Hog Market Mixed Decline and Gains Across Regions
Chicago and Des Moines livestock reports show hogs steady to higher with 200-300 lb ranges around 13.40 to 13.50 at several markets. Cattle and calves mixed, with light offerings, some weights and sows advancing while other categories hold or slip slightly. receipts remain uneven across Iowa and Nebraska yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Livestock
WFA
Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Omaha
Sioux City
WFAI
Mason C. Waterloo
Ottumwa
Austin
Grain Futures Edge Higher in Quiet Pre-holiday Trade
In Chicago the grain market held a narrow range Friday with grains finishing at fractional gains. Wheat rose about four percent to around 4. cent a bushel while oats gained modestly and barley weakened counter to the trend amid a dull session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Cash Provisions Reported for Wheat Oats and Grains
Chicago prices show No 1 mixed wheat at 64 percent, oats at 64 percent, and barley at 64 percent. Barley making 120 14415 nom, feed 1.15 1.22 nom, field seed Timothy 5 736.00 nom, red top 14 002 15.00 nom, red clover 31.50 nom, sweet clover 10 50 nom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Modest Gains In Stock Market After Christmas Pause
New York traders closed a light week with sparse activity and modest gains in stock prices after five hours of slow dealings. Volume totaled around 500 000 shares as declines were limited to minor fractions and many favorites held steady for holiday protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall
Prices Steady On Cedar Rapids Market
Friday quotations show steady prices at Cedar Rapids with top hogs at 13.45 for 200 to 300 head. Hog, cattle, calf, sheep markets listed by weight and grade, including steer, heifer, and lamb ranges and packer lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Bennett & Co
Jump
Merchants National Bank
Adams Express
Johns Manville
Allied Chem Allied Stores
Kresee
S Kennecott
Allis Chalmers
Kroger G & B
Amn Can
Libby McNeil
Libbey Owens
Lis & Mys
Amn
Link Belt
Amn Roll Mills
Lockheed
Loews, Inc
Amn Steel
NY Central
Beth Steel
Nor Pac RR
Lily Boenie Airp
Nor Amn Co
Borden Co
Nor Amn
Avi
Here
Warner
Pac Gas & E
Sita Briegs
Mig
Paramount
Pen & Fd
Penn
Pure Oil
Ites
Radio Corp
Coca Cla
Radio Keith
Cole Palmolive
Rem Rand
Colum Gas
Repb Steel
Comi Solvents
Reyn
Comi Southern
Schenley
Cons Copper
Sears Roebuck
Cons Edison
Servel_ Inclit
Stand
Wa Deere. Co
Ind
Douglas Air
NJ + Du Pont
Stew Warner
Erle RR
Studebaker
Elec Autolite
Tex. Corp
Elec Boat
Tex Gulf S
Elec Bnd S
Tidewater
Timken
Gen Electric
Gen Foods
Fox Film
Gen Gas
Union Carbide
Gen Motors
Aircraft
Uni Air Lines
Goebel
Goodrich BF
Goodyear Tire
Graham Prine
U S Rubbery
U 5 Steel
Greyhound
Walworth
Houston Oie
Warner Bros
Homestake
Wes Union
Hudson
Willys
Swift & Co
Chicago Corp
Swift Inti
Edison
Walercen
Cedar Rapids
Grain and poultry market and New York bond review
Cedar Rapids price listings cover grain oats wheat rye corn soybeans hay straw poultry eggs and fruits vegetables including celery lemons oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes apples and hides with price ranges and delivered rates. New York bond review notes railroad bonds trading steadily with small gains and losses amid government seizure threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leshorns Springs
Seas
Florida
Texas
NEW York Bond Review
NEW York API
Miscellaneous Wisconsin cheese and river stages report
Plymouth Wisconsin notes include API for December 2025 and a cheeky item about cheddara twins at 233s. Mississippi River stages show Des Moines up La Crosse, Davenport 4.7 feet rising, Keokuk 2.3 feet falling, and Keos rkuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Mississippi River
Des Moines
la Crosse
Davenport
Keos Rkuk
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Detailed
Chicago market reports show butter receipts 252235 with steady prices, eggs mixed with 42c to 39c range, pullets and other poultry notes, cheese quotes at 25.2c to 26c, potatoes arrivals 38 on track 106, Idaho russet market steady, and U S shipments 656. New York eggs observed with varied weights and prices, butter receipts 634717 firm, cheese receipts 153353 nominal, drawn-out dressed and live poultry prices with specific weights and terms for geese turkeys ducks and other fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Jap Officials Ready to Flee Tokyo for Shanghai HQ
Chungking (UP) Former Shanghai editor Chao Cheh Hao says high Japanese officials would evacuate from Tokyo to emergency headquarters in Shanghai if Tokyo comes under mass Allied air raids. He notes Japanese authorities have set up offices in Shanghai's International Settlement as potential crisis centers.
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Chungking
Tokyo
Shanghai
Chao Cheh Hao
Shanghai Shun Pao
Chao
International Settlement
City Briefs from Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Area
Mrs Mayo Flockhart of 2120 K street SW is a patient at St Luke’s hospital undergoing an appendectomy Tuesday. Mrs William Seehusen of 1216 Fourth Avenue SE left for Gulfport Mississippi to holiday with her husband in the Seabees. The will of Effie May Gilbert died December 7 is admitted to probate. E Mains named executor. Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor reports on Des Moines legislative meeting. plans for officer elections. Cedar Rapids IRS office closed Friday 3 pm until Monday. no Christmas leaves for deputies. Smulekoff furniture staff held a Christmas party with performances by Robert Lowe Jess Driscoll John Miller T E Bright and Lt Homer J Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Flockhart
K ‘Street
St. Luke's Hospital
William Seehusen
Fourth Avenue SE
Gulfport
Miss
The
Seabees
Effie May Gilbert
Gilbert
E. Mains
Cedar Rapids
Smulekoff Furniture Store
Robert Lowe
Jess Driscoll
John Miller
T. E. Bright
Homer J. Cornell
Southwest Pacific
Arthur Rink Open Saturday For Ice Skaters
Cedar Rapids skating fans learn Arthur rink will be open this Christmas day with warming house hours 10 am to 10 pm Saturday and 1 pm to 10 pm Sunday The Roosevelt rink remains under construction awaiting complete ice coverage and will open when ready The playground department seeks supervisors and workers for warming houses this holiday season
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rink
Cedar Rapids
City Playground
Bob Black
Arthur
Black
Roosevelt
AFL leader condemns Soviet attack on unity
New York AP reports Matthew Woll vice president of the AFL denounced the Soviet publication War and the Working Class for attacking him and three other AFL leaders. He called it a blow at Allied unity and said the AFL abstained from meddling in Russia while Moscow intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Allied Unity
Russia
Moscow
Fruit Cake Auction Boosts Aircrew Christmas Fund
Aviation students on the Coe campus raised 84 for a two pound fruit cake auction, pooling bids to support a 1100 Christmas party fund for Cedar Rapids area youths. Four flights of squadron 14 bid, with flight B winning, and donors included Hibbar Burke Jr and Samuel Kaufman. Cakes and gift certificates funded a party with ice cream cookies and clothing certificates for local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Aircrew
Coe
Aviation
Mayo A. Moore
New Orleans
Moore
Cedar Rapids
Squadron 14
Flight B
Hibbard Burke, Jr
Louisville
Samuel R. Kaufman
Lansing
Mich
Newman’s
Armstrong
Craemer
Killian
Retired Railroad Man W F Johnson Dies at 78
William Frederick Johnson 78 a Marion resident for 43 years and former railroad employee died at 9 p m Thursday at his home 409 Twenty second street after a long illness Born Potsdam NY January 29 1865 he was married October 26 1886 to Alma Hall who died August 23 1937 Surviving are a daughter Evelyn Fleisher Marion two stepchildren Mrs George W Hills Los Angeles and Emery D Johnson Council Bluffs a brother Frank Johnson Dubuque three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services 2 p m Monday at Yocom chapel Rev Benjamin H Shaw officiating burial Oak Shade cemetery Marion public library closes at 6 p m tonight and remains closed Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frederick Johnson
Marion
Twenty-second Street
Potsdam
Pairie du Chien
Wis
Alma Hall
Johnson
Evelyn Fleisher
George W. Hills
Los Angeles
Emery D. Johnson
Council Bluffs
Frank Johnson
Dubuque
Yocom Chapel
Benjamin H Shaw
Oak Shade Cemetery
Miss Doris Ford Hosts Linen Shower for Phyllis Ford
A Thursday linen shower at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Ford honored Phyllis Ford ahead of her marriage to Donald H Scheer of West Branch. Guests included Helen Hamm Lois Lehdigh Mayme Reinheimer and others. The Marion Red Cross drive reported 192 45 in cash plus donations for veterans rooms at Schick camp hospital. Lt Waldo L Lindley was named medical detachment commander at Camp McCoy. Funeral attended for Mrs J H Fielman. Florence Kruger visits Concordia. John S Miller home for Christmas and his 20th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann Reinsch
Walter Reinsch
Scrap Collecting Club
Mary
Ruth Culbert
Shirley Stimson
Barbara Gallagher
Diane Stickney
Doris Ford
Harry Ford
Phyllis Ford
Donald H. Scheer
West Branch
Helen Hamm
Lois Lehdigh
Mayme
Katherine Reinheimer
Laura Gillmore
Zelda O'Gillmore
Ben Cummins
Myrna Bailey
Dixon
Shirley
Fae
Dorothy Carver
Carl Carver
Geraldine Scheer
Marion Schneider
Ethel Limpus
Barbara Price
Keith
Schick Camp
Marion
American Red Cross
Mae Reamer
Fourth Avenue
Waldo L. Lindley
Camp McCoy
Wis
Thomas E. Patton, Jr
Merritt 93 Mt Vernon’s oldest resident dies after flu
Mt Vernon John Merritt aged 93 died after a flu illness. Born in 1850 in Salem New York he moved west in 1876 living first in Cedar Rapids then Mt Vernon from 1877. He ran a grocery here from 1883 to 1918 and retired in 1918. Survived by daughter Mrs Bradford MacGaw. Body at Neff funeral home with arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
John Merritt
Mt Vernon
Salem
N. Y
Cedar Rapids
Alexander
Chicago
Bradford MacGaw
Neff Funeral Home
L W Hatter of Millersburg Dies at 83
L W Hatter 83 of Millersburg died suddenly Thursday afternoon. He ran the Hatter drug store for years and was a former cashier of Millersburg Savings Bank. He served in the Iowa legislature representing Iowa county and was treasurer for two terms. Surviving: Merle Hatter Ottawa Illinois. Ruth McAllister Williamsburg. Edith Thomas Mobridge South Dakota. Ward Hatter Marengo. Edna Tripses Millersburg. Gladys Bauer Millersburg. sister Delphia Miller Ottumwa. Funeral arrangements unspecified.
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Millersburg
W. Hatter
Hatter
Millersburg Savings Bank
Iowa County
Merle Hatter
Ottawa
Ill
Ruth McAllister
Williamsburg
Edith Thomas
Mobridge
S. D
Ward Hatter
Marengo
Edna Tripses
Gladys Bauer
Delphia Miller
Ottumwa
Fire at Wapello destroys Hicklin home
WAPELLO The home of Mr. and Mrs Otis Hicklin was destroyed by a Thursday afternoon fire. Firemen saved most of the furniture. Hicklin works at Fort Dodge and was home Tuesday night for Christmas with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Otis Hicklin
Hicklin
Fort Dodge
New Trial Motion Filed by Bading in Property Case
John Bading, 49, a farmer near Coggan, was convicted by a district court jury on a receiving stolen property charge. He filed a Friday motion for a new trial and exceptions to jury instructions. The case involves alleged purchases of stolen pigs from Jess and Fred Eyerly and from William Isaac Preston, all connected to the summer thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bading
Coggan
Bading
Jess
Fred Eyerly
Fort Madison
William Isaac Preston
Linn County
Don’t Be Reluctant to Celebrate Yule Jacobs
The Rev William A Jacobs pastor of the First Congregational church told High Twelve members at their Friday noon luncheon that people should celebrate Christmas without embarrassment this year. He urged focusing on children as the source of hope and feared for all, and to pause thoughts of total war to consider those around us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Jacobs
First Congregational Church
High Twelve Club
Card of Thanks and Local Services Ad Mix
Card of Thanks expresses sorrow for the passing of a husband and father with names and relatives listed. The page includes thanks to friends and a funeral home and mentions other local notices and assorted beauty salon ads and service listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shonka
F Mochovsky
John Hrbek
Kosek
John Ponocny
Filip
Ruby Dusek
John Kucera
Joe Libal
Michael /Tristan
Iree Page
WM. E
Grant Anderson
Turner Funeral Home
Wm. Page
Roland Page
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Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
C. R
Third Street
City Briefs
F. of L. Meets
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Labor Temple
Smulekoff
Woll
Reds
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
P.S
Marion News
W., F. Johnson
Marion Public Library
Owen's
J. McElliott
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Louis White
F A. Kempshall
Bailey's Milk Bar
Lorraine Schmidt
Mrs
Melvin Schmidt
Clementine Schminke
Rock Island
Earl Aubrey
Eugene Schminke
Hallwood Cafe
la Verna Mae Titus
Aaron Miller
Riverside, Ill
H M Titus
Wood Acres
Cedar Park
Wanda Wainwright
Marion High School
Deep River
Jane Glass
Milwaukee
Hunter College
New York City
Waves
Retta May Knapp
Brooklyn
F. W. Knapp
Pvt
Perry Knapp
F. W. Knapps
Fort Ord, Calif
Wyona Carey
Wesley Memorial Hospital
E. V. Careys
J. L. Ritchie
Sauk City
Charles
Methodist Church School
Harry Jacobs
Santa Claus
Lindley
Sherman A. Fontaine
Marilyn
Richard
J. c. Quinn
Evansville, Ind
Newhall
J H. Fielman
Fontaine
Quinn
Florence Kruger
Concordia College
Moorhead, Minn
Paul Kruger
John S. Miller
Jefferson College
St. Louis
Emery J. Miller
Merritt
Mit
Vernon
L. W. Hatter
First Ave
Yule
Jacobs
G.wa
George_ Rupperle
F Ave
Return Gazette
KATZ
Katz Jewelry & Loan
Postoffice Men
Jack’s
First Street
Postoffice
Probasco Jeweler
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Estes
Dallas
Ft. Worth
N F Krob
Ely
2Nd St
Smithsonian
Richards Lab
Joe Mary
Claxton's
H. Kek. Schaefer
Miesse
1St St
Lovely Lady Oil
Bishops
Lovely Lady
First Avenue SE
Paris Academy
Lillian Suchy
Dial
Reliable Man
Silver Leaf
Hotel Magnus
Don Roberts
Orch
Don Reid
Foxhead
Post Office
Frank Voelker
Stan Stanley
Temple Roller Rink
Kingston Ballroom
Elmer Young
Ce-Mar
Townsend Club
Rhythm Rambler Orchestra
WMO
5Th St
Pittsburgh Co
7Th St
Bell Boy
Montrose
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply Co
Spriclce
Meark
Novak Heating CO
Morris Fur Shop
Cranby
Charile’s Law Service
Call DE Marah
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