to 10.45 for 180 to 220 pounds, tapering to 8.75 to 9.05 for the heaviest loads.
Hogs steady in Austin Minnesota with good to choice 180 to 220 pounds bringing 10.15 to 10.45 dollars. 220 to 250 pounds quoted 10.10 to 10.40 dollars. 250 to 290 pounds 9.80 to 10.10 dollars. 290 to 350 pounds 9.50 to 9.80 dollars. Pack ing sows 275 to 550 pounds 8.60 to 9.25 dollars.
Hog prices on the local market hold steady except for top grade hogs which fall five cents to 10.50. Other local markets show no change.
A Cedar Rapids classified list provides current prices for grains including wheat 96c, oats 23c, rye 46c, barley 45c, corn 44-46c per bushel, soybeans 60c, and various sizes of poultry and eggs. Also listed are wholesale fruits and vegetables with prices for oranges, grapefruits, lemons, potatoes, apples, bananas, lettuce, celery, cabbage, onions, and cured hides with different grade prices.
New York API raw sugar futures advanced 1 to 5 points as refined sugar markets show strength. Traders noted modest demand and steady mills output amid shifting pricing signals.
Flour market in Minneapolis shows stable API flour and varied barrel pricing. Carload shipments rise with family patents valued around 6.50 to 6.70 per barrel, cotton sacks noted, pure bran sold at 18.50, standard middlings 8.50 to 19.00, reflecting ongoing price adjustments.
The Department of Agriculture reports scarce wool trading in Boston with only urgent needs met. A notable purchase involved a moderate Ohio Delaine lot basis 35 cents grease, wool shrinking 60 percent or about 88 cents scoured.
New York AP reports foreign exchange demands in cents and percent terms for many currencies. Listings include Great Britain 49414, France 6.59 percent, Germany 40.28, Norway 24.83, Sweden 25.49, Japan Tokio 28.91, Mexico City 27.85, Montreal in New York 99.50, New York in Montreal 100.50, among others. N-Nominal.
Short covering driven by crop damage fears in the southwest pushed futures higher after a weak opening on the Chicago board. Wheat rose to 1.34 cents, May 96 4 cents. corn and oats also advanced amid modest volume, with firming lard as grains lifted.
Chicago cash provisions deliver mixed grains and seeds prices. Wheat and corn bids list No 3 and No 4 grades with modest gains. soybeans and oats show varied quotes. Lard prices range for tieres and loose belly lines, timothy and clover seed noted.
Minneapolis AP reports wheat receipts 59 cars with mixed gains for No 1 heavy dark northern spring and No 1 dark northern at various prices. Also lists No 1 hard Montana and durum varieties with surrounding bid prices and futures, plus No 3 yellow corn and No 3 white oats quotes.
Chicago AP market update shows butter receipts 10 631 firm creamery specials 93 score extras 92 firsts 88 89. eggs receipts 27 599 firm extra firsts local 19 to 20 cents current receipts 1854c storage packed firsts 2054c. Poultry live 19 trucks steady various weights hens and roosters prices. potatoes on track 96 on track 334 U S shipments 601 Idaho Russets weaker demand slow stock moderate prices per cwt mixed by variety and origin.
AP notes firm egg receipts with mixed colors and special packs at 224¢, firsts 20 4¢, seconds 19 4¢, mediums 19 4¢, dirties No 1 19 4¢, small 18 42¢, storage packed firsts 21¢. Cheese receipts 367 778 firm, live poultry weak by freight with fowls 20 22¢, roosters 14¢, turkeys 16 25¢, ducks 14-16¢.
Butter futures end with stores following storage standards for November 26 and fresh standards for April 28. Egg futures move on storage packed firsts at April, May prices and refrigerator standards for October values.
New York bond market showed mixed results with railroad issues leading gains. Baltimore and Ohio 4 2s Erie 5s Illinois Central 4 4s St Louis San Francisco 4s and Southern Pacific 4 1 2s advanced while government bonds rose slightly and guaranteed issues fell. Strong technical support came from ample bank reserves despite weak carrier equities. British decision to avoid sanctions on Italy contributed to steadier foreign obligations.
New York U.S. bond market closed with various yields. Debt issues including 44s 52 and 4s 44-47 traded at around 118.4 and 112.25 respectively, with 334s 43-47 near 108.4 and 6 46-49 about 105.21.
Elizabeth Brown 75 widow of former Oelwein grocer died after a four months illness. A resident since 1895 she was active in Eastern Star and P E O sisterhood. Survived by daughter Lilly and sisters Anna Hawley Ida Harker Catherine Benston. Funeral at Presbyterian church Thursday at 3 p.m. with Rev L W Hauter officiating.
The market showed heavy selling pressure Tuesday with many industrials and motors down 1 to 3 points. Notable losses appeared in Chrysler Johns Manville Bethlehem Steel U S Steel General Motors and American Telephone as volume neared two million shares. A late rally in grains contrasted with a weakening equity tone amid European and French monetary concerns.
INDEPENDENCE AP Arraignment of Rodney Pace 17 for murder postponed to Wednesday at 2 p m by Judge A B Lovejoy in district court. Pace killed his brother Ogden with a rifle five weeks ago.
Mrs. Thomas Nicholson of Mount Vernon spoke on world peace and international friendship at the Monday night community mother and daughter banquet in the Marion Methodist church dining room. The program featured piano and vocal solos, a clarinet piece, and invocation by Rev. Ralph Hall Collis. Covers were set for 160.
The Milwaukee Railroad Women's club held its annual benefit party at Memorial hall with twenty two card tables. Prizes included decks for high scores and a door prize won by Mrs. A J Elder. Committee members coordinated reservations, table setup, and refreshments. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Charles Hibner of Chicago.
In Nashville Tennessee Chancellor Howell denied an injunction to stop neighbor A N Estes from keeping the five pound rooster Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He ruled a man has a legal right to own a rooster and a rooster has a legal right to crow, allowing the bird to crow through the night.
Mrs. Clara Wakefield hosts a Cedar Rapids party while Marion groups prepare events. A Marion high school extracurriculars program for the Parent Teachers Association is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. in Lincoln school auditorium with talks and music. North Marion Farm Bureau meets Thursday for a chair recaning lesson. Red Cross flood fund grows to 132.15 with new donors. Marion Chapter R A M meets tonight at 7:30 in the Masonic Temple.
Monday evening a clothesline shower honored bride-elect Margaret McEvoy with a mock wedding featuring Thomas Ozburn as bride and Mildred Woolridge as groom. Leah Scott assisted. favors included pink paper umbrellas. Eighteen attended, including out-of-town guests Mrs John Miller and daughter Arline of Central City.
The Linn chapter No. 900 DeMolay held a dinner in the Masonic Temple served by DeMolay mothers for about forty Masons and DeMolays. Guests Ralph Michel Amos Stewart and Sylven Lawson were honored. Rev. Ralph Hall Collis spoke on Pioneers as five candidates received the DeMolay degree.
Rate outside of Iowa 20c per line per day. A 10c charge applied to all out of town blind ads and out of town Want Ads must be prepaid. The Gazette limits responsibility to one incorrect insertion per order. Ads may be telephoned, mailed, or delivered in person.
Chapter CS of P E O will meet at 7 30 tonight at the home of Mrs Ora Crowner with Mrs H O Allen in charge of the program. Wednesday specials advertise Boston cream pie and rich chocolate rolls with prices. Local notes cover travel visits, hospital stays, club teas, and church activities in Marion and nearby towns.
Classified notices advertise Rosenthal's custom suits at 220 4th St SE Spencer corsetiere services by Mrs O M Bundy, machine quilting and domestic sewing at 121 3rd Ave SW, rugs drapes upholstery cleaning by Dempsey Cleaners, in home child care, rug and carpet cleaning offers, Windsh ae glass sale, trout tackle season start, Kenwood Transfer and massage services, stamp buying and Welch's Standard Overalls distributed by dealers.
Local classified notes advertise C. R. Knitting Co. at 216 2nd St and Glasgow Tailors at 104 3rd Ave SE offering sweaters knitted dresses knit goods and buttons linings for men's suits.
An advertisement offers laundry work tailored to customer needs with dialing 5640 for service. The brief promotes personalized cleaning and pickup options, emphasizing convenience and attention to detail.
Announcement for a local gathering at Sherman Ballroom in Norway IA on Wednesday April 15. The event, hosted by AB Band, asks attendees to bring their name and dress on a paper for a mission project.
Leading manufacturer seeks several young men and ladies for expansion sales and spare time work. No canvassing, good earnings and future for qualified applicants. Write The Kitchen Craft Co. Box T-169 care Cedar Rapids Gazette or Ladies: write Box R-167, Gazette for details.
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