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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1938
Page
4
Market notes detail cattle and hog prices with steady to firm trends. Readings show strong beef demand, brisk sheep and lamb activity, and varied hog values across regions including Chicago and Des Moines markets.
Prices list for Cedar Rapids markets shows wheat No 1 38, No 2 34 1/2, oats 30 1/2, corn yellow No 2 42, soybeans No 2 63. Straw hay 7.00, baled straw 5.00, butterfat 26, cream prices, eggs and live poultry rates, fruits and vegetables with crates and per bushel quotes, hides and fur markers, and assorted wholesale items.
Local hog prices edge lower for heavier hogs while top price holds at 7.20. Grains mostly higher with varied quotes. Market notes include lambs 75-90 pounds near 7.00 and buck prices about 1 lower, with unsettled auction terms.
Market notes from Chicago and New York show varied price shifts across poultry eggs butter and cheese. Poultry and hens show mixed price rises and declines with cap live and Plymouth Rock entries. eggs steady with large receipts. butter receipts and cheese prices mixed with regional differences and crate quotes. New York listings reflect steady to firmer butter and cheese, eggs firm on standard grades, and broader commodity pricing across deliveries and stock levels.
Wisconsin cheese quotes from Plymouth and surrounding markets show Cheddars around 12.75 with varied notes on daily sales. Sugar market reports from New York indicate revisions in refined sugar and quotes. Wool inquiries in Boston reflect limited domestic wool availability and hesitant bidding. Foreign exchange in New York responds to the Tunisia dispute with stable European currencies. Mississippi River stages in Davenport and Keokuk show no major changes in rise or fall across river towns.
New York shares rose after an early decline as brisk buying lifted prices. Aircraft and arms stocks led the advance with gains of one to two points, aided by expectations of increased ULS armament spending. Notable gainers included Electric Boat, Bendix, Bethlehem, Boeing, Douglas, Westinghouse, and U S Rubber. Several firms such as American Telephone and Chrysler lagged, while aluminum and related names dipped. Overall market activity remained strong with heavy trading.
Wednesday quotations list numerous stocks and prices from Adams Express to Westinghouse with many named companies and indices. Key names include Amn Pow Lud, General Electric, Ford, Chrysler, Union Carbide, and Anaconda, with varied prices and market positions across utilities, industrials, and rail lines.
New York AP reports a steady bond market with minor price shifts. Rail and utility issues such as Chicago and North Western 4715 of 1949 and Consolidated Edison convertibles rose or held firm, while Baltimore and Ohio and Missouri Pacific fell. Government bonds edged higher by fractions. Treasury notes and farm loan issues showed small gains and losses across issues.
Wheat prices firm on the Chicago Board of Trade as cold weather threatens the winter crop. Corn rises slightly with export sales of U S winter wheat and Manitoba to Norway, rose 4 to 34 cents for May wheat, and 4 to 5 cents for May corn. Liverpool and Buenos Aires markets show gains amid strong inquiry and drought concerns impacting corn. Local cash grain bids in Chicago and Minneapolis reflect mixed offers across wheat corn oats and barley.
NLRB trial examiner ruled Bethlehem Steel violated the Wagner Act and recommended disestablishment of nine allegedly company dominated employee representation plans. The report accused Bethlehem of aiding groups opposing the 1937 Little Steel Strike, citing involvement with Johnstown officials and local committees.
Dr Wilfred Bloomberg of Harvard University told the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases that benzedrine can cure habitual drunkenness. He said the drug provides a lift to drinkers by addressing drinking as a disease from warped personalities and psychiatry can then adjust their mentalities.
The navy department announced plans for a division of cruisers to undertake a goodwill voyage to South America next spring. The itinerary calls for a April departure with the ships sailing down the east coast of South America around Cape Horn and returning up the west coast.
A sad woman visited an undertaker in Philadelphia seeking a casket for her husband and claimed poison liquor killed him. She denied police notification, saying she knew from drinking it all day. Police found the husband alive but unconscious.
In Marion Mr and Mrs C G Waffle hosted an open house for their fiftieth wedding anniversary with tea on a lace covered table. The Congregational church Cary Club and Grove City Rebekah lodge assisted at the tea and yellow roses decorated the room.
Word reached Miss Adeliza Daniels that Rev H O Allen former Marion Congregational pastor fractured a hip in a recent fall and is confined to room 328 at Park hospital Mason City. Christmas visitors and hosts appear in transit notes with guests from Ottosen Ottumwa Laurens Marion and Madrid among others.
Rates and guidelines for the Gazette want ads. Minimum ad is two lines with five words on the first line and six words on each subsequent line. One day cost twenty eight cents. three seven day periods available.
The United States Treasury demands more than 100000 in taxes and penalties from Abraham Shushan former New Orleans levee board chair and Seymour Weiss associate of Huey Long. They are ordered to appear before the U S board of tax appeals for a hearing on deficiencies. The probe may explore Louisiana construction contracts during the Long era.
Official censors were assigned to editorial rooms in Prague newspapers to avoid publication delays. Each纸 newspaper will be watched by a designated confidence man for surveillance of the press.
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