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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1933
Page
9
Chicago AP report notes swine trading held steady with an optimistic tone. Eastern order buyers charged initial momentum as heavy hogs edged up five cents in spots, cattle and sheep markets showing mixed but generally firm tendencies amid lighter overall slaughter.
Hog price listings from Iowa markets show varied figures by weight and class. Markets include Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines with ranges from about 1.50 to 2.70 per pound for different weights and packer classifications.
Combined hog receipts in interior Iowa and Southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am show 23,300 head, up from a week ago but down from last year. Prices vary by weight from light at 149 to 160 lbs around 2.40 to 2.85, to heavy 230 to 296 lbs at 2.46 to 2.80, with packing sows at 2.25 to 2.40 and higher weights near 2.10 to 2.40.
Peoria Illinois AP reports hogs 6 909 head steady top 3 35 bulk 3 00 3 30 cattle 209 head steady calves 250 head steady top 6 50
Chicago livestock market report shows hog receipts of 26 000 with light weights steady and 180 to 250 lbs top at 3.40. 260 to 350 lbs range 2.73 to 3.40 with packing sows 2.50 to 3.15. Cattle receipts 7 000 with calves 1 560 steady, beef cows firm, vealers strong. slaughter cattle and vealers details given.
Market report lists poultry prices for hens and springs and hog quotations daily. Beef, veal, and cattle categories include weights and price ranges from various grades and packers, with 14,000 sheep receipts and lamb prices noted alongside.
Hogs receipts about 12 000 early sales to shippers steady with Monday's best time. top hogs 3.05 with 140 to 250 lbs. Cattle receipts 4 500 head. fed steers and yearlings active. prices up 10 to 15 cents. Sheep receipts 4 000 head. killing lambs opening steady. woolly lambs bids around 5.50 to 5.65, dealers paying up to 5.50 for mixed lambs.
Late trading showed steady to firm prices with gains from fractions to one point. Firms like Liggett and Myers American Can American Telephone Du Pont Santa Fe Union Pacific rose. U S Steel Westinghouse Eastman slipped. Consolidated Gas Pennsylvania General Motors edged higher. About 700000 shares changed hands.
New York bonds edged lower in a choppy session as U.S. and German issues faced pressure. Treasury 3s and 3 44s were weakest while some federal maturities eased slightly. Losses spread across rail trusts and large industrials with several utilities holding firmer.
Jefferson City Missouri AP reports a three line house bill proposing repeal of the McCawley bone dry law. The measure only repeals prohibition with a separate later bill to legalize beer.
District Court notes Fred E. Martin and others filed a foreclosure suit for 682.89 against Barney W. Kill Ruby Kill and others claiming a first lien on two Muscatine lots. George Grosjean suit against Frank Grosjean grants 10 days to plead to a substituted petition. Change of counsel in Adda Miller versus George Angerer et al with E L OConnor withdrawing and E A Baldwin entering for George and Margaret Angerer.
Wheat values rose late trading amid unconfirmed reports of Canada Russia talks over 20 million bushels for shipment to Russia. Dealers noted past Russia purchases of Australian wheat to Vladivostok and the market closed unsettled with mixed gains across May July prices and related grains.
Chicago wheat and corn prices show varied bids with No 2 yellow at 24 4c cents, No 3 yellow around 22%, No 4 yellow about 22 1 2c, and No 5 yellow near 21 1 2c. Oats No 2 white ranges 16 7 16c, rye at 38 1 4 89c, barley 29 2 9 36c, Timothy Seed 2.55 2.50 per cwt, lower Seed 36.50 8.75 per cwt.
Minneapolis AP reports current Wheat prices with grades No 1 northern at 48 49c and 15 percent protein at 52 53c, No 1 amber durum at 25dc, No 2 amber durum 50 54c, No 1 red durum 40 41c, and May 46c July 40 5c. Corn No 3 yellow 20 21c and Oats No 3 white 18 4c 14c.
Peoria Illinois market activity shows cash corn receipts at 32 cars with No 3 yellow at 20 26 and No 4 yellow at 20 cents local traders report light receipts and a quiet market.
Minneapolis Minn AP flour shipments total 23 008 barrels with Pure Bran at 8 50 and 9 00 for Standard Middlings 8 00 to 8 50.
Chicago AP market brief shows live poultry receipts 39 trucks with steady demand. Hens leghorn and colored breeds priced around 13c, roosters 11c, turkeys 10-14c, ducks about 9-12c, lacal notes for broilers 14c. Dressed turkeys steady, butter and eggs receipts and prices listed with grade scores and regional potato shipments and closing futures for eyes fresh firsts and storage standards.
New York reports varied dairy receipts with Butter at 19 to 20 cents for extras and 18 to 19 cents for others, firsts at 18 to 19 cents, and centralized at 18 to 18 1/2 cents. Cheese receipts total 375,587 pounds, while eggs and poultry show stable or unchanged trends across grades and regions.
A coroner's jury ruled Orville H. Tousey retired civil engineer died by his own hand while temporarily insane. His son Orville Jr., once a University of Iowa track star, testified his father had been ill four years and was last seen ill on November 15. Tousey shot himself in his Oak Park club room.
R. Lane of Los Angeles designates Robert Brooke as his agent for notices and processes in the matter for the plaintiff.
Closing quotations show a wide mix of industrials and utilities with prominent gains by DuPont Goodyear and Kennecott while General Electric and Westinghouse lag. Automotive names Ford Motor and Nash show notable activity as markets reflect ongoing sector shifts.
Bonds posted in Des Moines for five of 26 defendants indicted in Peoria on conspiracy to violate federal liquor laws. Several others arranged bonds in Davenport and elsewhere, with warrants pending while cases may transfer to Iowa federal court. Notables include Tom Avery and William Cooper among those posting bonds.
R. H. Taylor of Cedar Rapids led federal prohibition offices for northern Iowa in Col. George Parsons’s absence on extended sick leave. Taylor was appointed Monday by Robert D. Ford to cover Parsons’s duties during his vacation.
Charles Redden a 64 year old LeClaire resident and Spanish American war veteran was paroled after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the July 18 shooting of Jack Rainstadtler. District Judge W R Maines suspended an eight year Fort Madison prison sentence and $1 fine, releasing Redden to J J Ryan former LeClaire mayor.
The Atalissa independent basketball team, reorganized for the season, seeks games to fill its schedule. Interested teams should call Ivan Schmitt at Atalissa 1103.
The Iowa supreme court reversed the Jefferson county conviction of J. E. Brown former Manning bank officer for taking deposits while the bank was insolvent. The ruling also reversed a Boone county damages award to Harold F. White in an auto accident suit and upheld a denial of damages to Mrs. Susan Hogan in a separate auto death case. The decision addressed truck operator injunctions and park board law while affirming the Marshalltown bond issue denial and the Des Moines county rulings. Des Moines remains the only city meeting the park board requirement.
The New York State Assembly approved a bill 120 to 15 to create a commission to study a model beer and liquor control system in anticipation of changes to national Prohibition. The Senate had passed it and it now goes to Governor Lehman.
Funeral services for 13 month old Ronald Allen Ryan of 1106 Hershey Avenue were held at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals at 10 a m. The Rev John Blough of Mulford Congregational church officiated. Burial followed at Buffalo Prairie cemetery.
The weatherman forecast somewhat colder conditions for eastern Iowa tonight with warmer, possibly snowy weather expected Wednesday. Partly cloudy skies are anticipated as the 7 am temperature sits at 24 degrees, down 10 degrees from Monday. The river stage rose to 2.6 feet.
Final rites for Miss Julia Koetting who died Sunday at her sister’s home were held at Hoffman Funeral Home at 2 30 p m today led by Rev Karl Jeschka of the Protestant Evangelical church. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery with pallbearers J E Koetting E C Koetting Harold C Vaughn O O Davison August Blaesing Jr and Charles Hocke. Flower attendants were Mrs J E Koetting Miss Catherine Koetting and Mrs J E Stover.
Multiple rental notices list various properties including a five room modern house and a six room bungalow with nearby closeness to town. Phone numbers 1421 1067W and 2782 3 or 2750 are provided. A modern cottage and a sleeping room at 311 East 4th Street are advertised.
Norbert Neipert of 505 Cedar Street is in serious condition at home after an accident while cutting wood near Muscatine last Thursday. He was struck on the head by a log end while prying it loose, causing a basal skull fracture.
The listing outlines NBC radio programming from 7:09 PM to midnight including Musical Clock, Morning Glee Club, Flying Fingers, Banjoleers, Soloist, Swingin Along, Betty Crocker, National Farm and Home Hour, Westminster Choir, Judy and Jane, Two Seats in the Balcony, Women’s Radio Review, Symphony Concert, and more with varied time blocks and show titles.
Chicago police shifted focus to Louis Leppla an associate of hoodlums as a key clue in the murder of bandmaster Edwin Schildhauer Leppla a cousin of the widow visited the Schildhauer home the night before the slaying and Mrs Schildhauer reported his first visit in years Leppla attended a party at the Birkinshaws the same building on the night of the abduction
Arthur M. Curl died at the Baker Institute at 12 15 a m He had been there since November 24 He was born September 15 1882 in New York City and lived in Sioux Falls He was a showman who traveled widely The body is at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals pending Mrs Curl's arrival
Funeral services were held in Glendale California for Jack Pickford former screen actor who died recently in Paris Honorary pallbearers included many film notables close friends of the actor who was a brother of Mary and Lottie Pickford Also note Spokane Washington illiteracy rate and a curious fact that the North Pole moves south about six inches yearly
The listing outlines a January Wednesday radio programming slate from 6 pm to 12 am featuring Schlagenhauer's Party Gene and Charlie Flanagan's Sport Review CBS Norsemen Quartet Band of Distinction Charlie Hamp Correy Lynn Themes in Tempo Mayor's Cabinet Helen O'Reilly Ben Pollack's Orch Myrt & Marge and a late night Around the Town segment. The fragment also notes Blanchard buying pants and the tailor’s five day finish promise.
Theexecutrix of Martha Jane Stiles deceased will offer Lot 2 Block 1 Brogan addition Muscatine Iowa at public auction February 21 1933 at 10 am at the courthouse front door cash with ten percent paid at sale and balance upon court approval and deed delivery Josephine C Haynes Executrix Muscatine Iowa February 16 1933
In the Southern District of Iowa Davenport Division Referee W A Newport oversees bankruptcy No 6250 for William E Ehrecke. A discharge hearing is set for February 16 1933 with creditors and interested parties invited to file opposition and grounds within ten days.
Iowa bankruptcy record for Marie Agnes, Davenport Division. Court before W. A. Newport. Notice to creditors and interested parties to appear and file objections or consent for discharge by specified date.
For sale or trade an 80 acre farm with fair buildings near a school on a paved road ideal for a vegetable stand, located 14 miles from Muscatine. Also offered is a five room modern bungalow with garage. Additional bays nearby. Contact John F. Thomson at 611 Park Ave. Phone 1629-W.
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