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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1938

Page

8

Market cattle hogs and sheep end mixed in Omaha and Des Moines reports

Receipts in Omaha list cattle hogs and sheep with steady to strong undertones. Hogs top $8.35 for 190-210 pounds, cattle and calves showing steady to higher demand. Des Moines combined yard and plant totals show varied weights and prices with light to heavy transports and sows quoted around $6.25 to $6.60.

Omaha U. S. Dept. Agriculture Iowa Des Moines S. Dept. Agriculture Towra Minnesota Ram

Meat demand lifts prices in Chicago livestock markets

Chicago AP reports better meat demand outweighed rising supplies in Tuesday's livestock trade. Hogs 220 pounds and up held steady to firm with top bids near 8.70, while heavier butchers slipped. Cattle and sheep saw mixed results, with good demand for common and medium grades and steady or modestly higher prices for lambs and fat cattle.

Chicago United States Esr

Iowa Hog Prices From Associated Press Report

Waterlo o and Austin markets show hog price lists by weight with ranges for 140 to 350 pounds and higher. Prices fluctuate across weight classes with packing sows noted. market tone varies by city including Mason City and Ottumwa as hogs show mixed movement.

Iowa Associated Press Waterloo Hiors Mason City Ottumwa Austin Austin, Minn API U. S. Dept. Agriculture

Hogs Steady on Local Market and Mixed Livestock Prices

Hogs are steady on the local market with top at 8.00. Cattle prices mix: some declines noted, while calves and sheep vary by quality. Wilson 4 Co Hog Market reports bulk hog prices across weight classes from 140 pounds up to 350 pounds and packers bids, with cattle and calf sections showing various steers, heifers, cows, and bulls at differing levels.

ST _PAUL South ST Paul Wilson 4 CO Pial Wilson's

Grain and produce prices from Cedar Rapids miscellaneous listing

A Cedar Rapids market page lists prices for grains, hay, and produce. Wheat No. ae Vic No. 2 Sac, oats 27c, rye 55c, barley 4Sezece, corn shelled No. 4 yellow 45c, soybeans 3ic. Hay and straw prices. butterfat rates. live poultry prices by weight. Wholesale fruit and vegetables show lemons 5.50, oranges 2.50, apples 1.35, celery 2.75, bananas 5 1 0 c, onions 1.50 4 1.75, potatoes 2.30 1.65. Hide and leather prices listed for various grades and animal types.

Texas Idaho Chicago Lamson Brothers & Co Aowrey Edar Rapids Merchants National Bank J. E., Bennett & Co W. H. Jump Adams Express Alaska Juneau Intl Hydro Allegheny Kaints Mining Allied Cham Inti Nickel Rean Allis Chalmers Stanville Amal Loews, Inc J's Loit Inc Amn Rall Mills Boose Syiles Amn Smelting McCrory Alan Birch McKesson Rob Amn Sclellan Amn Atchison Tsfp Atlantic Ria Ohio Olve Bucyrus Erle Owls Steel Paramount Burroughs Penney. JC Phillips Iis Aterpeos Pillsbury Pittsb Cerro de Pasco Plymouth Oil Proctor Gamble Ches & Ohio Ghes Cola Pullman Co Kelth Choo RI & P J Rem Rand Chrysler Mtr Rep Motors Rep Steri Coca Cola Colo Fuel Bchensley of Col Gas & Elecora Seaboard Oil Coml Credit Sears Nedit Com! Solvents Server Inc Southern Sharon Steel Consoleum Consol Edison Shell Union Consol Consol Textile Simmons Co Conti Skelly Standard Gas Calif Curtiss Wright Ind Sire Deere and Co Stew Warner del L Stone Webster Douglas Alr Etudebaker America Erie RR Aft Fox Film Union Carbide Ford England Union Pac Freeport Tex Gen Baking Hudson Motors Wilson & Co Hupp Motors Central

Chicago Produce Markets Report with Live Poultry Data

Chicago markets show live poultry prices and dressed meat steadiness with varied egg and butter receipts. New York and Chicago figures list cheese and egg futures, with futures quotes from The Peter Fox Sons Co and Cedar Rapids banking entries.

Chicago Peter Fox Sons Co Merchants National Bank Telephone Cedar Rapids

Wheat Gives Easy Tone Amid Light Activity on CBOT

Light scattered activity left wheat futures with no decisive move on the Chicago Board of Trade. May wheat at 96 1/2 cents, corn down to 13 1/4 cents, and oats 3 1/4 to 4 1/2 cents lower as export business remained scarce and Liverpool hesitated to follow a rally. Winnipeg and Minneapolis cash markets showed mixed moves with prices near steady to lower.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool Buenos Aires Germany Winnipeg

Sugar and wool markets show small shifts and weak demand

In New York sugars remained quiet with refiners not bidding above 3.20 and little sale activity overall. refined sugar steady near 4.65475. Boston wool trade was very slow with occasional purchases for immediate needs and prices generally steady. 12 month Texas wools showed limited demand around 72 to 75 cents. Foreign exchange notes a franc slide and mixed rate shifts across major currencies with several quotes in the 3.3 to 5.3 range and other cities cited.

New York Boston API U S. Dept. Agriculture Texas

New Year Bond Rally Mixed as War News Shakes Markets

The New York bond market advanced on Tuesday with many issues gaining fractions to points in quiet trading. Demand was uneven and some issues lagged, while Japanese loans faced renewed selling amid reports Japan may declare formal war on China. Domestic corporates rose, with gains up to over 2 points on several issues. Treasury bonds showed modest further gains as trading continued.

New York Tokio China Anaconda Copper Erie International Telephone Remington Rand U S. Treasury Chrysler General Motors U. S. Steel Bethlehem National Steel Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward J. I. Case International Harvester Western Union Westinghouse Standard Oil N. J Loews U.S. Gypsum Paramount American Telephone N. Y Central Southern Pacific North American Laclede Gas Brooklyn Union Gas Electric Power and Light American Water Works Santa Fe Yellow Truck Mack Truck Dome McIntyre St. Joseph Lead du Pont Allied Chemical Budd Mfg Common Best and Comm Canada Dry

France orders protest to Japan over Nanking bombing

Paris reports the French government instructed its ambassador in Tokyo to deliver an energetic protest to Japan for the January 9 bombing of a French Catholic mission in Nanking.

Paris Tokio Nanking

Saint Quentin Named French Ambassador to the United States

Paris officials announced on Tuesday the appointment of Count Rene de Saint-Quentin as the new French ambassador to the United States. The selection solidifies Paris Anglo-American diplomacy and marks a key step in Franco American ties.

Paris Rene de Saint-Quentin United States

Stocks End Week On Mixed Note As Gains Narrow

In quiet trading, stocks firmed in the final hour after earlier drift. Utilities and aviation shares rose, while majors like Chrysler and GM fluctuated, with bonds mixed and copper and lead prices up on renewed commodity demand.

Marion Lodge Members Install Grove City Rebekah Officers

Star of Maine lodge leader and district deputy presided Monday at Grove City Rebekah lodge No. 35 installation of 1938 officers in 10.0 Hall. New officers include noble grand Mrs. Harma Parks and recording secretary Mrs. Alma Zimmer. Refreshments served to about seventy. Hazel Hoffman of Evergreen Rebekah lodge attended as guest.

Star Maine Lodge Cedar Rapids Margaret Noblett Grove City Rebekah Lodge Noble Grand Harma Parks Hazel Biesecker Alma Zimmer Evelyn Fleisher Helen Burns Elsie Knapp Florence Clark Myrtle Snyder Mary Swayne Gladys Derflinger Dorothy Milner Ella Harding Mary Castle Ruth Ratliff Gladys Ballard Myrtle Fairley Hazel Hoffman Evergreen Rebekah Lodge Springville

Father refuses to sign to save son from execution

Boston reporter states Frank di Stasio 53 refused to sign a statement of his son Anthony 26 claiming innocence in the May 1935 murder and arson case. Both men were to die in the electric chair at Charles Town next week. Attorney Scharton planned an appeal to Governor Hurley and the executive council to seek commutation to life imprisonment.

Boston INS Frank di Stasio Anthony di Stasio William R. Scharton Scharton Daniel Crowley Charlestown State Prison Charles F. Hurley Executive Council

Morgenthau Criticizes Elliott Overzealous Treasury Watchdog

Secretary Morgenthau told Congress that Acting Comptroller General Richard Elliott has taken his treasury watchdog role too literally and has snapped at officers. He urged rejecting Elliott’s proposal to empower the GAO to block expenditures for noncompliance, calling it would make the comptroller general a czar. He denied jealousy as motivation for opposing the request.

Washington LLP Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr Congress Richard N. Elliott Treasury John J. Cochran House Committee Morgenthau Elliott General Accounting Office Comptroller General

Predict Huge Claims As Sound Equipment Manufacturers Sued

Wilmington, Delaware claims of 10 to 20 million dollars were forecast in a federal suit filed by British Acoustic Films against RCA Manufacturing and Electrical Research Products. The plaintiff asserts patent infringement over feeding sound film and seeks an injunction and accounting of damages.

Wilmington, del INS America Gaumont British Pictures, Ltd British Acoustic Films, Ltd RCA Manufacturing Company Radio Corporation of America Electrical Research Products, Inc Western Electric Company

Tipton Man Undergoes Amputation Of Leg

Ernest Gaul, 35, of Tipton, underwent an amputation of the right leg above the knee at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a compound fracture Monday when he fell from a hay mow near Tipton and developed gangrene requiring the operation.

Ernest Gaul Tipton St. Luke’s Hospital Gaul

Death of William S. Corbett at 85 in Cedar Rapids

William S. Corbett, 85, died at 5 am Tuesday at his home 632 First Avenue West after a long illness. A retired stone mason, he had lived in Cedar Rapids many years. Survived by his wife and two children William and Hannah of Cedar Rapids. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.

William S. Corbett First Avenue W Cedar Rapids William Hannah

Laurel seeks injunction to keep first wife from honeymoon domu

Stan Laurel asked a superior court for an injunction to prevent his first wife from entering his apartment where he is honeymooning with his new wife. He claims Wife No 1 pesters him by ringing the telephone and pounding on his door at night while he tries to start a new marriage.

Hollywood Stan Laurel Superior Court Wife No. 1

Lister Hill Sworn Into U S Senate

Lister Hill a Democrat from Alabama was sworn in as a U S senator Tuesday by Vice President Garner. He succeeds Dixie Bibb Graves who resigned Monday. Senator John H Bankhead accompanied Hill to take the oath.

Washington Lister Hill Ala United States Senate John N Garner John H. Bankhead Hill Dixie Bibb Graves

Lost items and pets advertised with rewards

Multiple want ads report lost wallet with money and papers near Center Point credited to G W Newman, a black coin purse with a Bulova watch near the old post office on 2nd Ave, a yellow Persian cat on 86th Ave SW, a white toy spitz with a brown spot and ears, a black brindle Seattle dog near 20th and Park, a black white wire haired terrier with reward near unknown, and silver rimmed glasses in a green case at the Iowa Theater. Contact phone numbers or dials listed for each item.

G. W. Newman Center Point Old 2Nd Ave 86Th Ave Seattle 20Th and Park Iowa Theater

Announcements and Personal Ads Parade in Cedar Rapids

A page of assorted notices and ads lists storage options Cedar Rapids Transfer & Storage and other services. It promotes vitamin tonics Ostrex and various products with prices and refunds, followed by several local business ads for jewelry repair, watches, travel, and towing services.

Cedar Rapids

Local Beauty Salons Invite Visit and Services Listed

Several beauty shops advertise services and prices. Sara Park invites clients to her new salon at 2133rd St SE with operators Mary Nell, Alice Diask, Ethel Vixon, and Arlene Schnack offering modern solutions. Various perm and wave prices listed across Lillian Suchy, Stella, Mae, Arias, Helene shops with contact numbers.

Sara Park ST. SE DIAL Mary Nell Alice Diask Ethel Vixon Arlene Schnack Lillian Suchy Peacock 3Rd St. NE Stella's 3Rd St. SE Mae Av. W Arias Mac and Beauty Shop Ellis Blvd Helene Beauty Shop

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