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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1933
Page
9
Chicago dispatch reports hog prices down about ten cents with a slow market. Packers took 11,000 of 13,000 receipts directly, while other buyers stayed cautious and 2,000 held over. Top hog price around 4.50, weights 180 to 250 pounds selling 4.40 to 4.50. Cattle and sheep markets shown modest gains and steady or firmer trends in lighter weights.
Iowa hog price report lists Cedar Rapids Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa and Des Moines markets. Prices by weight class show modest gains and declines across 120 to over 500 pound ranges with note of cent drops in Ottumwa and steady to lower quotes in Des Moines.
Hog prices at 25 packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota closed at 8:00 am showing 000 head versus 25,700 last week and 10,500 a year ago. Light and medium weight hogs off 5 to 10 cents. heavy weights down more. sows steady to 10 cents lower. trading slow.
Receipts at Kansas City Missouri include 600 hogs mostly direct with prices around steady to a touch lower than the day’s best, top at 4.15 for 180 to 240 pounds. Cattle receipts total 300 head with calves 100, week trends show beef steers and yearlings steady with an early 25 cent dip, other classes weak to 25 cents lower and heifers and bulls steady to firm. Sheep receipts 600 head for the week with lambs 60 cents higher, yearlings up 25 cents, ewes higher. top native lambs at 8.00 and late native lambs mostly 7.75 to 8.00.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports about 13 000 head in yards with direct cattle and market around 10 cents lower. Bulk hogs range 4 10 to 4 45 with tops to 4 50. sows 3 75 to 4 40. Calves and light weights show mixed declines while heavy weights hold near prior levels.
Market notes show poultry prices around 814 cents for hens. hogs quoted from 100 to 160 pounds at 3.55 to 4.05 dollars, varying by weight. Cattle prices steady to up, with heavy packers around 2.95 and steers and yearlings mixed, grasses scarce, cows unevenly 25 to 40 cents lower, lambs and sheep firm with top lambs near 8.90 and week’s bulk around 7.25 to 8.50.
Receipts total 175 head calves 25 week with fed steers yearlings largely steady while cows and cutters weaken. Vealers steady to 50 cents higher. good stockers steady. Hogs receipts 2 500 slow with weights 180 to 350 pounds showing 3.00 to 4 10 per cwt. Lambs mostly up 75 cents. ranged native to fed woolled lambs quoted up to 8.00. Breeding ewes and yearlings listed with prices across categories.
New York reports easy foreign exchange with quotes in cents for major currencies including Great Britain France Germany Italy and Japan among others. Various rates are shown for countries across Europe Asia and the Americas with notes on silver and local market terms.
Minneapolis markets show Flours steady with slight price shifts and cotton middlings quoted. Prices listed include Standard Middlings at 19.50 to 20.00 per unit amid broader commodity movement.
No produce on Saturday until further notice as announced by AP.
Members of the state NRA board are to convene in their first formal session at Governor Herring's office Monday morning. Preliminary plans and organization of the board are to be the principal item of business. After the board's session, members will attend a general meeting with speakers including Governor Sweet of Colorado, Governor Herring and others.
Two men died and five were injured, one likely fatally, when a passenger express train derailed near Salisbury on the Pennsylvania railroad in the early hours. The incident left rescuers scrambling for details as passengers were evacuated from the wreckage.
Charles Harris, 47, of Michigan City died after his car collided with a Chicago Detroit bus on a Michigan City road. Thirty seconds later, flames consumed his vehicle as 27 bus passengers watched.
Chicago today saw all grain prices close at the lowest permitted under emergency rules. A brief rush to sell and lack of buyers caused a near halt before traders believed fixed minimums would be removed August 15. Wheat, corn and oats fell with Sept and Dec contracts quoted lower across the board.
Chicago markets report No. 2 red wheat at 91 1/2 to 91 3/4 cents and No. 2 yellow corn at 49 1/4 to 49 1/2 cents. Various oat and rye values shown with mixed bids and no sales for rye.
AP reports wheat receipts at 183 cars with prices near 1 percent lower. Cash bids show No 1 northern just under 93 cents, No 1 dark northern around 93 to 96 cents with varying protein, durum prices in the 1.02 to 1.05 dollar range, and No 3 yellow corn at 43 to 44 cents. Oats No 3 white quoted at 33 to 34 cents.
Poultry receipts reported as seven trucks with various live hen and turkey prices across categories including Leghorn roosters ducks and broilers. Potatoes show 56 carloads on track with statewide and regional price references for Idaho Missouri New Jersey Long Island Nebraska and Minnesota stock, with mixed grading and moderate trading.
New York market notes show butter receipts at 9 530 tubs unchanged, cheese 115 743 pounds steady, whole milk flats 14 to 15 cents unchanged, dressed poultry steady to firm, live poultry weak, eggs receipts 15 807 cases quiet with mixed colors whites and brown unchanged.
The AP reports that Troy Ohio’s Tippecanoe City shows a phantom mayoral nomination with 13 write in votes for Joe Vance. no such resident exists. Federal officials drop pirate charge against Joe Pennick noting lack of cargo and pursue assault instead. A boy in Allenton Illinois, 14 year old John McDowell, hangs on after a fall from a tree endangering a robin nest.
The American railway association reported for the week ending August 5 carloadings totaled 613,112 cars, down 25,284 from the prior week but up 116,486 from the same week last year.
Bernard Harper and George Garrett reached the semi finals in the upper bracket while Bob Asthalter, the top seed, and John Van Lent advanced in the lower bracket. Garrett beat H G Shaw 6 4 7 5 and Tipton defeated Kern 6 4 6 2. Harper swept Baird 6 0 6 0 and then beat Runyon 6 3 6 4. Asthalter beat Tadewald 6 4 6 4 and Van Lent edged Peterson 4 6 6 2 6 1. Weis advanced on a fourth default, setting up lower bracket finals. Finals Sunday at Musser park.
Columbus dominates the American Association with a 16 game lead as the race for second tightens between Minneapolis and St Paul. The Red Birds swept Minneapolis 5 to 4, while St Paul beat Toledo 10 to 4 at night and Roxie Lawsons four hit outing helped the Saints. Kansas City shelled Louisville 11 to 3 with Walter Duster Mails holding seven hits, and Milwaukee beat Indianapolis 4 to 1 behind Forest Presnell.
The Schlitz kittenball team of Muscatine shut out Riverside 5 to 0 Friday night at Riverside. Mike Blaesing pitched a complete game while Muscatine scored one run in the second and fourth innings and three more in the fifth on eight safeties off Doad of Riverside. Box score details follow.
American and National leaders are listed with names and stats including Klein of the Phillies batting .380 with 158 hits 35 doubles and 20 home runs. Tinning of the Cubs leads pitching with a 93 mark while Foxx of the Athletics tops batting .356 and 104 RBIs.
Pepper Martin of the Cardinals lined a double and three singles driving in three. Ted Lyons of the White Sox held the Tigers to seven hits in a win. Babe Herman of the Cubs had a double and two singles in a perfect day against the Pirates. Goose Goslin of the Senators delivered a ninth inning double to tie the game against the Red Sox.
Mary Beckstein transfers part of lot 8 in Bartlett Parvin to Nellie Beckstein and Edith Beckstein. Leona Doering and husband deed lot 2 in Papoose addition to Albert Tripmacher.
An assorted classifieds snippet lists a vacant New York Life service contact on West Third, a Kemble real estate pitch for a six room dwelling, private investigations, lost items including glasses near Midwest Factory and a green tricycle, plus medical and job notices and rental ads for a furnished apartment and a modern flat. It also mentions Hay fever relief, a chiropractor, and furniture asks like Walnut Queen Anne chairs.
The Muscatine Rifle club finished first in the National Rifle Association inter club outdoor league with seven straight wins and no losses. They closed the season by defeating Joplin and posted a team total of 13 694 points across seven matches led by Charles Kautz 2774 and Velma Umlandt 2750.
Hartford Eddie Winston 187 from Hartford KOed Marty Fox 183 in six rounds. Vince Dundee 160 stopped Danny Devlin 154 in Allentown. Billy Wallace 142 outpointed Paola Villa 135 in Wilmington. Jack Portnoy 137 outpointed Eddie Shapiro 145 in Baltimore. Primo Carnera world heavyweight champion outpointed Harold Mays 210 in Syracuse. Little Pancho 115 Philippines and Gene Bianco noted in San Francisco.
Eve faces a tense first week as office drama unfolds with Miss James and Miss Allen amid a desk reshuffle. Boss Barnes interacts coolly as Mona Allen eyes a new glove campaign, while hints of trouble mix with routine errands and a lunch break confessional.
In Boston Georgie Hangford drew 126 in Hollywood against Vidal Gregorio who stopped at 124 in Spain, highlighting an international cricket styled encounter with mixed results.
Notice announces a hearing in the District Court of Iowa for 2ne County involving D W superintendent of banking of the State of Iowa and the receiver of the American Savings Bank. The document cites legal action related to bank affairs and specifies the court and parties.
The First National Bank of Muscatine in Muscatine Iowa closes its affairs. All note holders and other creditors must present notes and claims for payment. Dated July 6. Bloom, Cashier.
A local dealer advertises a selection of used cars including a 1931 Chevrolet Coach with Kair Keen trunk a 1931 Ford Tudor a 1930 Essex Panel Delivery a 1929 Nash Sedan and more. Call 610 to inquire before buying.
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