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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1935
Page
8
Chicago hog prices trend lower as markets hold near a four year high. Government and commercial hog receipts are listed with 24 000 hogs and 9 000 sheep on hand while early sales show mixed demand and steady to stronger sentiment for native and fed lambs with prices near 8 5 to 9 0 dollars per hundredweight and bids around 86 to 87 dollars for light weight lambs.
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog yards and packing plants reported 17 800 hogs for a 24 hour period ending 8 am Tuesday, down from 77 200 a week earlier and 19 400 a year ago, with prices mostly steady to slightly lower and varied by weight. Chicago and other markets showed steady to mixed trends as cattle and lamb receipts also moved through major terminals.
Hog prices stay steady on the local market with no grade changes on Tuesday. The top price holds at 7.90 dollars.
Chicago boards of trade see rain in the arid southwest easing demand for wheat while milling buyers push prices. May wheat retreats from intraday highs, corn and oats drift with mixed cash and futures signals. regional selling and mill buying influence the session with limited gains for cash grain.
Stocks showed heaviness in oils with mixed gains in steels and specialties. U S Steel and Bethlehem held steady while Pullman Gillette and Briggs rose modestly. Volumes ran near 900000 shares as oil driven declines spread to broader fields amid cautious market sentiment.
Minneapolis cash grain summary shows WHEAT No 2 prices and receipts for today, with No 1 Montana amber durum and No 3 yellow CORN prices listed. OATS No 3 white and other durum varieties appear with bid quotes and month futures like May July and Sept.
Hog receipts about 4000 with bids steady to 10 cents lower on butcher hogs 190 lbs and heavier bring $810 to $825 for top lots. Cattle receipts 4000 with steers yearlings and fed cows mostly 25 cents higher. best steers 800 to 1050 lbs fetch $1175 to $1210, heifers 675 to 800, beef cows 525 to 700. Sheep receipts 1000 with lambs steady and feeders firm. native lambs around 850, other lambs up to 875, several heavy lots not sold above 390 to 420 for wooled lambs.
The Associated Press notes hog price changes in Iowa markets Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa Des Moines and Austin. Prices vary by weight with lows around 5 to 10 cents and highs near 7 dollars per hundredweight for common ranges. Strong packers and good hogs command the upper end of quoted levels with regional differences.
AP reports New York sugar futures down one point with slight gains in other markets. Flour prices in Minneapolis hold, with refined sugar unchanged and notable exchange rates across Britain France Germany and Japan listed for reference.
Overnight bond trading showed uneven channels and a cautious tone in New York as government issues remained quiet. Among notable moves, Alleghany 5 1/4% bonds edged higher while Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Copper shares posted modest losses and several Treasury notes traded with small yield shifts.
President Roosevelt is expected to nominate District Judge Charles B. Faris of St. Louis to the 5th district court of appeals in a move that would replace the late Judge William S. Kenyon. A compromise plan envisions Faris resigning later and Seth Thomas of Iowa likely filling the circuit bench.
In Calmar Judge T H Goheen issued a mandatory injunction restraining Eldorado Lutheran church trustees from interfering with funeral services for Peter Trapp. Arthur J Trapp, son of the deceased, obtained the order after family members moved to West Union over a church dispute. The burial occurred in Eldorado church with Rev A H Lutz of West Union presiding.
A seven member grand jury convened in West Union to take up the case of Mrs. Ellen DeLong of Maynard who was ordered held by a coroner's jury for her husband’s death. Mrs. DeLong waived challenging the jurors though J. D. Hoyt and Ern Holzer served on the coroner's jury.
Reports filed with police detail thefts from private garages Monday night. Items stolen include a heavy brown shawl and tools from one car and a pair of robes and a battery from another. Additional thefts involved coats, scarf, hat, gloves, and a battery.
M. A. Thompson, a Mount Vernon filling station operator, was found not guilty of assault and battery by a jury in Justice Henry Stearns court. Thompson had pled not guilty earlier. A recess was taken so the judge could marry Russell F. Beck and Gertrude Burge of Tipton during the trial.
Chicago markets show steady receipts and prices for butter eggs and poultry with mixed freshness grades. Leghorn hens and roosters among poultry prices, while potatoes and cheese stocks reflect stable movement and modest open buying. New York futures echo limited price shifts across eggs butter and cheese.
Pierre Laval left Rome after talks with Mussolini that produced a consultative pact for European questions including Austrian independence, a non intervention pact among Austria and neighbors, and three colonial pacts detailing territorial concessions in Tibesti Libya.
France gives a triangular coastal strip to Italy as part of a border adjustment, extending Italian holdings while excluding the Obock port. The move shifts boundaries along the coast and affects colonial-era positions in the region.
The Order of Railway Conductors board of directors met at O R C headquarters with President J A Phillips presiding. All directors attended except Vice Presidents M P Reynolds Seattle and F J Williams Grand Rapids who were absent due to business and a death in the family. Sessions continue the rest of the week.
Harry Niles of 849 Third Avenue SE was struck by a southbound car on Tenth Street at Third Avenue SE noon Tuesday. Ray Robinson of 1800 Ellis Boulevard NW stopped, took Niles home, and a doctor treated him for bruises to the chest and abdomen. The boy stepped from behind a street car into the car’s path.
Marion community groups schedule a busy week with meetings at homes of Miss Mary Michel Mrs O G Waffle and Mrs Stanley Thomas. Activities include a Democratic Reporters club luncheon January 17 a Townsend pension group at the library and church and school events. Ohio visitors and local hospitality noted.
Miss Dorothy Stewart hosts a score event with refreshments. The Christian church Ladies Union meets Thursday at 2 pm at Mrs. Sue Guzzle’s home with hostesses Mrs. Marshall Swayne R. E. Leidigh Esther Luse and Cora Postel. Kaffee Klatch runs until 5 pm with a 3 pm program including Max Berlin ropework a playlet Dolly Has the Flu reading Miss Dorothy Entertains the Minister by Janet Elder and accordion solos by Roland Goudy.
A compact, unreadable OCR fragment presents mixed numbers and symbols likely from a sports score or financial table. No clear event, teams, locations, or dates are discernible to form a factual card.
Broad collage of small ads: reward for immorality enforcement, magazine specials, institutional care options, stomach relief products, discounted trusses, drugstore offerings, truck loads, windshields, transportation bids, skates sharpened, quilting, dry cleaning, sweaters and knitwear, and apparel clearance. Includes multiple business names and locations.
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