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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1936
Page
11
Livestock market reports show a week of steady prices with grain fed cattle and hogs higher than a week ago. Monday receipts included 18 000 cattle 10 000 sheep and 67 000 hogs for next week while the week closed with higher hogs and fat sheep and a top of 10.75 dollars.
U S Department of Agriculture report shows cattle receipts at 1500 while hogs and sheep also traded. Cattle gains uneven but grass cattle weak. fat cows and post drought runs prompt aggressive bids upward for long fed steers. Sheep ease after week of price advances. hog market nominal with holdovers and small gains anticipated.
South Dakota cattle receipts 400 with better fed steers and yearlings up to 78.00 top for medium weights. Hogs receipts 800 with lightweights and mids priced near 10.25 to 10.55, sows 8.65 to 9.79, feeder pigs around 10.75. Sheep receipts 100 with lambs down 25c, native spring lambs about 10.75, yearlings 6.50 to 8.00, and ewes 2.25 to 4.25.
U S Department of Agriculture notices show cattle receipts with calves and yearlings up to 50 cents higher while vealers drop as much as a dollar. Steers, heifers, cows and cutters listed with varied gains and losses. Sheep receipts steady to slightly down, hogs steady to 25 cents higher for many weight classes.
U S Department of Agriculture notes combined hog receipts at 20 yards and 9 packing plants across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Saturday at 19 600 head, up from a week ago and above last year. Prices show steady to slightly weaker trend with weights and categories listed including 140-160 lb litters and 180-200 lb hogs, plus 275-350 lb ranges and corresponding values.
Sioux City AP notes weekly cattle receipts around 300 with mixed trends. Better beef steers and yearlings up 25c, other categories weak, cows down to 50c, stockers steady. hogs about 4,000 head, prices mostly $9.00 to $10.20 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts and weekly trend described as nominally steady.
Spring hog prices mixed with declines for yearlings and lighter hogs while ewes hold steady. Top native hogs bring 11.15 while late sales hover around 10.75. Californias and Idahos show varied quotes, with bulk fed and shorn lines quoted in the 10s to 11s.
In Austin Minnesota hog market report hog prices hold steady across weights from 180 to 350 pounds. Prices shown include 180-220 lb at about 9.90 and 520-550 lb ranges near 9.80 to 10.10, with other weight bands from 250 to 350 pounds around 9.78 to 9.65. Packing sows for 275-550 lb tranches fetch roughly 8.13 to 8.5 per hundred pounds.
Hogs remain unchanged on the local market with no price changes Saturday. The top price holds at 10.25 dollars. Nearby markets report the same stability in hog prices and steady activity.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for grains, soybeans, and produce. Wheat 86 88c, oats 24 27c, rye 50 55c, corn shelled No 2 yellow 5ic, soybeans yellow 75c. Hens, broilers, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and hides priced with shelf figures.
Chicago AP reports unsettled butter prices with receipts at 20 312 and eggs at 18 395. Live poultry receipts 1 car 8 trucks with varied prices for hens and roosters. Potatoes show on track 244 with U S No 1 and No 2 pricing across multiple regions and grades.
AP report from New York shows eggs receipts 27 106 steady with mixed colors. Butter receipts 7 976 easy with creamery higher prices and various scores. Cheese receipts 15 406 quiet with prices unchanged. Live poultry steady by freight with broilers unquoted and other prices unchanged.
Chicago AP notes storage standards and futures closes. Potato futures for Idaho russet Burbanks average 1.72 dollars per bushel in October.
New York bond review shows a tentative rise in domestic corporates while U S government issues drifted mixed to lower. Polish issues move notably with 8s up over 1.2 points and 7s and Warsaw 7s down about 1.25. Key railroad and utility issues edged higher or held to narrow ranges amid overall subdued activity.
In New York trading, government bonds show weakness with Treasury notes slipping. The session features a 400k.00 sale and prices around 105.30 near 46-49, reflecting cautious investor sentiment amid bond yields.
The Biddick Eastman Lumber Co transfers to J A and Lilla A Mc Culloch or to either surety, lot 3 block 20 original town Marion for $1 and value consideration dated June 5, 1936.
Chicago grain prices moved on a band of unsettled northwest weather. Wheat rose on overnight optimism then slipped as forecasts warned cooler, unsettled conditions. Corn oats and rye showed mixed firming trends while lard also edged higher amid light activity.
Chicago market brief lists prices for commodities including corn oats soybeans and seeds. Grain figures show No 1 red corn at 1.01 and various yellow and white corn and oats values. Seed prices include timothy clover and lard and bellies quoted with unit details and multiple decimals.
AP report from Minneapolis shows cash grain prices for wheat with No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lb at 1 22 34 while No 1 dark northern 59 lb at 1 20 34 and No 1 hard Montana 14 protein at 1 25 54. arrival prices and basis terms included. corn No 3 yellow quoted at 61 12 62 1/2. oats No 3 white at 30 31 1/2.
Minneapolis flour market shows unchanged prices for carload lots with family patents at 6.65 to 6.85 per barrel in 98 pound sacks. Shipments total 22,636 with bran usage at 0.50 and standard middlings at 25.00 to 25.50.
Trade in wool in Boston was moderate with little change from last week. Sales concentrated on fine and fine and blood territory clips, with firm quotations for large lots but slightly lower prices for small lots. Ohio fleeces quoted at 35 36c grease for fine delaine and 38 39c for combing wools.
An AP report from New York outlines foreign exchange demands in cents for numerous nations and cities. Rates cover Great 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 and New York Montreal cross rates. N-Nominal.
Algy Long, 19, of Vinton, received two larceny sentences from Judge H. C. Ring, six months and sixty days, to run concurrently from April 27. The court suspended all but sixty days of the six months for good behavior. Long withdrew not guilty pleas and was accused of stealing a bicycle on March 13 and tools from near Toddville last fall.
D. W. Bates as receiver of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank asks district court to authorize sale of business property at First Avenue and Fifth Street East to W. H. Lightner. An offer of 20000 dollars is on the table for the 140 by 150 foot southeast corner currently housing a refreshment stand and parking lot. hearing set July 7 at 9 a.m.
Wall Street stocks steadied on a light Saturday session as many traders were away for extended holidays. The two hour turnover totaled about 350000 shares with an irregular close. U S Steel and several leaders held near unchanged while bonds were mixed and commodities rose.
Charles A. Mercer a 26 year old Frederick laborer said he offered his head after death to Gallinger hospital Washington for 53 dollars to satisfy what he called pressing debts He and his wife and three children by an earlier marriage face dispossession He chose Gallinger due to publicity about treatment there of Representative Marion A Zion of Washington.
In Omaha a 7 year old boy Donald Nichol died after a clay clod thrown by a playmate struck his chest near his home. Police said two neighbor boys were tossing clods at a clay bank when the fatal clod hit Donald and he collapsed unconscious.
The Linn county farmer-labor district convention named five candidates for county offices: Carrie Forsythe for county auditor, Ira Edwards for county treasurer, J. M. Kovar for county recorder, E. J. Hawks for sheriff, and Charles Mentzer for coroner. No nominees for county attorney or clerk of the district court were named.
John Metcalf the Boston baritone will sing at St John s Episcopal Church Park Ave and 19th St SE Sunday at 11 am A Children s Day program at 10 am will be the only Sunday service at Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Twelfth Ave and Ninth St SE John Brague of Cedar Rapids leads Sunshine Mission service tonight The Rev Mr and Mrs E R Robinson national gospel workers provide special music Church of God picnic tonight at Ellis Park rose garden Supper at 6 pm Musketeer Drum and Bugle Corps meet at Bever Park pavilion Sunday at 3 pm to play for the Williams family reunion
Jack Franklin age 32 was fined ten dollars plus costs on intoxication charges. Leo Griswold aged 33 from Marion, a repeat offender, received a thirty day jail sentence on the same charge.
Harvey Heyer aged 14 of Larchwood received first aid at St Luke’s hospital Friday at 6 p.m. for wounds on his right arm after a dog bit him while visiting a relative in Clarence. He did not remain in the hospital.
Annual picnic for Knights of Pythias Dokies and Pythian Sisters and families at Ellis park Duck pond Sunday at 2 30 p m with K P band providing music and attendees asked to bring picnic supplies
Authorities in Ames aided local police in stopping Sam David son of Mr and Mrs Alex David 814 Eighth street SE Friday night. The youth left a note saying he planned to go to Omaha before being ordered off the bus. Parents retrieved their son after the stop.
John Metcalf of 617 First Avenue East was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding with the fine suspended. A list of others fined one dollar and costs includes J C Dalton 1251 C Avenue NE for parking in a prohibited zone J P Viant 1937 Higley Avenue SE for improper parking Mrs H A Hallgren 375 Nineteenth Street SE for overtime parking and Charles Ross of Walker for parking in an alley beneath a fire escape.
James Richard Mansier and Hattie Donner waived to the grand jury on charges of solicitation for immoral purposes and prostitution. Both jailed pending federal Mann Act probe. Kenneth Blake, a Magnus hotel bellboy, named in the woman's statement, to be arraigned Monday. at large on $100 bond.
A Humphrey family reunion drew about 64 attendees Sunday at Ellis Park. The event also celebrated the 51st wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Benson of Walker. Cedar Rapids residents included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bird and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Sallach and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sailor, Mrs. Walter Hollenbeck, Mrs. Hugh Benion, among others. Additional relatives from Center Point, Walker, Alburnett, and nearby areas were listed, with many families present to mark the occasion.
Lois Benson and daughter Norma of Alice join Mrs Myrtle Sailor and son Donald, Phoebe Payne, Shir ley Wiedemann, Wilma Wiedemann of Kansas City Missouri, Mr and Mrs Harry Murphey and family, Mr and Mrs Carl White and family of Marion, Mrs Marie Arnett and sons Dale and Robert of Hot Springs South Dakota, Mr and Mrs Neal Ondler of Walker, Mr and Mrs Phil Bird and family of Rowley, Mr and Mrs Ray Stanford and family of Independence, and Mrs Ed Arnett of Wisconsin in a community gathering.
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Mooney widow of Edward Mooney died at 517 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids at 7 p m Friday after a month long illness Born October 19 1850 in Hillside Westmoreland County Pennsylvania she lived in Cedar Rapids eighty one years Surviving are two daughters Mrs May Baylor and Mrs W J Brant six grandchildren four great grandchildren and two sisters Funeral arrangements will be announced later Friends may call at the Rohn chapel Saturday evening
C A Reeder of Chicago, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died in an automobile accident Thursday night in Chicago. He worked with the Western Union railroad in Cedar Rapids and later with Westinghouse. His widow Josephine Heil, formerly of Cedar Rapids, survives. Funeral services and burial will be in Chicago Monday.
Rufus Spangler died at his mother-in-law’s home in Vinton Friday at 6 am from a heart blood clot. Autopsy performed. born February 12, 1869 in Tama. He lived in Cedar Rapids 23 years. formerly a Cedar Rapids Gas Co. fireman. Survived by son Richard of Cedar Rapids, brother Frank in Wisconsin, sister Esther Whittier of Waterloo. Funeral arrangements pending.
Albert C Patterson 76 retired salesman died at 7 35 am Saturday in an Independence hospital after a long illness He was born July 10 1859 at Urbana and married Phoebe Adams January 12 1881 at Center Point They moved to Cedar Rapids His wife died June 24 1932 Surviving are daughter Bertha and son Walter D both of Cedar Rapids three grandchildren DeVere Nadine Patterson and Mabel Greaper 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 for Mrs Zelah F Ganson will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday conducted by W. N. Lundquist of Moline. The body will be taken to Centerville for burial Monday. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Barbara June Keyes, who died in a local hospital, will be held in the Beatty chapel Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Burial will follow in Shiloh cemetery. Visitation is Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Edward Beiler 53 president of the Dubuque Casket company and prominent Cedar Rapids figure died suddenly at his Dubuque home. Funeral services are set for Monday at 1 30 p.m. at his residence.
Born to Mr and Mrs John B Young of Waterloo a daughter Merilyn Ann at Presbyterian hospital June 26. Mrs Young formerly Marjorie Klersey, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles H Klersey 714 G avenue NW. Born at Mercy hospital June 27 a son James Ambrose to Mr and Mrs Alvin Kemper 1320 Hinkley avenue NW. Mrs Kemper was Miss Marguerite Ambrose. Born to Mr and Mrs Thomas W Mackey R F D No 1 Ely a son Richard Charles June 25.
Lightning hit Pope Pius XII's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo causing substantial fire damage of several hundred dollars. The Pope will travel from Vatican City to Castel Gandolfo next Tuesday for his vacation.
The Athenian club re elected officers at a Thomas park meeting after a picnic. President Fay Bailey vice president Isabelle Miller secretary L R Blinks treasurer Lester Boettcher. They plan an ice cream pie social and will lend Camp Fire manuals. The rose is the club flower and the motto Spectemur Agendo was adopted.
Mrs. A. E. Blinks was elected president of the Woman's Home Missionary Society. Other officers named include Mrs. William A. Fee as vice president and Mrs. Loren Craft as treasurer. Sixteen women attended the fair with four guests. The group planned a picnic at Thomas Park on Tuesday evening.
Joyce Marilyn Fosdick daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Fosdick is making satisfactory recovery after a tonsillectomy on Wednesday at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids.
G B Weaver of Mechanicsburg PA and William Strohem of Decatur IL visited the home of Mr and Mrs A E Blinks on Thursday and Friday. They stayed with cousins Ben Gill Mrs James Bowman W B Sebern and A E Blinks and left for Decatur Saturday morning. On Thursday Mrs J W Bowman and the visitors had dinner with W B Sebern near Marion. Friday the same group dined with Ben Gill. Mrs A E Blinks hosted a luncheon Friday.
The Colfax circle of Grove City Rebekah Lodge No. 35 held an all day quilting session at Mrs. Jack Ratliff’s home. Fifteen people enjoyed a picnic luncheon. Plans were made for a family picnic event.
Richard Lee Grafft arrived back in Anamosa following a weeklong stay at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Lee Voorhies.
Miss Mary Clements hosted the Cornerstones society of the Presbyterian church on Thursday for a picnic luncheon attended by twenty women.
Harrisburg residents were guests Thursday and Friday in the home of Mrs J W Bowman for a social visit.
Mrs Hattie Jones of Des Plaines Illinois and Mrs Merton Kepler of Mount Vernon Illinois returned to Mount Vernon after a brief visit with Mr and Mrs W W Yocom in Mount Vernon Illinois.
Miss Ruth Griffin has returned to Ann Arbor where she works as a nurse at the university hospital after visiting her mother Mrs. W. W. Yocom for a few days.
Pioneer Securities Co to Joseph M Kilberger and Anna Kilberger joint tenants. Geo B Shaler and Florence F Shaler to Thelma Langley Rick. Charles A Calder to Gilbert N Doubrasky. Bernard E Kragh to Fred Hartl and Laurerna Hartl joint tenants. Lillian Clifford to D W Bates. E N Taylor to A C Stewart. Dates 4-28-36 to 5-29-36. Various lots, blocks, and subdivisions with cash and mortgage details.
Vernon Bittner of Solon and Dorothy Weldon of Cedar Rapids appear on marriage license records. P W Lynch of Mechanicsville and Margaret Kane of Cedar Rapids listed for license in Cedar area.
Miss Caroline Kahler and Miss Irma Hindman coordinate a children's day program at Prairie Chapel church, scheduled for Sunday morning.
Miss Dorothy Smith returned from Anderson Indiana where she accompanied the Rev Mr and Mrs Mathis who conducted Pecante evangelistic meetings.
Mrs. Florence Scott visits daughter Mrs. Owen Storck in Darlington Wisconsin and travels with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gill and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scott on a Sunday trip to Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Merritt move from DeSmet South Dakota to reside with Mrs. A. B. Merritt. Mr. Merritt will manage his mother's farm.
J. B. Pierpont of Pomona California was an overnight guest Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Harris. Pierpont, brother of Mrs Harris, was en route to Ohio.
Miss Vivien Siemen and her cousin Bill Beernink from Sioux Center who have been guests of Miss Leone Neill for several days left Saturday for Waterloo where they will visit until Monday.
Meetings of the Baptist Young People's Union will be held for the rest of the summer at 7 p.m. instead of 6 30 p.m. The change affects all upcoming gatherings.
Seventeen Marion Golf Club players traveled to Iowa City for a tournament. Betty Marchant posted the lowest total score. Mrs. John Mulvaney won a prize for putts and Mrs. Ralph Fitzgerald took a prize for approaching and putting.
Mrs J W Grady of Van Horne formerly Miss Allegra Busch and a home economics teacher at Marion high school visited Friday. A picnic at Thomas park honored her with former students including Margaret Oldfather Bernice Reynolds Harriet Leasure Bensch Kathryn Heffron Ruth Rundquist Zollers Bernice Hillerege Leah Scott and Kathryn Kendall.
Area churches list morning worship times and programs. Baptist Rev Loren Inman preaches. Catholic Masses at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.. Christian Rev Irving Wade leads 10:45 service with Have Faith in God sermon. Union services Sunday night at the Presbyterian church.
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