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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
18
Chicago reports show steady hog and beef prices amid mixed receipts at twelve markets. Cattle, sheep, and lambs offer varied values as weather and feed costs influence demand. government buy programs limited, wholesale meats stable.
A Cedar Rapids miscellaneous price list shows figures for grains oats barley corn soybeans and hay with No 2 polley and yellow corn prices. It also lists wholesale fruits vegetables and fresh produce including oranges lemons bananas lettuce celery cabbage cantaloupes watermelons peaches plums pears and hides prices for beef hides calves and horses.
Receipts for hogs, cattle, and sheep show mixed demand with steady early top prices for hogs around 11 to 15 per hundredweight, cattle largely steady with best yearlings near 920 and fat cows around 800, and sheep trading uneven with higher fat lambs around 295 to 395. Regional reports from Chicago and Saint Paul note varying firmness, with some categories showing strength into midweek trade.
Iowa and southern Minnesota show 24 hour period receipts led by hogs and cattle. Hogs 19900. steer and yearling trade uneven with some gains. light to heavy weight hogs $9.50 to $10.00. cattle steady to firm with feeders and vealers varied. sheep receipts around 6 000 with lambs trading near 9 3/4 to 10 dollars.
Sioux City market receipts show fed steers and yearlings mostly steady with mixed sales. Feeder cattle and slaughter stock sold unevenly as buyers cited uneven demand and supply. Prices noted include yearlings to 825 dollars and calves around 700 to 730 dollars, with select lots moving on prompt schedules.
Market notes list various cattle and calf sales with prices and weights. Entries cover steers and heifers by weight, from 600 to 1100 pounds, with bids around 7.00 to 7.75 per hundredweight. Lambs and sheep also appear with weights and values. cows and bulls priced per hundredweight.
Markets report Chicago and New York receipts across butter eggs live poultry and potatoes with mixed declines and firmness. Prices show butter at 35 cents, eggs steady to firmer, live poultry trading firm for hens and broilers, while potatoes hold near steady with various grades noted.
Traders priced higher yields on New York government and corporate bonds as 14 point changes emerged in the market. Notable issues included Bethlehem Steel Anaconda and Missouri Pacific bonds showing movement while Treasuries ranged from 43 to around 43 2/5 percent.
Chicago futures recovered after an early decline as gains in corn and oats trimmed losses elsewhere. Weather in the West and drought in the corn belt kept sentiment mixed with scattered buying and cautious speculation.
Market page shows Wheat Corn and Oats quotes from Chicago and Winnipeg with open high low close data for Sept and Dec contracts. Includes cash provisions for Chicago and Minneapolis grain prices and assorted seed and lard figures.
New York reports mixed movement across sugar, wool, foreign exchange, butter futures, and grains. sugar futures barely higher, refined sugar flat. wool prices firmer in original territory, with inquiries for longer staple wools. Foreign exchange shows irregular demand, and other markets list hay, flour, and government bonds with modest shifts.
In Moscow four Russian workmen lived 10 consecutive days in gas masks. They wore the masks at all times and removed them only for four half hour intervals daily to wash and eat. They slept each night in the masks.
Wall Street rose with major industrials advancing while a subset of specialties held near early lows. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem climbed, while Deere and Westinghouse lagged. utilities stayed steady and grains and bonds showed mixed moves.
Chicago attorney Newton Jenkins announced that former Mayor William Hale Big Bill Thompson would be the union party candidate for governor. Rep William Lemke of North Dakota is the union party presidential candidate with backing from Father Charles E. Coughlin of Detroit.
U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce reports 2402 airports and landing fields in the United States on July 1, with 701 lit for night use. The tally includes 746 municipal and 498 commercial airports, plus assorted government and private fields. California leads with 192, followed by Texas 135 and Pennsylvania 118.
A long voyage through Inner and Outer Mongolia ends with Dr Morishima heading a Japanese Kantuwan army mission at Pailingmiao. Japan authorities consolidate control across northern Chahar and northern Suiyuan with radio stations, planes, and hospitals while Mongols face dwindling alternatives to resistance.
The Marion Methodist Ladies Aid met in seven divisions on Wednesday with officers elected in two groups. True Blue division chose J V Mulvany as president. Keystone elected Mrs. Gray as president, with Mrs. Helbig vice president, McCalley secretary, and Hutchison treasurer. A cake demo by Linn's Best 4 H members and a picnic luncheon for various hosts followed. A long list of hostesses and guests attended multiple division gatherings and preparations for Old Settlers Day were discussed.
Pleasant Hill Missouri dispatch reports Monroe Littell surviving four near fatal incidents in under a year. A January car crash left only scratches, a broken block and tackle narrowly missed him, double pneumonia followed, a tractor pinned him but left him unharmed, and another man disabled the ignition to avert a fire.
Tax deed filed by Linn County to E B Clark for property at 189 Eastland Manor with CR 66, 64 36. Parcel details indicate transfer of deed rights and associated charges. Proceeding records show instrument numbers and filing notes for public record.
Mrs. Guy Miller hosted the Adeliza Daniels Circle of the Priscilla guild at a Wednesday picnic luncheon for twenty guests. A plan was made for a silver tea at Miss Adeliza Daniels home next Wednesday at 3 pm. Performances included violin and piano solos and vocal selections by Eleanor Woodward and Dor een Cobb, with Mrs. Woodward as accompanist.
The Marion band directed by G. L. Lyman performs at 8 o clock in the city park with a program including Goldman and Von Suppe selections. Neighbors honor the Monthie family moving to Perry at a farewell picnic. Local social and church notices follow.
New York AP reports actors come from many walks of life and Madeleine Carroll reveals she was an algebra teacher in an English girls’ school before showing in films. She says teaching trains emotional control essential for acting and questions why scouts overlook classroom backgrounds.
Moscow reports a complete unpublished Maxim Gorky play has been discovered among his papers. Stavsky, a Soviet Writers Union executor, says Gorky was revising it before his death. Earlier he condensed Klim Samgin from 700 to 300 pages and nearly finished two chapters when struck by illness.
London reports Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands may end 38 years of rule next year. The Daily Herald forecasts abdication after Princess Juliana's marriage to Prince Charles of Sweden, with Juliana expected to succeed to the throne and Charles as consort.
Middletown water officials urged residents to stagger lawn sprinkling during the heat wave. Water Works Superintendent Earl Gebhart advised a half hour on, a half hour off, then another half hour of sprinkling to conserve water.
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