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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1940
Page
14
Estimated Chicago livestock receipts for Wednesday show cattle 8000, hogs 17000, sheep 9000. The figures come from AP dispatches noting large carnival of animals arriving for wholesale markets.
Hogs receipts about 20 000 with 25 000 total down 10 to 15 cents from Monday. Top at 5.45 with most 180-220 lb hogs 5.20 to 5.45 and 270-320 lb averages 4.65 to 4.90. Cattle receipts 6 500 with calves 1 200 slow market best steers 10.75 with others 8.00 to 9.75 and Colorado fed heifers around 10.00. Sheep receipts 7 000 late Monday trade fat lambs 10 to 15 cents lower, bulk 9.80 to 9.90, fed western lambs 9.75 to 9.90 and ewes 5.00 to 5.40.
Associated Press reports unchanged hog markets in Mason City Waterloo and Ottumwa with price ranges by weight. Prices show slight shifts for various carcass weights and packer quotations across three cities, reflecting steady demand and regional grading.
SOUTE ST. PAUL AP markets note slow cattle receipts around 3 000 with undertone weak to steady in places good and choice cattle prices. Hog receipts about 10 500 with dull trade as bids slip 10 to 15 cents and good to choice hogs 180 240 pounds bring 4 65 to 5 00. Sheep receipts 1 000 with steady tone on most classes and higher ask for very small fat lambs and good to choice ewes priced from 65 00 to 95 40.
U S Department of Agriculture market report covers Sioux City cattle hogs and sheep receipts with price ranges for cattle feeds steers yearlings heifers cows canners and cutters hogs by weight sow and feeder pig. Des Moines combined hog receipts show steady to lower bids across weight classes and yard totals for the 24 hour period ending Tuesday morning.
In Austin Minnesota the hog market shows barrows and gilts across weight ranges with bid prices ranging from 3.70 to 4.80 per hundred pounds. Sows 270 to 500 pounds priced from 3.55 to 4.05 in varied brackets.
U S Department of Agriculture reports salable hog receipts at 7 000 with total 8 500. Prices mostly 5 to 10 cents lower, top $5.10 for 190 to 220 pounds. Prices quoted for 180 to 240 pounds around $4. ES 10 240 to 300 pounds 4 40 to 4 90. 300 to 360 pounds 4 25 to 4 40. 140 to 180 pounds listed.
Lamson Brothers and Company furnishes Chicago grain quotations. H R Mowrey is manager at the Cedar Rapids office located in the Merchants National Bank building, phone 2 3141.
CATTLE salable receipts show total 4 000 with calves at 300. fed steers and yearlings steady. beef cows 5.25 to 6.25. vealers at 9.00. SHEEP salable receipts 3,700 total 4,500. fat lambs slow, sheep steady. best fed western ewes above 5.00. feeding lambs 6.875 to 9.10.
Hogs are mostly steady with a 5 cent decline in the top grade 180-220 pounds. Other hog grades unchanged as CALF MARKET and SHEEP MARKET items appear with prices for Fancy Selects and light lambs, while overall notes reference quality determines buck totals.
The Cedar Rapids market lists No 1 wheat 89c No 2 87c and corn shelled yellow No 2 48c No 3 46c with oats and barley prices also shown. Butterfat 29c cream prices 28c 26c and various fruits vegetables and hides priced for wholesale buyers.
CHICAGO PRODUCE reports live API Poultry with 32 trucks steady to firm turkeys young toms 13c hens 16c other prices unchanged. Butter receipts 951 326 steady prices. Eggs receipts 23 400 unsettled current receipts loc other prices unchanged. Potatoes receipts 89 on track 373 total U S shipments 531 steady supplies liberal demand fair with various U S No 1 prices ranging Idaho Russell Burbanks to Minnesota Red River Valley cobblers and Bliss Triumphs in different shades and washed/unwashed conditions.
New York AP notes eggs receipts at 33 331 steady with mixed colors and various grades. Cheese receipts total 518 026 with prices unchanged and creamery values higher than extras. B R receipts around 1 259 583 show steady trends, with creamery items up and firsts and seconds listed.
A fragmented notice lists butter storage standards and egg refrigeration standards with scattered dates in February and March. The readable items reference Jamson Bros and Co and include mentions of PORer eo Bischette Leys and cane vdeo.
NEW YORK AP Stocks sank to previous levels Tuesday after a brief rally attempt. Early gains faded with the close approaching and volume around 500000 shares. Decliners included Bethlehem Chrysler American Telephone Western Union Anaconda Allied Chemical Union Carbide International Paper preferred NY Central. Gains showed Westinghouse Pan American Airways Douglas United Aircraft Sears Roebuck Loft and BMT preferred. Steel stocks lagged as Elgin Watch Aluminum Ltd. rose while Aluminum Company of America Jones and Laughlin Steel and Todd Shipyards fell.
Wall Street prices show a dense tape of stocks with numerous readouts. Major names include Allied Chem International, American Can, Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler Motors, Coca Cola and Union Carbide among many others with varied percentages and price indicators across multiple exchanges.
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade closed near unchanged to fractionally lower after a late stop loss selloff and a rally from earlier lows. May wheat settled around $1.02 and soybeans rose as much as 20 cents, supported by commission house buying before some retreat.
Chicago cash grain prices list wheat corn oats soybeans barley and field seeds with No 1 yellow wheat at 1.06 a bushel and oats and soybean figures showed for various grades. The notes include barley maltings seeds and forage prices with per hundred weight ranges and miscellaneous grading terms.
Wheat receipts Tuesday 400 cars, 92 last year. Trading basis steady, quotations mostly lower. No. 1 heavy dark northern around 1.02 dollars, No. 1 dark Montana 1.04, No. 1 hard Montana 1.01, No. 1 red durum 0.89, amber durum 0.89. Corn No. 3 yellow around 0.52 to 0.53. Oats No. 3 white about 0.38 to 0.39. Barley around 0.58.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for February 26 to March 2 list Daisies 15c, brick 1342c, horns 1442c, cheddars 142c. Farmers call board quotes place Daisies 15c, horns lic, cheddars 1442c.
In Boston traders report few bids for domestic wools with most offers below quotations. Country packed three-eighths and one-quarter blood bright fleece wools from the mid west are firm at 28 to 36 cents delivered to users. Some larger country stocks are said to hold above 38 cents delivered.
Desultory trading left many bonds unchanged while some issues edged up a fraction. Government issues stayed quiet and firm with small gains, foreign dollar loans were mixed, and select corporates like Studebaker 6s Western Union 5s of 60 posted fractional advances.
Joseph Lamparek 77 of four miles west of Swisher died at University hospital Iowa City at 12 15 p m Monday after a five week illness. He was born in Bohemia on September 21 1862 and lived in Iowa county most of his life. He leaves his wife Mary two daughters Anna Ludvicek and Dan Kucera two sons Joseph Lamparek Jr and Ben Lamparek eleven grandchildren a great grandchild and a sister Frances Vanous. A great granddaughter Sandra Jean Rohlena died February 14. Funeral 2 15 p m Wednesday at Brosh chapel with Theodore B Hlubacek officiating. Burial in Castek cemetery near Swisher. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
William Waugh Wilson, 87, died at the Union Printers home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Monday. He is survived by three nieces: Mrs. Josephine Hubbard of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Grace Lohr of Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Mabel.
Directors of Montgomery Ward and company announced a 50 cent per share dividend on common stock. The payment date is April 15 with stock of record as of March 20.
Cuttler of Osage Iowa and three nephews Ralph Leo Cedar Rapids Carl Leo Milwaukee and Ed Leo Chicago will have the funeral in Marion with further arrangements to be announced.
Funeral services for Mrs Bridget Ann Carney of 417 Fourth Street SW will be held at St Patrick's Church on Wednesday at 9 a.m. with Rev D J Lenihan presiding. Burial follows at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Rosary recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Teahen funeral home. A daughter Mary E preceded her in death in 1919.
Classified snippets show van lines jewelry beauty shops and job leads in Cedar Rapids Anamosa St Louis Davenport Ottumwa listings and a $25 reward for scams The Gazette promotes references for auto transport and highlights Allied Van Lines network plus local merchants and services
Funeral services for William Soukup of 1028 J avenue NW will be held at Janeba funeral home at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Theodore B. Hlubek will conduct. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Nellie M. Cooper of First Avenue W Road who died in a local hospital early Monday will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Moon chapel conducted by Rev. Melvin L. Welke. A cremation commitment is planned. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs Kath ry n Grother Stevens who died at her home 1222 Fifteenth street SE will be conducted at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday by Rev August Cramer Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Prizes from the Linn county Red Cross home and farm accident prevention contest were awarded to Marion and rural school teachers. First rural prize went to North Star school near Springville. Marion division first prize to Irving school. tied second prizes to Emerson and Lincoln junior high. third prize to Lincoln intermediate. four $1 prizes to Lincoln and Emerson and Irving tiers. Contest ran Dec 1 to Feb 1 under Mrs. C B F Michel.
Cedar Rapids Navy club plans a Wednesday evening meeting at the Montrose hotel. Jan Hus lodge No 51 I O O F meets at 7 30 p m in Sokol hall. Knights of Columbus pinochle finals start tonight at 8 15 in club rooms. Winter temple 78 Pythian Sisters hold a card party Thursday at 8 p m in the Glow room of the Gas Company. refreshments served.
Joe Chess of 1234 Sixth Street NW reaches a unique milestone on his fifteenth actual birthday Thursday, noting he was born on February 29 and will be 64 years old on the leap day anniversary.
Joe Vobejda 26 of 2026 L Street SW told Justice H R Churchill he sees no reason to pay a $10 fine from a fish spear ing charge. Churchill offered more time or a mintimus while Vobejda was jailed by Constable Bill Fleming for three days.
Lieutenant junior grade Lester C. Conwell of the U S Navy in the 15th Naval District at Balboa Canal Zone has been approved by President Roosevelt for promotion to full lieutenant when a vacancy occurs. Conwell, son of Mr and Mrs O A Conwell of 1620 First Avenue East, has been stationed at Balboa since September.
INS Tokio manager James R. Young of the International News Service was indicted on charges of violating the army penal code and will face a public district court trial. He was arrested January 21 for allegedly disseminating abroad slanderous articles and rumors about Japanese troops.
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