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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
13
In Chicago Friday hog prices rose as much as 40 cents to a high of 6.15 a hundredweight amid weak to mixed demand. Cattle and sheep receipts were modest and heavier trade showed gains for fat lambs while steer demand lagged. Market listings show varied hog weights and regional quotes from Austin Minnesota.
AP data shows US Department of Agriculture receipts for hogs cattle and sheep at Chicago Sioux City Ottumwa Mason City and Waterloo with varied active weights high bids and declines. Hog and sheep values rise modestly while cattle demand weak with medium to good steers and yearlings trading unevenly and buyers pulling back on heavy cattle.
Salable cattle receipts 2400 with prices weak to 25 cents lower for slaughter steers and heifers. Yearling steers 900 to 1000 dollars. cows steady at beef 5 to 6 dollars. Bulls 600 to 700. stockers steady. Calves 1400. top 1100, good to choice 900. Hogs sales 11,000 with bids 104 to 115 cents higher or above 500 for good light hogs. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs 875 to 900 bulk 900.
Hog receipts 3 300 opened slow then active steady to higher top 575 for 180 190 lb hogs. Cattle receipts 700 with steady to firmer demand for fed steers yearlings vealers and cows. Sheep 2 500 fat lambs in broad demand with bids steady. Des Moines area combined hog receipts 42 400 with trade uneven and strong undertone.
Hogs rise on the local market with AIL grades up 15 cents bringing the top price to 5.20. Cattle market remains steady as traders monitor demand and supply signals.
Prices listed for grain including Wheat No 1 and No 3, Oats, Rye, Barley, Corn, Buckwheat, and Soybeans. Poultry rates for hens, springs, old roosters, and hens with chicks. Wholesale fruits vegetables and prices for lemons oranges grapefruit lettuce onions cabbage tomatoes carrots and more. Hide prices for various leather grades and animal skins with noted adjustments.
Market notes show butter, eggs, cheese, and poultry prices with receipts and weights. Chicago prices for eggs and dairy items range in the mid to high teens and 30s, while poultry prices are weak for live birds and dressed turkey. Potato varieties and regional shipments are listed with several price points and class distinctions.
New York stock traders looked for a Santa Claus rally but the market mostly drifted with small gains and losses. Aircraft shares led a tentative recovery while many leaders held Thursday’s levels and transfers ran about 700000 shares. Prominent performers included Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Boeing Distillers Seagrams Loew s Union Carbide American Can Santa Fe Union Pacific Public Service of New Jersey Sears Roebuck J I Case and Caterpillar Tractor.
Wall Street quotes from Adams Express to Yale based on J E Bennett display. Lists many stocks and prices including Allied Stores, Am Can, Am Loco, Boeing, Chrysler, Coca Cola, General Electric, Indiana, Pan American, Penn RR, and more with approximate bid figures and market movement. Market notes from New York AP desk show bond activity and treasury yields for June.
Wheat futures fell over two cents on the Chicago Board of Trade as a forecast of widespread rain and snow for the grain belt spurred selling. May wheat closed around 1.03 with declines in corn oats and soybeans also noted, while Winnipeg and Minneapolis showed mixed tones amid government crop reports.
The Christmas tree at the stock exchange distracts traders as price moves stay small. Foreign and U.S. bonds show minor gains and losses amid holiday mood with limited turnover. Rail and utility issues drift, with some gainers like Commonwealth Edison 3s and Western Union 5s, while Illinois Central and N Y Central bonds lag.
The department of agriculture notes slow domestic wool trading in Boston with nominal quotations holding firm at week’s close. Interest grows in foreign spot wools and imports. Demand centers on fine and half blood grades as Marine wools from 12 month South Africa sell largely at 92 to 97 cents a pound scoured including duty.
The Bethlehem Inn pageant by young church members will be staged this evening at 7 45 at the Four square Gospel Church 609 First Avenue W. Rev Isabelle R Hall leads as the blind girl Hannah with Frank Lin Brown as the stable boy and Kenneth Bell as Joseph.
Cub pack 33 sponsored by Cleveland T A held a Tuesday Christmas party at the school. Dinner fed 125 Cubs and parents. Wolf badges went to Wayne Wood Bobby Hogan Robert Stone Donald Patterson and Jack Cusack. Gold arrows awarded to Wayne Waad Donald Patterson and Jack Cusack. Silver arrows also awarded.
Keith Canizzi Wayne Wood and Russell Wiley led as service stars were presented to Billy Anderson Jack Brown David Bruns Keith Canizzi Charlies Craven Leland Doty Tom Freund Dale Grabau Donald Harmon Charles Hinton Dick Johnson Edwin Lundquist Jr Marvin Meyer Jimmy Miller Marvin Sedlacek Donovan Snook Russell Wiley Billy Wright and James Lehmkuhl. David Lubben admitted to cubbing. Mrs Wayne Basler led carols and Charles Mahaffy played harmonica. Den 1 presented Santa's Workshop skit. Gifts and treats were given to the boys.
Sunday service at Shueyville United Brethren church at 9 30, Sunday school at 10 30, and 8 p.m Christmas program. Local ads urge Mello D milk and Sanitary Farm Dairy. Paul E Mohr, 44, Windsor hotel, charged with drunkenness and disturbing the peace after a door incident at Ellis inn. Federal tax liens filed against Helen Dinnie and Culvert Motors. Local injuries and hospital stays reported. Kiwanis and YMCA host Northwest gang Christmas party with moving pictures. Free piano classes suspended for holidays, resume Jan 6. Local government offices announce holiday closures. Moving legal notes on cases and a pilot training note. Ambro Advertising hosts Christmas dinner with magician Stunts. William Olds hospitalized after a suspected stroke.
John Lane a 16 year old from Mount Vernon suffered a fractured nose and facial burns when a stump blowing charge fired early Thursday. He was treated at St. Luke's hospital at 6 pm and stayed overnight with improving condition Friday. Purse Taken In Store: Mrs Delmer Noah reports a theft of a purse with a $25 jeweled wrist watch and cash from Killian's store on Sixth Avenue Marion.
Mrs N Mabel Myers 69 of 120 Third Street SW was arrested at 6 25 pm Thursday on a disturbing the peace and threats charge. Warrant issued by Justice W A Ball. Information sworn by Monica Peterson alleging Myers prevented her move and threatened her. Hearing set for 10 am Saturday in Justice Rall's court. Myers released Thursday evening on her own bond by order of Justice Rall.
George Alberts of Parkson Cigar, 406 Second Avenue SE, told police Thursday he was swindled out of $2 by a man who paid a deposit but produced no matches.
A Plymouth man claimed to be an agent for a match company and took a $2 deposit for 2,500 match books from a buyer named Sostelle. The order never arrived and the company denied any agent named Sostello, prompting a police report.
Ig natz Kremendy, 47, of 1223 Fourth street SE, returned to jail Friday morning on a peace charge after allegedly chasing his estranged wife from her home with a piece of stove wood. Police arrested him at 1 am after his wife, at 908 Sixteenth avenue SE, complained. He pled not guilty at the Tuesday hearing.
A truck blocked the view of a stop sign at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE causing a crash at 10 30 am Friday. Susie Herein 56 suffered shock and was hospitalized at St Luke's then released after chest X rays. Nick A Strang 45 Mount Vernon was cited for speeding. a second driver Susie Herein is listed with a stop sign violation and fines.
Lost and found notice notes a pop up event for Christmas fun tricks and jokes hosted by Katz Jewelry and LOA at 12 1st St SE opposite Test Office. Includes city announcements and small notices for community events and items found.
A local classifieds style notice lists multiple used trucks and cars for sale with contact numbers and locations. It highlights Diamond T trucks, various makes and models from 1930 to 1938, and service listings such as Stone's Truck Service and Hapfel and Sons.
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