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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1938
Page
6
Chicago hogs gain strength at the stockyards with top price $8.10 as reports show market strength in Chicago, Pittsburgh and East St. Louis. Official estimates list cattle hogs and sheep totals across regions with varied conditions and sales.
Chicago market reports hog receipts 13 000 with higher prices led by good packers hogs with 230 260 and 310 350 lb lots varying up to 8 10 dollars. cattle receipts 8 000 with strong demand pushing top steers to about 10 60 per cwt and yearlings around 9 35. sheep 8 000 receipts with fat lambs and clipped lambs trading unevenly lower to steady amid broad demand and fewer slaughter ewes.
Sioux City and surrounding markets report cattle futures inching higher with receipts around 2,800. hogs and sheep show mixed demand. Prices listed for feeder steers, yearlings, beef cows, sows, and spring lambs reflect regional shifts and processors' activity in Iowa and neighboring states.
Market notes indicate 1,000 sheep receipts with a steady tone as sellers ask higher bids. Early signs suggest prices near 800 dollars for fed sorts, with fat lambs trending lower on lighter demand and broad price range around 6,150 to 7,230 dollars per head.
Local hog prices rose on Wednesday with all grades gaining roughly five cents and top hogs reaching 7.55 per hundredweight. The dairy and cattle sections showed mixed movements as market listings from Wilson & Co. and other local buyers offered various weights and grades with prices ranging in the six dollar to seven dollar per hundredweight band.
Market listings show prices for grains vegetables fruits and livestock in Cedar Rapids. Wheat 75¢ No 2 yellow corn 45¢ soybeans 80¢ May hay straw 9.00 and 5.00 for baled straw. Lemons oranges grapefruit celery lettuce sweet potatoes onions and more with horse and hide valuations included.
The report notes a sale of 5,000 bars of Porto Rico sugar with prices around 2.75 and May futures easing to 184. or 4 points lower while July drops to 193 amid lighter trading. Refined sugar unchanged at 4,554.65, with some withdrawals on old contracts. The foreign exchange market shows a weaker dollar trend against many European currencies with varied levels across Great Britain France Italy and Germany. In Boston the wool market sees scattered domestic purchases and firm prices for certain territory wools with small lots selling below general asks and demand for original bags remaining steady.
Market: receipts and prices for poultry eggs butter and cheese across Chicago and New York. Summary lists hogs poultry and dairy product lots with updated prices per cwt and per dozen, including US regions and grades. Includes Mississippi River stage readings and a brief note on Mary Stuart at a week old being proclaimed queen.
Chicago wheat prices stayed around opening marks as late short covering pushed May wheat up to 134 cents near the close. Other months gained, with weather and rust concerns in Oklahoma and Texas limiting selling and export demand remaining weak. Corn and oats rose modestly while Winnipeg prices helped steady Chicago trade.
In New York trading, API Rail and utility issues attracted moderate buying while foreign dollar loans weakened after a Brazilian issue drop tied to political unrest in Rio de Janeiro. Power and carrier loans moved slowly, with prices hovering near the top of the day, and Treasuries showed mixed declines across several maturities.
In observance of National Hospital Day, downtown stores will feature hospital window displays for a week. Participating shops include Hartman’s Furniture, Craemer’s, Sears Roebuck, Kresge, Smulekoff’s, Woolworth, and many others led by campaign HQ at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Osage City AP report states George McCarty 63 longtime banker and president of Guaranty Investment Corp in Oskaloosa died Wednesday of a heart attack. He is survived by his widow.
Robert James Tosh and Agnes R. Melsha, both residents of Cedar Rapids, received marriage licenses as recorded in the local civil registrations. The pairing marks a legal union between the Cedar Rapids individuals.
Electric power shares led a stock market upturn as the markets resumed the April May recovery in New York. Industrials were slow to react but gains of 2 points or more appeared across the list while several utilities hit new recovery peaks. Rails fell with overall market strength and carrier bonds supported the investment market as about 900000 shares traded. Notable gainers included Consolidated Edison North American Electric Power and Light Westinghouse Electric Sloss Sheffield American Smelting General Electric Johns Manville Santa Fe Southern Pacific US Rubber Preferred Public Service of New Jersey and International Paper preferred.
A dense list of stocks and quotations from Wall Street including Alaska Juneau Intl Mining Intl Nickel, Allegheny, Libby Owens, Lehigh Valley, Armour, Kennecott, and many others. The page catalogs prices and percent changes, with numerous rail, oil, steel, and consumer goods equities, including Amn Tobacco, Coca Cola, Ford, General Electric, IBM, and more, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
A series of birth notices lists newborns with parents and locations. May 11 at St Luke's Hospital sees two births to W T Canaday and Jacob Sollberger, while May 6 to Leonard Trachta in Marion marks a son. Other families include Roy Kasanos in Marion, Forrest Robbins on M street SW, and Albert R. Lee at 1203 Twentieth Avenue SW. one baby, Joyce Marlene, born May 7 at home.
Washington UPI reports that chairman John O'Connor of the House Rules Committee failed to move his resolution to expedite the wage hour bill. No action was taken at the Wednesday meeting, signaling a stalled effort.
Marion events include Miss Emma Klein reelected president of the Marion Federation of Women’s Clubs with new officers and reports from the county convention. The county takes tax deed on the old Biggs Hotel site in Marion after a tax sale. Community groups meet for picnics, rehearsals, and scholarship events with several local residents noted in attendance or as guests.
Navy mothers gathered in Cedar Rapids for the Iowa Department of Navy Mothers clubs of America second annual convention. A Tuesday banquet at the Montrose hotel featured Virginia Ohmann violinist Katherine Collins Margaret Yuza and Virginia Minor Ruth Kohl Bergloff sisters at the entertainment. State officer elections and choosing a 1939 convention city were the main remaining items before Wednesday’s session, which ends with a Montrose hotel banquet and Lieut H Coldwell Des Moines recruiting officer for Iowa to speak. Luncheon speakers shared details on their sons service, current posts, and travels.
A chaotic mix of lost and found notices, rewards, and service ads. Purses described as black or brown leather appear with contact numbers. Dogs, coats, storage offers, fur storage, jewelry repairs, and moving services populate the page alongside insurance and transportation notes.
The Seattle Methodist Ministers association announced it objects to an officer posing as a priest to obtain a confession from Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith regarding the slaying of Ensign James Eugene Bassett ten years ago.
Washington INS reports a House approved bill would require all propagandists paid by foreign governments or interests to register with the state department. The measure, favorably reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, moved forward Wednesday.
Washington sources say the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported favorably on Wednesday the nomination of Joseph E. Davies for ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg. The decision follows Davies's career in diplomacy and public service.
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