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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1936
Page
9
Unofficial Monday livestock receipts in Chicago show hogs at steady to 15 cents lower in dull trade. Hogs top at 10.60 with weekly comparisons noting lighter runs year to year. Fat lambs and ewes gain 15 to 50 cents, old mutton ewes price 6.25 the highest since May 1930.
AP report from Chicago markets shows cattle receipts at 4000 with calves 100, steers and yearlings mostly lower though some higher grades up. Hogs at 6000 receipts and uneven demand with tops near 10.60 and lighter weights weaker or steady, sows steady, shifting regional supplies. Sheep receipts 1500 with fat lambs up to 10.35 and various changes across ewes and yearlings.
Omaha cattle receipts 100 with calves 25 for week shows fed steers and yearlings up 25c, cows mixed, vealers down 1.00 to 1.50. stockers and feeders mixed gains. Sheep receipts 500 with lambs up 25 to 35c, yearlings and ewes up 25 to 35c. hogs 800 receipts steady to 15c lower with lighter weights down, primes 9.90 to 10.10 for 180-270 lb, overall Friday price 9.87 average.
Minnesota state livestock report shows cattle receipts at 900 with varying price changes across classes. Hogs receipts 1,600 with steady to slightly lower prices on heavier weights. sheep receipts 700 with fat lambs up 25 cents and ewes up 50 cents from Friday. Top lambs around 10.10, feeder ranges wider with multiple price levels noted.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending Saturday across 20 yards and 9 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 24 500 up from 17 100 a week earlier and 10 300 a year ago. Prices varied by weight from light 140 160 pounds at 9.00 to 9.65 per hundredweight to heavy 350 425 pounds at 8 25 8 75, with market activity described as steady to lower and weekend loading likely.
The Associated Press report from Waterloo shows hog prices holding steady to lower across weight classes. Prices listed include 140-150 lb hogs at 8.80 to 9.00 per cwt and lighter hogs 100 lb class around 9.05 to 9.35, with 160-180 lb hogs near 9.00.
Austin Minn AP reports a steady hog market with good to choice 180-250 lb pigs at 9.75 to 10.05 dollars and 250-290 lb at 9.45 to 9.75. 290-350 lb hogs traded 9.15 to 9.45, packers 275-550 lb sows at 8.20 to 8.90.
Hog prices softened Saturday with a 5 cent drop in all grades. The top slipped to 10.10 dollars while other local markets held steady.
Market listings show grain and produce rates for Cedar Rapids including oats rye barley corn and soybeans with weights and prices. Hens ducks geese eggs and wholesale fruits vegetables are listed with multiple per unit prices and crate figures alongside cured hides and horses pricing.
Butter receipts 8 936 firm with several grade levels. eggs receipts 10 287 steady with local firsts 19c. live poultry receipts six trucks with varied weights and cuts. dressed turkeys steady. potatoes on track with U S and local stock notes. detailed price ranges for Idaho russets and other regional varieties included.
New York AP reports eggs with receipts of 35 625 steady and mixed colors unchanged. Live poultry prices steady by freight with all prices unchanged. Butter receipts 9 563 slightly firmer as creamery prices rise. extra 92 score 32 2 32 4 c and firsts 90 scores 32 32 4 c. Cheese receipts 79 125 firm with prices unchanged.
Chicago futures moved on butter and egg contracts with closing values listed for storage standards in March and November. Egg futures showed declines in refrigerator standards, with firsts prices noted for fresh and storage packed items across April and earlier dates.
New York bond market sees mixed gains with U S government issues higher and corporate loans up. rail bonds like Baltimore and Ohio 4 125 and New York Central 5s advance while federal farm mortgage 1949 leads governmentguaranteed gains. European issues soften slightly with French and German bonds little changed.
G W Hines attempted to save 50 cents by repairing a punctured inner tube. Fumes from the rubber cement ignited, setting fire to his Denver home and causing $75 in damage.
Trading on the Chicago Board of Trade faded as optimism over European politics pushed wheat futures lower. May wheat at 99 34 cents, corn down 4 to 3 4 cents, oats off 3 4 cents, May 273 4 cents. Volume light, selling muted by cash-demand strength and unsettled weather.
Chicago cash grain and livestock quotes list No 2 hard wheat at 1.1134 dollars per bushel No 2 mixed 1.0534 corn ranges 55 56 5 59 57c oats white 28 30c rye no sales soybeans 82c barley seed 30 44c timothy seed 3.00 per cwt clover seed 12.50 20.50 lard tierces 10.67 loose 10.22 bellies 14.77
Raw sugar prices hold steady in New York trading with futures flat and minor declines of up to two points. Refined sugar remains unchanged as market activity pauses amid cautious trading.
A New York AP brief listing nominal exchange rates in cents for many nations and cities including Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and New York Montreal cross rates with nominal values.
U S Department of Agriculture notes a small Boston week for finest territory wools with prices near recent levels. Ohio and similar fleeces steady but light trade, with strictly combing Ohio around 34 36c grease 64s and finer, 36 37c for 8s 60s 12 blood, and 41 43c for 56s 3s blood 48s 50s 14 blood. Demand for spot foreign wools softened.
Funeral services for Mrs Lena Wayman will be held in Beatty chapel Sunday at 4 p.m. conducted by Rev H A Crumb. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the Beatty chapel.
Funeral services for Robert C Wood will be held in the Beatty chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. with the Rev Paul Royer officiating. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Blakey Jones set for Monday at 2 30 p m in Christ Sanctified Holy church conducted by Rev H G Darden Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at Johnson funeral home
A. G. Buzz Bainbridge 50 former mayor of Minneapolis and longtime theatrical figure died Saturday at the United States Veterans Bureau hospital Ft Snelling.
Edwin L. Allen of Des Moines and Mary Boyce of Grinnell. Paul B. Green and Dorothy Packard, both of Cedar Rapids. Glenn B. Sweitzer and Leila M. Keefe, both of Waterloo.
Wall Street surged in early trading led by many previously weak issues as gains broadened. Stocks rose despite profit taking near the close with transfers around 1.5 million shares and leaders like U S Steel General Motors and International Harvester advancing on renewed peace expectations.
J R Willis, an $80 a month relief worker in Los Angeles, contemplates a $10 million inheritance from his late father T J Willis. The probate estate covers 3800 acres in Louisiana and east Texas rich in petroleum shale discovered by geologists. Willis, 45, married with one child, had been on relief for some time.
A Linn county delegation led by Joe Mekota backs a Roosevelt era program and praises the national and state administrations. The convention names and lists Linn county delegates and alternates to the state convention, with chairmen and officers announced as the party supports the New Deal.
Evanston Illinois earned the grand prize in the National Safety Council traffic safety contest. Competing in group four for 50 000 to 100 000 population, Evanston stood out among 801 entrants from 33 states. Iowa cities did not place in any bracket. Dubuque won last year in its class. Milwaukee led for over 500 000 population. New York and Chicago followed, with San Francisco and Detroit receiving honorable mention.
The stork visited the Hotel Roosevelt on Saturday morning as Mrs C M Wylie and her husband welcomed a daughter weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces at 9 a.m. The child was born to a Radio Corporation of America representative and plans included Cedar Rapids and a trip to Vinton. The maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs C L Smith of Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Whitlock of Fort Dodge welcomed a daughter born March 14 in Fort Dodge. Grace DeVault of Cedar Rapids, daughter of Mr and Mrs O J DeVault of 1834 Bever Avenue SE, is the mother. Elmer Rachlitz of 627 Sixth Avenue SE welcomed a son born March 14 at Mercy Hospital.
An official decree requires installation of gymnasiums playgrounds and swimming pools in all new factories clubs and apartment houses across Russia. The rule aims to provide public recreation facilities and improve worker and resident welfare nationwide.
City council in special meeting moved polling from Adams school to Harper and McIntire company offices at 411 Sixth Avenue SE for the municipal primary Tuesday and the general election March 30 due to the school building being unsuitable for occupancy.
Oelwein high school captured two firsts and a second in Friday's preliminary declamatory contest. Firsts earned by Ruth Gerstenberger and Violet Richards of Oelwein and Earl Parke of Maynard advance to the sub district. Second places went to Ralph Fratzke of Maynard Bernita Kiefer of Stanley and Verla Mooney of Oelwein with judges from Independence.
The Van Buren P T A will hold a protest meeting at the school Monday at 7 30 p m against the proposed rerouting of highway 30 that would pass in front of the school. Dr Fred W Bailey departs Sunday evening for Chicago to attend a meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society and returns early Tuesday morning.
Betty Jean Neff eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Neff of Atkins is in Mercy hospital Saturday with a fractured hip from a fall at the Neff home late Thursday.
Four families must leave a property at 366 Seventh Avenue SW after the health department found building and sanitary code violations. The Gazette previously reported the address as SE. Local officials say the site is in violation of applicable building and sanitary laws.
H A Zuber reports a motorist sideswiped his car while driving north on First Street SW below Third Avenue. He could not provide a license plate number or a description of the vehicle.
Newsboys under Alex Fidler enjoyed a vaudeville and moving picture program at the State theater on Friday night. Manager John Krier hosted the event featuring Mardi Gras Nights with seven acts and a live band, followed by the film Man Hunt starring Chic Sale, Margaret Churchill, and Ricardo Cortez.
Harry Swalley 43 of 419 Ninth avenue SW received an indeterminate one year sentence for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. suspended on good behavior after pleadings by state and witness. Bruce Jobe, 17, was the alleged victim. Floyd McSwain 21 charged with larceny received indeterminate five year sentence to Rockwell City state reformatory. Kotaska 46 faced statutory offense, bond posted. Leo Kenney 35 pleaded guilty to illegal possession of alcohol and received 90 days in county jail with release after 30 days for good behavior.
Judge A B Clark in district court Saturday authorized D W Bates state banking superintendent as receiver of the Wapsie Valley State Bank of Central City to pay a ten percent dividend on depositors' claims in the Central City bank receivership. Previous dividends have aggregated forty percent.
A chimney defect caused a fire at the F. W. Clark residence in Independence on Friday, causing about $1,000 in damage split between the structure and contents. Insurance covers the loss. The city fire department prevented total destruction with rapid intervention.
The Rev. Frank Ward spoke at a Cedar Rapids family night service in Marion Baptist Church after a picnic honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pencil of Waterloo. Mrs Pencil is Kathryn Berryhill, formerly of Marion. A blue and white decorations and a bride’s cake marked the event.
Miss Amelia Petrusch has been chosen to teach commercial subjects at Marion High School, filling the vacancy from Miss Helen Barber. A local girl, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Petrusch, a Marion High School and Drake University graduate. She previously taught commercial subjects at Keota for five years and last year in Prairie City, resigning to accept the Marion position.
Sheriff James H. Smith's office says $55 in currency vanished during a March 11 break in at the Service garage in Marion. Entry appears to have been forced via a rear window. the money was kept in a cigar box. Deputy Larry Condon leads the investigation.
The Friendly Guild of the Methodist Church hosted a picnic supper Friday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Hall Collis. Thirty five people attended with entertainment led by Mrs. Kenneth Murdoch. Lynn Miller sang tenor solos with Mrs. Marvin Edison on piano and games followed.
The Marion High School instrumental music department held Friday evening eliminations for the clarinet section with contestants Mary Ellen Ford Jean Lehdigh Harry Dunlap Lillian Ann Harding and Pauline Taylor. Harry Dunlap was declared the winner.
Beverly Smith infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Smith is seriously ill with pneumonia and related complications.
Mrs. J L Stewart of Maquoketa visits sister Mrs E R Mitchell. The W S A club met Friday at 420 West Eighth Avenue hosted by Mrs Minnie Schenken. Mrs Harley Silker led the program and refreshments were provided for seventeen members and one guest, Mrs J L Stewart.
Mrs. Irvin Ford hosted the Second and Third divisions of the Presbyterian church Ladies Aid at Kensington. Seventeen members enjoyed refreshments prepared by Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Alfred Johnson, and Mrs. C. E. Blinks.
Mr and Mrs W J Gordon returned to their Washington Kansas home after visiting Mr and Mrs C B Vernon in Marion Mrs Hattie Dix and her sons of La Junta Colorado visited the L A Dunn home east of Marion on Monday
A. J. Taube reports his mother Mrs. Rose Taube, age 99, is improved after a serious pneumonia illness in Pasadena.
Mrs. Carl E. Krog and her infant son have been brought home from St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Laura Smith will discuss what science has done to our ideas about God at a Pilgrim Highroaders meeting of the Congregational church. The session Sunday at 6 30 p m will be held at the parsonage.
Billy Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Fisher five miles east of Marion has recovered enough to be up and about the house after scarlet fever illness. No other family member contracted the disease.
Monona residents will affirm faith this Sunday as St Pauls American Lutheran Church confers confirmation on forty four adults. Five class members will be baptized and Holy Communion will be given to the class and their close families Wednesday during the fourth Lenten service led by Rev. H W Siefkes.
Colonel Henry Breckinridge of New York filed petitions on Friday to enter the Ohio Democratic presidential preference primary set for May 12. He seeks formal entry into the contest, as reported from Columbus Ohio by AP.
Lieut and Mrs Herbert C Gee have returned after a wedding trip to Chicago and are spending a few days in the home of Dr and Mrs A E Crew
Mrs. Robert Oxley hosted the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Mrs. J. E. Homans led the devotional period and Mrs. A. E. Blinks conducted the lesson.
Mrs Josephine Whitacre and Mrs J T Christie spent Friday visiting in the home of Mrs Paul Sigmund in Central City.
Mrs. Josephine Whitacre of 861 Central Avenue hosted the Shakespeare club’s gathering Thursday evening. Mrs. C. B. Vernon reviewed act four of Anthony and Cleopatra. Refreshments reflecting St Patrick’s Day were served to ten members.
The Ladies Union of the Christian church held a Thursday picnic luncheon at Mrs. Guy Berlin’s home. Twenty two members and a guest attended. The afternoon featured sewing quilt blocks and making scrap books.
Mrs. Ruby Hanscom of 1096 Eleventh street was hostess Tuesday evening to the K. B. B. class of the Methodist Sunday school at a picnic supper. Miss Ruth Maier assisted as hostess.
Mrs. Richard Sears was elected president of the First division of the Ladies Aid society. Mrs. Gene Wilbur was named vice president, Mrs. Frank Flack treasurer, and Miss Helen Wescott secretary. A church supper was planned for Thursday in the dining room. Mrs. Gallivan served refreshments to 20 members.
The Marion church list covers Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Pilgrim, Free Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, Oxford club, Presbyterian, St Paul’s Lutheran, and Neighborhood Chapel. It outlines Sunday school times, morning worship, sermon topics, union services, midweek events, and leaders for each congregation. Subject topics include The Age of Vanity and What Has the Age of Science Done to Our Ideas of God.
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