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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1936
Page
2
Trading improved in hogs and cattle at Chicago yards on Tuesday estimates. Hog prices gained about 10 cents with a top of 9.65 for choice mediums, cattle fed steers and yearlings moved higher, heifers up to 25 cents, and feeders steady to slightly lower amid broader farm market reports from Des Moines Omaha and interior Iowa markets.
Wheat futures slipped as Liverpool signals and rains across the southwest wheat belt dampened demand. May wheat around 935% cents, corn near 637 cents, oats about 2514 cents, with a cautious day of trading and light cash interest. Downtime in several stocks followed market drift while the DC Court of Appeals ruling on the relief act barely shifted sentiment.
Hog price listings across Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa show prices up 5 to 15 cents for many weights. Prices vary by weight class from light hogs 140 to 160 pounds to packers 425 to 450 pounds with regional quotes including Waterloo and Ottumwa markets.
Hog market quotes show prices up to 10 cents higher across weight classes. Ranges include 180-220 pounds at 8.90 to 9.20, 720-250 pounds at 8.80 to 9.10, 250-290 pounds at 6.55 to 6.85, 290-350 pounds at 8.25 to 8.55, and sows 275-550 pounds at 7.50 to 8.10.
Hogs strengthened on the local market Monday with prime hogs advancing 10 cents and good packers up five cents. The top price reached $9.25 while the cattle market remained unchanged.
Chicago market data shows hog receipts around 10 cents higher on top runs to 9.65 with 160 and 280-350 lb groups strong. sow and cow trades mixed with some gains in beef cattle and bulls. Sheep receipts about 58,000 with lambs scarce and values mixed. light-wooled ewes and breeding stock weaker. California spring lambs around 69 pounds averaged 10.75 with ewes around 3.00 to 7.40.
Receipts in St Paul show cattle steady to firm with feeders and stockers holding firm while good fed steers stay around 7.50 to 8.06 and medium stockers 6.25 to 7.25. Hogs move fairly active with tops near 9.35 and sows around 8.10. Calves slow yet mostly steady with dealers paying 7.80 to 9.00 for good to choice, lambs strong with clipping around 19.00 for top lambs and market not far from 2.25 to 4.25 for slaughter grades.
Sioux City market reports cattle receipts at 3209 with steers steady to higher and cows advancing. Hog prices rise to 9.10 for 170-240 lb butchers, feeder pigs up. sheep receipts 1500 with bids softer for ewes around 4.00, buyers cautious on lighter stock.
Market notes show steady butter prices with 93 score creamery specials and 92 extras, eggs receipts at 42 964 with various local grade categories, poultry offerings including hens and various breeds with price ranges, and potatoes on track with U S shipments and state by state price quotes for No 1 and washed varieties. Supplies moderate and demand good across commodities noted for Bliss Triumphs Alabama U S No 1 and other regional stocks.
New York price notes show eggs receipts 33,397 with mixed colors and special packs. Butter receipts 10,135 with ease in creamery prices. firsts 88-91 scores at 26 27 cents. Live poultry markets weak by freight with fowls 19-21 cents and roosters 12 cents.
Mills begin to show interest in new wools with some commitments. Many mills remain reluctant to back the increased movement nationwide. Medium fleeces and fine western wools drive demand while country packed fleeces from Ohio and Michigan sell around 35 to 36 cents in grease delivered east and up to 36 cents for light shrinking Missouri mediums.
Chicago market notes show cash prices for wheat across hard and mixed grades, corn ranges for several quality grades, oats and white and yellow soybeans with sample values, rye and buckwheat no sales, barley and timothy seed quotes, clover seed per hundredweight, and lard tierces prices with loose and bale figures. Strong entities include Chicago, grades like No 2 and No 4, and items such as soybeans and timothy seed.
Minneapolis AP reports wheat receipts 157 cars with price gains across grades led by No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs at 1.05 1.17 and No 1 dark northern 59 lbs at 1.03 1.16 plus arrivals and amber durum and red durum figures. Corn No 3 yellow quoted at 56 2 57 1/2 cents and oats No 3 white at 23 7/8 25 7/8 cents.
Mixed market rates show grain from Wheat 88 90 cents to Soybeans 68 cents per bushel, with oats, rye, barley and corn varying. Livestock and eggs priced by weight, wholesale fruits and vegetables listed with per crate or per box costs, and cured hides priced by class and weight. Prices include oranges, grapefruit, lemons, apples, bananas, lettuce, celery, cabbage, onions, strawberries, and pineapples with horse and pony hides also shown.
Wall Street rose about four points following the Supreme Court ruling that the Guffey act is unconstitutional but failed to hold the gains. The advance lasted only about four minutes as prices retraced and the day ended irregularly with roughly 900 000 shares traded.
Regular demand quotes in cents show Britain at 497 and many foreign currencies. Notable rates include France 6.5854, Italy 7.85, Germany 40.25, Switzerland 32.35, Spain 13.66, Mexico City 27.85, Tokio 29.15, Shanghai 29.95, Hongkong 32.75, New York in Montreal 100.28 percent and Montreal in New York 99.11 percent.
New York AP reports raw sugar unchanged at 3.72 cents per pound with futures up two points. July futures at 2.95 and September at 2.82. Refined sugar holds at 5.00 for fine granulated.
Minneapolis AP notes flour prices steady with little change. Carried lots list family patents at 6.2546.45 per barrel in 98 pov as cotton sacks. Shipments show pure bran at 14 dollars and standard middlings around 17.50 to 18.00.
Chicago price report shows butter futures closing with storage standards listed as November at 27 cents, eggs futures at 225 cents in October, and storage packed firsts at 218 cents in May.
In a subdued session on Monday bond activity favored medium and low price rail issues with some high priced exceptions. Gainers include Santa Fe Southern Railway and New York Central bonds while St Paul and Columbia Gas slid. International Cement rose modestly as government issues moved little.
Charleston typists report a changing ranking with the pangram pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs rising to No 1 among machine testers replacing now is the time in the latest tally The quick brown fox sentence lies third in the list reflecting playful typing tests and contest trends.
William Miner and Novella Morris, both of Monticello, obtained marriage licenses.
Mrs Hulda Johnson was honored at a surprise party for her seventy fifth birthday hosted by her family at the George Schrimper home in Marion. Attendees included four of her children and relatives from Marion Cedar Rapids and Omaha. Rodney Vahl visited his grandmother Mrs Mae Wahl while James A Cline stayed with his parents in Marion.
A May birthday dinner at Orland Tehat's Alburnett home honored Sehl Joe Walker Latta and Edman Vernon with May birthdays. Guests from Alburnett Langworthy Marion Anamosa and Mechanicsville attended. Other items note a railroad conductor’s obituary and various local visits and events.
The Rural Garden club postponed Thursday’s meeting to May 28 and the gathering will be at Mrs. C. L. Fernow’s home. Marion relatives report the death of Mrs. C. A. Mercer on Saturday in Anamosa. Funeral services were held Monday. Mercer, formerly Cora Dennison, once ran the Williams boarding house in Marion and was the daughter of William and Sarah Dennison. She is survived by her husband and three sisters in Marion Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.
Guests Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Michel included Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Michel and daughter Marie, Felix Michel, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Albright and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clough.
Mrs. J E Burris remains hospitalized at University hospital Iowa City with a fractured hip and was placed in a cast Friday. Mr and Mrs E C Fox traveled to Dixon Illinois to attend the funeral of Foxs sister Mrs Mary Flick. Lois Stitzel Grinnell college student spent weekend with Dr and Mrs H G Stitzel. Chistaga Camp Fire group to meet at the library after school Tuesday for a hike with lunch. Mabel Kearns piano pupils given a recital at Mrs A R Menarys Cedar Rapids home featuring Ruby Belle Buchheister Mary Alice Mathews Tommy Menary Jo Anne Schmidt Paul Schmidt Andrean Lowe Marie Nassif Mary Elizabeth Rozek Richard Rozek Anne Lenzen George Lenzen Charlotte Groth Dorothy Mesknes Evelyn Heins Helen Mulray Ardeth Dahms Rosemary Jacobs and Mrs Menary sang.
The Ameigo club will be entertained at a one o'clock luncheon Wednesday at the home of Mrs. E. M. Adams in Central City. Mrs. Ed Sigfred will review Vein of Iron by Ellen Glasgow.
Funeral services for David Wenger of Alburnett were held at the Christian church in Alburnett. The Rev. Frank Andrews of Vinton and the church pastor officiated. Mrs. Shantz and Mrs. McCreery sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. Burial followed in Lafayette Cemetery.
Funeral services for Lewis H. Hughes a longtime Linn county resident were held at Yocom chapel Saturday with Rev. W. E. Fisher officiating. Nephews acted as pallbearers and burial followed in Wilcox cemetery at Viola.
Members of Grove City Rebekah Lodge No. 35 are urged to meet at the I O O F hall on Wednesday at 8 30 a m to clean the hall. They should bring work equipment and bring a picnic luncheon as per usual.
The article reviews how a 1930 target was not met yet rickets are far less common in infants than a decade ago. It cites vitamin D intake and sun exposure as crucial, noting mothers must consume vitamin D if babies are breastfed and must be added to bottle milk if infants are bottle fed. It also cites lapses in infant care by parents or guardians as a factor.
The article lists rickets signs seen from four to six months such as rachitic rosary and skull softness, notes onset between 6 and 18 months, and stresses early prevention. It criticizes physician underdosing and high vitamin D costs, announcing cheaper concentrates will aid treatment, and promotes sun exposure for all infants and growing children.
Signed letters about personal health and hygiene will be answered by Dr Brady if a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Due to volume only a few letters can be answered here. Address Dr William Brady National Newspaper Service 326 West Madison Street Chicago Ill.
Edward A Werner 908 Daniels street NE died at home Saturday after a brief illness. Born October 1 1856 in Salem North Carolina he lived in Germany and New York before moving to Linn county. Survived by wife five daughters twelve grandchildren three great grandchildren and a son deceased. Funeral at Beatty chapel 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev Mil ler and Rev Lehman officiating burial in Dunkard cemetery.
Miss Johanna Shea 74 of Fairfax died at a local hospital at 7 a m Monday after a long illness. Born in La Salle Illinois she was the last surviving member of the Patrick Shea family long time Fairfax residents. Surviving are two sisters in law six nieces and five nephews. Funeral services will be held at St Patrick s church Fairfax Wednesday at 9 a m conducted by Rev Father J J Buzynski Burial will be in Fairfax Friends may call at Monahan mortuary Tuesday evening.
Hugh Champlin, 60, died at his Cedar Rapids residence after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Martha a son Burton and a daughter Mrs Mary Bergman with two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Monahan home conducted by Rev E Winslow Brown. Burial in Troy Mills. Friends may call Monday evening.
Funeral services for Eugene Shaw were conducted at St Patrick's Church at 9 a.m. Monday by Rev. Father Donald Peters. The body was taken to Decorah for further services Tuesday afternoon and burial.
Walter Kraus 37 of 317 Twelfth avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 11 30 a m Sunday after a brief illness He had lived in Cedar Rapids twenty years and was employed at the Iowa Steel company Surviving are his wife Della and two children Betty Lou
Walter Kraus Jr of Middle Amana and his mother Mrs. Paul Kraus are mourned with services set at Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. He leaves four brothers and three sisters. Born April 16 1899 in Middle Amana. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the chapel.
Tulsa reports on the spotlighted robot brains at the International Petroleum exposition. A steel cylinder compass guides drill direction with a fountain pen camera recording readings, while an oil well movie camera traces 1,000 compass readings. Dr. Gustav Egloff predicts abundant oil for a century and advances in anti knock gasoline enabling faster air travel.
The Gazette charges 20 cents per line per day for outside Iowa listings and warns it will not be liable for more than one incorrect insertion of an item ordered for multiple days.
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