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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1939
Page
8
U S Department finds hog receipts around 9 000 with prices steady to 10 cents higher in Chicago and midwest markets. Cattle and sheep trade mixed with slow bids on steers and yearlings while fat lambs hold steady to strong demand in several yards.
A Cedar Rapids listing shows wholesale and retail prices for grains livestock produce and hides. Wheat No 1 60c No 2 58c New Laf cowhite No 2 26c No 3 23c Rye No 3 30 6 3 ft Barley No 3 28 4 39 Mal Otn Bhelled No 1 yellow 40c No 3 Boy Soybeans No 2 yellow 80c Hay and Straw baled tame hay 7.00 baled straw 5.00 Fruits and vegetables Lemons 4 15 5.00 Oranges 2.50 3.78 Grapefruit 2.00 2.50 Celery 1.10 Lettuce 3.50 Onions 1.00 4 7 1.85 Cucumbers 3.40 Carrots 3.50 crate Tomatoes 3.60 New potatoes 2.50 Potatoes 1.35 1.90 Ewed potatoes 1.50 Hide Market No 1 cured beef hides 6c No 2 cured beef hides 5c No 2 horse 2.00 Hides and glue half price Including manes and full tails
Hogs advanced 10 cents across all grades led by top prices near 6.90 while cattle weakened by about 25 cents. Good hogs range across weights 140 to 350 pounds with quoted values from 5.75 to 6.90, and packers' and feeders' bids noted. Calf and sheep sections show mixed moves with lambs around 7.25 to 9.00 and calves near 8.50 for lighter figures.
In Plymouth Wisconsin cheese exchange quotes show buttered beginning prices for various varieties including dasies horns cheddars. In New York domestic sugar futures firmed with May trading around 19.7 cents and January near 21 cents with gains from week prior. world futures rose with London, raw sugar offered around 29.25 to 29.5 cents for duty frees and refined at 43 to 44 cents.
New York prices show eggs at 30 015 easy mixed colors extra fancy selection 1874% 2034c standards 18 4fr18 3 firsts 16c and meats for butter cheese with receipts and price ranges. Chicago reports live poultry steady with various breed prices and butter receipts up to 854 359 steady creamery scores 93 to 88 with cents per pound.
New York may trading saw strong advances in U S government bonds while declines broadened in other issues. Notable losers included Southern Railway 4s and Erie 5s, with several longer bonds also lower. Foreign bonds fell up to two points as U S Treasuries closed higher on treasury notes and farm loan issues.
Stephen Osusky Czech minister to France said German authorities confiscated his private fortune but he will not leave the legation as long as France refuses to recognize the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
New York trading opened with a stumble as markets faced weak domestic momentum and international unease. Despite a late recovery, notable declines hit U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors U S Rubber Sears Douglas Westinghouse Du Pont and AT&T with some modest gains in American Gas Electric Bond and Shore Lockheed Lake Shore Gulf Oil.
The House labor committee approved a bill to extend the civilian conservation corps life by five years from July 1 1940. The measure aims to keep CCC programs functioning through the new expiration date.
William Orville Douglas, 40, succeeded retired Justice Louis D. Brandeis and was sworn in Monday as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in Washington.
Kansas City AP reports Charles Blood city editor of the morning Star was moved to the evening edition and visited the composing room where he met the assistant foreman and the correction man. All three had worked in the same plant for over 30 years. Blood, at night, others by day.
Wheat futures edged higher on news of European political tension and firm outside markets. May wheat rose fractionally as corn and oats followed the uptick, with Liverpool bids firm and Winnipeg buoyed by UK export sales.
Washington says the United States plans a government expedition to the South Pole regions to solidify American claims to untapped resources. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is to consult on the project, which may be led by him or another commander and would be funded by Congress.
Kansas City report says Attorney General Roy McKittrick sought to quash a Jackson county jury panel for trials of a present and a former county judge. He cited disqualifications and improper name drawing amid a Star disclosure of many city and county employees on the panel.
Miss Eleanor Gough, Cornell College junior, will give a piano recital Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the college chapel. Mrs Zora Adams Cape Central City soprano soloist appears Thursday at 8 p.m. in Marion Methodist church for a benefit recital. The City Federation of Clubs will aid the event with Ruth Engstrom and D D Cary accompanying. Various local social, hospital, and civic updates follow, including births, birthdays, hospital admissions, Legion and O E S meetings, and property notices.
Want ads list various services and items for sale or notice. Includes monument manufacturers, funeral homes, lost and found items such as a fox terrier named Billie, rewards for information, jewelry and watch repair, furniture moving services, bicycle and camera listings, and painting and decorating services with contact numbers. The notices reflect a community classified page.
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