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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1940
Page
4
Cattle sold strong to 15 cents higher with steady hog and lamb values amid small receipts. Select steers and yearlings rose 10 to 15 cents, top cattle near 1.75 above prior. Hog trade opened slow but finished active with mid-session weakness quickly recovered. top price reported at 6.45.
Light hogs and heavy hogs show varied values with Ave and Amt figures, plus several ais entries. The Omaha market reports Salable receipts around 3,300 hogs and 5,500 cattle with cattle and calves margins rising modestly, while sheep show higher lamb prices and steady others amid stormy weather.
Hog receipts run about 15 000 with open slow steady to Friday's averages around six forty to six twenty five as weights vary. Cattle receipts near 10 000 with calves moderate supply and mixed gains while sheep remain steady to firm on strong early lamb values. Iowa Des Moines and Ottumwa yard quotes show hogs steady to higher with several price bands listed for 160 to 600 pound ranges.
Salable receipts total about 7 000 cattle with steady demand against scarce slaughter stock. Medium to good cows and yearlings show price ranges and Friday comparisons, calves and dairy stock mixed. Hogs show 9 000 receipts with unsettled market but bids steady near Friday levels. sheep and lambs supply 52 000 with feeder flesh mix and few loads of good slaughter lambs around 9.25 to 9.50 per hundredweight.
AP reports cattle receipts 5,000 calves and 1,000 cattle with trading suspended due to bad weather. Hog prices steady to 15 cents higher with top 190 to 300 fob, good sows around 5.85 to 5.90, feeders nominal. Sheep receipts 1,500 with fat lambs up about 28 cents and native Westerns around 9.00 to 9.25, feeder lambs scarce.
Feoria Peoria US Dept Agriculture cattle hogs calves and sheep receipts steady to uneven. Slaughter steers and heifers fully steady with good demand for short fed cattle. Cows mixed, cutters and canners weak to steady, bulls steady. Lambs small and damp, bids around 9.00 to 9.25.
The New York stock exchange curb exchange cotton exchange and the Chicago board of trade along with all major securities and commodity markets in the United States and Canada were closed on Monday in observance of Armistice Day. All banks nationwide also closed. Livestock markets stayed open as usual on weekend holidays.
Hogs steady on the local market with no-fill top at 595 dollars. Prices listed for 140 to 2100 pounds hogs and various packer ranges. cattle and calf prices also shown with several grade distinctions. sheep figures include spring lambs and ewes.
Grain prices listed include Wheat No 1 75c No 2 Tie 20c Oats White No 2 20c Rye No 2 38c Corn shelled Old No 2 yellow 56c No 2 yellow 56c Soybeans New No 2 79c Hay prices for tame hay 7.80 baled straw 6.00 Delivered in Cedar Rapids poultry prices Springs over 5 lbs 13c four or five lbs 10c hens over 5 lbs 11c four to five lbs 9c broilers 1 3 2 lbs 15c roosters 7c Leghorns 27c per dozen No 1 12c No 2 12c Wholesale fruits prices lemons 5 25 oranges 3 65 grapefruit 1 25 bag California celery 2 70 lettuce 2 90 onions 7 57 1 35 cabbage 1 25 carrots 2 50 potatoes 9 0 1 60 red grapes 1 50 pears 2 50 cauliflower 1 50 sweet potatoes 2 75 Jonathan apples 1 65 cranberries 4 00 hides prices rough hides 9c cured hides 8e calf hides 7c calf skins 1f eee No 2 kip 5c No 1 horse 4 00 No 2 horse 3 50 pony and giglie half price manpe and full tall included
Chicago produce markets show steady hen prices with hens over 5 pounds at 15 cents, under 5 pounds 13 cents, and Leghorn hens at 10 2/3 cents. Broilers under 2 1/2 pounds priced 16 1/2 cents, Plymouth Rock 19 1/2 cents, White Rock 19 cents springs, ducks several prices, turkeys with toms and young birds listed, capons under 7 pounds at 9 1/2 cents.
Dairy market quotes for the week of November 11 list prices for American cheese daisies and cheddars with fractions in cents. The Mississippi River stage report shows Davenport and Dubuque elevations, Keokuk and St Louis readings with rise and fall notes.
Five minor accidents were recorded at police headquarters Sunday and early Monday. Car driven by Carl Murrin collided with a car operated by Dr C G Miller at Sixth street and Seventh avenue SW injuring two passengers mildly. Second crash involved Norman Bleakley and Harry Nove with bruises to Mrs Bleakley and Mrs Nove. A Vernon street incident damaged two garages when a car crossed into oncoming traffic. A City Lines bus collision injured Gerald Ard who suffered back and neck pain after hitting a Chicago driven car at Sed street and Fifth avenue SE.
Funeral services for Lyman E. Freeman, who died Friday at his home 330 F avenue NW after a brief illness, were conducted Sunday at Fry funeral home Vinton by Rev. William E. Butler. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery. Born June 30 1880 in Vinton he was the son of Mr and Mrs George Freeman. He married Mamie Fisher in Marengo Feb 5 1912. Surviving are his wife and children Lloyd F. Freeman Helen Freeman Mrs Berniece Cannon Mrs Dorothea Willitts and George Freeman eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. He formerly lived in the Brandon community and had Cedar Rapids roots.
Mrs. Albin Model Anderson died Sunday at 1 30 p m after a brief illness. Born July 23 1907 at Belle Plaine she lived in Cedar Rapids three years with her husband Barnard L Anderson since Dec 24 1935 in Vinton she was active in the American Legion auxiliary and the Order of Eastern Star Funeral services are at 11 a m Wednesday in Turner chapel with Rev Dr Robert Little and the Vinton Eastern Star officiating Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
Samuel L Gardner, 73, died at his home 518 Third street SW Sunday at midnight after a long illness. He was born March 8, 1867 in Wabash county Indiana and moved with his family to Tama county Iowa as a child. He later resided in Cedar Rapids since 1899. He married Alma Evans November 9, 1892 in Toledo. they had two sons Carl and Paul. His wife died in 1904. he remarried Anna Le Fever on February 2, 1907, who survives with the two sons, a granddaughter Jane of Cedar Rapids, plus two sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mrs Agnes Stolar Clark 54 wife of Fred B Clark died at 118 First Street NE Cedar Rapids at 10 30 a m Monday from a heart attack Born in Cedar Rapids in 1886 she lived on her property her entire life Daughter of Joseph and Agnes Stolar early Cedar Rapids residents Surviving husband Funeral services in Beatty chapel time to be announced Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call after 5 p m Tuesday
Augustine Gregor 71 died at his Cedar Rapids home after a brief illness. He was born in Jabornice Bohemia on August 23 1869 and came to the United States at age four. Survived by his wife Frances three sons Lester Ludwig Charles two daughters Mrs Wendl Barta Mrs Albert Fisher five grandchildren and two stepsisters. He belonged to Karel IV lodge ZCBJ. The body is at Janeba funeral home with funeral plans to be announced.
Vincent Drahos former local attorney died at his daughter Dr. Vlasta Uzel's home in Miami Florida Sunday night. He moved to Florida over twenty years ago and is survived by his daughter. The body will be brought to Cedar Rapids for burial in Toledo.
Funeral services for Mrs Ina Ellen Arnell wife of R R Arne of 720 Thirty third Street NE were held in Turner chapel at 2 p m Wednesday Burial followed at Shiloh cemetery in Louisa Friends may call at the funeral home
John B. Cain died in a local hospital at 9 10 a m Monday of a heart attack. Born in Ireland June 16 1862 he came to the United States and lived on a farm near Parnell. He retired three years ago and moved to Cedar Rapids to live with his daughter Mrs John Hogan at 220 Tenth Street NW. Survived by wife Margaret Doyle who died Feb 5 1910 a son Leo Cain Kansas City and three other daughters Mrs John Weldon Parnell Miss Leona Cain Flint Mich and Sister Mary Edwin of the Sisters of Mercy at Oelwein plus eleven more unnamed relatives.
A daughter named Mrs. George Sallers died in 1930. Her body was taken to the Teahen funeral home pending funeral arrangements.
The speaker traces democracy from ancient Greece through Rome and the medieval era to the 1776 birth of the United States as a defining new order. He warns against a return to feudal or autocratic rule and credits World War I for preserving democratic ideals for a generation.
We, alive today, think in terms of our grandparents and our children and grandchildren. We recognize needs from 1940 such as eliminating aggressive armaments and breaking down barriers for a closely knitted world. We salute enduring truths of democracy and honor the Fathers of America. We acknowledge those who preserved these truths in 1917 and 1918.
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated a damage at the Edward A. Nemecek service station six miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30 after a car struck the building late Saturday night or early Sunday. A witness said a woman was driving and fled with a broken radiator. Time was about 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Donald Meeks reported a spare tire and wheel stolen from his Chevrolet coach nearby at Marion between 9 p.m. and midnight.
Marion was hit by a storm causing a power outage and a phone surge that flooded the local exchange. Service resumed by noon as three extra operators were called in. The day also carried club gatherings, school Armistice program, church events, and visits from Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
B D Silliman of Cedar Rapids former Hanford post commander spoke to Marion high school pupils on Armistice Day advocating a capable national defense. He warned treaties alone cannot secure peace saying world events echo a new war and democracy is threatened. He urged youth to grow mentally sharp and physically strong.
Jeannette Hagerman was elected president of Linn's Best 4-H club at Virginia Sloan's home with Mary Lou Thomas as vice president and other officers named. A variety of social visits and family events are listed, including a Cedar Rapids wedding of Clinton Stoneking and Helen Ackerman, and multiple club meetings and dinners in Marion and nearby towns.
Wind Monday morning damaged an ornament at the base of the Catholic church steeple and sent a pile of bricks to the sidewalk on Tenth street east of the building. Several local residents and visitors are noted in weekend visits and university honors.
Classified notice lists funeral services from Taneva Funeral Home and Edward R. Kuba as funeral director. Provides contact numbers and addresses for services at 16th Ave and 3rd Street SE area. Indicates emphasis on finer services and public service in the community.
A jumble of lost and found notices across multiple items includes a brown purse on 3rd St E between 3rd and 9th Aves with a call to dial 2-9634, a white black-spotted coon hound north of Shellsburg with 2-9070, a black rat terrier five months wearing a harness with dial 24844, plus notices about auto transportation references, a 323 REWARD clause for fraud in want ads, and assorted local business ads for cleaners, insurance, furnaces, jewelry, barbers, alterations, watch repairs, and other services, all seeking readers and advertisers.
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