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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1940
Page
9
Top light pork losses Tuesday drop to a six year low as hogs top at 3.00 with Wednesday estimates showing cattle 9 000 hogs 20 000 sheep 6 000. Receipts were 19 000 plus 4 000 direct to packers, with the top at 5 55. Grain quotes follow from Lamson Brothers with H R Mowrey listed as manager.
Chicago and Sioux City describe livestock receipts and price trends for hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs show steady to 10 cents lower with good and choice weights 180-240 lbs around 5 3/4 to 6 0 per cwt. Cattle remain steady to 24 cents lower with best steer prices near 11 50. hogs and sheep show broad softness amid thin demand. Sioux City notes mixed demand with hogs slow and steady to down 10 cents. cattle mostly steady in tone with firm choice grades. sheep bids down slightly with fat lambs opening steady to weak.
Prices for hogs in Mason City Waterloo and Ottumwa show declines of about 5 to 10 cents across weight classes with varied bids. Markets indicate steady to slow movement as 140 to 600 pound ranges attract bids from packers and sellers alike with regional differences in price levels.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8am Tuesday at 16 yards and 10 plants in Interior Town and southern Minnesota totaled 33 100, down from 57 200 last week and 19 300 a year ago. Prices varied by weight with heavies down about 29 cents, and markets list barrows sows and weights from 140 to 500 pounds in Des Moines Austin listings with multiple price points across weight classes.
Receipts at South St Paul market totaled about 2500 cattle with slaughter steers opening around 25 cents higher. Medium grade stockers and feeders commanded around 650 dollars per head, with top quality cattle bringing stronger prices.
Receipts show cattle mostly steady to weak with feeders and vealers easing. Hogs down 10 to 15 cents with top around 5.15 for some lots. sheep receipts around 2,000 with good and choice lambs trading near 8.65 to 9.10, Montana fed offerings about 8.50 to 9.00.
Hogs show slow to steady demand with top bids near 5.10 for 180-220 lb hogs. packers pay around 5.00 for 180-240 lb, with lighter scores down around 25 cents. Cattle receipts 5 600 steady on killing. feeders and stockers steady with prime fed cattle around 12 10. beef cows near 5.75 to 6.35. vealers up to 9.00. Sheep receipts 3 200 lambs weaker early but steady later. wool lambs around 8.65 to 9.00 and ewes above 5.00 with lighter feeding lambs limited.
Local hog prices slip 5 to 10 cents across grades with tops around 5.10. Cattle market shows slight change. Sheep market features genuine lambs 70 to 90 pounds at about 8.00, bucks around 1 less, others by quality.
Tuesday quotations show diverse listings from Adams Express to Union Carbide with numerous equities across mining, industrials, utilities, and consumer goods. Notable names include Alaska Juneau, Kennecott, General Electric, Coca Cola, General Motors, and Union Carbide along with many railroads and banks.
Cedar Rapids market brief lists prices for grain, soybeans, hay, butterfat, poultry, wholesale fruits and vegetables, and hides. Entries include Wheat No 1 at 87 1 2c, No 2 at 45c, Oats White No 3 36c, Soybean No 2 yellow 90c, Butterfat sweet 3c, hens over 5 lbs 10c, and assorted apples, cranberries, and hides with varying unit prices.
Minor gains and losses marked a quiet Tuesday in U S government bonds with fractional shifts in most issues. Foreign dollar list showed modest activity led by Norway and other currencies while corporate bonds posted small declines for American and Foreign Power Pennsylvanía General Studebaker Western Union and Rock Island issues.
NEW YORK AP stock traders bid up lately idle steel shares on Tuesday. Gains spread across most groups with several issues advancing to about two points at best. mid-day rally broadened trading to roughly 550000 shares before slowing in the final hour. Notable gainers included U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Crucible Standard Oil of N J Chrysler General Motors Douglas Aerials Pullman Anaconda Du Pont and American Smelting.
London report says eight British ships totaling 25069 tons and six neutral vessels totaling 17546 tons were sunk by Germany during the week ending midnight February 4, per official announcement Tuesday.
Wheat prices rise more than a cent on the Chicago board after fractional declines early. May wheat at 98 12 58 cents, corn up 3 6 to 58, oats up 0 5 to 0 9, rye up 3 6 to 1 66 A. Soybeans gain fractionally to 1.05. Winnipeg and Kansas City markets show strength, receipts listed, no export trade reported.
The report lists cash wheat prices and futures at May July and Oct delivery with bid figures and percentages. It also records corn No 2 mixed and No 1 yellow quotes, oats, barley, field seed prices for timothy, clover, alfalfa, and alfalfa values, plus lard prices for hog products.
Wheat receipts Tuesday 139 cars up from 80 last year. Cash No 1 heavy dark northern 10138 10238c. No 1 dark northern 10099 10134c. No 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein 1023. No 1 dark hard 985 99c. Corn No 3 yellow 5134 52c. Barley 3947 60c. ATS No 3 white 38 4c 39 4c.
The report notes cheese quotations for the coming week in Wisconsin and Plymouth with prices for cheddar and other varieties. A dairy farmers call board lists local cheese spots and cheddar prices. The Boston wool market remained dull with little spot buying and easing quotations for both domestic and foreign wools.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered figures like rail and industrial indices with offsets and percentages. No coherent event or entities identified. unable to determine a proper news item, outcome, or source details from the garbled data.
Chicago and New York reports show poultry, butter, eggs, and produce trading with receipts and varying prices. Poultry steady with duck and white meat prices mixed. butter receipts strong with scores near 90. eggs firm in New York with mixed colors and storage grades. potatoes and other vegetables in varying supply. ]
Mrs Frantiska Halva 97 widow of Joseph Halva died at her Shueyville home at 2 30 a m after a brief illness She was born in Bo hemia November 9 1842 and came to the United States in 1889 settling on a College township farm She moved to Shueyville 11 months ago Surviving are two children six grandchildren and four great grandchildren The body is at the Janeba funeral home with funeral announcements to follow
Mary K. Nixon born July 8 1862 in Streator Illinois died at 11 30 am Tuesday at her son Joseph s home 517 Third street SW Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness. She resided in Cedar Rapids fifteen years and is survived by her husband George F. Nixon two sons a daughter Hattie Holbrook Lusk Wyoming Edith Carroll South San Antonio Texas six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Two sons preceded her in death.
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Spicer Sutcliffe lifelong Linn county resident who died at her daughter Mrs Louis Schaeffer home nine miles east of Cedar Rapids will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev George Stauffacher presiding Burial will be in Spring Grove cemetery near Covington Friends may call at the chapel
On motion by County Attorney G. K. Thompson Judge H. C. Ring ordered a commitment for Alvin Kamberling 44 Lisbon to serve 90 days in county jail unless a 300 fine is paid. Kamberling previously labeled Alva Kamberling faced 1933 liquor possession charges with suspended sentence and pled guilty February 3 to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He has been jailed for failing to post a 500 bond after a February 1 highway No. 30 crash east of Cedar Rapids following Highway Patrol Det Sgt Clarence B. Day investigation.
Edward O. Serveson and Myrtle E. Serveson, defendants in a $300.25 account case of Dr. Bert H. Rice, asked the district court Monday to stay proceedings pending their appeal. They appealed a Jan. 24 ruling denying more specific statement, and the court’s Jan. 30 order retroactively to Jan. 24 requires them to plead or elect within 10 days. The Servesons argue the court lacked authority to issue the order, claiming it affects the merits of the case.
The Nichols Engineering and Research corporation as prime contractor for Cedar Rapids incinerator asserts a $6,675.98 claim in Stark Construction company receivership. It alleges sub contractors and material men’ s claims remain unpaid while it believes its obligation to Stark has been discharged and lists twelve claims filed with the city clerk. The city is said to retain $6,675.98 of the contract money due to the principal contractor because of the filed claims.
Carl Phelps aged 24 of 914 Eleventh Street NE and William Saxton aged 52 of 1816 A Street SW pleaded guilty to assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. Judge H. C. Ring sentenced each to one year in county jail with release on good behavior after three months served, after police arrested them on a complaint by a 24-year-old woman alleging assault at Saxton's home following a pretense to locate her husband.
The state supreme court affirmed the Linn county district court denial of an award to Mrs M Liss McMullen in a personal injury suit against M and M Hotel Co and Eppley hotels. She alleged a fall through an open trap door in the Montrose hotel drug store while moving behind a counter to use a telephone.
Lester Johnson sues Wes Staskal of near Beverly claiming injury from an incident on September 6 while Johnson was cutting sugar cane stalks with a corn binder. He alleges loss of his right hand fingers and impaired use of another.
The International Silver Corporation files resistance to George O'Brien's motion to set aside a default judgment of January 9 granting a permanent injunction against the Cedar Rapids company.
Clyde Williams aged 21 from 527 Third Avenue SW received a one year county jail term after pleading guilty before Judge H. C. Ring to obtaining service and money at a local filling station through a ruse last summer. Police made the arrest on state recommendation Williams will be re-ment.
The Rev. Henry Scherer of First Lutheran church attends the International Council of Religious Education sessions in Chicago at the Stevens hotel through Wednesday. He serves on the executive committee of the leadership training section and oversees interdenominational lay leader training. He is dean of the Cedar Rapids and Linn County School of Religious Leadership Training meeting twice yearly at Coe College.
Cedar Rapids juvenile officer Fred Carstens told the Mothers Club of the Y M C A that delinquency stems from poor environmental conditions and broken homes. He cited that 80 percent of Cedar Rapids youths returning from Eldora training school reform to law abiding citizens, well above the state average.
The Gazette will pay a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who obtains money under false pretenses through Want Ads in this newspaper.
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