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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1938

Page

6

One of biggest hog runs drags prices down in Chicago market

A large hog run in Chicago Tuesday pushed prices 10 to 25 cents lower, with totals of about 33,000 hogs reported and top bids around $7.59. Cattle receipts neared 14,000 with steady to 25 cent declines, while hogs in Pittsburgh Cleveland and East St. Louis showed mostly lower quotes.

Chicago Pittsburgh Cleveland East St. Louis INS Ow. O Ave Chicasoa Kansas City East St Louis St Jose Sioux City Eee Indianapolis Clevelan

Cedar Rapids Market Prices Mixed for Grains and Produce

Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids include wheat at 48c for No. 1 and 56c for No. 2, oats at 24c No. 2, rye 30c, barley 30c, corn shelled 41c, soybeans 67c, and May and straw values. Livestock prices show poultry per weight, butterfat at 28c, lemons 6.00, oranges 31.5 to 73.25, and various vegetables with crate and bag costs. hides priced by category.

Cedar Rapids Sines Ac Minneapolis Montana Chicago Lamson Brothers & Co R. Mowrey Merchants National Bank Os Dee Winnipeg Wheat Owen Hig Ow Close

Local Hog Market Slips Further in Weak Trade

Local hog prices drop 10 to 20 cents across all grades with top at 690 for 190-250 pounds. Cattle market remains steady with varied yearling and steer quotes. good to prime ranges offered. Sheep and lambs show light demand with spring lambs 75-90 pounds around 7.00 dollars and bucks marginally lower.

Iowa Associated Press Mason City Waterloo Des Moines API U. S. Dept. Agriculture Towra Minnesota

Bond Market Advances Led by Rail and Utility Issues

The New York bond market rose modestly with rail and utility issues leading gains. Utilities Power and Light surged nearly 5 points after SEC approval to use 9 million dollars from its Canadian unit for debenture purchases. Government bonds higher by a few ticks, with various issues quoted near midday.

NEW York Bond Review NEW York Utilities Securities and Exchange Commission Delaware and Madson Southern Railway Missouri-Kansas-Texas Illinois Central Amerizenan Foreign Power International Hydro Electric Armour Texas Corp Belgium United States

Chicago Produce Market Report Roundup

Live poultry movement steady to firm with 25 trucks on hand. Hens and roosters priced per lb across breeds. turkeys and ducks listed with various weights and price points. Butter and eggs show steady receipts with graded levels and price ranges. potatoes and related stocks noted with regional quality and price variations.

Chicago White Rock Plymouth Rocks Plymouth Rock Iéc Roosters Younr Idaho Colorado Burbanks U. S U S Wisconsin Green Mountains North Dakota Bliss Cobblers Ohio

New York Produce and Dairy Receipts Report

In New York, mixed produce and dairy receipts show steady activity. Egg receipts total 550 steady with various pack sizes. butter receipts reach 67.997 unsettled while creamery prices rise. cheese receipts amount to 183.429 with stated state conditions and held inventory.

New York

Stocks See Early Gains Trimmed On Afternoon Profit Taking

Light profit taking trimmed a Monday stock market recovery after initial 1-2 point advances among leaders. Trans fers hovered around 900000 shares as steel issues led a modest early push. Bonds and commodities matched the move with European markets quiet though currencies little changed.

NEW York U. S. Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Sears Roebuck U.S. Rubber Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Johns-Manville Philip Morris U. S Gypsum Great Northern Illinois Central Southern Railway Paramount Gals Oil Lockheed American

Wall St. Stocks Published by Bennet Co Sentiment

Monday's quotations show vast listings from Adams Express to Woolmark with numerous industrials and utilities, including Allegheny, Bethlehem, Amex, Amoco, U.S. Steel, Coca Cola, General Motors, IBM, and Chrysler, among many others. The page also notes close Chicago stocks and a Wool market update with Boston wool prices steady in the range of 63 to 65 cents per pound.

J. BE. Bennet & Co W. H. Jump Merchants National Bank Vusidine Adams Express Hydro Afiska Juneau F Allegheny Corp Nickel Allied Chem Allied Stores Tel & Tel Allis Chalmers Johns Mangalic Kans City Amn Kayser Justus Aleloz Igennecott Fefeste Ann Hide Lambert Amn Intl Corp Ifehich Valley Libby Marshall Fld Mathieson Ark Maytag Rite Water Ark Gusta Armour and Co Mont Ward Atchison Murray Coren Aviation Corp Nat Ow & Il Beatrice Cry Central Liss Bendix Paramount Im Bucyrus Eric Park Utah Budd Plymouth Oil Everall TSS Ches & Ohio Ches Coron Radio Keith Mee Motors Cheo & Now aRep Steel Chro Rix Reyn Tob Chrysler Mtr Safeway Schenley Coca Cola Seaboard Col Palmolive Comw Southern Silver King Congoleum Simmons Co Consol Edison Skelly Oil Consol Oil lytSou Pac RR Por Rico Gontt Sou Railway Gorn Products Sperry Corp Coty Inc Joe Crown Druc Sandard Brands Crucible Steel Standard Gas Stand Gaur Lex Coron Laby Eastman Eaton Miggit Hompson Elsler Eidewater Elec Trans-America Fox Film Erie Rpr Union Carbide Pisk Rubber Union Pac Ford England Uni Aircraft Freeport Tex Uni Air Lines United Fruit Gas Co Gen Foods Gen Gen Motors Btn & Tha ‘al Gar Gillette SR Vear Rubber Glidden ‘Gert Goebel Brew A Graham Paige Walworth Granby Hiram Walker White Sewing Houston Ol Wilcox of Howe Sound Willys’ Ovid Hudson Motors Wilson & Co Hupp Motors Woolworth Wis Central Yngsta S & T Inspiration Chicago Amn Pub S Marfield Mideast Coor Chicago Corp Jaly Edison Swift Dexter Ee Egg Eereen Dept. Agriculture Boston

Wheat prices firm on Chicago session then retreat

Wheat traded firm for most of the session on the Chicago board of trade but closed near the previous level as selling picked up in late trading. December wheat fell about 4 cents, corn slipped, and oats rose modestly amid strong foreign demand and mixed international market signals.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool Winnipeg Seaboard U. S United Kingdom Ireland Nebraska Buenos Aires

Wisconsin cheese prices and sugar futures report

Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week December 12 to 17 show Twisn 13 cents and other varieties. Sugar futures in New York moved unevenly with No 3 at 1.83 and May at 1.95, no sales in No 4, refiners cutting granulated price to 4.30 until Tuesday close while others hold at 4.50.

New York

Births Report From Local Hospitals

A series of birth notices lists new arrivals on December 10 through 12. Families named include Mote, Crawford, Pinkett, Byse, Prior, Stark, Gilmore, Newkirk, Balik, Willsel, with births at St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals. The entries include addresses in Tipton, Marion, SE districts, and rural route listings.

Harold Mote Nineteenth Avenue St. Luke's Hospital C. C. Crawford Tipton St. Luke’s Hospital Max B. Pinkett John W. Byse Marion Ronald Prior Thirtieth Street Mercy Hospital Bernard Stark Seventh Avenue SE Donavon Gilmore Third Avenue Theodore Newkirk Homestead Joseph Balik George Willsel

Morrell Puts 50 Cent Dividend On Common Stock

John Morrell and Company directors announce a 50 cent per share dividend on common stock. The payment is due January 25, 1939, to stockholders of record January 3, announced President T. Henry Foster at the Ottumwa meeting.

Ottumwa John Morrell and Company, Packers T. Henry Foster

Plea Expected in Seattle Murder Case Involving Mother and Son

Eleanor Smith 72 and her son Decastro Mayer faced murder charges in Seattle after Bassett's 1928 disappearance. Mayer, already serving life for habitual criminal acts, confessed after Smith admitted helping dispose of Bassett's body. A trial had begun with Mayer denying his confession as the state pressed for murder verdicts.

Seattle Wash Eleanor Smith James Eugene Bassett Decastro Earl Mayer Bassett Navy Annapolis Philippines Mayer

City Briefs and Personals Highlights

Paul Hays at Mercy hospital for appendicitis operation. Judge Ring to speak on Law and Literature at Canopus club luncheon. Mattress fire at 508 Fifth Avenue SE reported. Rodney Birkicht undergoes major operation at Mercy hospital. condition serious, no visitors. Attendees return from W. J. Reese funeral. Senior Friendly club Christmas party at Cedar Rapids Gas company Glow room. Thief steals Pauline Anderson’s purse from a car under the A avenue viaduct. $11, glasses, papers taken.

H. C. Ring Canopus Club Roosevelt Hotel R. L. Jasper Fifth Avenue SE Rodney Birkicht Fourth Street Mercy Hospital The Playground Commission Cedar Rapids Gas Company A Avenue Viaduct Pauline Anderson Nineteenth Street SE

Atkins Pupils Visit Judge Ring And Gazette Plant

Led by Mrs. E. W. Schueler Atkins high school civics and English students toured Judge H. C. Ring's courtroom during a Monday session and later visited The Gazette plant.

Atkins E. W. Schueler Atkins High School H. C. Ring Gazette

City Hall Notes on Fifth Avenue Bus Request and Utility Approvals

A petition from sixty Fifth Avenue SE residents asks for bus service. Cedar Rapids council sends it to committees. The council denies Super Service Oil’s request to install a pit at 216 Eighth St SE, deeming it a fire hazard. Cedar Rapids Gas Co is approved to lay mains along Elmhurst NE, Twenty second St SE, and near Sinclair Ave and Linn Blvd SE. Bus lines as operated by Cedar Rapids City Lines Inc gain formal approval after a public hearing with no objections. The passage closes noting lambs and sheep yield fresh meat on farms.

Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Super Service Oil Company 216 Eighth Street SE Cedar Rapids Gas Company Elmhurst Drive Wildwood Drive Twenty-second Street Fifth Avenue Sinclair Avenue Linn Boulevard Cedar Rapids, City Lines, Inc

Christmas Bargains and Local Services Advertised

A collage of holiday offers from florists and jewelers across Cedar Rapids and nearby areas. Ads promote moving services Allied Van Lines and Calder’s Van & Storage, jewelry repairs, portrait and beauty services, stamps, and Christmas gift ideas with specific store names and addresses.

Probasco Jewelers 2Nd Ave. SE Cedar Rapids Gertrude Campbell Iowa Kresge Uptown Higley Xmas Magazine R. R. McDonald Allied van Lines, Inc Lynch Transfer & Storage Co 3Rd Ave Vincent's Jewelry Store 3Rd St Calder’s van & Storage Co., Inc Hawkeye Stamp Co O.R.C Merle E. Garmoe GOODYEAR_ SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1St. Ave Frank H. Drew Co Third St. SE H. K. Schaeffer Kresge's Podzimek Pharmacy 2Nd Ave 16Th Ave Sovereign's 5Th Ave Padre Griffith Feather Mattress Co P.O Iowa Camera Shop Foth-Derby

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