Hogs Slump in Slow Trade at Chicago Market
Hog prices fell 10 to 25 cents with light demand at the Chicago stockyards. Official receipts show cattle 5,000 hogs 15,000 sheep 9,000 as totals for the day, with top hogs at around 8.00 and regional markets in Pittsburgh Cleveland and East St. Louis all lower or steady. Cattle and sheep trades varied across cities, with Chicago market steadier while others drifted lower.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
East St. Louis
Livestock Receipts Mixed as Prices Slip Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago AP reports hog receipts at 14 000 with slow, uneven demand and prices down about 25 to 75 cents from Tuesday. Top hogs 8.00, cattle receipts about 7 500 with calves, steadier to firm values amid stormy weather. best yearlings around 13 25, heifers near 11 50, and cutters to 6 50. Sheep receipts 5 000 with fat lambs 10 to 12 5 cents lower, top around 9 42, bulk 9 00 to 9 25. sheep and western ewes steady around 4 75.
Sioux City Livestock Prices Mixed Amid Steady Beef Demand
Cattle receipts 1 800 calves 35 slaughter steers and yearlings mostly steady most other classes little changed car lots strong long yearlings medium weight beeves 1000 4710 50 bulk down to 875 prime quoted above 1300 load lots good light heifers up to 900 strictly choice quoted above 1050 bulk cows 550 4650 choice 700 750 most cutter grades 450 40525 strictly choice light stock steers quoted above hogs receipts 3800 slow butchers 210 lbs 10 15 lower heavier butchers steady top 745 to shippers good and choice 170 260 lb weights 725 7 40 ackers stopping at 740 260 310 lb envies 790 725 good sows 650 660 feeder pigs 750 775 sheep receipts 1 500 little early fat lamb action undertone firm asking higher sorted good and choice fed wooled skins held at 8854/900 and above small fat ewes up to 450 steady western feeder lambs 860 late Tuesday load choice 137 lb fed western ewes 485
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
East St. Louis
Dept. Agriculture
Sioux City
US Dept. Agriculture
Omaha
US Dept Agriculture
Associated Press
Waterloo
Mason City
Gee
Packers
Bees
Ackers
Market Report from Omaha Hogs and Cattle Receipts
AP US Dept Agriculture cattle and hogs market summary with receipts in Omaha. Hogs show steady to weakly lower bids, tops around 765 for 180-220 lb shifts and lighter weights. Cattle steady to mixed with fed steers and yearlings slow. vealers and bulls firmer. cows and heifers near stated ranges. Sheep receipts strong as fat lambs and ewes move with current bid levels and bred ewes higher.
Livestock Price Report From Iowa Markets
Prices for hogs and cattle across Waterloo Mason City and Ottumwa markets show varied ranges by weight. Hogs 180-220 Ibs around 7.55 to 7.60, 270-350 Ibs near 6.50 to 6.70, Sows 275-350 Ibs about 6.25 to 6.60. cattle steers good to choice 950 to 1050, medium to good 7.25 to 6.75, common around 4.00.
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Austin
Austin Hog Market Receipts and Range Prices in Minnesota
Hog prices listed by weight for Austin Minnesota and Des Moines Iowa show bids from 6.20 to 7.75 per pound across weight classes. Minnesota receipts indicate 34,500 hogs in 24 hours with steady to lower carcass values and lighter movement versus prior periods.
Cattle and hog prices steady as receipts rise at market
At South St Paul Market Society cattle receipts reach 3 500 head with steer and heifer movement. Cows trade around 5 25 to 7 00 with bulls about 6 25, calves and vealers mixed with strong demand for top quality vealers. Hogs run 50 000 with top at 7 90 for 140 to 160 pound hogs and sows around 6 50 to 6 75. Lambs show buyers asking higher, with good and choice lambs around 8 75 to 8 80.
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South ST. Paul
Dobie
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Prices and Produce Listings
A Cedar Rapids price sheet lists commodities and rates including grains like wheat and oats, hay and straw, dairy butterfat and cream, poultry prices for hens and stags, wholesale fruits and vegetables with prices for lemons oranges lettuce bananas cabbage carrots potatoes and sweet potatoes, plus hide prices for cured beef and calf hides and pony glue hides.
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Cedar Rapids
Local hogs and cattle markets show declines
The local hog market fell with prime hogs down 10 cents and packers 5 cents lower. top hog price at 745. Cattle prices dropped 25 cents across listed grades. Good hogs priced by weight from 140 to 350 plus pounds. packer and cattle ranges cited with various weight brackets and price points.
Wall Street Stock Quotations From J E Bennett Co
Published quotations show numerous stocks with prices and percent changes led by Alaska Juneau and Intl Paper. Listings include Amn Can, Bethlehem, Coca Cola, General Motors, Union Pac, Sears Roebuck, and many others reflecting mid 20th century market activity from Wall Street.
Bond Market Slows After Two Day Rally In New York
In quiet trading Wednesday the bond market saw fractional declines across most groups while utilities stayed active though mixed. Government issues ranged from a 5 32 decline to an 8 32 rise as foreign bonds fluctuated with little overall direction. A North American 70 million debenture offering quickly found buyers at a slight premium in over the counter trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anaconda Copper
Bethlehem Steel
North American
Western Union
Ock Island General
International Telephone
Shell Baton
Union Pacific 3
North American Company
Live Poultry and Eggs Market Report from Chicago
CHICAGO AP Live poultry receipts 23 trucks steady to firm with hens and broilers and colored varieties listed. Dressed turkeys firm with receipts 669,770. Eggs receipts 14,858 weaker with fresh local extra firsts around 16 to 16 4 cents. Potatoes arrivals 72 on track and U.S. shipments 604 with varied regional prices and stock notes.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
U. S
Idaho Russets
Colorado McClures
Idaho
Wisconsin
Michigan Russet Rurals
North Dakota
Bliss
Ohios
Florida Bliss
New York Produce Prices Mixed for Eggs and Related Goods
AP reports New York market quotes show eggs steady with mixed colors in special packs and standard grades. Butter prices are noted but details are incomplete in the excerpt.
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New York
Mississipp i River Stages In Flux Amid River Traffic
The report notes varied river stages from Davenport to La Crosse with minor rises around 0.2 feet and no changes foreseen. It mentions British women spending about 300 million dollars annually on beauty treatments and preparations.
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Mississippi River
Davsturort
Hastin
la Crosse
Paul Ol
Dubuque
Davenport
Stock market slips from two day rally on light volume
Mild selling trimmed gains across the market in New York trading. About 600000 shares changed hands as laggards emerged in names like U S Steel and General Electric while others held fractional losses. Investors eyed European tensions and hoped for a colonial settlement after Spain's conflict ends.
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New York
Europe
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Kennecott Copper
Youngstown Sheet
General Electric
Aluminum of America
Lake Shore
Jones and Laughlin Steel
United Gas
Wisconsin Cheese Prices In Plymouth Market Report
Wisconsin cheese exchange quotes for the week February 30 to February 4 show Twing 1144¢ daisies 12c horns 12c cheddars 11%c. Farmers call board lists daisies 12c horns 12c cheddars 11%4c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Sugar Market Holds Steady Amid New Crop Pressure
New York AP reports the domestic futures market largely held unchanged despite new crop pressure. Trading was light with March delivery around 1.82 to 1.83, July down 0.44 to 1.16, refined sugar quoted 4.20 to 4.30, and Cuban raws at about 7.85 for duty paid.
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New York
Cubas
Teen Groom Weds Widow. Stepson His Own Age
In Logansport Indiana 17 year old Warren Bowen marries 35 year old widow Dorothy Stitt creating a blended family with a stepson his own age. The unlikely union draws attention as Bowen becomes stepfather to a son aged the same as him.
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Logansport
Ind
Warren Bowen
Dorothy Stitt
Wheat Holds Narrow Range as Trade Drifts Higher
Wheat prices held to a narrow range with modest gains on the Chicago Board of Trade amid slow trading. May wheat up fractional. corn steady to slightly higher. oats firm. Liverpool wheat closed up. Export business limited to small Pacific coast lots. Duluth cash durum bought for potential export to Italy. flour sales rising. winter wheat improving with moisture. Local receipts light as buyers active locally.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Duluth
Italy
Trade Journal
Chicago grain and provisions quotations from Lamson Brothers
The bulletin lists Chicago cash provisions and grain prices with bids from Lamson Brothers and Co led by H. R. Mowrey Cedar Rapids in a Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building. API WHEAT No 3 mixed 10c No 2 yellow hard 7c. CORN No 2 mixed 50 6l ac No 2 yellow 50 4c No 2 white 53 34c. sample grade white 26 61 27c. TIMOTHY SEED 3. 2 315 nom CLOVER Red 41.00 16.09 nom red top 9.25 19.75 nom LARD 6.75, loose 6.12. BELLIES 9.75.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers & Co
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
ATS
Illinois
Rubins Pleads Guilty in DWI Case
Frank J. Rubins, 59, of 1914 Washington avenue SE, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in district court. He was fined 300 dollars and costs and forbidden to operate a vehicle for three months after his truck damaged James F. Mote's truck at 1359 Nineteenth avenue SW, following a Tuesday arrest.
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Frank J. Rubins
Washington Avenue SE
Rubias
James F. Mote
Nineteenth Avenue SW
County Attorney Urges Checks Scrutiny After Forgery Charge
County Attorney King Thompson warns merchants after an information charges a man named Ralph Allen with uttering a forged instrument. The case involves a check payable to Ralph Allen on a printed form copied from Iowa Manufacturing and cashed at Tittle Brothers market. Iowa Manufacturing employee Charles Norberg says the check bears his name but was not written or signed by him.
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Ralph Allen
King Thompson
Thompson
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Tittle Brothers
Second Street
Charles Norberg
Divorces Filed By Four Spouses In Iowa Courts
Madge A. Hite seeks divorce from Charles E. Hite on desertion grounds and requests to resume her maiden name Madge A. Slocum after a Rock Island marriage on July 22, 1932. D C Steggall seeks divorce from Harriet Marie Steggall on cruel treatment after a marriage at Iowa City on April 5, 1934. Maude Runkle seeks divorce from Milo H. Runkle for cruel treatment, married at Vallejo California on February 22, 1916 and separated October 1, 1938.
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Madge A. Hite
Charles E. Hite
Rock Island
Vallejo
Calif
Flyers Safe After Forced Down In Frozen Arctic
Jack Hermann, a veteran Alaska flyer, was three days overdue on a 350 mile mid winter flight from Tanana toward Kotzebue when fuel ran low near Hog River. He and Archie Ferguson of Ferguson Airways landed, Hermann found gasoline and resumed the trip amid rescue efforts.
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Kotzebue
Alaska
Jack Hermann
Alaska Flyer
Arctic
Archie Ferguson
Ferguson Airways
Tanana
Arctic Circle
Hog River
Hermann
Ferguson
In China Silkworm Chrysalis Eaten After Silk Harvest
Silkworm chrysalids are eaten in China after silk is wound from the cocoons. The practice follows the silk harvest and uses the remaining pupal stage as a food source.
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China
Lost items and reward notices from Dwight Runner area
A tan oxford was taken by mistake from a warming house at 1147 G Ave NW. A lost open face watch was reported near Wilson's Packing Co. with a $5 reward. Also missing are a pair of men's glasses with a reward offered, contact numbers 2-1338 2-5137 or 8270 after 4 PM.
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Dwight
G Ave
Oxford
Seceively
Wilson's Packing Co
Rebels Enter Last Catalonian Bulwark
Insurgent officers report advancing toward the French frontier have entered Gerona, the last uninvaded province of government Catalonia. France begins detaining Spanish deserters at Argeles sur Mer, assigning them to camp work under French discipline as food aid arrives.
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Barcelona
Gerona
Catalonia
France
Spain
Argeles-sur-Mer
Will probated for Anton Popelka Cedar Rapids estate
The will of Antonie Popelka who died December 8 was probated Tuesday. Beneficiaries include husband Anton Popelka and children Mary Demery Julia Vanda Edward Popelka and Elinore Popelka. Milo O Hanzlik named executor. Will dated July 15 1931. Also Julia n Rohrer of Marion died January 21 and her will was admitted to probate. Legatees include husband John R Rohrer and children Clarence D Rohrer Clara M Redish and L Deloras Shimerda. L Deloras Shimerda named executrix.
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Antonie Popelka
Cedar Rapids
Testatrix
Anton Popelka
Mary Demery
Julia Vanda
Edward Popelka
Elinore Popelka
Milo O. Hanzlik
Julian Rohrer
Marion
Testat
John R. Rohrer
Clarence D. Rohrer
Clara M. Redish
L. Deloras Shimerda
Klemishes Move For New Trial In Injunction Case
Leon E Klemish and Virgie J Klemish file a new trial motion in an injunction suit brought by Joseph R Estes Hazel B Estes Fred H Schneider and Marie H Schneider to stop the Klemishes from connecting or maintaining house service pipes on sewer and water mains on Twentieth Street NW Judge J E Heiserman made the temporary injunction permanent last week.
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Leon E. Klemish
Virgie J. Klemish
Joseph Russell Estes
Hazel B. Estes
Fred H. Schneider
Marie H. Schneider
Twentieth Street NW
J. E. Heiserman
Judge Orders Verdict For Defendant In 1938 Property Damages Suit
Judge C J Haas directed a district court jury to return a verdict for the defendant in the $1,000 property damage action brought by C P Short against O C Powell after an accident on June 2 1938 in Buchanan county. A counter suit was dismissed on defendant motion.
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C J. Haas
District Court
C. P. Short
O. C. Powell
Buchanan County
Approve Group To Map Reorganization In House Vote
The House passed by voice vote a Cochran resolution to create a committee to draft a new governmental reorganization bill. Republicans opposed, 153 to 102, arguing the measure could let the President reallocate appropriations during top heavy bureau reorganizations.
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Washington
House
John Cochran
Best Fitted For Job Too Fat For Passageway
Charles MacDonald head of the Connecticut employment service erred when he sent a short order cook applicant deemed best fitted for the job. The man proved too fat to squeeze through a narrow storeroom passage, prompting scrutiny of the referrals and staffing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain, Conn
Charles MacDonald
State Employment Service
Girl Rescued After 25 Foot Snow Well Collapse
Ten year old Ruth Martin vanished at lunch prompting a family search. Snow footprints led to a collapsed well 25 feet deep where she lay in water up to her neck but unharmed, rescued and cooled.
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Lancaster
Ruth Martin
Ruth
Senate Approves Relief Act Report
The Senate adopted the conference report on a $5,000,000 WPA appropriation after brief debate. It approved all conferees’ agreed provisions but insisted on striking Tarver’s amendment to ban wage differentials above 25 percent for similar work across regions.
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Washington
Ins
Senate
Senate House
Adams
Cole
British Broadcast Firm Ignores Hitler Warning
London officials say the British Broadcasting Corporation will not cease German language nightly news bulletins despite a threat from Chancellor Hitler that broadcasts from foreign countries to Germany must stop. The decision follows an explicit warning and signals no plan to discontinue the German service.
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London
Hitler
Germany
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Handler
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Ist Ave. E
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3Rd Ave SE
Katz
Auto Parts Co
7Th Ave
Linn County
Ray Bramsen
1St ST NW
Stone's
FORD
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1St St
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EB Ave
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