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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1938
Page
15
Chicago markets show hogs advancing with top price of 8.75 as receipts reach about 12 000 in Chicago and 25 000 across interior yards. Cattle and sheep receipts also noted with mixed demand and steady to weak movement in Chicago and Des Moines.
Sioux City and Omaha livestock market notes show cattle and hogs holdings with mixed demand. Cattle receipts. feeders scarce. steer and yearling prices around $8.50 to $9.75, beef cows to $5.75, hogs up to $8.35, sows to $7.50, and sheep with spring lambs near $9.00 to $9.35. Omaha volumes rise with hogs up to $8.35 and cattle steady.
Waterloo and Austin market reports list hog price ranges by weight, including good to choice grades, packers and sows, with multiple weight bands from 140 to 550 pounds and prices spanning about 6.70 to 8.10 dollars. The figures reflect market activity and directional changes across locations.
Receipts at St Paul Livestock total 3 500 cattle 5 000 hogs and 1 000 sheep Slaughter steers and fed cattle steady to weak with prices around 8 00 to 9 00 per hundredweight Beef cows and stockers steady to lower Calves 2 500 and dealers price drops noted Hogs direct 1 223 top 8 40 for choice 190 lbs 8 15 to 8 35 for 140 250 lbs and 7 86 to 8 20 for 250 300 lbs Sows and boars mixed Prices for slaughter lambs down about 25 cents with ewes easing to 3 50 on shorn stock
Price list from Cedar Rapids covering grains oats rye barley corn and soybeans with numbers for No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 grades and straw. Produce items include butterfat hens eggs wholesale fruits vegetables and onions with crate and hamper packaging. Hide market values listed for several grades and animal hides with prices for ponies.
Hogs advanced 10 cents on Friday at the local market after Thursday losses. Top hog prices reached 8.15 as other markets remained steady. The Wilson & Co hog market lists varying bids by weight and grade, with calf, sheep, and cattle quotes included for reference.
Miscellane ous Wisconsin cheese quotations list Wisconsin cheddar prices and dairy terms. Wool market in Boston shows small volume with limited demand. Foreign exchange rates in New York show sterling leadership with moderate gains against several European currencies and listed cross rates for multiple nations.
AP report from Chicago lists receipts for live poultry and potatoes with varied price levels. Poultry receipts total 37 trucks with hens cheap and chickens weak, specific prices for Leghorn, Plymouth Rock, White Rock, and fryers. Potatoes arrivals total 93 on track plus 271 on hand, market steady to slow with No 1 Bliss Triumphs and U S No 1 prices shown for California and Idaho russets, plus notes on old stock and supply shifts.
AP report from New York shows eggs receipts at 16 087 with various grades and prices, butter receipts 475 829 with easter creamery goods and price adjustments, and cheese receipts 164 390 with firm prices. Chicago futures data from Peter Fox Sons lists butter and egg futures with opening, high and low quotes and final bids.
New York bond review shows irregular trading with industrials and utilities mixed and railroads down about 2 points. Santa Fe and New York Central fell from 2 points. Erie and other issues traded around fractional losses near noon. U.S. and foreign government bonds were mostly lower or mixed, with small gains in some Treasury issues.
Henry Schirm transfers to Herman W. Schirm and Hilda Grabau lot 13 bik3 West Highland addition, subject to life estate reserved by grantor. Meeting value listed as 1940 dollars and noted as $1 and value von. 3 29 38. Subj mtg. indicates mortgage details.
Quiet buying in aircraft and utilities helped halt an early selling drive in Fridays stock market. Opening activity showed promise but pace slowed after noon and transfers were about 450000 shares. The freight car loadings report showed a seasonal rise led by ore and coal shipments while labor official Perkins warned April reemployment would be weak.
Frid ays Quotations list numerous equities led by Adonis Express and Allied Stores. Major names include Johns Manville, Kennecott Copper, Amn Can Intl Nickel, Coca Cola, General Electric, Ford England, US Steel, Westinghouse, and Zenith Radio with varied prices and fractions across sectors.
Third U S circuit judges filed a statement to the Supreme Court asserting the Wagner Act could be read in two ways, one favorable to the citizen and one to Republic Steel. They said the high court should decide which interpretation is correct and that the labor board may reopen the Republic Steel case.
A second Army plane crash in two days kills Cadet K. E. Brister Jr 22 of Yazoo City Mississippi near a San Antonio farm. He trained at Kelly Field and died instantly as his plane burned. Cadet Harry J. Watson of Wellsburg West Virginia was injured in a separate crash near Randolph Field.
Chicago wheat futures fell early on light trade as traders awaited crop updates from Kansas and Oklahoma. By close May wheat eased about 4 percent while corn and oats also trimmed losses. report weather and rust concerns weighed on yields, with modest export activity around 200000 bushels.
Market notes from Winnipeg show May and July wheat futures with mixed quotes and close values. Chicago cash grain lists No 3 hard wheat No 2 corn No 1 yellow soybeans and various white beans prices. Minneapolis cash grain reports receipts and revised quotations for No 1 heavy dark northern, No 1 hard Montana, and durum varieties with prices per sack and ton.
Court reports show an appeal filed from Justice H. R. Churchill in a $44.04 oral lease case with a $77 counterclaim by Carl V. Core, involving allegedly exempt attached personal property. Divorces submitted include Alberta Koontz versus Harold Koontz and Irene Book versus Cecil G. Book, while Joseph N. Mohrbacher vs Anna Mohrbacher was heard on desertion grounds. Decrees granted include Marjorie Jacque from Clarence Jacque, Gladys Rinard from Robert Rinard, and Coral Clawson from Arthur Clawson. Jacque custody and Clawson name restoration noted.
Dwight W. Wilson 23 of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty before District Judge C. J. Haas to a theft of an automobile from Dr. E. G. Kieck of 22 Blake Terrace SE. A separate statutory charge against Frank Dzaugis 52 was dismissed for lack of evidence. Dzaugis was released on bond. A separate secured note action involving Minnie Newcomer and Josephine E. Heaney was dismissed with prejudice before Judge Haas.
House leaders postponed action on the re construction finance corporation loan bill for railroads until the Senate acts. The Senate sent the measure back with an amendment to deny loans to lines cutting wages, as railroads proposed a 15 percent wage reduction for about a million workers effective July 1.
In Jenkins Kentucky the Banks Breeding feud flared anew when 55 year old Anderson Breeding was shot and killed by neighbor John Banks 60 near Grand Forks. The long running dispute over a property line has grown into ongoing tensions with authorities expecting more trouble. Banks has ten children and Breeding is survived by a large family.
Charles E. Kratzer died at his family residence at 5 10 p m after a long illness. Born October 2 1888 in Anamosa he moved to Cedar Rapids. He married Elizabeth Humpal on November 15 1917 in Marion. He leaves three sisters and one brother, plus six nieces and four nephews. He was a printer at Metropolitan Supply, a member of Printers Union 192 Peoples Church Mizpah lodge and American Legion. Funeral 3 30 p m Saturday Turner chapel with burial at Riverside cemetery Anamosa. American Legion firing squad and bugler. Master Masons to meet Mizpah lodge at 3 p m. Friends may call.
Funeral services for George E. McCredie will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday, with Dr. William M. Evans officiating. Burial will follow at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Freeman Mentzer a resident of 1304 First Avenue W will be held Saturday at 2 30 p.m in the Free Methodist church in Toddville with the Rev Frank Ward officiating burial will follow in Dunkard cemetery Friends may call at Beatty chapel until 1 30 p.m Saturday
Linn County records show tax deed from Treas. Linn to C Leve rich for a Brown's 2 add. lot 4 block 1 involving $110.74 dated 3 26 38. Sheriff deed to Perp. Laws and Loan Assn for Tait and Wagner Highland Park 2 add. lot 1 valued at $2,000 dated 4 16 38. Gust Anderson and wife to Selma J Ridge covers multiple lots in Giddings add Vanderbilt with $1 and value consideration. Fred C Truckenmiller and wife to Glenn B and Nellie N McMillan creates joint tenancy with survivor rights for lot 23 ex rear 120 ft West Highlands add subject to covenants and restrs. dated 4 16 38.
Helen Moody of San Francisco dropped a set for the first time in her tennis comeback and survived a three-sets battle with Peggy Scriven of Britain. Moody won the Surbiton championship final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Diverse listings include insurance agency notes honoring Western Mutual, jewelry repair and watch services, Allied Van Lines moving, old gold cash offers, elder care facility, feather mattress cleaning, bicycle repair shop, sewing services, knitwear made to order, hat cleaning, resilvering and clock cleaning, machine quilting and fabric work. Multiple local businesses and phone contacts shown.
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