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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1935
Page
17
Unofficial weekly receipts show hogs 14 900 cattle 17 000 sheep 11 000 with next week hogs estimated at 80 000. Prices edged up slightly at times but overall market stayed weak as cattle and hogs posted new fall lows while hogs rallied Friday from midweek levels.
Livestock market report lists weights and quality grades with prices. Categories include 180 to 350+ pound ranges and heavy to light weights. Prices quoted span from about 7.60 to 9.00 per hundredweight, with differing good and choice grades.
Local listing shows grain and produce prices including wheat at 99c and rye at 40c a bushel, corn ear and shelled prices, oats and barley values, and a wide range of fruits and vegetables with current wholesale figures. Hides, hides grades, and horse prices are listed, along with green hides and pony glue terms.
All American financial and commodity markets will be closed on Monday November 11 for Armistice Day. Livestock exchanges and Canadian security and commodity markets will also observe the holiday while European markets remain open.
Prime hogs strengthened slightly Saturday as a nickel advance to 8.95 per hundredweight lifted top prices. The 425 to 550 pound good packers showed weakness compared with the upper tier.
New York traders showed little willingness for higher prices amid mixed corporate issues. Treasury yields and government bonds edged up slightly as investors weighed federal court actions and market shifts, with issues like Allegheny and Canadian Pacific among notable mentions.
Wheat fell 38 to 48 cents on the Chicago board of trade in a light trading session before Armistice Day. December wheat slid to 96 cents with corn and oats largely unchanged, traders citing holiday pause, uncertain Canadian policy, and subdued outside interest as factors.
Market notes show cash provisions for Chicago grains with mixed wheat and corn prices. Record lists No 2 yellow corn, No 4 yellow, No 5 yellow, No 4 white, and soybeans with bid ranges and on track indications. Barley and timothy seed quotes appear alongside lard prices and clover seed figures.
Wool prices in Boston remained firm last week with modest volume. Prices for fine and combing wools held near 80 cents base, while blood wools and Ohio delaine sold in the 2.50 to 3.60 grease range. Foreign exchange rates in New York showed varied demands and several currencies quoted. sugar market noted raw markets steady with no change in refine prices.
A Minneapolis couple, Antoinette Brugger and Ludwig Cramer, were married in Cedar Rapids before continuing to the Minnesota football game at Iowa City. The ceremony took place in the city hall judges office, tying the pair to Superior Judge Thomas Powell for the marriage.
Hoover relative denies reports of planned nomination and discusses political prospects amid rumors. The statement counters claims of a formal bid and clarifies affiliations with the campaign.
U.S. markets cooled after Friday’s utilities surge with modest gains and mixed showing in rails and specialty shares. Chesapeak e Corporation rose about three points while Owens-Illinois Glass increased around six, as several major names moved fractionally.
John Mahnke 19 of Cedar Rapids received a six month county jail term for assault with intent to commit manslaughter after striking Inez Finn 7 near EB Avenue and Seventeenth Street NE. He originally faced manslaughter charges and pled not guilty in June but later offered to plead to the lesser offense following a recommendation from the Finn family.
The report shows cash on hand at Sept 30 of 5165.11. Two 10 percent dividends have been paid on depositors' claims since the receivership began with D. W. Bates as receiver and O. F. Fryer as examiner in charge.
In district court cross petitions amend claims in the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust company and American Trust and Savings bank receiverships. Comfort and Comfort and C. F. Murphy seek 5000 each against Guaranty Bank and Trust and 2500 against stockholders of both old banks. Existing claims remain 4903.72 for Comforts, 1754.87 for Murphy in American Trust, and 2764.10 in Cedar Rapids case. Attorneys urge preferred status over general.
Christ Kopps, 36, of 535 B Avenue NE, was sentenced to six months in county jail for sale of articles for immoral use. Judge H. C. Ring suspended the sentence during good behavior, contingent on Kopps leaving the county. A related charge of selling cigarettes without state revenue stamps was dismissed on state motion.
Judge H C Ring heard Myrtle Ann Landis seek modification of the 1932 divorce decree awarding her custody of a minor child. The child had been placed with the maternal grandmother under the original stipulation. Koehler resists the request and the matter will go to written briefs and arguments.
Gladys Yerger wins divorce from Charles W. Yerger on desertion grounds and resumes the name Gladys Gearhart. Sarah Sedlacek’s divorce suit against Joseph Sedlacek is dismissed. Evelyn M. Beach seeks divorce from Morris B. Beach with requests for child custody, support, and household goods. Linn county work relief payroll totals 3887 dollars for 570 workers. Katherine Bokerney seeks 350 dollars against HL Siver and Pearl Siver. Perpetual Savings and Loan wins 79974 dollars in default against Frank M. Kent and Norma Z. Kent.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna W Lackman will be held Monday at 10 am at Four Square Gospel tabernacle and at St John Evangelical church Gladbrook at 2 pm conducted by Rev Myron Sackett. Burial is in Gladbrook cemetery. She is survived by husband William H Lackman two daughters Viola Kathryn Mohr and Corrine Maxine Lackman three sons Elda Berdette Burdelte all of Cedar Rapids, father Henry Sebbert of Gladbrook two sisters Mary Turner and Rose Sebbert and four brothers Henry Carl Alvin Sebbert and Anbey Sebbert.
Funeral services for Lona Lea Kahler will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the home at 044 M Street SW conducted by the Rev. Richard V. Clearwaters. Burial follows at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the home prior to services.
Former Cedar Rapids resident Dion, Mrs. Ezra Van Metre, died in Hollywood California, according to word received here.
Albert Smith of Prairieburg to Anne Henderson of Monticello. George W. Black to Betty Ridpath of Independence. Vern A. Schall of Perry to Joyce J. Wilson of Cedar Rapids. Mham f. Nyan to Viola Reasler, Cedar Rapids. Arthur Dunn to Faye Mane Jones of Marion. Kay Y. Yazarian to Buelah M. Mammar, Cedar Rapids. Walter Bolwyg of Webster City to Bertha Cummings of Cedar Rapids.
Marion reports several guests from the American Legion Auxiliary including past presidents and gold star mothers at the Second district fall conference. A reception followed. Iowa game attendees from Marion listed, plus community updates on illnesses, weddings, church events, and social club activities across the city of Marion.
Armistice Day will be observed by Marion post 298 American Legion with a city park service at 11 a.m. and a 10 a.m. gathering of veterans. the worship includes a firing salute, a prayer by Rev Ralph Hall Collis, and a minute of silence facing east. Various church and club events follow, including meetings, picnics, and community gatherings at local homes, with notable visits and a postponed Milwaukee Railroad Women’s club luncheon.
Swedish servants sit at the table while the master of the house and his family wait on them during a Christmas Eve meal.
The Marion Nature and Garden club plans a 2 p.m. meeting at Mrs. Celan Rollins home with guest speaker Percy Hutton speaking on Cactus Varieties and Care. Mrs. Ray Bodger of Nevada visits Marion before returning home with her husband arriving Sunday. Mrs. James Fairley hosts the Child Study club Tuesday at 7 30 p.m.
Churches across Marion hold unified and individual services with schedules. Notable sermons include Can Religion Abolish War and Why Wars Must Cease, reflecting wartime peace themes, with multiple denominations listing Sunday schools, worship times, and evening union services.
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