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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1939
Page
15
Chicago livestock markets show hogs falling to 7.25 per cwt the lowest in over four years with steady cattle trade and firmer lamb prices. Illinois Iowa and Omaha area reports note mixed receipts and slow bidding while hogs at Austin and Des Moines markets show broad weakness and cattle and sheep activity varies by region.
The local hog market softens with a ten cent cut across all grades bringing top hog prices to 6.80 while the cattle market holds steady. Trade lists ranges for good hogs and packers across weight classes and notes mixed results for steer and yearling prices, with lambs and sheep values shown by quality.
State market news from South St Paul reports cattle receipts 3000 with weak undertone. Steers steady and cows and cutters showing mixed pricing. Hogs receipts 5500 with steady to 15 cent drop. top at 6.95 for light hogs. Sheep receipts 500 with steady to fully steady prices. best lambs up to 10.00. Thursday sale results show good to choice wool lambs at 9.50 to 9.90.
Grain prices list wheat 60¢ per bushel No 1, oats 26¢ No 2 and 3, rye 30¢, barley 28 9/10¢, shelled corn 39¢, soybeans 80¢. hay straw prices 7.00 and 5.00. butterfat and cream prices. poultry notices colored hens 14¢, leghorns 11¢, roosters 7–8¢. fruits and vegetables with varied per crate or unit prices. hides and hoof stock prices for cattle and horses. horse and livestock terms and general market entries.
Wisconsin cheese quotes for the week of April 10 15 list twins daisies horns and cheddars with farmers call board figures. Mississippi River stages across Davenport La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Keokuk St Louis Cairo Memphis show rises and falls with last readings noted.
Chicago API butter receipts 32151 eggs 42710 show steady prices. live poultry receipts 48 trucks with mixed hens prices around 16 to 20 cents for various breeds. New York eggs 18 199 with mixed colors and standards. butter receipts 591 009 steady with creamery and grade details. Minneapolis cash wheat and grain prices listed with various No 1 grades and cereals.
Elvin Wood 38, a once prosperous farmer driven by debt to kill a close friend in a kidsnap plot to save his homestead, died Friday in the electric chair at the state prison in Joliet.
New York stock market trends drifted downward on Friday as European concerns and weak domestic signals overshadowed gains. Turnover ran about 650000 shares with notable declines in Westinghouse du Pont Allied Chemical Anaconda U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Douglas Aircraft U S Rubber Montgomery Ward and American Telephone. Some stocks such as American Gas Lake Shore Lockheed Electric Bond Shore and Grumman moved to the retreat side.
Friday stock quotations from Adams Express to various rail and chemical issues. Lists include Allied Chemical, International Paper, Kennecott, Owens-Illinois, Pepsico, Procter Gamble, Radio, Sears, General Electric, United States Steel, Warner Bros, and many others with bid and price figures, market leaders, and notable shifts.
Wheat prices stayed close to prior close on the Chicago board of trade in light mixed trading. Export sales reached 750,000 bushels with 400,000 to China and 100,000 to Germany. winter wheat prospects improved with little frost damage. Chicago cash wheat and corn bids listed, with futures showing modest changes amid mixed factors.
Prices of bonds edged lower in a cautious session with most issues down fractions. Oils and utilities showed mixed moves while rails generally weakened as treasuries and foreign bonds declined, with several major issues and converters posting fractional losses.
Clarence Karr travels to Fort Smith Arkansas. Birth announced of a daughter to Fay and Mrs. Clark of Monticello. Dairy Dale community to hold a picnic supper April 15 at Dairy Dale hall. Junior Falcons picnic and dance at Sokol hall. Cedar Rapids grocers invite Iowa convention to Cedar Rapids for 1940 fall meeting. Cedar Rapids delegation attends Iowa junior chambers congress in Des Moines. Amana society topic discussed at Hotel Roosevelt by QO J Elsenbast. Children in garden project invited to Bever park greenhouse Saturday for plant transfers. Shueyville United Brethren hold two week special services with Paul Levin and Bob Findley.
The Kenwood Park Presbyterian congregation held its annual meeting Thursday night in the church auditorium. New officers were elected for three years: G. A. Conner to the session and C. Dunlap to the board of trustees. The church reported renovations and 57 new members added in the past year.
Linn county asks 845882 judgment in a public aid claim action against Raymond C Hanson of Cedar Rapids alleging relief furnished between 1931 and 1938 Officials say Hanson recently came into an inheritance. Melvin Kuba seeks divorce decree modification to transfer custody of two children from his ex wife to him. Hearing set April 26 at 10 am. Breslawn charged with burglary after breaking into a dwelling. Alta Rhodes seeks divorce from C K Rhodes on desertion grounds and asks custody of a child. Amelia Giffert seeks quieting of title to 12 acre Marion area property alleging title cloud from overlapping descriptions.
Want ads extend thanks to friends neighbors and Rev Ludvik Burian with floral offerings and funeral details. Also listed are lost items including a female bulldog Queenie a wrist watch a wooden case and tool hangers with reward offers and contact numbers.
Community notices list Thursday and Saturday dances at Hallwood and Airport Inn with live acts including Old Heidelberg blues and Behounek's. Also advertised are furnishings and services from Sodding, Novak Heating, and various hauling and painting trades with local contact numbers.
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