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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1939
Page
6
Live stock receipts for Thursday listed cattle 5,000 hogs 10,000 sheep 7,000 in Chicago AP reported. Hog prices fell 10 to 25 cents after an opening that was steady to 5 cents higher with a peak at 7.85 late trading slowed and losses widened. Grain quotations from Lamson Brothers accompany the market update.
HOGS salable receipts 11 000 total 19 000 irregular market early sales steady to higher later trade slow uneven with top 7 85 for 200 270 lb hogs. CATTLE salable 13 000 calves 1 000 active market moderate supply light yearlings steady to down slightly with 1 081 lb averages to 11 35 and best mixed offerings at 11 25. SHEEP salable 7 000 total 16 990 active spring lambs up to 10 00 with native lambs steady to strong and most earlings unsold. good Montana and Texas lots noted.
Hogs priced lower across Iowa markets with distinct ranges for 120 to 600 pound categories. Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo report declines of about ten cents per hundredweight, cattle unchanged and steady. Specific values cover good to choice and packing sows across weight brackets.
AP market notes show cattle receipts at 4,000 with varied demand. Calves and stock steers sold weak to steady while cows and heifers moved slowly. hogs faced 15 cent declines with lighter weights scarce. sheep demand firm with good natives above 9.25 and fat ewes selling early at strong levels.
Hog receipts 5 000, early top 7.50 with bids 7.55 7.60, last trades 7.25 7.50 for 180 300 lbs. cattle receipts 5 000, fed cattle $9.00 10.75, beef cows 5.25 6.50, stocker and calves subdued. sheep receipts 5 300, fat lambs strong, ewes up to 15 higher, range lambs 9.00 9.25, breeding ewes 4.00 4.25, mixed ewes to 6.50.
U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts at 17 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ending Wednesday. Totals reached 24 700 head, up from 24 109 a week prior and 15 400 a year ago. Prices varied by weight class with sow and barrow trends mostly steady to higher, buyers noting heavy movement at several yards.
Hog market report from Austin Minnesota lists prices for barrows and gilts across weight classes from 140-150 pounds to 450-500 pounds. Prices range roughly from 5.50 to 7.20 dollars per hundredweight with varying bid asks and inconsistencies in OCR.
At St. Paul market receipts reached 3 900 with generally steady prices. Creen fed steers around 9.00, medium to good heifers 7.50 to 10.00, cows 5.00 plus, canners and cutters 4.00 to 4.75, sausage bulls near 6.50, and medium to good beef steers between 7.25 and 8.25.
Calves receipts 1 400 with dealers steady and top at 11 50. Hogs Salabie receipts 17 500 with opening bids about 10 cents lower. 190 260 lb hogs bid 7 50 and sows 330 lbs down bid 7 45. Sheep receipts 3 500 market not established. sellers seek higher prices with few early bids on fed offerings. native fat lambs at about 9 50.
Hogs fell again on the local market Wednesday as the top price dropped from 7.35 to 7.15 dollars per hundredweight. All grades were reduced by 10 to 20 cents, while cattle prices held steady.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows wheat at No. 1 70c and No. 2 68c, oats, rye, barley, soybeans, hay, straw, butterfat, eggs and poultry prices, plus wholesale fruits vegetables and hides. Prices cover lemons, oranges, celery, lettuce, onions, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, pears, prunes, apples, peaches and horse hides.
Wednesday quotations from Wall Street markets as published by J. E. Bennett and Co with W. H. Jump as manager from the Merchants National Bank building.
Butter receipts 570339 steady prices unchanged eggs receipts 3748 steady fresh traded extra firsts local 19 2 cents cars 20c other prices unchanged live poultry receipts 28 trucks hens 4 2 pounds up 15c under 412 pounds 13c leghorn springs 12 c springs 4 pounds up colored 13c white Rock 14c under 4 lbs colored 12 0 white Rock 15c other prices unchanged potatoes arrivals 96 on track 385 total U S shipments 482 good quality air sections steady demand moderate fair quality slightly weaker demand slow supplies liberal sacks per cwt Idaho russet Burbanks U S No 1 washed 1.60 1.65 occasional heavy to large 1.80 1.85 unwashed 1.50 1.55 Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 85 to 90 per cent U S No 1 1.50 1.65 Colorado red McClures U S No 1 Washed 1.90 unwashed 1.85 Minnesota Hollandale section cobsters U S No 1 1.20 North Dakota Red River valley section cobblers 90 per cent or better U S No 1 very few sales 1.10 1.25 Early Ohios U S No 1 1.20 1.22 5 Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 1.20 1.35 85 to 90 per cent U S No 1 1.10 1.55 Wisconsin cobblers and round whites U S No 1 1.15 1.25
AP reports New York produce prices for eggs steady with receipts around 22. Butter receipts 742,154 with creamery prices higher than extra 29 44 30c. Cheese receipts 310,751 and prices unchanged amid quiet activity.
New York reports a broad bond market advance led by U S treasuries with heavy corporate demand toward noon. Rails showed strong activity as earnings prospects improved, Latin American issues led gains while German issues fell. Treasuries rose about one third point, with some up to a half point. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul 5s were among the active corporates.
Treasury 3s traded around 46 to 49, 414s at 47 to 52, with Home Owners Loan 35s near 82 to 103.15. Treasury 3s 44 to 46 and 22s 49 to 53 also listed amid fluctuating quotes.
War shares eased on Wednesday after strength in rails and utilities faltered. Steel and chemical issues led losses while power stocks held small gains as total volume neared 2.4 million shares. Notable declines included U S Steel Bethlehem du Pont Union Carbide Douglas Aircraft and Goodyear.
Wheat edged lower in a slow session on the Chicago board of trade with December futures down about 7 cents, corn and oats slipping as weak demand and ample offers weighed on spot and futures markets. Shippers moved 34 000 bushels of corn locally as export rumors circulated.
Chicago AP reports cash wheat and grain bids with No 2 yellow hard at 87 3/4 sc No 2 mixed durum 7c corn No 1 mixed 55 1/2 to 56c oats various grades 33c to 42c beans yellow 85 4c to 0c barley malting 55 60c range rye No 2 60c timothy seed 83 to 90 cents clover seed prices and related feed costs noted alongside.
AP Minneapolis notes Wednesday receipts at 228 cars, down from 196 last year. Cash prices shown for No. 1 heavy dark northern 88 91, No. 1 dark northern 88 90, No. 1 dark hard or No. 1 aard Montana winter 89 90, No. 1 hard ec durum 83% ac, No. 1 red durum 785441 7935. Corn No. 3 veildw 48 54 50% ec. oats No. 3 white 31 944 32%c. barley 404 60c.
AP reports Plymouth Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of Sept 25 to 30. Wisconsin cheese exchange lists Twins and Daisies at 15 1/2 cents per pound, horns 15 1/2 cents, cheddars 15 cents, brick 14 44 cents. Farmers call board shows Daisies 15 1/2 cents, commodores 16 cents, horns 15 1/2 cents, cheddars 15 cents.
Wool prices continued higher on the Boston market despite slower trading. Graded staple combing lengths fine Texas wools sold near 1.12 to 1.15 dollars per pound on a scoured basis, while delaine bright fleeces traded around 45 cents grease or 1.10 to 1.15 scoured. Mixed lots fetched about 48 cents in the grease for certain grades. French combing lengths in territory wool realized 1.07 to 1.12 on a scoured basis.
Police warned Cedar Rapids coal dealers about a check forger using the name G. H. Miller. The man passed a $40 check on 1024 Third Avenue SE and a $15 check at John Priban’s tailor shop, both allegedly tied to Anna E. Miller. No such residents or accounts exist.
The Monticello P.T.A. begins its season in the school building Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Dr James B Hodgson of Cedar Rapids and Coe College will discuss The Struggle for Democracy. Music by the high school band and girls sextet. Supt A B Grimes will introduce new teachers. Officers for the year include Rev S G Gutensohn president Mrs William Tuetken vice president Mrs Donald Sutherland secretary and Mrs George Maire treasurer.
Washington reports 79 sacks of regular mail lost after the Belgian motor ship Alex van Oostal sank on Sept. 15. Cedar Rapids received word of 64 U S bags lost at sea including 13 registered bags with 267 articles, 10 letters, 34 prints, and 7 empty equipment bags.
Funeral services for Anthony Holets 67 will be held at Janeba funeral home at 1 p.m. Thursday and at Rogers Grove church at 2 p.m. Burial is in the church cemetery. Dr. John J. Terrall says Holets died of a heart attack while digging potatoes near Cedar Rapids airport. He was born May 16, 1872 in College township and lived nearby. Survived by wife Anna eight daughters eight sons two children preceded him in death and 14 grandchildren. A granddaughter Bernice Janet Holets died March 9 1239.
Mrs. Alice Whitney 71 dies after a lingering illness at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at Immaculate Conception church with Rev Msgr Molloy, burial in Oakdale cemetery Davenport. Rosaries to be recited at Monahan Funeral home prior to services. Survived by daughter Mrs Frank Ghelken two sons Ralph and Harold Whitney and sister Elizabeth Finneran. Preceded by husband in 1931. Friends may call at Monahan chapel.
Benjamin Franklin Dare 79 died at 9 30 p m Tuesday at his home 1124 Ninth street SE following a brief illness. He was born in Medora Indiana and came to Cedar Rapids 28 years ago to work in blacksmith and engineering. He was a member of the Second Christian church. Survivors include son Alva Dare and granddaughter Helen Wood both of Cedar Rapids. Funeral at Moon chapel 11 a m Thursday 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 1056 St Hayworth Los Angeles California on Tuesday morning September 26 She lived in Cedar Rapids and Fort Worth Texas and after her husband’s death resided in Los Angeles She is survived by son Walter A McCarty two sisters Josephine Dolezal and Barbara Havlatka and two daughters Laura and Albena are deceased Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids Sunday October 1 with grave service at 2 p.m Friends may call at Turner's Sunday until 1 p.m
Funeral services for Mrs Walter Espeset aged 52 formerly of Cedar Rapids will be held Thursday afternoon at the Drake mortuary 5200 North Western avenue Chicago She 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 Linn Espeset of Cedar Rapids
Steve Kepros, 44, of 212 Seventeenth Street NE, died at University Hospital in Iowa City at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Born in Greece, he 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 were held for the longtime resident who died at his home on a recent date. The obituary notes services were conducted in his hometown with family in attendance and local clerics delivering final rites.
The funeral for an unnamed individual will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday after a lingering illness. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Olof John son of near Shellsburg who died at his home Tuesday after a brief illness will be held at Parker's Grove church at 2 p.m. Friday. C. W. Meek of Cedar Rapids will conduct. Burial is in Parker's Grove cemetery with viewing 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, pleaded not guilty before Judge John T. Moffit. They faced multiple informations naming them as real and assumed identities in attacks on two Cedar Rapids women near a Fairfax township schoolhouse after a Walford dance. Bonds were set at 6000 and 3000 dollars. Hearing continued to the November term.
A drunk driving charge against Paul Kraus Jr., 25, of Cedar Rapids, was dismissed by Judge John T. Moffit on a motion by County Attorney G K Thompson for want of evidence. Kraus posted $500 bond June 19 after pleading not guilty. Police arrested him June 17 following a collision involving another driver, H R Wignall, and police said Wignall could not testify Kraus was intoxicated.
Judge C. J. Haas rules a temporary injunction against the estate of Raymond Lloy Thomas and Lena Thomas becomes permanent. The case involves Mary A Charter restraining execution of a judgment against her husband T E Charter over the Mound Farm addition real estate claimed as her title from 1924. A separate action by T E Charter regarding First Avenue property and claimed homestead status remains under advisement.
Judge C J Haas overruled motions to dismiss and strike by The Silver Corp. and George O OBrien in an injunction suit brought by International Silver Co. to restrain sale of four silverware brands below authorized dealer prices. The ruling also denied modifying the injunction to permit a brand close‑out sale despite the fair trade act claim.
Commercial Credit of Davenport filed a replevin suit in Cedar Rapids against Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage over a car claimed under a trust receipt from Alden Motors. The case filed Aug 26 1938 settled by stipulation with $100 payment to the defendant and dismissal with prejudice at plaintiff's costs.
Judge C. J. Haas issued a partition decree for Bever Park real estate in Cedar Rapids. Shares allocated include Eugenia V. Lesher Grace VanEman and Laura E. VanEman one twelfth each, Villa Logue Minnie Shultz and Wylie Van Eman two thirty sixths each, Robert F. Van Eman Hubert W. Van Eman Oliver M. Van Eman Mary Margaret Van Eman Velda Van Eman one thirtieth each. Frank A. Hronik named referee. Malcolm V. Bolton I. M. Preston and T. E. Ravenscroft named appraisers.
Plaintiff's testimony opened before Judge J. E. Heiserman and the first district court jury since the suit began. The proceedings marked the start of testimony in a case facing questions of damages and liability.
Observer Louis P. Lochner tours the West Wall with American reporters to report a largely defensive fortress system. He notes four lines of defense, camouflaged pill boxes, independent units, and deep underground fortifications designed to thwart bombing tanks and artillery.
In Cedar Rapids a $5,000 personal injury suit by Mrs. Adah Traub against the city and W A Risk alleges a right arm fracture from a January 31 slip on a sidewalk near Risk's grocery at 700 Sixth Street SE. Traub claims a building downspout discharged water onto the sidewalk. the defendants deny liability and seek dismissal.
The will of Jesse Snyder of Cedar Rapids dated May 24 provides a life estate for the survivor of Jesse and 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 Pentz will dated June 30 1931 probates for Ellen R Pentz with children and grandchildren as residuary legatees. Executor is W L Crissman. The Pentz died Sept 20.
On his own motion Judge C J Haas canceled a contempt of court citation issued Monday against Emil Kvidera and Libbie F Kvidera of Tama county. The order followed Anna Baskers application alleging failure to appear for a property examination on Sept 22 to enforce an $87 justice court judgment dated Sept 2, 1936. Judge Haas reversed his earlier action after learning the defendants reside in Tama county rather than the nearby area.
Elizabeth Young administratrix of Harry H. Young estate was authorized by Judge Haas to settle any claims against North Western railroad for 500 dollars. The death occurred Aug. 2 when Young fell from a Cedar Rapids bridge and drowned after steam from a locomotive valve blast.
County Treasurer Frank F. Bates office at the courthouse stays open until 4 p.m. Saturday to help taxpayers pay the second installment of current taxes. A penalty of three quarters of one percent per month attaches next Monday.
Judge H. C. Ring approved compensation and expenses for R. S. Milner attorney services in the Ida Foy guardianship from August 1935 to April 1939 totaling 1800 dollars and 144.45 dollars respectively. Attorney Elmer A. Johnson fees from August 1936 to April 1939 were set at 500 dollars.
Maxene Taylor files for divorce from Willard Taylor on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. She seeks custody of two children after the marriage at Oskaloosa in 1.
Esther Kimberly filed a replevin suit for household furnishings Tuesday against defendant Carl G Nelson. The plaintiff dismissed the action with prejudice at her costs Wednesday, ending the case.
S A Bivins and Lenora Bivins are plaintiffs in a land lord's attachment case for 337.40. Defendants are Harry Morgan and Ida Morgan.
A mechanical musical instrument invented in 1849 by Michael Wette resembled a pipe organ yet imitated orchestral tones, and was known as an orchestration.
Haircuts 25c at Hanna Barbers on 322 2nd Avenue. Evangelist O W Stucky of Detroit leads prayer tonight at 7 30 at Calvary Baptist Church. Waltonian luncheon club meets Thursday noon at the Y M C A with Wilson C Fernow of Penick and Ford speaking on Corn Products. Norden lodge ladies of the Vasa Order of America meet Friday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Martin Anderson of 1012 Fifteenth Street SE.
A large audience heard evangelist Mrs. A. A. Carpenter on "Up the Milf Tree" at the Foursquare tabernacle Tuesday night. She will present "Down in the Mouth" tonight with services nightly at 7 45 except Saturday.
A federal tax lien for 106 dollars and 78 cents was recorded by the clerk of the federal court against Richard Dick Nelson of Story City and later Iowa Falls. The lien cites nonpayment of taxes tied to his wholesale and retail liquor dealing activities in June 1939.
Cedar Rapids post No 1 of the Iowa Volunteers will hold a meeting at the Montrose hotel Thursday at 8 pm to elect delegates for the state convention to be held October 7 and 8, according to commander Vern Hall.
Jerry Dytert aged 48 of 2818 A avenues northeast was arrested Tuesday by police on a driving while intoxicated charge. He posted a $500 bond and was released Tuesday evening by Justice W A Rall. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday morning before Justice Rall.
Walter Myers, 49, of 951 Fourth Street SW, faced larceny of less than 20 dollars charges in Justice Churchill's court. The information was sworn by Frank Lillenworth but the case was dismissed on county attorney's motion Tuesday afternoon.
Smulekoff bowling team of the Red Crown Recreational Center were guests at Mrs. Peg Hunt’s home at 511 Twentieth Street NE for a pike dinner. The seven pound walleye came from Mrs. Farrell Huenger who, with her husband, had returned from a northern Minnesota fishing trip. Team members included Mrs. Leota Harger, Mrs. Clem Scolaro, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Huenger, and Miss Edna Eggers, with team scorekeeper Mrs. Juanita Sebern also present.
Wimbledon champion Helen Wills Moody ends retirement to play in the Pacific Southwest tournament. She will team with Adrian Quist to face Dorothy Arnold and Drago Mitic in mixed doubles for the event.
Following a paralytic stroke Monday, August Weidemann died at his sister Mrs Minnie Henderson's Hawkeye home. Born in Germany in 1872, he came to Fayette County at age nine with parents Carl and the deceased. Unmarried, he lived with his sister for 20 years. Funeral Thursday afternoon. Surviving sisters Mrs John Bose Belgrade Minnesota and Mrs Minnie Henderson. brothers John Clinton Missouri Will and Charlie Hawkeye.
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