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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1941

Page

4

Hog Prices Rise Sharply Across Regions on Tuesday

Chicago hog receipts light at 16 500 head with prices up 15 cents from the start. Hogs under 249 pounds climbed with top bids near 8 25, while 180 to 240 pound hogs sold around 8 20. Cattle offerings were light and bids mostly 25 to 50 cents lower as fat lambs opened weaker. Iowa and Minnesota yards posted mixed quotes with packers showing cautious demand and steady to firmer bids for lighter weights.

Chicago Des Moines S Dept Agriculture Minnesota Cnod Choice Iowa Associated Press Ottumwa Waterloo Mason City Chicago Livestock Zend Packing Sons ST Pats Minn CAULF Montana Dakota PEORIA_LIVESTOCK Peoria. I Dent Welzheier Wetehtier Sioux City Dept A Agriculture iCommnan

Peoria Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Prices

Peoria and Sioux City bids show lambs steady to higher on some lots with heavy activity in hogs and cattle. Slaughter ewes and several cattle classes bring mixed bids, with steers, heifers, and feeders showing varied strength and softness across weight ranges and regions.

Hogs Rise on Local Market as Prices Advance

Hog prices strengthened on the local market with a 15 cent advance across all grades. The long haul top reached 7.85 dollars. The cattle market shows activity around 50 pounds with notable shifts in Veecomee cents JUWCT.

Cedar Rapids grain and produce prices mixed

Market listings show grain prices for wheat oats rye and corn with various grades and per bushel rates. Poultry prices cover broilers sprouts hens leghorns and other fowl. Wholesale fruit vegetables and hides prices are listed with multiple items and unit costs.

Cedar Rapids

Wisconsin cheese quotes in Plymouth for Feb 3 to 8

Wisconsin cheese exchange quotes for the week of February 3 to 8 show Twins at 15 cents, daisies at 15 34 cents, brick 14 3/4 cents, horns 15 34 cents, and cheddars at 15 cents. Farmers call board lists daisies 15 74 cents, horns 13 cheek? cheddars 15 cents. Wool market in Boston reports little demand for domestic wools with occasional inquiries for country packed sands and blood semi-bright fleeces around 40 cents grease delivered east. Ohio delaine fleeces offered 42 to 44 cents in grease. Foreign fine and half-blood grades remain in good demand at firm prices.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers Call Board Boston United States Agriculture Department Ohio

Storage standards and futures quotes from Lamson Bros

Market item lists furnishing of futures by Lamson Bros and Co with storage standards dated February 28 1905 and March 28 1885 and November 28 1890, plus refrigerator standards and year codes. Noted years appear inconsistent but indicate spec notes for storage and refrigeration benchmarks.

Lamson Bros. and Co

Stock Rally Fails to Click In Tepid NY Market

In a choppy session the Dow edged higher then stalled before a late rise. Declines in American Telephone, Dow Chemical, Westinghouse, Du Pont, J I Case, Chrysler, General Motors and U S Steel weighed on the day while Standard Oil of New Jersey Consolidated Edison and American Can led midday gains.

New York American Telephone Dow Chemical Westinghouse du Pont J. I. Case Chrysler General Motors U.S. Steel Standard Oil N .J. Consolidated Edison American Can

Wall Street Stocks and Dow Jones Averages Report

Monday quotations from Wall Street show wide movements across major issues led by Adams Express and Allied Chem with varied gains and losses. The Chicago stock list includes Coca Cola, Procter Gamble and Union Carbide among many others, while the Dow Jones average edges higher on trading reflected in industrials and rails. Mississippi River stages note declines in several stations with Davenport slightly up, Keokuk steady, and St Louis easing.

JE. Bennett Roy W.H. Jump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Alaska Alleshany Corp Ty Daira Manville Allied Chem Kennecott Corr Allied Stores Kresse Allis Chalmers Kroser Power Libbey Owens Lig & Myers Intl Corp Link Belt Lockheed Maracaibo Loews, Inc Loft, Inc Lorillard McLelland Mont Ward Ark Nat Gas ‘A Armour and Co Murray Corp Nash Kelvan Bellas Ae Bom A Aviation Corp Baldwin Loco get Dairy /Fay Balto and Ohio Pow & Lotz Beare Crmy Y Central Bendix Arngaz, Nor Pac RR Beth Steel North Amn Co Blaw Knox Gig Nor Amn Bosing Alrp Borden Co Otis Steel Paramount Penick & Ford Budd Wheel Penney J Cal Cal & Hecla Camp Wrant Pillsbury Canada Dry Pittsbah Proctor Gamble Cent Fay Pullman Co Radio Corp Cerra de Paseo Rand Ches & Ohio Reo Motor Chrysler Motors Sperry Corp Corn Products AB Strond Brands Coty Fine Cudahy Antalite Timken Elec Boat Flechte Ae Uni Air Lines Gen Fonds Gendastat Uni ‘Corpio Gen Motors Uni Drug Gillette S Uni el Coal Ahs Gimbel Bros Uni Fruit Glidden Iss Uni Gas Co Goodrich BF Goodyear Tire U & Gepsum Fa Graham Paine Cy Granby Cons Sia Wes Vanadium S Greyhound Walworth Hall Wapner Bros Hayes Body Ills Central Willys Ovid Indus Rayon Wilson & Co L Inspiration Wentworth Hydro Youngston S&t Zenith Radio Nickel Chicago East Blessing Standwas Bendix Ava Nobl Sparks Bore Warner Norwest Bank Cherry Quaker O Comw Edison Quaker Jarvis WB Sunstrand Libby McNeil Swift & Co Marsh Swift Ws Midwest Corp DOW Jones Ratis Davenport Hastings la Croste Ae Prairie du Chiennes Dubuque Chante Davenport Tepers Nochanne

Cargo Ship Bill Passes Senate for 200 Merchant Vessels

The Senate on Monday unanimously approved and sent to the House a bill authorizing 313.5 million dollars to build 200 cargo ships for the merchant marine. The move backs an urgent program to expand U S shipping capacity and sustain wartime logistics.

Washington Senate House

Wheat Trifle Off In Closing Hour

Wheat futures on the Chicago board of trade retreated to a fraction under the prior close in the final hour after morning gains. Corn held firm with other grains little changed. soybeans and oats showed minor moves as traders weighed commissions and short covering. Wheat finished down 32 to 12 cents, May bids around 81 - 84 5 cents. corn near unchanged to off 1/4 cent.

Chicago Board of Trade Commission House Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg

Bond Market Drift Mixes Losses With Gain In New York

New York bond market trends lower with fractional declines in many issues while a few bonds rise. Investors await congressional lease lend action amid favorable earnings and defense demand, with notable downgrades in Illinois Central and Southern Pacific issues and gains in Australian and Canadian bonds sectors.

New York Illinois Central Rock Island General Pennsylvania General Southern Pacific Southern Railway United Drug Continental Commercial Mackay International Telephone American Telephone Foreign Power Consolidated Electric Power of Japan

New York Produce Markets Report Butter Cheese Eggs

New York AP market notes show butter receipts steady with creamer prices around 2.14 344c and 92 score. cheese via 112 days receipts at 208,714. eggs receipts 26,780 firmer with mixed colors fancy to extra fancy up to 19 24c. Chicago poultry and butter markets listed with various weight classes and prices. live poultry and eggs showing mixed movement and firmer tones.

New York Chicago Froduce Plymouth Rock White Rock Turkers

Italian Prisoners Die As Ship Bombed

London AP reports a large number of Italian prisoners died when a British evacuation ship was bombed off the Libyan coast. The admiralty said the attack was carried out by planes believed to be German dive bombers operating from bases in Sicily.

London Admiralty Sicily

Willkie Tours Bombed Liverpool and Midlands Cities

Willkie completed a tour of bombed Liverpool areas and Coventry and Birmingham, praising Britain's resolve amid raids. He viewed a shadow factory in Manchester and noted secret industrial damage figures to correct U.S. impressions. Crowds greeted him with calls to support Britain.

London Wendell L. Willkie Liverpool Britain United States Willkie Manchester Midlands Coventry Birmingham

Trial to contest Cedar Rapids will of Mrs McElhinney

Court actions opened regarding the will of Mrs Isabelle L McElhinney who died in Cedar Rapids on Oct 31. The bulk of the estate, over 16000 dollars, benefits United Brethren Church of Cedar Rapids. Executor named Finley M Stone. Plaintiff Mrs Minnie Dutcher of Viola alleges mental incompetence and undue influence. Special administrator Russell W Manatt was appointed Nov 12. Other sisters are Mrs Lucinda Rieger of Lisbon and Mrs Ida Reardon of St Anthony Ida.

Isabelle L. McElhinney Cedar Rapids C. J. Haas United Brethren Church of Finley M. Stone Minnie Dutcher Viola McElhinney Russell W. Manatt Dutcher Lucinda Rieger Lisbon Ida Reardon St. Anthony Ida

Suit And Counterclaim Over Note Dismissed

Dismissals dotted the calendars of district court Monday. A $246.66 promissory note action filed Dec. 24, 1938 by Charles E. Hedges and the $253.50 counterclaim of defendant Thomas L. Wolfe were dismissed with prejudice by Judge H. C. Ring. The divorce suit of Donald E. Stern against Edith A. Stern filed Sept. 5 was dismissed without prejudice. They were married in Cedar Rapids Aug. 30, 1929. The application of Joseph Drahos to set aside a decree of divorce awarded Norine Drahos May 14, 1940 was dismissed without prejudice by Judge Ring.

District Court Charles E. Hedges Thomas L. Wolfe H. C. Ring Donald E. Stern Edith A. Stern Ring Cedar Rapids Joseph Drahos Norine Drahos

Surety Co Removed From Gillette Case

Judge C J Haas upheld a demurrer by American Surety removing it from a $10 000 suit brought by J Gordon Gillette of Waterloo for allegedly false arrest The case names E J Hoff Center Point Mabel Hoff administrator of W A Hoff estate and William O Gray receiver as other defendants The suit rests on a December 1939 justice court information charging Gillette with breaking and entering In a separate matter Judge H C Ring awarded Milprint Inc Milwaukee a $543 24 default judgment against Hugh Hut ton and W J Clark of Marion doing business as the Iowana Papoig company in an accounting action

C.J. Haas American Surety Company J Gordon Gillette Waterloo E. J. Hoff Center Point Mabel Hoff W. A. Hoff William O. Gray Justice Court Gillette H. C. Ring Milprint, Inc Milwaukee, Wis Hugh Hutton W. J. Clark Marion Iowana Popeoig Company

Bandits Demand Receipts After Theft in Chicago Office

Police seek two nimble bandits who forced a rental agent to issue receipts to victims. They took 38 from Mrs. Branson, 44 from Mrs. Schiver, and 61 from Mr. Finn but issued 40 for rent. Total stolen 203.50 as they fled.

Chicago Bernice Branson Becky Clinitz

Girl's Premonition Of Fire Comes True

In Pittsburgh a 15 year old girl Rose Pugliese warned her mother she would not sleep in that bed again. A fire Sunday damaged the family home costing about 3600 dollars. Rose said she wished she had heeded her premonition and saved her dress it burned with the bed.

Pittsburgh INS Rose Pugliese Rose

Rep Dies Stricken by Influenza and Exhaustion

Washington report says Representative Dies of Texas is confined at home with influenza and nervous exhaustion, affecting his duties. The brief note indicates illness without detailing prognosis or recovery timeline.

Washington Ins Rep Tex

Next Wave of Prosperity Prompts Reluctant Optimism

ARTHUR "BUGS" BAER reports bankers in Baltimore show cautious optimism about a forthcoming prosperity cycle. He recalls 1914 to 1929 as a fifteen year boom and argues for a stage of artificial prosperity lasting about fifteen years before easing into midcentury, while humorously noting the mood of wary stockholders and workers.

Seven Italian ships sunk in Adriatic naval campaign

Reports from SPLIT say seven Italian ships were sunk in a coordinated British and Greek submarine campaign targeting fascist supply routes in the Adriatic. Two ships totaling 11,000 tons were sunk Monday, with many Italian bodies washing ashore or seen drifting at sea as submarines operated up to 230 miles north of Otranto, driving Italian vessels to seek refuge in Yugoslav ports.

Split Yugoslavia Adriatic Sea Otranto

Gazette Ad Policy and Submission Times

The Gazette states it will not be responsible for more than one incorrect advertisement insertion. Want Ads may be mailed phoned or delivered to the office. Ads accepted until 12 noon for same day and 10 am Saturday for Sunday publication.

The Gazette United States Gazette Office Am & O.m

Side Glances Lost Cocker Spaniel Oscar In City

Neighborhood notices report a lost male black cocker spaniel named Oscar in the La Plant Choate area. Reward offered by Mrs Tapager. contact 2-1640 or 2-6288 for a good home. Also missing pocketbook between 1st and Burch Avenues on 13th Street West. reward offered at Dial 20738. Forearm injury noted from sun exposure in car during hunting trip. details unclear.

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Personal notices and ads from Gazette classified列

Classifieds include free subscription offer for Mrs Walter Musker, requests to call Mary Adams at David McGregor's Agency, free watch timing service, $25 reward for false pretenses via ads, references for automobile transport, buy/sell of jewelry and old items, ambulance service claims, watch repair, pharmacy prescriptions, alterations and sewing services, disclaimers About debts, boarding-nursing home ad, printing services, various beauty services and salons, and other local notices and promotions.

Walter Musker Musker 23Rd St Mary Adams David McGregor Probasco 2Nd Ave Palace Theater The Gazette the Gazette Ambulance Service CO L. A Podzimer 16Th Ave Richards 3Nd Ave Paul Kelly McKinley St K. & M. Pharmacy Podzimek's Cleaner Richards Phey Sands Printing Co 2Nd St. NE Hemn Behaefer Kresge Griffith Feather Mattress Co Ist

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