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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1933
Page
13
Chicago and other markets closed a dull week as hogs slipped slightly from last week. Hogs traded unevenly with top at 4.50 and many sales near 4.15. Receipts across cities showed light activity while cattle and sheep also faced demand softness and prices eased several cents.
Receipts show hogs at 113900 with direct trade softer than Friday and prices for 140-160 lb and 180-329 lb ranges. Cattle receipts about 1009 with steady to mixed demand for fed steers and heifers, bulls and cows steady to higher. Sheep receipts around 31000 with weaker demand and varying weights. prices listed for light to heavy classes, including natives and westerns. Hog and cattle markets reflect uneven activity and commodity-specific shifts across multiple weight categories.
U S Dept acts on cattle receipts total 300 for the week. Trade shows strictly choice beet steers and yearlings, with other categories mostly 25 cents lower. Choice heifers steady, other stock and feeders down about 50 cents. variations only by quality.
Kansas City and St Joseph livestock markets show receipts in the thousands with hogs steady to mixed, cattle steady to lower on lighter demand, and sheep uneven. Hogs at Kansas City ranged 180-300 lb around 390 to 405 with top 405, sows about 340, cattle calves 295 average week, fat cows about 240 to 325, stockers and feeders 300 to 500, sheep lambs mixed with activity softer in spots.
Scrambled OCR style listing shows mixed prices for flour, cotton, bran, and grains with exchange rates and assorted international figures. Mentions New York London Paris and several countries, though details are fragmented and uncertain.
Market notes from Cedar Rapids list mixed grain prices including wheat oats and rye at several cent per bushel figures. Fresh fruits and vegetables appear with prices for California oranges lemons and bananas, along with crate and per dozen rates for peppers cabbage and potatoes. Hides and horses also appear with assorted price tags.
Weak Northwestern markets and lack of speculative interest due to holidays abroad and in stock markets produced a softer grain board. Wheat eased while corn showed firmness at times. short covering near the bell spurred a rally in both, with mixed sentiment as foreign markets closed Monday. Provisions unevenly steady as receipts totaled 48 cars of wheat, 74 corn, and 99 oats.
Grain movement notes from Chicago listing wheat and corn prices for No 1 and lower grades, including hard and mixed classifications with cents per bushel. Minneapolis cash grain update shows receipts and bid levels for WHEAT No 1 northern and dark northern, No 2 dark hard Montana, amber durum, and corresponding CORN and OATS quotes with varying discounts and delivery months.
New York market notes show eggs and butter receipts with mixed colors and steadiness. cheese and dressed poultry steady. live poultry firm with unchanged prices. Chicago reports butter receipts at higher creamery prices, eggs steady, poultry steady, and potatoes trading firm with round whites and cobblers selling in pockets. Futures for eggs and butter noted with storage and class standards.
In Oneida and Madison counties during a statewide milk strike, seven state troopers including Capt Stephen McGrath and about twenty-five farmers were injured. Milk was dumped along highways, and a milk truck was attacked at Oriskany as strikers clashed with authorities. Governor Lehman faced rising tensions amid a plan to push for higher producer returns.
Hogs remained steady with no changes in any grades on Saturday. The top price holds at 3.85 while calf and sheep quotes show varied values for different weight ranges and quality levels.
Federal forecasters promised a perfect week end for Iowa with a high of 83 degrees and a low of 50 in Cedar Rapids. No precipitation was reported as Charles D. Reed forecast a fair, slightly warmer weekend statewide.
Joe Peck of Madison Wisconsin received an indeterminate two year sentence at the Anamosa state reformatory after pleading guilty to carrying concealed weapons. He and co defendant Ben Babcock were arrested with motor oil and cigarette cartons linked to two Madison burglaries. Both men had pled not guilty earlier with bonds set at 5000 dollars each.
Linn county has been approved for 12000 in federal relief funds to cover July unemployment relief costs. The grant applies to food clothing and fuel claims while rent and medical aid were also recorded. Linn relief officials will submit claims up to 12000 to the state office in Des Moines for payment.
Judge H C Ring dismissed an action by Clerk Edwin W Lundquist against Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and the state banking superintendent seeking 1200.85 in funds held in the bank. Lundquist argued the impounded money was a trust fund and must be released under the emergency banking act. The court ruled Lundquist not entitled to the funds.
Ely resident Joseph Kristof was fined 200 dollars and costs in district court by Judge H C Ring for displaying wrong license plates on a Willys Knight car with a 1917 Ford plate. The fine was suspended on payment of costs. Deputy Jay Davis hauled Kristof to court.
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, and his bride Ruth Googins of Fort Worth arrive in Los Angeles after a cross country honeymoon. Roosevelt says he will seek a permanent business connection after settling down.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs C A Levp er of 1134 Tenth Street SE on August 1.
In Oskaloosa AP report Dan Hill, a deaf six year old who recalls "Pat" the Boston bulldog only as a memory, sobs as he repeats Here Pat seeking his sole playmate. The dog was taken last Monday from the Hill home.
The National Recovery Administration expands re employment by amending the presidential agreement. Fourteen industry groups receive new hour and wage standards including ice men toy makers paper box mills advertising specialties knitted outerwear lumber retailers oil burner paints printing toy making wheat flour milling milk and ice cream.
Rival factions clashed on a Harlan street before the Republican primary polls opened. National guardsmen halted the violence after two wounded, with dynamite bombs and rocks unleashed. Witnesses described about 500 shots fired as factions fortified positions and a man lost a finger.
A new farm co operative named the Mid West Non-Stock Co operative Dairies was formed by dairy producers from Iowa Illinois Nebraska and South Dakota. Otto Pfeiffer of Omaha was elected president with H Ferguson Ottumwa Ia as vice president I W Beck Sioux City secret ary and Arthur G Davis Des Moines treasurer. Directors include J L White Lincoln Neb N Curtis Davenport Ia and M F McMahon Fort Dodge Ia. Eight large co operatives joined to create the alliance.
Mrs. R. Trewin of 1950 Fourth Avenue SE reported a theft of nineteen dollars from her pocketbook hanging in a washroom at Martin's store shortly before noon today. Police are investigating the incident as a city brief in the personals section.
John M Haddy of Cedar Rapids and Elizabeth J Haddy of Walter Minnesota receive a marriage license. John J Mottinger of Cedar Rapids and Verna E Heald of Odebolt also obtain a license.
President Roosevelt approves a plan creating a national labor tribunal to quickly resolve hardship or disputes under the re employment agreement. Senator Wagner and leaders like William Green and John Lewis are named, aiming to maintain industrial peace during the recovery effort after the Pennsylvania coal strike.
President Roosevelt secures a truce in western Pennsylvania coal strike after a midnight meeting with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. A three member board chosen by the President will settle disputes while working codes for the coal industry are established. 70,000 miners return to work as hearings on codes begin August 9.
Spontaneous combustion likely fed flames that wiped out the barn and hay of the William P Secrist farm three miles east of Marion. Three thousand spectators watched as the structure with 100 tons of alfalfa burned. The family moved stock and machinery before the blaze. Insurance partially covered the loss and neighboring buildings were saved by the Marion fire department. Several small structures suffered minor damage and the silo was ruined.
A Marion business men meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the room over the Iowa Electric Light and Power offices by the NRA committee of the Marion Service club to form a county organization. The committee also plans a Monday meeting at the Marion Community club to arrange short talks before clubs lodges churches civic and farm groups.
Services for Mrs. J W Bowdish Jr to be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs I P Bowdish three miles north of Whit tier Burial will be in Jordans Grove Other brief notices include the death of Mrs Suzanna Harris 71 at her son J W B Harris home north of Robins and several community notices from local clubs and residents
Governor Herring announced federal approval in Washington for Iowa's 10 million dollar highway program using Public Works Administration funds. The highway commission will select specific projects with state agriculture oversight, enabling immediate use of the grant.
The column lists service times and pastors for multiple churches including Baptist with Rev. William H. Bridwell and St Josephs Catholic with Rev Father T J McEllott. It shows Sunday schools at 9:45 to 10 a.m. morning worship at 10:30 to 11 a.m. and union services at 8 p.m. at the Baptist church.
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