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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1936
Page
8
Bulls and bears battled as bulging receipts and sluggish meat demand pushed prices lower. Hogs sold largely steady to 15 cents lower in a 19 000 head run, with top quotes near 10.40 for medium weights while cattle runs remained large but dull and lambs weakened late.
Omaha Livestock reports mixed hog bids down to 15 cents, steers and yearlings weak, vealers slightly lower. Lamb and fat ewe prices indicate stability, with lambs at 9.60 to country and ewes around 4.50 to 5.00, amid uneven buyer activity across major farm yards in Iowa and Minnesota.
Receipts and price activity across hogs cattle and sheep at Chicago Sioux City and St Paul markets. Hogs mostly steady to 10 lower with top around 10.40. cattle under pressure as weights rise and beef demand softens. sheep and lambs mixed with steady to slightly lower tone and limited demand. Bulls and feeders uneven, small gains seen in some weight classes.
Hog prices rise slightly with all grades up five cents on Monday making the top at 9.60 while other markets stay unchanged. Wilson & Co Hog Market lists truck hogs with varied prices by weight from 150 to 550 pounds and notes market sections for calves ewes cattle and sheep with multiple grade ranges and figures.
Grain and beans prices with bids and weights. eggs, poultry, ducks, geese, and hides listed. Wholesale fruits and vegetables including oranges, lemons, bananas, cabbage, and onions appear with assorted prices. Live stock and byproducts noted with unit terms and discounts in a dense marketplace listing.
New York raw sugar prices hold steady around 85 per hundredweight while refined futures show small gains. Wool market notes moderate activity with territory wools selling near 90 cents and finer lots around 92 93 cents. Foreign exchange figures list rates for Britain Belgium Denmark and other currencies with several modest shifts.
Wheat prices climbed on the Chicago board as bullish sentiment grew from stronger overseas markets, improved milling demand, and dust storm reports in the southwest. May wheat at 99.44 cents, July highest since February 6 amid shifts in corn and oats alongside mixed demand and weather factors.
New York markets showed light but effective selling with some sectors bucking the trend. Fractions up or down moved many issues while transfers totaled about 2.2 million shares as traders watched the motor car market and vehicle registrations.
Chicago cash grain prices show varied bids for corn oats and barley with specific No 2 hard wheat and sample grades listed. Minneapolis cash grainTotals include receipts and prices for cash and futures reflecting local market activity and protein adjusted wheat bids.
Chicago market notes weak butter creamery specials at 193 score, eggs at 17.325 receipts, poultry including live hens 23c per lb and various turkeys, potatoes on track 303 receipts with state and national assortment, corn and other items fluctuating amid liberal supply expectations.
US government bond prices eased with small declines in Treasuries and corporate issues. Demand remained for 3s of 1981 amid tax outlook concerns while medium and lower grade bonds softened. foreign lending also showed activity in South American loans.
Coroners jury rules the Las Cruces hotel bed fire death of Lee McGuinn accidental. McGuinn, superintendent for an Oklahoma City gas firm, was sleeping when the bed caught fire.
Readable portions show a broad list of stocks from Adams Express to Worth Pump with prices and percentage changes across many firms and industries. The record includes commodity notes for flour markets in Minneapolis and related shipping and futures figures.
Washington AP reports Secretary of the Navy Swanson is notably better after bouts of pleurisy and a fractured rib, improving from two days prior.
Frank William Louvar of Solon and Lottie Hekl of Cedar Rapids applied for a marriage license. The records list their names and hometowns as the couple seeks formal nuptial status.
Cedar Rapids hosts the all-state Shrine ceremonial May 28 and 29 drawing hundreds of delegates. El Kahir temple officials Robert L. Savage Thomas Suchomel Walt Workman M M Thompson and A Q O Ambroz lead the effort with other temples from Sioux City Des Moines Davenport and more. Delegations from Minneapolis St Paul Chicago Peoria and others join in day and night parades and a full festival program.
Seven deaths from spinal meningitis in the Texarkana area lead to a one week shutdown of rural and city schools theaters and churches. The AP reports the action to curb the outbreak as health officials coordinate warnings and closing orders.
Miss Muriel Clark, Newman's stylist, trips to New York for buying. Arthur Lawrence, 1403 Fourth St NW, attends Frigidaire service school in Des Moines. W A Nichols of 115 Seventeenth St SW ill. condition improved. Veterans of Foreign Wars dance postponed. new date TBA. R J Schmitz and Morris Rosenbaum paid fines in police court for overtime parking. Mrs Tom Bushnell of Coggon home from St Luke's Hospital. Hladky Manufacturing's permit to install vending machines in city hall denied. Cadets of St George to recite Rosary for Leo Polansky at Polansky funeral chapel. Fred Hook, 604 Fifteenth Ave SW, reports three truck wheels stolen. Fire at W O Bebe building 117 1/2 First Ave E confined to paper sacks on stove. City council weighs waiving old federal building water bill at county supervisors’ request. Several residents fined $10 for intoxication. Tichy and Williams jailed for nonpayment.
Chris Nelson 31 of 928 Twelfth Street NE was arrested at 3 15 p m Sunday after his car narrowly avoided a collision with a police squad car driven by Detective Tom Condon at Twelfth Street and A Avenue NE. He faces reckless driving charges.
Play-offs begin at 8 tonight in the YMCA gym with the Pontiac Silver Streaks, winners of the first round, facing the Cedar Rapids Gas company team, tied for first in the second half. Another game is scheduled for Tuesday at 8.
A petition by Lightner and Lightner to exceed the forty foot curb cut limit at the northeast corner of Third street and Fifth avenue SE was referred by the city council Monday to the public improvement and safety departments. The request aims to build drives for a proposed new service station.
Three defendants Glenn Platten berger Joseph Jacque and Aldrich Gregor faced continued desertion hearings in Justice W Grunewalds court. William R Flood waived grand jury indictment on a warrantry charge and later pled guilty in district court receiving a six month suspended jail term.
Two Civil War era pistols were discovered in a large oak on Starkey land near West Plains Missouri. The weapons, about sixty to seventy years old at discovery, were believed placed in a sapling crotch during the Civil War era.
Edith M. Smith long resident of Cedar Rapids died at her mother’s home on Sunday morning after a long illness. Born June 8, 1868 in Marengo she is survived by her mother and one sister Mrs. W. F. Stahl. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Turner chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Schlichting widow of John Schlichting died at a local hospital at 5 10 am Monday after a brief illness. Born May 23 1863 in Germany she came to the United States in 1882 and lived in Cedar Rapids since. Survived by two sons William Cedar Rapids and John Seattle Wash one daughter Mrs George Heimendahl one sister Mrs D A Leonard and eight grandchildren Funeral announcements to be made later. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Thomas F. Mitchell died at a local hospital at 4 50 a m after a long illness. Born July 9 1857 in Washington county Pennsylvania he spent most of his life in Cedar and Linn counties and lived in Cedar Rapids for fifteen years. He is survived by his brother P T Mitchell. Funeral services are set for 11 a m Thursday in Turner chapel with calling hours offered beforehand.
The Hev. C. J. Biddle resigns from the Marion Christian church to lead Altoona, while Drake University ties prep in Des Moines. A benefit card party at St. Joseph's Hall supports parish women. Local socials include post nuptial party honors, Laura Bailey Auxiliary picnic supper, and multiple club meetings.
Col. Rafael Franco president of Paraguay declared in Asuncion that he supports President Roosevelt's Pan American peace conference proposal. He called for regional unity and peaceful settlement of disputes. The remarks came as Latin American leaders weigh joint action toward security and cooperation.
President Roosevelt nominated George E. Miller a former Iowa legislator from Harlan to be U S marshal for the southern district of Iowa. The confirmation would place Miller in a key federal law enforcement post in the region.
James H. Franks 36 of 1106 Fifteenth avenue SE was released from jail Saturday on a $200 property bond after a desertion charge tied to allegedly refusing WPA work. County officials and a citizens committee backed using the law against relief clients who refuse WPA jobs. Franks, with eight children eight living at home, had been in jail since last Thursday and had not yet been arraigned.
Ina Merrifield Byron 41 wife of John Byron and former Cedar Rapids resident died at a St. Louis hospital after a short illness. She is survived by her husband a son John Jr and five brothers Morgan Beryl Frank Louis and George Merrifield, all Cedar Rapids. Body to be brought to Cedar Rapids Monday with funeral at Beatty chapel 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Linwood cemetery family lot.
Mrs Frances Molumby 36 of 391 Sixteenth Street SE died at a local hospital at 10 10 a m Monday after a brief illness. She was born in Ottumwa and is survived by her husband two children Danny and an infant daughter her father J A Lutes and sisters Mrs Myron Baker and Miss Celestine Lutes all of Ottumwa. The body is at Monahan funeral home with further notice to follow.
Emma Willis testifies she endured years of parental abuse and alleged advances from her father, leading to her killing him with buckshot. Defense frames the act as temporary insanity as court begins hearings in Anadarko Oklahoma.
Birth notices reveal multiple newborns at St Luke's hospital including a son born Feb 22 to Mr and Mrs O E Carpenter at 1325 Second Avenue SE a daughter born Feb 23 to Mr and Mrs Alfred Frantz of Palo a son born Feb 22 to Mr and Mrs John W Byse of Marion a son born Feb 23 to Mr and Mrs F J Heckart of 124 Fourth Street NW and a son born Feb 23 to Mr and Mrs H F Nalley of Clarence.
Harry Arnold of Kansas City Missouri and Robert Clark of Milwaukee Wisconsin were sentenced to six months in county jail for vagrancy by Judge H C Ring. Sentences suspended on good behavior as defined by county officials, meaning they must avoid Linn county after Feb 10 and Feb 13 respectively.
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