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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1939

Page

20

Hogs Strong to Five Fifty as Crests Rise in Market

Chicago AP reports hog prices rose to a top of 5.50 with receipts totaling 23,000 head midweek. In open market hogs moved 5.25 to 5.50 with most 240 to 270 pounds. lighter and heavier weights showed varied levels. Cattle receipts and prices also described with steady to weaker movements in certain classes and ranges across yearlings cows and bulls. Grain quotations by Lamson Brothers accompany livestock data.

Chicago

Omaha Livestock Receipts Show Mixed Market Tone

CATTLE receipts about 5 000 with fed steers and yearlings steady to weak. Heifers, cows and bulls mostly steady. stockers and feeders steady. Vealers and beef bulls vary with market soft in places. Sheep with fat lamb bids around 25 cents lower. slaughter hogs and sows priced firm to weaker.

Omaha U_ 8 Dept. Agr Wy Us

Hog market quotations from Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo

Associated Press notes hoos in Ottumwa steady to unchange for several weight ranges with prices from 3.10 to 4.95 dollars per cwt plus packing sow figures. Mason City reports higher con stent values for good and choice hogs across many weight brackets. Waterloo shows steady to higher quotes with several price points around 4.20 to 5.05 per cwt and cattle unchanged lower.

Associated Press Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo Hoss

Des Moines Hog Receipts Hit 35,100 at Iowa and Minnesota Plants

Combined hog receipts at 16 concentration yards and 19 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday totaled 35,100. Compared with 49,309 a week earlier and 23,000 a year ago. Markets fairly active with prices by weight band listed, including 160-180 lbs at 4.50-5.15 and 270-300 lbs around 4.60-4.90.

Des Moines Iowa Minnesota At & Am Eeamet

Meat price listing from Austin Minnesota table

A dense butcher shop price sheet from Austin Minnesota lists beef weights and prices across ranges from 140 to 500 pounds. The figures show cents and dollars per weight bracket, with multiple entries for each range and occasional typographical errors.

Livestock Prices Mixed as Receipts Rise in Sioux City Report

AP Sioux City notes cattle receipts 2200 calves 159 slaughter steers slow and uncertain bids. heifers near steady, cows steady to easy. Bulk fed steers around 825 to 1000 dollars, hog bids not established, Lamb market undertone steady with fats around 8.65 per hundred.

Hogs Rise Ten Cents on Local Market Report

Local market shows hogs up 10 cents across all grades with top at five dollars. Cattle market unchanged. Listings detail various weight ranges for good hogs and packers, plus calf and sheep prices, including specific figures and quality qualifiers.

Cedar Rapids Market Prices Mixed For Grains and Produce

Grain markets show No 1 Wheat at 83 cents and No 2 at 83. oats and rye quoted in cents per bushel. Soybeans and buckwheat listed with varying cash values. baled straw and hay prices noted. Dairy and poultry prices enumerated for Cedar Rapids deliveries, including butterfat, cream levels, and assorted poultry weights. Wholesale fruits and vegetables priced with lemons, oranges, grapefruits, celery, lettuce, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and russet potatoes. Hides and beef hides priced by grade, calf hides listed, and horse hides with mixed terms.

Idaho

Produce Markets Chicago Produce Report

Market notes from Chicago show butter steady receipts 672087 with creamery 90 score. eggs steady with current and refrigerator extras. live poultry receipts 2 cars 34 trucks with mixed price moves. potatoes on track with Idaho Russets weaker undertone and several grain prices listed for US and regional varieties. dressed and young turkeys prices largely unchanged.

Chicago Idaho Nebraska Bliss Minnesota Red River Valley Cobblers US North Dakota Cobblers Bliss Triumphs Stephens

New York Produce Prices and Receipts Report

New York AP provides dairy and egg market updates with detailed class prices for eggs, butter, and cheese. Receipts show eggs at 22.727 and butter at 681.247, with various grades and scores, while cheese receipts total 106.922 and prices remain unchanged.

New York

Produce Futures Prices From Lamson Bros. Co

The record shows butter and bacon storage standards with futures prices. December and February butter at 26.95, bacon refrigerator standards at 14.70 for December and 14.55 for January.

Lamson Bros. and Co

Bond Market Wide Wavers In Quiet New York Session

New York bond prices fluctuated with little net movement as advances and declines balanced around noon. U S government notes showed mixed results from 1032 to 832 points, while corporate issues such as Edison 32s and Standard Oil 345 posted gains and Norfolk Southern 5s and Santa Fe 4s posted drops. International bonds mirrored the mixed trend with Norwegian issues showing modest gains.

NEW York Bond Review New York U.S Me Actionaire Corporates Inc U Commonweohn Edison Standard Oil Norfolk & Southern American & Foreign Power Columbia Gas & Electric Santa Fe

Stocks Stage Booming Rally With Broad Gains

The market surged on Wednesday with favored issues advancing fractionally to three points. Volume rose and transfers neared 1,000,000 shares as steel and auto stocks led while oils lagged on higher gasoline supplies. Leading names included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Douglas United Aircraft Pennsylvania Railroad and more with American Telephone hitting a yearly high on renewed utility interest.

New York U. S. Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Pennsylvania Railroad Great Northern Western Union du Pont Union Carbide Allied Chemical Eastman Kodak Montgomery Ward U.S. Rubber American Smelting Celanese Industrial Rayon U. S. Gypsum American Telephone

Wall Street Quotation Snapshot From Adams Express to Union Carbide

A dense list of stock quotations from Wall Street published by J E Bennett Co. includes Adams Express, Allied Stores, Johns Manville, Amoco, Kennecott, Lehigh Valley, Libbey Owens, Loews, Maytag, North American Co, Packard Motors, Sears Roebuck, Standard Oil group, Texaco, Union Carbide, General Electric, General Motors, and many others. The report outlines bid prices, percentage changes, and notable movements across industries, banks, and manufacturing firms as traders monitor the day’s activity.

Adams Express Inti Mining Alas Juneau Inti Nickel Allesh Corp Inti Paper Allied Chemi Zintl T&t Allied Stores Johns Manville Allis Chalmers Kaw City Amal Leather Kennecott Amn Kingston Prats Am Comi Alc Kresee Kroger Louville Gas McLelland Am &T Marshall Martin Tel & Ties Maytag Miami Mpls Moline Mont Ward Armour & Co Motor Wheel Articom Corp Murray Corp Nash-Kely Atlantic Natl Beilas Aviation Corp Natl Biscuit Baldwin Leco Nath Cash Balto & Ohio Natl Dairy P Barnsdall Natl Dept Bayuk Cigars Bendix Avb Natl P and L Beth Steel Sat F Central Ie . & Tan Ue Nor Pac Penick & Prd Penna RR Penney J C Peoples Gas Pais, Pet Celanese Pittsburch Plymouth Oil Ches Corp Proctor Gambie St P. Pa Pub Soc N J Aes Cheo Chrysler Motors Radio Corp Pale Colum Gas Am Ge Reyn Somaaafal Oatewas Kone Southern Schenky Conde Nast Seaboard Congoleum Sears Roebuck Cons Edison Servel Inc Cons Oil Sharp Dohme Shell Union Simmons Co Conti Oil Socony Coty. Inc Deere & Co Calif Douglas Aire Ind du Pont de Frisco Eastman Rod Stew Warner Eaton Mir Stone Webster Elec Autolite Studebaker Elec Boat Tex Co Elec Pow & L Tex Gulf Elec Bond & S S Thompson Erie Tidewater Fish Rubber Timken Det Pord England Timken RB Freeport Tex Trans-Amer A Ae Gen Baking T C Fox Film Gen Union Carbide Gen Electric Union Pac Gen Foods Uni Aircraft Gen Gas A Uni Air Lines Gen Motors Uni Corp Outdoor Uni Realty Uni el Coal Gillette & R G Uni Pruitt Goodyear Tire Nor Rv Pr Yoeorth Yte Greyhound Warner Bros Wes Marvid Wes Union Hayes Body Westehouse AB Hecker Prods Woetehouse el Hiram We Houston Howe Sound Wise Gorge Hudson Witcox Hupp Lswilenn & Co Tis Central Wentworth Indus Raven True Inspiration Weematis Ana

Wheat tops $1 a bushel first since 1937 on Chicago Board

Wheat rose as much as five cents and closed four to four and a quarter cents higher, topping $1 a bushel for the first time since October 1937. Rye jumped over four cents, soybeans climbed to highs not seen since July 1937, with corn and oats up as drought reports buoyed buyer sentiment. Wheat markets elsewhere followed Chicago, with Buenos Aires also firm.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Minneapolis Kansas City Buenos Aires Weather Bureau U. S Northwest

Chicago grain and seed prices across varieties and grades

A dated Chicago price list shows cash grain and seed values for corn oats soybeans and barley plus Timothy seed red clover red top alfalfa and timeliness figures. Prices are given by grade with No 1 yellow corn at 56? and No 2 white oats at 41? per unit and soybeans about 1.10 to 1.12 per bushel depending on grade.

Chicago

Minneapolis cash grain market report

Wheat receipts were 110 cars this Wednesday, up from 58 last year. Prices listed for No 1 heavy dark northern at around 1.0249 to 1.039s, No 1 dark northern near 1.01 to 1.02, and No 1 hard Montana winter about 0.99 to 1.07. Corn No 3 yellow around 0.50 to 0.52, up 2 cents. oats No 3 white about 0.36 to 0.37. barley quoted at 0.84 to 0.95.

Minneapolis Montana

Wisconsin Cheese Quotas for Dec 11 to 16

Wisconsin cheese quotes list for the week December 11 through 16 shows Brick at 14 to the ounce, horns at 15 shelf 2 cents, and cheddars at 15 cents per pound. The Wisconsin cheese exchange and Farmers call board publish prices for daises, horns, and cheddars with the same rate structure.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange

Stock Averages Rise Across Key Sectors

Market report shows gains with bonds up 0.26 to 89.27 and utilities up 0.19 to 109.04. Industrials advance 0.08 to 108.04 while higher grade rails climb 0.12 to 91.43 and second grade rails rise 0.62 to 48.56.

Jeopardy To U S Makes Third Term Imperative

Ambassador to Belgium Joseph E. Davies, after briefing President Roosevelt, says America is in grave jeopardy from the war and that a third term for Roosevelt is imperative. He notes rapid changes and possible diplomatic surprises, and says Europe seeks American moral support while the neutrality act boosted Allies morale.

Washington Joseph E. Davies Belgium Roosevelt America Davies Hitler Stalin Poland Holland

New York Liner Returns from Murmansk Voyage to Hamburg

The North German Lloyd line announced that the German liner New York completed a voyage from Murmansk to Hamburg. The Bremen, which ran the British blockade, docked in Bremerhaven at noon Tuesday.

New York North German Lloyd Line Murmansk Russia Hamburg Bremen Bremerhaven

Reds Announce 1940 Spring Exhibition Schedule

Cincinnati Reds publish a 33 game exhibition slate for 1940. Pitchers and catchers report February 26 in Tampa under Manager Bill McKechnie, with infielders and outfielders reporting March 1. The schedule begins March 8.

Cincinnati Cincinnati Reds Warren C. Giles Bill McKechnie Tampa

Ruddy Duck Aerial Feats Impress Hunters And Fans

In the outdoors column, Ruddy ducks are praised for speed and acrobatics. The birds dive, tumble, and land low, evading hunters with clever dives and rapid recoveries. They sail into the wind for takeoffs and landings, showing remarkable protection against the elements. Readers may send questions for replies.

Ozard Ripley Ruddy Duck

Agent Capitulates Drops Objection To Model Marriage

New York AP Lucille Wilds, the toothpaste ad model, will avoid paying $10,000 after all to wed Bill Kent, a 25 year old male model. Her agent Walter Thornton dropped objections to the marriage after Wilds agreed to continue working for him for at least six months post wedding.

New York Lucille Wilds Bill Kent Walter Thornton Thornton Miss Wilds

Finnish President Thanks Roosevelt

President Kallio of Finland thanked President Roosevelt for his sympathy toward Finland. He expressed gratitude for the congratulations on Finland's independence day and the American support as Finland defends its liberty and rights.

Washington Kallio Finland Roosevelt Ccept Anks Annsary

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Information

Rates for consecutive days and ad sizes are listed with two to seven line options. Out of town ads require advance payment and an extra 10 cent charge for blind box ads. Telegraphic or mail submissions accepted until noon for same day publication. Saturday deadline for Sunday issue. Dial 2-1121 for ad-taker.

The Gazette D.m Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa

Lost portfolio near Tipton with papers

Lost near Tipton a portfolio containing papers from Rowe Electric Service. Also missing a Bulova wrist wristwatch strap. Reward offered. Contact 26790 Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Elizabeth Hrdlicka Fairfax and W. J. Volesky associated with the notice.

Tipton Rowe Electric Service Miss i Cedar Rapids Elizabeth Hrdlicka Fairfax Tage W. J. Volesky

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