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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
14
Market news notes hog prices climbing to 7.40 with active trading. Official estimates show Wednesday receipts of cattle 9 600 head hogs 10 000 and sheep 5 000. Grain quotations from Lamson Brothers with H R Mowrey Cedar Rapids contact.
U S Department reports strong hog receipts near 14 500 with top hogs at 7 50 and 200 300 lb butchers mostly 7 25 to 7 45. Cattle receipts around 9 000 with weighty steers down to 10 50 and calves to 11 00 while stocker trade steady. Sheep receipts 5 000 with fat lambs 9 60 top and overall prices steady to slightly lower for late Monday trade.
Hog receipts 4 800 head slow, barrows and gilts steady to 10c higher, sows 10 15c up, top 7 15. Cattle receipts 5 200, feeders and fed cattle steady, beef cows 4 5 to 6 5, vealers 9 10, stockers 8 9. Sheep 5 000, fat lambs slow, feeders strong, kids steady. slaughter ewes 4 down, range lambs 8 9, load short term breeding owes 4 40.
Livestock receipts 2 250 cattle 125 calves hogs 3 000 sheep 3 000. Cattle later trade slow with bids scattered steers yearlings and heifers. Prices range with good yearlings around 10.25 10.50 and load lots 9.75 for 840 lb heifers, cows 5.00 5.75, rangers 6.50, common stock 4.00 4.75. Hog market bids steady to 10 cents higher with butcher cuts 7.15 7.25 and feeders 6.25 6.50. Fat lambs around 9.50 with ewes steady near 4.00.
Combined hog receipts at 16 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended Tuesday were 18,900, down from 28,409 a week ago and 20,800 a year ago. Prices ranged by weight from 5.55 to 6.13 per hundred pounds, with variations for barrows and gilts across weight categories.
Austin Minnesota live hog market quotes list prices by weight class for barrows and gilts and sows. Prices range from about 5.20 to 7.00 dollars per hundredweight across 140 to 500 pounds, with several bands showing typical bid increments.
The Associated Press notes hog prices at Waterloo with several weight classes ranging from 160 to 500 pounds and cull sows. Mason City reports cattle prices with Good and choice grades across weights from 140 to 330 pounds and beyond, reflecting price stability in the region.
The document lists live hog prices by weight and weight ranges across districts including Ottumwa and Packers. Prices span from about 4.50 to 6.95 dollars per hundredweight with small fluctuations and regional adjustments.
Receipts total 3 000 cattle 1 900 hogs and 4 800 sheep with varied changes. Cattle including slaughter steers bulls and cows show limited movement. hogs steady to higher on heavier weights with tops around 11.00 and sows near 6.50. sheep buyers and sellers split with lambs offered from 3.75 to 9.25 and native Dakota feeders around 7.00 to 7.75. Market notes include scarce fed heifers and stockers, sausage bulls at 6.50, and cuts for canners 3.75 to 4.75.
Cattle stayed steady while hogs rose by ten cents on Tuesday. Prime hogs reached a top of 7.05 dollars. Calves and sheep listings include 125-190 pound calves around 5.30 and spring lambs 70-90 pounds at 7.50 to 8.50. Bucks down by one dollar depending on quality.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids markets. Wheat oats rye barley corn soybeans and hay with batch prices. Wholesale fruits vegetables and hides priced, including lemons oranges grapes celery lettuce onions cabbage tomatoes apples pears and more.
AP reported Chicago markets showing steady to firm poultry prices with hens, springs, ducks, geese and turkeys listed by weight and color. Butter prices range mid 80s to 90s for creamery grades while eggs firm with local firsts at 2 cents, potatoes show steady demand and heavy supplies with U S No 1 Russet Burbanks around 1.60 to 1.65 per cwt and various regional prices for other varieties.
Market notes show eggs receipts at 12 425 cases with mixed colors and various quality grades advancing from firsts to dirties, and butter receipts at 846 743 with firmer creameries and higher prices. Refrigeration items list lighter shifts in fancy to heavyweights and standard grades, with noted price ranges and facing unsettled with some garbled text.
New York stocks surged as investors shifted to boosts in steels, aircrafts, rails, and related shares. U S Steel, Bethlehem, Douglas Aircraft, United Aircraft, Glenn Martin and others led gains amid a turnover near 1.8 million shares, with final-hour strength offset by some profit taking.
War news and drought spur active buying sending wheat to 86 cents at the Chicago board. December futures near 8624-58 with gains around 2% to 21/2 cents. corn up about 1% to 2 cents. Winnipeg and Minneapolis show smaller rallies. cash wheat basis firm. 80,000 bushels of corn arriving purchases noted.
Market notes from Minneapolis report Tuesday receipts 252 cars, 124 last year. Prices quoted for No. 1 hard Montana proteins at 86 44 89 cents, No. 1 soft and hard Montana, amber durum, red durum, and other grain types with monthly adjustments. Corn No. 3 yellow at 46 58 75 cents. oats No. 3 white 33 34 33 2 cents. barley 36 4 57 cents.
New York bond market extended its recovery from September lows with Treasuries rising about 2 points. Treasury 354s led gains, Home Owners 1s followed, and two year notes amid commodity credit corp exchanges drew solid demand aided by Morgenthau plans. Rail issues gained up to 1 point with several rail 4s and 5s advancing. Foreign issues also firm, notably Italian 1s, Canada 314s, and German 52s 7s.
Wisconsin cheese exchange lists Daisies 15'2c brick 1444c horns 15'2c cheddars 15c. Farmers' call board shows Daisies 15'2c horns 15c cheddars lic.
The wool market in Boston was extremely quiet as of Tuesday with domestic wools quoted nominally unchanged. No business was transacted and many houses reported not even receiving inquiries.
Dow Jones averages rise across multiple sectors with gains in rails utilities and industrials. Ten bonds advance to 2.54, rails high grade up 0.54, second grade rails 56.04 up 0.95, utilities 105.93 up 0.66, and industrials at 106.35 gaining 0.26.
W A Mercer 44 and Harold Jellison of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty before Judge John T Moffit on charges of illegal possession of liquor. Bonds set at 500 each, Jellison posted by noon. Orville Anderson 33 of 700 Fifth Ave SE pled guilty and sentence continued to next Monday after synthetic whisky found on his person. Anderson released to his attorney.
Divorce suits cite cruel and inhuman treatment. Beulah Benish seeks Beulah Pierce, Pearle Ann Peterson seeks Pearle Ann Hickman, and Willis G. Steele seeks Edith G. Steele. Peterson notes marriage date June 14 1923 and Beulah’s wedding at Waterloo September 28. Edith G. Steele married February 27 1927 in Savanna Illinois.
An assignment of law cases with jury waived will become effective in the Linn county district court Wednesday. The list includes Hoff versus Shaffer, Ward versus Smith, Rettig versus Baumgartner, Wolcott versus C R Bakery Inc, Albright versus Mizour, Cisler versus Dorland, Johnson versus WittenGLE, Ward Chev Co versus.
W. M. Kacena, receiver in the Shrine temple foreclosure case, was authorized by Judge J. E. Heiserman to lease the building's auditorium and multiple rooms to Martin Udesen for a skating rink and dance floor. The lease runs six months from October 15 at $200 per month.
John A. Limback received a 615.25 dollar default judgment Tuesday from Judge J. E. Heiserman in a note and chattel mortgage dispute against defendant Mrs. Josephine E. Heaney. A realty partition action seeks decree shares of one tenth for plaintiffs Lottie B. Lindley Gertrude Payn L. L. Fluegel Maude Turner and defendants Sarah Weaver Florence Garrett Hazel Beal Mary Laing Gerald W. Pentz. One thirtieth portion is claimed for Bert L. Southworth Esther Rider and Buddy Southworth.
Fred D. Ford and Wesley Emmett doing business as Shells burg creamery sue P. H. Burke of Walker and Frank Montgomery over a 141.45 truck damage claim. Montgomery testified Burke’s car turned left across the road near Center Point in front of the truck without warning. Burke counters with a 15.85 claim for car damages. In a separate action Christena Simonsen seeks maintenance and realty occupancy rights. Bert Simonsen asks dismissal.
Condensed notes from Cedar Rapids area include church events and club meetings at St Pauls St Ludmila Lafayette and Sokol hall. Recital by Karl Andrist at WMT 10 15 pm tonight. Marengo night school talk by A L Taylor on making people like us. Two local marriages reported Justice H R Churchill officiating. Patrol notes theft of metal mortar box at Coe college.
The Knights of Columbus convene tonight at 8 15 with Dr Robert C Locher delivering an address on the permanence of the United States Constitution. The event continues a tradition of civic reflection and debate led by local groups.
James C. Sova of 1406 Hamilton Street SW was fined 2.50 dollars Tuesday by Judge Thomas B. Powell for an overtime parking violation in a 15 minute zone. He told the judge I won t buy a ticket to your policemen s ball.
Leonard E. Stark of Stark Construction suffered a fracture of the right wrist Monday afternoon when scaffolding collapsed. He received treatment at Mercy hospital and was discharged.
Ed Wilson a 33 year old from Mechanicsville was arrested Monday by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder on a charge of child desertion and released Tuesday by Justice W A Ball after paying 25 dollars for child support to Mrs. Donald Kitts of Cedar Rapids who has custody of the two children
Leland R. Murray secretary manager of the Morris Plan Company of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Murray returned from a two weeks trip in the east. Murray attended the Morris Plan Bankers association national convention in Rye New York where he was elected to the board of governors.
Fifty cents from any Red Cross member ship goes to the national treasury. The $25 supporting, $10 sustaining, $5 contributing, and $1 annual memberships all contribute fifty cents to the national fund. A Monday Gazette story incorrectly inferred that half of all memberships go to the national treasury.
Bird club members combined a field trip with a steak fry on Sunday to observe fall hawk migration. Sightings included at least six hawk varieties such as sparrow Cooper's sharp shinned red tailed red shouldered and marsh hawks with as many as 25 marsh hawks seen. Large flocks of redwinged blackbirds were noted as they migrated southward.
Millard E. Buchanan of Cedar Rapids was chosen commander of the Northeast Iowa Court of Chevaliers at Waterloo on Sunday. Officers include James S. Eaton Waterloo vice- commander Robert J. Kolarak Cedar Rapids secretary Robert M. Adams Cedar Rapids treasurer and Lewis C. Harlan Marion sergeant at arms. Honorary commanders named are Raymond L. Churchill Northwood and Charles W. Clark and William J. Nezerka Cedar Rapids.
Edward Dullard a radioman third class attached to the U S S Cincinnati based at San Diego is spending twenty days leave with relatives in Cedar Rapids. Valley Camp circle R N A will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Glow room of the Gas company with Mrs Mary McNeel as hostess. She will be assisted by Mrs Gwen Gillick and Alice Gerber. Theft of his 1936 Plymouth from in front of a garage at 215 A avenue NE between 5 and 11 a m Tuesday was reported to police by Eugene Dillon 1414 B avenue NE.
R. E. Walker of the Credit Guide and Adjustment company and Frederick Fluegel of the Iowa Adjustment and Credit Bureau are in Des Moines for a state convention.
Arthur Taylor aged 25 was arrested Monday on a charge of defrauding an innkeeper and the case was continued on motion by Assistant County Attorney Ed Fordyce. Taylor said he would seek a settlement with the complainant.
Dr. C. Ward Macy, economics and commerce professor at Coe College, is nominated to represent his alma mater Stanford University at the inauguration of Dr. John B. Magee as president of Cornell College on October 27.
Fred J. Kluss, principal of Roosevelt High School and a Chamber of Commerce speakers’ bureau member, spoke to 50 members of the evening farm school at Olin Monday. His remarks focused on agricultural education and community cooperation.
Members of the Credit Women’s Breakfast club organized the program for the Cedar Rapids Retail Credit association dinner at the Lafayette cafe. R. A. Koehn spoke for the Credit association. Mrs. Perale Hinkley led the CWBC broadcast. Mrs. Frederick E. Fleugel and Mrs. Marshall Brebner gave histories of their organizations. Edna Wright was news commentator. Vivian Shakespeare sang with Mrs. Marcella Furry. Gayle Giblin and Mrs. Charles Barnett led a quiz. A skit “On the Air” was performed and dancing followed.
Charles Lewis aged 23 was fined 10 dollars and costs in police court after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. He was arrested at 1134 Fifth Street NW at 1:05 a.m. for allegedly starting an argument and threatening his sister with a knife. his plea was entered to avoid further jail time before a Thursday trial set by Judge Thomas B. Powell.
The Cedar Rapids Scout area hosts the third session of its University of Scouting training this evening at 7:13 in the Coe administration building. Tonight's topics feature Elements of Scoutmastership by George Newland on Program of Scouting and its use and troop leader relations, along with Rev. Henry Scherer. Also covered are Elements of Cubmastership with Advanced Program of Cubbing by N. Harold West and Principles of Scoutmastership and leadership by West. The session includes Sea Scouting topics Contents of Ship's Log and Ship Ground Tackle by Harold Wies.
The board authorized advertising for bids on a grass mower and a motor driven affiar with a 30 inch sickle bar that can double as a snow plow. It also authorized Joe Suma to purchase 45 tons of crushed limestone to improve the school playgrounds.
The secretary was told to seek bids on a 1.5 ton pickup with a 12 foot body to replace the 1933 model. Bids for Dairydale School No. 2 will be opened at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, by the board. The playground commission, per J. C. Blodgett, was authorized to improve the public ice skating rinks.
The National Safety Congress in Atlantic City heard pedestrians are “spoiled and pampered.” Denver safety chief General William E. Guthner called the average pedestrian that description and urged drastic action to enforce traffic lights and curb jaywalking.
A collage of classified items including lost brown leather jacket and key chain, lost purse with inside ID, small rewards offered, jewelry and loan ads, vehicle and moving service references, and various buy and sell notices. Includes requests for advertising references for auto transport and a general $25 reward for deceit crimes.
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