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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
8
Chicago hogs at the stockyards Friday with seven thousand head, including 2,500 direct, seeing top bids around $10.15 as markets vary by city. Cattle and sheep receipts also noted, with mix of firm demand for light hogs and steady to stronger prices at Pittsburgh Cleveland and East St Louis.
Austin Hog Market listing prices by weight class in Austin Minnesota with mixed quotes for hogs and sows. Sioux City Livestock and Omaha Saint Paul reports show cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and price ranges across multiple regions with modest declines and steady to higher bids on certain classes.
Hog prices ease on the local market with light good hogs holding at 9.70 top while other grades drop 10 to 15 cents. Oats rise to 17 cents. Sheep and cattle sections show mixed quotes for various weights and grades with bulls and cows listed alongside.
Wisconsin cheese prices show small moves with Cheddars and other varieties listed. Sugar futures in New York edge lower amid Wall Street selling while refined prices hold. Foreign exchange shows varied midday rates for several major currencies and commodities.
Strong outside markets and improved export interest supported Chicago wheat Friday as July gains were pared by late selling. Wheat closed up amid light trading and broad support from overseas markets while reports of belt damage and drought raised concern for supplies. Corn held steadier with lighter demand as July contracts expired.
Minneapolis cash grain prices show receipts of 173 cars with No 1 heavy dark northern at 84.44 to 92 1/4 cents and No 1 dark northern at 84.40 91 3/4 cents. Corn No 3 yellow 52 5/8 to 55 1/4 cents, oats No 3 white 24 1/4 to 25 1/4 cents. Chicago cash provisions list wheat No 2 red 74 1/4 to 75 3/4 cents, corn No 1 yellow 60 to 60 2/4 cents, oats No 1 mixed 28 cents, soybeans No 2 late 93 cents, lard and bellies priced at 9.07 and 11.00 respectively.
A cluttered Cedar Rapids market update lists various grain prices No 2 yellow corn 4844 No 3 yellow 472c soybeans No 2 yellow bic May and straw includes baled hay 87.8 and baled straw 5.00 butterfat sweet 25c cream prices 24c 25c for different cream grades and hen and cock prices for Leghorn breeds. Fresh fruits vegetables with prices lemons oranges grapefruit celery lettuce bananas onions cabbage pears peaches tomatoes cantaloupes watermelons and hides beef calf horses and glue sold with unit prices and conditions.
Live poultry receipts 43 trucks in Chicago with leghorn broilers under 2 pounds at 15 cents and 2 pounds up 16 cents. Butter receipts 114,395 with creamery first scores 88-89 at 24 to 21 cents, seconds 84-87 at 21 to 19 cents. Eggs receipts 7,958 easy fresh market prices mostly unchanged. Potatoes arrivals 156 on track 246, U.S. shipments 438, cobblers weak with prices down. various U.S. No. 1 and U.S. commercial prices listed by region. New York eggs receipts 9,379 irregular with price ranges across classes. butter receipts 324,098 steady with multiple grades cited. cheese receipts 220,179 steady with unchanged prices. The giraffe fights by kicking with its hind legs.
A drab session ended with slight advances in leading issues as quiet volume and mixed sentiment defined the day. Aircrafts, rubbers, motors, steels, rails, coppers and special ties led the rebound from a midmorning dip while gold mines Dome McIntyre and Homestake rose late.
Published stock tabulations show names, prices, and changes for Adams Express to Walgreen across many industries. Notable figures include Alaska Juneau, Johns Manville, Allied Stores, Moline, Anaconda, and General Electric, with numerous bank, railroad, oil, and utility listings interspersed. The sheet lists buy and sell quotations, market breadth, and closing elements across a wide set of firms in a dense, period-voice financial roundup.
New York bond review notes rail related bonds saw continued gains mid day while overall investment markets cooled. Treasury issues held position as tax talks consider broadening the income base. Gainers included Santa Fe 4s Baltimore and Ohio convertibles 44s Consolidated Edison 3 45 and International Paper 5s with some minor activity in Illinois Central 34s and Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis 1 1/2s.
Jessie Hahn travels to Port Arthur Texas and Arnold Olson heads to Lawrence Kansas. Westminster gospel team to lead Sun service at Sunshine Mission. Herman V Little recoveres from appendicitis surgery at St Luke’s hospital. Mrs Frank J Pospishil comes through operation at St Luke’s hospital. Mrs Clara B Gray leaves for Los Angeles to see ill Dr E B McDaniel. Ray King fined 25 dollars for intoxication and family disturbance. Harold Shipman Dillon and Everett Dillon enlist in the U S Navy at Des Moines. Ray Youngton begins ten day vacation visiting relatives in Fort Worth Texas.
Cedar Rapids Elks lodge No 251 will hold a meeting tonight at 8. Balloting on candidates for membership will take place and a social session will follow.
Forrest Fraseur a 52 year old resident of Tipton fell from a ladder while painting his house Thursday. He suffered a fractured lower jaw and was taken to St Luke's hospital for treatment.
Miss Elfretta Borden of the Maddigan school of music left Thursday night for Hollywood to take a dancing course under Leroy Prinz, Dave Gould and Hermes Pan. She expects to be gone a month.
Members and friends host a farewell picnic supper Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Ellis park duck pond for Rev. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Russell and family departing Aug. 1 to Fergus Falls Minnesota. For information call 8074 or 2-83539.
Cedar Rapids Sea Scouts of the SSS Kiwanian and Kingston meet Davenport Sea Scouts Sunday in the second of three river race meets on the Mississippi. Cedar Rapids leads the series with 44 points to Davenport’s 43. Roy Missing. James H. Franks reports his 14 year old son Harold left home Monday possibly headed to Rockford Illinois to stay with an uncle. Harold is 5 feet 6 inches, dark hair, brown eyes, blue striped shirt, overalls and high top boots. Shueyville Services. Shueyville United Brethren church holds 9:30 a.m. worship with the sermon The Victorious Christ. Sunday school at 10:30, Endeavor at 7:30 p.m. subject The Contributions of City and Country to Our National Life. Mother Dead In Crete. Steve Saris, 1620 B Avenue NW, learns his mother Mrs Helen Saris, 87, who hadn’t seen him in 28 years, died in Crete Greece. Survived by two sons and three daughters in Greece.
A youth about 20 was found prowling the Gode home at 9 a.m. Friday. Mrs. Gode chased him, commandeered a passing car, and followed him to A avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets NE before he eluded her. Rob ert Parents reported theft of ninety two dollars and a check from a money sack in his desk. A later report states Louis Adams was fined for intoxication after a patrol found him in front of his car causing damage to two vehicles.
Police arrested a suspect at 1 30 a.m. Friday after an incident with no witnesses or identified driver. Officers could not recall any details or locate key witnesses at the scene.
An 18 month old boy, Ronald Landis, son of Mr and Mrs R L Landis of 3012 C avenue NE, suffered a cut over the eye after a chair fall Friday noon. One stitch was needed to close the laceration.
Vernon Dew of 1012 Second Street SW reported a theft at Riverside park Thursday night. A stranger approached him for bait then ran off with Dew's rod and reel left against a tree while he searched for night crawlers.
In a May 25 filing Arthur Houver of Springville sues Ira E Edwards and Stella Edwards to recover a car and $500 each in damages claiming a wrongful replevin. Edwards counters that ownership rests on a working agreement with the Progressive League of Iowa, of which Hoover and he were original officers. The defense says the car was conveyed to Mrs Edwards from Edwards for consideration.
Thelma Stanfield seeks a divorce from Francis Stanfield on desertion grounds, with a 1932 Rock Island marriage and separation by 1933. Leona Kuba petitions against Melvin Kuba for cruelty and inhuman treatment, married Morrison Illinois in 1932, seeking custody of two children.
Judge C J Haas Friday discharged Samuel Hutton of Cedar Rapids from a contempt citation in the divorce suit brought by Bessie Hutton. The court found insufficient evidence to warrant commitment after she alleged he violated an injunction against approaching her home. The Huttons were married in May 1917. A divorce suit filed March 14 by Benjamin McLain against Helen McLain was dismissed by the plaintiff. they wed April 17, 1928.
The will of Emma Mabelle Horlick Sidley filed in Racine Wisconsin probate reveals a 2.1 million dollar estate. Bequests of 250000 each go to William Sidley Jr and attorney W Perkins Bull who died July 6 in Toronto. Each receives one third of the residue after cash bequests. Probate set for Sept 6. contest deadline Aug 13.
Lawrence Freeman 83 was found dead in his apartment at 417 Third Avenue SW at 9 20 a m Friday by patrolmen called by landlord Mrs Katie Dew. He had not been seen since Thursday at 2 p m and the coroner said death resulted from a stroke. Survivors include a son James of Omaha and a daughter Mrs J Rittenhouse of Denver. The body was taken to Teahen funeral home.
John Ells Worth Burlingham of 1615 Fourth Street NW died from a creek diving accident near Rudd. Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick's Church Saturday at 9 a.m. conducted by Rev. D. J. Lenihan. Burial follows at Mount Calvary Cemetery. friends may call at Beatty Chapel Friday evening.
Clarence E. Wickham of Cedar Rapids and Margaret Nelson of Excelsior Springs Missouri. Thomas M. Brannon and Daisy Phelps, both of Cedar Rapids. John Dye of Cedar Rapids and Aurelia Goeders of Emmetsburg. Gene Horch of Cedar Rapids and Celeste Waddick of Dubuque. John A. Gossett and Gertrude Merklin, both of Cedar Rapids.
The Navy Department announced Friday the purchase of fighting planes and spare parts costing 1,399,704 dollars from Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Buffalo New York.
The SEC filed a bill in U S district court charging the Associated Gas and Electric system with violating the public utility holding company act of 1935 and the securities act of 1933. The action stems from AG&E’s plan to extend convertible investment certificates maturing November 15. The SEC seeks a preliminary injunction. first such case since the holding company act was upheld in the Electric Bond and Share decision.
Philadelphia officials denied reports that five U S Navy bombing planes were sabotaged hours before a planned test flight at the Navy Yard. The denial followed rumors of damage prompting heightened security and a probe by authorities.
Shawano Wisconsin AP reports Mrs. Merle Bennett of Wichita and Louis Kroll of Cecil test the so called double play system. Bennett drives 150 yards to a spot where Kroll swings at dandelions. the ball in motion is struck by his back swung shot for an eventual 160 yard finish.
Classified notes show Want Ads request raincoat and rubbers taken from rear of 419 2nd Ave SE with a call number 2-9114. Additional entries list Eastman Jiffy Kodak lost Tuesday Box 0-139 Gazette, a black and white Boston Terrier lost with Dial 7701, $20 lost between Beeson F Ave and Ellis Blyd with reward and Dia 2-2007, and a tire and Jim lost at 0x21 with return to Fox Onarare and reward.
The Gazette offers a $25 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone obtaining money under false pretenses through Want Ads. The page lists camera sales, jewelry, clothing, insurance, and services with various prices and suppliers in the city. It urges ad readers and advertisers to exchange references for automobile transportation and notes several local businesses and services.
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