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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1936
Page
28
Cattle from drought regions boosted receipts in Chicago after a long weekend, with steers and calves unevenly steady to 26 cents lower and cattle feeders weak to 25 cents off. Hogs stayed steady to 10 cents higher with top wholesale steer meat prices up slightly, and lambs mostly steady after a sharp prior decline.
Market notes from Sioux City and Omaha describe receipts for cattle hogs and sheep. Prices show steady to weak trends with calves and vealers steady to higher on some lots and heavies uneven. Reports list feeder cattle and yearlings with varied bids and several tonnage figures for different classes.
Historical livestock market report shows hog prices steady to higher across Iowa and Austin with ranges by weight. Notable bids include 140-160 lb hogs around $9.05 to $9.60, 180-220 lb hogs near $10, and 250-350 lb packers around $9 to $9.50, with sows and heifers also listed.
Prime hogs reached 1045 per hundredweight Monday morning at the local hog market, advancing five cents over Friday's quotations. Good packers were steady to five cents higher, entirely unchanged.
Chicago traders halted as wheat July climbs to 105 1 2 cents while corn July gains 4 cents and oats July up 3 cents. Market broadens with drought fears and hot dry forecasts fueling a feverish rush. rye follows to season highs as lard also firmed.
The report lists assorted grain prices including No 3 red wheat at 109, No 2 red around 108, No 1 red at 108, and mixed and white varieties with varying cents per bushel. Corn prices show No 2 mixed near 107 and No 3 yellow around 110, with rye and barley values noted, plus Timothy and Clover seed figures and Minneapolis receipts and futures.
Market notes show Chicago produce receipts firm with mixed items across butter and eggs. Creamery specials steady, poultry and potatoes display varied demand, while New York and national futures indicate steady to firm trends in butter and produce markets.
Market notices report flour prices and sacks in Minneapolis with higher rates, and sugar futures at New York with modest gains. Exchange quotes show international price movements and a range of commodities including tea, coffee, and refined sugars amid shifting demand.
The report says buyers are circling wool with no offers made yet. A few bids are well below current selling prices, while Boston prices mostly hover near asking levels as market developments unfold.
Receipts at St Paul totalled about 8 500 cattle with steady to uneven prices across classes. Feeder and yearling values ranged up to $7 85 with beef cows to $6 75 and fat beef bulls to $4 50 while lighter heifers and steers held above $8.00 in places. Sheep and lambs saw steady early bidding with Montana lambs and native lambs around $9 50 to $9 60, slaughter ewes higher, and overall market tone cautious amid receipts around 1 000 head.
Spotty trading left prices varied on Monday as buyers favored several specialties while weakness in steel shares and the drought outlook restrained gains. Officials pegged steel output at 672 percent of capacity, down 6.8 points from the prior week, signaling the largest weekly decline in about two years.
Local attorney Harold R. Trewin told the Republican club at Hotel Montrose that Iowa will reject socialist ideas in the upcoming campaign. He attacked New Deal policies, the Canada tariff pact, and a tree belt weather plan as examples of Federal overreach, urging adherence to state spirit and the motto Our Liberties We Prize.
Judge H C Ring in district court Monday set aside a July 2 1935 bench parole revoking a 1933 indeterminate ten year sentence of Lauren Power 27 of Paris for breaking and entering. Power was picked up in Paris Friday after officials sought him. he is allowed to remain at liberty under parole for good behavior following coggan neighborhood intercessions and notes of steady employment.
Gottlieb G. Pater 55 a black smith foreman at the Rock Island railroad shops died at his home 855 Fourteenth street NE Sunday at 645 am after months of illness Born June 10 1879 in Detroit Mich he was married to Caroline Stookey Sept 13 1920 in Wheeling W Va Surviving are his widow two daughters Mrs Nora Cole Wichita Kan and Mrs Frances Frank Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Barbara Cook Topeka Kan Mrs Lottie Berg Hollywood Calif and Mrs Rose Early in Nebraska a twin brother Charles Denver Colo and another brother Mike Topeka Kan Two grandsons Also surviving he was a member of English Lutheran church Horton Lodge 326 AF and AM Commandery No 36 and the Indian Consistory of McAlester Okla Funeral at Turner chapel 4 pm Wednesday burial Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at chapel until 3:30 pm Tuesday then at home until 11 am Wednesday
William Chambers 78 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and former Western Union custodian died at home on Sunday at 3 40 am after a brief illness. Survived by widow Margaret Lockhart Chambers daughter Mary Chyle two sisters Lavina Chambers and Mrs Rankin granddaughter Marilyn Chyle and niece Mrs James Northrup. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Turner chapel with Rev August Cramer officiating. Burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
E L Umbholtz aged 82 dies at his Newton Kansas home. Survived by widow four daughters including Mrs Bowman Swisher Mrs Vanous Los Angeles Mrs Flanagan Los Angeles and two more in Newton plus three sons Charles Swisher William and Harry Newton. Funeral services set for Wednesday in Newton. In Washington Donald Good fined 25 dollars and lost two license sections after reckless driving on highway 161 per Justice Bovee and Patrolman Gildroy.
A sharp rally in Cuban loans boosted the New York bond market Monday with Cuban 525 above 5 points on buying. Utilities and railroad issues followed, while U S government bonds showed irregular activity amid moderate turnover and mixed gains across Treasury issues.
Marion pitcher McChesney allowed six hits as the Indians beat Robins Sunday. Robins’ Frontress and Burgess yielded fifteen hits, including a Klopp home run. Also notes on visiting relatives today and Mrs. L. C. Low’s hospital update.
Local residents report travels and visits across Iowa and nearby states Julie Kennedy arrives from Houston to stay with Walter Kennedy family Many name aunts uncles and relatives visiting in Marion Central City Pacific Palisades and Des Moines noted plus a birthday dinner at 286 Sixth Avenue with Charles Baird and family Community groups plan meetings and social events with officers to be installed at Centennial Encampment I O O F and church missionary society sessions summarized.
Refreshments were served to 20 members led by Mrs. Stanley Stevens with two guests Mrs Hare ry Islackford and Miss Nielson. The next meeting is July 22 at Pauline Blackford’s home. Miss Alice Stewart and Russell Hoonson attended an Emerson family reunion in Waterloo and stayed with Mr. Hanson’s sister Mrs. Russell Anton. The group visited Magare caves north of Decorah. Miss Muriel Gahan and Leo Voss hosted relatives at a J. M. Albright home for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Voss of Chicago. A daughter Martyn Jean was born July 2 to Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts. Memorial hall hosts the Woman's Relief Corps No. 126 on Wednesday at 2 30. Mr. and Mrs. Dillman Mouthart and son David, guests in Marion, dined with J. H. Mouthart and returned to Maquoketa.
Charles C Clark 46 of near Ely shot himself through the heart with a shotgun on his father’s farm while despondent over illness. A World War II veteran, he had nine months overseas with the 109th engineers and recently lived in Ely before visiting the farm Monday. His body was found around 1 p.m. after a family heard a shot at 11:30 a.m. No inquest was needed per coroner Dr. B L Knight. Survived by brothers Claude A Clark Minneapolis T J Clark Excelsior Park Minn Mrs Minnie Wiedenman Medicine Lake Minn Mrs Gladys Bourge Minneapolis and Mrs Dorothy Slezak Cedar Rapids. Body sent to Brosh mortuary Solon.
The dirigible Hindenburg landed in Frankfurt at 1 20 a m Monday setting a record 45 hours 36 minutes for its return flight from Lakehurst New Jersey U S naval air station.
Amos Roberts 65 a West Branch native died Sunday after a lingering illness. Born October 27 1870 he was son of Caron and Lydia Roberts and married Mary Berkey in 1908. Funeral services are Tuesday morning at Beam and Miller chapel with burial in Wilcox cemetery near Viola. Surviving relatives include Mrs Lima Grey and Orlando Edgerton of West Branch.
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