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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1939
Page
6
Chicago AP reports Wednesday live stock receipts cattle 7 000 hogs 13 000 sheep 9 000. Hog receipts stayed small Tuesday with prices 15 cents lower than Monday after a storm boosted top to 8 25 for three months. Top Tuesday 8 15, 15 cents above Friday. Choices and prime steers steady. other cattle weak to lower. lambs soft.
Hog receipts about 10 000 with prices down 10 15 cents from Monday. Top hogs mixed weights 160 220 lbs at 800 815 dollars. Cattle receipts around 5 500 steers mixed demand with some prime lots and top around 1365. heifers steady to strong. cows and bulls weaker. Sheep and lamb trade slow with fat lambs around 9 15 9 35 at best, ewes steady to weaker.
Sioux City market data shows cattle receipts 2850 with calves 100 and steady cattle tone. Hogs at 8000 receipts with weights 170 to 260 pounds. prices mostly lower. Sheep receipts 1300 with fat lamb activity limited. prices for good and choice wooled skins around 8.75 to 8.80.
Receipts large across hogs cattle and sheep with steer market strongest. Hog weights up to 230 pounds mostly steady and lighter weights down. sows and cutters mixed. Cattle show higher yearling and steer values while cows weaken and bulls hold. Fat lambs slow but prices firm with feeding lambs and ewes supported.
Combined hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Bannessie for 24 hours ending Tuesday totaled 26 300 head. This compares with 34 600 a week earlier and 42 300 a year ago. Prices varied by weight with barrows and gilts mostly steady to 10 cents lower than average. Packing sow prices ranged around 6 10 to 6 60 per hundredweight.
Receipts include 3500 cattle 3000 calves and 10000 hogs with steady to uneven trends. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady while beef cows and cutters hold firm. hogs drop about 10 points though top loads reach 7.90. lambs and yearlings show an even tone with early bids near steady.
Market report details hog price ranges by weight and area. Iowa hogs show declines with numerous weight classes quoted from 140 to 600 pounds. Waterloo hogs mostly steady to 10 cents lower, cattle prices described as steady with little change.
A Cedar Rapids miscellaneous market list covers grain prices for wheat barley and corn No 1 and No 2 categories with assorted prices for oats beans and hay Also listed are poultry prices fruit and vegetable wholesale rates and hide values including No 1 cured beef hides calf hides and pony and glue hides with notes on quantity and quality terms.
Local hog prices slipped five cents Tuesday led by top at 7.55. Good hogs ranged by weight from 140 to 350 pounds with varied quotes from 6.60 to 7.55. Cattle and calf markets show strength in large steers and yearlings while sheep and lambs list modest values.
New York bond market posted gains Tuesday as European tensions eased after Reichsfuehrer Hitler's speech. US Treasury issues jumped up to 0.25 point before noon, recouping last week's losses. Foreign government bonds advanced, with German and Italian issues up, while American industrials such as Bethlehem Steel and New York Central saw higher prices and active buying.
Treasury and Federal Farm Mortgage and Home Owners Loan securities show varied prices on Tuesday. Notes list Treasury 3s 51 55, Farm Mortgage 3s around 42 47, Home Owners Loan 2s near 49 and 3s around 62 1077, reflecting mixed yields and demand.
Chicago AP report shows hens and heavy springs firm while smaller springs ease. Leghorn hens, White Rock, Plymouth Rock prices listed with changes minimal. Dressed turkeys, eggs and goods receipts steady. potatoes show slow demand due to weather with varied regional prices and on track shipments.
Eggs receipts total 22 295 steady with mixed colors and standard varieties listed. Special packs at 19 cents and 11⁄2 percent, firsts 17 11 1⁄2 cents, seconds 18 1⁄2 cents, mediums 16 1⁄2 cents, dirties No 1 16 cents, average checks 14 1⁄2 cents. Refrigerator standards 18 6 42 17 cents. firsts 16 0 16 1⁄2 cents. Butter receipts 1 752 895 weak. Creamery higher than extra 26 8 44 27 1⁄2 cents. extra 92 score 36 26 1⁄2 cents. Firsts 88 91 24 44 26 cents. seconds 84 87 23 4 4 24 cents. E Receipts 453 212 easy. Prices unchanged.
Wisconsin cheese exchange lists twins at 11.4 cents daisies 12 cents horns 12 cents cheddars 11.44 cents Farmers call board repeats daisies 12 cents horns 12 cents cheddars 11.4 cents The notice presents weekly quotations for various cheese types in Plymouth Wisconsin with standard market terms.
The wool market in Boston has been slow but firm this week due to stormy weather. Sales were closed on a few long-negotiated lots with fine territory wools selling around 69 to 70 cents per pound scoured, and 67 to 68 cents for average to short French combing length wools in original bags.
New York sugar futures moved higher in trading with July at 1.17 and Rept. at 1.16 as short covering and Wall Street buying absorbed domestic liquidation. March slipped to 1.82 and other contracts held steady. Cuban demand boosted prices across the board.
Wall Street opened with three point gains led by U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors and others but profit taking trimmed most advances by session end. Transfers ran about 1.2 million shares with leaders including Jones and Laughlin Lockheed Lake Shore and Midvale still showing strength in late trading.
Wall Street close shows broad activity with Adams Express and Am Tel & Tel among leaders. Notable entries include Boeing, General Electric, Procter Gamble, Coca Cola, Ford, Union Carbide, and Westinghouse terms, reflecting varied gains and losses across industries in a Tuesday session.
Cedar Rapids Canopus club which began in 1924 honored its past chiefs at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. Most present received a gold watch charm engraved with their office year. absent members were noted and a brief one minute address was given by each honoree.
Some African tribes prioritize cattle for milk rather than meat, reflecting dairy-focused husbandry practices. The livestock serves as a primary resource for nourishment and trade, shaping cultural roles and economic activities within communities.
Chicago grains fell on Tuesday as bears and forecasts of rain in the southwest weighed on demand. May wheat down about 1.5 cents, May corn off around half a cent, oats steady to slightly lower. European markets eased with Liverpool wheat down percent, UK milling slow, and North American export demand tepid. Local receipts: 53 corn cars and 14 wheat cars.
Chicago market prices list cash grain and lard items with No 2 Ted wheat at 73 2, sample grade red 69c, corn No 2 mixed at 50 1/2c, No 1 yellow 57 1/2c, oats No 2 white 31 1/2 32c, barley malting 50 60c, feed 35 45c, soybeans No 2 yellow 82c, Timothy seed 28 5 35 1/2c, red top seed 8 75c, lard tierces 66 0c nominal, lo ose 61 7c nominal.
AP reports wheat receipts for Tuesday at 148 cars versus 38 a year ago with trading basis unchanged. Quotations show several grades with mixed declines, including No 3 yellow corn at 434% to 445% and oats No 3 white at 26 to 28 percent, barley at 33 to 64 percent.
Frank McDonald, 32, of Cedar Rapids, withdrew a not guilty plea and pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge C. J. Haas fined him 300 dollars plus costs, with 100 dollars due immediately and the remainder paid in 25 dollar monthly installments starting March 1.
Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder jailed Victor McLain 32 of Tipton to serve a three month term for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after failing to pay a 300 fine and costs. He had until April 23 to pay and had remitted 25 dollars.
After six hours of deliberation a district court jury awarded Elizabeth Staggs 850 in her 9 980 personal injury case against Lucille Bartovsky. Judge C J Haas opened the sealed verdict Tuesday morning. The action stems from a May 26 collision on highway 218 north of Iowa City involving a car driven by Mary Staggs and an orchestra bus owned by the defendant.
George Hanson age 40 of Route No 1 Cedar Rapids testified before Judge H C Ring and a jury that he was not intoxicated when arrested early January 13 by patrolmen who said they followed him for several blocks before taking him into custody at his parked car after leaving a house where he had spent about 15 minutes.
County Attorney G. K. Thompson filed a true information charging Ed Soeshe, 21, of Coggan with forgery for a $5 check passed at a Mation service station on January 29. Soeshe was arrested after an investigation by authorities.
Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder jailed the suspect at 11 p.m. Monday after detention, detailing the local law enforcement action.
A court sustained the plaintiff John M. Holub's demurrer to a $5,000 counterclaim and $1,000 conversion action against Charles Litts. Holub alleged he kept three horses with Joe Holub under a pasturage agreement and that Holub sold them to Litts. Litts claimed the horses were owned by Joe Holub and thus disputed ownership.
Chilean deputies in an extraordinary session urged the state to take over the raising and education of homeless children, making them wards until capable of self care. Six provinces remain chaotic with a feared death toll up to fifty thousand as Coronel reported no new deaths but twenty injuries from a fresh quake.
Mrs Kate Kohout Meyer 75 died at her Solon area home after a three month illness. Born in Bohemia April 15 1863 she came to the United States 71 years ago and lived near Solon. Surviving are four children and seven grandchildren with a great granddaughter. Funeral 9:30 am Thursday at St Marys Solon conducted by Rev J E Michalek. Burial St Mary cemetery.
Anton W. Cerny 80 died at his Cedar Rapids home after a short illness. Born in Bohemia June 6 1858 he came to Cedar Rapids 52 years ago and resided here. Surviving are five children, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He belonged to Woodmen of the World Bohemian Reading society and was a charter member of the local carpenters union. The body is at Brosh chapel pending funeral arrangements.
George Willard Garner, 17, brother of Mrs Arabelle Steele of 1017 Rockford avenue SW, died January 29 in Grand Island Nebraska. He formerly served as sheriff of Boone for two terms. He was unmarried and survived by two brothers Charles Garner Six Lakes Michigan and Lawrence Garner Luton California. The body will be brought to Beatty chapel with funeral arrangements to be announced.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Shimon Baxa who died at her son Anton Shimon's home near New Port will be held at St Marys church Solon at 9 30 a m Wednesday conducted by Rev J E Michalek Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery Solon Friends may call at the Brosh funeral home Solon
Funeral services for Mrs. Stazie Ditch wife of I M Ditch pioneer resident of Linn county who died at her home eight miles north of Cedar Rapids will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday Rev P L Bornhoeft officiating burial will be in Dunkard cemetery eight miles north of Cedar Rapids Friends may call at the chapel.
Joe Benson of Cedar Rapids reports that the National Greenskeeping Superintendents association will hold its annual convention February 7 10 in Kansas City Missouri the first time the event has been hosted west of the Mississippi. Speakers include George C Decker C O Rost O J Noer and Herb Graftis with Bent grass experience a focus. Benson and Des Moines greenskeepers plan to attend with Minnesota full association and possible Nick Carter.
President Roosevelt marked his fifty seventh birthday by urging nationwide cooperation in the infantile paralysis campaign. He noted half the funds would support national research and the rest go to local campaigns. Mrs Roosevelt attended multiple events and planned a rest with the birthday cake after greeting dancers and visiting stars.
Motor vehicle license applicants crowded County Treasurer Frank F Bates office as February 1 neared. By noon 539 licenses were issued and a long line stretched through corridors while Monday saw 1300 sets issued. Beginning Wednesday a $1 monthly penalty applies for vehicles under $20 value and 5 percent monthly for those over $20.
Classified notices advertise automobile transportation references via The Gazette and list many cities Davenport Rock Island Dubuque Des Moines Mason City Boone Marshalltown Ottumwa Burlington Cedar Rapids area. Beauty salons and services offer permanents waves and styling with various prices and phone numbers.
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