Livestock Prices Edge Up Amid Mixed Week Across Markets
Chicago barometer shows gains for cattle hogs and lambs in a sluggish week as meat trade tightens. Hog prices averaged about $8.88 with modest weekly lifts, while fat lambs slipped and sheep held firm. Receipts totaled around 19 000 hogs and 15 000 cattle for the period with mixed performance across weight classes and pressures from smaller spring slaughter. Northern markets noted steady to higher trends with regional variations and a broad emphasis on specialty cuts for higher-end buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nat C. Murray
Clement Curtis and Company Authority
Corn Belt
Chicago Livestock
Dept. Agriculture
California
Livestock Hog Prices Steady Across Iowa Markets
Hog prices across Iowa markets rise and fall by weight class with steady to strong values. Waterloo and Mason City report steady to good ranges for 140 to 350 pound hogs, while Des Moines and Austin show unchained and varying levels for packing sows and heavier weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Associated Press
Waterloo
Mason City
Des Moines
Austin
Local hog prices climb with all grades up five cents
Local hog prices continue to rise with all grades advancing five cents on Saturday. The top price reached $8.80 per hundredweight, reflecting a broader market uptick in wholesale pork.
Lack of Aggressive Buying Drops Grains Prices on Chicago Board
Prices for wheat, corn, and oats declined on the Chicago board of trade as speculative interest waned. Wheat fell about a cent, May at 96 cents. corn eased with May delivery around 88.5 cents, oats down about 5 to 7.5 cents. Market notes show light trade, limited shipping demand, and routine news contributing to the softer tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Hog Market
Sinclair's
Chicago
Lamson Brothers & Coommon
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Ing
Ebha
Winnipeg
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Liverpool
Winnnipeg
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices Readout
A scanned Cedar Rapids listing details wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and meats. Items include oranges navels 3 to 4 dollars per box, Texas grapefruit seedless 3 dollars, lemons 0.50 to 0.75 dollar, potatoes 1 dollar, strawberries 2.75 per crate, head lettuce 4.25, celery 3.75, cabbage 4.25, onions 2.45 per bag, oysters 1.50 per gallon, cured beef hides prices 24 to 26 cents, calves 6 to 4 dollars, kip and horse prices with horses listed at 25 and 2 dollars respectively.
Markets Update From Chicago Creamery and Produce Prices
Chicago market notes show unsettled butter creamery receipts around 10 442 00 with extras and firsts quoted at varied cents. Eggs potatoes and poultry reflect on track shipments and steady to firm prices with occasional declines. New York butter and cheese futures listed and Chicago produce prices mixed amid trader activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stork
Idaho
Beret
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Alabama
Toms Lée
New York
Bond Markets IT and New York Treasury Activity
Bond market notes show varied trading with U S government issues like Treasury bonds and coupons cited alongside corporate listings. The report highlights mixed demand, modest gains and losses, and ongoing activity in industrials including copper and nickel, with several issuers such as Pennsylvania and Southern Railway referenced amid a broad market scan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anetie
Foret
Wey
Los New York
North American Co
Thour Market Update in Minneapolis Grain and Goods
Market notes from Minneapolis show AP flour down 10 cents amid focus on patents and jet prices. Cotton sacks, ship materials, and standard goods trade vary with notes on prices like $28 and $20 in recent quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Grain Movement Reports From Chicago and Minneapolis Markets
Grain desks in Chicago and Minneapolis report no sales for wheat and mixed yellow and white corn and oats. Prices listed include No 2 yellow 90 to 92 cents, No 3 yellow around 85 to 86 cents, No 4 yellow about 83 to 84 cents, and No 1 white oats near 49 to 50 cents. rye and barley show nominal activity. Minneapolis receipts show varying cash bids for wheat including No 1 northern 12.15 to 12.67 per bushel and several protein grades, with corn and oats quoted similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minneapolis
CASIT
Montana
Dee
Northwest
Duluth
ST Louis
Kansas
Wool Market Boston Trade Quiet and Mixed in Week's Report
In Boston the Wool Market showed a quiet yet active week with large houses reporting. Principal Ohio fleece grades were quoted grease at 25 to 26 percent for 64s and finer at 27 to 28 percent for 58s. Blood grades ranged from 16 1/2 to 23 3/4 cents for 56s and 48 50s, with undyed lines of fine and territory wools bringing 55 to 56 1/2 cents scoured. Short French combing averaged 7 to 9 cents, bulk to French combing, with Stame lines at 62 to 63 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dept
Foreign exchange rates steady in New York IAP
The New York IAP reports steady demand across continents with quoted currencies including Britain 484 France 659 Italy 624 and large figures for Germany 4028 Netherlands 6758 Sweden 2495 Denmark 2162 Finland 215 Switzerland 3236 Spain 1367 Portugal 40 Greece 93 Poland 1890 Czechoslovakia 418 Yugoslavia 229 Austria 185 Hungary 2985 Roumania 302 Argentine 3226 Brazil 858 Tokio 2857 Shanghai 4129 Hong Kong 8920 Mexico City peso 27090 Montreal 8055 New York Montreal 10025 nominal rates noted.
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New York
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Argentine
Shanghai
Mexico City
Montreat
Montreal
Sugar market steady with modest gains on NY futures
Sugar held near unchanged levels on New York trading Saturday with No 3 futures advancing to 242 and December to 248 while spot prices stood at 325. Trading activity totaled 10 250 tons in No 3 and 1 600 in another contract as withdrawals were reported and refined prices remained flat at 525.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Births in Mercy and St Luke's Hospitals
A daughter Susan Elizabeth was born May 2 to Mr and Mrs Clarence Wheelan of 1419 Sixth Avenue SE at Mercy hospital. A son was born May 3 to Mr and Mrs M J Frankel of 2100 Grande Avenue SE at St Luke's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wheelan
Sixth Avenue SE
Susan Elizabeth
Mercy Hospital
M. J. Frankel
Grande Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
H. A. Culbert
Eleventh Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Truck Runs Wild Crashes Into Tree After Driverless Run
Don Peyton of Waterloo parked a large trailer truck on First Avenue. The truck rolled away without lights or a driver at about 10 45 p.m Friday, ran a block, and crashed into a tree near Fifth Street. Peyton returned to find the vehicle missing and no other cars hit. The front end was smashed. photo credits Tru-Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue E
Fifth Street
Don Peyton
Waterloo
Gazette
Peyton
Sugar shares lead gains in brisk Wall Street session
Wall Street closes with broad gains as sugar stocks surge early and help lift leaders across sectors. Cuban American sugar preferred climbs while American sugar preferred and Great Western advanced. other notable risers include Inland Steel, US Steel, duPont, Chrysler, General Motors, and American Telephone. Trading volume about 530000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
U. S
Lst
American Sugar
Great Western Preferred
Porto Rico
Inland Steel
Republic Steel
US. Steel
duPont
Chrysler
General Motors, Jr. Case
Sears-Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Westinghouse
Standard Oil of New Jersey
American Telephone
Consolidated Gas
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Howe Sound
American Smelting
Cerro de Pasco
U S. Smelting
Head of Oregon U Defends Compulsory Military Training
Dr. C V Boyer president of the University of Oregon defends the reserve officers training corps and his vote against optional training. He says the R O T C aims to prevent youths from becoming cannon fodder by keeping them prepared and disciplined. He notes student opposition stems from drill being burdensome and from aversion to physical or mental exertion.
Civil action filings push to May term deadline
Court records show civil case filings near the 5 p.m. May term deadline with actions including Challis versus Forney for 600 dollars after a March 27 crash on Marion boulevard injuring a Challis passenger, and Conrad versus Hewitt for 277 dollars over a Highway 161 collision. Other suits include Challis versus Hradecky over a spruce tree project and multiple divorce and account suits with varied sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin W. Lundquist
F J Conrad
H. G. Hewitt
Robert Hewitt
Conrad
H G Hewitt
Ainsworth
Hewitt
F C Challis
Frank Hradecky
Challis
Hradecky
Verna A. Bill
Fred W. Hill
William Romesburg
Anna Romesburg
Ruby Amos
Carl Amos
Mayme Colby
Earl F. Colby
F. A. Heald
E. J. Mentzer
Gretchen J Mentzer
E. J. Rede
Abe Pilicer
American Yeast and Extract Company
Carl F. Becker
Harry Stinger
Armstrong Clothing Company
John L. Woerderhoff
Sam Sheronick
Aleck Sheronick
Joan
Ora R. Carbaugh
D. L. Carbaugh
C L. Eller
Cora Eller
J. K. Finch
Herbert R. Shafer
Laura A. Shafer
Mrs Charles Fleming Dies After Ill Health in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Charles A. Fleming 619 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 3 30 am Saturday after a period of ill health. Born March 6 1866 in Atlanta Massachusetts she had lived in Cedar Rapids six months after moving from Waterloo. Her husband and two children Zelma E and Fred F preceded her in death. Surviving children include Everett Cedar Falls Son of Jacksonville Fla Mrs S Winthrop Milwaukee and Mrs E E Bunce Cedar Rapids with others listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fleming
Charles A. Fleming
Fifth Avenue SE
Fleming
Atlanta
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Zelma E
Fred F
Everett
Cedar Falls
Jacksonville
Fla
S. Winthrop
Waterloo woman to be laid to rest in hometown services
Waterlo o resident Paul V. Waterloo Milwaukee and sister Mrs. T Barron of Atlanta MO mourn the death of a local woman. She attended the St Paul Methodist church in Waterloo and her body will be moved to Waterloo for services and burial. Friends may call at Brady mortuary Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Paul V
Milwaukee
T. Barron
Atlanta
St. Paul Methodist Church
Brady Mortuary
Mrs Schaefer obituary notes long life and church services
Mrs John G Schaefer 88 widow died at her home 1252 Twentieth Avenue SW at 3 30 am Saturday after a long illness. Born August 23 1846 in Saxony Germany she married there then moved to Amana colonies Cedar Rapids. Survived by six children eighteen grandchildren eight great grandchildren two great great grandchildren. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church at 2 pm Monday Rev P L Bornhoeft officiating. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Schaefer
Christiana F. Schaefer
Twentieth Avenue
Saxon
Germany
Amana
Cedar Rapids
Curt C
Hugo K. Schaefer
Fred Heckel
Charles Wesner
James W. Nye
Trinity Lutheran Church
P. L. Bornhoeft
Linwood Cemetery
Beatty Chapel
Mrs Amelia Brayton Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Amelia Brayton widow of Edward Brayton died at her son Robert W s home 1407 N street SW at 6 30 p m Friday after a long illness Born May 27 1852 in Cedar Rapids she lived in the area all her life Her husband died in 1899 Surviving are two sons Robert W and Charles H both of Cedar Rapids and three grandchildren Funeral notices to be announced Friends may call at the Rohn chapel Saturday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Brayton
Edward Brayton
Robert W
N Street
Cedar Rapids
Charles H
Rohn
Mrs. G. Gradert Dies in Clinton After Stroke
Mrs. G. Gradert age unknown, mother of Mrs. Helen J. Shive of 2316 B avenue NE, died at 6 a.m. Saturday in Clinton after a stroke. She had long resided there and visited Cedar Rapids often. Her husband is president of the Iowa State Savings Bank in Clinton. She leaves a daughter in Spirit Lake and a son and a daughter in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Gradert
Helen J. Shive
B Avenue NE
Clinton
Gradert
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Savings Bank
Shive
Spirit Lake
Townsend Club Meeting Postponed to May 13
The Townsend club meeting planned for May 6 has been postponed until May 13. Perley's Food Shop remains open every evening until 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club
Perley’s
Woodmen To Meet For Regular Linden Camp Session
Linden camp No. 145 Modern Woodmen of America will hold its regular meeting next Tuesday in the Odd Fellows hall at 109 Second avenue SE. The gathering will begin at 8 p.m. with initiation of candidates and other important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen
Linden Camp No
Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Larceny Fined for Ortiz and Bicycle Collision Injures Cyclist
Zenardo Ortiz, 46, of 629 C avenue NE, fined 50 dollars and costs for larceny of coal from the Milwaukee railroad. Special Agent Jim Tolson made the arrest. Ortiz to serve eight days in county jail with the remaining fine suspended. William Stewart, 50, of 411 Eighth Avenue SW, bruised after his bicycle collided with a car driven by Miss Orma McKee at E Avenue and Fifth Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenardo Ortiz
C Avenue NE
Justice A. S. Reed
Milwaukee Railroad
Jim Tolson
Ortiz
William Stewart
Eighth Avenue SW
E Avenue
Fifth Street NW
Orma McKee
H Avenue NW
Court fines in intoxication case for three men
Leo Quirk 34 of Oxford Junction Michael McKern 60 and John Pollet 46 of Marion were fined 10 and costs each in police court Saturday for intoxication. Pollet had pled not guilty earlier and was found guilty after a trial Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Quirk
Oxford Junction
Michael McKern
John Pollet
Marion
Pollet
Motorists Fined in Police Court
George Taylor of 1402 Sixth Street SW was fined $2 and costs for parking too near a fire hydrant. H G Hewitt of 3316 Oakland Avenue NE and Robert McIntyre of 1269 Fourth Avenue SE were each fined $1 and costs for improper parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Taylor
Sixth Street
H. G. Hewitt
Oakland Avenue
Robert McIntyre
Fourth Avenue
Insurance agent receives gold sign for 25 years with company
I D Burkhalter, local insurance agent, was presented a gold sign by the American Insurance Company of Newark N J Friday in recognition of representing that company for over a quarter of a century The Western department representative spoke highly of Burkhalter's ability and he received a congratulatory letter from Paul B Sommers president of the company Burkhalter has represented the company since 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. D. Burkhalter
American Insurance Company of
Newark
N. J
Western Department
Burkhalter
Paul B. Sommers
American Insurance Company
Illinois Power Strikes Breakers Lead by State Panel
Illinois Power and Light ordered striking southern Illinois workers to return to their jobs or be replaced. Company reps delivered the ultimatum after a state commerce commission order. Vandalism followed, with tampering of a power line and destruction of two high tension towers near Danville and Springfield, disrupting service to Granite City Venice and Madison for about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis, Ill
Ininois Power and Light Company
State Commerce Commission
Southern Illinois
John H. Mitchell
Power Company
Granite City
Venice
Madison
Danville
Springfield
Marion High Saxophone Soloist Place At State Contest
Robert Kennedy a Marion high school sophomore ranked superior in the saxophone solo division at the state high school music contest in Town City and will compete in the national contest in Madison Wisconsin in two weeks. The girls sextet also placed excellent with twenty two other sextets in the competition. The Past Noble Grand's association of the Rebekah lodge held a Mother and Daughter day at Mrs. John Clay's home with eighteen members and guests attending and plans for a May 28 breakfast. Dr John N Loes veterinarian funeral held at the Christian church in Alburnett with Marion Post American Legion assisting. pallbearers listed and burial at Jordan's Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kennedy
Marion High School
Town City
Madison
Wis
Noble Grand's Association
Rebekah Lodge
John Clay
Clyde Derflinger
Philip Bunting
F. C. H. Schminke
Jacqueline Clay
Barbara Jane Clay
Janet Derflinger
Florence Jane Lewis
Loes
John N. Loes
Christian Church
Alburnett
Frank B. Andrews
Vinton
Marion Post
American Legion
Central City
H. N. Strader
V. G. Bromwell
al Schueler
Merle Strait
Charles Karch
Myrell Jones
Jordan's Grove
Local Social Notes Highlight Meetings and Visits
Ralph Reynolds spends weekend with Marion relatives while Cornell student Donna Col train attends. Free Methodist church in Cedar Rapids hosts Rev G W Bugg. women’s missionary groups discuss Japan and living pictures. Social events include Shrine family party and Colfax Grove City Rebekah quilting circle. Families and visitors from Des Moines to Los Angeles gather for luncheons and weekend visits.
Austria Uses Patriotic Cigarettes For Anti Nazi Campaign
Vienna plans a patriotic cigarette drive with two brands Heimat and Front as part of a government backed effort against nazis, communists and socialists. Tobacco remains a government monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Iowa Couples
William S. Helany of Omaha and Tillie Michael of Cedar Rapids appear on the marriage license list along with Harry Elias of East Moline II and Frances C. Capek of Cedar. Norman R. Hickey and Gwen dlyn Keith of Cedar Rapids. Harley C. Kempter and Lou M. Smith of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Helany
Omaha
Tillie Michael
Cedar Rapids
Harry Elias
East Moline
Frances C. Capek
Norman R. Hickey
Gwendlyn Keith
Harley C. Kempter
Lou M. Smith
Mrs. Eliza Beth Conrad to be laid to rest Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Beth Conrad will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Yocom chapel with Rev John M Walters pastor of the Methodist church officiating Burial will be at Springville The Harold Howefamily recently moved to a new home on East Seventh Avenue other items note residents moving and illness including Mrs Will Cumley who is ill in South Eleventh Street
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G. W. Bugg
Oklahoma City
Okla
The
Free Methodist Church
Japan
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Congregational Church
Karl Kendall
Howard Terrell
Minnie Whitcomb
H. O. Allen
Mertie Jones
de- Smet, S. D
Harold Howe
East Seventh Avenue
Stella Brockway
Marion
Conesville
Fifth Avenue
Second Street
Will Cumley
South Eleventh Street
Marion area church services and schedules
Local churches post Sunday activities led by pastors including Bridwell at Marion Baptist with Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11 sermon Body of Christ. Catholic St Joseph mass at 8 and 10. Union services 7:30 p.m. at Congregational with sermons on The Music of Heaven and The Almighty and Human Personality. Churches list further services at Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Seventh Day Church of God with times for Sunday school worship and special programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bridwell
Raymond Eckhart
Royal Order of Seventy
St. Joseph's Catholic
T. J. McElliott
C. J. Biddie
E. C. Hamm
OQ. Allen
Norman J. Waffle
F. S. Skinner
Gerald Thomas
Pilgrim Highraaders
Congregational Church
H. O. Allen
Free Methodist
H. M. Williamson
G. W. Bugg
Mr. Bugg
Methodist Episcopal
John M. Walters
Christian Endeavor
Ralph Culler
St. Paul’s
Luther
C. E. Krog
Lester Boettcher
Mary Lockwood
Enoch
Walk
God
William Mathis
T. Je Miller
Seventh Day Church of God
Sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Carl Carver
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Cornell College
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Seventeenth Street
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Lee Fitzgerald
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Nicholas Michel
Colfax Circle
Grove City
I. O. O.F. Hall
Marian Hines
B. C
Busby
Washington, D. C
New York City
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Postville
Pauline Naso
Frank Naso
Los Angeles
Calif
A. E. Hobart
Detroit
Mich
Fred Lang
First Avenue
Woman's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Ida Likie
Lang
Horace Reiter
J. L. Roberts
Roy Mack
T. W. R. Kerton
Lucille Huss
Pleasant Grove School
No. 5
Rogers Crossing
Nature Study Club
Pleasant Grove School No. 5
Marion Churches
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