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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1936
Page
2
Official estimates from Chicago note Saturday receipts of cattle five hundred hogs six thousand and sheep one thousand cattle and hogs show strong volume for market strength sheep light but steady demand expected in the coming week
Prices show stability with top bids near 10.35 for medium weight butchers to shippers at 9.90 for 240-280 lb cattle and 9.25 to 9.90 for 280-325 lb. Sows around 7.75 to 8.25, average Thursday cost 8.62 on 287 lb cattle. Sheep receipts 7,000 native lambs opening higher, odd lot yearlings at 7.00, slaughter lambs down 3.50.
Hog receipts edged above estimates while demand lagged. hogs held at 10.75 top. Beef steers steady with week’s late gains. fat lambs strongest with natives reaching 9.75. Government ready to support cattle if drought hits receipts. Representative sales list deals in native lambs, fat cows, and various steer and heifer lots.
Chicago market receipts total about 13 000 with hogs at 8 000 including 3 000 direct. Hogs mostly steady with light sows slow and top bids around 10.75. Cattle receipts 2 000 and calves 500. beef steers steady at week’s late gains. fat cows scarce and mostly 4.35 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 3 000 with lambs climbing and top near 9.75. ewes around 2.50 to 4.00.
U S Department of Agriculture combined hog receipts from 20 yards and 9 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am Friday show 8 900 head, down from 23 800 last week and 9 700 a year earlier. Prices by weight range from 8 05 to 10 35 dollars per cwt for good and choice hogs, with values listed for light to heavy weights.
HOGS Receipts 6 000 steady to 10c higher with 180-230 lbs at 10 25 to 10 35 top 10 40 150-180 lbs 9 85 to 10 25 230-260 lbs 10 10 to 10 25 sows 8 25 to 8 40 CATTLE Receipts 2 000 calves 300 weak to 15c lower steers and yearlings 6 50 to 8 00 heifers above 8 00 cutters 3 59 and below cows 4 00 to 4 50 bulls 5 00 to 5 25 vealers 6 59 culls down to SHEEP Receipts 2 000 lambs 9 0 0 best above 9 25 steady with 5 18 3 direct 25c higher lambs up to 9 00
Sioux City AP report shows cattle receipts at 2500 with steers and yearlings mostly steady and small lots higher. hogs 7000 with slow trade and prices down from Thursday. sheep and lambs 1000 with slow sale and fat lambs sought, choice natives steady near 9.25.
U S Dept of Agriculture cattle receipts 2,700 with Montana and Dakota runs. demand steady to strong. Fed steers and yearlings 154 to 157.5. best medium weights around 6 to 8. Calves and stock cows active with varied prices. Hogs receipts 4,800. market full steady with spots strong to higher for under 240 pounds.
Hog price listings from Waterloo Mason City and Ottumwa show 10 cent gains into Friday. Prices span various weight ranges from 140 to 550 pounds with values for good lights to packers and sows across the three cities.
Austin Minnesota pig market reported no receipts figures. prices rose 10 to 15 cents. Good to choice hogs at 180 to 220 pounds traded around 9.75 to 10.05 dollars. Heavier hogs and packing sows sold from about 7.25 to 8.15 dollars, with other weight ranges cited.
Hogs rose another dime Friday in all grades, including packers, to a top of 10.25. Steers across all classes gained 25 cents while the rest of the cattle market held steady.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids include Wheat at 96c, Oats 28 32c, Rye 60c, Barley 65c, Corn ear 75c, shelled corn 85c, soybeans 108c. live poultry prices for heavy hens, cocks, leghorn, broilers. wholesale fruits and vegetables with multiple items and prices. canned and cured hides pricing. notes on horse hides and pony hides.
The sugar market shows futures up by 2 to 5 points in New York trading while refined sugar prices remain unchanged at market close.
AP report from Minneapolis notes prices for flour and by products with figures for carload shipments and bran middlings. Market terms show barrels in cotton sacks and multiple price points across standard and pure products.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes scattered purchases of territory and Texas 12 month wools in Boston. Prices ranged from 84 to 87 cents for half blood territory wool on a scoured basis and 85 to 87 cents for average to good 12 month Texas wools. Fine territory wools in original bags sold around 83 to 85 cents scoured. Most fine territory wools were short in staple or inferior, with only small quantities of good wool moving.
A sequence of foreign exchange rates shows bid prices in cents for currencies including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Japan and others with figures like Tokyo 29.37 Shanghai 30.15 and Mexico City 27.85. The list includes Montreal and New York exchange mentions with percentages and nominal notes.
New York bond market shows Polish 6s down over four points and 8s fractionally lower amid doubts on Germany's guarantee of Austrian independence. U S government issues steady to low. corporate bonds improve with several notable issues gaining fractions.
U. S. Bonds closed with Treasury 314s 47-52 at 117.23 and Treasury 4s 44-54 at 113. Treas ury 338s 40-43 June at 108.30 and 3385 43-47 at 108.20. Treasury 3 ad 24 3s at 104.23 and 46-49 at 105.24.
Wheat prices moved nervously on the Chicago board as corn boomed then eased. July wheat at 105+ cents, corn up to 334 cents, oats down, rye firm, and lard rising amid a featureless trading day driven by drought reports in Canada and the U.S. plains.
AP Minneapolis notes the cash grain market with 210 car receipts and slight declines across wheat grades. Prices show No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 Ibs around $1.315 to $1.435 per bushel and other varieties ranging from $1.275 to $1.245, plus mixed oats and corn quotes.
Chicago AP reports steady butter and egg receipts with unchanged prices. Live poultry receipts show varied weights with price changes. turkeys, ducks, geese and chickens listed with specific rates. Potatoes on track with mixed U.S. shipments and broad price ranges for Cobbler varieties and storage lots.
Butter receipts rise but creamery prices up over previous week. Cheese receipts remain strong with firm markets. Eggs receipts show steady demand with mixed color quality. Live poultry prices steady by freight with turkeys at 134 and 20 cents higher in some lines.
AP reports futures in butter and eggs closing with specific storage classes and refrigerator standards, while potato futures for Idaho russets settle in October at 1.89 per unit. Market activity shows Nov and Oct contracts firming on regional harvest and storage considerations.
Dun and Bradstreet reports in its weekly business review that the midsummer recession has not yet hit most trade divisions though trends are more mixed. Drought fears and heat were deemed largely psychological, with some regions relieved by rain and cooler weather.
Salem Oregon up report says Rufus C. Holman acknowledged color blindness but accepted a judging post for a redhead bathing beauty contest at a resort. He quipped he can spot a red-headed girl anytime.
Wall Street advanced as investors bid up many issues to fresh recovery levels with a broad faction led by rails coppers sugars steels motors and oils. Philip Morris climbed over 5 points while Santa Fe Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Line Union Pacific and others posted gains as second quarter earnings renew upbeat expectations.
In Toronto the United Church for the Deaf welcomed Rev. Alex McGowan as its minister, marking the first service interpreted entirely in deaf sign language. The ceremony included prayers hymns and sermons conveyed to the silent congregation by the sign language expert.
Chicago members of the Livestock Exchange will ballot next Tuesday on closing the cattle market at 2 p.m. instead of 3 p.m. Proponents argue earlier close creates a snap pier market. A trial 1 p.m. close this week prompted Friday’s meeting to decide future policy.
City brief notes Mrs William A Huff of 423 First Avenue W is convalescing at home following a minor operation. Fire crews were called at 2:47 p.m. Friday to the Cherry Burrell plant after an automatic sprinkler head released triggering a fire alarm.
Fidelity Life association Lodge No. 106 will convene at 8 p.m. at 838 First avenue E. The Juvenile lodge gathers at 7 p.m. Reports on the recent Juvenile convention at Fulton Illinois will be presented. The juvenile picnic is postponed to a date to be announced.
City physician V. H. Hasek had an emergency operation for appendicitis at St Luke's hospital Friday afternoon. His condition was reported satisfactory after falling ill Thursday night.
At Daniels Playground a handcraft exhibit highlighted a community night on Thursday. Dorothy Allred Doris Holsapple Doris Jean Clifford Mary May Beall and Delma Jean Kibbie performed singing and dancing numbers.
George Bell of 718 Second Street SW served three hours in jail Friday for failing to pay a $1 fine and costs after pleading guilty to double parking. Jeanette Troup of 200 Twenty-fourth Street NE paid $1 and costs for parking in a prohibited zone.
Nine men can be enlisted for preliminary training at the naval training station in San Diego California announced Friday by local recruiting officer C C Hudnall. Recruits admitted will be sent to the coast early in August. Applicants with police or juvenile records excluding traffic offenses will not be considered.
J C Peal of Glenwood drive NW was fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to intoxication and disturbing the peace of his family in police court. He could not pay and was jailed. Harold Tripp of 1652 Fifth street NW received jail time in default of a 50 dollar fine for intoxication. Douglas Rundquist of 616 Fourth avenue SE was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication.
Judge John T. Moffit in district court Friday heard motions for new trials in two cases. In A H Markert vs F J Check and Ida Lea Check the jury found for the defendants on a note endorsement dispute. In Thomas J McGivern vs Millie Drummey the jury awarded $698.74 for occupancy related claims in a meat market dispute.
Marion House reported the theft of twenty five to fifty hybrid roosters to Sheriff James H. Smith’s office Friday. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated as the incident occurred three and one half miles southeast of Springville.
Judge H C Ring in district court grants Emeleen Nickles a divorce from Christ Nickles on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The plaintiff's maiden name Emeleen Koury is restored. The couple wed in Cedar Rapids on July 23, 1934.
A real estate action for possession brought by William A. Matyk and George L. Skvor as receiver was dismissed before Judge H. C. Ring. Defendants included Frank C. Dostal and Mary A. Dostal.
Maude Dicus files for divorce from Howard R. Dicus in district court on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple wed at Waterloo on March 14, 1934. Judge John T. Moffit schedules Linn county grand jury appearance for September term on Friday at 10 a.m.
Yorkville Ohio residents celebrate a new hangar at Scott field built after the March flood swept away the old hangar and its five planes. The airport serves nearby Ohio towns and Wheeling.
R A Monroe of the post office department has completed inspections of ten sites and selected three for final consideration. The chosen properties include the Jalaa Groll site behind the Presbyterian church at Eleventh street and Eighth avenue, the Frank Cheadle and Farmers and Merchants bank parcel at Eighth avenue and Ninth street, and the land housing the old courthouse and Biggs hotel at Sixth avenue and Eleventh street.
Mrs. M. W. Courtney returned from Savanna Newfoundland where she spent a week at the A. J. Elder home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gunn and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kullander of Denver are spending two weeks in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holsinger, parents of Mrs. Gunn and Mrs. Kullander.
A daughter named Sylvia Ruth was born to Mr and Mrs Howard Leeks at University Hospital in Iowa City.
Mrs Hillis Gill spent Monday visiting her mother in Springville, sharing a quiet day at home and catching up on family news.
Marion fire department responded to a fire in dry grass that started at the William Green home on South Eleventh Street and burned a small adjacent building.
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Pope Thursday were Mrs. J. J. Barto and her son Howard of Oxford Junction, Mrs. Kate Struck and Miss Carol Barto of Casper Wyoming, and Mrs. Roland Fowler and her daughters Betty Mae and Bonnie. Miss Barto is a niece of Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Barto is her sister in law.
The Rev. H. R. Eveland of Toddville leads the quarterly meetings starting at 8 this evening at the Free Methodist church. Services will also be held Saturday evening at 8 and continue on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs James McClelland and their family have returned to Des Moines after visiting the Vanderlinden and Lary homes mentioned in regional social notes.
Marvin Vanderlinden of Lori mer and Miss Phyllis Lewis of Osceola were guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Vanderlinden.
Saturday Specials list cupcakes two layer cakes and biscuits with prices. The Presbyterian church Ladies Aid and Missionary societies met Thursday at Mrs. A. J. Taube's home. Devotional led by Mrs. Max Voris. Kathryn Taube spoke on Rapid Changes. Vaughn spoke on Review and Outlook. N. A. Baker led the query corner. Pearl Bulkley chaired the refreshment committee for about twenty attendees.
J. T. Raymond has returned home after a business trip to Warm Springs, Montana.
Miss Arline Guzzle will host Saturday afternoon activities for the Jolly Dozen club. Local members are expected to attend this informal gathering at an undisclosed venue.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Albright and their son Glenn of Yankton South Dakota visit Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McDonald. Flora Sweitzer of Independence and Louise Sweitzer of Marion are guests in the same house.
In Cape Town the royal observatory installs a twin color sensitive photometric lens telescope to weigh stars by photographing them. It will adjust color related image differences to allow a direct weight calculation, replacing the current complex method.
The Redwood Empire association confirms the tallest tree in the world is the Founders tree, two redwoods in Bull Creek Flat near Dyerville Humboldt County, standing 364 feet high. Only one other tree has surpassed this height, an Australian eucalyptus at 375 feet, destroyed in 1880.
Arthur E. Lowell of Kansas City Missouri and Phyllys Peterson of Mount Vernon. Milford V. Sapp of Iowa City and Mary Eleanore Day of Cedar Rapids. Clifton McComas and Pauline Merrifield both of Cedar Rapids. James Wesley Thompson and Grace Elizabeth Huber both of Cedar Rapids. Paul C. Smith and Lois J. Snyder both of Huron South Dakota. Maurice L. Wilhelm and Dora ofa Snyder both of Ashton.
Howard Vaughn, en route from a business trip to England to his Dixon California home, spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Vaughn, leaving Iowa City by airplane.
Albert Jordan who suffered injuries in a motorcycle crash weeks ago and has been confined at McDonald hospital in Monticello will be brought home next week.
Robert Titler of north of Marion is recovering after an appendicitis operation at St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. He underwent surgery successfully and is reported in good condition.
The Rev Mr and Mrs Hubert Thomas of Prairie Chapel church and Miss Irma Hindman Mary Myrna Bailey Betty Scott Mildred Gillmore and Wayne Carpenter attended the Epworth League institute at Clear Lake this week.
L. F. Levasseur, a business visitor, spent this week in Omaha for meetings and engagements. He represented his firm in discussions with local partners and potential clients.
Mrs L N Johnson and her daughter Beverly have returned to their Springfield Illinois home after visiting Mr and Mrs W W Vaughn.
C. E. Fitz Simmons and C. E. Crawford have been in Memphis Missouri on business.
Ernest Hardin of Chicago visits his father A. A. Hardin. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Higgins of Pomona, California, visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Bristol. Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Bristol are sisters.
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Country club golf team will come here Sunday for a match with the Marion Golf club.
Mrs Irene Schultz and her daughter Dorothy Schultz have returned home after a trip to Texas and the west coast.
Mr and Mrs Dan Cory moved Tuesday to their newly purchased residence at 1801 Tenth Avenue in the city.
Vernon Ryan of Indianola arrived in Marion Thursday evening for a weekend visit staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Vanderlinden.
Will Nelson of Alhambra California formerly from Marion is visiting at the home of his daughter Mrs Kenneth Nebelung in Cedar Rapids and spending time with Marion friends during the stay.
Jack O Connor has returned to Perry following a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Marsh.
Mrs. F J Cleveland and her guest Mrs. Mae Schlotterback of Long Beach visited friends in Anamosa on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Creglow return to Pasadena California after visiting Mr and Mrs Clark Creglow and Mr and Mrs Max Creglow.
Herbert Price sustained a severe head gash needing stitches and an arm injury after an electric shock caused a fall while welding at the Iowa Steel and Iron plant in Cedar Rapids. He is reported to be making a satisfactory recovery.
The Ladies Aid society of St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church met Thursday at Mrs A Severen sen east of Marion. Mrs Lundquist, social committee chair, extended an invitation from Mrs Rinderknecht for a picnic on her lawn. Refreshments were served.
Thirty members and guests attended with Mrs. Martha Semmelmann of Peoria as an out-of-town guest. Billy Murray of Blairs Ferry road left Thursday night for a business trip to St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Roy W. Murray and his daughter Ruth travel along Blairs Ferry Road on a trip across northern Minnesota.
The Marionette 4 H club will meet July 23 at 1 30 p m at the home of Shirley Carver to discuss club activities and plans.
Mrs Frances Greer Petoskey of Detroit arrived in Marion for a month long visit at the home of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs W J Greer.
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