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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1939
Page
2
Unofficial Monday receipts project 25 000 hogs 13 000 cattle 14 000 sheep for next week. Saturday market lacked enough hogs to set a price with steady week over week gains and higher feeding classes. Choice light hogs quoted to 8 15 with heavy butchers at 7 85, up 10 to 20 cents from a week ago.
Hog receipts steady with fresh supplies scarce and high time prices. top light hogs 200-225 lbs around 74 to 80. Cattle receipts light with varied shifts. prime weights firm, top light and heavy fed steers about 1365, bullocks 1275. Sheep and lambs steady to lower. fat lambs and yearlings down, top about 9.36, feeding lambs firm but scarce.
Sioux City cattle receipts 200 calves 50 weekly. Beef steers and yearlings 10 to 15 cents higher fed heifers firm cows little changed stockers steady. Hogs receipts 200 steady to 10 cents lower packers. Sheep receipts 100 nominally steady for fat lambs, ewes up, good yearlings tradable.
Receipts 150 cattle with mixed price moves. fed steers and yearlings largely steady to weak on heavy and medium weights. Bulls up 50 cents. Hogs 100 head slow. barrows and gilts up 25 cents, sows modestly higher. Sheep activity limited. fat lambs and feeder classes show small gains. Top prices listed for steers, heifers, and cows, with various grade ranges and year-to-date comparisons.
AP dispatch notes 24,500 hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday across interior towns and southern Minnesota plants, down from 25,400 and 25,200 in prior weeks. Prices listed by weight range for barrows, gilts, and sows with varied quotations.
By Associated Press. WA Hogs unchanged in state reports. Mason City hog conditions unchanged. Waterloo hog status also steady alongside cattle, with no notable changes.
Union AP notes hog price ranges by weight in Austin. Prices span 140-550 pounds with values from about 6.00 to 7.65 per unit, covering packing sows and various weight brackets up to 550 pounds.
Wisconsin cheese quotes for the week of February 6 to 11 show prices from the Wisconsin cheese exchange. Twins 11 1 2 cents, daisies 12 1 2 cents, horns 12 1 2 cents, cheddars 11 1 2 cents. Parmers call Pept mielatea 12 cents, horns 12 cents, cheddars 0 1 2 cents.
New York bond market extended its recovery as API Rail and public utility bonds rose on Saturday. Heavily sold corporates from January led gains with some up two points or more. Investors priced in spring business improvements and optimistic Washington developments in rail and power sectors.
The report highlights hopeful support for rail aid legislation in Congress. Prominent issues include Alleghany 5s of 1950 and several 4s and 5s from major rail and utility issuers. U S treasury issues moved narrowly with minor shifts, while a foreign loan list showed slight declines.
Cedar Rapids market prices list prices for wheat oats rye corn soybeans and hay with figures for No 1 yellow corn at 40c No 2 white oats at 256 and butterfat at 26c per pound Hides and horses are also priced in the same weekly summary including fruits vegetables and other commodities in the Cedar Rapids area.
Hogs are steady on the local market with no changes in any grades. Top price remains at 765 dollars while other local markets show similar firmness around 750 dollars.
Chicago produce receipts show butter at 1.058 538 with steady prices, eggs 8 177 steady, potatoes 82 on track 283 with total US shipments 657. Idaho russets demand light, Bliss Triumphs and red McClures strong, northern white stock light. U S No 1 prices range from 153 to 170 for Idaho russets, 1904/215 for red McClures, Wisconsin round white 113 to 115, North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 140 to 155, cobblers 130, Ohio 142 1/4, Minnesota Red River Valley 130 to 132 1/2. New stock moderate, demand very light, no track sales recorded.
AP reports dairy markets with Butter receipts 594371 and higher than prior. Creamery prices steady with extras 26 26. Cheese receipts 259989, eggs receipts 16487 with mixed colors and standard grades. Prices show modest changes and unchanged cheese and butter rates across markets.
Tom and Rena Mooney end their marriage in a public separation. Mooney, 61, calls their lives incompatible and says he sought divorce years ago. He criticizes a newspaper interview used to discredit his WPA work and his drive to free Warren K. Billings.
The industry supports about 300000 jobs across England, spanning salons, barber shops, and training spaces. This sector sustains livelihoods, contributes to local economies, and reflects steady demand for grooming services nationwide.
The stock market rebounded Saturday with leading steels utilities rails motors aircrafts coppers and specialties bid up fractions to over two points. Turnover neared 600000 shares in two hours as selling dried up, with U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler United Aircraft Sperry U S Rubber Goodyear Sears Roebuck Anaconda Westinghouse GE du Pont and Santa Fe among risers. Bond loans also climbed while Lockheed and Electric Bond and Share posted gains.
Saturday quotations from Wall Street show mixed activity across major issues led by Adams Express and Allied Stores with gains in some industrials like Allegheny and Kennecott while consumer names such as Kroger and Coca Cola move. Chicago listings highlight United Fruit and General Motors amid broad sector moves as investors watch rail and energy plays.
In Albuquerque the federal court trial of 34 defendants on charges of diverting the WPA to political use adjourned as defense lawyers prepared to present the case. Fred Healy was freed after the government's case. The prosecution relied on 94 witnesses to show WPA facilities and manpower were used for political purposes in elections and relief jobs.
Wheat prices held in a narrow range near prior close as corn and oats slipped slightly on the Chicago board of trade. May wheat fell to 68 5/8 cents, May corn to 49 5/8 cents, with export demand quiet and international markets showing mixed moves for Pacific coast and Liverpool cargos. A government loan report noted over 150 million bushels of corn pledged under federal loans.
Furnished by Lamson Brothers details cash provisions for Chicago markets with No 3 mixed corn and sample grades. Minneapolis cash grain reports include Wheat receipts, prices for No 1 heavy dark Northern No 1 dark northern and Montana hard varieties, No 1 red durum, Corn No 3 yellow trading around 42 to 45 cents, and Oats Barley values with quotes and quantities.
Ora Allen Nation 69 died at his home 1006 Tenth street NW at 3 30 a m Saturday after a three year illness. He was born in Linn County April 13 1869 and was a former employee of Quaker Oats. Survived by wife Rose a son Zern Cedar Rapids five brothers Oma Ernie Walter Jesse William and two sisters Pearl Frieze Arlington SD and Mayme Hennings in California. Funeral 2 p m Monday Beatty chapel Rev Elton D Wells burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Sunday at the chapel.
Word comes of the death in Milwaukee Wisconsin of Mrs Katherine Ferguson Lees widow of George Lees and former Cedar Rapids resident She served as matron of Williston hall at Coe college from 1898 to 1903 and later was matron of the Downer Home for Presbyterian Ministers and their wives in Milwaukee Surviving daughters are Mrs Barbour and Miss Katherine E Lees The body will arrive Cedar Rapids Monday morning with a grave service at Oak Hill cemetery at 11 o clock conducted by Prof George W Bryant of Coe college Friends may call at Turner chapel Monday until 10 am
Funeral services for Mrs Cornelia S Waite widow of Henry C Waite who died in Chicago Thursday will be held at the grave in Oak Hill cemetery Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev Marion H Williams presides. Friends may call at Turner chapel until noon Sunday. Rapids at 11:45 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Johnston lifelong Ely resident who died after a lingering illness will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev Harvey C Coovert of Guttenberg Iowa will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Anna M. McArthur lifelong Linn county resident who died Thursday will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday conducted by Rev. Lund of Buffalo. Burial will be in Buffalo Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Announcement at Mrs. Glenn Holm's Cedar Rapids residence confirms the marriage of Vivian Holm and Dr. H C Truax. the ceremony occurred last September and Mrs. Truax has taught in Marion's Emerson and Lincoln buildings for ten years. Several guests attended the dinner and a shower followed.
Doris Flockhart and Marilyn Munday hosted Ruth Flockhart’s thirteenth birthday at the Roy B Flockhart home with gifts and refreshments for guests including Rose Dinnell Dorothy Peterson Betty Jo Russell Delbert Benedict Dorothy Knapp George Knapp and Robert Flockhart. J F Coakley family to Cedar Rapids then Dayton visit. fire at Pearl Kinkead home extinguished with minimal damage. Lancelot Rubek born seven pounds at St Luke hospital Cedar Rapids. Paul Fiedler family attended brother Lawrence L Fiedler’s wedding to Catherine McCarten in Dubuque at St Columbkille church.
Washington AP Henry Chalmers a veteran commerce department trade expert said Germany's barter trade efforts face rising difficulties in Latin America. He noted that total German exports rose slower than those of the United States and Britain, with gains in Latin markets coming at the expense of others and no significant gains in Argentina Uruguay or Cuba.
City Attorney must file formal charges against Patrolman Frank Novak before a civil service hearing date can be set. Ed Lowe said charges must be prepared within five days of notice of appeal, with the commission holding the hearing within twenty days after. Novak was discharged January 18 and an appeal was filed Thursday.
A historical note estimates the total salt content of Earth's oceans could yield a solid block of about 4.8 million cubic miles in volume. This visualization highlights the vast scale of ocean salinity.
A schedule of services across Marion churches includes Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, and Prairie Chapel. It lists pastors, service times, Bible schools, early morning and evening worships, sermons, and midweek activities.
J W Tapp president of the federal surplus commodities corporation defended free distribution of FSCC flour to the needy against Kerr Milling of Sioux City Iowa which claimed the program harmed flour and baking businesses. Kerr said jobbers and bakers faced reduced demand while FSCC aid diverted trade. Tapp said distributions go to extremely low income families and do not hurt regular trade. Kerr declined to bid on FSCC wheat last year and FSCC has made no wheat purchases since.
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau and the Des Moines Waterloo and Mason City chambers won when the Interstate Commerce Commission refused freight rate hikes on iron and steel carloads from Chicago Peoria Manitowoc Milwaukee St Louis Kansas City to Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Missouri en route to Twin Cities and Duluth. The railroads sought to keep reduced southern rates while raising rates to intermediate cities.
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