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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1937
Page
10
Shippers and small buyers pushed hog bids upward by 10 to 15 cents from Thursday. With 2,000 open market hogs and 12,000 direct, demand was good and top hogs reached 10.80, the highest since September.
Hogs receipts 14 000 with 12 000 direct up 10 15 cents from Thursday. Top hogs 180 280 pounds hit 10.80. Cattle receipts 500 with 100 calves. better fed steers and yearlings 25 cents higher, 1 166 pounds at 10.40, new crop high. Sheep receipts 3 000. fat lambs 50 75 cents higher, week’s top at 10.00, native and western lambs 9.25 to 9.50.
U S Agriculture cattle receipts at Omaha total 50 calves none. beef steers and yearlings up to 25 cents higher. cows up 25 to 150 cents. bulls 75 cents to 1.00 higher. vealers and calves 5 cents higher. Week averages: fed steers 9.30 to 11.50, top 12.75 for long yearlings, 1,111 lb avg and 1,584 lb steers. Heifers 7.50 to 99.00. beef cows 5.75 to 6.25. stockers and feeders 6.00 to 7.00. Sheep receipts none. lambs 50 to 60 cents higher. sheep 25 cents higher. hogs 800 receipts, slow to weak. top 10.30 for butchers 240 lbs, bulk 9.90 to 10.25 for 180 lbs and up. 160-180 lbs 9.40. lights 8.50 to 9.25. sows 9.75. weekly trend: butchers 180 lbs up, packers 57 to 10 cents higher.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle and hog receipts at South St Paul show gains across categories. Slaughter steers and heifers rise 25 to 50 cents with quality acting, bulls up about 50 cents, stockers and feeders firm to 25 cents higher. Calves up to 10 dollars, fat lambs 50 cents higher, ewes and lambs also advancing, with steady to higher quotes overall.
Sioux City weekly livestock totals show cattle receipts at about 100 with prime heavy beef steers and yearlings up, fat stock 25 cents higher, heifers to 9.35, cows 4.50 to 7.00, load lots 12.75 for prime beef. Hogs receipts 500 with better 152 lb butchers around 10.30, lighter weights 8 to 10. Lambs mainly higher with top lambs at 9.50 and fed wool skins 9.25 to 9.50, ewes around 4.50 to 5.60. Saturday trade steady for week overall.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 9 packing plants in interior towns and the south crossed 44 700 in 48 hours ending Saturday 8 a m, up sharply from a year ago and week ago. Prices quoted for various weights range from about 9 40 to 10 50 per cwt with strong undertone and weekend loading expected to rise.
Hog price listings from Waterloo and Mason City show varied quotes across weight ranges. Prices rise slightly overall with adjustments for piglet reach and hog size, including 10 cent higher movements and regional quotes for lights and good butchers.
The notice lists varying price ranges for different live weight classes of pigs and packing sows. Prices span from about 9.15 to 10.20 per unit, with weights specified from 180 to 550 pounds and categories like good packers and choice animals.
The page lists commodity prices for grain and feeds including wheat oats rye and barley with per bushel ranges, shelled corn yellow soybeans hay straw and various poultry and egg prices. Wholesale fruits vegetables and cured hides show ranges for oranges lemons potatoes bananas lettuce celery cabbage onions apples cranberries sweet potatoes and hides with horse prices also noted.
Hogs moved higher on the local market with advances of 5 to 10 cents in various grades bringing the top price to 10.25 dollars. Other local markets held steady.
Daily foreign exchange rates quoted in New York show steady demand across major currencies. Cents values list British, French, German and other currencies with nominal and travel rates, including pairings for cross border exchanges and Montreal and New York rate parity.
New York produce market reports unsettled egg receipts with mixed colors and special packs. butter shows no receipts with firm creamery and aged scores. cheese unchanged. Live poultry steady to firm by express with varied chicken and fowl prices. by freight prices largely unchanged. dressed poultry prices steady with no changes.
Herman Kray of Cedar Rapids pled guilty in district court to illegal possession of liquor and a persistent violator count. Sentence was deferred until Wednesday. The charge stemmed from alleged sale of alcohol to a police agent. Kray has prior liquor convictions in Jones county in 1925, federal court in 1933, and Joe Linn county district court in 1934.
Emma Long and Carl Long of Rock Island Illinois were sentenced by Judge A B Clark in district court for cheating by false pretenses. Each received six months in county jail with release during good behavior after thirty days, effective December 30, for soliciting a dollar from a local business claiming it would fund a mission tabernacle.
In Canada’s Bay of Fundy the extreme tidal rise reaches about 53 feet marking the world’s highest tide. The phenomenon draws researchers and visitors to study the dramatic water level changes and coastal impacts.
New York stocks opened the year with mostly lower prices as motors and steels led declines. Trading was sparse on a brief Saturday session with about 700000 shares moving. union tensions in the auto sector cooled sentiment. Notable movers included Chrysler General Motors U S Steel Bethlehem Nash Libby Owens Stone and Webster Sears Montgomery Ward Douglas Western Union Con Edison and others.
A fragmentary financial snippet lists several company names with percentage figures such as Asbestos Mfg, Dexter Co, Berghoff, Heileman, Butler Bros, Quaker Oats, Chicago Corp, Gypsum, and Cons Biscuit, alongside numbers that appear to represent stock prices or changes. The text is garbled and reads like an OCR of a stock table with mixed symbols.
New York bonds moved narrowly and unevenly after the year end rally. Traders bid up select rails like Southern Pacific 4 42s and New York Central 5s while most issues traded listlessly between New Year’s Day and Sunday. Latin-American loans gained as prices for staples rose, with Brazil 6 4 2s and others advancing moderately. United StatesTreasury loans held a restricted course with small gains in some issues. International Telephone 5s rose nearly a point at times and Western Union 5s joined the upmove.
No. 8. as. Korea government bonds closed with Treasury 4s at 545 yielding 115.20, Treasury 43-47 at 110.18, and Treasury 3 51-55 at 106.20.
Mississippi River stages for Saturday show a fall of 0.7 feet at Davenport and nearby gauges. Weather and river officials note the drop may affect local boating and lock operations.
The New York stock and curb exchanges were among the few markets open for trading Saturday as others in the US Canada and Europe stayed closed for the New Year weekend. Foreign exchange trading resumed and Chicago cattle market remained open while New York cotton exchange Chicago board of trade Liverpool grain markets Paris bourse and New York commodity exchanges were closed.
W. J. Loux of Minneapolis reported to police that the right front window of his car was broken while he attended a dance at the Z. C. B. J. hall on Thursday night. nothing was stolen. The first Fun Night for 1937 is tonight at the Y M C A with dancing swimming and games for high school students from 8 to 10 45 p.m.
Evan Morrison, 36, of 1003 Fifteenth Avenue SW, was arrested Friday at 2 40 p m on a charge of intoxication and given a $100 suspended fine in Justice A S Reed's court Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Bridwell formerly with Cedar Rapids Life Insurance travels to Chicago to join the American Life Convention at 230 North Michigan Avenue.
Ed Lambert aged 22 of the YMCA James Northrup 36 of 524 Fifth avenue SE and Pat Connelly 55 at large were each fined ten dollars and costs in police court Saturday for intoxication.
Mrs A Drapela of 1010 Nineteenth Street SE told police Saturday a padlock was broken on her chicken pen and a duck and five or six chickens were stolen during the night.
George H. Owen Jr who had been visiting his parents at 1021 G avenue NW left on New Year s day for Baltimore Md where he is attending the United States Army motor school at Camp Halebird. Police court fines were issued for over time parking and double parking to W R Foot and R W Boegel with Boegel s fine suspended others unpaid. Pocketbooks were stolen at the Riverside Inn with $14 reported missing from two guests Beecroft and Dobeck reported losses.
Sparks from a chimney ignited the roof of the J. O. Campagna home at 619 Avenue NW drawing firefighters at 1 39 PM Friday. Paper burning in the furnace started the blaze. A defective chimney at the Floyd Waite residence 1003 Seventeenth Avenue SE burned a floor joist and firefighters confined the damage.
William Leist age 34 of 1423 Sixth Street NW waived to the grand jury on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property. Justice A S Reed issued the warrant. Leist was arrested Friday at 5 pm by Constable W J Fleming with a $500 bond. He allegedly bought a washing machine from Home Specialty and sold it while owing 27 dollars.
Ray Wheeler of 618 Second Street NW was fined 100 dollars for disorderly conduct with all but ten dollars suspended. He was arrested at 1130 p.m. Thursday by Patrolmen Simon and Stusak after officers found him peering into parked cars on Eleventh Avenue between Third and Fourth streets SE. Wheeler fled when approached and was found to have three bottles of whisky.
Five Bloomer residents returning from a New Year party died when their automobile collided with a speeding train Friday night. The train carried the wreckage a quarter mile before it could be stopped. The dead were Rollin Smith 35 Mrs Smith 32 Walter Misfeldt 27 Mrs Misfeldt 25 and Otto Schnoor 44. Schnoor was believed to have been driving.
Harold E. Hahn of Sigourney and Margaret Ulch of Cedar Rapids obtained a marriage license. Chauncey H. Fay and Sarah Ann Carr, both of Iowa City, also secured a marriage license.
Elmer M. Seevell of Marion was elected chairman of Linn county's board of supervisors for 1937 as the board organized for the year. He succeeds Fred Stirm, who was re-elected third district supervisor for a three year term. Seevell was appointed last July to fill a vacancy from the death of Bert C. Busby. The board named official county newspapers for 1937 and approved staff appointments and depositories.
Ed Burke reports New Year’s Eve pranks at 3119 Grovecourt SE by youths pretending to be service workers. He says he did not summon police nor curse at the caller, and investigators traced the calls to voices resembling children. Police joined by transfer, coal and radio firms followed up on the incident.
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon questioned three men after finding a missing rear license plate on a truck that had just sold oats. Robert Emblen 18, Robert Frazer 24, both of Oxelin, and Robert Farmer 24 of Arlington were jailed for investigation. They claimed oats came from C. P. Craft of Fayette County. Craft denied selling or authorizing hauling oats. A check for 81.72 was found in Frazer’s glove.
Fred Shebeck, 60, was found dead in a Sioux Falls hotel room on Saturday. Police were told by Mrs. Anna Horton of Riverside, Iowa, that he had distant relatives there. Officers also spoke with Martin She Beck of Center Point Road NE, and Captain Steve Stolba relayed that Riverside is a listed relative locality.
Philadelphia reports the American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded Dr Wendell M Stanley of the Rockefeller Institute a $1000 prize for proving subgerms or influenza viruses are both living and non living. His team has shown viruses can be killed to create protective serums for infantile paralysis influenza and sleeping sickness. Stanley spoke at the American Philosophical Society as the AAAS meeting closed in Philadelphia after earlier sessions in Atlantic City.
The United States reports more than 200 violent deaths in accidents murders and crises as New Year arrives. Thirty states plus D C show 195 fatalities in a record New Year spree with potential totals exceeding 200 or 250. Most deaths stem from automobile crashes and include explosions fires and murders linked to wild parties. Illinois California and Pennsylvania report the highest totals with New Jersey among leaders and New York showing a notably low toll.
J W Wright died in Fort Myers Florida Friday evening after a short illness from uremic poisoning and pneumonia. His daughter Mrs E J Lattner will accompany her mother Ordelia Reichert to Tipton for burial. Wright had lived in Cedar Rapids about twenty years and was in real estate here after a Tipton law career.
Herbert P. Price and Bill Dippel were brought home Friday from Galena Illinois where injuries from an automobile crash Thursday afternoon occurred on the way from Milwaukee. Price in St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids with two broken legs a broken nose a sprained shoulder and facial lacerations. Dippel with a broken kneecap not in hospital. Elmer Johnson Des Moines owner of car suffered a brain concussion and remained in a Dubuque hospital. Six Freeport people in the other car were hurt but not seriously. Walter Van Fossen drove to Galena for them. Other items note local illnesses visits and social events.
Mr and Mrs Carl Fernow near Marion hosted New Year dinner for Mr and Mrs Sam Huble of Pasadena California. Mrs Huble formerly Miss Alice Ammerman of this vicinity. Guests included H T Gifford Elizabeth Beall Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs W B Carpenter Mildred Carpenter Wayne Carpenter Clyo Castle Mr and Mrs Gail Storck and Mrs Oca Price Marion.
About fifty people attended the New Year’s Eve family night at the Presbyterian church. The Fourth division of the Ladies Aid Society served a picnic supper. Sam Jackson led a program featuring a piano duet by Willma Jackson and Bernita Sebern, New Year poems read by Alice Wallace, and a picture reel of Greenfield village and Henry Ford project.
Mrs Cornelia Brown has returned from Maquoketa where she was summoned a week ago by the death of her brother Armstrong Hawkins.
Miss Mae Coffatt has traveled to Austin Minnesota to spend a month with friends and enjoy the visit. Her plans include social engagements and local outings during the stay.
Mr and Mrs K L Means of Chicago who have spent the holidays in the O W Lundquist home returned Saturday to their city. Mrs Means is a sister of Mrs Lundquist.
W. M. Kendall aged 71 of Ottumwa died at 6 50 p m Friday in Ottumwa after an illness of pneumonia. He was the father of Mrs Joe Leedom of 618 Avenue NW.
Funeral services for George L. Hatfield will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Beatty chapel conducted by Rev. James E. Waery. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery.
Colonel Daniel W. MacCormack Roosevelt's commissioner of immigration and naturalization died after an operation and will be buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery. He was fifty seven, a veteran of two wars, and formerly a banker before joining the Roosevelt administration.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clay Wilhite will be held at Mona han chapel Sunday at 8 30 conducted by the Rev J Renwick McCullough. The body will be taken to Deep River for burial. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday evening.
C W Carpenter 33 of Villa Park Illinois pled guilty in police court to disturbing the peace after his auto collided with a car driven by E G Boyanovsky near Marion at the corner of A avenue and Fifth street NE He was fined 10 dollars and costs for the incident occurring early Friday morning.
New Year's dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dunn east of Marion included Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wallace and their grandchildren Alice and Grace Wallace and Wallace Hardman, all of Anamosa.
Miss Elizabeth Klein returns from the Christmas vacation spent with her sisters Misses Catherine and Emma Klein to resume her teaching duties in Minneapolis.
Mr and Mrs Mike Cira and family including Nettie Joe Leah and Junior visited their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Gus Pusateri in Iowa City on New Year’s day.
Mr and Mrs Claude Knapp entertained guests at supper after a theater party on New Year Eve. The group included Mr and Mrs Clarence Meggers, Mr and Mrs Ray McCalley, and Mr and Mrs Park McCalley.
Local church listings detail service times and sermon topics across Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and other churches in Marion. Highlights include Rev Inman on Life Principles and Rev Wade on Facing Up to 1937, with unions, choirs, and Sunday school timings.
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