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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1939
Page
7
Market notes report feeder pins and fat dam values holding steady with moderate demand. Prices show limited gains as producers indicate stable slaughter rates and overall price levels around the referenced figures, with ongoing emphasis on quality and yield in the shipments.
Hog prices fall 0 to 10 cents as markets resume downward trend. Cattle values edge lower with prime steers at 900 to 950, medium to good yearlings 7.25 to 7.75, and cows around 8.25. Calves sell 140 to 190 pounds at 8.50, while sheep and lambs show demand for light lambs and various weights.
A Cedar Rapids market note lists prices for grains, hay, beans, and produce. It covers butter cream, poultry, meats, vegetables, fruits, and various livestock items with unit prices and quantities. The tainted OCR fragment includes onions, cucumbers, celery, lettuce, carrots, new potatoes, apples, peaches, watermelons, hides, and small livestock quotes.
Wisconsin cheese quotes for August 14 to 19 appear with varied prices and offers. Wool market in Boston shows firm prices on French combing length wools, with limited demand at 32 to 33 cents delivered. New York produce prices list eggs butter and cheese receipts with steady levels. Mississippi River market notes show minor moves in Davenport and St. Louis regions.
New York bond market showed slow advances Monday mirroring stock trends. Top gainers included Commonwealth Edison 3s Alleghany 5 49 Bethlehem Steel 3 945 and Pennsylvania General 4 65 with several other issues rising up to 6 32 points before noon amid scattered orders.
New York stocks rose modestly on improved foreign outlook and solid domestic prospects. Trading was light, with about 600000 shares changed hands and top gains seen in Bethlehem Steel Loft Chrysler U S Rubber American Cyanamid Westinghouse Du Pont U S Gypsum Loews Kennecott Great Northern Sears Roebuck Douglas Texas Corp and Consolidated Edison. In the curb market small advances were shown by Electric Bond and Share Lockheed and Standard Steel.
Wall Street quotes list dozens of stocks with prices and percentages from Adams Express to Union Carbide. The page records daily market activity including Dow Jones Averages and sector performances across industries and utilities.
Wheat held near steady on light trading at the Chicago Board of Trade with small gains at close. Corn dipped modestly late while oats fell. export sales remained limited and hedging pressured prices.
Minneapolis cash grain receipts show 361 cars on the market with No 1 heavy dark northern and No 1 dark Glade, Montana protein details. Chicago cash provisions list No 2 yellow hard prices and corn values. barley and oats quotes are included with timothy and clover seed values.
Chicago market notes show unsettled hens and broilers with prices for Leghorn and Plymouth Rock chickens, white and colored varieties, ducks, and roosters. Potatoes receipts and prices fluctuate across Nebraskan cobblers and Minnesota early yellows, with butter and eggs trading steady to uneven.
Iva Clare Hoover Aches filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court on cruelty grounds. Harry A Achey, 47, of Mechanicsville, is jailed in Lisbon on two counts of first degree murder for fatally shooting his in laws Clyde and Mrs Hoover in their Lisbon home on June 22. The couple married in Rock Island in 1917 and custody of their 17 year old daughter is sought. Achey pled not guilty and is detained without bond. County investigators note Achey blamed Mrs Hoover for remaining in California after his return. Also, 25 to 30 Barred Rock chickens were stolen from a farm near Walker over the weekend.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists want ad rates and formats including One 540 80 Three Days 0.90 60 135 and Minimum Ad Two Lines Five Average Size Words to First Line with six words on subsequent lines. Ads must be prepaid for out of town and may be telephoned or brought to the office. The paper limits liability to one incorrect insertion.
Donald Arnold of 606 Eighteenth Street SE won the second elimination of the city wide Bo-Lo contest at the Coe women's athletic field on Saturday at 2 30 pm. He batted a rubber ball 2900 times in a field of 40 contestants. Other winners in order were Ray mond Scholl John Hand Vincent Carney and Joseph Hiddder. The five victors advance to the August 19 finals.
DES MOINES, INL The state executive council accepted a 2890 bid for nine state cars sold to Jones Used Car Exchange of Des Moines. The Cadillac limousine used by Gov Kraschel drew no bid high or low the top offer was 435 and the low 25 by Henry J Evanoff of Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Obed Bean hosted Mr and Mrs John Gibney of Vinton at 1004 First Street SW on Sunday. Mrs P Marvis at 128 Fourth Avenue SW is home from a fall and able to visit friends. Mrs John Einberger at 931 Fourth Street SW had an appendectomy at St Luke's hospital and is in good condition. Miss Lucille Bradis daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Bradis of 1104 Fifth Street NW underwent a major operation at St Luke's hospital and is recovering with visitors possible. Evangelist William H Smith of Lincoln Neb will speak again Monday night at the Sunshine Mission after a song service at 730 and will remain through Wednesday. Volunteers to haul dirt for Sunshine Mission at Linwood Cemetery should call Mr O Hare at 28632 Monday.
Harold DeLaMater 28 and Marie Williams 19 both of Cedar Rapids were injured Sunday when a motorcycle they rode collided with an automobile. The Associated Press dispatch from Dubuque notes neither was hospitalized.
Mrs Myrtle A Popelka reports the theft of two about 10 week old cocker spaniel puppies from her back yard at 1825 Eighth Street NW. A male and female were taken along with their mother, valued at 45 dollars, on Sunday after noon.
Fire wrecked a two story frame house on Rural Route No 1 owned by N G Armstrong early Monday. Cedar Rapids engine company No 2 fought the blaze but could not save the home or most contents. A kerosene stove is blamed for starting the fire. insurance covered the structure but not household goods.
Public notices list lost items including a white terrier named Patrick and a black purse with 825, plus rewards offered. Ads promote movers Allied Van Lines and related services, jewelry repairs, insurance, painting, water watch cleaning, and household items for sale or exchange.
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