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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1939

Page

19

Hogs Show Weekly Drop and Market Lows Amid Week Ending

Unofficial livestock estimates show Monday hog receipts of 13 600 cattle 14000 sheep and 8090 for next week. Chicago hog receipts Saturday 1700 mostly direct to packers. The market was steady then 35 cents lower for the week with a top of 6 70 and no cattle received Saturday. Heavy steers fell 15 to 25 cents with a top around 100 75 Lights steady cows and heifers down 25 cents and lambs steady.

Chicago Sioux City US Dent Agricultures O St Iowa Ucks SL

Hogs and cattle prices in Chicago and midwest markets

Livestock reports show salable hogs receipts around 200 to 1700 head with steady to modestly steady bids across Chicago Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines markets. Cattle calves and sheep receipts vary with steadier steer and yearling values while butcher hogs and sows move slightly down in some yards.

Des Moines S Dept Agricultures Interior Town Minnesota Bam Barrons and Cifts

Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Week Results

Readable lines report cattle prices with declines in slaughter steers and heifers, steadier to weaker cows and bulls near steady, and feeders mostly steady. Calves, hogs, and sheep receipts noted with top prices around 10 dollars for calves and hogs topping near 9.90, while springers and native calves show varied quotes.

Hogs Steady on Local Market as Prices Hold at 5.80

Hogs remain steady on the local market with no changes Saturday. The price remains at 5.80 per unit and cattle movement is unchanged.

Cedar Rapids Market Prices Mixed for Grains Fruits and Hides

Cedar Rapids markets list mixed grain prices for wheat oats and rye with corn soybeans and barley. Butterfat eggs poultry prices vary by weight and breed with wholesale fruits vegetables and hides also quoted along with horse and cattle values.

Cedar Rapids Hehis Leghorn Leshorns Esss Hennerics

Markets and Prices Chicago Nairborne Butter Eggs and Cheese

Mixed market notes from Chicago and New York show butter and eggs receipts with limited price data, various regional grain and potato movements, and assorted cheese and creamery quotes. Specifics include Nebraska and Oregon egg and potato values, Washington whites, Idaho and California items, and New York dairy product receipts with color and grade breakdowns.

Chicago Cascade Nebraska Cobblers Oregon Bliss Oregon U. S Idaho Bliss Triumph US Washington Lone Whites Tithel Ice California Tce Sion Wisconsin Cobblers Indiana Bliss Triumphs US

Williams Named Head of Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Rail

R L Williams of Chicago was announced as president of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway to succeed F W Sargent who retired June 1. Williams on July 1 became chief executive officer of the Chicago and North Western railroad, the Omaha road’s parent company.

Stocks Edge Higher In Brief Trading Session

U S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward American Telephone du Pont Anaconda Kennecott Westinghouse Santa Fe Great Northern Sears Roebuck led gains as the market closed with more advances than declines. Bond prices improved slightly and commodities were mixed in a slim two hour session.

New York U. S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward American Telephone du Pont Anaconda Kennecott Westinghouse Santa Fe Great Northern Sears Roebuck Consolidated Gas and Electric of Baltimore Lockheed Gulf Oil

Wall Street Quotes and Market Listings in Alaska and Juneau

A long list of stock quotes from Wall Street firms and exchanges appears, featuring numerous companies and commodities. The data includes price fractions and percentage changes for banks, manufacturers, oils, and utilities, alongside a Mississippi River stage report for Davenport, Keokuk, and St. Louis.

Wheat and grains trade tight as futures hold near close

Wheat futures fluctuated in a tight range on the Chicago Board of Trade with the September contract near the prior close at 64 55 cents. Corn and oats stayed steady as weekend covering nudged prices, with September corn at 44 34 cents and oats around 28 74 cents. Liverpool weakness and Winnipeg decline pressured North American prices, while local demand and hedging steadied the market.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool Winnipeg Fair Local Commission House United Kingdom

Winnipeg and Minneapolis Grain Prices and Provisions

Market notes show mixed wheat quotes in Winnipeg with October and May futures listed and various high low values. Chicago cash provisions detail No 2 red wheat at 68 to 69 cents and corn at 45 to 57 cents, with oats, barley and rye prices, while Minneapolis receipts note No 1 heavy dark northern and hard Montana wheat and several durum varieties with several 60s to 70s cent ranges.

Lamson Brothers and Company Mowrey Cedar Rapids Merchant National Bank Dee Chicago Minneapolis Montana

Bond Market Apathy Dampens Saturday Trading

New York bond market openings show subdued activity as buyers remained sparse. Kentucky-Indiana Terminal 4 42s rose over two points while Italian German talks restrained gains and foreign dollar issues lagged. Traders expect limited federal issue movement ahead of September treasury financing plans.

New Treasury

Wisconsin cheese quotes for Aug 14 19 from Plymouth and beyond

Wisconsin cheese exchange reports daisies and commodores prices in figures like 13 4c and 12 1/2c while the wool market in Boston shows steadier to firmer prices for fine Western wools and semi bright fleece drafts. Trade activity remains modest with slow fleece trades and firm bright fleece values.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers Commodores Boston Dept Aericulturet

Gas theft reported in city neighborhood

Ned Porter of 1000 Ninth Street NW reported to police that eight gallons of gas were stolen from his car parked behind his home between 9 p.m. Friday and 1 30 a.m. Saturday.

Ned Porter Ninth Street

South African corn stalk grows unusually tall in backyard

Cecil Jackman of 914 L Street SW reported a patch of corn from a 1937 South African seed consignment, shipped to a Cedar Rapids cereal mill during the 1936 drought. The stalks exceeded 11 feet in height and reached 12 feet 6 inches when stretched, with a single stalk showing six scars.

Cecil Jackman L Street Cedar Rapids Jackson

Nature Tour At Palisades Kepler Park Ends This Year

Palisades Kepler state park hosts a nature tour Sunday focusing on trees and shrubs. The program, directed by Aureal T. Cross, has tagged 100 trees across 50 species and will conclude after two remaining lectures on August 20 and 27.

Palisades-Keplar State Park Aureal T. Cross

Marion Legion marks pool ninth anniversary water carnival

Marion post No 298 American Legion held its ninth anniversary pool celebration with a candlelit swimming display directed by Orville Rust and a 30 minute concert by the Marion concert band led by Glenn L. Lyman. Swimmers compete in girls and boys races for 40 and 20 yard dashes, medley relays, and a special race between Charles Brankamp and Cyril Noon.

Marion Post No. 298 American Legion Marion Glenn L. Lyman Orville Rust Rust al Miller Kenneth Hoeck Dorothy Dumbolton Dorothy Davis Jo Anna Dumbolton Tucie Imes Nadine Sinaiko Arlene Sinaiko Dick Rust John Little George Gardner Charlotte Davis Joan Gardner Eileen Warner John Abbott Clay Phillips John Bunting Virginia Smith Barbara Shepard Nadine Los Angeles

Exposed Heart Baby Fights Bronchitis In Manila

In Manila a six day old infant Mary Heart Rafael with an exposed heart and connected only by an artery battled bronchitis. Doctors, initially pessimistic, reported an acute crisis passed and predicted several weeks of life, with some hopeful she might survive indefinitely aided by oxygen and heart stimulants.

Manila INS Mary Rafael

Broadway beauty Worthing pleads guilty to narcotics charge

Helen Lee Worthing once dubbed the golden girl of Broadway pled guilty to one count of forging narcotic prescriptions and requested probation. The judge set August 25 for sentencing.

Los Angeles INS Helen Lee Worthing Golden Girl Broadway Friday

Marion area church services and schedules listed

Local church notices list pastors and times for Marion area congregations. Items include Bible school and worship at Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Paul's Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, Prairie Chapel and Alburnett Methodist with sermon topics and midweek events.

L. W. Inman B. Y P Lord's Day Isle of St. Joseph's Catholic T. J. McEliott Christian—Bible School Christian Endeavor C. G. Ellinger Free Methodist C. O. Monroe Methodist Episcopal E. T. Gough Presbyterian Church Church School Church School Board Presbyterian C. V R. de Jong ET. Gough St. Paul's Lutheran Carl E. Krog Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel J. B. Clyde Epworth League Alburnett Methodist

These Will Pick A Lot Of Corn Train Visit

A 38 carload train of mechanical corn pickers halted 30 minutes in Beverly yards on Saturday. En route from Battle Creek Michigan to Ames Iowa the train drew dealers and farmers, with eight carloads sent at Beverly and three to Marshalltown. North Western hauled the train.

Beverly Yards Battle Creek Mich Ames R. A Link Corn Picker Company Beverly Marshalltown North Western

Loomis Gets One Year For Forgery In Cedar Rapids Case

Horace E Loomis, 32, former Cedar Rapids bookkeeper, returned from Los Angeles Aug 6 and pled guilty to a forgery charge. Judge C. J. Haas sentenced him to one year in county jail with release on good behavior after six months. Loomis allegedly counter-signed about $1,000 in Johnson Gas Appliance paychecks while cashier in 1938. He disappeared last January and was arrested July 26 in Los Angeles. County Attorney G. K. Thompson noted this was Loomis’s first charged offense and that complainants asked for leniency. Loomis paid court costs totaling $313.59.

Horace E Loomis Cedar Rapids Los Angeles C. J. Haas Loomis Johnson Gas Appliance Company G. K. Thompson California Zeta DeNio Rockwell City Woman’s Reformatory Judee C . Haas Leon Yourec Dallas Tex Frank Wilson Mobile

Fry Pleads Not Guilty To Drunk Driving Charge

John Fry 29 pled not guilty before Judge C J Haas to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Fry posted a 400 bond signed by himself and Katherine Fry after a collision with Ralph A Ingels. Fry was reportedly discharged by former Gov Nels G Kraschel from a life sentence for bank robbery about a year ago.

John Fry Nels G. Kraschel C J. Haas Fry Katherine Fry Ralph A. Ingels Sixth Street First Avenue Thirteenth Street

Old Case Dismissed and Bank Land Sale Authorized

A police court dis orderly conduct charge against J. E Taylor was dismissed in district court on city attorney motion. Taylor’s 25 dollar fine and costs appeal bond of 100 dollars was released. D W Bates receiver of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank was empowered by Judge Haas to sell 80 acre unimproved land west of Cedar Rapids to Val M Barta Elsie Barta Joseph Barta Jr and Emma Barta for 7470 dollars.

J. E Taylor Taylor D. W. Bates Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company C. J. Haas Cedar Rapids Val M. Barta Elsie Barta Joseph Barta, Jr Emma Barta

Edith Estabrooks Opens Strong Lead in Western Championship

Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque built a five hole edge over Ellamae Williams of Chicago after 18 holes in the 39th annual women's western golf championship in Detroit. Williams shot 85 to Estabrooks 78, as Estabrooks seized control after a slow start by Williams.

Detroit INL Edith Estabrooks Dubuque Ellamae Williams Chicago Miss Estabrooks Miss Williams Patty Berg

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Information

Gazette want ad rates and info advertise through The Gazette in Cedar Rapids. Out of town ads payable in advance. Special low rates for work wanted. Readers and advertisers urged to exchange references for automobile transport. Various ads offer jewelry repairs, pest removal, and services with pricing notes and contact details.

The Gazette Cedar Rapids Gazette Inwa Katz Jewelry & Loans 1St St SE Probasco Jewelers 2Nd Ave Allied van Lines, Inc Lynch Transfer & Storace Co Trigee Calder’s van & Storace Co., Inc B Ave 2Nd St SE New York Boston Richards Pharmacy K. Schaeffer Kresges P.G Griffith Feather Mattress Co Esco Bob 14Th Ave A Ave VOGEL Corn Belt Cambridge Mass Kenwood

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