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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1938
Page
7
Chicago AP reports hog market weakness with prices down to 8.10 top as receipts rise. Cattle and sheep bids show mixed demand while nationwide totals indicate a larger weeklong volume than last year. Iowa and Minnesota markets note varied hog prices by weight and region.
Hogs receipts 21,000 with direct 71,000. prices mostly steady to 10c lower than Tuesday with notable weakness in heavier loads. Cattle receipts 11,000. grain fed steers and yearlings steady to active with weighty stock in demand. top quotes around 13.80 for select yearlings, bulls and heifers steady. Sheep receipts 10,000. fat lambs active with gains to 10c or more. Utah Idaho lambs $8.50 to packers, natives $8.25–8.40, ewes around $3.00.
Readable notes show cattle hogs and sheep receipts at St Paul and Omaha. Cattle steady to firm with calves strong, hog prices mixed and cutting to market trends, sheep including fat lambs and slaughter ewes showing firm to higher bid tones.
Sioux City market updates receipts at 3 500 cattle with calves 200. Good and choice beef steers and yearlings remain strong while other categories are slow. Fed heifers supply liberal and near steady. other stock steady to strong. Stockers and feeders firm with scattered early sales of fed choice yearlings.
A list of grain prices including wheat oats rye barley corn soybeans hay and straw with dairy and poultry figures. Wholesale fruits vegetables and various produce items are priced from lemons to cranberries. Hides calves horses and related items also appear with unit costs.
Markets show steady activity in live poultry and butter as receipts rise. Eggs and potatoes trend with mixed quality notes, with Idaho russets and Minnesota Cobblers priced around $1.00 to $1.30 per cwt, and assorted regional reds and spuds listed with condition markers.
Plymouth Wisconsin AP reports weekly cheese quotation listings for Wisconsin including varieties such as daisies horns and cheddars with quoted prices and exchange notes for the October 10 to 15 period.
Joseph Hahn Korff, an unnamed German, held on $5,000 bond on federal charges for sending a mailed defamation note to Tulane professor Dr. Alton Ochsner. The card, signed as secretary of the League for the Restoration of Aryan Supremacy in America, threatened listing Jews and demanded evidence of Jewish background. Ochsner, not Jewish, turned the card to authorities after Hahn Korff, a biochemist, was terminated from a charity hospital lab years earlier for being too Prussian.
Moose Factory sits in Ontario Canada as a distinct municipality with its own local governance and historic ties to the Hudson Bay Company. The community lies along the Moose River near James Bay and serves as a regional hub in the province.
Slight changes in hog prices Wednesday with good hogs steady to five lower and packers mostly five higher. Top hog price reached 750 dollars while cattle remained steady and corn weakened. Calf market notes good to choice 140 to 190 pounds. Sheep market lists spring lambs 75 to 90 pounds at 700 dollars and bucks at 81, others by quality.
Major oil firms cut crude prices across Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Kansas and Arkansas in a sweeping price war that may lower gasoline costs to the lowest in a decade. Col. Ernest Thompson warned Texas would lift production controls if out of state and foreign crude shipments continued to Rex refiners in Texas.
In New York a dozen publishers urged U S officials to restore John Strachey’s visa. Twenty one publishers wired the secretaries Hull and Perkins protesting the cancellation as a threat to free expression and democratic tradition.
John Strachey, British left wing writer, sought entry to the United States through state and labor departments in Washington. Arthur Garfield Hays of the ACLU asked for a review to show Strachey is not a communist or violent revolutionary. Strachey acknowledged writing for the Daily Worker in London but said he also wrote for the Spectator.
Cleveland report says Patrolman Charles Nunn, in female disguise, lured and tackled robber Max Goldstein after he snatched a purse from several women. Goldstein, 51, suffered possible brain concussion, a fractured nose and scalp cuts after the confrontation and was jailed on robbery charges.
New York AP reports Representative John J. O Connor, the sole Roosevelt purge list figure denied a nomination by Democrats, calls himself the adopted son of the Republican party and urges immediate planning for the 1940 presidential election.
William M. Holets of Swisher and Albina Kucera of Cedar Rapids win a marriage license. William E. Bys and Margaret Ruth Suleh, both of Cedar Rapids, also listed. Jerome C. Bishop of Muscatine is paired with Marianna Sheffler of Mason City.
Financial markets paused for Columbus Day with the New York Stock Exchange the Chicago Board of Trade and other leading grain markets closing for the day while livestock markets operated normally.
Sanford Kerr spoke to Kiwanis members Wednesday describing his around the world journey with pictures. The Linn County Council of Christian Education holds its seventy first annual convention Friday at First Christian church 840 Third avenue SE. Sessions run morning and afternoon with a 4 pm adjournment and no registration fee. The gathering is open to all interested persons.
Mrs Carlotta L Douglass wife of Charles J Douglass of Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 3 15 am Wednesday after a long illness She is survived by four children two sisters a half brother and three step children Funeral services will be in Beatty chapel at a time to be announced later Carroll County obituary notes show local affiliations.
Mrs. Frank Dusek aged 90 was found dead at 5 a m Wednesday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank Klinger 1311 C street SW Cedar Rapids. Death attributed to old age by coroner Dr B Knight. She was born August 11 1848 in Bohemia and came to Cedar Rapids 55 years ago. Surviving are five children Frank Dusek Mrs Rose Pazdernik Mrs Frank Klinger Mrs Louis Polansky and Mrs Frank Zika all of Cedar Rapids with eighteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Mary Johanna Smith 80 former Cedar Rapids resident last two years Center Point died at home Tuesday night after a long illness Born Sheboygan Wisconsin May 29 1859 widow of Louis P Smith Survived by daughters Carrie Evans Center Point Hilda Thompson Van Nuys California ten grandchildren nine great grandchildren member of Yeoman and Home Rebekah lodges Funeral 4 p m Friday Beatty chapel with Home Rebekah services Burial Linwood Cemetery
W. W. Lesinger aged 66 died Tuesday evening at his home in Excelsior Springs Missouri after a lingering illness. A former justice of the peace in Cedar Rapids he left the city about 23 years ago. He is survived by his wife an adopted daughter Mrs Marion McClure Fairbury Ned a granddaughter three sisters Mrs Frank S Barta Mrs J H Frish both Cedar Rapids Mrs John Park Los Angeles and a brother George Lesinger St Louis Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Funeral services for Harry F. Lambertsen lifelong Cedar Rapids resident who died after a brief illness will take place Thursday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with Rev. Foster M. Beck officiating. Burial is in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Hiroji Saito of Japan underwent a minor operation at Emergency hospital. His condition was described as very good and officials expect a swift recovery.
In Coggan, Fred Bohren seeks 13 300 in a suit against Charles De Woody and Harold De Woody for leg fractures after a collision on Highway 13. Judge John T. Moffit orders jurors confined to their room during intermissions to avoid outside influence.
Attorneys M F Mitralsky of Cedar Rapids and E A Baldwin of Iowa City filed a motion for a continuance of Charles Grabin 60 on the first degree murdercount for the Agnes Skalsky farm shooting near Ely Sept 28 when the next term of district court opens in November. Mitralsky said the current trial date next Monday is too soon to prepare or interview witnesses and that he has just entered the case.
A transformer fuse blew out minutes before 10 am Wednesday at the Linn County courthouse and jail plunging offices into darkness. Power was restored after about an hour.
A $7 500 note action filed Oct 25 1935 by D W Bates as receiver of the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Co was dismissed with prejudice at plaintiff's costs before Judge John T Moffit on Wednesday. Defendants were Samuel G Polous rote maker and Paul Costas guarantor. The alleged notes dated from 1925.
George C. Claassen filed a defense motion Tuesday with court clerk Ed Lundquist to set aside a $344.90 judgment issued October 5 against Sam Davis. Claassen seeks relief on a meritorious defense tied to an alleged legal services contract.
Judge F O Ellison of the eighteenth judicial district is reported ill at his Anamosa home. The note gives no additional medical details or expected return date.
Linn county supervisors set November 1 for establishing surfacing district No. 123 along a two mile Linn Buchanan county line stretch northwest of Walker. They approved a county engineer report and plat. In other action, five banks released $48,979.61 to county funds. Auditor Veseley reported third quarter fees at $22,935 and other receipts at $1,918.79.
Christopher Grant La Farge 76 dies at his Saunderstown home after a heart attack. He designed the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York and many subway stations for the rapid transit commission. His works stand in major U S cities.
Henry Stein, a farmer two miles southeast of Newhall, suffered a broken kneecap after a 25 foot fall from a scaffold while shingling his barn. His son Howard was bruised in the same fall. Henry Stein was taken to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids for knee surgery.
Grace E. Todd a Marion resident died Tuesday night at 1035 in a Cedar Rapids hospital after living most of her life in Marion except for 15 years employed in Mount Vernon She was born April 22 1880 Linn Grove and is survived by her mother Mary E Todd and brother Roy E Todd Funeral Friday at 2 pm in Yocom chapel with Rev E T Gough officiating burial at Oak Shade cemetery She was active in Methodist church Loyal Daughters Fidelis Circle and local clubs including Marion Nature and Garden club.
Miss Ruby Byers of Cedar Rapids told the Federation of Women clubs in the Christian church that united action could prevent war and cited Russia as a nation where conditions threaten peace. She, former principal of Benjamin Franklin Junior High, received a corsage after her address as Emma Klein led a picnic lunch for about 100 women. A committee was urged to plan a benefit to improve club rooms in the public library.
The Oxford club of the Methodist church elected officers: President Richard Schaeffer, vice president Virginia Self, secretary Ruth Murray, treasurer Glenn McGowan. Other posts include Frances Miller and Lillian Thada on the program committee, Willian Campbell as business manager, Lois Stitzel as membership chairman, Virginia Murray and Bobbe DeVore on the social committee, Louise Cippera as pianist, Emma Parizek as publicity head, Charles Schaeffer as philanthropic chairman, Melvin McBride as athletic chairman, Catherine Bigger as devotional chair, and Catherine Reinhemner as chef.
Plans are nearing completion for the Marion post 298 American Legion annual football banquet with Marion high school players as guests. Speakers will include Horace Hedges, a Cedar Rapids Big Ten referee, and Moray Eby, Coe College coach, the event set for the Presbyterian church on Dee 8.
Katherine Dickey and Lester Webber were married Tuesday evening at the First Presbyterian church with about 150 attendees. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. C V DeJong, with Ruth Henry of Cedar Rapids as bridesmaid and Keneath Quaas as best man. A reception followed in the church parlors attended by about 65 people.
The Parent Teacher Association will meet Thursday at 8 in the Lincoln school auditorium. The seventh grade glee club under Miss Rose Wilcox will sing. Discussions on citizen responsibilities, curriculum changes, and school activities follow with Clifford O. Johnson as chairman. Parents may inspect the new art room after the meeting.
In Baltimore the United Lutheran Church in America approved a 2 million dollar annual budget defeating a push to cut nearly in half. Rev. Carl Nutzhorn urged reducing to 1.1 million citing parish fundraising potential. Funds support missions education Bible society council and admin costs. Omaha chosen for the 1940 convention.
Reliable reports indicate the Soviet Union is hastening a vast artificial no man’s land along its western frontier as a first line of defense against Germany. The move aims to protect Ukrainian wheat and coal fields amid the collapse of their eastward barricade efforts.
Cedar Rapids was selected by the Iowa Chiropractors association in Des Moines Tuesday as the site for its 1939 convention. In its final session the association reelected Dr Roh McClintock of Carroll as president, with Dry Flay Walsh Burlington and Dr E W Alder Forest City 9 vice presidents and Dr F J Henkel Dennison secretary treasurer.
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