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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1940

Page

2

Livestock prices steady as week opens with slow trade

Chicago and surrounding markets report slow livestock trading with a subdued Saturday run. Top hog price hit about $6.35 per cwt for select hogs, while cattle and sheep show varied, generally steady to mildly lower demand. Receipts and quotes span hogs, steers, heifers, cows, and lambs across Chicago Omaha Sioux City and St Paul markets.

Chicago Omaha US Dept Asriciture ST. Paul South ST Paul Minn UPI Rasmany Mangas City East St. Louis St. Jose Bronx City Indianapolis Buffalo Cincinnati

Austin Minn Auction Market Livestock Price List

Readable segments show live livestock weights from 140 to 500 pounds with price bands per hundredweight. Listings include barrows sows and various weight ranges with per hundredweight and total prices, reflecting a regional market snapshot from Austin Minnesota.

Local Hog and Cattle Market Steady Despite Wider Fluctuations

Local hog prices hold steady with top long haul at 5.85 and mixed weights showing narrow changes. Cattle quotes range from about 7 to 13.25 for steers and yearlings, with common cows, calves, and lambs listed at varied weights and prices. market notes note steady tone across hogs and broad cattle movement.

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Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids markets, including wheat No 1 and No 2 at 73 cents, oats 35 and 33 cents, rye 2, barley 34 14c, corn shelled New No 2 yellow at 48 cents, soybeans New No 2 at 57c, and hay at $10.00 per bale. Poultry prices given for various weight classes, wholesale fruits and vegetables with numerous per-basket and per-unit prices, and hides and calf hides with respective rates. Includes horse prices No 1 $4.50 and No 2 $4.00, pony and mule half price.

T&e California Aimies Mitral

Bond Market Gains, Mixed Price Moves Logged in New York

New York bond review notes Friday gains held through Saturday trading with mixed results. Low priced railroad issues attracted buyers while higher price issues slipped. Notable movers included Northern Pacific 4s and Southern Pacific 4 1/2s, with Armour of Delaware 4s and Shell Union 2s down. U.S. government bonds closed with Treasury issues showing varied results in skimpy trading.

New York Northern Pacific Southern Pacific American Telephone Armour of Delaware Shell Union 2 Denmark

Chicago Produce Markets Summary of Butter Eggs and Potatoes

Chicago receipts show butter steady at 551617, eggs steady with refrigerator extras 22 2c and standards 22 4e, potatoes arrivals 72 on track 301 with US 1 prices: Idaho russets 3 50 1 55, Colorado red MecClures 1 45, Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 1 71, Minnesota North Dakota cobblers 1.00 to 1.05, Wisconsin round whites 95c. Futures noted for butter and eggs with December 33 55, January 33 15, February 33 15 for storage standards and refrigerator standards December 21 90, January 20 75.

Chicago U. S Idaho Burbanks Colorado U.S Nebraska Bliss Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Lamson Bros. and Co

Stock Market Mixed As Saturday Session Ends Weak

New York trading saw a partially successful run through selling barriers in a brief Saturday session. Senior issues and several specialties showed strength while many leaders traded in forward and reverse gears. prices closed modestly mixed. Large blocks of low-quoted stocks appeared to be liquidations for tax purposes, boosting volume to the highest Saturday total in a month. Transfers ran about 500000 shares as accounts were protected for the weekend. Bethlehem Steel Woolworth Caterpillar United Aircraft and Pennsylvania posted gains while U S Steel Crucible Steel Chrysler U S Gypsum and Johns Manville declined.

New York Bethlehem Steel Woolworth Caterpillar Tractor United Aircraft Pennsylvania US. Steel Crucible Steel Chrysler U. S. Gypsum Johns-Manville

Wall St. Stocks Publishea ny J & Bennett & Con Wo

Wall Street closes with mixed quotes as a broad list shows trading in mills, metals, consumer goods, and services. Key names include Allied Stores, Johns Manville, Amoco, Kennecott, Coca Cola, General Electric, Sears Roebuck, Procter Gamble, and Westinghouse among many others reflecting a varied market session.

Publishea J & Bennett & Con Maugger ‘Lelephone Merchants National Bank Ams Express Intl Mining Muneni Ostrand Nickel Allied Stores Allis Chalmers Amn Can Johns Manville Amn Kennecott Intl Corp Kresce Kroger G & B Bow & Lt Vine Marshall Anaconda Martin G L Ark Armour & Co Mols Moline Mont Ward Motor Wheel Uy Atlantic Murray Corp Aviation Corp Bellas Wits Biscuit Barnsdall Bendix Knox Ge Eom Doring Nor Pac RR Borden Co M Bors Warner Ohio Oven Penick Ford Cal & Heela Bure Radio Corp Cerro de Pasco Keith Ches & Ohio Motors Chrysler Motors Chisig Etorors Shell Union Simmons Co Southern Skelly Congoleum Edison Sou Pac Porto Rico Sou Railway Can Sperry Corp Cont Motors Conti Calif Crumble Steel Ind Curtiss St. Timken Pow & L Trans-Amer Unl Air Lines Uni Corp Artie SA Ghehel Bros Gandrich OP Fetye Gepsim Gondrem Arnhem U S Houston Willys Ovid Woolworth Mis Central Ton Gars Y Torn Enith Radio Chicago Midwest Corp Borg Warner Oker O Sundstrand Chicago Corp Swift and Co Swift Walgresn Helleman Brew Zeaith Rad

Wisconsin Cheese Quotas and Boston Wool Market Report

Wisconsin cheese quotas for Dec 16-21 list Daisies 174c horns 174c cheddars 17c, with related calls. In Boston, wool market was slow with South American fine wools steady to firm for worsted types, domestic wools weaker, combing bright fleece at 45-46c grease, 44-48c for other grades.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers’ ‘Call Board Boston U .S. Agriculture Department

Narrow Range In Wheat Prices On Board Of Trade

Wheat prices on the board of trade moved within a narrow range amid a small mixed trade. Deferred months faced local and commission house pressure on favorable crop prospects. Corn and soybeans fluctuated with limited demand as cash grain activity influenced prices. Receipts on track were around 150 cars. shipper sales near 20,000 bushels at noon. Chicago cash provisions showed No. 1 hard 91 cents, No. 2 yellow 61 to 62 cents. oats, barley, and lard and bellies also listed.

Board OF Trade Chicago Commission House the Gazette The Gazette Harold Emery Lakeside Farm Marion Iowa J. H. Crow Montrose Allison Hotel Claude Putzier Eh Ss Automatic Carrying & Dipping Machine Company Pender Nebraska Wood Choppers

Marion Council Passes 1 A.M. Dance Ban At Special Meeting

The Marion city council voted to prohibit public dances after 1 a.m. unless the council grants special permission. The ordinance targets taverns serving beer and will take effect after publication. Several residents petitioned for a 3 a.m. closing, but the council voted to enforce the 1 a.m. limit.

Marion Ned Jones Ernest A. Woolley J. E. Homans Jones Woolley Lewis Weis Pazour Henry Miller E. B. Castle Miller Gene Miller DeWitt H. Smith Edward S. Ackerman Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc Haegg Construction Company Standard Oil Company

Marion area church services schedule snapshot

A church listing outlines Sunday Bible school times and worship services for multiple congregations. Marion area churches include Baptist with Rev. L. W. Inman, Catholic mass at St. Joseph’s, Christian with Rev. Vernon H. Carter, Congregational led by Rev. Raymond C. Swisher, Free Methodist under Rev. Herbert Livingston, and Methodist with Rev. Arthur W. ending mid sentence as provided.

L. W. Inman St. Joseph’s Catholic T. J. McEliott Vernon H. Carter Bible School Great Temple

Church Service Times and Sermon Topics listed for multiple churches

The notice lists Sunday school times and morning worship for several congregations including Henke church with sermon Incarnation the Gospel According to You, Presbyterian with sermon The Sin of Moral Cowardice by Rev C V R De Jong, St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran with Bible study and worship times, Seventh Day Church of God Sabbath services, Prairie Chapel with sermon and Epsworth league, and Alburnett Methodist with service schedule led by Rev J B Clyde.

Ben Gill St. Paul's

Ashes Of Lothian To Be Placed For Time Being In Arlington

The Marquess of Lothian and British ambassador to the United States will have a temporary resting place at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral in Washington Cathedral. Services are set for 1 30 p m Sunday CST. The cremated ashes will be moved to Arlington Monday at noon with full military honors and placed under the mast of the USS Maine vault near the amphitheater, pending final disposition arrangements. The decision avoids sending the body to England via a U S warship through the North Atlantic zone.

Washington Marquess of Lothian United States Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Cemetery U.S.S. Maine State Department England North Atlantic War

Lost items and rewards in Want Ads

Saturday morning a small boy reports $37 in bills missing in the Northwest area. A red bone coon hound and a brown leather billfold with identification papers are also lost with rewards offered. Contact numbers provided for each item.

Holiday Gift Suggestions and Local Stores Adverts

A dense collage of holiday buying tips and shop names. Probasco Jewelers Richards College Pharmacy Hawkeye Stamp Co and Ben Frank’s offer gifts from watches to cosmetics. Options include jewelry layaway, cigars, fur coat repairs, leather goods, quilt tops, hats, and photographic cards with prices and phone references. Local merchants promote Christmas gift lines and services.

Probasco 2Nd Ave Hawkeye Stamp CO Richards’ College Pharmacy Whitman’s NCENT 3Rd St Richards Pharmacy L. A Podzimek 16Th Ave 3Rd Ave Aaire Kalamazoo Stove & Furnace CO 2Nd Toalifornia E. A. Kriz & Bon St. BE K. Schaefer Kresge Ride Griffith Feather Mattress Co Fotocraft Easonabie

Classified Ads Notice and Offers From Local Firms

A 25 reward offered by The Gazette for arrest and conviction of anyone obtaining money under false pretenses through Want Ads. Town Mutual Insurance Co promotes savings on dwelling and furniture insurance via McKinney Insurance Agency. Baby portrait at home advertised with Xmas gift idea. Christmas cards offered by Sands Printing Co with a phone contact.

the Gazette Town Mutual Insurance CO McKinney Insurance Gregory Sands Printing Co 2Nd St. NE Sss

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