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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1936
Page
11
Chicago reports unofficial Monday receipts ahead: hogs 30 000 cattle 19 000 sheep 18 000 and hogs for next week about 150 000. Saturday trading was slow with hogs about 15 cents lower. top at 9.60 vs 9.80 Friday. Cattle and sheep supplies rose. poultry abundant. corn prices pressured downs on hogs. fat lambs fell 50 to 75 cents with late top at 9 dollars.
Receipts for hogs 8 000 with 6 500 direct. prices down 15 cents from Friday. Cattle receipts 500 with steady to lower tone across weights. calves and yearlings show mixed moves. Poultry market slow. top hogs near 12.60, lambs posting declines while feeders hold near prior levels. overall market softens as week ends.
Receipts show cattle week totals with steady to higher prices for fed steers yearlings and stockers while cows and bulls drop. Hogs steady to higher with top prices near 9.50 for choice 210 250 lb hogs. sheep none. Iowa hog receipts show overall prices steady to down slightly with varied weights and sow values.
Sioux City AP reports U S Department of Agriculture high steer low cuts. Receipts 400. most fed yearlings 25c down. fat heifers up 25c. cows down 25c. Better stock and feeders 25c higher. plainer kinds 25c lower. Prime 1100 lb beeves 11.60. best medium weight steers 11.25. choice heifers 10.50 to 10.75. bulk beef cows 4.00.
Receipts and prices across cattle hogs and sheep show varied bids. Cattle prices range from 3.75 to 7.75 per 100 pounds with cuter grades at 3.15 and 7.40. hogs top at 9.50 with most between 9.00 and 9.25. sheep and lambs report week declines with native lambs topping 8.75 and ewes 2.50 to 3.75.
Cattle receipts 50 head with mixed comparing to Friday last week. Cows and steers show lower quotes while well finished steers rise unevenly. Hogs at 3,000 head steady to strong with top at 9.20. Sheep receipts 1,800 with slaughter lambs down 25 cents and ewes steady. feeders weak.
Waterloo hog prices hold firm in mixed bids with weights from 170 to 350 pounds trading around 7.65 to 9.10 dollars per hundredweight and large sows at 8.40 to 9.10. Mason City reports a drop of about ten cents with light weights 140 to 150 pounds at 5.00 to 6.70 and heavier hogs 200 to 290 pounds around 8.55 to 8.85, with packers at 8.30 to 8.60 and 425 pounds at 8.10 to 8.60.
The Austin Minnesota market shows hog prices by weight range with bid and offer figures. Rates span 180-350 pounds with prices from 8.45 to 9.10 per unit and packing sows 275-550 pounds at 7.85 to 8.65.
Local market shows weaker hogs after a nickel drop Saturday with top at 9.15. Good hogs listed as weaker while good packers hold steady. Cattle prices fall 25 cents as market tightens.
Market notes show ranges for calves and sheep with weights from 70 to 190 pounds and lamb sales at various quality levels. Cattle prices list choice steers from 1,000 to 1,100 pounds at 9.50 to 10.50, with other classes including yearlings, common cattle, and canners priced accordingly.
Grain prices show wheat at 1.12 to 1.15 per bushel, oats 404 41c, rye 70 75c, barley 83c to 1.00, corn ear 80 95c, shelled yellow prices ranging 1.05 to 1.09, soybeans 1.16. Hay and straw, poultry values listed, wholesale fruits and vegetables include oranges 4 dollars, lemons 7 dollars, potatoes 2 dollars and more, apples Jonathan 1.05 to 1.85 per bushel, pears 2.50, grapes 2.25, cabbage 21 3c, onions 85 cents to 1.35, and hides prices for various grades.
Foreign exchange desk in New York posts per cent values for numerous currencies including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and New York in Montreal with quoted nominal terms and special notes.
In Boston on Saturday a steady demand for limited domestic wools pushed prices higher across grades. Fine combing territory wool sold at 92 to 95 cents scoured for high quality French and staple lines, with Ohio combing fleeces trading around 37 to 43 cents grease depending on lineage and grade.
Wheat futures on the Chicago board rose as Liverpool highs, Australian wheat sales to Italy and strong buying by commission houses supported prices. December wheat at 1.165 1/8 dollars, May around 1.14 dollars. corn and oats also edged higher or steady amid active shipping and light offerings.
Market bulletin from Chicago lists futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats rye soybeans barley timothy seed clover seed and meat products. Values shown include No 1 dark hard wheat 1.242 dollars and various corn yellow and white grades, soybeans yellow 1.27 per bushel, barley Illinois feed around 85 86 cents, lard and bellies prices, with several suppliers and grades.
Receipts 96 cars with bids showing No 1 heavy dark spring at 1.40 1.47 and No 1 dark northern at 1.39 1.46 for 59 to 60 pound grades. No 3 yellow corn quoted at 1.06 1.09 with oats No 3 white at 42 to 45 cents.
New York bonds showed modest buoyancy from government support but overall activity remained subdued. Convertible and mid price issues faced selling with limited demand while some volatile bonds fell 2 to 3 points.Treasury issues held steady with early gains fading before close.
AP reports Chicago market receipts: butter 10 304 unsettled on unchanged eggs 2004 steady with several firsts and local car prices. Live poultry receipts 15 trucks steady with hens and leghorn varieties varying in price. Potatoes receipts 88 on track 323 total US shipments 593 steady as demand improves. prices listed for Idaho russet Burbanks and other varieties.
New York AP market notes show butter receipts at 6 205 with creamery up and higher. Butter prices range 31 to 33 cents for various grades. Cheese receipts 155 295 with steady to firm prices. Eggs receipts 136 with mixed colors and price ranges. Live cattle market weak with no freight quotations.
In New York the possibility of government steps to curb foreign buying pressured stocks. Early losses eased later as support arrived for many issues. Transfers ran around 1 150 000 shares while officials studied curbing foreign cash inflows.
Saturday stock quotations show a wide range of issues and prices including Adams Express at 15, Allied Sea products, Am Car & Fdy, Aluminum makers, Mack Trucks, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, and Union Carbide among many others. The report lists prices by issuer, with numerous corporate performers and declines noted across banks, metals, oils, and consumer goods, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
Chicago AP notes butter and refrigerator futures closing at various dates and prices. Idaho russet potatoes see January and March futures at 2.86 and 3.25 respectively, reflecting market activity in the futures arena.
AP report from Minneapolis shows flour carload figures for 98 pound sacks. Family patents unchanged at 7.00 to 7.20 per barrel, standard patents at 4.65 to 4.85, pendents 16 060, par ran box 31.50, standard middlings around 34.50 to 35.00.
Mrs. J. L. Kinmouth has died in Asbury Park New Jersey. Funeral services are planned for Sunday at Asbury Park.
J F Whitamore 56 of 1425 Eleventh St SW was arrested Friday on a statutory charge warrant. County officials say he had more than $1500 in currency on his person and claimed it was his savings. He was jailed on a bench warrant after complaint by County Attorney G K Thompson on behalf of a seven year old girl.
In a major reform the Travancore maharajah proclaims all state temples open to Hindus by birth or religion without restriction. The decision, welcomed by progressives, could inspire similar moves in Cochin and Mysore.
Roosevelt High of Cedar Rapids captured the one mile team race at the state interscholastic cross country meet in Iowa City with 22 points, ahead of East Waterloo 26 and Oskaloosa 28. Jack Carr Harold Briggs and Ernest Bush led Roosevelt with second fourth and sixteenth place finishes. Hubert Woolman of East Waterloo won the individual mile race in 5 minutes 7.3 seconds.
Thomas W Walsh 77 died at his daughter's Cedar Rapids home after a short illness. Born in Ireland he lived in Cedar Rapids area three years and leaves two daughters Mary and Mrs John Ryan and four sons Louis Edward John James, plus a brother and two sisters in Ireland. Funeral at Immaculate Conception church Monday at 9 a.m. with burial at Holbrook. Rosary Sunday night at Monahan funeral home.
Julius Derring former Cedar Rapids resident died at his Brainerd Minnesota home Wednesday morning Mrs A M Walker of Cedar Rapids says Derring surviving widow Gail Kettering of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held in Brainerd Monday morning.
Funeral services for Guy B Wright will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in Trinity Methodist Church conducted by Rev E D Wells Burial will be in Palo Cemetery with Maine Lodge I O O F in charge at the grave Friends may call at the Rohn Chapel Saturday evening
Funeral services for Mrs Kath Erska Blazek will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Janeba and Brosh chapel conducted by Theodore B. Hlubucek. Burial will follow at Bohemian National Cemetery. She belonged to Hvezda Pokroka and Zofie Pod lip ska lodges. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday evening.
William H. Schrimper funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday in Turner chapel with Rev L E Crippen of Castalia officiating. Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Joseph Martin of 628 Third Street SW will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Beatty chapel with Rev. I. E. Linkletter officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood cemetery.
Birth notices report Orville Orr Jr born November 12 in Des Moines to Mr and Mrs Orville Orr with mother Lillian Chapman of Cedar Rapids. Also a daughter born November 12 at St Luke’s Hospital to Mr and Mrs R H Schroeder of Watkins and a son born November 14 at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Adrian Carlile of 221% Fourteenth Avenue SE.
Marion news notes a Concord Agriculture and Literary club gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Secrist. Activities included group singing, piano solos, readings, a paper by Mrs. Gail Storck, and an original poem by Mrs. Harley Erwin. December meeting planned at the Roberts home.
The Friendly Guild of the Methodist church met Friday at Mrs. Carl Andersons home. Rev E T Gough led devotion. Plans were made for a bazaar and luncheon for the Epworth league Nov 21. Twenty one members and three guests were served by a committee including Mrs Anderson and Mrs Godwin. Mrs John Byse was elected secretary replacing Mrs E H Williams who moved away.
Mrs. Claire Davis reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Palmer of Springville. Mrs. Palmer is Mrs. Davis’s sister. Miss Julia Ames is visiting her parents in Toledo for the weekend.
Marion township teachers gathered Tuesday evening at Miss Jane Reed’s residence near Whittier with Miss Willa Mae Daniels assisting hostess.
Mrs. John Grote hosted the Second and Third divisions of the Presbyterian church Ladies Aid at a Kensington gathering. Bazaar plans were discussed during the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dunn and daughter Hazel Jean of Denver attend a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clare Mercer in Springville. Also present were Mrs. James Dunn and Mrs. L. C. Wahl with her daughter Alice of Marion.
The young folk of Prairie Chapel church enjoyed a picnic supper at the parsonage with the Rev. Mr. or Mrs. Hubert Thomas on Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Walter Kruger and Mr and Mrs William Fowler attended a Friday evening picnic supper hosted by the Railway Mail association of Cedar Rapids and Marion for members and their families at the I O O F hall in Cedar Rapids.
The Marion Community chorus gathered in the public library Friday evening with Virgil Wade conducting and Miss Edna Roberts on piano. After an hour of singing, six young performers from the Honolulu studio of Cedar Rapids presented a program.
A large crowd attended the Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club card party at the Hallwood Friday with refreshments for 100. Prizes for high score were awarded at each table, and Miss Mary Snyder won both the traveling and door prizes. Mrs. J. J. Reardon was general chairman.
A meeting of the W. S. A. club at Mrs. John Johnson home set plans for a Christmas party on December 13. Refreshments for sixteen members and four guests were served by Mrs. Johnson and three helpers. Visitors include Mrs. Milo Trusty of Chicago, formerly Miss Gladys Fredericks, visiting Marion relatives.
The First division of the Ladies Aid society met Friday at Mrs. E. B. Castle home. Plans for a Dec 11 event at Mrs. J. M. Albright's were created. Seventeen members received refreshments served by Mrs. Lena Pratt and Mrs. Castle.
Mrs. L R Blinks presented a map study of Canada at a Reading circle meeting held Friday at Mrs. C E Blinks home. Roll call yielded names of Canadian explorers.
Iowa City Justice John M Kadlee fined William Chapman and William Siepman 100 dollars plus costs after they pled guilty to illegal transportation of liquor in a case brought by County Attorney E A Beldwin.
The I. V. T. club elected officers: President Mrs Norma Dawson, vice president Mrs Opal Smith, secretary and treasurer Mrs Ruby Higgins, and executive committee Mrs Etta Blick and Mrs Margaret Harlan.
The Consolidated School District of Walford Iowa Benton Linn Johnson and Iowa will meet November 25 1936 at Walford School at 1 p.m. to consider issuing five hundred dollars principal in school building bonds to refund an outstanding 1916 bond maturing December 1 1936. Taxpayers may file objections before the meeting with the secretary Gladys E Shultz.
Mrs. Philip Shoup and daughters Miss Helen Shoup and Mrs. Phyllis Johnson of Tulsa return to Marion from Lincoln Illinois where funeral services for Mr. Shoup were held Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Karl Kendall and Miss Elinor Kendall went to Walker Friday evening for the Walker schools operetta The King Sneezes staged by grade children under Miss Kathryn Kendall directing.
Mrs A E Granger gave a program on The Hoosier State at the Sorosis club meeting held Thursday evening at Mrs M W Courtney's home. Miss Hazel Ross will lead the next program and Mrs La Verna Crew will host the next gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Greer and Mrs. E. G. Hicks of Monticello were dinner guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Greer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Yocom of this city and Miss Ruth Griffin of Ann Arbor spent Friday with Mrs. Yocom's brother L. O. Worley and his family at Ely.
Hugh Gordon Wednesday travels to New York for a session of the International Baby Chick association. He then proceeds to Washington to aid in planning a world poultry congress scheduled for 1939.
Mrs. LeRoy Scott hosted the Mothers club gathering north of Marion. Mrs. Paul Beach joined as a new member and the group contributed two dollars to the Parent-Teacher dental fund. Mrs. W. E. Peddycourt led a program on The Effect of the Movies on Children. Seventeen members answered roll call with My Child and the Movies. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Frank Allen's home in the evening.
A consolidated church notices list outlines service times across local denominations. Marion area listings include Baptist The Rev. Loren Inman at First, St Joseph's Catholic mass times, Union and Congregational services, Free Methodist revival near Center Point, Methodist Episcopal sermons, Presbyterian Adventuring theme, St Paul Evangelical Lutheran worship, Seventh Day Church of God Sabbath school and morning worship, with choir and organists noted.
Charles City outpaced Oelwein 13 to 7 as second and third quarter thrusts sealed the victory. A subsequent fumble near the 4 yard line led to Charles City scoring after Brittingham returned a punt deep into Oelwein territory. Bonsall and Smith connected for a 40 yard score, with Bonsall adding a late third quarter TD on an end around and Charles City converting the extra. Substitutions noted. officials listed.
Ely High girls defeated Tiffin 37 to 29 as Krob led Ely with 22 points. In the boys game Tiffin edged Ely 24 to 12 with Hrdliska scoring 11 for the visitors. Tiffin led throughout the contest.
Shueyville high school basketball opened with reserve squads beating Solon reserves 38 to 14 while the varsity fell to Center 31 to 16 in Friday action.
The Iowa College of Dentistry Alumni Association at its twenty eighth annual meeting in Iowa City elected Dr J W Blackman as president Dr R J Andrews as vice president Dr George Reid as secretary and Dr Joseph F Schoen as treasurer all from different cities including Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and Blairstown.
Marquette reports the Wingen building is being remodeled into a cinema. H. H. Hall of Elkader has leased the site for five years and will operate the theater. Improvements are estimated at $2,000.
The Hazleton junior class presents a three act comedy titled Cabbage for Dollars at the school gymnasium on November 20. The project aims to raise funds for student activities and features local actors from Hazleton High School.
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