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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1939
Page
10
Agricultural market report shows hogs and cattle prices easing across major markets. Prices for feeder calves and sows fall while steer and heifer quotes hold steady or dip modestly, with Chicago and Des Moines notices noting softer demand and larger receipts.
Fat native lambs bring gains with 2 and 3 year highs. market shows strength. Native ewes and feeding lambs steady with prices around 6.50 and 7.00 per head. reference figures include 425 for sheen and 29040 440 stares for context.
Local hog prices trend weaker with top hogs down to six dollars. Cattle and calf markets show varied movements across grades with good to prime steers around 60, yearlings mixed, and beef cows around 5.25. Lamb market notes genuine spring lambs 70 to 90 pounds at about 8 dollars with other quality-based prices.
A miscellaneous Cedar Rapids market listing shows grain prices for wheat, oats, barley, corn and soybeans, hay, butterfat and cream, poultry prices for hens and fowl, wholesale fruits and vegetables with varied per unit prices, and hides including cured hides and calf and horse values. The garbled item ends with listing notes on hides and ending words.
Chicago market receipts show 34 trucks of live poultry and varied poultry prices with mixed colors and sizes. Butter and eggs receipts remain steady with unchanged prices. potato arrivals track on schedule with steady supplies and moderate demand across regions including Nebraska Oregon and Washington.
Wisconsin cheese quotas listed for various cuts with minor price shifts. Boston wool market reports firm prices on fine territory wools while fleece wools lag behind. New York sugar futures edged higher on London market and demand, with September and December contracts showing gains.
Wall Street traded downward on Wednesday with most major issues slipping slight amounts. A handful of stocks rose while turnover neared 590000 shares as traders cited dullness from cautious investors and brokers. Notable movers included Goodrich with profits for the first half of the year, while several blue chips ended in the red.
The page shows a broad array of securities with widespread declines led by major industrials and utilities. Notable names include Allied Chemical, Kennecott, Amoco era firms, and banks. the overall tone indicates a dampened trading day with many stocks trading lower.
Joseph D Scanlan publisher of the Miles City Daily Star and former Republican National Committee member died Wednesday at age 63 in Miles City Montana.
Wheat futures edged lower but stayed within a tight range on the Chicago Board of Trade. Prices finished off about 15 cents with Sept at 63 42 cents. corn and oats moved little or modestly. Traders cited weak Liverpool markets and improving crop weather, with a government crop outlook due later.
Market notes list cash wheat and corn prices with bids and samples. Chicago provisions show No 2 red winter and yellow hard blends with various quotes. oats and barley bids noted. Minneapolis case goods include cash wheat futures, No 1 dark northern and Montana varieties, corn No 7 yellow, oats No 3 white, barley values, and timothy seed quotes.
API wires show slight gains in industrials and rail issues with utilities down modestly. The Dow Jones and related averages closed with mixed results as government bonds edged lower and long term yields remained steady amid thin trading.
Camden AP report ties a counterfeit ring to the murder of Wanda Dworecki 17 the minister's daughter. Detectives note her father Rev Walter Pworecki once faced a bogus bill charge and seven others were detained in the counterfeit case. A separate notice reports Michael Byrnes found dead at home aged 74 with funeral set for Thursday at Sacred Heart church.
Haircuts 25c Hanna Barbers 322 Second avenue. The Siver family reunion will be held all day Sunday at Bever park small pavilion. Dinton B Lally 22 Blake ter race promoted to first lieutenant in 74th engineers battalion army dispatches indicate. Ice cream social No 2 Edgewood school Thursday evening. An unusually heavy hydrangea blossom 12 inches long picked at Mrs Richard E Hobel 1154 J avenue NW. More than 20 other large blossoms on same bush. Varry Smith Mooseheart Ill employed by J T Ure on a new house job at 1827 Second street SW suffered facial wounds at 9 15 am Wednesday. Mercy hospital. Looked Like Suspects two men matching Francis P Welsh and Fred Otto Ostendrieder seen hitchhiking along highway 11 north of Center Point about 6 pm Tuesday. Mrs George Waite Anamosa winner at thirteenth annual gladiolus show in Ames correctly named was Weight. She won three first awards four seconds and other ribbons. Files Bankruptcy Plea Raymond R Westfall 209 First avenue W filed voluntary bankruptcy listing liabilities 2641 88 assets 6541 total secured claims 1040 82 unsecured 1366 54 shown. Insurance policies 8000 lapsed.
A collage of lost items including a briefcase with raincoat, a yellow gold Swiss watch, a dachshund named Teddy, and various billfolds with rewards. Classifieds advertise services from Monuments to transfer, and ads for medicines, jewelry, and transportation, plus rental and adoption inquiries. The Gazette invites readers to report false pretenses arrests and highlights local business promotions.
Local beauty shops in Paris promote permanent waves and services with low prices and specials. Advertisers include Delixe Beauty Show, Rita’s Beauty Shop, La Verue and other salons offering machineless perms, natural looks, and weekly discounts.
Angel Island Calif INS report says West Coast CIO Director Harry Bridges orders a massive housecleaning in the long shoremen ranks after testimony that Legion spies operated within the union. Bridges says Knowles exposed spies and reveals he runs a counter espionage system in the Legion.
Mrs. Bertha Amelia Gissell age 64 dies at her son Fred Gissell's home in Washington township near Independence after a three week illness. She was born in Germany and married Lewis Gissell in 1895. survivors include son Fred, daughter Mrs David Gross, and several siblings. Funeral Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran church. In La Porte City Mrs. John Rauch dies in Waterloo born 1878 Monticello daughter of John and Ida Chasdek married John Rauch in 1899. She leaves husband four daughters and five grandchildren. burial at West View cemetery.
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