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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1936
Page
10
AP reports mixed hog and cattle declines for the week with the best year‑to‑date receipts. Lambs gain early then ease as wool demand falters. steer values slump to 1934 lows while hogs stay near month‑low levels. Regional Iowa prices show further regional shifts with varying weights.
Chicago livestock receipts show cattle calves and feeders down with mixed gains in vealers and hogs. Cattle light weights steady to higher on some classes, fat cattle weaker. hogs generally firmer though late week pullback noted. Sheep and lambs up sharply midweek then easing with top clippers near $12.85 and yearlings around $11.00. Vealers steady to higher with top around $9.50.
CATTLE Receipts 200 calves 25 weak to 25c lower heifers steady to 25c higher. steers 7.25-9.35, cows 5.09-7.25, bulls 5.50-15.85, cutters 4.00-5.00. SHEEP Receipts 1,200 lambs 10.50-11.50 top 11.50, sheep 25-50c higher. HOGS Receipts 700 steady with top 10.00. weights 250-300 lb 9.25-9.90, 190-250 lb 9.25-9.75, sows 8.80-8.90.
US Department of Agriculture cattle receipts show weekly market movement with beef steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents lower, fat stock steady to 25 cents higher, stockers and feeders strong. hog receipts steady with top at 10.10. sheep and lambs steady with woolled lambs to 12.25 and bulk wooled ewes 5.00 to 6.25, late sales 9.50 to 9.60.
U S Department of Agriculture surveyed hog receipts across 20 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending Saturday 8 am. Receipts 14 300 vs 19 500 last week and 15 900 year ago. Prices vary by weight, with light to heavy weights quoted from 8 40 to 10 25 dollars per cwt and sows listed at 8 15 to 8 90.
Receipts at the St Paul livestock market reach 500 cattle with mixed changes from Friday. Heavier and lighter steers show varied movements while cows and feeders hold or soften slightly. bulk steer and yearling prices range from about 6.50 to 8.75, with several grades at 7.75 to 8.25 for good to high quality. Dealers report steady to weak tone across calf and feeder categories amid fluctuating market demand.
Market steady with hogs priced by weight. Good to choice 180-220 lbs fetch 9.65 to 9.95 dollars, 220-250 lbs 9.60 to 9.90, 250-290 lbs 9.35 to 9.65, 290-350 lbs 9.05 to 9.35. Packing sows 275-550 lbs range 8.20 to 8.85 dollars.
Hog prices remain steady on the local market with no change Saturday. The top price stays at 9.95 while other local markets also report steady levels.
A dense listing from Cedar Rapids shows commodity prices for grains like wheat oats rye and corn with various grades and weights. Produce includes heavy and small hens eggs oranges grapefruit and other fruits with crate and box pricing. Hides and livestock by No 1 No 2 calf horse and pony categories are also listed with price ranges.
Market receipts show butter unsettled at 11 054 tabs and eggs steady at 35 477 cases. Live poultry movement limited with several truck arrivals. various fowl and turkey prices listed by weight and breed. Potatoes and related stocks display light demand and mixed regional prices across multiple varieties and sack weights.
New York reports mixed egg receipts totaling 29 689 with varied color and pack types. Butter receipts reach 17 676 with steady prices for creamery firsts and centralized grades, while cheese receipts hit 99 777 with overall quiet pricing. Live poultry prices unquoted. dressed poultry steady with no changes.
Chicago markets closed for several futures in vegetables and eggs. B R futures show storage standards for November 27 with a 27 cent figure. Egg futures reference storage packed firsts at May 21 and refrigerator standards at October 23 cents.
U S government bonds largely drifted lower while other issues moved in a mixed pattern on Saturday. Treasury loans fell further from 2 32 to 7 32 point. 3s of 1951 rose slightly, 3-1/2s of 1943 fell. guaranteed obligations slid 1 32 to 5 32. Corporate issues inched up with Postal Telegraph 5s and others. Foreign bonds fluctuated with Polish gains and German declines.
AP reports U S government bonds closed with Treasuries in various issues. 4s 47-52 at 117.24, 4s 44-54 at 112.22, 342s 40-43 June at 108.19, 338s 43-47 at 108.30, 314 46-49 at 105.20, 35 51-55 at 104.13.
Chicago traders saw wheat prices ease after favorable rains hit the southwest winter wheat belt and a decline in Liverpool trade. May wheat slipped to 97 1/2 cents, with July and September softer as selling pressure pressed futures while corn and oats also declined in a subdued session.
Chicago AP reports mixed grain and feed prices with corn soybeans and oats showing varied values. Wheat and barley futures listed alongside timothy and clover seeds and pork products lard and bellies priced for cash markets.
AP reports flour prices drop ten cents per barrel in Minneapolis. Carload family patent flour tops at 6.50 to 6.70, shipments total 28 840 sacks. Pure bran ranges 16.00 to 16.50 and standard middlings 17.00 to 17.50.
US Department of Agriculture reports Boston domestic wools last week mostly steady or slightly lower than prior week. Trading volume weak, market not fully established, with mixed outlook. Ohio combing fleeces quoted 32 35c greasy for fine, 34 35c for 22 blood, 35 37c for 3 and 3.5 blood grades. some business at lower end of range.
AP reports steady demand across currencies with quotes for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Hungary Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City and cross rates between Montreal and New York with nominal adjustments.
In Cedar Rapids district court Judge A B Clark ordered a $76655 25 foreclosure decree against the Cedar Rapids Amusement Association for Harry H Strother trustee under a 1926 indenture The court provided for execution sale and named Strother as receiver The action rests on 48300 in bonds alleged outstanding and a default in interest payments.
Leland Rouse of 1016 Eleventh Street NE pled not guilty in district court before Judge A B Clark. Bond set at 1000 dollars after police tied 600 pounds of coal found at his home to a Merveaux Coal Company yard theft from Thursday night.
Mural designs by Miss Nancy Finnigan of Cedar Rapids will be shown at the public library art gallery for the last time this afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon a one man show of paintings and prints by F Robert White will open there.
The market opened weak with losses around 1 to 3 points led by American Telephone. In the last half hour prices steadied and closed only modestly lower as dull trading and a 400000 share session characterized the day.
The post office department certifies the eligible list for Iowa City postmaster. Candidates are Walter J. Barrow with military preference Fred J. Seemann and John D. Van Horn. Representative Eicher will recommend one candidate.
Paul W. Williams of Humboldt with Irene Warner McBain of Fort Dodge. Bill DePriest and Dorothy Wil helmina Baker of Cedar Rapids. E. E. Pillard and Violet Snyder of Cedar Rapids. E. Naville Manwiller and E. Mae Taylor of Cedar Rapids. Edwin L. Holets and Irene K. Benesh of Cedar Rapids.
Springville Lost Nation Wellman and Sheffield shared top honors at the state music festival in the Class C concert band division with an excellent rating. The event featured numerous ensembles including girls and mixed choirs, piano and instrument soloists, and bands from multiple Iowa towns, with citations for superior ratings across categories.
Word has come of the death of C. M. Aldrich at his Nebraska City home on April 13 from a heart attack. He was 75 and had a 60 year career in the packing industry. Born in Otoe county Nebraska he moved to Cedar Rapids at age 6 and joined T. M. Sinclair at 16. He later managed a packing plant in Nebraska City for 30 years after working in several midwestern cities.
Funeral services for Mrs Harold L Spaight are planned for Monday at 9 a.m. at St Patrick s church with Solemn Requiem High Mass. Rev Father Peters will officiate and burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. The Daughters of Isabella will recite the Rosary at the home 1327 Third Avenue SW Saturday at 8 p.m. and the Rev Father Peters at 7 45 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services for Alfred A Johnson, who died in Tucson a week ago last Thursday, will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Sunday, Rev. Blaine R Hyten officiating. Burial follows in Oak Hill Cemetery with Veterans of Foreign Wars conducting at the grave. friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Fiala will be held at St. Patrick's Church Tama at 10 a.m. Monday conducted by Rev Father Meyer. Burial will be in the dining cemetery. Friends may call at the Barta chapel Saturday evening. The body will be taken Sunday to the home of her son Laurence Fiala in Tama where friends may call.
Funeral services for Frank Konigsmark sr will be held in the Barta chapel Sunday at 3 p.m. conducted by Theodore B Hluba cek. Burial will be in the Bo hemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday evening.
Born to Mr and Mrs Godfrey Stejskal at Mercy hospital on May 2 a son named David Lee. A later birth to Mr and Mrs Joseph Cosgrove at Mercy hospital on May 2 produced a son named Robert Eugene.
The Manchester county courthouse tower clock was inactive for the first time in forty years on Friday when a wooden plug connecting a rod to the clock hands was blown to fragments. Local jeweler Jay W. Lewis, who preserved the clock since his father’s death, repaired and had the clock running again by Friday afternoon.
A Friday event at the Marion high school gym featured grade school choir performances led by Dorothy Hutton Hazel Hutton and Dorothy Dumbalton with a piano trio Bonnie Carey June Dewees and others. The program closed with a Maypole dance led by accompanist Gwendolyn Newlin.
Charles Rion 61 died at his home Saturday at 5 15 a m He was born in Missouri April 15 1875 He is survived by his wife two sons Paul and Howard of Marion four daughters Mrs Elgy Hollingsworth Springville Mrs Clarence McGowan Marion and Ethel Helen at home his mother Mrs Mary Rion Sioux City two sisters Mrs George Newman Sioux City and Mrs Lillie Troy Hutchinson Kan He was preceded in death by his first wife Jennie four sons two daughters three brothers and one sister Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p m at the Yo com chapel Rev William Bridwell Baptist pastor will officiate Burial at Rowley
The Reading Circle met at Mrs. L A Levasseur home for a May breakfast with nineteen members and two guests. Officers elected: President Addie Shumack, Vice President C C Carpenter, Secretary Ora Crowner, Treasurer Robert Cessford.
Sam Jackson will lead a discussion titled Making a Living at the Christian Endeavor gathering of the Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 6 30 p m.
Mrs. LeRoy Weeber of Albia is spending the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blinks in town, continuing a family visit.
Alvin Karpis was known by many names to friends. The article lists variants of his name from Raymond Kar pavicz to Albin Karpis and Alvin and explains nicknames such as Slim for his build Old Creepy for unnerving his men and Chi for his talk of Chicago.
F. J. Showalter of Marion was fined 10 dollars and costs in police court for speeding. G. W. McKee of 202 Twenty-eighth street drive SE was fined 1 dollar and costs for overtime parking. The board of adjustment granted W. B. Ives permission to build a dwelling on Crescent street SE at Blake boulevard with a 38 foot setback. Fred Pfeifer was fined 10 dollars and costs for violating state law on open containers. arrest by Milton Hand, state inspector.
Paul Turner, 18, labeled Negro, paid a $10 fine plus costs in police court Saturday for intoxication. Harry C. Odell, 51, had a suspended 30 day sentence for intoxication and was ordered to leave the city.
Firemen rushed to Handler Motor Company at 712 Second Avenue SE after a welding torch ignited a pan of gasoline in the paint shop at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The blaze was extinguished before arrival.
For sale gladiola bulbs. Phone 309. Thursday night returned to Perry after visiting relatives at Anamosa and Marion. Various club meetings and visits noted including Fi delis Circle and Rebekah lodge events. plans made for May breakfast, library improvements, and hospital dress donations.
A roundup of services from Marion churches includes Union services at the Methodist church at 7:30 p.m. and morning worship times ranging from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Notable sermons include Perfect Confidence and The Sower.
A compilation of small listings including van service, machine quilting and sewing, fabric and knit goods, rug cleaning, pen repair, jewelry, mattresses, driving offers to California and Chicago, and made to measure suits from Glasgow Tailors. Multiple individuals and businesses are named with contact numbers and locations across 3rd Ave SE and nearby streets.
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