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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
25
Friday cattle and hog receipts estimated with hogs showing a top of 10.55 per cwt as light hogs led the Thursday run. Demand remained solid for strong weight butchers and packing sows amid mixed pork loin wholesale weakness and price cuts to move loins. Cattle and lambs moved mostly steady despite higher receipts and overall livestock prices dipping versus a year ago.
HOGS Receipts 13,000 including 3,000 direct with strong weight butchers top 10.55 and 180-240 lb hogs 10.25 10.50. CATTLE Receipts 6,000 calves 1,000 fat steers steady top 10.25 and 1,279 lb steer price. stockers steady 5.00 6.50. bulls weak. SHEEP Receipts 10,000 fat lambs active steady best natives 8.50 8.85. ewes 2.50 3.15. 37-56 lb lambs 5.50 7.40.
ST PAUL market notes receipts: cattle 4,300 fed steers light. early sales firm with high grades $8.50–$9.50. cows $3.00–$4.50. bulls $5.00–$5.50. calves $6.50–$9.15. Hog receipts 9,500 slow, 160 lbs up and sows down. top $9.85. 100–150 lbs $7.00–$9.00. Sheep 13,500 through. steady on fat lambs, bulk fat lambs $8.25–$8.40. feeding lambs $4.25–$7.25.
U S Department of Agriculture shows combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 9 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 am Thursday total 17 300, up from 13 700 last week and 10 100 a year ago. Prices for various weights ranged from about 8.60 to 10.25 with steady to higher bids for heavy sows and light weights in strong undertone.
Associated Press price notes show Waterloo values from 150 to 350+ pounds with gains of 5 10 cents and mixed ranges up to 10.05 for heavy hogs. Ottumwa and Austin markets list unchanged or steady trade with typical 180 to 350 pound price bands and sow ranges.
Receipts: cattle 3500 hogs 4000 sheep 1500. Slaughter steers and yearlings slow with some steady prices. fat heifers steady to weak. stockers and feeders steady to slow. Steers good and choice 5.50–7.75. hogs top 10.00. sows around 9.25. feeders mixed. Sheep undertone steady with best natives near 8.50. fat lambs 8.50. throughputs include 275 feeders.
U S Dept of Agriculture notices in Omaha show hogs receipts at 6 000 steady to 10 cents higher with top at 10 10 and cattle at 5 000 receipts with calves steady to weak. Hogs 180 pounds 9 75 10 05, sows 9 35 9 50. Cattle steers and yearlings 8 00 10 00, heifers 8 00 9 25, cows 4 63 5 25. Sheep receipts 3 000 slow early kids steady lambs up to 8 25, best above 8 50.
Hog prices rose slightly on Thursday with all grades advancing 5 cents and the top price reaching 10 dollars. Corn also edged higher while other local markets remained unchanged.
Market notes show calf prices for good to choice 140 to 190 pounds and cattle values by weight. Range includes steers 1000 to 1100 pounds at 8.50 to 9.25, yearling cattle around 7.50 to 9.25, and cows from 2.75 to 7.50 with various grades and stockers listed.
Cedar Rapids market notes list prices for grain wheat oats rye barley corn soybeans and hay plus wholesale fruits vegetables and cured hides. Items include Valencia oranges lemons potatoes bananas lettuce celery cabbage onions prunes grapes apples cranberries sweet potatoes and various hides with prices per unit or per crate.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a quiet Boston wool market with mostly firm domestic wools. Holders resist low bids while small lots trade at steady prices around 88 90 cents for staple lengths and 84 87 cents for French combing lengths. Chicago butter and egg futures closed with modest price differentials and Idaho russet potato futures show October and January values.
New York AP reports raw sugar unchanged at 3.40 per hundredweight with futures steady. January futures at 2.46 and September at 2.45, up 1 to 2 points. Refined sugar unchanged at 4.75 for fine granulated.
U S bonds closed with Treasury 4s 47-52 at 119 and 4s 44-54 at 114.60. Treasury 3%s for 40-43 June traded near 108.30 and 3%s 43-47 around 109.40. Other notes quoted include 3s 46-49 at 106.30.
In Chicago futures, wheat led gains as export demand for Canadian grain and a report of a possible Argentine ban on old crop wheat boosted buying. December wheat rose about 1% while corn and oats also advanced. July wheat lagged due to favorable weather and crop reports.
Chicago quotations list wheat at various grades from No 1 hard to No 5 yellow lake billing and sample grades, corn prices for yellow and white, oats and rye with limited sales, soybeans No 2 yellow, barley actual sales and feeds, Timothy seed about 5.50 to 5.75 per cwt, vege seed reported, lard and bellies values, reflecting the day’s market.
Wheat receipts 47 cars up 2 percent led gains in No 1 heavy dark eee spring and No 1 dark northern with mixed prices for 58 to 60 pound lots. Montana and amber durum varieties show varied bids while No 3 yellow corn and No 3 white oats are quoted with minor increases.
Receipts and prices for butter eggs live poultry and potatoes listed. Butter prices steady with receipts near 10,992. eggs firm with 6,557 receipts and multiple grade prices. live poultry receipts 37 trucks with mixed up values. potatoes receipts 58 on track with varied U S No 1 prices across several regional varieties.
AP notes egg receipts 13 322. prices mixed by grade from 24 to 35 cents with several categories listed. Butter receipts 9682 steady. creamery extra 92 score at 32 cents. Cheese receipts 76903 steady. live poultry weak with no freight quotations.
Chesapeake Corp 5s of 1947 jumped about eight points and 5s of 1944 rose over six as the Chesapeake and Ohio plan to pay a $1 cash extra and $2 in new preference stock lifted the stockholder's group. Trading ran heavy with mixed gains and losses across rail and utility issues while foreign dollar bonds held a narrow path.
After touching a five year high for the fourth straight session, New York stocks pulled back as profit taking slowed the rally. Encouraging business and industry news kept some issues strong, while leaders paused or eased. Chespeake & Ohio, Chesapeake Corp., and Alleghany Corp rose on news of extra dividends. many others posted gains or declines amid light bond and commodity activity.
AP report shows quiet demands in various currencies with rates for Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Hungary Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Hong Kong Mexico and cross rates Montreal New York.
Firemen answered a 10 41 a m alarm at 1431 C avenue NE to a stove fire started by a pan of grease. Loss confined to the grease and no injuries reported.
Reports from San Francisco say any U S move to annex Pacific islands could provoke protests from Britain New Zealand and Australia. Observers note New Zealand patrols near Christmas Island and a British cruiser visit to Jarvis Island signaling Dominion interest. The text warns that aviation routes may constrain American expansion toward Australia with final segments possibly handed to Australian or New Zealand firms.
Dr. Erwin H. Barbour of the University of Nebraska announced evidence dating man’s antiquity in western Nebraska from 15 000 to 30 000 years ago. A museum field party led by C Bertrand Schultz near Crawford Harrison and Broadwater recovered ancient handcrafts and 40 animal remains from badland soil layers.
Hugh A. Butler, Nebraska Republican committeeman, telegrammed Governor Alf M. Landon urging a speech in Omaha during Ak-Sar-Ben week starting Oct. 25. If he accepts the talk would be in Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum where President Roosevelt is due to speak next Saturday night.
Emma Kutis aged 40 and Henry Nemsgren aged 29 were sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of Emma Kutis husband Thomas on September 28 at the family farm in South Dakota. The Circuit Judge was John Bartine.
Ross T. Cartier, later revealed as Russell Palmer of Akron, Ohio, once believed dead, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzlement in Tacoma. He will be quarantined at MacNeil's Island to determine transfer to a Missouri federal hospital as a tuberculosis patient.
Edwin R. Frazier former Cedar Rapids resident died at the family home in Chicago after a long illness. Born March 12 1876 in Viola Illinois he lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life. Survived by widow three daughters Park and Hugh Frazier two sons and one grandchild plus three brothers and three sisters. Funeral set for Friday 4 p.m. Turner chapel with Rev J R McCullough. burial Linwood cemetery.
Funeral service for Mrs Bar bara Kun will be held at the Polansky chapel at 2 p.m. Friday conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek. Burial will follow at Bohemian National cemetery with friends welcome at the chapel Thursday evening.
Funeral services for Amber G. Ramsey were conducted in the Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Friday with Dr. A. A. Brooks presiding. Burial followed at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Funeral services for Jeremiah Crowley will be at 9 a.m. Friday in the Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msgr. John Molloy. Six grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Burial is in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the Monahan chapel.
A 16 year old, Frank Edward Stephens, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for sending an extortion letter demanding 25 000 from the mother of 77 year old Shirley Temple. He was arrested soon after the actress' parents turned over the letter. Trial was set for October 16.
Dr. Robert E. Cornish in Berkeley plans tests to revive subjects from lethal gas executions using a life restoration device. Arizona Governor Moeur reportedly backs the idea pending public vote, with a referendum sought to place the issue on the ballot.
Cyril Ryecroft Jr the 13 month old winner of the Most Perfect Baby prize at Coney Island Mardi Gras measures 35 inches tall and 29 pounds and has blue eyes golden curls eight teeth and steady health. He has been fed meat since 10 months old and was judged by Charles Atlas Mrs George Pomeroy Marie Craig and Jolly Bill Steinke.
About 200 Cedar Rapids contractors and carpenters attended a Roosevelt hotel meeting to learn about balsam wool insulation. J B Egan and Tom J Keefe of Wood Conversion company explained a sealed wind and moisture resistant system using wood pulp blankets and waterproof asphalt coatings. The material, used in many refrigerator and ice box applications, is distributed through lumber dealers and installed by carpenters.
Ernest Cumby a 29 year old Iowa ex convict tied to a year old disappearance of four Illinois tourists from near Albuquerque. Reports say witnesses cashed stolen traveler checks and identified him as a possible driver in the Lorius car case. Cumby held on federal charges and questioned in the Lorius mystery as FBI releases details.
Minneapolis flour feed cereal and elevators workers voted to accept a settlement ending a seven week disruption. Plants began reopening with some already operating and all expected to run Friday. Several mills and a linseed mill had already resumed after prior agreements. Details of terms were not immediately disclosed.
Born to Mr and Mrs Leonard Douda at St Luke s hospital Oct 8 a son. A McNeal couple in Fairfax welcomed a son Oct 7 at Mercy hospital. Hartman Bjornsen and wife at 644 Thirty third Street NE had a son Oct 6 at Mercy hospital. Mrstiks correction. address is 1127 Third street SW for a son born Oct 4 at Mercy hospital.
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