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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1935
Page
6
Chicago livestock market edges lower on bearish meat reports and Thursday receipts. Slaughter cattle mostly 25 cents lower amid 14,000 head run. hogs steady to 10 cents lower. top hog price around 65.50 with less demand and light grain-fed steer prices near 13 to 14 dollars, while lambs show softness.
Sioux City and Omaha livestock reports show hog receipts down 15 cents to $0.92 per pound with top bids around $0.92. Cattle receipts near 6 000 to 9 000 with steady to weak trends. calves and feeders mostly lower. Sheep and lamb markets weaker with some declines noted.
Local hog market shows AH prime grades down a dime with good pickers 15 cents lower. Tower The pume top at 9.15. Wilson & Co hog prices list truck hogs 260 lbs at 8.40, head hogs 160-170 lbs at 8.63, 170-180 lbs at 8.90, and various weights for fed hogs and good hogs with several price ranges. Cattle and calf markets show mixed drops and gains with steers 1100 lbs up to 9.50, yearlings around 9.25 to 9.50, cows 4.50 to 5.00, and calves near 9.00. Sheep and lamb markets noted with lambs 70-90 lbs at $10.00 and varying weights priced accordingly.
Chicago wheat futures slipped under Winnipeg weakness with December contracts down about 14 cents as minor buying failed to sustain gains. Corn and oats also fell while light interest and looming government reports dampened activity in Minneapolis and Chicago cash markets.
Market report shows steady to firm wool prices in Boston with blood territory wools quoted 72 to 77 cents for 56s and 58s to 60s at 82 to 90 cents scoured. French combinations and staple wools also sold firm with 64s and territory blends near 77 to 80 cents. Sugar and flour markets also listed with minor changes in New York Minneapolis cotto n and patent prices.
New York AP report notes very little color in bond trading with volumes muted. Government issues held firm while US Treasuries advanced slightly. Italian and other foreign issues quiet amid a narrow move in domestic corporate bonds and utility issues.
Manhattan Beach announces no skating at the municipal rink until further notice as snow and water on the ice prevent reopening. A crew led by maintenance superintendent T Ray Frame and recreation supervisor Nevin Nichols cleared a 150 by 100 foot area by hand, but ice remains unsafe until it freezes to five to six inches. An update will be issued when the rink reopens.
New York investors faced a listless session with no clear trend as mining issues weighed on the market. Several large firms slipped while Evans Products, Case, Chrysler, du Pont, Douglas Aircraft, and several utilities posted modest gains amid light turnover.
A sequence of birth notices from multiple families lists newborns on December dates. Names include Shirley Mac and other infants born to Clifford Gilleland Atwood Merrill Edward Langhurst HE Barnes Franklin Goodrow H C Lazenby M H Strang F W Pfaff and their spouses, with locations in SE NE NW SW and at Mercy or St Luke's hospitals.
The state board notified Des Moines that a hearing is set for December 30 at 3 p.m. on the Elffron Severn petition to cut the 1935 assessment of the southeast corner property at Third Avenue and First Street SE. Don Hines said a continuance was granted after the hearing was scheduled. The assessment amount is $71,776.
CHICAGO UP A substantial increase in net income was reported for the fiscal year ended Oct 26 by Swift and Company. Net income totaled 8 767 302 equal to 1 46 a share versus 6 131 579 or 1 02 a share last year. Sales earnings were 14 676 302 with 6 000 000 set aside for an inventory price decline reserve. Dividends paid were 4 423 297. President C G Swift said higher profits came despite lower meat output due to higher livestock and meat prices.
Mrs. Mary J Printy aged 81 died at her daughter s home 501 Forest Drive SE at 1 40 am Sunday after years of invalidism Born in Kentucky she moved to Cedar Rapids in 1912 and lived with daughter Mary L Knight Surviving children are Ida Weather ton St Louis Mrs George Laird Cedar Rapids C W Weather ton Topeka Kan Mrs Floyd Knight Cedar Rapids and four grandchildren Funeral services will be held at St Matthew s church Wednesday at 8 30 am conducted by Rev Father J D Kearn Burial follows at Mount Calvary cemetery Rosary will be recited at Moen chapel Tuesday night Friends may call at Moen chapel
William J Park 73 died at his daughter Sara Park McFadden’s home after a brief illness. Born September 1 1861 in Perrytown New York he lived in Cedar Rapids 71 years and worked 25 years for Quaker Oats retiring in 1930. Survived by daughter Sara son Ray W Park two grandchildren and three brothers. Burial planned in North Liberty. Friends may call at Turner Mrs Margaret Crozier Green. Funeral announcement pending.
Funeral services are announced for Irvin Childs of 119 Third Street NE who died at Marshalltown Saturday. The services will be in the Rohn chapel Tuesday at 2:30 PM, conducted by Rev. E. D Wells and I O O F lodge 141, burial at Linwood cemetery. Childs, born June 12, 1846 in Hazel Green Wisconsin, lived in Cedar Rapids over fifty years and worked for Iowa Electric Light and Power. he was an Odd Fellows member for sixty eight years. Surviving family includes wife, three daughters, a son and grandchildren. Also, funeral services for John Arthur Dedic, 12, of Memorial Drive SE will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in Janeba and Brushchapels, burial in Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 PM. Penena Kile Lindsley, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, died Saturday in Los Angeles. Her body will be returned to Cedar Rapids for funeral services in Iowa City at a later date.
Fire in the workers' community house at Irkutsk killed at least nine people after firemen failed to bring ladders, dispatches reported from Moscow.
A broad Marion notes column covers WPA strike stance, illness at the Cline home, housekeeping help, lodge meetings, school events, church activities, Christmas programs, and a highway accident. It lists Rotary and club gatherings, hospital updates, and community notices with several named residents and local institutions.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a 10 cent charge for out of town blind ads and readers to answer must write to the Want Ad Department. The Gazette declines responsibility for more than one incorrect insertion and accepts ads by phone mail or in person at the Gazette office.
The Gazette lists a twenty five dollar reward for leads to arrests of immoral or fraudulent want ads. The page includes many items from watches and crystals to magazine subscriptions and health products, with multiple contact numbers and addresses for local services and sales.
A collection of beauty shop ads lists permanent waves from 1.50 to 6.50 with includes shampoo and finger wave, machineless perms, and special Xmas perms. Shops run names and phone numbers, noting new locations and updated pricing across several firms.
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