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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1937
Page
13
Chicago and surrounding markets show hogs off 10 to 25 cents per hundredweight with heavier loads dropping the most while receipts rise. Cattle steady to firm on lighter runs, with steers and heifers trading high but not at peak values. hogs pull back despite ongoing demand.
Local hog prices eased with all grades down five cents. top hogs fell to about 1140 with a few premium hogs around 1150 while calves lambs and eggs showed varied movement. Elks FIV Wison’s offered truck hogs in multiple weight classes with prices listed across the market.
Fragmented OCR lists various produce items and stalls with prices including grain poultry fruit and vegetables. The garbled notes reference wholesale and retail prices along with multiple vendors and stall numbers in a market setting.
Wheat prices closed quiet and weak on the Chicago board with early volatility. May contract commits were evened, losses driven by rains in the northwest and southwest, but some support from short covering and firm buying by commission houses. International markets showed rallies in Liverpool and varied movements in Rotterdam and Winnipeg with outgoing shipments and weather aiding or hindering grades. Receipts and open interest noted, with detailed prices for May and other grains across multiple exchanges.
A dense stock page shows quotations from many companies with prices. Notable names include International Paper, Armour, Libby, Union Carbide, Kroger, Coca Cola, Anaconda, General Electric, and Sears Roebuck among others. The list reflects extensive trading activity and varied sectors on the exchange.
A rough OCR fragment resumes a market brief mentioning Norfolk market prices and regional trade. It references Gemma Moo and wires, a listing of four and four and a half units, and notes on pricing in fragments tied to markets and daily wares. The text includes scattered names and place hints but lacks coherent events or clear dates.
New York stocks closed with losses as late deals pulled averages down while wheat in Winnipeg neared the limit, unsettling Chicago grains. Dow Jones components US Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler and others drifted lower as steel cost worries rose. Grains cotton and bonds showed varied moves with some issues drawing buyers. Chartists called the rebound a natural after recent advances.
Fragmented OCR text shows a markets and track theme with many numbers, brand and place names garbled. It references trucks, racing, and vendors but no coherent event or outcome is readable for a precise summary.
Wisconsin round whites at US No. 1 1.85, North Dakota cobblers US No. 1 part graded 1.45, Early Ohio US No. 1 1.50, California stock steady, Southern stock weak. US No. 1 Bliss in Louisiana 17542.30 with best 1900–2100, small 1.55. US No. 2 washed 1.35. US No. 1 cobblers 2.10. Alabama Buss Triumphs US No. 1 1.90–2.00 showing decay 1.15–1.46 US No. 2 1.09–1.25. California White Rose US No. 1 2.30–2.30, US commercial 2.20. New York butter, cheese, eggs and live poultry prices noted. Chicago futures cited for butter eggs.
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund plans final rehearsal for the Central Illinois Town saengerfest in Peoria on June 5 6 at Ben Hur hall. Twenty four local singers attended Mayfest in Amana with Ludwig Sark of Berlin among visitors as Joseph Stark of Cedar Rapids sails for Germany on June 2 aboard the S S Europa after leaving Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning.
Hi Y members at Roosevelt and Wilson high schools held officer elections Monday night. Roosevelt chose Monte Linkletter to lead, with George Baldwin as vice president, John Savage as program chairman, Bob Cocayne as secretary treasurer, and Ralph Cerney as sergeant at arms. Wilson elected Delbert Blumenshine as head, Ben Prusek as vice president, Bud Jensen as secretary treasurer, and Howard Rinderknecht as sergeant at arms.
Obituaries describe Harold Eugene Stout of Cedar Rapids killed in a Los Angeles crash after fourteen years residence there. Also noted are Anna Elizabeth Ashbacher of Linn Junction dying after two years illness, Robert S Colwell's sudden death in Cedar Rapids, and Lucile M Bousek of Cedar Rapids passing after a lingering illness with survivors including husband John R Bousek and children.
Robert port Joseph John and Edward of Cedar Rapids are listed in an obituary notice. The body rests at Polansky chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Mrs Effie Barrett received word Sunday of the death of her aunt Mrs Elizabeth Kelly in Clinton. Known in Cedar Rapids, she leaves two granddaughters two sisters in Clinton and several brothers and other relatives in Pennsylvania. Services were held Tuesday with burial in Elvira cemetery west of Clinton.
Column of lost items including a wirehaired terrier named Perky from Marion, a sterling ring with reversible set near 10 St and 3 Ave, a green Sheaffer Lifetime pen, and a black grip with veterinary equipment. Also ads for loans on valuables, jewelry, watches, radios, and appliances, plus service offers from Ginsberg's and Katz Loan Company and various cleaners, perm shops, and moving firms. The Gazette cautions readers to verify employment ads and reports misrepresentation.
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