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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1939
Page
17
Chicago hog prices moved down 10 to 25 cents after an initial gain, with early tops around 7.85. Cattle and sheep markets showed mixed activity as receipts hit about 19 000 hogs, 13 000 cattle, and 7 000 sheep, while primal bids ranged across weight classes and grades.
Hog price listings from Mason City Oguumwa Waterloo show declines of about 10 cents in some classes with most weights trading steady to slightly lower. Prices cover 120 to 600 pound ranges with packers and different weight bands reporting specific dollar amounts and shifts.
Livestock market roundups show salable calves at Sioux City around 4 000 with cattle prices mostly steady to down for yearlings and steers, hogs light demand and mixed bids, sheep demand firm with fat lambs holding above nine dollars. Omaha receipts include 5 000 cattle and 5 000 hogs with steady to higher bids in places and strong fat lamb undertone, prices vary by weight class and class of stock.
U S Department of Agriculture figures for 17 Iowa yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota report total hog receipts at 24 700 head for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Wednesday, up from 24 100 last week and 15 400 a year ago. Prices listed across weight classes and barrows and gilts, sows and various sizes are given.
Austin AP reports hog and pig prices by weight class in the Austin Minnesota market. Prices range from 140 to 500 pounds with various bids for gilts and barrows and sows from about 5.50 to 7.20 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting ongoing supply and demand.
Salable cattle receipts total 3 300 with prices showing general steadiness. Grain fed steers bring 9.00 to 10.30, medium and good heifers 7.50 to 10.00, cows 5.00 to 7.00, canners and cutters 4.00 to 4.75, sausage bulls around 6.50 with some decline and beef steers 7.25 to 4.25.
Calves sold 1 400 head with ven lers steady and top 11 50. Hogs receipts 7 500 opened about 10 lower with 7 50 bids for good 190 260 lb, 7 45 bid on 330 lb sows. Sheep receipts 3 500 with no market established as sellers ask higher prices and native fat lambs near 9 50.
Hogs fell further on Wednesday with the top price slipping from 7.35 to 7.15 and all grades down 10 to 20 certs. Cattle held steady across the board.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for grains such as Wheat No 170c and Soybeans new crop yellow 72c, with hay straw and butterfat values. Poultry rates are listed by weight and breed, and wholesale fruits vegetables apples pears and other produce prices are included alongside hides and livestock values.
Chicago produce prices show butter and eggs steady with light gains in under 4 1b poultry. Potatoes mixed with steady demand. U S No 1 prices for Idaho russets, Nebraskas, Colorados, Minnesotas, North Dakotas and Wisconsins vary by grade and weight, with quotes near 1.10 to 1.85 per cwt.
AP dispatch from New York reports eggs receipts at 22 671 steady. Butter receipts 742 154 steady with creamery prices higher than extra 29 percent 44130c extra 192 score 2874429c. Cheese receipts 310 751 quiet with prices unchanged.
The New York bond market rose on Wednesday with U S treasuries up about one third to a half point. Corporate issues gained on heavy buying while rails moved strongly on reports of higher earnings prospects. German issues slumped as Latin American issues showed strength in contrast.
War shares retreated in a midweek stock session after strength in rails and utilities faded. Steel, copper, chemical, aircraft, and miscellaneous industrials fell one to over two points while a few power stocks gained and trading totaled about 2.4 million shares.
Wall Street quotations show broad activity with numerous equities across industries. Key movers include American Express, Allied Stores, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Procter Gamble, General Electric, U S Steel, and Union Carbide among many others trading in mixed ranges on a midweek session.
Wheat fell slightly on the Chicago Board of Trade with December at 854% to 85% cents and nearby losses. Corn slipped to 5344 to 5348 cents as oats declined. buying interest was weak and export rumors circulated but remained unconfirmed.
Chicago cash provisions show No 2 yellow hard 874c No 2 mixed durum 5513c No 1 mixed 5513c No 1 yellow 53'1c No 4 54'9c No 1 white 64c No 2 63c No 3 34'1c oats and barley and rye prices follow. Timely seed prices for Timothy Clover Red Top Alsike and maltings listed. Lard and bellies quoted.
Minneapolis cash grain report shows 228 cars received on Wednesday, compared with 196 a year ago. Prices listed for No 1 heavy dark northern, No 1 dark northern, No 1 dark hard, and Montana winter wheats, plus No 1 red durum. Corn No 2 yellow quoted around 48 to 50 cents, oats No 3 white about 31 to 44 cents, and barley near 40 to 60 cents.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of September 25 include daisy and commodore varieties, horns, cheddars, and brick at quoted cents per pound. The Boston wool market shows prices rising with Texas wools at 112 to 115 dollars per lot and scoured basis, French combines at 107 to 112 dollars.
Police warn Cedar Rapids coal dealers to watch for a forger using the name G H Miller who cashed a $40 check at Pinney Coal and a $15 check at John Priban, a tailor. The suspect ordered three tons of coal to 1024 Third Avenue SE, an apartment with no G H Miller resident, and used a check drawn on Merchants National Bank issued to Anna E Miller.
Monticello PT A opens in the school Thursday at 7 30 p m with speaker Dr James B Hodgson Cedar Rapids a Coo college professor who studied in Germany on Princeton fellowship The program includes music by the high school band directed by Lyle McMullen and the girls sextet under Huldah Peet Supt A B Grimes will introduce new teachers and officers chaired by Rev S G Gutensohn president and others name roles and officers for the new year.
Cedar Rapids post office logs 79 sacks of regular mail lost at sea after the Belgian motor ship Alex van Opstal sank on September 15. Washington, D. C. reports 64 sacks of U S origin, including 13 registered bags with 267 items, 10 letters, 34 prints, and 7 empty equipment bags. Mail was destined for Belgian points, the Belgian Congo and Luxembourg, accumulated in New York after 1 p.m. September 2.
Funeral services for Anthony Holets 67 who died of a heart attack in a field near his Cedar Rapids area home will be held at Janeba funeral home and Rogers Grove church. He had lived in the area all his life and is survived by eight daughters and three sons plus 14 grandchildren. Burial will be in Rogers Grove cemetery. Mrs Alice Whitney 71 dies after lingering illness with funeral at Immaculate Conception church Davenport.
Benjamin Franklin Dare, 79, died at 9 30 p m Tuesday at his Cedar Rapids home after a brief illness. Born in Medora Indiana he moved to Cedar Rapids 28 years ago and worked in blacksmithing and engineering. Surviving are son Alva Dare and granddaughter Helen Wood of Cedar Rapids. Funeral 11 am Thursday at Moon chapel with Rev Frank Ward officiating burial in Spring Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Moen chapel.
Mrs Susie McCarty widow of Orin H McCarty died at home 1056 St Hayworth Los Angeles Tuesday morning Sept 26 She lived in Cedar Rapids and Fort Worth and later Los Angeles Survived by son Walter A McCarty Sisters Mrs Josephine Dolezal and Mrs Barbara Haviatka Two daughters Laura and Albena died earlier Burial Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids Sunday Oct 1 at 2 p.m Graveside services to follow Friends may call Turners Sunday until 1 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter Espeset 52 formerly of Cedar Rapids who died Monday night at her Chicago home will be held Thursday afternoon at Drake Mortuary Chicago. She was the former Cassie Miller and is survived by her husband a son Robert 83 All View Drive SW a daughter Mary Beth a sister Mrs Elizabeth Drake both of Chicago and a granddaughter Kay Linn Espeset of Cedar Rapids.
Steve Kepros 44 of 212 Seventeenth Street NE Cedar Rapids died at University Hospital Iowa City at 1 30 a m Wednesday He was born in Greece and had lived in Cedar Rapids many years Survived by wife Mary and two daughters Helen and Pauline at home Body at Barta chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Funeral services for Louie Bemer, who died at his home, were announced with details of arrangements and date to be held at a local church, with mourners expected to attend.
A service for a local resident will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel following a lingering illness. Burial is scheduled at Linwood cemetery. Friends may visit the chapel prior to the service.
Funeral services for Olof John son of near Shellsburg who died at his home Tuesday after a brief illness will be held in Parker's Grove church at 2 p.m. Friday with C. W. Meek of Cedar Rapids in charge. Burial in Parker's Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 10 a.m. Friday.
John Anderson 25 of 120 Fourteenth Street NE and Joseph Drakos 31 of 1003 Third Street SW pled not guilty before Judge John T. Moffit on rape charges. Named in true informations filed by County Attorney G K Thompson as John Henson and Joseph Daly, both gave the alias names at arraignment. The attacks on two Cedar Rapids young women near a Fairfax township schoolhouse occurred early Sunday after a dance at Walford. Bonds total 6000 dollars for Anderson and 3000 dollars for Drakos. they were returned to the county jail as hearings were continued to the November term.
Judge John T. Moffit dismissed the charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated against Paul Kraus Jr 25 Cedar Rapids on a motion by County Attorney G K Thompson. Bond previously posted, Kraus pled not guilty June 19. Police said Kraus, driving, collided with HR Wignall 204 Park Court SE June 17. Wignall could not testify Kraus was intoxicated.
Judge C J Haas ruled that a temporary injunction restraining execution of a judgment against T E Charter remains permanent as to administrator T L Thomas and Lena Thomas while Mrs Mary A Charter asserts title to Mound Farm addition once owned in 1924. The case ties to a fatal July 16 1935 collision involving Charter's car and plans a separate action over homestead status on First Avenue property.
Judge C J Haas overruled motions to dismiss strike and to modify the injunction in the International Silver Co case. The suit seeks to restrain sale of four silverware brands below prices in a dealer schedule. O'Brien challenged a July 1938 interest sale. court kept injunction and rejected a closeout sale per the state fair trade act claim.
Commercial Credit of Davenport and Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage reach a stipulation settling a replevin suit filed August 26 1938 over ownership of a car. The defense claimed a 163 10 storage lien priority. Settlement provides 100 payment to defendant and dismissal with prejudice at plaintiff's cost.
Judge C J Haas issues a partition decree for real estate in Bever Park addition Cedar Rapids. Shares split among Eugenia V. Lesher Grace VanEman Laura E. VanEman and Villa Logue Minnie Shultz Wylie Van Eman Robert F. Van Eman Hubert W. Van Eman Oliver M Van Eman Mary Margaret Van Eman Velda Van Eman with Frank A. Hronik named referee and Malcolm V. Bolton I M Preston and T E Ravenscroft as appraisers.
Plaintiff testified before Judge J. E. Heiserman as the first district court jury heard since the case began. The proceedings marked a key moment in the injury suit, with witnesses detailing incidents and damages in the ongoing legal battle.
AP chief Louis P. Lochner describes Germanys Siegfried line as a deeply layered defensive system. He notes four defense lines extending up to 35 miles from the frontier with camouflaged pill boxes and subterranean bunkers linked for synchronized action. The tour by Americans reveals fortified turrets, machine guns, air defenses, kitchens, and bulkhead-like interiors buried in mountains.
Mrs Adah Traub of Cedar Rapids sues the city and W A Risk for 3000 in a personal injury case. She alleges a right arm fracture from slipping on an icy sidewalk outside Risk's grocery at 700 Sixth Street South on January 31. She says a downspout discharged water onto the sidewalk. The defendants deny and seek dismissal.
The will of Jesse Snyder of Cedar Rapids died Sept. 16 and probated Wednesday sets a life estate for the survivor of Jesse or Mary Snyder with daughter Mrs. W Paul Ewing and son Thomas D Snyder as residuary legatees. Executors are Mrs W Paul Ewing and W Paul Ewing. The will of William J Pentz probated Wednesday designates a life estate for wife Ellen R. Pentz with children and grandchildren as residuary legatees. Executor is W L Crissman. The will dated June 30, 1931. Pentz died Sept 20.
Judge C Haas cancelled a contempt of court order issued Monday against Emil Kyidera and Libbie Kyvidera of Tama county after learning they reside in Tama rather than the immediate vicinity The action followed an application by Anna Easker to compel appearance in a property examination proceeding to enforce an $87 justice court judgment dated September 2 1936.
Elizabeth Young administratrix of Harry H. Young estate was authorized by Judge C J Hans to settle for 500 dollars with Charles M. Thomson trustee for the North Western railroad any claims arising from Young's death on August 2 when he fell from the Cedar Rapids bridge and drowned after steam from a locomotive valve blast.
County records show Judge H C Ring setting fees for R S Milner and Elmer A Johnson from 1935 to 1939. Maxene Taylor sues Willard Taylor for divorce citing cruel treatment and seeks custody of two children. An eviction related action by Esther Kimberly against Carl G Nelson was dismissed with costs. A landlord attachment case lists S A Bivins and Lenora Bivins as plaintiffs against Harry and Ida Morgan. The treasurer office will stay open until 4 pm Saturday for second tax installments.
In 1849 Michael Wette created a mechanical instrument resembling a pipe organ that emulated orchestral timbres, earning the name orchestration for its tone imitation.
Evanglist O W Stucky of Detroit leads a 7 30 prayer meeting at Calvary Baptist church tonight. Waltonian luncheon club meets Thursday noon at YMCA to hear Wilson C Fernow speak on Corn Products. Norden lodge ladies of America meet Friday at 230 p m with Mrs Martin Anderson. A A Carpenter evangelist spoke on Up the Mill Tree Tuesday night at the Foursquare tabernacle. Services nightly 745 except Saturday. A federal tax lien of 10672 filed against Richard Dick Nelson of Story City now Iowa Falls for tax nonpayment as liquor dealer in June 1939. Cedar Rapids post No 1 plans state convention delegates meeting Thursday 8 pm at Montrose hotel per Vern Hall.
Jerry Dytert, 48, of 2018 A avenue NE, was arrested Tuesday by police on a driving while intoxicated charge and released on a $500 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday morning before Justice W. A. Rail.
Walter Myers aged 49 of 951 Fourth Street SW faced a larceny charge under twenty dollars based on an information by Frank Lillenworth. Justice Churchill's court dismissed the case Tuesday afternoon on the county attorney’s motion.
Smulekoff bowling team from Red Crown Recreational Center were hosted by Mrs. Peg Hunt at 511 Twentieth Street NE for a Pike dinner. Seven pound walleye, from fisher Mrs. Farrell Huenger and husband, capped the gathering with team members Leota Harger Clem Scolaro Edna Eggers and Janita Sebern scorekeeper present.
Former Wimbledon champion Helen Wills Moody will return from retirement Wednesday to participate in the Pacific Southwest tournament pairing with Adrian Quist in mixed doubles against Dorothy Arnold and Drago Mitic.
Angus Weidemann, born in Germany in 1872, died at his sister Mrs Minnie Henderson’s home following a paralytic stroke. He came to Fayette county at age nine with his parents Carl and unknown. Survived by two sisters Mrs John Bo i Belgrade Minn and Mrs Minnie Henderson and three brothers John of Clinton Mo Will and Char of Hawkeye.
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