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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
4
Chicago market reports show hogs and cattle pushing higher prices on brisk receipts. Buyers and sellers watched demand intensify as futures and cash trades strengthened across livestock pits.
Unofficial estimates show Monday arrivals of hogs 30 000 cattle 16 000 and sheep 14 000. Next week hog receipts expected at 110 000. Market will close Friday and Saturday but any arrivals will be yarded and fed as usual.
Chicago buyers active as livestock prices rise with a ten year December tap for swine. Best medium weights hit 10.45 while hogs gained up to 25 cents. Cattle saw modest gains with lower grades up and mediumweight steers reaching 13.00 in the absence of prime yearlings. Receipts were lighter than a year ago and the market closed Friday and Saturday ahead of a holiday.
The Chicago hog market shows receipts of 17 000 head with 9 000 direct and prices up to 25 cents versus Wednesday. Top hogs bring 10.45, December hits a 10 year high with bulk 169-300 lb hogs at 19.15 to 10.40. best sows at 10.00. Cattle receipts total 3 500 with 1 000 calves. market active and solid across grades. Prime yearlings absent, medium weight steers paid 13.00, weighty loads 12.00-12.75. lower grades 6.50-8.50. heifers 6.00-8.00 but high cuts up to 12.50. fat lambs in steady to firm demand with up to 9.50 quoted for good to choice. Sheep steady with native ewes 3.50-4.50.
The Associated Press notes Iowa hog prices with small gains in Waterloo Mason City and Ottumwa. Good to choice hogs range around 149 to 150 pounds at 7.10 to 7.40 dollars per hundredweight with various weights and packer categories listed across markets.
Pork market report from Austin Minnesota shows live hog prices with various weight ranges and values. Notable figures include 200-290 pounds at around 980 percent and 325-350 pounds at about 9.60 to 9.90 dollars, with packing sows listed at 275-550 pounds and other small variations.
St Paul livestock report shows 1200 cattle receipts with supplies light and prices steady. Steers bring 50 to 90 dollars, heifers down, cows 3.25 to 6.00, bulls up to 5.50, calves 8.00 to 9.50, lighter weights up 15 cents, top around 10.15.
Receipts 4.500 with one bad fed ewe among mostly fed lambs. Demand steady across classes with undertone steady. Good to choice lambs quoted 8.75 to 9.25, slaughter ewes 3.00 to 4.25, bulk weights 130 to 180 pounds and up to 214 pounds. Prices shown include 9.91 average on Wednesday with various weight brackets and bids noted.
U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts of 4000 with direct 900 and top at 10.25, various weight classes listed. Cattle receipts 1500 show calves steady to higher, steers 9.00 to 12.25, cows 4.25 to 6.50, bulls 4.50 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 3500 with lambs 8.90 to 9.00 and top at 9.00.
Sioux City market reports cattle slaughter stockers and feeders steady to up, calves and yearlings mixed with loads near 1010 lbs at 12.25 and 10.15, beef cows 4.25 to 5.50, hogs receipts 4,000 with top butcher grades 16.00 and 200 lb hogs up to 10.00, sheep slaughter steady with lambs 8.25 to 8.60 and ewes 2.50 to 4.00.
U S Department of Agriculture reports 24 hour hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling 28 400. This is up from 27 300 a week ago and 33 500 a year ago. Prices show gains with lights rising and undertone firm.
Hogs continue higher on the local market with advances of 10 and 15 cents across grades bringing top prices to 10. Steers show higher prices as well while poultry and eggs post a minor advance.
Wilson's quotes list buy prices for hogs by weight range and quality. Good hogs 140-150 pounds fetch 7.60 to 7.90 dollars, rising with weight to 9.70 to 10.00 dollars for 200-325 pounds, with higher weights and packers priced 9.20 to 9.50 dollars for 275-350 pounds and 8.75 to 9.05 dollars for 500-550 pounds.
The notice lists lamb and cattle prices by weight and quality. It covers lambs 70-80 lbs and various steer and heifer classes with price ranges and quality notes, plus cows and bulls with per hundredweight values.
A Cedar Rapids miscellaneous market listing shows wholesale prices for grain and produce. Grains include oats corn soybeans and various yellow corn grades with No 2 yellow at 1.09 to 1.07 per bushel, while soybeans range 1.25 to 1.30. Produce covers hens, springs, geese ducks eggs and fruit prices for oranges lemons potatoes and apples among others. Hides and other animal byproducts are also priced, detailing cured and green hides and calf kip values.
U S Department of Agriculture reports a slower wool market in Boston with prices for original bag wools near 1.00 to 1.02 per scoured pound for short French combing lengths and 1.03 to 1.05 for average to good French combing. Fine delaine combing Ohio fleeces show 24 to 44 cents in grease with light shrinking lots at 45 to 46 cents. Staple combing 1 blood Ohio fleeces move at 44 to 46 cents grease and 3 blood and ½ blood ranges at 49 to 51 and 49 to 50 cents respectively.
Tax record shows a levy from Linn County to Charlie Volak in section 18 township 85 range 8. Amount listed 8 dollars 51 cents with date 6 17 35.
Wheat leads a broad advance on the Chicago board of trade as buyers push prices higher amid foreign market strength and large speculative demand. Corn and oats also gain while soybeans reverse recent declines and rye climbs over three cents.
Lamson Brothers Co provides Chicago quotations with H R Mowrey listed as manager for Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building. This stock market snippet notes broker contact details and office location.
Chicago AP reports cash grain and seed prices with multiple grades for wheat corn oats rye soybeans barley and timothy and clover seed. Prices show wide ranges by grade with notes on sample quality and conditions such as weevily and musty.
AP report from Minneapolis shows wheat gains across several classes with No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lb at 1.58 to 1.67 and No 1 red at 1.36 while No 3 yellow corn edges up to around 1.09 to 1.10 and oats bid at about 0.54 to 0.55.
New York AP market notes show egg receipts 15 719 with mixed colors and varied prices. BUR receipts 10 275 steady with creamery firsts and seconds priced within established ranges. Cheese receipts 34 186 firm and unchanged. market to close Friday. Live poultry firm with freight prices unchanged. Leghorn fowls 15c edging other prices flat.
Raw sugar nominal at 3.77 with futures at 2.91 and may 2.96, up 4 to 5 points net. Refined sugar unchanged at 4.80 for fine granulated.
Chicago butter futures closed with Dec. 33 cents, Jan. 27.5 cents, and Jan. 26 3/4 cents for storage standards and fresh graded firsts. Potato futures show Idaho Russet 2.80 dollars for Jan, March No. 1 3.50 dollars, March grade A 3.20 dollars.
United States bonds in New York closed with varied quotes. Treasury 4 1/4s and 4s traded around 121.60 and 115.17 respectively with June maturity prices. Other issues including 3s and 34s moved in the 105.30 to 110.10 range.
Flour prices listed per load and per barrel in 98 pound sacks. Family patents unchanged at 7.45 to 7.65 dollars and standard patents unchanged at 7.30 to 7.50 dollars. Shipments total 15 036. Pure bran and standard middlings quoted at 31.50 to 32.00 dollars.
Wall Street traded slowly as dealers prepared for a three day holiday. Transfers ran about 1.7 million shares while oils and select rails strengthened. Paramount Pictures first preferred rose about seven points with the common up one, and several industrials advanced modestly.
Thursday stock list from Wall Street showing prices for Allied Chem Gen Motors Coca Cola Chrysler Mtrs United Airlines U S Rubber and many others with figures and percent changes. Detailed company readings include Amn Can Co Kennecott Newmont Pan American and major utilities and financials.
The AP reports general stability in currency values across major nations and regions. Rates shown include Great Britain at 491%, France 4.67%, Germany 40.24, Italy 5.2612, Argentina 32.75, Tokio 28.58, Shanghai 29.65, Hongkong 30.67, and Mexico City 27.88 with Montreal and New York quoted at 99.92 and 13 16 respectively.
Samuel Robert Ferguson transfers with wf to M R Selden ownership of Bever Park 4th addition lots 11 and 12 block 24 with consideration listed as one dollar and value of consideration. Date noted 11-5-36.
Judge A B Clark presided over the November term adjournment in Linn County District Court. The upcoming term opens January 5 with the grand jury at 10 a.m. Judge H C Ring will preside. Equity case assignment is set for January 6 at 10 a.m. Petit jury reports January 12 at 9 a.m.
J F Tvrdik’s $500 personal injury suit against the city of Cedar Rapids was dismissed with prejudice in district court before Judge A B Clark. Tvrdik claimed a fall on an icy sidewalk on First street NW occurred December 17 1935.
Notice of defendants appeal to the state supreme court from district court rulings over ruling of defense demurrer and a motion to strike in Hollis G Roasa versus Century Cab Co and others. Filed Dec 24 1935. plaintiff resists defense motion to stay proceedings pending appeal.
Carrie Weierheuser seeks a new trial in district court over a $5,262 personal injury suit against M. M. Hotel company. Judge H. C. Ring heard the motion Thursday after a Feb. 4, 1935 jury ruling for the defendant on claims arising from a fall on October 3, 1933 at the Montrose hotel. The plaintiff objected to two jury instructions she viewed as overemphasizing contributory negligence.
A defense motion to move Altah A. Pfeiffer v Kaiser Truck service from state district court to the federal court in Cedar Rapids was filed Thursday. The personal injury and property damage suit, filed in October, names an Illinois corporation as the defendant.
By agreement the sentence on a charge of selling beer at prohibited hours, to which Mrs. Katherine A. Cutter pled guilty, was continued from Thursday morning to next Monday at 9 a.m. by Judge A. B. Clark. The charge arose from alleged beer sales Sunday in the Windsor hotel at 110 First street NW.
As Christmas nears, key labor actions see some strikes settled in autos and aluminum. In Detroit 2000 United Auto Workers accepted terms ending a Kelsey Hayes stoppage with operations to resume Monday. in Detroit 600 Aluminum Company of America workers accepted terms ending a 14 day strike. Other sites report continued or unsettled actions across Racine Atlanta Kansas City Pittsburgh and Ottawa with sit down protests and extended bonuses. Maritime workers in San Francisco face a government push for a quick settlement to protect public interests.
Alconder Estes of Brooklyn wandered in his sleep Thursday morning and fell 20 feet through a window causing a fractured jaw and brain concussion. Medical officials reported the accident as a sleepwalking injury.
Admiral Nicholas Horthy regent of Hungary issued a Christmas amnesty releasing 130 prisoners. The action occurred in Budapest on Thursday and was announced by state authorities.
Judge H C Ring granted Jerry G Vosdingh a divorce from Georg anne Vosdingh on cruel and inhuman treatment. Property rights were settled by stipulation. The marriage occurred February 3 1933.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States dismissed without prejudice a $13 907 87 secured note action filed April 18 1935 in district court before Judge A B Clark against W J Henderson and Lottie Henderson.
Wilmer W. McDowell filed a $130 contract suit against Equitable Life Assurance Society on Sept 2 alleging a disability claim under a group plan. The dismissal with prejudice occurred in district court on Thursday.
Birth notices announce a daughter born December 23 to Mr and Mrs William Convey of Fairfax at Mercy hospital and a daughter born December 23 to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hennings of Keystone at St Luke s hospital.
Lois planned and hosted a full Christmas menu with Roger assisting. She staged a bain marie setup to keep hot courses ready, reheated sides, and kept goose and pudding warm while guests enjoyed the first course.
In Wabash Indiana John Lockwood learns a truck brought a ton of coal to his store as a Christmas gift from the Hot Stove League. Members said they wanted to share some of the heat they absorb during a winter and feed the store customers.
New York bond market rose Thursday with rail liens lifting fractions to about a point. Treasuries largely steadied except a slight dip in 3% of 1941. Carrier loans widened gains across St Paul Alleghany Santa Fe Great Northern Missouri Pacific Frisco Southern Railway Southern Pacific and others.
Nancy promotes a Contract Bridge Luncheon with a stamped self care arrangement for readers of The Cedar Rapids Gazette. The item references a 1936 copyright and notes a Thursday session as part of the Bridge Luncheon listings.
In Marion forty six Christmas baskets were prepared by individuals and groups plus Goodfellows efforts. Toys were donated and many repaired by city firemen. The list names Catholic church, Baptist church, American Legion, firemen, Oxford club, King’s Daughters circles, New Art club, Marion lodge No. 62, Christian church, Rainbow Division, True Blue Division, Handicraft club, Reading Circle, Child Study club, D A R, K E B Class, Chitya Camp Fire, Tennyson club, Athenian club, DeMolay, Milwaukee Railroad Auxiliary, and two individuals.
Mrs. John O’Kelly of 432 Fourth Street announces the marriage of her daughter Maxine to Harold Woods son of Fred Woods of Springville. The ceremony was held in Galena Illinois on October 21 with Rev. E A Ballis officiating. The couple reside at 1348 Twelfth Street Marion Iowa and Mr Woods works for the Standard Tire Co in Cedar Rapids.
Thursday included more names tied to the Good Fellows fund raising drive with small donations. Names such as Robert Mitchell, A R McElwain, C T Rowe, G R Barnoske, L A Turner, W K Lothian, and many others contributed amounts from 50 cents to 10 dollars through Woman's Relief Corps No 126 and related groups.
All children of the city are invited to a free picture show at the Garden theater on Christmas morning at 10 o'clock as guests of the Goodfellows. After the show there will be treats for the children.
Miss Virginia Bardwell arrives in Marion from Chicago to spend Christmas with Mr and Mrs E E Parsons then plans to travel to California after the visit.
Wednesday evening the Kenyanorang Camp Fire group sang to sixteen shut-ins in eight homes. Fred Lang and John Clay supplied transportation for the event.
Mr and Mrs Louis White returned home after visiting son Robert White and family in Gregory South Dakota, another son Donald White and family in Omaha, and daughter Mrs Frank Hodgeen in Ames.
Elliott Hutton a Gladbrook teacher will spend the Christmas vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs George Hutton.
C. D. Atkins traveled to Chicago for a week with his wife and daughter Barbara visiting relatives during the trip.
Charles Taylor of Silver City New Mexico arrived in Marion Tuesday evening to spend the holidays with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter S Winter.
Mr and Mrs Edward Hines of Spencer arrive in Marion tonight to spend Christmas with Mrs Mary Hines and Mr and Mrs C C Carpenter.
George Oxley a Grinnell student arrived in Marion Tuesday evening to spend the Christmas vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs George C Oxley.
Marshalltown Iowa AP Frank Kokomo Jones who may have been the oldest enlisted man in the American Expeditionary Forces in France died at the Iowa Soldiers Home at 76 influenza. Jones long served with the 168th Infantry and was a cook in the same unit in France. He served in the Spanish American War and on the Mexican border in 1915. His son in Council Bluffs also served in the same company in World War I. A letter from Major General Charles P Summeral certified him as the oldest enlisted man in the AEF.
Emma Franklin of Waterloo asks district court for a judgment of 79000 plus interest totaling about 115000 against E H Martin John H Mueller and A G Kampmeier of Cedar Rapids alleging failure to account for real estate sold through the Franklin Land and Loan Co where her husband Charles Franklin held stock. The transactions involved Shores Mueller Co of Cedar Rapids.
The Methodist church presents a 7 30 p m Christmas program titled All of a Sudden. Sunday school sections perform a lighted candle processional to Adeste Fideles and nativity tableaux with named child performers and an invisible choir.
Dorothy Wilson's Christmas play The Empty Room will be performed at the Baptist church tonight at 7 30 PM. The public is invited. Cast includes Hamar Bethlehemite Paul Coon Joanna Lenore Layer Rebecca Retta Knapp James Pope Alta Farley Richard Alexander and Carl Russell with the primary department forming a processional and singing carols.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Murray of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. John Stoneburner and their son Robert of Dubuque are expected tonight to spend Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Murray.
Miss Willma Jackson a Humboldt teacher visits her father W T Jackson. Mr and Mrs Parrott Jackson and their children and Miss Frances Jackson of South Bend Ind are expected to arrive tonight to spend the holidays.
Christmas services are set for Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. C. E. Krog will deliver a sermon titled Behold I Bring You Glad Tidings of Great Joy.
Dan Stamy reports his mother Mrs Prudence Stamy of Flora Indiana is ill. The notice notes the family has been informed of her condition.
All but about twenty of the 131 CCC campers at Marion have left for home for Christmas. The boys will enjoy a five day vacation before returning to camp duties.
Albert Hindman, student at Chillicothe Business College in Missouri, is spending the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs D F Hindman near Marion.
Mr and Mrs C T Anderson are reported ill with the flu at their home. The family requests no visitors at this time. Further updates will follow as health improves.
The article notes Miss Alice Carlbert has traveled to Chicago to spend Christmas with her brothers and their families, highlighting family gathering plans during the holiday season.
Bill Jess of the Court Hussey orchestra spends Christmas with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jess. Miss Jeanne Jess, a Milwaukee student at Miss Brown's school, also joins as a holiday guest at the family home.
Mr and Mrs Roy Kasanos of San Diego California arrived this week to spend the holidays with relatives. They will visit in the James Sweeney and C E Strickell homes.
Mr and Mrs Frank Allen travel with daughter Sue and son Pat to Omaha to spend the holidays with relatives in a family outing.
Mr and Mrs Harold Ford and their children of Laurens are expected to arrive in Marion to spend the holidays at the home of Mrs Ford's parents Mr and Mrs Dan Hickey, with the Hickey household preparing for the gathering.
Mr and Mrs Earl Welsher traveled to Des Moines on Wednesday to spend Christmas with Mrs Welsher s daughter Mrs L L Kingery and family
Mr and Mrs Fred Wright visit Altoona relatives including Lyman Hough and Mrs Lee Fitzgerald and family with sons Jerry and Robert joining the gathering.
Robert Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps No. 126 met in Memorial hall with Mrs. Cora Stark elected president. The group voted to donate $1 to the Christmas seal fund and $5 to the Goodfellows fund. Plans for officer installation at the January 13 meeting were discussed.
Mrs. Edward Hochreiter returned from Winfield where she attended the wedding of her great granddaughter Ruth Marie Grupe daughter of Mr and Mrs Weston Grupe.
Mr and Mrs J A Whittaker of Toledo are hoped to arrive today for a visit in the home of Misses Edith and Anna Whit taker.
Mr and Mrs C L Fernow announce the birth of Naressa Rose to Mr and Mrs Marshall R Drew in Houston Texas The Drews reside in the area and Drew is Fernows nephew having lived here several years
Mrs. O. E. Clemens spends the holidays with her sister Mrs. W. B. Chisman and daughter Mrs. S. J. Hamilton in Indianola.
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