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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1939

Page

13

Hogs Hit Highest Per Pound Since October 1938

Chicago AP reports Saturday live stock receipts: cattle 200, hogs 500, sheep 2,000. Hogs rose five cents to a top of 8.35 per pound, highest since mid October last year. cattle steady, fat lambs weak to 15 cents lower. Representative sales show uneven hogs with light weights active at steady or slightly higher, heavier butchers down up to 20 cents. best light hogs at 19 cents wholesale, top hog prices 8.35. Cattle receipts 1,000 with most steers around 950 to 1100, heifers 680 to 915, cows 450 to 575, vealers 950 to 1200. Sheep receipts 8,000 with fat lambs steady to strong, top 9.25 to all interests.

Chicago

Austin Minn Hog Market Prices by Weight

In Austin Minnesota the hog market lists prices for various weight ranges. 140-150 lbs fetches 60 dollars per hundredweight up to 350-425 lbs at about 66.5 dollars. packing sows in 275-350 lbs near 64.5 and 350-425 lbs around 63.5.

Austin Austin Minn

Sioux six livestock market report from Sioux City

Salable receipts total 560 cattle with calves 20, beef steers and yearlings steady, heifers little changed, cows firm, stockers scarce. Hogs active at 775 top for 196 220 pounds, pigs 776 780, sows 675 680. Sheep 9000 receipts, lambs steady, best fed wooled skins 875 to 885, feeder lambs scarce.

Sioux Sioux City A Dept of Agriculture

HOGS AND CATTLE PRICES HOLD STEADY IN OMAHA MARKET

AP reports Omaha Market totals show hog receipts 2 500 with prices steady to down 15 cents, top shippers paying 790 for 185-210 and 170-240 animals. Heifers and beef cows steady. cattle receipts 900, yearlings to 775, steer runs 775 to 840, bulls to 650, feeders 890. Sheep receipts 6 500 with fat lambs weak to 26 cents lower, fed wooled lambs 850 to 885, feeding lambs 835.

Omaha Fed Western

Market Report South St Paul Cattle Hogs and Sheep

South St Paul market shows receipts for cattle 2 500 with all classes steady to strong, hogs 6 000 with barrows and gilts steady to strong, sows higher, and sheep 3 500 with fat lambs lower and slaughter lambs around 8 50. Listings cover buyers, weights, and price ranges across cattle hogs and sheep categories.

Des Moines Hog Receipts and Prices Across Plants

Combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ended Friday were 22,300, up from 17,600 week ago and 27,900 a year ago. Prices show varying levels by weight with barrows and gilts, good to choice, noted at several weight classes such as 140-160 lbs and 180-220 lbs, and sow prices listed across ranges from small packers to larger operations.

Des Moines

HOG PRICES UNCHANGED ACROSS MARKETS

Market report shows hog prices steady with little movement. Texas and regional markets display unchanged levels while cattle remain stable, and exchanges note no significant shifts in supply or demand.

Chicago Produce Markets Report Amid Sluggish Demand

Chicago markets show steady tones with eggs mainly unchanged. Potatoes arrive on track with 248 on hand and total shipments 653. supplies moderate and demand slow, keeping the market dull.

Chicago Plymouth Rock

Agricultural market notes and New York produce report

Idaho russets and Colorado McClures show varied No 1 prices with limited sales. Florida Bliss Triumphs and New York eggs and butter report slow demand and steady or weak prices amid ample receipts and market dullness.

Idaho Colorado North Dakes Bliss Triumphs Florida Bliss Triumphs New York Dinesse Sc

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Local market prices listed for grain such as Wheat No. 1 at 0c No. 2 5&c new crop at 25c No. 3 2c Rye No. 3 30 33 Barley No 3 ses ic Corn shelled No. 2 yellow 39c No. 3 yellow 37 1/2c Soybeans No. 2 yellow 72c. Hay straw prices and dairy fat prices included with onions lemons oranges lettuce cabbage and other produce. Hides and pony and glue hides offered with various prices and conditions.

Porkers Steady on Local Market as Calves Corn Rise

Hogs remain steady on the local market with top price held at 7.85. Cattle also steady while calves trend higher and corn prices rise slightly along with cream prices.

Stocks Rally Turns Sidewise In Friday Market

New York profits ebbed as the rally stalled turning into a sidewise shift for leaders. Gains appeared in steels aircrafts and specialties early, then sellers trimmed top marks by noon. Trading was slow with a late fourth hour flurry and closing prices mixed amid about 700000 shares traded. European markets stayed steady as U S Steel Bethlehem United Aircraft Boeing Douglas Aircraft and others posted mixed results.

New York Wall Street United Aircraft Glenn Martin Marshall Field U. S. Steel Bethlehem U. S. Rubber International Harvester Boeing Douglas Aircraft Bendix Southern Pacific Great Northern Lockheed American Cyanimid Pacific Water and Power

Wall Street Stock and Commodities Quoted in Friday Market

Friday quotations from Adams Express to Wall Street stocks show varied prices across utilities chemicals banks and rail firms with notable entries like Johns Manville, Kennecott Copper, Allied Stores and Am Can. Grain quotes from Chicago and Winnipeg list hogs cattle corn oats soybeans and wheat with ranges by weight and packer notes.

J. E. Bennett & Co Y H Merchants National Bank Adams Express Tel & T Bsa Alaska Juneau Johns Manville Allegheny Corp Kingston Pds Alhed Chem Kennecott Allied Stores Kresge Als Chalmers Kroger Gé& Ba Amal Les Lambert Lehigh Valley Am Intl Corp Ea Bis Chicago Am Loco Ass Loews Inc Lamson Brothers & Co Am M & F Loft Inc H. R. Mowrey Pete Lorillard P Cedar Rapids National Bank Igre McLellan Stri Martin Mayert Am Steel Fdys Arshall Mathieson Tel Bygg Wat Works Mpls Moline Sbs Mont War Ark Nat Gas Armour & &E Sis Murray Corps Anch T & BF Natl Bella Ag Atlantic Aviation Corp i Ossgobss Beeain Eas Pernenel Corpse Natl Distirs Bendix Avn Agg Natl Pow & L Beth Steel Central Blaw Knox Boeing Airp Nor Pac la Suly Bohn Alum North Am Co Helf- Borden Co Borg Warner Winnipeg Ohio Bel Bucyrus Erie Otis Steel Tonetas gofOe Packard Mtrs Dia Bay Ug Gare Heif- Burroughs Bark Utah Fenick & Ford Canada Dry Renney J C Plymouth Sil Carro Cerro de Pasco Studer Eamot Ait Pullman Co Radio Corpa Peteat Keith Coca Cola Col Palmolive Safeway Schenley Sears, Roebuck Servel, Inc Sharon Consol Shell Union Simmons Co Motors Socony Finnon Railway Crucible Steel Sperry Corp St Joe Cudahy Curtiss Wright Curtiss Calif Ei Tan Pont de Ten Warner Stone Webster Sasuke Kodee Studebaker Eisler Thompson Bee Bond & & R Tidewater Erie Timken Freeport TC Fox Film Union Carbide Gen Gables Union Pac Uni Gen Foods Goodrich BF Goodyear Tire Graham Granby Wes'n Union Hiram Walker West House AB Houston Howe Snd White Motors Hudson Motors Hupp Motors Wilcox Ol Hydro Yngstown Helleman Jarvis Avi Lion Oil Butler Bros Midwest Corp Cherry B Quaker Chicago Corp Swift and Co Edison Swift Walgreen

Wheat prices rise on firm Chicago market

Wheat prices firmed on the Chicago board of trade as improving Winnipeg market and short covering supported the session. May wheat rose up to 67% cents, with corn and oats also higher, while Winnipeg's strength spurred local gains but selling limited further advances.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Liverpool Canada Buenos Aires United Kingdom Ireland

Wisconsin cheese prices in Plymouth market report

Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of February 13 to 18 show twins 11 1 2 cents, daisies 12 cents, horns 12 cents, and cheddars 11 1 2 cents. Farmers' call board lists daisies 12 cents, horns 12 cents, and cheddars 11 1 2 cents.

Plymouth

Sugar futures fall as liquidations dominate New York trading

Active domestic sugar futures slipped Friday with March down about 1 to 2 points and May off 2 points amid liquidation and switching. Cuban selling surfaced while world futures remained quiet. raw sugars held near 277 cents and refined trading stayed subdued in late morning activity.

SGAR New York

Bond Market Steady Amid Mixed Fronts in New York

New York bonds closed with small gains and declines as trades stayed narrow. Interborough Rapid Transit 7s rose about 3 ticks while Brooklyn Manhattan Transit 4 25 advanced over 8 ticks. Government issues mixed with slight overall upturns and down moves, aided by stronger steel orders and rising auto tire prices.

NEW York Bond Review New York New York City Interborough Rapid Transit Brooklyn Manhattan Transit 425 United States Wall Street Delaware and Hudson American Telephone Shell Union International Hydro Electric Armour Santa Fe Walworth

Chicago cash provisions and grain prices listed

The Chicago market shows API cash wheat No 2 and CORN No 3 mixed at 48 cents. No 2 yellow 48244149'4c and No 3 4754 49c. No 2 oats mixed 32c. No 1 white 32'2c No 2 32c. Soybeans No 3 yellow 8134c. Timothy seed at $2.854315, clover seed red top $9 25 to $9 75, lard tierces $6.60, loose $6.25, bellies $9 50.

Chicago

Minneapolis cash grain market report detail

Minneapolis cash grain report shows bids and receipts across wheat corn and barley. Prices for No 1 heavy dark northern No 1 dark northern and No 1 hard Montana winter are listed with bid ranges and recent quotational increases.

Minneapolis Montana

Poland Embarks On Anti Jewish Drive

In Warsaw the government announced a broad policy to expel many of Poland's 3 100 000 Jews and push the rest out of economic life and culture. Col Wenda spokesman for the government party said the plan differs from Germany’s racial basis, noting Poland has about 3 100 000 Jews, second only to America and many more than Germany.

Warsaw INS Poland Germany Wenda America

Mrs. Kennedy Awaits Word From Son in Madrid

In London AP reports Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy waits for news from Joseph Kennedy Jr who is in besieged Madrid. He reached the shell scarred U S embassy from Valencia as insurgent guns paused. Ambassador Kennedy says his son left London Saturday to observe the war torn country and wrote a Harvard thesis on non intervention.

London Joseph P. Kennedy United States Court of St. James Joseph, Jr Madrid Valencia Kennedy Harvard University International Committee For Non-Intervention Spain

TV Sets To Be Offered For Sale In May

Palm Beach Florida AP reports James M. Skinner, president of Philadelphia Storage Battery, said a limited number of television receiving sets will be offered publicly in May. He noted two New York stations will begin TV operations by summer with others starting in Philadelphia Schenectady Los Angeles and Milwaukee.

Yuill and Lambert Real Estate Transfer at Kenwood Park

James H. Yuill and his wife convey lot 77 and plat 1 Kenwood Park to Miriam J. Lambert as valued consideration dated January 9, 1939.

James H. Yuill Miriam J. Lambert Kenwood Pk Valcons

House approves two year extension for five lending agencies

The house rules committee advanced bills to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and four affiliated lending agencies for two more years. Republican critics warned they will seek to end the U S. involvement of one agency, the Export-Import Bank. The measures would sustain RFC, Export-Import Bank, electric home and farm authority, Commodity Credit Corporation, and Disaster Loan Corporation until Jan 15.

Washington House Reconstruction Finance Corporation RFC Export-Import Bank Electric Home and Farm’, Authority The Commodity Credit Corporation Toa Corporation

Tug Bob S Freed From Ice Floe Near Manistique

The fishing tug Bob S and its four crew members were ice-bound for four days off Manistique Michigan before a rescue by the Ann Arbor carferry No. 6 freed them and returned the vessel to port.

Manistique, Mich Bob S Here Ann Arbor Carferry

Beouport Insane Asylum Ravaged by Fire and Explosions

A blaze at the Beauport insane asylum in Quebec destroyed the east wing and spread to five wings as oil tanks exploded. About 3,000 patients were evacuated under militia guard in subzero temperatures, with 1,300 inmates later moved to prisons, hospitals, and barracks. Firefighting fought hypothermic conditions, water shortages, and ice-choked lines as the building burned out by morning.

Quebec Beauport Order of Grey Nuns St. Lawrence River

Frozen finger reveals escaped Texas felon in Omaha

Harold Savage 41, jailed in Omaha after a finger freeze led detectives to suspect an escapee from Huntsville Texas prison where he served five to 20 years for payroll robbery. Savage, who recently returned to Omaha, had been refused parole after five years and fled days later. He worked distributing handballs and was questioned after detectives noticed a bandaged finger on the streetThursday night.

Omaha Harold Savage Harry Green Texas Green Savage Huntsville

Maas proposes U S naval air base on Wrangel Island

Rep. Maas introduces a bill to establish a naval air base on Wrangel Island northwest of Alaska now held by Russia. Senator Reynolds plans a companion bill. The measure authorizes needed appropriations and marks the island as a strategic stop for U S Far East air traffic.

Washington Melvin Maas Minn Wrangel Island Alaska Russia Maas Robert C. Reynolds N. C Senate U. S Far East

Insurgents Summon Six More Loyalist Leaders To Trial

In Barcelona the insurgent military intelligence service summoned six additional government political leaders to trial by the council of war on Friday. The moves follow the Thursday execution of Eduardo Barriobero the first president of popular tribunals under former rule deemed an enemy. Barriobero was executed before a firing squad the sole execution since Barcelona fell. others before the tribunal have been sentenced to prison. All defendants have been kept with counsel at their jail.

Barcelona Council of War Eduardo Barriobero Popular Spain Barriobero

Considers McCall's Plea in Death Penalty Case

Federal judge in Jacksonville took under advisement Franklin Pierce McCall’s plea for a writ of habeas corpus. McCall’s lawyer alleged G men duped and coerced him, keeping him ignorant of proceedings and pressuring a false confession to evade the death sentence for the Cash kidnapping and killing.

Jacksonville, Fla INS Louis D. Strum McCall G-men

Windsor trip planner Bedaux ordered held in South Africa

A Johannesburg court attached Charles E. Bedaux, the American efficiency expert who arranged the Windsors’ U S trip, and ordered his release on posting costs security. The action, urged by engineer Robert McChesney, followed Bedaux’s involvement in arranging the Windsors’ visit after the Duke’s marriage. the trip was later canceled.

London INL Charles E. Bedaux United States Duke and Duchess of Windsor Johannesburg Reuter Bedeaux Robert McChesney

Citation of varied classifieds from Gazette page

Small black and white wire haired terrier owner call 2 6657 Reward offered for arrest and conviction of anyone defrauding readers through want ads. Watch repair and jewelry ads from ASCO and SCHAEFER. Moving and transfer services listed with agents Lynch Transfer and Cedar Rapids Transfer. Cleaning and tailoring services noted with Goodyear shop. Old notices about contracts and personal service reliability.

the Gazette ASCO 2Nd Ave E. Probasco H. Pirkel Frank J. Pirkel B Ave Kenwood Transfer Allied van Lines, Inc Lynch Transfer & Storage Co H. EK. Schaefer Kresge My Anne Ioway In Lines, Inc Crigee's van & Storage Co., Inc Cedar Rapids Transfer Goodyear 1St Ave

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