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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1939
Page
4
Chicago AP reports Tuesday live stock receipts forecast at 6 000 cattle 12 000 hogs and 4 000 sheep. Hogs resumed an upward trend with most prices 5 to 10 cents above Friday. Yearlings and light steers gained while fat lambs mostly declined 15 to 25 cents.
Department of Agriculture reports hogs and cattle receipts with market notes across Omaha Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo. Prices show steady to lower trends for hogs and firmer values for stockers and feeders while sheep demand remains uneven and cattle demand mixed with strong yearling values.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts from interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending Monday at 8 a.m. total 26 100 head, down from 27 200 last week and 20 200 a year ago. Prices steady to 10 cents higher with spots up 5 cents. barrows and gilts by weight shown with ranges from 160 pounds to 500 pounds and bids from 5.59 to 6.90 plus variation by weight.
Hog prices in Austin Minnesota show barrows and gilts ranging from 140 to 360 pounds. Values climb from about 5.10 to 6.60 per hundredweight with many brackets listed for each weight range and sow prices in the 5.35 to 6.15 range.
U S Department of Agriculture report shows hogs selling mostly higher by 5 to 10 cents with tops around 7.40 while 200 to 300 Ib hogs average 7.15, 300 to 360 Ib butchers 6.75 to 7.25. Cattle steady to higher with heavy weights around 9.50 to 10.75. yearlings near 10.50, some at 11.00. vealers 11.00 to 12.00. Sheep slow with fat lambs 9.50 to 9.75, natives about 9.50 to 10.75 depending on grade.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK AP Iowa report shows cattle receipts reaching 8400 with calves 2100. Slaughter steers and beef cows steady to slow early sales. heavy feeders and bulk fed steers easing. hogs receipts 4000 with late bids softer. good and choice 200-270 lb hogs around 6.85 to 7.00.
Feeder pigs steady at six dollars with six twenty five down. fat lambs trading uncertain as receipts reach 4,700. Good and choice lambs above nine dollars and twenty five cents, with salable lambs down around three dollars and seventy five cents. Yearling cattle at eight dollars in western Nebraska with feeder lambs opening steady and prices mixed for older cattle.
Salable receipts 8 000 cattle with steady to higher prices for feeders and beef cows. Slaughter steers steady to firm with top around 9.00 to 10.25 for choice. Hogs receipts 9 000 with barrows and gilts up and sows steady. top around 7.00 for 200 head and 190 260 lb ranges. Sheep 12 500 with sellers seeking higher prices on slaughter lambs. good to choice grades 39.25 and higher.
Prime hogs advanced 10 cents and packers 5 cents higher with tops at $6.99 as cattle prices held steady. Genuine spring lambs 70 to 90 pounds quoted around $8.50 with bucks $1 lower others by quality.
The Cedar Rapids market lists grain prices for wheat oats rye and corn with No 1 and No 2 grades and soybeans new crop at 72 cents. Hay straw butterfat and cream prices noted along with poultry poultry prices by weight and type. Wholesale fruits vegetables and hide values are included with numerous item prices such as lemons 6.75 oranges 2.75 to 5.00 and potatoes 1.15 to 1.85.
Cheese quotations for the week are listed with prices for change dairies and varieties. Daisies horns and cheddars show modest shifts in brick and per pound pricing, reflectingWisconsin cheese market activity.
U S government loans climbed sharply in small Monday transactions while corporate bonds moved unevenly. Gains on federals reached 15 to 32 points at midmorning as foreign dollar loans, especially German, Japanese and Cuban issues, improved in a thin market. Unclear European war developments restrained broader trading activity.
U S government bonds closed with varying results in New York trading. Treasury issues showed several shifts with 3s and 4s moving modestly while long bonds and related notes posted mixed levels as investors reassessed rates.
In a slow market amid war talks, stocks edged up slightly with modest advances in steel, rail and aircraft issues. Leading names such as U S Steel, Bethlehem, Douglas Aircraft, United Aircraft, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Western Union, Westinghouse, Union Carbide and Standard Oil of New Jersey showed activity as transfers reached about 500,000 shares over five hours.
The report shows mixed moves in rail stocks with second grade and industrial rails trading higher or lower. Prices listed include small gains and losses ranging around 0.10 to 0.46 with several declines noted.
Wheat rose on the Chicago board with nearby December and deferred contracts up amid drought warnings in the winter wheat belt. Storms failed to materialize over the weekend and seeding conditions worsen with forecasts for continued fair weather unlikely to ease the crop danger.
The report lists bids and prices for wheat corn oats barley soybeans and seed crops in Chicago cash markets. It includes No 3 hard wheat 87c No 3 red 88 1/2c No 2 yellow 85 1/2c sample grades oats soybeans and lard prices with various grades and nominal ranges.
Chicago AP reports butter prices firm with 92 score creamery at 29 1 4c and 93 score at 30c. Eggs receipts total 3 104 with fresh graded extra firsts at 24c, local 20c, and refrigerator lots 18 1 2c. Potatoes show unsettled stock and weak demand with varied U S No 1 prices across regions.
Major John L. Griffith of Chicago who is the Big Ten athletics commissioner will address Cedar Rapids Executives Dinner Club at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Roosevelt hotel The topic is to be partly in response to an October American Mercury article on subsidizing and commercializing college football About 200 are expected The program also lists future speakers including Herbert Hoover Stanley High Gerald A Wendt Harold G Moulton H R Knickerbocker and Channing Pollock with dates in coming months
In Boston on Monday, buyers showed little inquiry and holders did not push sales. Nominal quotations for domestic wools remained unchanged from last week’s close, reflecting a cautious market stance.
Elmer E. Young 79 former Palo area resident died at his Se Beeka Minnesota home at 2 30 p m Friday of a heart attack He survived by his wife Emma five children George Young and Mrs Everett Owens of Palo Roy of San Diego Thomas of Vinton and Elmer of Oelwein and 24 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and a brother O W Young of Shellsburg The body was brought to Cedar Rapids for funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Beatty chapel Burial will be in the Palo cemetery.
Funeral services for Peter J. Ernst 62 of 218 Second Street NW will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. P. L. Bornhoeft officiating after a 2 p.m. family- home service. Burial is in Linwood Cemetery. Surviving are four Cedar Rapids sisters Mary Stempfle Anna Fransen Kate Doctor and Maria Schinkle. a deceased Lena Roenig and brothers Jacob George. his wife Carrie died in 1934. He served in the Spanish American War and once owned P J Ernst Auto Storage.
George Gilbert 81 of 1510 Third avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 10 a.m. Sunday after a lingering illness. Born February 15 1858 in Jones county he lived in Wyoming Ta and Rhodes Ia before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1913. Survived by widow Effie Mae Bennett two daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral in Beatty chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday with burial in Wyoming cemetery.
Max Katzoff 63 of 614 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids died at 5 53 a m Monday after a week long illness in a local hospital. He was associated in the Katz auto parts business with his son Joseph who died Sept 23. Born in Russia he came to the United States in 1905 and moved to Cedar Rapids from Kansas in 1910. Survived by wife Kathryn a son Dr Morris Katzoff two daughters Jeanette Minnie and one granddaughter all of Cedar Rapids. Body at Moon chapel pending funeral arrangements with no flowers requested.
Theft of anti free ze solution and a can of oil from the Leo Crabbe service station at 1401 First avenue E was reported to police Monday by R G Bucholtz attendant Paul Beach 2926 E avenue NE reported to police Monday his black and white greyhound dog had been missing from its pen since Friday night He believes the dog valued at 25 dollars was stolen.
The Cedar Rapids Stamp club will meet tonight at 8 at the Montrose hotel to begin preparations for the annual banquet and exhibition set for Montrose hotel on December 2 and 3.
William Delancey aged 40 of Coggon injured his back when a ladder slipped while painting the home of W. D. Cunningham at 1308 A avenue NW. He fell 15 feet and was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's hospital.
At the Waterloo convention, Cedar Rapids residents listed include Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Washburn, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Winn, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Zahradnik, A. W. Jenista, G. W. Borschel, C. E. Briggs, and Royal Holbrook. Holbrook spoke at the banquet before an audience of 100.
Cecil Root 24 of Belle Plaine sustained a right knee injury and bruises when his car collided with a Milwaukee freight train at a crossing near Covington around 1 p.m. Sunday. Root said he was traveling about 35 mph and that tall corn blocked his view of the tracks. The car, owned by Everett Sterns of Belle Plaine, was heavily damaged. Sheriff Jim Smith and the highway patrol were notified.
Rey Allen presented a color motion picture set at the New York World's Fair and other views from his July vacation. The film includes scenes from New York City and the return drive via Quebec and Montreal shown at the Roosevelt hotel club meeting.
Multiple brief notices report lost items including a toy Boston bull named Mabel with reward, a key chain, a girl’s pay envelope, a LaSalle bicycle, glasses, and a purse with reward offered. Also numerous ads for services and sales from local firms including Allied Van Lines, Briggs Stratton parts, watch repairs, camera shop, feather mattresses, rummage sales, and a past due accounts notice.
Announcements urge readers and advertisers to exchange references for automobile transportation services. A $25 reward is offered for arrest and conviction of anyone exploiting Want Ads. Also promotes Procan tablets for kidney and bladder issues and a diet drug at May's Cut Rate Drug.
Mrs D L Burrell 81 died at 723 Fourth avenue SE at noon Sunday after a lingering illness. Born Norwalk Illinois August 11 1858 she lived in Cedar Rapids 30 years. Survived by husband a brother Charles Williams two nieces Mrs Dan Casey and Mrs E J Burianek. Funeral at Beatty chapel 10 a m Tuesday with burial at Urbana. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday.
Frank H Hoppe died Monday at 12 30 p m in an Iowa City hospital after a three weeks illness. He was a lifelong farmer near Cedar Rapids. Survived by widow Jennie Borghart Hoppe a son Carl Cedar Rapids and two daughters Mrs Charles Fling Washington DC and Mrs Carlson Stoddard Milwaukee. Body to Barta mortuary.
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