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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1936
Page
1
Unofficial Monday livestock receipts at Chicago show hogs 16,000 cattle 18,000 sheep 10,000. Estimated hogs for next week total 67,000 as markets close on a steady basis.
Chicago market closed steady with grain fed cattle and yearlings up to 10.75 top. Demand shifted as drought pushed grassy beeves to market. hogs and fat sheep rose modestly while grassers and stockers fell. Week’s cattle run exceeded 40 thousand. wholesale meat market remained fairly stable.
U S Department of Agriculture reports receipts of cattle calves 1500 and sheep 4500 with price shifts. Cattle show higher gains for strictly grain fed steers and yearlings while stockers and feeders ease. fat cows and bulls dip. Sheep prices drift lower after early gains but some fat lambs and yearlings hold firm. Hog market remains nominal with limited direct sales and slight weekly gains in spots.
In St Paul South St Paul cattle hogs and sheep receipts for the day show mixed changes from Friday. Cattle mainly steady to higher with good to choice fed steers and yearlings quoted near 7.00 to 8.00, bulk stocker prices around 4.00 to 5.25, and butcher cows mostly 4.25 to 5.75. Hogs trade about steady with lighter weights weak, midweights 9.60 to 10.25, sow values 8.65 to 9.00 and feeder pigs around 10.75. Sheep softer on lambs with natives and yearlings mixed, shorn stock around 2.25 to 4.25, and higher demand for fed ewes and yearling replacements mixed.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports Omaha cattle and hog prices with varied moves. Calves and steers show gains while bulls and vealers ease. cows and heifers range broadly. receipts around 300 head. Hog prices mix with lighter weights at about 10.01 to 9.40 per cwt and sows around 8.65 to 9.
Combined hog receipts at 20 Iowa yards and 9 packing plants for the 24 hours ending Saturday reached 19 600 head, up from 12 000 a week ago and 9 packing plants. Prices steady with Friday’s average. lighter weights and varied ranges across weight classes noted. Specifics include good light through heavy weights from 140 pounds to over 350 pounds and nearby price quotes.
AP dispatch from Sioux City notes the week’s cattle receipts and price shifts. Better grade steers and yearlings up 25 cents, plainer grassy cattle weaker, cows mostly 25 to 50 cents lower, stockers steady with long yearlings around 8.25, heifers 7.85, beef cows 4.00 to 5.00, cutters 3.25 to 3.75, butcher classes around 9 to 10 per hundredweight, Saturday sheep trade nominally steady.
Spring lambs 25 to 40 cents lower and yearlings weak to 25 cents off. top native lambs 11.15, late sales 10.75, week’s bulk fed Californias 25 11.00? Shearing Californias 9.85, three Idaho loads 11.00. Medium to yearling 7, Wes 5, bulk stock 3.25. Two loads Thabo feeders noted.
The Associated Press notes hog pricing across Iowa with steady to unchanged markets in Waterloo and Ottumwa. Mason City shows varied rates for different weight classes, including lights at 8.95 to 9.25, 160 to 180 pounds around 9.60 to 9.30, and heavier categories up to 10.20.
Hogs steady from 180 to 220 pounds, good to choice. 250 to 270 and 270 to 290 pound ranges noted. Prices listed across weight classes from roughly 9.25 to 10.10 per hundredweight with packing sows 275 to 550 pounds quoted around 8.15 to 8.95.
Hogs are unchanged on the local market with no change Saturday and a top price of 10.25. Other local markets report the same steady trend as buyers and sellers hold steady on supply and price.
Local Cedar Rapids prices show varied bids for grains and livestock. Wheat 86 88c, oats 24 27c, rye 50 55c, corn ear 70 lbs 50 54c shelled yellow corn No 2 57c, No 3 55%2c, No 4 524 54c. Soybeans yellow 75c. Hens, cocks, Leghorn, broilers, eggs prices noted. Wholesale fruits vegetables listed with values for oranges, grapefruit, lemons, potatoes, apples, bananas, lettuce, onions, strawberries, pineapples. Cured hides prices included, horse hides, mane and tails noted.
Butter receipts 20 312 unchanged prices. Eggs 18 395 steady with local firsts at 20 1 2 cents and current receipts around 19 2 cents. Live poultry receipts 1 car 8 trucks steady with varied hen and fryer prices across weights and breeds. Potatoes on track 244 with U S shipments 687, prices for Bliss Triumphs and Cobblers across several states and grades.
AP reports New York market receipts for eggs cheese and live poultry with mixed color egg standards and creamery butter prices steady. Cheese receipts total 15 406 with prices unchanged while live poultry by freight shows broilers unquoted and other rates steady.
Chicago AP reports modest movements in futures markets with Butte closing on storage standards for November at 31 cents. Egg futures show adjustments with refrigerator standards for October at 34. Potato futures rise in Idaho russet Burbanks section to 1.7 dollars.
In quiet Saturday trading bonds showed a slight tilt higher with some corporate issues gaining. U S governments were mixed to lower, foreign issues quiet, and Polish bonds tracked with 8s rising while 7s fell. Notable climbs occurred for Chicago Great Western 4s and Illinois Central 4s, with other rail and utility loans advancing or drifting within narrow ranges.
The Biddick Eastman Lumber Co transfers lot 3 block 20 in orig town Marion to J A and Lilla A Mc Culloch as owners or to the survivor, with $1 and value consideration dated 6 5 36.
Chicago wheat futures opened strong on Northwest spring wheat news but unsettled forecasts and cooler weather prompted selling, cutting gains. Corn futures showed a firm tone early but rains in the corn belt weighed on prices. oats rye and lard also firmed with light buying.
Chicago cash provisions and grain quotes show No. 1 red wheat at 1.01 and soybeans No. 2 yellow at 95 cents. Wall Street notes steadiness in steel and major leaders with mixed bonds and trading on holiday volumes.
Minneapolis cash grain market list shows No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 pounds at 1.00 to 1.25 dollars, No 1 dark northern 59 pounds around 1.18, Montana winter No 1 hard 14 protein about 1.25, No 1 red durum near 1.04 to 1.09 for different futures months, No 3 yellow corn about 6.12 to 6.26, No 3 white oats around 0.30 to 0.31.
Flour market reports unchanged barrel prices for family patents and bran mids, with 22 636 shipments and price ranges from 6 65 to 25 50. Wool trade in Boston shows moderate activity, firm prices on large lots, but smaller lots cheaper, with Ohio fleeces at 35 to 39 cents grease for various fine wools.
The New York AP report lists foreign exchange quotes by country and city partners. It presents per cent figures and nominal rates for Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Romania Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal New York Montreal exchanges.
Algy Long, 19, of Vinton, was sentenced in district court by Judge H. C. Ring after pleading guilty to larceny. He received six months plus sixty days for two charges, to run concurrently with suspension for good behavior leaving sixty days active from April 27. He had earlier pleaded not guilty.
D W Bates as receiver of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust seeks authority to sell business property at First Avenue and Fifth Street East to W H Lightner. He cites a $20 000 offer. The SE corner lot measures 140 by 150 feet, currently hosting a refreshment stand and a parking lot. Judge A B Clark scheduled a hearing for July 7 at 9 a m.
Charles A. Mercer 26, a Frederick laborer, said he would donate his head after death to Gallinger hospital in Washington for 53 dollars to cover what he called pressing debts. He and his wife and three children face dispossession. He cited publicity around Gallinger's treatment of Representative Marion A. Zion.
In Omaha police report Donald Nichol seven died after a clay clod hit his chest during a game with two neighbor boys near his home. The clods were thrown at a clay bank and then at each other when Donald collapsed unconscious.
Five candidates on the Linn county farmer labor ticket were named at the district convention held Saturday morning in the courthouse. Nominees include Carrie Forsythe Cedar Rapids for county auditor Ira Edwards Cedar Rapids for county treasurer J M Kovar Clinton township for county recorder E J Hawks Cedar Rapids for sheriff and Charles Mentzer Clinton township for coroner. Six delegates to the state convention were elected Arthur Hoover Springville Mrs Velma Burwinkle Cedar Rapids George Buresh Cedar Rapids Roy Lang Marion E J Hawks Cedar Rapids and Jerry Lesher Marion. George Buresh presided with Mrs Burwinkle secretary.
John Metcalf, baritone soloist from Trinity church Boston, will perform at St. John's Episcopal church Park Avenue and Nineteenth Street SE Sunday at 11 a.m.
A 10 a.m. Children’s Day program will be the church’s only Sunday service at Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church located at Twelfth Avenue and Ninth Street SE.
John Brague of Cedar Rapids will lead the service at Sunshine Mission tonight. The Rev Mr and Mrs E R Robinson national gospel workers will provide special music.
The Church of God hosts a church and Sunday school picnic this evening at Ellis park rose garden. Supper will be served at 6 p.m.
The Boys of the Musketeer Drum and Bugle corps meet at the Bever Park large pavilion Sunday at 3 p.m. to perform for the Williams family reunion.
Jack Franklin aged 32 was fined 10 dollars and costs in police court Saturday for intoxication. Leo Griswold 33 of Marion, a repeat offender, received a thirty day jail sentence on the same charge.
Harvey Heyer of Larchwood was treated at St Luke's hospital Friday at 6 p.m. for wounds on his right arm from a dog bite while visiting a relative in Clarence. He did not remain in the hospital.
The annual K P Knights of Pythias Dokies and Pythian Sisters picnic is Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Duck Pond in Ellis Park. Attendees should bring picnic supplies and the K P band will provide music after noon.
Authorities aided by local police intercepted a boy named Sam David son of Mr and Mrs Alex David of 814 Eighth Street SE as he planned to go to Omaha Friday night without parental consent. He left a note and was ordered off a bus by Ames police while his parents went to retrieve him.
John Metcalf of 617 First Avenue East was fined ten dollars and costs for speeding with the sentence suspended. Other defendants fined one dollar and costs include J. C. Dalton of 1251 C Avenue NE for parking in a prohibited zone J. P. Viant of 1937 Higley Avenue SE for improper parking Mrs. H. A. Hallgren of 375 Nineteenth Street SE for overtime parking and Charles Ross of Walker for parking in an alley beneath a fire escape.
James Richard Mansier 25 of Kearney Nebraska waived to the grand jury on a charge of soliciting for immoral purposes. Hattie Donner 26 of Nebraska waived to the grand jury on a prostitution charge. All three remain in county jail as authorities seek Mann Act potential federal prosecution with Kenneth Blake 26 Magnus hotel bellboy to be arraigned Monday.
The Humphrey family gathering drew about 64 attendees on Sunday at Ellis Park. The event also celebrated the 51st wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Benson of Walker. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bird and family Cedar Rapids and others from Center Point Walker Alburnett and surrounding areas.
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Mooney widow of Edward Mooney died at her home 517 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids at 7 p m Friday after a monthlong illness Born October 19 1850 in Hillside Westmoreland County Pennsylvania she lived in Cedar Rapids 81 years Survived by two daughters Mrs May Baylor and Mrs W J Brant six grandchildren four great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Emma Brinkerhoff and Mrs Lucy McCoy Funeral arrangements to be announced Friends may call at the Rohn chapel Saturday evening
C A Reeder of Chicago, a former Cedar Rapids resident, was killed in an automobile accident Thursday night in Chicago. He had worked with the Western Railroad office in Cedar Rapids and later with the Westinghouse company. His widow, formerly Miss Josephine Heil of Cedar Rapids, survives. Funeral services and burial will be in Chicago Monday.
Rufus Spangler died at the Lyons home in Vinton on Friday at 6 a.m. from a heart blood clot. He had been in Vinton since Wednesday after selling property in Cedar Rapids. An autopsy was performed. Born February 12, 1869 in Tama, he lived in Cedar Rapids 23 years and worked as a fireman for the Cedar Rapids Gas Company until retirement. Survived by son Richard of Cedar Rapids, brother Frank in Wisconsin, and sister Esther Whittier of Waterloo. Funeral arrangements pending.
Albert C Patterson aged 76 a retired salesman formerly of 114 Sixteenth Street NE died at 7 35 am Saturday in an Independence hospital after a long illness He was born July 10 1859 at Urbana He married Phoebe Adams January 12 1881 at Center Point later moving to Cedar Rapids His wife died June 24 1932 He is survived by a daughter Bertha and a son Walter both of Cedar Rapids three grandchildren DeVere Nadine Patterson and Mabel Greaper of Los Angeles Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 am in Turner chapel with burial in Lafayette cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Sunday
Funeral services will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday with W. N. Lundquist of Moline in charge. The body will be taken Monday to Centerville for burial. Friends may visit the chapel.
Funeral services for Barbara June Keyes who died in a local hospital will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Beatty chapel. Burial will be in Shiloh cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 7 to 9 p m.
Edward Beiler, 53, president of the Dubuque Casket company and a well known figure in Cedar Rapids, died suddenly at his Dubuque home Saturday. Funeral services will be held at his home Monday at 1 30 p.m.
Born to John B Young and wife in Waterloo a daughter Merilyn Ann at Presbyterian hospital on June 26. Formerly Marjorie Klersey, her grandparents are Charles H Klersey and family. James Ambrose born to Alvin and Marguerite Kemper at Mercy hospital on June 27. Richard Charles born to Thomas W Mackey at R F D No 1 Ely on June 25.
Lightning struck the Pope Pius summer residence in Castel Gandolfo causing damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars. The Pope planned to come from Vatican City next Tuesday for his vacation.
The Athenian club re-elected officers at a Thomas park gathering after a picnic lunch. President Fay Bailey and others were listed, plans for an ice cream social were made, Camp Fire manuals will be loaned, and the rose chosen as club flower with the motto Spectemur Agendo adopted.
Mrs. A. E. Blinks was elected president of the Woman's Home Missionary society. Mrs. William A. Fee became vice president, Loren Craft treasurer, A. L. Van Fossen recording secretary, Elva Emerson corresponding secretary, and C. C. Carpenter mite box secretary. Aarph Hall Collis led devotion. Blinks spoke on Toward Christian America. Enigmas were led by Van Fossen. Sixteen women attended, including four guests.
The Oxford club and Epworth League of the Methodist church will hold a picnic on Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Thomas Park.
Mrs. William Fowler and three others led a delegation to Marshalltown for a luncheon at the Hotel Tallcorn. Eighteen Cedar Rapids and Marion Railway Mail auxiliary members met with twenty-two Des Moines members, with Mrs. C. W. Reams presiding.
Joyce Marilyn Fosdick daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Fosdick is making satisfactory recovery after a tonsillectomy Wednesday at St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids.
G B Weaver of Mechanicsburg and William Strohem of Decatur visited the Blinks household Thursday and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weaver of Harrisburg. The guests dined at W B Sebern and Ben Gill homes, and Mrs. A E Blinks hosted a luncheon before the group left Saturday for Decatur IU.
Richard Lee Grafft came back to Anamosa after a week’s stay with his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Lee Voorhies.
Miss Mary Clements served as hostess for the Cornerstones society of the Presbyterian church. The Thursday event was a picnic luncheon attended by twenty women.
Harrisburg residents were guests Thursday and Friday in the home of Mrs J W Bowman as part of a local social visit.
Mrs Hattie Jones of Des Plaines Illinois and Mrs Merton Kepler of Mount Vernon returned to Mount Vernon after a short visit in the home of Mr and Mrs W W Yocom.
Miss Ruth Griffin returns to Ann Arbor to resume duties as a nurse at the university hospital after visiting her mother, Mrs. W. W. Yocom, for several days.
Pioneer Securities Co to Joseph M Kilberger and Anna Kilberger as joint tenants. George B Shaler and Florence F Shaler to Thelma Langley Rick. Charles A Calder to Gilbert N Doubrasky. Bernard E Kragh to Fred and Laurerna Harti. Lillian Clifford to D W Bates. E N Taylor to A C Stewart. Dates and parcel details with nominal consideration and mortgage subj. notices.
Marriage licenses issued to Vernon Bittner of Solon and Dorothy Weldon of Cedar Rapids. Also listed are P. W. Lynch of Mechanicsville and Margaret Kane of Cedar Rapids.
Miss Caroline Kahler and Miss Irma Hindman lead a Children’s Day program to be held Sunday morning at Prairie Chapel church with families invited to attend.
Miss Dorothy Smith returns from Anderson Indiana where she accompanied the Rev Mr and Mrs Mathis who were at evangelistic meetings.
Mrs Florence Scott visits her daughter Mrs Owen Storck in Darlington Wisconsin. She is accompanied by Mr and Mrs Ivan Gill and Mr and Mrs Roy Scott on the Wisconsin trip Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Merritt relocate from DeSmet South Dakota to live with Mrs. A. B. Merritt. Mr. Merritt will manage his mother's farm locally.
J. B. Pierpont of Pomona California stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris. Pierpont, brother of Mrs. Harris, was en route to Ohio.
Miss Vivien Siemen and her cousin Bill Beernink of Sioux Center, after several days with Miss Leone Neill, left Saturday for Waterloo to visit until Monday.
The Baptist Young People's Union will hold meetings at 7 p.m. for the rest of the summer, changing the previous 6 30 p.m. start time. The note affects all upcoming sessions and invites members to adjust their plans accordingly.
Seventeen members of the Marion Golf Club traveled to Iowa City for a tournament. Betty Marchant won low score for Marion. Mrs. John Mulvaney earned a prize for putts and Mrs. Ralph Fitzgerald won for approaching and putting.
Mrs J W Grady formerly Allegra Busch and a home economics teacher at Marion high school spent Friday with friends. A group of former students hosted a picnic luncheon at Thomas Park featuring Margaret Oldfather Bernice Reynolds Harriet Leasure Bensch Kathryn Heffron Ruth Rundquist Zollers Bernice Hillerege Leah Scott and Kathryn Kendall.
A summarized guide to church activities across Marion. Baptist led by Rev Loren Inman and Rev A G Lagerquist schedule morning and evening services. St Joseph Catholic mass times. Christian and Congregational notices. Methodist Episcopal youth day events. Presbyterian and Lutheran services. Sabbath observance at Seventh Day Church of God.
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