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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1936
Page
19
Livestock prices rose across Chicago and Des Moines markets with hogs up 10 to 15 cents to around 10.60 top amid active trade. Cattle demand remained broad for lighter stockers while feed costs weigh on feeder cattle, with May shipments at 133,185 head the smallest for May since 1932.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts 13 000 with direct 5000, prices up 10 to 15 cents. top 10 60. Cattle receipts 9 000 with calves 1500, grain fed steers steady, best weights 9 00, grass cattle weaker, stockers dull. Sheep receipts 8 000 with direct 6 000, fat lambs 10 cent higher, top 12 10, bulk 11 50 to 11 75, bucks and ewes steady to lower.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts 2 500 with most classes around steady. Medium to good fed steers 6 50 to 7 25 better grades 7 50 to 8 00. good fed heifers 6 85 to 7 35. choice lots up to 8 00. Hogs receipts 5 500 mostly 10 cents higher. 140 240 lbs 10 00 to 10 35 top 10 40. Sheep receipts 500 meager supply, native springers up to 11 25.
Prices show hogs rising 5 to 10 cents with various weight ranges. Waterloo values range from 140 pounds at 8.75 to 350 pounds at about 9.50, while Mason City reports similar gains with good light hogs at 8.85 to 9.15 for 140-160 pounds and packers up to 8.60 for 350-425 pounds.
Hog prices in Austin Minnesota show a mostly steady to 10 cent gain with lighter weight hogs trading up to 10 cents. Heavy weights dip 5 to 10 cents with ranges listed for 180 to 350 pounds and packing sow prices cited for 275 to 550 pounds.
Omaha reports U S Department of Agriculture figures with hog receipts at 5 500 and top at 10 25 per 160 230 lb pigs and sows steady to weak cattle calves and wearers listed with varied bids. Sheep receipts 4 500 with spring lambs rising to 11 50 top per head.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports 5000 head received with yearling steers mostly steady. Slower demand for plainer cattle. Heifers little changed. Cows dull. Loads of 1000 1200 lb heifers fetch 7.60 to 7.75 and pale seed prices around 7.25.
Hogs are 5 to 10 cents higher with good hogs up a dime to a top of 10.10 dollars. The good packers gain 5 cents. Cattle unchanged. Corn prices advance while the egg market softens slightly.
Chicago cash grain prices show No 2 mixed corn at 64 1/2 to 67 1/2 cents, No 1 yellow wheat around 69 cents, No 2 yellow 68 1/2. oats No 3 white 29 1/4 to 32 cents. Soybeans No 2 yellow 94 cents, No 3 yellow 93 4/9 to 102 3/4 cents.
Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade steadied after a nervous day with July prices at about 95% cents, while corn and oats fluctuated. Early gains driven by drought concerns in the northwest were pared by Liverpool weakness and mixed world markets.
Market list from Cedar Rapids details prices for grain including oats rye barley corn soybeans and various yellow corn grades. Also lists produce items heavy hens cocks leghorn broilers eggs and wholesale fruits vegetables including oranges grapefruit lemons potatoes lettuce celery cabbage onions strawberries and pineapples. Cured hides and horse hides prices are provided with mix of exact weights and grades.
New York bonds edged lower with French and Italian issues weak. International Hydro-Electric and other utilities fell after first quarter results showed earnings drop sharply, while American Water Works Pacific Gas and International Telephone declines muted rails and industrials with slight movements.
New York AP reports sugar futures mixed with slight moves as raw sugar steadies after minor fluctuations. Refined sugar prices hold, with futures showing small shifts in either direction.
AP dispatch from Minneapolis reports unchanged flour carload lots at 6.80 to 7.00 a barrel in 98 pound sacks. Shipments show pure bran at 19.50 to 20.00 and standard middlings at 25.00 to 26.00.
U S Department of Agriculture reports selling was very restricted in the Boston wool market. Inquiries were received but actual transactions were confined to small lots mostly fine original clips of territory wool. Average to good length French combing fine territory wools in original bags brought mostly 85 86c scoured. occasional lots with staple wool brought 87 88c.
Foreign exchange demand remained steady in New York with rates listed for major currencies. The figures show Britain's pound at 50.25 cents, France 6.60, Germany 40.26, and Switzerland 32.57, among others, with cross rates including New York to Montreal at 99.75 and Montreal to New York at 100.25.
Miss Nellie Goldsmith and Hubert Grapes of Delhi married at St Marys Catholic Church Monday morning with Rev. F W McKinley officiating. A wedding breakfast at Glen-Charles hotel followed, then a trip to Niagara Falls before settling near Delhi.
Ida Lupino announces a planned overland trip into Mexico for a personal exploration journey. She aims to document the route and experiences along the border region during the upcoming travel window.
Minneapolis and grain receipts show rising bids with No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs at about 1.27 to 1.43 and No 1 dark northern 59 lbs near 1.26 to 1.41. Prices list several grades for durum and red durum plus corn No 3 yellow and oats No 3 white with mixed cents per bushel.
Receipts show butter at 14 516 firm with creamery specials at 31 and 31 3 4 cents, extras near 30 cents, firsts at 30 30 4 cents. eggs unsettled with local firsts and cars around 21 to 22 cents, storage and screed packed firsts around 22 cents. Potatoes on track with weaker U S shipments, Oklahoma Bliss Triumphs U No 1 at 3.10, California White Rose No 1 around 3.60, other grades lower with varied regional prices.
New York AP report shows butter receipts at 17 569 firm with creamery higher prices and a 92 score. cheese receipts at 431 550 unchanged. eggs steady to firm with mixed colors and special packs up to 26 1/2c. live poultry steady by freight with broilers at 24 26c, fowls 18 22c, roosters 13c.
AP report notes butter futures closed with storage standards for November and refrigerator standards for October. Idaho russet potatoes futures closed at 1.75 dollars per bushel with October settlement.
The Linn County board of supervisors on Tuesday renewed class B beer permits for Emma Boland of Fairfax Pearl Bragan of Troy Mills and Floyd E Mitchell of Waubeek at $100 each.
Mrs Emma Fleming 76 longtime Washington resident died Wednesday after living with her daughter Mrs Al Baldridge since her husband a Des Moines businessman died last January Funeral services will be in Des Moines Friday at the Fleming home with son John Fleming surviving.
The Ely unit No 555 of the American Legion auxiliary at St Quintin elected officers for 1936 37 with Viola Stastny as president Anna Fuhrmeister as vice president Matilda as secretary Libbrow as treasurer for the term.
Directors of Wilson and Company Inc meat packers with a Cedar Rapids branch have declared dividends on preferred and common stocks. A $1.50 per share dividend on preferred stock applies May 1 1936 to July 31 1936, payable Aug 1 1936 to holders of record by July 15 1936. A 12% cents per share dividend on common stock is payable Sept 1 1936 to holders of record by Aug 15 1936. Checks will be mailed per secretary George D Hopkins.
Chrysler rose more than three points to lead a market gain amid dividend hopes and tax bill profits. Several industrials and consumer stocks climbed while a large group including Consolidated Oil and U S Steel slipped. Bonds and currencies showed mixed movements with a cautious early session.
A compact list of stock quotations from Adams Express through various blue chips and industrials. Names include Adams Express, Hupp Motors, International Harvester, Allied Chemical, Johns Manville, Kennecott Copper, May Department Stores, Boeing, General Motors, United States Rubber, and many others. The page presents price percentages and trading ticks across railroads, oil, utilities, and metals, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
An amateur contest will be held in What Cheer on the fourth of July afternoon. Many entrants have already signed up to sing dance or play a musical instrument.
Washington notified Rep. B M Jacobsen that Marion in Linn county Iowa will receive a new post office building this year. The project was authorized by the treasury post office building committee with an estimated cost between sixty and seventy thousand dollars.
At a Tuesday evening meeting the Marion board of education elected Kenneth L. Hoeck of Sioux Falls to succeed Carol Johnston as mathematics instructor. Lyle Warren of Bagley was chosen for physics and general science, filling Milo Porterfield’s vacancy. Coal bids were opened but contracts not awarded. A cement floor was ordered for the Irving school coal bin.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Miller and Mr. and Mrs. H. Wearth spent Sunday in Savanna Illinois with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Elder.
Miss Janet Elder of Savanna Illinois is visiting this week with Marion friends.
Miss Kathryn Kendall will meet all interested young church members for a brief rehearsal Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Congregational church. Earlier, twenty five youths enjoyed game night at the Methodist church Tuesday with ping pong marble games and a penny march.
The Marion OES chapter No 183 will hold a Friday 6 30 p m picnic at Thomas Park with meat ice cream and coffee provided. Members bring covered dish sandwiches and table service. If rain the event relocates to the Masonic Temple Colfax Circle Grove City Rebekah lodge No 38 hosts an all day quilting Thursday at Mrs Jack Ratliff home with a picnic luncheon. Auxiliary to Canton 7 Patriarchs Militant meets tonight at 8 in I O O F hall and the Golden Rule degree is conferred at Osceola lodge No 18 I O O F at 8 p m in I O O F hall. Also notes visiting relatives from Auburn and Waterloo with Amana trip, funeral in Clinton and Davenport, and a Konyano group tag day for Marion band proceeds at the Gas company office Thursday at 8 p.m.
James C Lucas, Texas bank robber, was placed in solitary at Alcatraz after attempting to stab Al Capone with scissors stolen from the barber shop. Capone, only lightly wounded, felled his attacker before guards intervened. The incident marks another assault since Capone’s transfer to the prison to serve his tax fraud sentence.
The mothers of the primary department of the Christian church were given a tea and program in the church parlors Tuesday. Doris Babcock and others performed piano solos and songs while Miss Esmerine Davis read stories. Tea was served with Mrs. Irving Wade presiding at a rose centerpiece tea table.
Gaylord Ward was elected president of the Pilgrim High leaders of the Congregational church after a picnic supper at Thomas Park Tuesday evening. Betty Wallace became vice president and LeVernon Backer was elected secretary and treasurer, with Wyoma Carey, Billy Thomas, James Wiggins, and Mary Howell chosen as committee chairs. Supper served to sixteen people.
Mrs. C. E. Mitchell of 1820 Eighth avenue will host the Friday Bridge club Friday at 2 30. Mrs. John Larkin is spending a week in Chicago with relatives. Mrs. Lola Worth Lund, formerly of Cedar Rapids now of Riverside Connecticut, and her sons Jack and Mark visited Mrs. G. M. Hibner en route to Los Angeles to visit her father George A. Worth and to Seattle to visit her brother Harry Worth.
Mrs Harold Mullaly hosted the Chatterbox Bridge club luncheon at 573 Fourteenth Street with Mrs Tom Barkwill as assistant. Two tables played bridge. First prize went to Mrs B E Beiber, second prize to Mrs W A Jackson, and the consolation prize to Mrs Jack Gibney. Mrs LeRoy Benedict attended as a guest.
Mrs W J Montgomery of Coggan is visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Leslie McDonald during a stay likely recent.
Mrs C E Clark of East Moline hosts guests at her home. Grove City Rebekah lodge initiates Theo Rio chapter at Sokol hall Cedar Rapids with several members attending. Legion Auxiliary Cedar Rapids unit planning picnic at Thomas park. bring dishes and silver. Howard Knapp family, Bert Smith and Gweneth Knight visiting Marion relatives. Grace Stark and sons visit from Minneapolis. Adrian Newton and Glenn Irvin visiting Marion. Baptist Sunday school picnic in Knudsen pasture north of Marion attended by about fifty. Loren Inman and Janet Lothian return from Colorado trip. J W Grady of Van Horne to be honored guest at Thomas park picnic. Mar garet Oldfather and Bernice Beat in charge of the affair.
Mrs. Carroll Roberts leads a program of favorite poems at the Athenian club Friday after a 1 o'clock picnic at Thomas park. Members bring picnic items. coffee and cream provided. Transportation requests directed to three hosts. Marion golfers invited to Waverly Country club for 27 hole medal tournament with twelve trophies. Winicket Camp Fire group holds key meeting tonight at Miss Margaret Oldfather's home at 7 30.
The Pastor's Helpers of the Presbyterian church will be entertained at a picnic luncheon Thursday at the home of Mrs. George P. Whitney. Coffee cream and dishes will be furnished. All members and former members of the Cornerstones society will also be entertained at a picnic luncheon Thursday at the home of Miss Mary Clements.
Dr and Mrs Clarence Darrow and their baby of Springville visited Marion relatives Monday.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Voss of Chicago visiting Marion relatives and Mr and Mrs Carl Michel left Wednesday for a short fishing trip in Minnesota. The Mothers club will meet Thursday at 2 30 at the Glenn Hempy home with Mrs Cecil Page as hostess.
Members of the Methodist church Woman’s Home Missionary Society will elect officers at a meeting Thursday at 2 30 PM. The event will be held at the home of Mrs. A E Blinks.
Mrs A D Barros and her daughter Betty and son John Allan returned to their La Crosse home after being summoned by the death of Mrs S P Leverich.
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Lyle Manson was elected master councilor of Linn chapter No. 900 Order of DeMolay. Ross Edwards became senior councilor and Lewis Harlan was named junior councilor.
A collage of notices includes personal debts disclaimer by John Jacobson and multiple transportation offers to California with passenger sharing. Beauty shops advertise perms and hair styling with prices, while several needlework and fabric services list quilts dresses and feather mattresses for sale.
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