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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1938
Page
2
Chicago market brief shows hogs nominally steady with week’s gains to 10.15 for 200 lb hogs and 9.75 for top heavy butchers. Cattle receipts small and prices mixed with steers near last week, cows and bulls down. Sheep and hogs week totals show general steadiness despite scattered declines. calves and sows varied by weight and grade.
Receipts total 1,500 hogs with 1,400 direct salable. Hogs mostly flat with some 180-280 lb at 9 35 9 50. Cattle receipts 200 with mixed change. prime steers and yearlings up to 12 80 top, many grades 50c under weekly high. Sheep receipts 1,000. spring lambs 10 25 higher, top $9 50, ewes $6 75 to killers.
Cattle receipts 300 with mixed changes as week compared to last. fed steers yearlings and heifers steady to strong, cows and bulls mixed, venters and stockers up to 50c higher. Sheep receipts 1,000 with slaughter lambs and yearlings steady to strong, feeders up, Idaho range lambs top $9.25. Hogs receipts 400 with near steady butchers and varied weights up to $9.80. medium and heavy weights higher, light weights up.
Receipts for 1000 calves and 500 more this week show beef steers and yearlings steady to slightly higher. Hogs scarce with 140-250 lb butchers at 9.85 top. Sheep and lambs mixed with spring lambs around 9.00 and Idaho sorts 8.75 to 8.90, feeders steady.
OWA HOG PRICES see hogs steady to higher on local market with varied quotes by weight. Mason City Waterloo report mixed hogs and packers prices. cattle market weak with ranges for steers, yearlings, and common categories.
AP reports Des Moines and St Paul livestock receipts amid rising hog prices from 140 to 350 pounds with steady to higher bids. Iowa Minnesota packing plants show 24 hour totals near 10 300 hogs while cattle receipts at St Paul reach 500 with steers 11 5 to 12 0 high and cows down modestly.
The record lists wholesale prices for grain soybeans and hay plus produce and fruit costs. Wheat No 1 60c old oats 22c rye No 2 38 40c barley No 2 307 40c. Lemons 6.06 oranges 2.75 3.25 cantaloupes 4.00 watermelons 2c celery 2.50 crate lettuce 5.50 bananas 4.5c onions 1.60 cabbage 3.00 carrots 3.00 crate potatoes 1.70 2.40 peaches 1.60 bu tomatoes 1.60. Hide prices listed by grade and live stock items with various per-unit rates.
Hogs climbed on the Cedar Rapids market Saturday with the prime reaching 960 dollars, up ten cents, while the packers gained five cents. Cattle stayed steady.
Chicago AP notes steady butter receipts 1,304,196 with creamery specials and varied firsts and extras prices. eggs receipts 9,072 with other prices steady. Potatoes receipts 190 on track with total 276. US shipments 514. Missouri and Kansas cobblers firm with better mood. California White Rose slightly weaker. Idaho Biss Triumphs steady. supplies moderate and demand very good.
New York produce reports show egg receipts at 12.386 cases with mixed colors and special packs. butter receipts reach 800.444 with creamery prices higher than extra. cheese receipts total 151.904 with prices unchanged. The notes include various quality grades and price ranges for eggs butter and cheese amid market activity.
Wisconsin cheese prices listed for the week include Cheddars and Farmers’ board entries. In New York and Montreal markets, foreign exchange rates show most European currencies down slightly with Sterling slipping below 4.93. Spot cable rates are provided for multiple currencies including Czechoslovakia and Denmark, with several listings marked N for nominal readings.
New York AP reports a restrained bond market with minor gains and losses as traders anticipated another market swing after a strong recent rally. Treasury and top-grade corporate bonds showed little movement with fractions to more than a point changes.
New York AP reports selected stocks advance about a point in Saturday trading with steels, motors, copper and other issues absorbing profit selling. Several new highs for the year occur as forecasts of steel mill gains and broader industrial improvement boost sentiment. Major gainers include U S Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, U S Rubber, Anaconda, Kennecott, American Smelting, Du Pont, Lubens, Union Carbide, Consolidated Edison, General Electric, Macy, and Sears Roebuck.
Wheat prices fell on the Chicago board as hedge selling dominated after brief firmness from Liverpool and the USDA acreage reduction. July wheat closed 11 to 14 percent lower, with corn and oats also retreating to their daily lows.
Chicago and Minneapolis cash grain quotes show wheat and corn prices with varied grades. Wheat ranges include No 2 red No 1 hard and sample grades, while corn lists No 1 spixled yellow and No 3 yellow with assorted cts per bu. Oats and barley prices appear for mixed and white categories, with lard and bellies noted in fat and lean terms.
The court docket includes Mabel Snyder seeking 2080 dollars against John Wright over occupied premises at 329 Twelfth Avenue SE and a city beer permit claim. Robert Gatewood Jr and Juanita Burts file cruel and inhuman divorce suits. Ima Ewoldt’s will probate names Lovella Flora Ewoldt, Loyal Ewoldt and Leland W. Ewoldt as legatees with Lovella Flora Ewoldt as executrix. Daniel J. Klopp seeks divorce and child custody in a cross petition. Ruth Votava’s divorce action against Yaro Votava dismissed without prejudice.
Two escaped Connecticut prison farm inmates Donald Simpson and Edwin Winski 25 and 32 Stamford Conn waived extradition Saturday and were returned to Connecticut. They fled Enfield prison farm while serving 12 to 24 year terms after robbing three cars and kidnapping two men who were later found tied to trees.
Milton Kauffman of the American Newspaper Guild said Ralph McAllister Ingersoll publisher of Time magazine signed a guild contract Friday night covering 350 editorial employees.
A fire at the Ideal Cleaners plant in Coralville Heights near Iowa City damaged the business and narrowly missed the life of Jeannine Culp 77 daughter of the plant operator. She received moderate burns on her face hands and arms while a playmate escaped unharmed. Damage was set at 2000 dollars.
New York AP report says Jiggs the 156 pound chimpanzee raised by Gertrude Lintz was shot by police after a rat bite triggered a two hour rampage in the Brooklyn estate. The animal had been a celebrated figure studied by scientists and featured in interviews and photographs.
Mrs Mildred Muir widow of Judge John Muir died at her sister’s home 224 Eighteenth Street SE Friday at 4 20 p m after several weeks illness Born August 20 1882 in Sheffield Til she lived much of her life in St Joseph Mo where she served welfare work She was executive secretary of the St Joseph Welfare Board and of the St Joseph chapter of the Red Cross Surviving sisters Mrs Blaise Mrs Ralph M Sayre and Mrs Nan Emmons and brother C A Russel Burial will be at a later date Private funeral services will be held in Turner chapel Sunday at 4 p m conducted by Rev Nelson Dreier
Funeral services for Sterling Miller Jr. drowned while swimming at Ellis Beach will be held Monday at 30 p.m. at the Christ Sanctified Holy Church with Elder H. G. Darden officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home Sunday.
Funeral services for Miss Fannie Strakota, who died Friday afternoon, will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Polansky chapel with Rev. Thomas Hinkin conducting. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday between 7 and 9 p.m.
Private funeral services for Beverly May Joanna Wall who died Friday after a brief illness will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Beatty chapel. The Rev Frank H Ward and the Rev E Winslow Brown will officiate with burial in Linwood cemetery.
In Peoria Illinois International Hod Carriers Building and Construction Local 745 headquarters a labor union official Earl Severs was shot and killed during a factional quarrel. Luther Devasher and six others were detained for questioning amid accusations of fraud and a disputed election.
Tulsa AP reports Ellis Quiett, a Democrat, did not secure the state Supreme Court clerk nomination. He will back the Republican nominee amid his wife’s campaign guidance.
Theodore F. Vernimont and Emogene Green of Cedar Rapids. Joseph Stepinsky of Protivin and Lillian Schroeder of Marion. Oliver C. Butterfield and Ruth F. Wood of Cedar Rapids. Charlie F. Hynek of Fairfax and Elsie Lillian Tomash of Oxford. Adrian D. Pillars of Kansas City Missouri and Dorothy G. James of Cedar Rapids. Glenn S. Denning of San Francisco and Irman Klinkel of Waukon. Paul H. Hawke of Cedar Rapids and Hazel R. Ray of Waterloo.
Miss Thusa Davis, a lifelong Marion resident and pioneer family member, died at 9 a.m. Saturday at her nephew J. Elliott Davis’s home in Cedar Rapids after an operation and relapse. Survived by relatives including a sister of the late T. J. Davis and several nieces, services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Yocom chapel in Marion.
Maurice Mitchell was installed as master councilor of Linn Chapter No 900 DeMolay at a Marion golf club reception for state master councilor Lewis C Harlan. Officers installed included Maurice Flack Wayne Carpenter Edward Conrad Don Beadle Lawrence Kesting Junior Reed Albert W Schenken Jack Price Melvin Arp Bruce Phillips Robert Newlin Warren Bleakly and preceptors Bernard Price Charles Schaeffer Harry Dunlap Jerry Gerrans Harold Thompson Frank Clemm Amos Stewart was in stalling officer A dance followed the services.
Mrs. Jesse Wilson hosted the Dry Creek A and L club in Memorial hall with a program including piano trio readings talks and duets. Guests from Alburnett Robins Cedar Rapids and Marion attended and August hosts are planned. Local residents dealt with a fine for disturbing the peace and several family illnesses and events were noted with travel and gatherings.
Mrs. Howard Rion and her children Richard Rosemary and Jean have returned from Chesterton Indiana where they took Mrs. Rion's mother Mrs Lara Maxson who stayed for a visit with her sister Mrs Roland Duclos. Mrs. Rion's cousin James Duclos of Chesterton joined them for a Marion visit with his cousin Robert Maxson.
Mrs Jennie Rearick hosted a Friday noon luncheon in honor of her nephew Gene Bowman of Des Moines assisted by Mrs G C Miller. Guests included Mrs Anna Gray Glens Falls NY Rev and Mrs C V R DeJong Mrs Lloyd Stark and Mrs George P Whitney of Marion. Betty Lou Weaver aided in serving.
Mrs Katherine Bogart and her children with house guest Miss Lillian Bogart visited Mendon Illinois for the weekend. Allan Postel three suffered a lip laceration from a fall from a tricycle requiring stitches. Mrs Inez Helbig and granddaughter Kathryn McElwain left Cedar Rapids on the Streamline for Chicago to visit Mrs Helbig's sister Mrs Mabel Good. Ella Glover returned from Minneapolis after the death of her brother in law P A Porter.
The snippet lists church denominations with pastors and service times. Marion area Baptist St Josephs Catholic Christian Congregational Free Methodist schedule morning and evening worships and Bible study notes included.
In Castel Gandolfo the Pope condemned emerging anti Jewish measures tied to a government backed racial purity code. Speaking to nuns he warned against extreme nationalism and said the new doctrine threatens the faith and marks a grave apostasy.
UPI reports that Italian officials and informed fascists say the racial credo published Thursday will not impose explicit restrictions against Jews. The document is viewed as a polite reminder for fascists to maintain "biological" separation, urging Italians to avoid mixed marriages without formal prohibitions.
Hermans Schapansky, farmer and self trained pilot from Weatherford Oklahoma, is grounded by State Safety Commissioner J. M. Gentry due to lacking a pilot's license. He previously soloed and crashed in a junked Jenny biplane with a model T motor after only three flying lessons. He vows to keep flying to town with his cream and eggs until he can buy a better plane.
In Freeland Pennsylvania a man named Kalenevitch described a lightning strike as “a big hand” grabbing him after a bolt hit a rock 15 feet from his car. The bolt bounced to the car and burned the wiring before Kalenevitch was found wandering in a daze.
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