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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1937
Page
12
Chicago AP dispatch reports Tuesday livestock receipts, hog runs around 36 000 head with prices mostly unchanged to down a few cents. Top hog price eased to 10.65 while steers show upward bias, cattle sales near 11.95 to 12.395, with wholesale beef carcass prices steady and pork loins up to 12 cents.
Hogs receipts 36 000 including 11 000 direct. prices mostly steady to firmer with 150-175 lb and 180-300 lb ranges noted. Cattle receipts 17 000 with calves 1 500. demand active, steers and heifers firm to higher with top around 13 95 per cwt for 1350 lb fat cattle. Sheep receipts 16 000. fat lambs steady with native and western lambs at 10 85 to 11 10 per cwt. ewes scarce.
Receipts reach 6000 cattle 10500 hogs and 10000 sheep with overall activity weak to steady. Cattle prices mostly steady to $0.50 lower on some classes. hogs about 15 cents down with lightweights $10.00 to $10.25. sheep demand limited with fat lambs near $10.00 to $11.35 and feeders around $7.50 to $9.25 for western lots.
Sioux City market receipts total 5000 with calves about 200. Choice and prime beef steers and yearlings scarce and firm while bids on other heifers run about 25 cents lower. market described as fairly active.
Liberal supply dull and bids weaker for stockers and feeders. Feeder and yearling prices range from 10.00 down to 7.25 for heifers, with beef cows at 6.50 to 7.00 and cutters 3.75 to 4.00. Hog receipts 9,000 with prices mostly 10.10 to 10.25 for light to 230 lb hogs, sows around 9.60, feeder demand up. Sheep receipts 4,000 with weak bids and limited fat lamb activity. Iowa hog receipts show 68,800 across yards and plants, prices uneven but generally lower than Saturday for most classes.
The Omaha Livestock market reports receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges. Hog top at 10.35 with various weight bands and pigs and sows listed. cattle including steers to 13.25 and cows to 7.00. vealers at 10.00 down. sheep lambs steady with bulk around 10.00 to 10.35.
Hogs are steady to 10 cents lower across Iowa markets with weights 140 to 425 pounds showing varied bids. Mason City and Ottumwa quotes list price ranges for light to heavy hogs including good lights 140-150 lbs at 7.15 to 7.45 and packers 275-350 lbs at 9.30 to 9.60, among others.
Hogs in Austin Minnesota show activity with 180-200 lb animals at 9.60 to 9.90 dollars and 200-290 lb at 9.85 to 10.15. 290-325 lb fetch 9.75 to 10.05 and 325-350 lb 9.65 to 9.95. Packing sows 275-550 lb range 8.90 to 9.60.
Hogs remain weak on the local market with all grades down 19 cents lifting the top price to 10.10 dollars. Other local markets showed steady activity as weeks open.
The report lists prices for sheep and cattle with various weight categories and quality levels. Lambs priced by weight and quality. cattle show choice steers from 1,000 to 1,100 pounds at about 11.50 to 12.50, other steers and yearlings at differing ranges, and cows and bulls priced from around 4.50 to 6.25 with discounts for lower grades.
Grain prices show wheat at 1.20 to 1.25 per bushel, oats around 48 to 52 cents, rye 80 cents, barley 90 cents to 1.10, corn ear 95 cents up to 1.02 with shelled varieties at 1.09 to 1.11. Hay and straw list tame hay 12 dollars, piled straw 6 dollars. Poultry prices range from hens 12 to 14 cents, springs 14 to 16 cents, stags 7 to 10 cents, old cocks 6 to 8 cents, eggs 18 to 23 cents. Wholesale fruits and vegetables include oranges 3.50 to 4.25, lemons 6.75 to 7.25, potatoes 3.00 to 3.75, bananas 5 to 6 cents, head lettuce 3.25, celery 3.25 per crate, cabbage 4 cents, onions 75 cents per 100, apples 1.75 to 2.35, sweet potatoes 2.00, oysters 1.85 to 2.65 per gallon. Hides and animal byproducts priced, including beef hides 10 to 9 cents, calves 11 to 14 cents, horses 4.00 and 3.50, ponies and pony hides listed.
SAN FRANCISCO UP Three persons died and three were injured in the first fatal crash on the San Francisco Oakland bridge since its opening two months ago. The dead include Frederick Meyer 67 Currie Minnesota E B De Golia Jr Oakland and Agnes Healey an Oakland advertising executive.
Wheat prices fell slightly in slow Chicago trading as buyers were scarce. May futures for wheat dropped about a quarter to a half cent, while corn and oats showed mixed changes and Liverpool and Winnipeg markets influenced declines. Weather in the domestic grain belt limited demand.
Chicago cash grain and seed prices listed across multiple commodities. Wheat values range from No. 2 hard at 1.40 to sample grades. corn shows varied grades and prices around 1.08 to 1.12. oats and rye cited with mixed white and yellow varieties. soybeans, barley feed, Timothy and clover seed priced with unit measures and decimals.
AP reports steady to weak receipts across dairy and produce sectors in Chicago. Butter creamery specials at 34 2 35c, eggs weak with local firsts 24c, poultry prices with varied weights and breeds, potatoes on track with U. S. No. 1 prices around 2.30 to 3.50 per cwt and mixed regional quotes.
AP dispatch details egg receipts and mixed packs with price ranges for firsts mediums and dirties. Butter and cheese receipts and prices show creaming trends while live poultry moves vary by breed and grade. Chicago futures list butter beetles refrigerator standards and potato futures with January to March figures.
The New York market listed fractional and nominal exchange values for major currencies and regions. Rates include Britain at 492, France 4.67, Germany 40.24 free or 19.00 registered, Holland 54.76, Japan 28.69, and Mexico City 27.80. Montreal and New York in Montreal also noted.
New York stock market shows a general uptick with many issues gaining fractions up to about 2 points. The General Motors strike dampened some autos while coppers and specialty issues led early gains and major aircraft makers followed later.
Monday’s market page shows numerous stocks and prices from Bennett Co listings. It includes Industrial Rayon Air Reduction Republic Steel Allied Chem Allied Stores and many others with varied percentages. The sheet lists manufacturers banks railroads oils and utilities reflecting a broad trading day.
Very little domestic wool moved in Boston Monday with only a few sales of fine territory wools in original bags. Short to average French combing length territory wools sold mostly at 1.05 to 1.08 dollars on a secured basis, steady with prices last week for similar wools.
Raw sugar no sales. Futures No. 4 contract rose 6 percent to 18's points while No. 3 held at 1 point higher. May No. 4 1.23 and Sept. 1.2719. No. 3 at 3.02 and July 3.04. Refined steady at 5 cents for fine granulated.
Davenport police raided ten night clubs a cigar store and a lunch room destroying slot machines. Proprietors were fined 240 dollars total and 100 dollars from coin magazines were confiscated. Machines valued at 2000 dollars were smashed.
Settlement of 2803.86 for Robert Petersmith 14 of 719 Fourteenth Street SE injured last April at the city waterworks. He had his left leg shortened with torn tendons after his foot got caught in moving machinery. Boy spent 182 days in St Luke's hospital. The payment covered actual and medical expenses only.
A coroner will hold an inquest Tuesday at 3 p m at the courthouse into the fatal accident that killed John Toeller 62 of 129 First Avenue W. He was struck on First street W between First and Second avenues by a hit and run driver. William Kerchill 27 of 705 E Avenue NW faces charges for leaving the scene and failing to stop. Mrs Toeller was seriously injured.
J. F. Pettit, 60, suffered a head injury Saturday at 7 30 p m when he fell against a car as he stepped from the curb at Fourth avenue and Fifth street SE. He was taken to a physician for treatment. Joseph Kephart, 33, of Cedar Rapids said he was driving south on Fifth street at the time. Mrs Libbie Varns, 44, sustained a bruised knee when the car she rode in, driven by L E Varns, 46, slid into another car after a collision at First avenue and Twenty second street E. The crash occurred Saturday at 1 15 a m.
Birth notices list several newborns: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Irish at Mercy Hospital on January 10. a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James F. Brown at St. Luke’s Hospital on January 10. a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schwartz at 1040 Fifth Avenue SE. and a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Langhoff of Artois, California on January 9, with Mrs. Langhoff formerly Irma Happel of Cedar Rapids.
Ross Lyle Lynch and Margaret Stumberg of Grundy Center hold a marriage license. Laurance Jantz of Waterloo and Marguerite Flannery of Mount Vernon also received a license.
New York bonds advanced on select issues while overall market retreated from Saturday's gains. Investors awaited tighter money conditions and potential unification of the Mediterranean crisis. Government loans eased, foreign bonds rose, and domestic carriers fell on weaker freight data. New York City public debt offered at a new low as a $50 million issue readied for bids.
U S bonds closed with varying values across issues. Treasury 4s for 47-52 traded at 121.5, 4s for 44-54 at 115.1, 33s 40-43 June at 107.6, 3% s 43-47 at 110.3, 336s 46-49 at 108.13, and 3s 51-55 at 106.2.
Forty workers were held at gunpoint as five robbers entered the basement of Chicago Stadium after hours. They rifled the concession office and escaped with about 3000 to 4000 dollars from Sunday night receipts, including sales from a Blackhawk Maple Leaf hockey game and a tennis match between Ellsworth Vines and Fred Perry. A watchman was duped into opening a locked entrance as one salesgirl fainted. The bandits worked quickly for ten minutes, removing the cash drawer.
James J. Huebsch former Fort Dodge police chief pled guilty to making a false return and was fined 500 dollars by Judge O J Henderson in Webster County Court. An embezzlement charge was dismissed and Huebsch’s attorneys agreed to drop an appeal of reinstatement bid to the civil service board. The indictment stemmed from seven pinball machines seized in police raids ordered destroyed by the court.
Newark AP reports William Marshall a 91 yearold Civil War veteran returned to a WPA job after a December 3 steel girder blow caused two lacerations a scalp wound and a 20 stitch hand injury. He spent ten days in hospital and insisted on resuming work saying pensions are for young men.
The Brookings Institution stated that an early balancing of the federal budget is economically possible but warned of a risk of a serious government finance breakdown. It urged resolute action to curb wasteful and unnecessary federal expenditures.
Former President Herbert Hoover endorsed President Roosevelt’s call to governors and governors elects in nineteen states to seek immediate approval by their legislatures of the child labor amendment to the Constitution. Hoover said the President is right and the amendment should be passed now.
In Chicago a tavern shooting ends when Harold Rembert shoots Frank Parker after Parker plays Ah Sweet Mystery of Life and refuses to respond to an interruption. Rembert confessed to police. Parker had once earned $15,000 yearly as a sales manager before losing his job.
Robert H. McAdoo, 38, son of Senator William G. McAdoo, died Sunday night in New York from double pneumonia. He was the senator's son by his first wife and lived in California.
John A Grimes of Marion a retired merchant died at home 440 Sixth avenue Monday at 2 am after a-long illness. He came from Pennsylvania as a boy and lived in Tipton before marrying Alice Beiber in 1880 then moving to Marion. He ran Grimes and Dunn ice coal firm and later Grimes and Beiber meat business. He is survived by nieces and nephews including Earl Beiber Alva Beiber Mrs Joe Strucka Mrs Bert Hicks Wesley Beiber Archie Beiber and Mel Beiber. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Yocom chapel. He will be cremated. The report includes club meetings and local social notes.
Representatives from Marion federated clubs will present New Year quotations poems and short talks at a Federation meeting. It will be held Tuesday at 2 30 in the auditorium of the public library.
Miss Fern Emerson of San Francisco visits Mrs. R. J. Williams and Cedar Rapids relatives. She spent the weekend in Chicago and is expected to return to Marion Tuesday for another visit.
The Oxford Masquers of the Methodist church met Friday at Miss Anna Helen Martin's home. After a business meeting the group enjoyed a social hour and games, with refreshments served to ten members.
Ellwood Beiber a graduate student in chemistry at Iowa State College was confined to the hospital there by influenza but was released Saturday.
Mrs. Walter Reinsch presented a travel talk with Europe pictures at the Oxford club of the Methodist church Sunday evening. Mrs. Teresa Naso Meci sang two solos with piano by Mrs. Marvin Edison. Plans were made for joint hosting of St. Pauls youths at Cedar Rapids on Jan 24.
Mrs. Harry Coker hosted a birthday bingo Saturday with refreshments afterward. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Slauson and Lacock, Dr. Florence Houghton, and Mr. and Mrs. Yardleum. A Sunday WCTU union meeting at the Congregational church featured a sermon by Rev. H O Allen and ten temperance education stereopticon views led by Sam Jackson. Elda M. Kemp spoke on a face of large funds comparison.
Ellen Burke Donnelly of Independence died at home from heart trouble. Born October 19, 1861 near Monti, she married T. F. Donnelly in 1887 at Monti. She lived in Walker before moving to Independence thirty five years ago. She was a member of St. John’s church Sacred Heart guild and the American Legion auxiliary. Survived by brother P H Burke Walker three sisters Mrs. Tom Pendergast Rockford Ill Mrs. Robert Brown Walker and Mrs. Frank Brown Waterloo one daughter Mrs Glen Blackburn and two sons Bernard and Thomas, all of Independence.
Marcel Hoagland 17 of Buffalo township died at home after a three week illness. Born June 14 1919 in Benton county he was a Benton county rural school student and Aurora high school senior. He is survived by Byron and Mrs Hoagland and seven siblings. A prayer service will be held at 1 30 Tuesday at the family home and the body will be taken to Urbana for burial.
Mrs. Gladys Ballard and Grove City Rebekah lodge staff travel Tuesday to Mount Vernon to install Mount Vernon officers. The Cedar Rapids Rebekah lodges will have installations on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Seats for the public at Lincoln school auditorium tonight for the Pollard Players comedy Take My Advice, a Lyceum course item. Show starts at 8 o clock with a small admission fee.
Size options include one day and multi day rates with prices per line. The Gazette limits corrections to a single erroneous insertion for multi line ads. The Want Ad department operates 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and until 8 p.m. Saturdays for Sunday editions.
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