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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1940

Page

6

Hogs steady to dime lower in midweek market update

Chicago and regional livestock markets show hogs steady to 10 cents lower with top around 6.95 while cattle and sheep trends vary. Reports from Sioux City St Paul and Omaha detail receipts, price ranges, and activity across feeders cows calves and hogs with mixed steady to lower moves and volumes noted by major market centers and USDA listings.

Chicago Omama Livestock Omara AP Dept. Agricultures Joad Kansas City Omabh St Joseph Indianapolis Buffalo Cincinnati Saa

Peoria Livestock Hogs and Cattle Market Summary

Hogs 2500 head moved with 250 lb and 290 lb weights steady to 4 cents lower, larger ones steady to strong in spots. Prices quoted around $6.40 to $7.40 per cwt, with some weights near $4.50 to $4.95. Cattle receipts 499 with fed steers and yearlings slow to steady, mid to good quality. Sheep receipts 380 with spring lambs steady, summer demand steady for light and wether offerings.

Chicago Saab CNN Choie ST Paul Minn Wether Springs

Local Hog Market Slightly Weaker Across Grades

Hog prices ease with all grades down five cents on Tuesday. top good quality no-fill hogs reach around 645. Cattle values mostly steady, with varied price ranges for steers, heifers, and cows. calves and lambs shown with weight-based pricing.

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices Page

A Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for grains oats soybeans corn and rye with various grades and per bushel figures. It also lists poultry prices for hens roosters and eggs and wholesale fruit and vegetable prices including lemons oranges grapefruits lettuce onions and tomatoes alongside hides and livestock prices.

Cedar Rapids Michigan

Wisconsin Cheese Prices And Market Notes From Plymouth

Wisconsin cheese quotations shown for Au 19 24 with varieties such as cheddar and brick listed along with daisies Americas and horns. The report notes farm board activity and general market context. In Boston wool markets bids were weak with few inquiries and prices well below asking, country packed wools offered around 38 cents per pound delivered to mills.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmeers Americas Boston US Anticulture Department

Dean Kildee to judge livestock at state fairs

H. H. Kildee dean of agriculture at Iowa State College will judge livestock at the Iowa, Illinois and Maryland state fairs in the next three weeks and in October he will judge baby beeves at the Interstate 4-H show. He will also judge Herefords at the National Hereford show in Dallas, Texas.

Ames H. H. Kildee Iowa State College Iowa

Stocks Edge Higher In Tepid Trading Amid Quiet News

New York markets opened modestly higher with light volume and no strong news catalysts. Trading showed a late-day pullback but finished near session highs as gains in steel, automotive, and aircraft shares supported the list. Leading performers included U S Steel, Beth Steel, GM, Chrysler, Douglas Aircraft, United Aircraft, AT&T, Eastman Kodak and others.

New York U.S Steel Beth Schem Youngstown Sheet General Motors Chrysler Great Northern Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft American Telephone Texas Corp Briggs Mfg Anaconda American Smelting American Can Eastman Kodak

Wall Street Quotation Roundup From Tuesday Trading

A dense telegraph of stocks lists prices and changes for Adams Express Johns Manville Allied Stores and many others. The column records varied gains and declines across industries from chemicals to railroads with notable figures in Am Can and General Electric noted among movers.

Five year old survives highway tumble near Hastings

Five year old Billy Densford leaped from his parents speeding car onto a highway near Hastings and survived with severe bruises. Authorities note the child was lucky to escape serious harm after the fall.

Hastings Ned Billy Densford Here

Moderate Wheat Gains Amid Pressure on Chicago Board

Wheat in Chicago rose 1 1/2 cents to about 134 1/2 cents as buying interest improved led by Minneapolis upturns and short covering. Corn climbed modestly with oats and rye following, while soybean futures edged higher on steady demand and firm cash market signals.

Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Kansas City Winnipeg

Markets report from Chicago and New York produce

Chicago and New York markets show steady butter receipts at 908 135 with mixed creamery quotes around 92 to 93, eggs unsettled with extra firsts traded, poultry steady with white rock prices near 18 cents, potatoes arrivals 51 on track 1 777 total US shipments 152 and Idaho Russet Burbanks about steady. New York exes 27 4 steady mixed colors prices around 2 11 4 to 2 24 with storage packed firsts 18 cents. Butter storage standards for November and December see prices around 26 28 to 25 23 3 4 cents. Eggs refrigerator standards October 18 20 to November 18 25.

Chicago White Rock Idaho New York Lamson Breas Cea

Bond Market Tips Lead Gains Amid Hesitation In Rail Stocks

New York bond market edged higher Tuesday with rail issues guiding gains while traders hesitated at the open. Government issues rose modestly with several issues advancing, while some corporates faced small losses. Key names cited include Illinois Central 4 3 9 4, Southern Railway 4 5, Nickel Plate 5 2 s, and Commonwealth Edison convertible 3 3 8 of 5 8. Treasury notes showed mixed moves as the Dow Jones averages noted activity.

New York Norway Canada Argentina Italy Illinois Central Southern Railway N. Y. Central Commonwealth Edison Standard Oil Erie

Hitler Reported Back In France

Basle dispatch states Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler has proceeded to German army headquarters in France after conferences in Berlin. His reassumption of personal command in the field is believed to presage an early grand assault on England.

Basle Switzerland Ins

Linn County approves ambulance contract and tax record bids

Linn County supervisors approve a new emergency ambulance service contract with the city for 2000 dollars per year each, paid in monthly installments starting July 1 1940, and July 1 1941. Elmer M Seevell signs for the supervisors and Don J Condon for the company. Old contract paid 1500 dollars annually. The increase results from long negotiations. Linn County also awards printing and binding of 1941 tax records to Cedar Rapids firms French Stamats and Laurance Press with bids of 735 17 126 45 and 538 67 respectively.

Linn County Elmer M. Seevell Don J. Condon City County Ambulance Board Ambulance Service Company Cedar Rapids Laurance Press Company French-Stamats Company

Bank receivers seek real estate sales in Linn and Union counties

Hearings were set by Judge C J Haas for August 29 and August 30 on Bates receivership applications to sell Linn County real estate to E L Wagner for 1700 and 1800 respectively for a Cedar Rapids Savings Bank trust property held in Union County. Linn County pensioners totaled 35767.40 for July averaging 20.40 while the state average was 20.56. Blind aid for Linn County residents amounted to 1224.03 with an average 24.48. statewide average was 23.65.

Aga No. Als D. W. Bates Commercial Savings Bank Marion Linn E L. Wagner C. J. Haas Haas Bates Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company Union County John Heldt Linn County State Social Welfare Department Elmer M. Scevell Jinn County Dr. Bates Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids Dean Hemmet

Bicycle theft report from Preston residence in Central City

Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon arrested Clarence Saner 21 of Central City for the theft of a bicycle from the Preston home on Tenth Street SE. Saner admitted taking the wheel and riding to Central City. Larceny charge expected to be filed.

Robert Preston Tenth Street SE Preston Larry Condon Clarence Saner Central City Condon

Judge sustains demurrer in $246.66 note suit

Judge Ring Tuesday sustained a plaintiff’s demurrer to the second division of a defendant’s answer in the action of Charles E. Hedges against Thomas L Wolfe seeking $253 judgment on a $246.66 note. The defendant has 10 days to plead over or stand on the ruling.

Kanellis Divorce Suit Names George Kanellis on Cruel Grounds

Jean Carol Kanellis files for divorce from George James Kanellis in Cedar Rapids seeking custody of a son, alimony, support, and restoration of the name Jean Carol Rick. The marriage occurred in 1938 in Cedar Rapids.

Jean Carol Kanellis George James Kanellis

Klaren divorce suit heard on cruel treatment grounds

Divorce action of Eugenia Henrietta Klaren against Lawrence F. Klaren heard before Judge H. C. Ring on cruelty claims. Defense seeks dismissal. They married July 27, 1920 at Dyersville. Mrs. Klaren seeks property decrees. Nearby, a man charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated released after posting bond. A child desertion warrant leads to arrest. Real estate sale authorized for bank properties in Cedar Rapids. Florence Burnett Rogers estate appoints John W. Rogers as administrator with $2,500 bond.

Eugenia Henrietta Klaren Lawrence F. Klaren H. C. Ring Dyersville Glenn McMurrin Cedar Rapids Linn County John W. Rogers Florence Burnett Rogers Otter Creek Township

German Plane Crashes Near Cloghane in Kerry Ireland

Dublin reports a German aircraft crashed Tuesday afternoon near Cloghane in County Kerry. It is the first German crash in Ireland known to authorities, as German air activity has been observed over the Irish Sea in recent days.

Dublin Government Information Bureau Cloghane County Kerry Ireland Irish Sea

Templeton Blind Pianist to Wed Juliette Vaini

Alec Templeton a 30 year old blind English pianist and Juliette Vaini 39 a musician will marry Sunday after filing notice of intention to wed in Hollywood.

Hollywood Alec Templeton Juliette Vaini

Municipalities Urge Beer Law Study at Iowa Meet

The Iowa League of Municipalities convened in Council Bluffs with Mayor Ralph Slippy urging a study of changes to beer and liquor laws. Frank Pierce accused the state tax commission of shifting assessment duties to local assessors and failing to appraise property at actual value amid ongoing enforcement tensions.

Council Bluffs Iowa League of Municipalities Ralph Slippy Waterloo Frank Pierce Marshalltown League State Tax Commission Lou Ladd Des Moines Pierce Commission Supreme Court

Westrick Heads Toward San Francisco On Nitta Maru

Dr. Gerhard A. Westrick, trade counselor to the German embassy, sails from Los Angeles aboard the Nitta Maru headed toward San Francisco with plans to go to Yokohama and then Russia and Germany. He avoids press questions and travels with wife, sons, and secretary amid prior notoriety as a public promoter.

Los Angeles Gerhardt A. Westrick San Francisco Orient Yokohama Japan Russia Germany Scarsdale, N, Y

U S Principle On Outlander Envoys

Acting Secretary Sumner Welles stated the United States will not receive any diplomatic or consular officials from a foreign nation who have already been declared unacceptable by another American state. The comment reflects a policy stance on diplomatic eligibility and cross state recognition.

Washington INS Sumner Welles United States

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Information Summary

Gazette lists minimum two line ads with five words to first line and six words to each additional line. Rates shown for 3 to 7 days and 3 to 5 lines, with per line additions. Out of town ads require advance payment plus a 10 cent box number handling charge. The Gazette limits liability to one incorrect insertion. Ads accepted until noon for same day publication and Saturday for Sunday.

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Death notice for Charles H. McDonald

Funeral services for Charles H. McDonald who died at his home 1008 Eleventh Avenue SE will be held at Immaculate Conception Church by Msgr John Molloy at 9 am Wednesday Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery Pallbearers are John Burke William Krejci Louis Krejci George Eye Fred Basker and Frank M Hermanck Friends may call at the home

Charles H. McDonald Eleventh Avenue SE Immaculate Conception Church Msgr John Molloy Oak Hill Cemetery John Burke William Krejci Louis Krejci George Eye Fred Basker Frank Mhermanck

Henry Bestman Funeral Services Planned

Funeral services for Henry Bestman of 1435 Fifth Avenue SE who died in a local hospital Monday will be held at 9 am Thursday at the Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr John Molloy officiating. Burial is to follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited by Msgr Molloy Wednesday at 8 pm at the residence, where friends may call.

Henry Bestman Fifth Avenue SE Immaculate Conception Msgr John Molloy Mount Galvary Cemetery Msgr. Molloy

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