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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1940
Page
10
Prices rise as trimmed hog supplies push top quotes to around 6.65 per hundredweight. Reports from Chicago and across several farming regions show firmer hogs and steady to higher receipts, with cattle and sheep market tones mixed and futures unchanged.
The fragment lists hog weights and prices with varied figures such as 140-240 Ibs and 200-339 Ibs. Prices appear as dollars per hundredweight and per head in a dated market column. Several line items reference animals, weights, and trading terms without a cohesive narrative.
Hogs advance 13 cents across grades pushing top hog price to 610. Cattle market remains unchanged. Sheep prices show genuine spring lambs 70-90 lbs at 89.00 and other sheep values vary by weight and quality.
Cedar Rapids market listings show mixed grain prices with wheat at 58 cents per bushel and oats at 3 cents per bushel, rye and barley noted, and buckwheat priced at 1.20 per cwt. Straw and hay values listed, with poultry prices for hens over five pounds and various roosters, leghorns, and hens at specific per-pound rates. Produce and wholesale fruits and vegetables include lemons at 1.85, oranges at 2.53, grapefruit at 2.35, celery at 0.33 per stalk, and Idaho russets and potatoes with per pound prices. Hides and calf prices given, with horse prices and fall tail included.
AP reports Chicago receipts for butter at 451.954 steady and eggs at 45.645 firm with prices unchanged. Poultry demand remains strong and potatoes show mixed movement across Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, and California markets with a moderate to firm tone and scarce offerings in some grades.
New York stocks fell Wednesday after an earlier rally led by rail shares. Aviation issues slid as much as two points amid profit taking while U S Steel Bethlehem Douglas United Aircraft and several others posted declines. Washington talks of favorable carrier legislation sparked some activity but failed to sustain gains. About 900 900 shares traded hands.
Wall Street stock listings show quotes from Adams Express to Zenith Radio with many traded issues and price figures. Major names include Allied Chemical Amn Can Amn Steel Du Pont Eastman Kodak Gen Electric Goodyear Union Carbide and more, reflecting midweek market activity and boardroom movements.
In New York, rail loan issues advanced briskly, overtaking foreign papers for mealtime gains. Domestic and overseas bonds fluctuated with Norwegian, Canadian, Italian, and Brazilian loans steady to higher, while U S Treasuries moved within a narrow range as Dow Jones averages showed mixed movement.
Work men, industrialists and public figures gathered in Kohler Wisconsin to pay final tribute to Walter J S Kohler industrialist philanthropist and twenty sixth governor of Wisconsin. In 1938 Prince Edward Island reported a lobster catch of 7 160 000 pounds.
Chicago grain markets showed a narrow margin around previous closes with a generally easy undertone. Wheat eased slightly with May at about 1.10 per bushel, corn up modestly, oats and rye mixed, and soybeans down a bit. Winnipeg and Minneapolis unsettled with light export interest and small rally in corn fading.
Wisconsin cheese prices for the week include quotata tions for qtas and chev. twins at 13 cents, daisies 13 cents, brick cheddars 3 cents, cheddars 3 cents. Wool Market Boston notes scattered sales closing in domestic wools with original bars around 2.0 to 2.8 cents, scoured French combing length around 78 to 80 cents, country-packed three quarter brights around 35 cents.
President John S. McCarrens told the American Newspaper Publishers association that Americans are best informed about the European war and praised journalists abroad for their work. In La Porte City a crash on highway 218 injured Rev. Father Ulric Landolt and four others after a farmyard turn into the road.
William MeaArthur infant son of Mr and Mrs James M MeaArthur 1242 F avenue NE died at a local hospital early Wednesday Funeral services by Rev Frank Ward at Barta chapel 2 pm Thursday Burial Linwood cemetery Friends may call at chapel Wednesday evening
Funeral services for Ralph W Hicks who died at his home on 13338 C avenue NE will be held Thursday at 2 pm in the Moon chapel conducted by Dr. Charles J Bready. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Heaton of Fairfax occur Thursday at 2 pm in Turner chapel with the Rev. Dr. W Glenn Rowley presiding. Burial follows in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Clyde C Sink and Marcella M Miller, both of Waterloo, were married Tuesday by Justice H. R Churchill. Joseph T Callan, 22, gave 421 Seventeenth Street SE as his address but does not live there, residents say. Callan was fined $25 and costs in police court Tuesday on a drunkenness charge.
Earth shocks were felt early Wednesday at Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach on the Pacific shore and also at Hawthorne inland toward Los Angeles. No damage was reported. Some Leicester parks plant scented flowers in corners for the blind.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines 20 percent discount on want ads with minimum two lines and variable day counts. It details pricing, payment by mail or office drop, refunds for cancellations, box-number surcharges, and special rates for work wanted. It lists ad-taker Cassany and references numerous local businesses and services with scattered notices and contact notes.
A dense classified section offers contactable trades and services including wallpaper cleaning, junk and ash hauling, brick dirt removal, tree work, painting and papering, plastering, carpentry, and general maintenance. Local numbers are provided for urgent bookings and introductory offers.
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