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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1939

Page

2

Hog Market Slump Halts Temporarily in Chicago Trade

Dull midweek hog trading in Chicago shows prices near five-year lows with a temporary halt as Monday reports indicate pork weights around 200 to 270 pounds and steady to slightly higher bids from buyers. Cattle, calves, and sheep also show mixed movement with calves and vealers steady while feeders edge lower amid subdued demand. Local markets from Des Moines to Sioux City and Mason City report varied trend, with hog receipts around 600 and hog prices near 5.05 to 5.50 for butcher weights across regions. }

Chicago Dept Agriculture Saabie Ahie Tony Yearanas mid-Aurgus Sioun City Sioux City U S. Dept Agriculture Shippers Ecood and Choice Butehere Iowa Associated Press Oulmwa St.Go Mason City Waterloo Jone Jones Omaha Livestock Omaha S Dept Agriculture Des Moines U .S Minnesota ST_ PAUL Soorth ST Paul API Fed-State Borkes News Service Len’ S Hulis

Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Grain and Produce Prices

The Cedar Rapids table shows prices for grain including Wheat No. 1 at 86c, No. 2 54c, Oats White No. 2 35c, Rye No. 2 43c, Barley No. 3 35c, and shelled corn at 46c. Soybeans No. 2 yellow $1.00, hay and straw values, butter, cream, and poultry prices with various weights. Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices list lemons, oranges, grapefruits, celery, lettuce, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, apples, grapes, cranberries, and other items. Hides, leather, and animal byproducts priced. horse prices noted.

Idaho Chicago

Produce Markets Chicago Produce Prices and Trends

Chicago markets show firmer butter and steady eggs with mixed potato and cheese notes. Butter remains firm with creamery firmer and firsts near 30 cents. eggs ease with various grades around 23 to 25 cents for fancy and 20 to 16 cents for firsts and seconds. potatoes show steady to slightly uneven prices across russets and other varieties. Nebraska Triumphs and Idaho Russets highlighted with multiple price points.

Chicago Us&s Idaho Colorado Nebraska New York FrRoOpUer

Wisconsin cheese quotas posted for week of December 18

Wis fAP notes cheese quotas for Dec 18 to 23 with figures for twins daisies brick and cheddars while farmers board lists daisies and horns plus cheddars. Wool market in Boston shows demand for finer domestic wools with price ranges for fine fleece and blood grades and unchanged quotations for some grades.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Twins Farmers’ Coll Board Boston Dept Agriculture Texas

Stocks Hold Narrow Range as Trading Week Opens

The market drifted in a tight band with mild gains and losses, led early by steels and aircrafts but fading to a slack close. Transfers totaled about 300000 shares as traders showed little preference for staples like Youngstown Sheet Republic Steel Douglas Aircraft and others, while several big names lagged.

New York Staples Youngstown Sheet Republic Steel Douglas Aircraft American Telephone General Electric Kennecott Phelps Dodge Southern Pacific Standard Oil N. J Woolworth International Paper U S. Steel General Motors Chrysler Westinghouse U. S Gypsum Johns-Manville Sears Roebuck Boeing U. S. Rubber Consolidated Edison

Wall Street Quotes From Adams Express to Zenith Radio

Saturday quotations from J E Bennett & Co show a wide list of stocks with prices including Adams Express 84 Inspiration 137 Alaska Juneau 6212 Alleghany 14s Allied Stores 79 Allied Cnem Dozens of blue chips such as American Express 57% American Can 113 Chrysler 89% Coca Cola 1674 Colgate 12 Cooke etc. The page lists numerous manufacturers banks railroads and consumer goods firms with fluctuating figures and market activity.

J. E. Bennett & Co W. H Dump Telephone Merchants National Bank Adams Express Inspiration Alaska Juneau Anth Hare Alleghany Corp Hydro Ata Allied Cnem Agunges Allied Stores Intl Nickel Allis. Chalmers Inti Paper O& T Amn Hide & L Ammn Intl Corp M & Fdy Lgsy Johns Manville Kan City Sou Ta-Ts Kennecott Kresze Kroger G & B Lehiah Val Amn Marac Libbey Owens Lig & Myers Rian Wes Link Bele Cory Atlantic Riralry Aviation Corp Baldwin Loco Balto & Ohio Barnsdall Bayuk Cinars Beatrice G Bendx_ Avn Beth Steel Bian Knox Hig Boeing Airp Peary Bohn Alun Borden Co Borg Warner Corn Products Coty Inc Crown Drum I Parby Crucible Steel Cub Amn Susan Cudahy Gurtss Curtiss Deeree& Co Douglas Aire Billy du Pont Astern R. M Lorillard Longilie Gas MebLelland Marshall Fld Martin G Mathiesen Magtag Mfp Miami Moline Kans Tex Mont Ward Murray Corp Nash Kely Natl Bellas Natl Biscuit Natil Cash Natl Dairy P P and L Central H & HH Nor Pac R R North Amn Co Nor Amn Avil Ohio Oil Otis Steel Packard Mtrs Ata Paramount Ta Park Utah Ale Patino Mines Pack & Fd Penn R Proctor Gamble Pullman Co Radio Kelth Rem Rand Reo Motors Repb Steel Reyn Safeway Ecenicy Staboard RR Sears Roebuck Servel Inc Sharp Dohme Shell Union Simmons Co Skelly Oil Socony Vac Sou Pac Sou Pac RR S. Por Rico Sou Railway Verry Corp St. Joe Lead Calif Ind Abia Frisco Vy Eastman Kak Boking Fox Union Carbide Ommircenti 'Asta Vicceric Gen Foods Corp Gen Motors Gen Outdoor Gen Realty Gillette S Gimbel Bros Bry Gudden Goebel Brew Goebel Packi Goodrich BF Iti Goodyear Tire Steel RI Graham Paice Ta Vanadium Jd Granby Walworth GM Nor Ore Ward Bak Gt Nor Ry Pr Warner Bros Wes Sue Wee Union Greyhound Westwise Hall Printing Westwhse E Hat Corp Hayes Hecker Houston Wilson & Co Howe Sound Woolworth Teta Hudson Hupp Yngston_S & T Ils Central Zenith Radio Indus Quaker Chicago. Corp Swit & Coal Edison Swift Intl Heileman Walgreen

Scandinavian bonds rise after thin rally in New York markets

In New York bond trading, Scandinavian issues led gains with fractions and some bonds up over a point. Finland 6s climbed about 1% on selective selling, Norwegian issues rose amid regional threat concerns, and US Treasuries edged higher in quiet dealings. Corporate issues remained uneven while demand concentrated on a few Industrials amid a rising earnings trend.

New York Finland Scandinavia Treasury Ratis

Grain Prices Hit Fresh Chicago Peaks on Broad Buying

Grain prices surged to new highs on the Chicago board with wheat up over three cents and rye soybeans also climbing. Corn oats and rye futures advanced amid bullish crop news and expectations of import controls, with Argentine crop estimates and export sales supporting demand.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Kansas City Winnipeg Norway Commission House

Mothers Guests At Aguilas Club Dance and Exhibit

Aguilas Mexican youth club in Cedar Rapids hosted a Friday night dance and program in M C A club rooms with over 65 Mexican attendees and 50 guests plus 75 visitors to a Mexican curios exhibit. Raymond Tapia acted as master of ceremonies and mothers of Mexican families were guests of honor. The event included children’s games, singing and dancing, and a half hour talent program. The curios exhibit will move to the Y M C A for New Year open house with the same musical program. The Aguilas plan a Christmas party with gift exchanges and a group recording program followed by carols. The club will attend Mass on Christmas Eve and sing carols in the Mexican section.

Aguilas Cedar Rapids Raymond Tapia

Marion area hosts multiple Christmas party notices

Marion circles and clubs held Christmas dinners and parties at various homes, including Mary Lowe Dickinson circle at Mrs. Fred Lang’s, Fidelis circle at Mrs. Arthur Fairhurst, and the Tuckabache club. Gifts, carols, readings, and charity contributions were reported alongside student visits, hospital recoveries, and community notices.

Mary Lowe Dickinson King’s Daughters Fred J. Lang Lang Harlan F. Knight Cr. J. Kassler Santa Claus Kathryn Kassler Peter Kassler Reading James Lang Christmas Seal Fund The Goodfellows

Chairman Hamilton's Son Critically Hurt In Car Crash

Dan Hamilton twenty two son of John Hamilton chairman of the Republican National Committee was critically injured Saturday when the automobile he rode in overturned two miles east of Lawrence Kansas His companion John Battenfield nineteen a University of Kansas student was killed The car rolled several hundred feet from the highway Hamilton was taken to a Lawrence hospital The wreckage was discovered two hours after a smashed wrist watch stopped

Lawrence Kan Dan Hamilton John Hamilton Republican National Committee Here John Battenfield Kansas City University of Kansas Young Hamilton

Old Coat Swap Scam Baffles Iowa Man

Orie Imes narrowly avoided a risky ruse when a Davenport man claimed Imes swapped coats at a Cedar Rapids hotel. Imes checked his garment and found it was his own, while the other man’s coat carried a tailor’s label for a coat Imes had discarded years ago. The two men concluded someone bought Imes’ old coat from a second hand shop and wore it to the hotel to swap.

Orie Imes Keokuk Davenport Imes Cedar Rapids Orie

They Say By International News Service

In France British Prime Minister Chamberlain says he prefers boredom to bombing. In New York Lieutenant General Hugh A Drum stresses need for skilled mechanics in a modern army and rejects rapid ten day soldier training as outdated.

International News Service France Chamberlain New York Hugh A. Drum

Local Faith Schedules List Sunday Worship Services

Churches across Marion list pastors and service times including morning worship at 10:45 and 11 oclock, Sunday schools at 9:45, and evening services. Denominations include Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, Prairie Chapel, and Alburnett Methodist with varied sermon topics and youth programs.

L. W. Inman St. Joseph’s T. J. McElliott Vernon H. Carter Christian Endeavor C. G. Ellinger Pilgrim Highroaders Herbert Livingston Arthur W. Henke West Presbyterian C. V. R de Jong St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Carl E. Krog Walther Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel J. B Clyde Epworth League Alburnett Methodist J.B Clyde

Dewey and Bricker to Speak Tonight in New York

Thomas E. Dewey will address the Pennsylvania Society at the Waldorf Astoria and Gov. John Bricker will speak to the Ohio Society at the Pennsylvania hotel. Bricker defends his relief policy as Roosevelt Ickes criticize him, denies presidential candidacy, and backs Taft.

New York INS Thomas E. Dewey Pennsylvania Society of New York Waldorf-Astoria John W. Bricker Ohio Ohio Society of New York Pennsylvania Dewey Minneapolis Guv Bricker Roosevelt Interior Harold L. Ickes Bricker U.S Robert A. Taft

Fayette Man Awarded 2500 For Son’s Death

Rex Roberts of Fayette was awarded 2500 in a guest car wreck case decided Saturday in Judge T H Goheen’s court. Jack Koons 23 of Fayette struck the rear of a truck owned by Gilbert McElree of West Union, who had stopped to repair a tail light on a stormy night March 14. Koons and Roberts were lifelong friends. The crash occurred on No 11 three miles south of Fayette.

West Union T. H. Goheen Jack Koons Fayette Rex Roberts Raymond Leslie Roberts Koons Gilbert McElree Roberts No. 11

Loud Firing Heard Off Belgian Coast

London report says loud firing was heard at sea along the Belgian coast on Saturday according to an Exchange Telegraph Brussels dispatch.

Belgian London Brussels

Want Ads policy and a thanks to friends in Cedar Rapids Gazette

The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines want ad submission rules by phone mail or in person with deadlines and publication timing. The notice thanks friends and neighbors for kind expressions and flowers during illness and death of John W. Green.

The Gazette United States Gazette Office Sunday Gazette Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa John A John W. Green

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