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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1941
Page
13
Chicago AP reports aggressive buying lifted hogs and cattle while sheep traded lightly. Iowa and Omaha receipts show mixed gains with barrows and gilts up and calves strong, markets at Sioux City and Des Moines showing higher price ranges across hogs cattle and sheep.
Cattle receipts reach 7,200 with bids uneven though higher on some classes. Slaughter steers and heifers firmer, cows strong. good to choice slaughter steers 11.25 to 12.25, canners 6.75, stockers and feeders firm 9.00 to 10.25. Hog receipts 12,000 with bids 9.50 to 9.78 for various weights. sheep receipts 11,000 with Dakota and native lambs, feeders 25% roughly, no early action.
Local hog prices advance 20 cents across all grades on Monday. Long haul top remains $9.95. Packers and cattle quotes feature mixed gains for various weight ranges and animal types, with calf and sheep values also listed.
Market listings show prices for wheat oats rye barley soybeans and straw alongside poultry figures and wholesale fruits vegetables and hides. Entries include No 1 wheat at 1.06 No 2 at 1.00 oats 46c rye 60c soybeans 1.50 and various straw prompts. poultry prices cover leghorns ducks geese and hens with weight based rates. fruits vegetables and calved hides priced with multiple line items.
Davenport to St. Louis reports show river levels with small falls and no change in several sites. Keokuk and Cairo indicate minor decreases while Memphis edges show a larger fall. bond market closes with Treasury yields and homeowner securities listed.
Securities tumbled and commodities rose as clashes in the Pacific intensified and Congress voted all out war. Opening declines hit 1 to 3 points on large blocks, while some stocks slipped 1 to 5 points by close amid heavy five hour volume near two million shares. Notable weak names included Bethlehem Steel and General Motors. lasers listed include United States Steel and American Telephone.
Wall Street stock quotations published by Abbott Lub Adams Express Alaska Juneau. Lists prices for Amn brands like Allied Chem, Amn Can, Ford, Chrysler Motors, Coca Cola, Colgate Palmolive, Coca Cola, General Electric, IBM, Western Union, and many others with bid and ask figures. Contains multiple exchanges and broad market activity with varied percentages and dollar values.
Grain prices rose sharply as trading limits capped gains during wartime markets in Chicago. Soybeans advanced to the daily limit with virtually no sellers, while wheat, corn, oats and rye posted notable increases.
Chicago cash provisions show No 2 hard wheat at 1.24 per bushel with nearby grades mixed corn oats and barley prices listed. Soybeans No 3 yellow at 1.67, No 4 mixed 1.53, field seed timothy 6.75 to 7.00, red clover 15 to 17, sweet clover 6.50 to 9.00 per hundredweight.
Chicago market reports show receipts of 1 car and 28 trucks with heavy hens at 19c and various chicken, duck, and turkey items priced per pound or dozen, alongside butter, eggs, and cheese price levels. New York figures list butter at firm levels, cheese and egg prices, and two days of receipts across categories with storage and January futures notes.
Col. Hanford MacNider former American Legion national commander and ex America First leader offers his services to the country. In a wire to the President he says the objective now is to thrash the Republics enemies so hard that yesterday’s Japan performance cannot happen again.
U.S. District Judge M. M. Joyce sentenced 18 men to prison terms from 18 months to one year and a day for conspiracy to advocate overthrow of the U.S. government by revolution. The judge stayed execution pending appeal. Defendants included Jake Cooper Vince Dunne Carl Skoglund Carlos Hudson Emil Hanson Farrell Dobbs Felix Morrow Oscar Coover Max Geldman Albert Goldman Grace Holmes Carlson James P. Cannon Oscar Schoenfeld Alfred Russell Carl Kuehn Harry Deboer Clarence Hamel and Edward Palmquist. The sentences followed the jury’s leniency recommendation and noted the overstepping of free speech limits.
Classified page shows multiple lost items and rewards including a beagle hound, Penick and Ford check, six month old Toy Setter pup, a small purse, a brown leather billfold, and a green pencil case. Readers urged to call numbers for rewards or inquiries.
A collage of ads lists gifts and jewelry with prices at Katz and Egel stores and service offerings from watches repair to fur work. Also multiple local businesses advertise cleaning, alterations, insulation, hauling, and job openings with contact details and box numbers.
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