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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
8
Lagging demand for pork in retail channels weighs on hog and pork futures as prices retreat from cold weather-driven highs. Reports show top hog prices around 10.25 dollars with receipts near 16,000 and wholesale pork about 10 to 15 cents lower, while cattle and lambs trade mixed amid steady to higher bids in various markets.
Hog prices eased on the local market with cuts of 10 to 15 cents across grades. The top price slipped to 9.65. Cattle markets were slow to steady. corn and hide markets retreated. Wilson & Co. lists truck hogs with various weight brackets and prices, while lambs and cattle categories show softer values across several classes.
Local Cedar Rapids listing details assorted grains and livestock prices including wheat corn barley and soybeans with per bushel and per hundredweight figures. Chicago and Minneapolis cash markets quoted for wheat corn oats rye and barley alongside fruit and vegetable items and wholesale edibles.
The page lists sugar market figures with values around 28 to 40 cents and related commodities. It mentions New York sugar trades, receipts, and small price ranges amid a quiet session. Several figures appear with cents per pound and dollar amounts for various goods and market activity.
A New York market overview notes Treasury yields steady amid fluctuating demand as investors balance inflation signals and policy expectations. The report mentions ongoing activity in 2 percent bonds, with traders watching auction outcomes and potential shifts in open interest.
Liquidation by discouraged longs and selling driven by a softer Liverpool tone unsettled the Chicago wheat market. May futures fell about 4 to 5 cents while corn and oats drifted lower or steadied as traders awaited Washington actions and Canadian import threats.
Chicago produce notes show receipts for butter eggs and poultry with steady to higher prices. Includes live poultry receipts and turkey prices with referenced weights and regional variations across Minnesota Colorado and New York markets.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists numerous country names and odd figures such as France 665 percent Italy 804 and Germany fee 4n. It mentions ports like Portowal and Honghous, cities including New York and Montreal, and numbers linked to various nations suggesting a currency or trade table. The legible entities include France Italy Germany Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Honghous Montreal New York and Montreal 99 9394. The text is garbled but clearly presents an exchange rate style ledger with many inconsistent values.
Washington AP reports the marine band's walkout from the Women's Patriotic Conference for National Defense drew swift fire from Rep. Snell who called it un American. Secretary Swanson supported the action after two naval and one marine officer canceled speeches centering on Bainbridge Colby's Constitution address.
Quiet confidence in Wall Street as motor shares rally and utilities and grains show mixed tone. Chrysler and General Motors rise while Case, New York Central, Delaware and Hudson, and other leading names gain. transfers around 2.5 million shares.
A third King’s Daughters circle forming in Marion as the Mary Lowe Dick inson circle met at Mrs. Harlan Knight's home. Officers elected include President Mrs. Knight and Vice President Mrs. Newlin with other posts filled by Mrs. Hazel Snell Secretary and Miss Ruth Maier Treasurer. Cedar Rapids presiding Silver Cross circle members and Marion guests attended along with listed local members. The group will study Latin America as part of its program.
Mrs A H Rundquist of North Fourteenth street announces the marriage of their daughter Ruth to Emmett C Zollars son of Mrs Elmer Pomezoy of Freemond Iowa. They wed in Galena Illinois on January 19 with Agnes Carey and Clifford O Johnson as attendants.
Rate guide for placing want ads with word counts and days of publication. Includes tiered per day prices and notes on extra charges for out of town blind lines and additions. Credited to the Gazette.
Dinner at Mrs. A E Granger home honors Ruth Crew bride elect of March and welcomes two new Chapter CS members. Initiation held. Attendees twenty eight at tables. Next meeting a B I L party at Mrs J L Panes home Feb 11. Choir at Christian church not meeting tonight. Mrs Mary Mordorst ill near Marion. Baptist prayer meeting at 7 30 followed by monthly business at 8 30. Ohitaga Camp Fire to meet 4 pm Thursday at public library auditorium. Picnic luncheon for Pastor's Helpers at Presbyterian church Thursday noon.
Townsend, angered by William Borah's rejection of his pension proposal, announces third party petitions across states aiming for 14 million signatures. He says Borah is political dead by his own action and may back Borah later, with petitions to be filed after the primary.
Mrs Bert Wheeler formerly Bernice Speere files for divorce in Hollywood charging desertion after more than four years apart. She seeks custody of their daughter Patricia Dolores aged seven. Wheeler previously partnered with her on stage and dated screen actresses since the separation.
The Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men hosts a January dinner at the Roosevelt hotel Thursday at 6 p.m. as a pep event for the upcoming Tri-State Conference in Cedar Rapids in February. A. L. Taylor of the Chamber of Commerce will speak.
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