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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1939
Page
9
Ledger of livestock values shows hogs retreating in late trading while cattle hold firm. Trade notes April futures near steady as feeders and yearlings trend active. implications for producers hinge on demand, with mixed signals across beef and pork cuts.
U S Department market report shows hogs at Des Moines steady to higher with most advance eroded by buyers. 160-180 lb and 180-220 lb ranges quoted near 6.40 to 6.60 per cwt, with 300-360 lb sows and large heavies trading around 4.90 to 5.20. Cattle and lambs mixed with feeders steady to firm. calves and yearlings active, high end near 9.50. Sioux City and South St. Paul listings reflect similar trends with steers and heifers showing firmness and hogs uneven but generally improving for favored weights.
Receipts and price ranges for sheep hogs and cattle across Omaha Austin Waterloo Ottumwa Mason City with quotes for lambs sows feed lots and yearlings. Highlights include steady to higher bids on certain weights and regional discrepancies in steers heifers and cows with varied load values and discounts in sows.
A Cedar Rapids list details wholesale grain prices such as corn yellow No 2 at 38 cents and soybeans No 2 yellow at 65 cents, along with straw baling costs, butter and dairy notes, poultry rates for hens and cocks, fruit and vegetable prices, and hides and leather values, reflecting a broad market rundown.
New York led by utilities the stock market rallied after a slow start on Wednesday with lending shares gaining up to two points at best. Midday saw a recovery as power company stocks climbed and volume neared one million shares. Steel, motors, and specialty issues joined the gains while several firms hit new 1930 highs including Western Union and Brooklyn Union Gas.
Wednesday quotations from Wall Street show Adams Express Intl Harv Alaska Juneau various industrials and utilities trading with mixed results. Notables include Kennecott, American Can, Allied Stores, IBM rivals, and major consumer brands like Coca Cola and Procter & Gamble. Activity centers on banking, steel, oils, and rail stocks with price movements across sectors.
The New York bond market followed stocks as a midday rally emerged, with higher priced Industrial and utility issues in strong demand. Notable movers included Brooklyn Manhattan Transit 4 3 3 5 and American Telephone 34s of 1966, while some issues like Delaware and Hudson refunding 4s slipped. Government loans showed modest gains, while foreign bonds lagged.
Spring wheat gains amid bullish crop news and stronger export demand, with Chicago prices advancing about a cent and later modest profit taking. Corn and oats show smaller moves, Winnipeg and Minneapolis markets firm on drought fears, while cash wheat bids vary across grades and regions.
Market notes show hog prices rising on Wednesday with light good hogs up 4 cents and heavy hogs up a dime, top at 6.45. Cattle steady. Various price ranges listed for good to prime steers, yearlings, cows, and calves, with sheep and lamb figures noted for spring lambs and bucks. Local market details include weights and quality categories across hogs, packers, steers, heifers, cows, calves, and sheep.
CHICAGO AP Butter receipts 1,179,440 steady creamery 90 score 22%4c 90 centralized carrots 2344c other prices unchanged eggs receipts 11,085 unsettled storage packed firsts 16'4c extras 17%4c other prices unchanged live poultry receipts 43 trucks hens steady chickens easier leghorn hens under 2 lbs 14c 2 lbs up 13%c colored springs 15c Plymouth Rocks 17c 2c ducks 4'2 lbs up colored 10c white 10%c small colored 10c small white 10c other prices unchanged New York API eggs receipts 30,017 steady mixed colors fancy to extra fancy 19%23%4c standards 18 14c firsts 28-0 6c seconds 15 47 15 3c mediums 18 5tac dirties No 1 15c average checks 14c butter receipts 1,065,874 steady to firm creamery higher than extra 24467 25c extra 92 score 24%ac firsts 2293412334 seconds 18 4-7 21%4c cheese receipts 378,083 steady state whole milk flats held 1938 16 4 26c 10c Junes 6c ether fresh 14'24c15tse
Ray Morehouse, 44, of 423 Fifth Avenue SE, jailed after pleading guilty to a statutory charge. Sentenced to six months in county jail by Judge C J Haas, two months suspended. Prosecution claimed he lured two children into his home and made improper advances to a 7-year-old after sending her playmate to a store for candy.
The notice recalls a couple wed at Nashua on July 3 1938 and living together until July 1939 when the husband alleges their separation. The item then lists various legal actions and court moves including suits by Equitable Life Insurance and Electric Equipment against local businesses, plus a court adjournment in Linn county. It ends with an odd zoological note about Australia’s green phalanger with green fur.
District court officials could not explain why the labor department requested to verify Stanley Carl Soderland's citizenship in Seattle Washington. Soderland says he derives citizenship from his Swedish-born father Carl Simon Soderland who traced naturalization through his father Anders Soderland, recorded by Linn county court at Marion in the late 1890s or 1900.
Howard Feakins, 19, confessed stealing three autos in Cedar Rapids. Judge C J Haas sentenced six months in county jail with two months suspended for good behavior. He pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. All cars were recovered. Feakins, an orphan with no permanent residence since a Davenport orphanage release last year, had no prior police record.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists want ad rates and policies. Out of town ads are prepaid and may be sent by mail or telephone. Special rates apply to work wanted ads and the ad-taker is available at Dial 2-1121.
A dense page of want ads announces services from accident associations to beauty shops and dental repairs. It lists promotions for oysters and tonics, lost and found notices, jewelry repair, permanent wave specials, real estate ads, moving and transportation services, and various local businesses offering fashion and grooming, with multiple names, addresses, and phone numbers. The Gazette notes readers regularly see Want Ads printed over 31,000 times daily.
Frank Lorence, 49, of Marion route 2, a farm employee, was arraigned in district court Wednesday and fined 300 dollars after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested June 26 by Sergeant Connell and Patrolman Stusak who followed his car and found a bottle of liquor on the seat. Lorence was released on motion by County Attorney King Thompson who said an employer promise to have him produced when wanted was obtained. Mead, Bayes and Mead filed papers indicating they will appeal a March ruling in district court regarding 104 breeding lambs and 78 ewes detainment by Glen Palmer, with the court later awarding costs to the plaintiffs after a long cross-filing process.
County Treasurer Frank Bates says the delinquent tax sale, originally set for Wednesday, was adjourned due to no bidders. A district court filing seeks to sell an eighth section of land to Val M. Barta and others for 7470 dollars. Hearing set for 9 a.m. August 12 before Judge Haas. Linn County supervisors approveConstable Taylor’s quarterly reports with fees of 36.35 and 57.10 for 1939. William W. Bronson sues Bernice L. Bronson for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for July 31 to August 5 list daisies 12 1 2 12 3 4 cents and cheddars 12 cents with variations. Wool market from Boston notes territory wools selling strong with original and combing lengths around 65 to 70 cents scoured. other grades slow. sugar futures in New York show irregular moves with refined at 4.39 to 4.40 cents.
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