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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
2
Chicago hog prices slipped 10 to 15 cents with a top of 4.85 as heavy supplies pressed bids. Receipts Friday estimated at 15 000 hogs, 1 500 cattle, 7 000 sheep, with mixed regional patterns and overall weak demand.
Cattle and hog prices drift lower with hogs down 10 to 15 cents. Receipts include 3,000 plus hogs and 5,000 cattle with mixed demand. Steers scarce but demand narrow. vealers and slaughter cattle mixed to lower. Sheep and lamb bids weak to lower with best packer bids for choice western lambs. Feeding lambs and stocker cattle show modest gains. overall market cautious.
Cattle receipts 800 with slaughter steers and yearlings fairly active while beef cows are weak. Mixed market for other classes with few notable sales. top 1,368-lb beeves at 75 dollars. Hogs and sheep receipts also listed with varied bids and light sales.
Auction data shows cattle and hogs mostly steady to slightly lower with varying weights. Steers and yearlings trade near $6.50 to $8.15 per cwt while beef cows run around $2.25 to $3.00. hogs top around $4.40 for 170-260 lb. cattle. sheep receipts total about 5,000 with lambs and feeders shaping the market.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Thursday at interior Iowa and southern Minnesota yards total 26 400, up from 17 100 a week ago and 12 100 a year ago. Prices mostly 10 to 25 cents lower with some buyers nearly out of the market. good to choice 180-220 lb hogs bring 4.05 to 4.20 per cwt, 230-260 lb hogs 3.90 to 4.15, and lighter weights 3.50 to 4.10 for 140-160 lb hogs. Continuous declines and wide spreads noted across weight classes.
Hogs receipts 7500 market weak to lower top 4.70 bulk 160-230 lbs 4.50-4.65 240-280 lbs 4.25-4.40 100-150 lbs 3.90-4.50 sows 3.10-3.40. Cattle receipts 2200 calves 1100 market generally steady light receipts native steers scarce Kansas grass 40 mixed and Heifers 5.00-7.00 cows 4.00-5.50 top 84.75. slaughter classes steers 600-1100 lbs good and choice 7.25-9.50, common 4.00-7.25 1100-1500 lbs 7.25-8.75, medium 5.25-7.25. Sheep and lambs 4500 market weak 25 cents lower thin lambs 5.75-6.00 few 6.25 throwouts 3.00-3.50 fat ewes 1.00-1.50 slaughter lambs 90 lbs down good and choice 5.25-6.25 medium 4.25-4.75 all weights common 4.00-4.25 ewes 0.50-1.00.
Receipts 5,500 hogs uneven and mostly steady to 10 cents lower than Wednesday. Top 84.40 for choice 180 to 210 pounds. Flat to 40. 140 to 160 pounds 4.35, 160-180 pounds 4.25 to 4.40, 200-220 pounds 4.25 to 4.40, 250-290 pounds 4.00 to 4.30, 290-350 pounds 4.50 to 4.30. Sows 275 to 500 pounds 2.65 to 3.50. Cattle receipts 2,500 calves 400. Market fairly steady. Fed steers 1,268 pounds 8.35, 600-900 pounds 6.75 to 9.10, 1,100 pounds 6.75 to 9.25, 1,100-1,200 pounds 7.00 to 9.25, 1,300-1,500 pounds 7.25 to 9.25. Cows 2.00 to 3.00, vealers 2.50 to 5.50, stocker and feeder 2.50 to 5.00, lambs around 25 cents lower, yearlings weak to lower. Top native lambs 5.50, lambs 90 pounds down 5.75, 90 pounds down 4.00 to 5.00, ewes 1.00 to 2.50.
Report lists hog prices by weight at Iowa and Waterloo markets with multiple class brackets. Prices span from about 2.75 to 4.10 per hundredweight, including light to heavy hogs and sows, with packers pricing noted for various weight ranges.
OCR snippet shows flour market pricing with mixed numbers and unit symbols. The line lists pure bran at 8.50, middlings at 8.79, and other prices like 25.687 and 8.50 in unclear format. The fragment offers no clear event or entities beyond product types and prices.
Wheat rose over 4 cents on the Chicago board but a wave of profit-taking erased the gain and sent prices back near Wednesday's close. Small outside speculators fueled the rally while stock market weakness contributed to the reversal. Corn, oats, and rye followed with mixed moves as traders weighed the overall market, with provisions firmer and maintaining gains.
AP Chicago reports commodity prices for wheat corn and rye with various grades and bids. Seed prices listed include barney timothy and clover seed with bid or asking figures.
Market summary from AP reports wheat receipts and prices in Minneapolis show firming bids for dark northern spring and dark northern varieties. Prices for No 2 hard Montana and amber durum are listed with basis figures and decimal quotes, while other classes like No 2 amber and yellow are noted with small changes.
Hogs in slump on local market with hot prices down on Thursday as all grades fell by 15 cents. The top price also declined amid softer demand and lower bidding.
Local Cedar Rapids market notes show mixed livestock and grain quotes. Calf prices range with heavy calves at roughly 425 to 525 dollars, while hay and straw values appear at 10 dollars per bale and similar family energy. several fruit and vegetable lines from California and local suppliers are listed with crate and basket prices. Exchange quotations print alongside miscellaneous stocks and building details from Bennett & Co.
Receipts total 2000 cattle with slightly improved action across slaughter classes. Prices show steadiness to strength in stock cattle and top grades. yearling heifers about 8.25 to 8.50? with feeders steady and calves around 1,500 head. Weights 160-240 pounds uneven, bulk buyers at 2.95 to 3.75 for medium grades, cutters 13?25 to 25, graves and other bulls near 3.00.
New highs in a vigorous recovery gave way to profit taking as Thursday’s trading cooled. turnover neared 3.5 million shares with several issues giving back large portions of early gains while others held or slid modestly.
Summary of international currency values including France 3.91, Italy 13.86 percent, Norway Britain at 0.094, Sweden 17.98, Spain 8.84, Portugal 3.26, Czechoslovakia 2, Austria 9.34, Tokyo Shanghai rate 87.00, and Mexico City silver peso nominal pricing. Reflects mixed gains and losses across major moneys with several figures obscured by OCR.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, NL leaders, lost their fifth straight, 7 to 4, to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Taylor and O'Doul homered for Brooklyn.
In Revere Massachusetts John Bell an African Dodger by profession was hit in the calf by a stray bullet from an inaccurate marksman at a nearby shooting gallery. He was napping behind his concession when the incident occurred.
In COLORADO SPRINGS, the Pikes Peak region reports its largest turkey crop ever with over 30,000 birds raised. The Fountain Valley Turkey Growers' association plans to ship seven to eight carloads of dressed birds to eastern markets this year.
Mrs Emma V Wood died at her daughter Mrs M M Reeve s home 1431 A avenue NE Cedar Rapids at 5 15 p m Wednesday after months of illness She was born December 19 1850 in Big Springs Virginia daughter of Bernard L Shuey and Sarah M Shuey later founders of Shueyville and Western She lived in Cedar Rapids sixty six years She is survived by her daughter two grandchildren and two sisters She was a member of Central Park Presbyterian church Funeral at 3 30 p m Friday at Turner s chapel burial Oak Hill cemetery services by Rev George Kotteling and Rev P W Jacobsen.
Funeral services for Len J Light will be held in the Turner chapel Friday at 2 pm. The Rev. John J Gent will conduct with burial at Cedar Memorial Park. Crescent lodge to handle Masonic services at the grave. Master Masons to meet at the Masonic hall at 1 30 p.m.
Liberty bonds fluctuated with small moves as traders shifted focus to speculative rails and utilities. Treasuries were largely quiet while debentures and select corporate issues rose modestly amid broad buying, with some oil stocks steady and foreign markets showing tentative firmness.
Reports from York Produce New York and nearby markets show potato and sweet potato prices in dull trading. PORK and DRESSED POULTRY prices remain steady with various cuts listed. LIVE POULTRY ranges for turkeys ducks and chickens. milk receipts and coastal price quotes noted with multiple farms and regions referenced.
Butter markets show firm at 0.899 with creamery specials and a 93 score. Carload lots for firsts and extras range 88 to 91 and 90 to 92, with standards around 90. Potatoes listed by lot at 60 and shipments totaling 291, with weak Triums and steady other stock, trade moderate. Prices quoted for Idaho and Wisconsin items, no. four events noted with values from 1.30 to 1.40.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle and hogs sales figures show hogs slipping about 16 cents with tops around 4.40 while good and choice 150 to 240 pounds fetch 4.20 to 4.40. Heavy sows steady with light sows around 2.90 to 3.60. cattle receipts total 1 200 with calves around 360 and yearlings active and bulls mixed. high steer prices near 2.85.
Deputies faced criticism from Van Horne residents after a prowler named Hanson was captured near Van Horne. D A Bowman heard the intruder at Bevins Motor Company and alerted authorities, a 75-strong posse cornered Hanson in an Ed Fry farm cornfield, and he was taken to Vinton jail unarmed.
New York AP Mayor Walker faces Seabury rebuttal calling his conduct equivocal evasive and untrustworthy Seabury as Hofstadter committee counsel cites 20000 words to Roose vel and argues Walker’s explanations must be rejected and the record shows official dereliction Seabury says limitations do not excuse alleged misconduct during this term.
Clifford Dinnell aged 39 and Louis Waterbury aged 24 pled not guilty in district court to larceny of poultry. Bonds of 2500 each set. The men were accused of taking Rhode Island Red chickens from Sam McFarland farm eight miles north of Cedar Rapids on highway 11, Tuesday around 3 pm. They were traced via a chicken sale to a local produce dealer and arrested by deputies L A Condon and Richard Preston.
The Hutchinson Ice Cream company sues Margie V. Rechkemmer of Dunkerton in district court for breach of contract seeking a $100 judgment.
J. K. Monson as assignee was awarded a $234.54 judgment in an account action against Mrs. May Vahl by Judge H. C. Ring in district court.
CHICAGO AP It outlines T Ito chief repair man of the Art Institute and his unusual tasks restoring Asiatic articles. He is described as the only Japanese to rear a family in Chicago with all children born in the same hospital. He rejects items under a century old and aims for ancient pieces. He obtained his present job by
Born August 3 to Mr and Mrs Alvin J Kemper Jr of 321 Sixth Avenue SW a daughter named Patricia Ann
The first Kronmiller descendants reunion gathered at the Fred Simmen home four miles east of Center Point. Officers elected included J. M. Albright as president and B. F. Nabholz as vice president. Notable attendees ranged from Barbara Hemphill of Center Point to Fern Albright of Iowa City, with a guest list spanning Estherville to Oak Park Illinois. The group planned a meeting for August 1933 at Elizabeth Albright’s home and heard talks on pioneer days and timely remedies.
The Iowa American Legion elected leadership with George Prichard and Maurice Cahill leading protests against the bonus payment resolution. Wolcott urged relief as a constructive measure for veterans while Shaw urged aid for veterans out of work. Delegates named to the national convention include Hall, Hart, Edson, Allbee, Ingledu e, Vaughn, Schenck, Kelly, Meloy, Robbins, Cahill, and Lubbers.
Evans ton's old fire horse Sandy served thirty years pulling carts and eating little. When aged and burdensome, he was to be shot but died at the incinerator, sparing the city a bullet.
Reedley California United press reports Mrs Hilma Ditanon suffered six weeks of pain in her left side before doctors discovered all the ribs on that side were broken. She will recover.
Report details vehicle toll in Cedar Rapids this year. Data cover the number of accidents injuries and fatalities within the period. Authorities urge motorists to observe safe driving and road rules to reduce further casualties.
Six hundred attended a Wednesday chicken dinner at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in the new dining room. Guests came from Anamosa Monticello Coggon Ryan Solon Prairieburg Van Horne Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Bicentennial colors flowers flags and a George Washington image decorated the room. Mrs R D Smith led as general chair woman with Mrs Clyds Taylor in charge of dining room and George Luense heading the kitchen committee. Harold Laffert y supervised ticket sales.
Mr and Mrs R B Eckhart entertained at a picnic supper and lawn party honoring Mr and Mrs Morris Kruger of Cedar Rapids on their ninth wedding anniversary and A C Dimock of Cedar Rapids on his birthday. The guest list included several Cedar Rapids couples and local residents Norman and Bernita Zier.
The Deuces Card club met Monday evening at the home of Miss Jean Dow. Bridge was played at two tables with high score awarded to Miss Elizabeth Sloss.
Miss Lucile Lindstedt of Marshall stays with Miss Helen Burt as a house guest.
Mr and Mrs L M McDonald traveled to Coggon on Wednesday to attend the funeral services for Mr McDonald’s aunt.
The Marion board of education will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the high school building to discuss district matters.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Christian church will meet Friday at 1 pm at Mrs. Felix Michel's home near Marion for a picnic luncheon followed by a program. Members are asked to bring the usual picnic supplies.
Trombone soloist Elliott Hutton performs A Perfect Day by Carrie Jacobs Bond at the open air concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the city park.
A group of five young men from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles California will be in charge of the morning services at the Baptist church Sunday at 11 a.m.
Mrs. Roy Bender Mrs. Lee Peck Miss Anita Garside and Miss Elsie Bender from Wyoming spent Wednesday in the Felix Michel home near Marion.
The condition of Mrs. Harry D. Rockey was reported as critical on Thursday while she was ill at Mercy hospital.
Capella Blue Birds schedule a Monday gathering at 3 p.m. at Elea nor Hanna’s home. Members will discuss lunch requirements for their own meals.
Mrs. Carl N. Owen will be hostess Friday at 2 30 p.m. to the Friday Bridge club.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fisher returned early this week from Baraboo Lake where they camped with their daughter Eleanor and son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Woodford Fisher of Ackley.
The Second division of the Ladies Aid society and families honored Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Nicoll before their move to Linfield. The picnic supper was at Miss Alice Disbrow’s home on Wednesday evening. Gifts were presented in appreciation of Mrs Nicoll’s work, with Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Fisher as guests.
The Marion Merchants host the M. and J. All Stars of Cedar Rapids Friday at 3 30 p m at Legion Park for the unemployment relief fund. Sunday they meet Center Point at 2 30 p m at Legion Park.
Reverend James Alcock and his family report a month in the east with a program of vocal and instrumental music and readings aired on WUBH New Bedford Massachusetts. They plan to travel to New York City on Thursday.
Betty Strait, previously under care at Perkins Children's hospital in Iowa City, was brought back for another three months of treatment with her grandparents Mr and Mrs H T Crawford. She has shown great improvement during the past month of visits.
William Milner travels to Kimball South Dakota to visit his son Harry Milner and to Mitchell South Dakota to see his grandson Ralph Milner, planning a brief stay of a few days.
Mrs John Brown returned Thursday morning from Omaha where she went Sunday to attend the funeral services of her aunt Mrs T H Beacom of Chicago, which were held Monday.
Mrs. A. J. Keyes hosted guests on Wednesday including Mrs. Martha Keyes, Miss Florence Keyes, Mrs. E. R. Lahman, and Miss Martha Lahman from Mount Vernon. Also visiting was Mrs. H. W. Keyes of Indianola Nebraska.
The Sunshine division of the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church held a Wednesday gathering at Thomas park. A picnic dinner was served to thirty three persons before a short business meeting.
Miss Dorothy Mae Ford is visiting relatives in Central City this week. Her trip highlights family connections and local hospitality during the visit.
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