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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1939
Page
11
Chicago bids show hog receipts near 13 000 with top at 7.10 while cattle and sheep trade softens. Veal and bullock prices ease amid thinner demand as buyers hold back. calves and heavier weights see modest declines. Grain quotations follow, with market data furnished by Lamson Brothers.
By Associated Press price listings show hog values sliding by five to ten cents across weight classes in Mason City and Waterloo. Hogs 160 to 350 pounds range from about 5.65 to 6.75 per cwt with various weights cited. cattle prices mostly unchanged or lower with steers and heifers priced from roughly 6.25 to 9.75 per cwt and common grades around 4.50 to 5.50.
Cattle receipts 3,500 with carcass prices slipping. slaughter steers down 25 cents, heifers around 77.5, beef cows 57.5 to 46.5 with food cows up to 72.5. Hogs offerings 7,500, prices about 6.75 for lighter weights, sheep trading sparingly with lambs at 10.00 to 10.15 and clippers 8.00 to 9.00.
HOGS salable receipts 4 000 with weights 220 lbs down and sows steady to 5 cents lower. Butchers above 220 lbs steady to 5 higher top 6 65. 170-240 lbs 6 09 6 60. 250-280 lbs 6 25 6 50. 290-340 lbs 6 00 6 25. 350-400 lbs 5 85 6 00. sows 5 54 5 75. cows slow. bulls weak. CATTLE receipts 5 800 with fed steers and yearlings weak. heifers steady. stockers feeders slow. Bulk fed steers yearlings around 8 75 10 00. SHEEP receipts 3 30 9 lambs slow. bids 25¢ lower. lambs 9 75 10 10. ewes 4 10 5 50.
Salable receipts: cattle 3000 calves 75 beef steers and yearlings not established. Hogs fairly active with weights 240 lbs down top 6.65. 180-250 lb 6.50-6.60. sows 5.60-5.75. Sheep 800 receipts with best fed clipped lambs around 9.00. fat lambs 10.00-10.25. western lambs up to 9.00. few natives around 9.00. Prices quoted and bids scattered across classes.
Combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Minnesota and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended Tuesday 8 a.m. total 19 800 head, up from 8 800 a week earlier and 14 700 a year ago. Prices are about 10 cents lower than the Monday average with activity fairly active and a week’s total around 26 300.
Livestock values listed for hogs in weight classes from 140 to 550 pounds. Prices range from about 5.30 to 6.70 per hundredweight with several bands shown for different weight brackets and packer terms included.
Hogs resumed a downtrend Tuesday with all grades a dime lower and top at 6.65. Cattle generally fell about 25 cents, with various hogs and steer ranges listed across weights, including a 1 050 to 1 300 pound cap at 10.50 for top steers and price lines for other beef grades and calves.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids include Wheat No 1 10c No 2 58c Oats White No 2 26c No 3 1c Barley No 3 2.39c Soybeans No 2 yellow 8c Straw hay prices 7.00 and 5 per acre Butterfat prices No 1 cream 30c No 2 18c Livestock prices show colored hens 14c Leghorns 15c Leghorn roosters 8c Hens and roosters for Hennericg and calf and horse prices listed Warehouse rates include lemons oranges grapefruits celery lettuce onions cabbage carrots tomatoes new potatoes potatoes sweet potatoes strawberries asparagus and other items plus hide market terms No 1 cured beef hides 6e No 2 cured beef hides 5e No 1 calf 7e No 2 calf 6e No 1 kip 6c No 2 kip 5e No 1 horse 2.50 No 2 horse 2.00 Pony and mule prices given as well
In New York bond dealings on Tuesday many lower risk utility and industrial loans attracted buyers while government issues slipped as much as 3 32 ds. of a point. Foreign dollar loans drew caution amid British German diplomacy ahead of Hitler’s Reichstag speech. Some German issues posted slight gains on limited turnover with notable lifts for Bethlehem Steel Portland General Electric U S Steel and others as unification hopes grew.
AP dispatch reports steady prices for poultry and dairy in Chicago New York markets. Poultry trucks and butter receipts remain high while eggs and potatoes show slow demand and unchanged quotes. Regional potato bids include Idaho Russets Wisconsin whites North Dakota cobblers and California white rose with varied prices and light sales. New York eggs and butter receipts rise with mixed color and grade pricing while cheese remains steady.
New York traders bought on a hand to mouth basis as markets remained sluggish and edged up fractions. European markets dominated the scene with only a few hopeful domestic items amid a halting ticker tape. Transfers for five hours totalled about 400 000 shares as bonds rose and commodities stayed steady with several issues advancing in listed names.
Published stock list shows a wide array of corporations with bid and ask figures. Key names include Johns Manville, Allied Stores, American Sugar, Procter Gamble, Coca Cola, General Motors, United Fruit, Union Carbide, and Goodyear Tire among others with prices and percent changes noted.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of April 24 to 29 list cheddar and American varieties. The farmers call board shows prices for daisies and horns with licenses noted for sale in Plymouth.
Traders noted less favorable crop reports from the southwest lifting wheat futures on the Chicago board of trade. May wheat rose to 69 3/4 cents, while other grains also advanced, with explanations including liquidating sales, position shifts, and export activity to Canada and overseas.
Chicago cash provisions show hard and northern wheat at 69% and 60s. corn No 2 at 50s to 54. No 1 white 35. barley ranges 40 to 60 cents. soybeans No 2 yellow around 94 to 95. timothy seed 2.85 to 3.15. lards steady around 6.50 to 8.25. Market terms cited with Open Mish Low and Close figures for May contracts.
Minneapolis grain market receipts Tuesday show 218 cars. Quotations list No 1 hard Montana No 1 dark northern No 2 etc. Prices for corn oats barley and durum varieties included with percentages and cents per bushel.
Velma Smart of Cedar Rapids sues to quiet title to estate of Fred C Herman who died May 29 1938. She and Mae Smart testified as witnesses after filing a petition for specific performance of alleged lifetime conveyance or life insurance beneficiary. Respondents include estate administrator George R Liddle and cousin D B Herndon.
Ronald A Baxter also known as Albert Kinsella 31 pled guilty to uttering forged instruments after passing 27 and 38 dollar checks in Cedar Rapids. He was sentenced at Fort Madison penitentiary with an additional linked theft inquiry and a stolen check book tied to Home Specialty store forms.
An injunction action filed Feb. 2 by Eva E. Clarke seeks to restrain any structure maintenance on Cedar Rapids real estate owned by Clarke and Rose Catanzaro, with Martin T. named in the proceedings.
Defendants Catanzaro and Anthony Caatanzo deny that tenant work extended the building toward the plaintiff’s lot. They assert the building and lot line has been recognized for twenty years or more, and seek dismissal of the petition.
In an injury and damage action heard with a jury waiver, Clyde W Hef felfinger as next friend along with Darrel Heffelfinger and Dale Heffelfinger were granted judgments of 200 and 377.25 dollars respectively by Judge J E Heiserman on Tuesday. Defendants named are John Vosburgh Jack Miller and the Western Grocer company. The action stems from a car truck collision five miles west of Springville on highway No 151 on December 19.
Charles L. Grommon aged 39 of Cedar Rapids received a six month jail term after pleading guilty to lewdness before Judge H C Ring. He has served 30 days and may be released after 145 days on good behavior with a suspension granted at his former wife Pauline Grommon's request. Co defendant Bessie Randolph Lynch, 32, also of Cedar Rapids, named in the same information, is free on $500 bond and pled not guilty along with Grommon on April 19.
The docket includes Judge J E Heiserman approving a $450 compromise for Orville K. Jones over injuries to Odessa Jones from a Vanous vehicle incident on Third Street SE. A divorce action of M Herbert Hubler against Martha Hubler on cruelty grounds was submitted. the defendant withdrew an answer and counterclaim. Cedar Rapids sees a $3500 personal injury suit against Mrs Tollie Dailey of Johnson County for a sidewalk slip on Second Street SE. Paul and Geraldine Zingula seek dismissal of a $770 oral lease claim, while Dr B G Broghammer received a judgment in an $182 account case against Ro H Hanson. A March 7 divorce filing by Lillian Kulhayvy against Edward Kulhavy was dismissed. D W Bates, receiver, may sell 200 acres in Mercer County Missouri to Roy D. and Belle Kauffman of Princeton for $1,600. A $460.51 labor and materials claim by Stark Building Co against Elmer A. Higley, Inc. and Free M. Higley was dismissed with prejudice.
Mrs Maude Sovereign 64 of Cedar Rapids died at home 429 Fifth Avenue SE at 3 10 am Tuesday after a short illness She born June 25 1874 Tiberty Kaw came to Cedar Rapids in 1907 taught at Jackson and Polk schools Married Louis Sovereign in 1911 They ran millinery stores in Stanwood Mt Vernon and Cedar Rapids Survived by husband father George W W James four brothers and several nieces and nephews Funeral at 4 pm Thursday in Moon chapel with Rev Marion H Williams Burial Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at the chapel
Funeral services for Oscar Erland who died Monday will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Rohn chapel conducted by Rev. Elton D. Wells. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday evening. He is survived by his wife and one son, six brothers Otto and Elmer of Cedar Rapids Porter and Chester of Newhall Charles of New Hampton Clarence of Van Horne, a sister Miss Tillie Erland of Portland Oregon, and three grandchildren.
Mrs Lillian Johnson aged 43, wife of Ralph E. Johnson of 1360 I avenue NE, died at a local hospital after a lingering illness. Born October 24, 1895 in Cedar Rapids, she lived here all her life except ten years in Atkinson Illinois. She was a member of the United Brethren church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by others.
Survived by two daughters Faye Jeannett and Mildred Arlene at home a sister Mrs John Wachal Cedar Rapids and two brothers John and Arthur Stoecker Lusk Wyo Funeral services will be conducted in the Moon chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev James H Blackstone Burial will be in Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel.
Edward W. Gurren died in a local hospital Monday morning. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msgr John M Molloy. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Rosaries will be recited at Monahan funeral home Tuesday evening by Msgr Molloy and by church groups. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Advertisements note cafeteria and church events in Cedar Rapids area. Rock Island Railroad purchasing agent F D Reed died in Chicago late Sunday. Parlor City lodge to hold Kingston in the Glow room of the Gas company Thursday at 2 PM. Cedar Rapids Navy club meets Wednesday at Montrose hotel. Mrs. Monte Smith called to Fort Atkinson by grandfather J J Novotny’s death aged 98. Nev in Nichols says church softball league managers meet 7:30 PM Wednesday in playground office. Harry F Sundberg travels to Chicago for rate hearing representing local shippers. Mr and Mrs Ernest Gerardi and daughter Gracia Maria move to Mason City for accordion school. OOF anniversary program broadcast from Baltimore prompts Jan Has lodge meeting at 7:15 PM Wednesday, followed by Sokot hall observance of OOF 120th anniversary. All Odel Fellows and Rebekahs invited.
Dave Williams, commissioner of streets and public improvements, resumed duties at his desk in the city hall on Tuesday after a four week absence caused by lobar pneumonia.
Builders carpenters painters masons plumbers lumber dealers movers upholsterers roofers and repairmen can find steady work through Gazette Want Ad services during the big SPRING WANT AD SALE this week.
John Clarkson Iowa industrial commissioner will speak at an industrial safety program held at the Chamber of Commerce at 730. An open forum will follow and all interested persons are urged to attend.
A group of twenty pupils and parents from Honey Grove school visited The Gazette plant Tuesday afternoon led by Verlee Trimble. They also toured Wilson and Company, Quaker Oats, and Hutchinson Ice Cream Company.
Mr and Mrs HW E Robinson escape an early Tuesday wreck when their car driven by Mr Robinson blows a tire and crashes into the curb outside 2717 First Avenue E. They extricate themselves from the vehicle without serious injury.
Cub Pack 30 met Friday at St Pauls Methodist Church with 20 parents and 14 cubs. Awards given include Wolf to David Barnhizer Tommy Everhart and Jerry McDonald. Silver arrow awarded to Richard North and Robert Owen, now Cubs, with Mr and Mrs M D Owen and Mr and Mrs Y C North welcomed as parents of the new Cubs.
John W. Beck assistant secretary Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce and speakers bureau spoke on Problems Common to Retailers at Elkader Commercial club dinner in Elkader hotel Monday night. William E. Witt president J J Hyde secretary Ro L Jipson presided.
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark received an official welcome from Mayor Edward J. Kelly in Chicago. Princess Ingrid Nordgren went shopping during the visit.
Catherine Lafferty daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Lafferty and Leonard Brenneman son of Mr and Mrs L J Brenneman were married Monday at 8 pm in St Josephs rectory by Rev T J MeIllcott. The bride wore mint green, matron of honor was Mrs LeRoy Davin, and the couple left for a wedding trip residing later at 746 Ninth Street.
Executives of hospital publications led a luncheon discussion in the Roosevelt hotel urging cooperation and open, above board publicity between hospitals and the public. Alden B Mills stressed public relations and government in hospital operation with a call for patient donor trust. Dr. T R Ponton outlined professional hospital accounting, aided by lantern slides. Wilbur Suhr performed banjo numbers.
James A. Phillips president of the Order of Railway Conductors told Canopus club members at Hotel Roosevelt that U S aid to England and France should sober dictators but not imply U S entry into war. He urged warning without joining any war to save imperialistic economies and said the President’s message was a warning only. Phillips spoke after returning from a Switzerland railway conference as a delegate.
In Sydney Australia a crowd gathered in front of the German consulate on Tuesday and threatened to haul down the swastika flag. Police and firefighters dispersed protesters to restore order.
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