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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1932
Page
14
Chicago traders held hog values in a steady groove amid conservative Tuesday runs. Officials estimated Wednesday supplies: cattle 8,000 hogs 21,000 sheep 9,000 with prices for picked weights 180-220 lbs at 3.35-3.60, heavies 3.30-3.40, and pigs 3.00-3.25, while lambs and sheep shipments shifted in balance in Des Moines and Iowa markets.
Receipts 19 000 hogs including 2 000 direct active demand higher with top at 3 70 and 270 325 lb range at 3.30 3.50. Sows 2 75 3 10. good to choice 160 200 lb hogs 3 40 3 60. Cattle receipts 7 000 calves light demand, steer and heifer prices mixed, top around 7 30 for high grade steer, 5 50 6 75 typical for slaughter cattle, bulls weak to slightly firmer, cows 3 00 5 00. Lambs varied with early lots near 7 00 per 50 lb. Market activity uneven amid large size class.
USDA cattle receipts reach 1,700 with fed steers and yearlings weak while grassy stock dull. Beef cows steady to 3.75 and butch heifers 3.75 to 5.00, cutters 1.50 to 2.25, bulls 2.65, calves steady. Grain movement slower but market active with mid to high quality yearlings around 6.00 and packs discussing 6.25 top figures.
Hog receipts total 11 500 with lighter weights active and steady to strong. top hogs 140 250 pounds near 2 90 to 3 30. Feeder pigs 50 2 75 average cost and steer activity steady to higher. weights varied and market conditions described.
East St. Louis hogs receipts 11 000 market strength up to 10 cents higher top 3.60. cattle receipts 2 500 calves 2 000 market slow steady with some high bids. lambs and sheep receipts 7 000 prices vary with framer and packer activity. hogs and cattle trends show gains and mixed bidding across weight classes.
AP report from Kansas City shows cattle and hog markets with steady to higher bids. Hog receipts about 6 000 with barrows and gilts at various weights and prices, cattle receipts near 4 000 with yearlings and steers graded by weight and quality, sheep receipts around 7 003 with lambs and yearlings trending up and pastures steady.
Markets show firm potato prices with southern and Maine bbl rates and Bermuda Canada ranges. Sweet potatoes trade dull Jersey and southern baskets. flour in good demand with spring patent prices. refined, crude, and yellow/coloring oils mixed. dressed poultry and live poultry prices listed. cheese market quiet with state grade whole milk and Young Americas notes.
AP notes mixed produce demand with butter receipts at 15 176, eggs steady at 18 37, potatoes tracking 204 new and 650 old, Idaho russet prices steady to 85 cents, Wisconsin round whites up to 4, Bliss varieties around 1.35 to 1.50 and North Carolina Irish cobblers at about 2.75, with overall trading slow and supplies moderate.
Listings show miscellaneous Cedar Rapids items with prices for hens and oats, hay and straw, plus Mesquakie Mills corn grades No 2 yellow at 21 cents and No 3 yellow at 20 cents. Lutz commission buyers and graded feeds are noted among the entries.
Local ad from 408 Third Avenue lists hens at 419c per unit and veal, eggs priced at 9c cash or 10c trade. Store contact dial 5151 and advertises rollers and bs as available.
California Valencias $3 50, grapefruits $4 50, New potatoes 2c, bananas, head lettuce crate $3 75, Florida celery $3 00, strawberries $2 50 per crate, cantaloupes $3 50 47 4.00, cucumbers $1 60, eggs No 2 1c. Hens 4 up 8c. Reeders basket. Courant Second Avenue West.
Shannon Poultry Farm offers hens under five months and broilers with prices noted. Brothers and Co at 96 Sixteenth Ave. SW provide poultry selections. Dial 2-97 2930 for Mt. Vernon listing and 2-7457 for the Co location.
Fragmentary OCR shows a small old trade notice for a firm named OhIman and Sons with reference to numbers and native buyers. details are incomplete but indicates an advertisement or listing in a period publication.
A Toledo seed market list shows clover poie at 900 dollars and hay timothy at 80 cents per cwt, with miscellaneous yard and feed lot pricing noted.
Chicago wheat prices dropped to new lows across all deliveries with July dipping below 49 cents the first time since October as a selling wave triggered by Liverpool weakness pressured grain markets. Corn and oats showed firmer action while rye set fresh lows. cash prices fell modestly with limited exports.
Chicago AP market note shows no sales for wheat with price quotes for No 1 and No 2 yellow and white varieties, oats and barley listed with bid ranges. Seed and livestock items appear with prices for clover seed, timothy seed, loose lard, ribs, and other offerings, reflecting a quiet trading day.
Minneapolis cash grain report shows 32 cars of wheat receipts with varied prices. No. 1 northern quoted around 56 to 57 cents, No. 1 dark northern 54 to 59 cents with protein adjustments. Amber durum and red durum grades also listed, while July futures quoted at about 54 to 57 cents.
In New York a subdued bond session saw German 52s rise about 2 points and 7s up 3 at times. Investors eyed a potential 000,000 loan to Germany and Austria and Lausanne conference developments. High grade transportation bonds mostly steady with some declines. US government dept. moderately firm.
U S bonds closed with Liberty issues at 100.18 for 3 dollar bonds 101.18 for Liberty First eee 100.18? The text lists Liberty Fourth 444s 102.9 Treasury 444s 104.7 Treasury 4s 44-54 101.14 Treasury 3 38 40 43 June See 86.
Minneapolis flour market reports easing shipments with pure bran at 11.50 and middlings at 9.00 in clear AP notation. The note lists standard middlings at 9.00 and pure bran at 11.50 amid price movements in the grain trade.
Fragmented OCR text notes futures for Chicago produce with mentions of closer standards in October and June, storage standards in November. Includes unclear percentages and dates, no clear events or named entities beyond Chicago and general commodity terms.
The New York exchange market lists key rates for major currencies with Argentina at 35.79 per currency unit and Shanghai at 30.50. Other figures include 4.99 for a demand center and 7.85 for Brosti, with a general reference to peso and nominal rate concepts in the Mexico City area.
Hach brothers defeated La Plant Choate Co 11 to on wet grounds Monday afternoon. Chyposky earned the winning pitcher, aiding the victory for the Hach team.
Hog prices rose slightly on all grades after a nickel boost on Tuesday. The top price reached 2.90 dollars as markets showed modest gains.
Stocks edged higher led by chemical shares with a firm undertone despite leaders trimming early 1 to 3 point gains. American Telephone U S Steel American Tobacco B and Case saw only fractional advances while Auburn surged late. total volume around 800000 shares.
Wall Street firms advance amid dollar strength and predictions of the defeat of the soldier bonus in the Senate. American Telephone and Union Pacific rise about two points, Eastman gains, and alcohol stocks show pronounced strength. Traders weigh anticipated congressional adjournment and possible repeal pressures but focus on bond issues and government securities.
After requesting police help in locating Elizabeth Mary Reitz daughter of Mrs Donna Reitz of 148 Twenty Fifth Street Drive SE she was found in the forenoon Tuesday. She had been missing since Monday afternoon.
W. J. Grunewald will distribute 1,000 petunia plants at the 6 Avenue Community Garden meeting at 7 30 PM Tuesday. The county board of supervisors will provide 4 000 to 5 000 tomato plants to unemployed gardeners. Gardening talks moving pictures and music will be on the program.
Miss Opal Newman recently engaged on the staff of the Public Health Nursing Bureau wins a Fifth district scholarship to the University of Minnesota summer course in public health nursing. It is the district's first scholarship in years. Newman, a St. Luke's graduate, will rejoin the local public health staff after completing the course.
H L Nehis heads a Cedar Rapids group from Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Co meeting 100 Minnesota agents in Minneapolis. Delegation includes R J Mills W L Dutton G J Starman L P Davis Homer W Carley William S Kelley Hugh Orchard Elwyn A Wride and Harry D Curran. Orchard will speak at the Curtis hotel banquet Wednesday night.
Nationally known insurance leaders will conduct a one day sales congress under the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters at the Roosevelt note Monday. The conference opens at 9 30 am with the theme The Secret of Success in 1932. Speakers include Dr James Elton Bragg of New York City Harrison L Amber of Pittsfield E W Clark of Des Moines and a luncheon at noon. Underwriters from Dubuque Waterloo Marshalltown and other cities are invited to enroll.
Mrs Emma Spacek wife of Leopold Spacek died in a local hospital at 12 57 am Tuesday after a lingering illness She was born April 5 1883 and lived in Cedar Rapids all her life She is survived by husband three sons Norman J Leonard P and Richard J two sisters Mrs Joseph Parkan and Mrs Frank Dyer and a brother Frank Cejka Funeral services are set for 2 pm Thursday at Lesinger Polansky chapel Rev F D Chada to officiate Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at the chapel
Funeral services for John Wellner will be held at St Patrick's church at 9 am Wednesday conducted by Rev Father D J Lenihan. Burial will be in Mount Calvary. Friends may call at the family home 718 G avenue NW.
Funeral services for Robert Gott will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Turner chapel with the Rev. L. W. Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
Federal agent John E. Kenford, 28, of Detroit, dies when an alcohol still is exploded during destruction near Marquette on the Mississippi River. Two assistants Elmer Gertmann of Lancaster and Louis Witt of Patch Grove are seriously injured after gasoline is poured on a still and a flame ignites hundreds of gallons of mash.
Leo Gorman, 22, of 717 Seventh Avenue SW, suffered a fractured right ankle at 12:15 pm Monday when a car struck him on First Avenue E between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Bennie Grogger, 1706 K Avenue NE, the driver, did not report the accident for hours, believing Gorman was unhurt. Gorman stood and walked at the scene, but later said his ankle was injured and he did not know he had been hit until spectators alerted him.
Packers and wholesalers report hog prices by weight ranges across Iowa markets. Prices range from about 1.90 to 2.95 per hundredweight with typical values around 2.40 to 2.85 for weights from 160 to 360 pounds.
Iowa Republican leaders push a platform to rehabilitate agriculture and consider land credit value reassessment. The delegation backs Goldsborough currency expansion on a gold basis, with Joe Anderson named honorary vice president, Martha McClure as committeewoman, Harrison Spangler as committeeman, and Ed Manning named chairman of the delegation. Prohibition stance remains unsettled though prior support suggested resubmission.
Sheriff John Dillinger of Rockwell City went to St Luke's hospital to take Milo G. Cowan 31 Sioux Rapids into custody on a false check charge. Cowan had just been sentenced to three months for embezzlement but was ordered released to another county by Judge H C King. Cowan died before transfer while hospital treatment continued.
Judge H. C. Ring permanently enjoined Ruth Loring, George Whitlach, Raymond Klass from pursuing two Bankers Life insurance disputes in Minnesota. Clara Welch and Klass also barred. Lawsuits filed Feb 19 1931 in Freeborn county district court Albert Lea. Court cites efficiency by resolving matters in Iowa.
Alonzo Usher aged 54 entered a not guilty plea before Judge A B Clark on a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge. Bond was set at 500 dollars. Usher was arrested by police at the intersection of Vernal Street NW on June 5.
Incorporation articles for the Bohemian Savings and Loan Association of Cedar Rapids were filed with County Recorder Dempsy Jones. W. Vorlicky titled president and Jan J. Hrbek named secretary.
Occasional cloudiness cooled highs in Cedar Rapids Tuesday with a noon reading of 78 rising to 89 by 1 15 PM. The day began at a 56 degree minimum at 5 30 AM and rose through 64 70 by morning. Light showers dropped about one hundredth of an inch Monday afternoon as the high reached 80 at noon.
Harrison Barnes and Lyndall Ives both of Cedar Rapids. William H. Loufek and Thelma C. Kloda both of Cedar Rapids. John E. Froehlich and Jennie Zak both of Cedar Rapids. Li Applied Fer a eee of Linn county land I P Jackson of Polk county.
Marion notices report the death of 77 year old Miss Sarah E. Burnette Tuesday morning after a short illness. The body is at the Yocom chapel with funeral arrangements to be announced. Also listed are Sunday greetings at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Stack from Mr and Mrs Alvin Plumb of Dubuque.
Mrs. Lottie Miller of Cedar Rapids spent Sunday with Mrs. Lettie Williams. They also visited Wapsipinicon State Park at Anamosa.
Miss Alice Sarcland of Decorah and Miss Eloise Touro of near Marion were week end guests of Mrs. Ethelyn Oakley.
Miss Eva Smith of Strawberry Point arrived in Marion Monday for a week long visit with Mrs. Ethelyn at the George Guillmore home.
The Methodist church will host a Family Night picnic supper on Wednesday at 6 30 p m at Thomas Park. Sunshine division leads arrangements and attendees are asked to bring sandwiches one covered dish and silverware and dishes.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Van Horn of Alfred Station New York visited Mari to reconnect with old friends and relatives. He had not returned in 32 years and is a cousin of Mrs E C Freeman. His sister Mrs Oscar Davis of Milton Wisconsin also joined the trip with Sunday visits by Mrs H Hanson and her daughter Betty and Miss Wilma Moore of West Branch.
The Missionary and Aid societies of the Presbyterian church will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Carl Wallace near Marion. Dinner will be served at noon by the Fourth division. Those needing transportation should telephone Mrs. W. E. Fisher Mrs. George Barnoske sr or Mrs. J. W. Bowman.
Mrs. M. A. Hollingsworth of Du buque is the house guest of Mrs. Fred Srack, highlighting a local social visit and hospitality in the community.
The Ladies Sodality of St Joseph's Catholic Church will hold a picnic Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Thomas park or site to be announced. Members are advised to bring dishes and seating and to arrive early for setup.
Floyd Gibbons notes delegates and alternates preparing to pick Herbert Hoover as party leader. He cites Wright Patterson's total travel miles and spending, and describes a four story white limestone stadium with flag poles and a carved frieze hosting sport events and a Republican convention atmosphere.
Mrs. Esther Adams, 28, of 412 Seventh avenue SE, was arrested at 6 p.m. Monday for breaking and entering after Mrs. Virginia Aguire, 822 Third street SE, reported a lavalier stolen. Adams confessed and admitted giving the jewelry to Hosmar Ritchie of Milwaukee to pawn. Ritchie was detained and sent toward the city limits. Adams appeared before Justice G Lightner and her trial was set for Friday. She posted $1,000 bond and was taken to county jail.
After reviewing primary ballots both the county auditor and the board of supervisors announced E. W. Williams as the Republican nominee for state representative in the Thirty third district. Adams township had certified 50 votes too many for Davis who had been the prior nominee. Davis had led 179 to 129 in the first and second counts respectively.
Mr and Mrs Frank Treka of 504 Forest Drive SE welcomed a son on June 13 at Mercy hospital. Mr and Mrs Edward Dudek of 409 Tenth Street SE welcomed a son at Mercy hospital on Tuesday.
Miss Pearl Bulkley will hostess the Marion Linn chapter D A R at Kensington for a 3 o clock picnic supper marking the last meeting of the year. The event gathers members for camaraderie and year end duties.
The public is invited to a benefit card party in Memorial Hall on Thursday afternoon. About five hundred players are expected to participate as games begin at an unspecified time.
Advertisement touts low prices for ice cream with pints at 15 cents and quarts at 30 cents from Edison Phare Pharmacy.
Mr and Mrs Fred Wenning and their four children from Los Angeles are guests in the L D Smith home. They have been visiting Wenning relatives in Chatanooga. Mrs Wenning, formerly Mabel Warner, is a Marion girl.
Mrs W O Blake of 526 Thirteenth Street will host the Ladies Aid society Wednesday at 2 30 p m The True Blue division will be the hostesses All members are asked to attend for the annual financial report
Verlee John and Vera Trimble travel to Des Moines to visit their grandparents the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Trimble during a family trip.
Mrs Elizabeth Snyder will host a White Shrine gathering at Kensington on Wednesday at 2 30 p m assisted by Marion members of the organization.
The Presbyterian Missionary and Aid societies will hold a Thursday afternoon gathering at Mrs. Carl Wallace home. Devotional by Mrs. Max Voris on When Thou Art Converted Strengthen Thy Brethren. Talks include The Dorland Bell School by Miss Helen Bray and The Evangelical Church in the West Indies by Miss Bernita Sebern.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keely of Cedar Rapids were honored at a dinner and card party by the Friday Bridge Club. They will depart for the west coast Thursday after Mr. Keely accepted a new position. Fifteen guests attended at Mrs. J. J. Ives home with bridge games and high scores awarded to Mrs. George M. Hibner and Dr. F. S. Skinner.
The Epworth League cabinet of the Methodist church schedules a party Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Vernon Stevens home. Members unable to attend should notify the host.
Mrs Harold Howe and her two children have come home following a several day visit with relatives in Anamosa.
Mrs. Albert Martin will greet members as hostess for the Ladies Aid society of Prairie Chapel Methodist church at its guest day meeting Thursday at 2 30 p.m.
Miss Gweneth Williams returned after a two weeks visit in Perry and Des Moines. Her sister Pauline stayed longer for a longer visit.
The Ladies Aid society of St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs W F Kruger 1415 Twelfth street
Mrs Hugh Hutton was elected noble grand of Grove City Rebekah lodge No. 35 at a Monday meeting in I O O F hall. Other officers elected include Mrs Frank Clark vice grand Miss Mary Snyder recording secretary Mrs James Biesecker treasurer and Miss Ella Harding degree captain.
The A. H. Rundquist family from Sun day attended a family picnic at McGregor with relatives and neighbors gathering for a day of fellowship and outdoor activities.
Mrs T J Davis and Bryant Kenney visited relatives and friends in Savanna and Chicago. They were dinner guests Monday evening in the Elliott Davis home in Cedar Rapids.
At the fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church, Rev. John M. Walters was invited to remain in Marion following Monday night proceedings.
The M. W. W. Bible class will study The Second Coming of Christ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stack 1070 Eighth avenue Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Rev William H Bridwell Baptist Church pastor will lead the lesson.
Mr and Mrs George Gardner and their two children from Memphis Tennessee arrived in Marion on Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs James Dunlop. The Gardners are cousins of the Dunlops.
An important business meeting of the Rainbow division of the Methodist church Ladies Aid society will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the home of the president Mrs. A C OSS.
Mrs. Ethelyn Oakley Miss Eloise Touro of this city and Miss Alice Lackand of Decorah joined four girls for a trip to Iowa City on Sunday to attend the wedding of Miss Vivien Ashdown. The group were classmates at State Teachers college Cedar Falls.
The Martin's Creek Ladies Aid Society will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Gerald Scott. Refreshments will be served by a committee including Mrs. Gerald Scott Mrs. Lester Scott and Mrs. Charles Finney.
Marion chapter No 10, Royal Arch Masons, will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic temple.
The K B B class will meet Friday at 6 30 p m for a picnic supper at the home of Mrs Theodore at 1914 Higley Avenue Southwest Cedar Rapids. Members are asked to bring items for the meal.
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