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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1940
Page
12
AP estimate shows livestock receipts for Tuesday with cattle about 8,000 head, hogs 22,000, and sheep 11,000 in Chicago. Hogs moved higher by as much as 10 cents with top price around 70 cents.
Chicago cattle steady as hogs advance to a top of 5.75 while fat lambs gain 25 cents on the day. The market was fairly active with hogs firm at higher prices.
Hog receipts near 18 000 with best lots 180 226 pounds selling 5 75 to 5 75, sows 4 65. Cattle receipts 11 000 with yearlings and light steers lifting to 11 50, fed steers 8 00 10 25, cows steady to strong. Sheep receipts 8 000 with fat lambs 9 00 9 25 and up to 9 40, sheep steady.
In Ottumwa Mason City and Waterloo hog markets show varied by weight and grade with prices largely unchanged in Ottumwa and steady at Mason City while Waterloo posts small increases for lighter hogs and steady cattle. Read across weight bands from 120-140 to 360-450 pounds with packers and sows listed.
U S Department of Agriculture notes cattle receipts 3 300 calves 100 with steady demand for most slaughter classes. Hogs 9 000 receipts steady with Friday. best weights 170 249 lb fetch 4 90 5 10, light weights 3 75 4 00. Sheep 3 200 receipts fat lamb trade firm early with feeders 8 50 8 75. slaughter ewes scarce.
U S Department of Agriculture market summary from Omaha shows salable hog receipts 9 300 with top prices to 5 20 for 180 240 lb hogs and ranges down through 330 360 lb at 4 30 4 50. Cattle and calves steady with fed steers yearlings and heifers mostly steady. best beef cows 5 00 6 00. bulls 5 75 6 50. Sheep fat lambs slow but bids steady with wool lambs 8 50 8 75 and ewes around 4 75.
The South St Paul market report shows cattle receipts at 2009 with slaughter steers and stockers active and prices for bulk slaughter steers 7.00 to 8.60, most heifers 6.25 to 7.50, cows 5.90 to 6.00, canners 4.00 to 4.75, bulls 6.00 to 6.50. Hog receipts 9,000 mostly steady with 220-270 lb hogs around 64.80 and sow bids at 4.20. Sheep receipts 5,500 with fat lambs strong, good and choice lambs near last week’s close. western feeding lambs up to 1.65.
U S Department of Agriculture data show combined hog receipts at 16 yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling 7 400 for the 48 hour period ended Monday 8 a m down from 63 900 a week earlier and 43 700 a year ago Barrows and gilts fetch varied prices across weight classes with quoted ranges from 2 80 to 5 20 per hundredweight reflecting uneven bids and broader market softness.
Livestock prices list barrows and gilts by weight class with bids in dollars per hundredweight. Figures show ranges from 40-150 lbs up to 450-500 lbs, including sows and varied price points across categories.
Cedar Rapids market notes list prices for wheat oats rye and barley with various grades and shelled corn. Also itemized are butterfat poultry prices for hens leghorns roosters and stags, wholesale fruits and vegetables with per crate or carton figures, and hides with No 1 and No 2 cured hides calves kip and horse values.
Local hog prices remain steady with no changes Monday. Top price stays at 5.10 while cattle markets also hold steady.
Wheat closed higher on the Winnipeg exchange after a weak start. Dust storms in the American southwest winter wheat belt and light offerings boosted prices. May wheat at 86% plus 15, oats at 40% up 12-53, rye steady at 7.43.
Wisconsin cheese exchange lists weekly quota prices in Plymouth. Daisies at 16 cents, brick at 14 2/3 cents, cheddars at 15 2/3 cents. Farmers call daisies 16c horns 16c cheddars 15 2c.
The wool market remained quiet on Monday in Boston with few manufacturers sampling spot foreign wool but not committing. Domestic wools attracted little interest and sellers did not push sales. Asking prices for domestic sales were unchanged from last week’s close.
Chicago AP reports live poultry prices with hens firmer and chickens and geese varying by weight and breed. Leghorn hens 12c and roosters 9 2c with turkeys and ducks listed. potatoes receipts and U S No 1 prices for Idaho Russets and Colorado Red McClures given along with Bliss Triumphs values and regional supply/demand notes.
European reaction to Roosevelt's denouncement of the red army invasion of Finland sparks debate on a united front against the Soviet Union. Scandinavian leaders weigh implications while French labor groups denounce both Soviets and Nazis and Moscow media remains hostile to the Allies, Sweden, and the United States.
Banks and security markets across the south stayed open while major financial centers elsewhere observed Lincoln's birthday. Livestock exchanges in the United States and stock and commodity markets in Canada and Europe operated as usual.
Henry C. Patten died at his daughter’s home in Cedar Rapids at 10 29 a m Sunday. Born January 23 1842 in Perryville Indiana he lived in Cedar Rapids 49 years and previously farmed near Guthrie Center and in Nebraska. He is survived by four sons Americus Leon Isaiah and Vernon plus 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 p m conducted by Rev W Glenn Rowley burial Linwood.
Mrs Elizabeth Schirmer aged 79 of 218 Second Street NW dies Sunday evening at her daughter Mrs A H Wagley s home in Wauwatosa Wisconsin after a short illness. She is survived by two sons a sister and brother eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body will be brought to Beatty chapel late Monday for viewing and Trinity Lutheran church funeral Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev P L Bornhoeft. Burial in Linwood cemetery family lot.
Sandra Jean Rohlena died at 9 15 am Sunday after a brief illness. Born June 11 1938 she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Rohlena of route 1 Fairfax and is survived by grandparents Aldrich and Mrs Anna Rohlena and great grandparents and other relatives. Funeral at Brush chapel Tuesday at 1 30 pm conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek. Burial in Castek cemetery west of Swisher. Friends may call at the family residence Monday evening.
Elizabeth Doyle aged 83 died at the home of her son Mr James C Doyle 404 G avenue NW at 9 45 a m Sunday after a long illness She leaves three sons R C Doyle Sentinel Butte N D R D Doyle Corfu Wash and a daughter Mrs Myrtle Bicknell Douglas Wye The body is at the Moon chapel pending funeral arrangements
E. E. Brammer, 76, a printer and former Cedar Rapids resident, died at his Los Angeles home February 9 after a December stroke. He never married and is survived by two Cedar Rapids nephews, C. C. and O. L. Brammer.
Mrs. Wencil Blazek died at her home in Long Beach Washington Sunday at 4 p m after a three week illness. Her husband a former Cedar Rapids resident left there about 25 years ago. Surviving are a son Wendl Jr at home and a daughter Mary in Washington.
Funeral services for Robert Alnutt who died Saturday at his home 816 Seventh Avenue SE will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p m at Mount Zion Baptist Church by the Rev D O Bell Burial will be in the family lot at Oak Hill Cemetery
A prowler entered the Orlin R. Iehl farm home one and a half miles west of Springville through an unlocked back door between 9 p.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday and made off with a billfold containing $42 from overalls in the kitchen. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated Monday.
Marion Linn county Boy Scouts attend a district board of review at Lincoln school this evening with the court of honor to follow. J R Eyre leads arrangements with awards presented by Pazour Hill and Eyre. James Manville shows northwoods canoe trip films. Troop 38 Marion hosts with Rev Ellinger as scout master.
Eileen Schenken led a tea at the public library with a program featuring June De Wees Phyllis Lanning Mrs E M Adams Bonnie Carey and Barbara Fitz gerald. Various camp fire groups and local families were mentioned along with illness travel and upcoming events in Marion Iowa. Ralph Rose earned an eagle scout badge at a Marshalltown ceremony.
Mrs Henderson welcomed Monroe township home project leaders at her Marion area residence. Miss Lucille Gove led the program The Farm Family in the World Today. Robert Mitchell W R C 126 convenes Wednesday at Mrs Floyd Slausons home 470 Twelfth Street rather than Memorial hall. Marion choral group to rehearse Tuesday at 2 pm in Presbyterian church basement.
The Valentine party of the Musical-Literary club scheduled for tonight has been postponed indefinitely due to illness among members. An advertisement lists Lighthouse cleanser 2c can mushroom soup 5c can and Dickey's.
Carl Edward Krog son of the Reverend and Mrs C E Krog has been ill but is showing improvement according to family reports.
In federal court at Omaha a 40-defendant mail fraud trial was told how two men allegedly faked a car crash to claim damages from 25 insurers. Key witness William J. Lesher testified he and others arranged the scheme and that Parker and Villadsen used a fence post to beat each other to inflate claims.
In Chicago at the annual congress on medical education and licensure, Dr Morris Fishbein praised American medical colleges as a fine group for teaching medicine. Dr George D Stoddard urged a more liberal education for medical students, arguing physicians must be men of broad education to shoulder societal responsibilities.
Chicago report: unemployment commission classifies love as a natural catastrophe alongside tornadoes and floods. It grants benefits to a young man who lost his hardware store job for mooning over a blonde in silks and woolens. The store’s misconduct objection was rejected, citing involuntary efficiency decline.
Dr. Walter Barlow of Ames preached at Coe College during Fellowship Week, addressing the clash between materialism and spiritual life. He warned that worldly success without faith misleads and urged churches to reinterpret the Word of God to save society from materialist spirals.
Fairfax residents Emanuel House and Vlasta Rohlena wed Saturday by Justice H. R. Churchill. The city brief notes a wedding on a quiet weekend with local ties.
Mrs. Martha Jane Moreland 94 died Sunday. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Moreland home, conducted by Rev. N. B. Inman. Born Martha Watt in Pennsylvania on Sept 29, 1845, she moved to Iowa near Colesburg, married Isaac Moreland. one son Isaac died last year. husband died 16 years ago. she is survived by sister Mrs. Frank Collier of Marcus.
Eastern Iowa prepares for the 1940 business and manufacturing census with 14,810 of 35,783 businesses visited by Feb 7, up 3,527 from the prior week. In the Second district Linn County area, 4,109 of 9,040 establishments, or 45 percent, had been contacted. Maps for the population census to begin April 2 have been received, with rural farmhouses spotted to aid enumerators.
Albany Georgia begins recovery after a tornado left 17 dead including one white woman and 16 Black victims. Damage is estimated between 3 and 9 million dollars with 300 plus injured. Red Cross says about 1,000 homeless in a 20,000 population. crews start rebuilding Monday under federal aid and martial law.
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