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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
2
Chicago livestock report shows hogs steady with choice 160-250 lb at 9.40 to 9.60, receipts 5,000. steer top year high at 12.25, calves up 50 cents, cows and heifers up 25-50 cents, lambs down 25-50 cents. week results mix with strong demand and year’s high prices.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle hogs sheep receipts and price ranges for Sioux City Omaha Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo Austin markets. Beef steers heifers and cows show mixed weekly gains and declines. hogs mixed with steady to higher bids. sheep damped by weaker late trade. Listings include weight classes and per hundred weights across several cities.
Livestock receipts show cattle steady to higher with good and choice fed steers up about 60 to 85 cents from Friday. Cows and fed heifers largely steady to higher, bulls up around 80 cents, stockers up 25 to 50 cents. Calves and hogs mixed with tops around 39.50 for calves and hogs near 9.53 for top, while lambs and sheep held with slight declines or steady. Iowa hog receipts totaled about 19,200 across interior yards and packing plants in a 24 hour period ending Saturday.
Market listing shows grain items with prices for corn and soybeans, hay and straw, butterfat and cream, live poultry prices for hens and leghorn varieties, wholesale fruits and vegetables with fruit prices, celery, lettuce, bananas, onions, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, peaches, tomatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, plus hide and livestock prices including beef and calf hides and horses with noted weight classes.
Hog market ascends five cents to top class at 9.20 per cwt while cattle hold steady. Calf and sheep sections show mixed quotes with Good to choice 140-190 lb calves around 7.00, spring lambs 65-80 lb at about 8.00, and various steer and heifer ranges from 6.50 to 9.25 per 100 pounds. Canner and cutter prices near 3.85 to 5.25 with bulls around 6.00.
Receipts for butter steady at 1,562,482. eggs firm with 13,406 receipts. potatoes arrival 92, total shipments 745. Missouri and Kansas cobblers show best stock demand fair to slow. California White Rose demand fair to steady with firm undertone. Bliss Triumphs and other varieties show decay and mixed prices. U S No 1 and commercial grades listed with cents per cwt and dollars per unit.
New York Produce reports mixed color packs and special packs with varying prices. Butter receipts total 1,619,129 with steady creamery demand and price gains. Cheese receipts stand at 170,445 with prices unchanged.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week from the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange list Cheddars at 32 and various dairy items including Farmers' Board icol-Junior twins 13 ac , dalsies 13¢ and commodores 13%4c, horns 13c with regional pricing from Plymouth Wisconsin.
The pound sterling eased on Saturday in New York FX dealings, dragging most European currencies lower against the dollar. Rates showed the pound around 4.93 and 15/16 per dollar, with varied listings for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan among others, in spot and cable quotes.
River stage readings for Davenport and surrounding points show minor fluctuations with no significant changes. Readings reference La Crosse to Davenport and St Louis baselines, noting small rises and falls but overall stability across the monitored segment.
Chicago dispatch reports singer Martha Raye announced engagement to 28 year old Hollywood music arranger David Rose. Raye said the couple will marry in a couple of months. Rose is known for film scores and orchestral work in Hollywood.
A 75 mile per hour pursuit with police ended in the death of Robert Maxfield, 20, a suspected auto thief, when the allegedly stolen car he drove wrecked as officers closed in in Bedford, Indiana.
John da Montecorvino, an Italian Franciscan, became the first Roman Catholic missionary in China, arriving in Peiping in 1294 during Timur Khan's reign, grandson of Kublai Khan.
New York stock market trading showed mild support from aircraft stocks and some gains among favored issues on Saturday, yet the overall recovery remained elusive. Turnover remained light at about 600000 shares, the smallest since June 18, with a ragged start and lacking selling urgency as traders anticipated only a modest rally after Friday’s slide.
An aggregated snapshot of stocks and prices from Adams Express to Zenith Radio across major exchanges and brokers. Notable mentions include Allegheny Peoples, Alaska Juneau, Coca Cola, General Motors, Procter Gamble, Sears Roebuck, Union Carbide, and Westinghouse Electric, with varied percentages and yields reflecting market activity.
New York bond market settles in a narrow range with limited interest in rails and corporates. Government issues show activity at slightly higher levels while many issues drift or gain modestly. specific notes like St Paul 5s of 1975 and Illinois Central 4 3/4s flip between declines and gains as a few issues advance notably.
Seven women in the picket lines at the George B. Mahan Paper Box company plant in Indianapolis were arrested Saturday. They were accused of ripping the clothes of loyal women workers who tried to crash the picket lines.
Wheat futures declined as outside markets, hedging pressure, and mild weather favored by spring and winter wheat belts pushed prices lower on the Chicago board. July futures fell to around 70.94 cents with oats and corn also little changed, while Canadian crop conditions and a looming government report added selling pressure. Receipts and export activity were light, with scattered buying momentarily lifting prices but not sustaining it.
Police report Tom Massaro's misconduct after arrest for disorderly conduct led to extensive jail damage. In custody he toppled pipes, started fires, escaped bonds, and aided a mass jailbreak with Kenneth Rikle and Peter Nerva. Ten other prisoners were recaptured. a weary guard lamented the escape.
The War Department allotted 7,809,250 for new flood control projects nationwide, finalizing 1939 flood control appropriations. Major funding, 2,125,000, goes to Memphis Tennessee for Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek works. Susquehanna river near Plymouth Pennsylvania receives 683,000.
Heat-defying afternoon frock offers slenderizing, flattering fit and youthful look. Pattern 4725 suits sizes 34 to 48 with a slim panelled skirt and flared sleeves. Send 15 cents for pattern and book or 25 cents for book and pattern. address Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department 243 W. 17th Street New York.
Eighteen adults from the Coe college children's summer theater course closed five weeks of instruction Friday night with the second performance of The Emperor's New Clothes. Cast includes Albert Kitzhaber as Zar and Bobbe DeVore as Zan with Donald Mirick as Han and William McGuire as the emperor.
Funeral services for Benjamin Coenen lifelong Cedar Rapids resident who died at his home at 1313 Burch Avenue NW will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Sunday. The Rev Charles F Edwards pastor of St Johns Episcopal church will officiate and burial will be Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs Milderd Elliott Smith widow of Judge Milo P. Smith and longtime Cedar Rapids resident will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Turner chapel. Dr Robert Little will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Police sought a gentle-voiced stranger who aided 45 year old James Dunning to cross a street and invited him fishing at the wharf. The man then lent a fishing pole and vanished, leaving Dunning to find his pocket picked of 40 dollars.
In Marion at 708 Eighth Avenue an unknown assailant hurled a nine inch pipe wrench at Mrs. George Oxley about 11:30 p.m. Friday. She was cut on the head but not seriously injured and treated at home. Deputies Condon and Snyder probe amid recent threatening notes left at the Oxley residence. A footprint plaster cast and other clues are being pursued as authorities link the incident to a series of eerie notes.
Fifty six women from Monti cello Maquoketa Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Country clubs Kenmore Marion Golf club gathered at the Marion club for the annual invitation tournament. Edyth Gordon of Marion judged. Maquoketa sent 14 players and took several honors including Kathleen Carey low score and R J Vorkoper runner-up.
W S Sheets attends Lions convention in Oakland with N W Lovegrove and plans coast trip to Seattle and Spokane returning around Aug 1. Cedar Rapids guests dine with Pitchers. Hillside Orchards sold to George L Wood on Marion boulevard. Presbyterian Ladies Aid met with 12 members. Visitors include Lilian Bogart Loren Bogart Melvyn Arp and Kant. Marion locals travel to Black Hills Yellowstone Jack son Hole in a month long motor trip. Gale McCannon ill with acute sinus infection moved to Cedar Rapids hospital then Marion home. Also notes a historic Jewish colony in Kaifeng China tracing back to Han dynasty after 34 A D.
A page listing church services across Marion. Baptist led by Rev. L. W. Inman holds Bible school at 9 45 morning worship at 10 45 with sermons on Christ is Coming Again and Joy in Bible Stories Well Told. Catholic mass at 7 30 and 9 30 led by Rev. T J McElliott. Christian church under Rev. Irving E Wade with 8 45 worship and 9 45 Bible school. Congregational and Free Methodist schedules included with various sermons, choir practice, and meetings.
Federal and nonfederal projects totaling 18,273,672 in allocations were approved, lifting outlay to over 1.03 billion dollars and total construction costs to 32 million. Notable items include 4,403,400 to Scott Field modernization in Illinois and an 8,325,000 grant for a New York City criminal courts building.
MACOMB Illinois AP Ed Ev in of Industry Illinois charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday sent word from the county jail that he was not ready to plead His case was continued Officers then started checking Eds record They said he had been arrested 14 times on the same charge had served eight jail sentences and been fined twice and the remaining four charges were pending
A climatic solar calendar compiled around 2000 B C is still used by farmers throughout the valley of the Lower Yellow river in China.
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