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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1936
Page
15
Chicago AP dispatch reports Tuesday receipts of cattle 9 000 hogs 15 000 sheep 4 000 with hogs steady to 10 cents higher than Friday. hog runs reached 17 000 up 3 000 from estimates and 2 000 from a week ago. Lambs steady. fresh pork loins up 1 50 to 3 50 in top grades. Steer top 9 15. Average steer cost last week 7 96, hog average 9 44.
U S Department of Agriculture data show hog receipts 17 000 with direct 6 090 and prices steady to 10 cents higher, top $10.00. Cattle receipts 15 000 with weighty steers mostly 10 15 cents lower, yearlings and heifers steady, cows scarce but steady, bulls up to 10 cents. Sheep receipts 9 000 with killing classes steady, best native lambs and ewes priced for packers, several varied grades listed.
Cattle receipts 4 700 with slow demand andables to 25c lower on most steers and stock. calves weak with dealers paying 8 00 9 00. hogs 4 300 receipts fairly active and near steady to 10c lower than Friday's high. sheep receipts 800 with steady early sales and lambs 11 50 to 10 25 for clipped and native varieties.
Sioux City cattle receipts 5,000 with early sales light for yearlings and steady to slightly weaker prices. Slaughter steers and yearlings seen around 7.00 to 7.75, few above 8.00, good small lots at 7.25, beef cows 4.75 to 5.75. Hogs receipts 5,500 with demand strong, top 9.60 and 9.35 to 9.50 for 160 to 260 lb butchers, lighter weights to feeders around 9.25.
Hogs receipts about 7 000 with 170 to 240 pound hogs averaging 9 40 to 9 55, cattle receipts near 9 000 with fed steers and yearlings 7 25 to 8 00 and cows 5 00 to 5 75, sheep around 7 000 steady to firm with spring lambs near 12 25 and ewes selling 3 00 to 4 00.
Combined hog receipts for 48 hours ending Monday at 8 am totaled 44 000 at 20 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, up from 26 600 a week ago and 33 300 a year ago. Price ranges listed by weight class.
The report lists hog price ranges by market including Waterloo, Ottumwa, Mason City with price quotes across weight classes from 140 to 450 pounds. Prices vary by region and weight, with several lines noting steady or higher quotes for specific categories.
Market steady for hogs in Austin Minnesota with the AP noting price ranges by weight. 180-220 pounds bring 9.20 to 9.50 dollars, 220-250 pounds 9.10 to 9.40, 250-290 pounds 8.85 to 9.15, 290-350 pounds 8.55 to 8.85, and good 275-550 pound sows at 7.80 to 8.40 dollars.
Only slight changes were made in the local hog market affecting the two heaviest grades of good packers. The top price remains at 9.55. The local cattle market declined 15 to 25 cents while other local markets stayed unchanged.
Grain prices list Wheat Oats Rye Barley Corn ear corn shelled yellow beans Soybeans and produce quotes for heavy hens cocks eyes and hensery prices. Wholesale fruits and vegetables cover oranges grapefruit lemons potatoes apples bananas lettuce celery cabbage onions strawberries pineapples. Cured hides horse prices and other animal products included with unit pricing and quality notes.
Boston reports buyers hesitated to pay above 85 cents for French combing length fine wool, while secure-basis pricing around 80 cents appeared for some early lots. Sellers faced limited quantities and variable demand as outlets moved through original bags in the Boston market.
AP notes irregular demand across currencies with varied percentages for Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Romania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and New York Montreal rates cited for cross border trading.
New York AP reports raw sugar steady at $3.72 with spot unchanged and refined granulated at $5.00. Futures show a 1 to 2 point gain, reflecting a quiet trading day.
Minneapolis AP reports flour stays steady with carload shipments. Prices shown include pure bran at $14.00 and middlings at $17.50 per barrel, with a family patent notation at $6.40 to $6.60.
Price gyrations of expiring May wheat contracts dominated the wheat pit on Monday with old crop prices firming as traders awaited May close. May wheat ranged and closed modestly higher while corn and oats showed varied moves and open interest remained high amid bearish weather news and delivery expectations.
Furnished by Lamson Brothers & Co. Cedar Rapids office lists cash wheat prices for No. 2 to No. 5 grades in mixed and yellow and white varieties with ranges from 56 to 64 cents. Oats, rye not sold, barley feed 30 to 48 cents, Timothy seed about 2.75 to 3.00 per cwt, clover seed 12 to 19 dollars per cwt, overall price notes and unit adjustments.
Minneapolis AP reports receipts of 91 cars with weekly prices for various wheat grades led by No 1 hard northern and No 1 dark northern, plus No 2 dark and Durum types. Corn No 3 yellow and oats No 3 white priced by grade and delivery month.
Butter and eggs prices steady with creamery specials and extras listed. Potatoes on track with strong U S shipments and higher prices. various U S region prices for Bliss Trumps, Russet Burbanks, and other varieties. Poultry live market notes edge up with multiple weight classes and fowl types priced per pound.
AP report from New York shows butter at 28c with 92 score and prices around 12 805 for butter, 2644 for firsts, and cheese at 73 880 with state wide holdings. Egg prices include 33 355 for mixed colors and standards around 22c to 24c, with live poultry weaker and chickens and broilers unquoted.
Chicago AP reports butter futures closed with references to storage standards and refrigerator standards. Prices noted include 22 1/4 cents for eye futures and May 20 for storage packed firsts.
The New York market Monday saw several industrial specialty stocks advance about two points while many advances were uneven and soft spots appeared. About 700000 shares were transferred amid a moderately irregular close.
Moderate activity yields small advances for J. I. Case, American Type Founders, American Bank Note, Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse. Declines include Greyhound, U S Smelting, Cerro de Pasco. bonds firm, commodities and currencies mixed. French franc linked to gold shipments.
Demand for U S government bonds and gains in many corporate issues supported a higher bond market Monday. Treasuries firmed with 4s and 3s edging up while some issues like federal farm mortgage 3s and home owners' 2s slipped slightly.
New York AP reports a grand jury returned two extortion indictments naming Max D. Krone private detective A Henry Ross attorney and Ernest Desmond de Hagen known as Lord Desmond. The men are charged with attempting to extort 5000 from concert violinist Pietro Aria of Brooklyn and stenographer Anna Brouillard of Park Avenue. Krone and Ross had appeared in an earlier extortion indictment. Harold W. Hastings ADA directed police to issue a general alarm for Desmond.
Elgie Merritt Graham 45 a World War veteran of Cedar Rapids died at the Veterans Hospital Des Moines after a long illness. He served 22 months overseas in the Rainbow division and nine months on the front in France including five major engagements. He married Flora Davis in 1925 and is survived by his wife a son a brother three sisters and several cousins. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Turner chapel with burial Cedar Memorial cemetery and military rites by Hanford post.
William H Heiden retired dies at home in Palo at 510 am after weeks of illness. Born March 16 1862 in Niles Illinois he moved to Palo 51 years ago and was married Oct 23 1883 to Caroline Roehl. Survives include wife son and four daughters ten grandchildren six great grandchildren and sister. Luther an church member funeral at Palo church Wednesday at 2 pm Rev J P Van Horn officiating burial in Palo cemetery. Friends may call after noon Tuesday.
John E Seibert 911 Eighth Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa died at 7 15 pm Sunday at the U S Veterans Hospital Des Moines after a lingering illness He lived in Cedar Rapids about 45 years Survived by wife Margaret son John daughter Mrs L W Carthers granddaughter all of Cedar Rapids Brother Charles of Waverly Sister Mrs L Worth Kellogg Charter member of local carpenters union Body taken to Monahan mortuary funeral arrangements pending family requests no flowers
Funeral services for Mrs Lillian E Jellison will be held in the Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Jordan's Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the Beatty chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Mrs Anna Severa born July 11 1880 in Chatfield Minnesota died at a local hospital Sunday at 10 05 p m after a brief illness She lived in Cedar Rapids fifteen years She is survived by husband John two brothers William Dvorak and Archie Dvorak both of Spring Valley Minnesota An infant son died fourteen years ago Funeral services will be held in Polansky chapel Wednesday afternoon at a time to be announced later
The President sent nominations to the Senate for Iowa postmasters. Elmer A. Billings and Walter J. Barrow are named for Iowa City and Fayette positions, with the action announced by the White House.
Mary Jean Cramer five of 861 Daniels street NE suffered facial lacerations at 1 30 p m Monday after running into a car driven by C C Brownlee of Mallard on Center Point road NE near Lincoln avenue The girl was taken to St Luke s hospital for first aid The driver said the child darted from behind a parked car.
County Attorney G K Thompson moved for an indeterminate ten year sentence to the state reformatory for C E Crago 24 of 399 Thirtieth street SE in district court. Crago arrested Sunday for a break in at a downtown dry cleaning place on April 3 1935 and received a suspended ten year term previously with an alleged accomplice. Howard Robbins 46 of 614 First street SW was detained but released with no charge.
Clifford Moore aged 33 of 2116 K street SW received a suspended one year term for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury and a suspended five year term for malicious injury to property in district court. Judge H C Ring suspended both sentences on good behavior after leniency requests from Mrs Lilian Synacek and Moore’s wife. Moore reportedly beat Mrs Synacek after breaking a door glass to enter on May 12 and withdrew not guilty pleas.
In district court Monday June 10 at 9 a.m. Judge H C Ring will hear D W Bates receiver of Corn Belt Savings bank Cedar Rapids on his plan to compromise or sell all remaining personal assets of the bank. The application is submitted by examiner-in-charge Ben S Summerwill.
Probate in district court admitted the will of George Beals of Cedar Rapids who died April 3 leaving the wife Isabelle Beals as executrix. Emma R. Hollenbeck's will died April 29 was admitted with Elzworth R. Hollenbeck as beneficiary and executor. Beals will dated June 12, 1929 and Hollenbeck will dated January 31, 1924. Merchants National Bank and S E CoquIllette authorized to move machinery from Waconia Sorghum Mills plant to Cedar Rapids factory. Frank Wessale in charge of removal.
A district court dismissed with prejudice the action of Donald E. Smith as substituted plaintiff to set aside deeds and mortgages allegedly made in 1931 and 1932 by W. B. Andrew and Maggie M. Andrew.
Articles of incorporation for M. J. Cass, Inc. a motor freight business and Clark's Freight Lines, Cedar Rapids concerns, were filed with County Recorder Dempsy Jones. Each firm is capitalized at $5,000. M. J. Cass is di-
OCR shows partial figures including 40, 90, 60, 135, 1.80, 2.25, 2.70 and a seven days note with 1.68 dollars. No clear event or entities beyond prices and durations.
Divorce actions filed in district court include Luella Rowley versus Ralph Rowley, married August 4 1934 in Dubuque, and Vivian Gallagher versus Roger Gallagher, married in 1920 at Cedar Falls, reflecting cruel and inhuman treatment grounds.
District Court Judge A B Clark awards Home Owners Loan Corp of Washington DC a default judgment for 2346 in a secured note suit brought against Clyde A Pitcher and Garnet S Pitcher.
In Covina California two youths Harry Keller aged 22 and Harry Briggs aged 24 were killed when a spray gun sprayed liquid forming a stream that conducted 11 500 volts into their bodies. The high voltage arced from a nearby power line as they stood on a tower spraying trees.
Multiple small ads list lost items including a black and tan terrier named Poochie or Boo-Boo, a wire haired terrier named Rags, an Elks fob with diamond, a small light tan Angora Persian cat, a lady's gold wrist watch, a gray hat, a Mylon brown straw hat, and a small friendly black bull dog with kinked tail. Rewards offered. contact numbers provided. Found two keys. Moving firms advertised separately.
A collage of local ads lists Schultz Cleaners at 516 3rd Ave SE with “good work,” Katz loans, Allied Van Lines with 1,000 vans, plus multiple services. The page urges caution in arranging vehicle transport, exchanges references, and mentions various shops and services including tailors, knitting, fur restoration, fishing tackle, and dry cleaning supplies.
Advertisements seeking women for SALESWORK and Lynn Studio gigs with limited hours and pay, plus a man for collecting and selling merchandise, a shoemaker, brick layers, a dishwasher, and a man for greenhouse work. Locations include Roosevelt hotel rooms, 11742 2nd St SE, Vinton Iowa, Anamosa IA, and Marion Bivd.
A garbled classified notice set seeks sales and office work with multiple listings. It mentions salesmen, employment for a housekeeper, office tasks, and a young man seeking steady work with a real wage, including box numbers and contact hints.
Stodola's Bohemian Orchestra selects the Swisher Pavilion for an old-time dance night on Wednesday May 27. Local patrons invited for a nostalgic evening of music and dancing.
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