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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1938
Page
2
Hogs at the Chicago stockyards traded steady to slightly weaker amid Tuesday estimates with top bids around 10.15. Cattle and calves also showed mixed demand while sheep prices remained weak, led by springers at 9.25 and feeders firm on select lots.
Market notes show cattle and hog receipts with bids mostly steady to down and prices mixed. Slaughter steers and feeders offered around 25 cent declines, hogs down to roughly 3 cents lower. cows and calves varied, with some light action noted in feeder trades and regional bids drifting.
Associated Press survey from Mason City and Waterloo shows hogs mixed with slight declines while cattle and water prices remained largely unchanged. Hogs ranged 140 to 325 pounds with varied quotes. cattle and water prices were steady or unchanged versus Saturday readings.
Livestock prices drift lower in Chicago with hogs and cattle easing. Hogs receipts 13,000 including 3,500 direct, bulk 170-230 lb hogs $9.85-10.10, top $10.15. cattle receipts 12,000 with primes up to $12.75 and other grades softer. sheep receipts 12,000 with spring lambs around $9.25 to $9.75 and native ewes $3.00-$3.50.
Reports from St Paul South St Paul and Omaha markets show cattle receipts with steady to higher trends for some classes and declines for others. Feeder cattle and calves hold mixed prices while hogs show firmness at top levels, with sows and heavier weights weaker.
Prices list Wheat oats rye corn soybeans and barley by grade with No 2 and No 3 tags. Hay and straw bulk sales noted along with butterfat cream grades and live poultry prices. Wholesale fruits vegetables and meats including hides and calf prices are listed with unit figures and crate sizes.
Hogs are steady to five cents lower on the local market with light hogs up to 250 pounds unchanged. All other grades, including packers, down five cents. top hog price remains 9.60. Cattle quotes show primes 1050 to 1300 pounds at 11.04 to 12.25, with various steer and heifer ranges noted. wholesale fruit and vegetable prices also edge. Minneapolis cash grain and Chicago cash prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans are listed with several quotational figures.
Wisconsin cheese prices show varied listings with Cheddars, Daisies, Commodores and horns cited. Sugar market notes include no sales, but prices around $2.85 and futures mixed amid World London conference cuts. Foreign exchange in New York slight downdrift with sterling at yearly low near $4.92.
Live poultry items 14 trucks steady hens over 5 pounds at 18 cents. Leghorn hens colored 15 3/4. fryers colored 15 2. Plymouth Rock 18. White Rock 19. roosters 13. turkeys and ducks listed. butter receipts 1 480 144 steady with creamery and eggs receipts noted. potatoes with on track totals and regional prices across Missouri Kansas Idaho Oregon and California varieties. overall market activity and prices described.
AP report from New York lists egg receipts totaling about 14.448, with categories for irregular colors and standard sizes. butter receipts reach 802,120 with firmer Creamery prices and various grade ranges. cheese receipts sum to 292,433 with notes on whole milk flats and fresh fancy in 1936 and 1937 terms.
Firm outside markets sparked scattered buying in Chicago wheat trading. by closing, futures gained about 14 to 14 for July 1914 while corn rose near 1 cent and oats held steady. Moderate demand offset early gains, with light export interest and mixed world action shaping prices.
In New York on Monday bond trading showed narrow moves with little direction. Government issues were quiet as treasuries hovered around midday highs and lows. Notable gainers included Great Northern 4s and International Paper 5s while Commonwealth Edison 343s of 58 fell more than a point.
Five aboard the cabin cruiser Queen Olive were feared lost after it went missing for thirty six hours on Lake Michigan. The boat with a disabled motor was towed to shore following a seaplane sighting ten miles offshore.
Marion police report a nighttime burglar who previously took a pair of trousers from Floyd Seaton struck again. The intruder returned and took the remaining pieces of the suit, leaving Seaton with a partial loss and a continued security concern.
The Daily Herald said British liners on the Mediterranean route are being strengthened to mount guns for potential use in a Mediterranean war, signaling wartime urgency and naval buildup.
New York stocks rose modestly led by steels and motors with gains near three points as activity broadened after noon. The market traded about 1.4 million shares with several issues hitting new highs, driven by steel mill capacity rising to 36.4 percent and a list of notable gainers including U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Goodyear and Union Carbide.
Summary of closing prices across Chicago stocks and industrials with figures for Amn Pub Sve Gen. Hshold Auto'tic Heileman Avi Transp Mar Field Che'ty Bar'l Midwest Cor Baz Chicago Corp Quaker Com Comw Edison Kunker Pr Cons Biscuit Gia Swift Co Dexter Co Swift Intl and others. Market activity notes mixed gains and declines in multiple sectors.
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf the crown princess and Prince Bertil left Minneapolis St Paul after a weekend tour. They spoke to thousands of Swedes, did sightseeing and interviews and rested at Lake Minnetonka before returning east following their Chicago arrival.
James C. Smith and Martha M. Thomas of Muscatine received a marriage license along with Fred C. Brenner and Hazel Wismen of Cedar Rapids.
Carl Van Antwerp of Marion and Ralph Stuart of Cedar Rapids received three month county jail terms effective June 30 after pleading guilty to a larceny count before Judge H C Ring. Larceny charges against five others were dismissed. L. L. Coon reported a $22 loss from a tavern party. Ocie Hopker’s prior ten year suspended sentence for breaking and entering was invoked.
A. G. Sammett, 58, of 1303 Oakland Avenue NE, fined $500 and costs by Judge H. C. Ring for illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder seized 127 pints of alleged whisky bearing Illinois seals at Sammett's residence Friday evening.
Judge H C Ring grants divorces on cruel and inhuman grounds. Charley Watts from Ida G Watts, married in Moline in September 1932. Mary Shirley from Irving Shirley, married at Morrison Illinois July 28 1927. Leona Kephart from John Kephart, married at Dixon Illinois September 14 1932. Property rights settled by stipulation in Watts case.
Joseph Sadowsky as administrator of the Ella Peet estate settled a suit to set aside realty conveyances by stipulation and decree of Judge C J Haas. Defendants J D Peet and E M Peet paid 2150 dollars to quiet title with inter venors Roy Newman May Newman Klindt and Carl Hendrickson as guardian of Donald Milton Hollett minor.
Motion by Martha A. Winne to dissolve a temporary injunction restraining an automobile sale under alimony levy was overruled by Judge Haas. Winne claims no further liability under the divorce decree. The Merits hearing was set for July 25 at 9 am.
Judge Ring awarded $50 to plaintiff Arlene Davenport by next friend Glenn Davenport. Defendants Elmer Gardner Victor Gardner trading as Gardner Brothers of Des Moines and Frank Shirley operated a Gardner truck whose rear skidded during a rainstorm on June 23 at Delmar, striking the Davenport vehicle.
Judge Haas approved the sixteenth quarterly report for the American Trust and Savings Bank receivership with receipts $8,025.51 and disbursements $6,047.14. The bank’s June 30 cash stood at $49,631.10 with the building cash balance $9,075.38. Bates is receiver and Drake examiner-in-charge. The twenty first quarterly report for Springville Savings Bank shows June 30 cash $2,744.49, receipts $139.93 and expenditures $403.53. Bates is receiver and Conwell is examiner-in-charge. Puateri seeks a $325 lease judgment for premises at 313 First Ave E, alleging lease assignment from Steve Kepros to Frances Kutrules, Frank Kutrules and Pete Kutrules. Donald D. Osborne, 28, of 27th Ave SW, pleads not guilty to operating while intoxicated. bond set at $500. He and passenger Donald Markham were injured after Osborne allegedly struck a truck at Sixth Ave SE. Myrtle Louise Boyles granted a divorce from Merle Boyles. prior felony conviction in 1935 noted. A decree in The Welcome Wagon Service case favors plaintiff Thomas W. Bridges versus Grace Boston. Doris Kearns suit against Winslow Kearns for cruel and inhuman treatment submitted and continued. Harry C. McNeal suit against Erma McNeal dismissed. couple married Feb. 27, 1936. Judge Ring reopens Linn County May term after July 2 adjournment.
Four Cedar Rapids men Bert Baldwin Jim Wisely Pete Astrosky and Ben Noble were arraigned before Mayor John H Pazour on charges connected to an arrest by Chief Gene Miller. Baldwin received 30 days for interfering with an officer and disturbing the peace Wisely and Astrosky were fined five dollars each for disturbing the peace Noble got 30 days for disturbing the peace. R A Epperson of Peoria Jr was fined 25 dollars for reckless driving and J B Price Jr of Waterloo was fined five dollars for speeding.
Marion residents attended a Methodist church funeral for Mrs. Mary Levasseur with many relatives from the area listed. Burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery. Also noted were local social items including a birth obituary, club meetings, visits, and an advertisement for steak patties and canned fruits.
Thursday afternoon at 2 30 p m the hostess Mrs William Ludeman will receive guests at her home northeast of Marion Walter Lars son assists the hostess Newell Hayes of Perry visited the Burns family Wayne Hamm of Astoria Ill came Monday to stay with his uncle E C Hamm Ruth Wickham spends the week with her brother in law and sister the Mol lenhauer family north of Marion Mrs Fred M Blakeslee visiting Defiance this summer attended the funeral of Miss Thusa Davis in Marion
A jumble of lost and found notices and ads appears from the Gazette including missing keys near 14th St and A Ave NE with a reward, a cream Persian cat near A Ave and Bth St NE, a black and white pig, a found black collie without a collar, and various service ads such as cleaning, insurance, watch and jewelry repairs, photo enlargements, and moving van services. The page also notes a policy rewarding truthful want ads and requires transport references for auto moves.
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