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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1940

Page

4

Hogs Slip After Early Holds in Wednesday Trade

Chicago AP reports Wednesday hog receipts estimated at 22 000 with hogs down 5 to 10 cents after a steady early trade. cattle generally draggy with most types steady to weak and fat lambs and yearlings off up to 15 cents. Representative sales show various lot sizes with prices around 5.00 to 5.60 per hundredweight. Grain quotations filed by Lamson Brothers and Company with Cedar Rapids office contact.

Chicago Lamson Brothers and Company H. Cey Cedar Rapids Merchants National

Chicago Livestock Market Report Wrangles Mixed Results

U S Dept of Agriculture report shows hog receipts at 21 900 with steady early sales and prices around 5.65 for select weights, while steer and yearling values slip under pressure. Cattle buyers face narrow demand and weaker weights with top yearlings near 11 and thin demand for heavy cows. Sheep and lambs see slow Tuesday trade with fat lambs at modest gains and western ewes around 5.10.

Chicago U. S. Dept aAgriculture Moncoy Sausace

Livestock prices steady to slow in Sioux City market

Cattle receipts around 2 500 with good and choice steers and heifers showing steady to firm demand while common stock slow. Prices quoted for butcher cows around 5.10 to 7.00 with feeders and stockers scarce. slaughter lots around 8.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts about 2 070 with fat lambs fully steady and higher grade ewes scarce as bids reflect market strength.

Sioux City Iu S Holt

Omaha Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Movements

Hogs receipts 7 590 slow and uneven with packs seeking declines but early packer sales steady near 5.25 top. Cattle receipts 5 000 steady to firm for steers and heifers while cows and cutters steady to firm. Sheep receipts 32 280 bids around 25 cents lower with fat lambs and feeding lambs trading near 8.75 to 9.10 per hundredweight.

Omaha Livestock Omaha S&s. Dent Moestry Esriy Ackive Stenay Fredme Lah Eerie

Slaughter Market Mixed as Receipts Struggle This Week

Iowa market reports show slow cattle slaughter classes and scattered hog bids. Prices slide for feed steers and heifers while calves and stockers weaken. hog bids mostly off with sellers reluctant to move.

ST_PAU St Pat Merktet Medive Heef Crm SA NCGE

Livestock Prices Across Iowa Regions

Waterloo and Ottumwa market notes show mixed cattle and hog prices with wide ranges. Hog quotes range from about 3.10 to 5.29 per 100 pounds, while cattle and packing hogs vary by weight class, with regional differences noted for Mason City and other areas.

Tow Hog Receipts Report Mixed 24 Hour Totals

Combined receipts for town and southern Minnesota over a 24 hour period ending 8 am Tuesday totaled 26 699. This compares with 28 509 the previous week and 34 690 a year ago.

Banet Ces Ig Onensas City St. Louis Cincinnati Dept. Arriceture Interie- Town Minnecote

Livestock Market Prices Show Steady Rises Across Weights

The report lists live cattle bids with steady to ten cent gains and heavier loads. Prices span various weight ranges from under 160 pounds to over 500 pounds with values mostly between 3.90 and 5.25 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting mixed quality and market demand.

Austin Minn market reports hog prices by weight

Auction data from Austin Minnesota lists barrows and gilts across weight ranges with prices per hundredweight. Prices span from about 3.40 to 4.95 dollars per cwt for various weight classes and include sows and larger animals with differing bids.

Austin Minn

Local Hog Market Sees Slight Advance

Hog prices strengthened slightly on Tuesday with a 5 cent rise across all grades. The top hog price reached 5.15 dollars while cattle remained unchanged on the local market.

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain Prices and Produce

A Cedar Rapids market blend lists grain prices No 1 wheat 87c No 2 85c oats white No 2 36c No 3 33c rye No 2 4 barley No 2 48c No 3 35c Burkwheat No 2 1.20 Soybean No 2 1.00 Hay and straw prices show tame hay 6 8 00 straw 7 00 Produce prices include butterfat sweet cream No 1 30c No 2 28c Lemons 5 50 Oranges 2 65 Grapefruit 2 50 Celery 2 29 Lettuce 3 00 Tomatoes lug 3 00 Carrots 2 75 Cauliflower 1 65 Potatoes 1 50 2 15 apples Delicious 1 75 2 45 Idaho Russell 15 lbs 0 35 Jonathan 1 65 Cranberries 3 25 Hide market lists No 1 cured beef hides 9 3 No 2 cured hides 8 2 Calf No 1 11 2 No 2 10 2 Pors and gine half p lanes and full tail Soleaes

Idaho Russell

Chicago Produce Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Items

Chicago AP notes steady to firm tones in poultry butter eggs and potatoes. Hens over five pounds priced around 152c with 5 pounds and under at 15c. Leghorn hens 11c. Butter at 508 941 steady. eggs firsts local 21 4c ears 22c refrigerators 20c. Potatoes receipts and demand described with mixed U S No 1 prices for Idaho Russets Colorado Red McClure and Minnesota Red River Valley among others. overall market slightly weaker with slow demand and light supplies.

Chicago U. S Idaho Colorado North Dakota Red River Valley Cobblers Bliss Triumphs

Butter and dairy prices steady in New York market report

AP market notes show creamery butter and cheese receipts holding firm with no price changes. Eggs and dairy items such as mixed colors and refigerator stock display varied grades from fancy to standard with small shifts in cents per pound across several categories.

New York

Lamson Bros and Co Advertises Butter Storage Standards

An aged classified fragment shows Lamson Bros and Co promoting butter storage standards and refrigerator guidelines with references to eggs and production dates in a February March timeframe. The exact wording is fragmentary but indicates industry guidance.

Lamson Bros and Co

Stocks End Higher After Turbulent Day In Downtown Trade

In New York trading on Tuesday stocks closed with modest gains as commodities fell. U S Steel and Bethlehem led the upturn while transfers exceeded 500000 shares. Core gainers included Douglas Aircraft American Airlines Bendix Sears Roebuck Johns Manville and U S Gypsum. Loft neared a 1939-40 peak and favored issues included Blumenthal Niagara Hudson Power Fish Rubber and Colts Patent Fire Arms.

NEW York U. S. Steel Bethlehem Douglas Aircraft American Airrlines Bendix Sears Roebuck Johns Manville U. S. Gypsum Blumenthal Niagara Hudson Power Fish Rubber Colts Patent Fire Arms I Pub&shea Ae E. Bennett & Co Eesist Merchants National Bank Adams Express Indus Rayon Alaska Juneau Alleghany Corps Inti Harvball Allied Chem Allied Stores Vnu Nickel Allis Chalmers Tse Kan City Souie Kennecott Pe Amn Hide & L Kresge Intl Corp Kroser G & Amn Lehieh Valsia Amn Maracaibo Libbey Owens Am Metals Sig. Myers Wiss Amn W&l Link Bell Roll Mills McLelland Strs Marshall Xaytag Miami Moline Armour & Co Tex Artboom Corp Pac R Ward Assd Dry Atchison T&sp Motor Wheel Atlantic Rf Murray Corp Aviation Corp Nash-Kelv Baldwin Loco Nati Bellas Nati Balto & Ohio Natl Cash Ree Biscuit Barnsdall Bayuk Cigars Nati Dept Beatrice Cryma Atl Pow No Central Beth Stee Amp Penney J C Canada Dry Peoples Gas Pillsbury Cerro de Pasco Proctor Gamble Ches Ohio Pullman Co St P Sears Roebuck A Southern I Dohme Conde Nasta Shell Union Silver Congoleum King Cons Edison Sim'ns Co Conti Oil Sou Cal Conti Pac Conti Motors So Por Rico Joe Cor Coty, Inc Crown Drue Crucible Steel Calif Cudahy Oe Curtiss Stew Werner Deere & Co Stone Webster Douglas Aire Studebaker du Pont Tex Corp Astern Tex Gulf Eastman Rod Thompson Straton Mie Tidewater Elec Freepo Tex Bay Union Pac N Uni Aircraft Gen Tint Air Lines Gen Electric Uni Corpa Uni Druz Gen Gas Gen Motors Uni Fruit Gen Outdoor Uni Gas Co Uni Gas Gilette Ne U S&s Gypsum Gimbel Bros Goebel U S Rubber Goodrich U S Realty T S Steel Graham Paige Walworth Nor Ry Warner Bros Wes Sus Wes Union Greyhound Wes Bear Asi Wes Mayes Hecker Hiram Walker Beee A. Ouston Wilton & Co i Woolworth Zenith Radio Irene Asbestos Fibby ReNeil Iy ix Agniss Leughiin Midwest “Corp Ie

New Chinese Central Government Formed in Japanese-Occupied Territory

A conference in Tsingtao, China, began work on a central government led by Wang Ching-wei, the former Chinese premier, and backed by Japan to govern areas under Japanese occupation.

Tsingtao China Wang Chingwei Japan

Wheat futures ease as traders ignore rising bids

Wheat prices fell about a cent a bushel on the Chicago board of trade as buyers stayed discouraged by weakness in other commodities. May wheat closed around 99.5 cents, with corn and oats also drifting lower amid selling pressure and expectations of more than 100,000 bushels arriving to arrive.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg Norway

Grain and Seed Prices From Winnipeg to Chicago Markets

AP report lists cash wheat samples and grain prices in Chicago and Winnipeg. No. 1 yellow corn at 59 2c, oats No.3 white 40 1/2c, soybeans No.3 yellow 1.11 dollars, barley and seeds with various nominals. Lard futures shown with tierces and bellies prices.

Chicago

Wheat and grain prices move in Minneapolis market

AP reports Wheat receipts on Tuesday reached 164 cars, up from 152 the year prior. Cash quotations showed No 1 heavy dark northern at 1.03 to 1.04 dollars, No 1 dark northern 1.01 to 1.03, fancy No 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein at 1.04 and 1.05, No 1 dark hard Montana winter around 1.00 to 1.04, No 1 red durum 0.82 to 0.92. Corn No 3 yellow at 0.53 to 0.53 2, oats No 3 white 0.37 to 0.38, barley 0.40 to 0.41. Trading basis unchanged, quotations down about one cent.

Minneapolis Montana

Wisconsin Cheese Prices Broadcast for Plymouth

Wisconsin cheese quotations for the next week list twins 15 2c, daisies 1c, brick 14 2c, horns 16c, cheddars 15 2c. Farmers call board shows daisies 16c, horns 16c, cheddars 15 7c.

Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Twins Farmers’ Call Board

Domestic and foreign wool quotations ease in Boston market

Quotations tended to weaken on domestic wools while foreign origin wool sales slowed. Domestic wools were marked down to reduce inventories with staple combing length half blood wools at 95 cents per scoured pound and some combing three eighths territory wools selling at 82 to 83 cents per scoured pound.

Boston U. S. Dept. Agriculture

Bond Market Slump Hits Portland General Electric

New York AP reports a sharp drop in Portland General Electric 4s, sliding over 4 points by noon as part of a broader uneven bond market. Government loans showed modest gains while U S government and utility notes moved with mixed results amid transit unification buzz. Dow Jones averages ended lower with various sectors mixed on the day.

New York Portland General Electric U. S

Deaths Mrs Frank Haight of Cedar Rapids

Mrs Mary Ellen Koob Haight died in a Sioux Falls hospital January 15 after a year of illness. Born April 19 1884 in Cedar Rapids she married Frank Haight in 1902. Survived by six children and twenty two grandchildren with siblings and relatives. Funeral at St Josephs cathedral Sioux Falls followed by burial at St Michael cemetery.

Frank Haight Cedar Rapids Sioux Falls S. D Mary Ellen Koob John Catherine Koob St. Patrick’s Church George Charles Mary Gillian Lillian Lynch Helen Jewell Gertrude Wyman Los Angeles George Root Dubuque Margaret Riley Sioux City Lillian Custer New York City Helen Fox Watertown S. C Cecelia Lynch Haight Mr. Haight St. Joseph's Cathedral St. Michael Cemetery

Julia Blaine, 75, Passes at Nephew's Bertram Home

Julia M. Blaine aged 75 died at 4 30 p m at the home of her nephew Glenn Blaine near Bertram. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by the Blaine family.

Julia M. Blaine Glenn Blaine Bertram

Obituary of Bertram-born resident with local survivors

A long time Bertram area resident, born January 3 1865, died after a brief illness. Survived by sister Zada Snyder Cedar Rapids, half-sisters Bessie Shaw Cedar Falls, Ire son Snyder California and Charles Snyder Oregon, plus many nieces and nephews. Funeral at Beatty chapel at 2 p m Thursday, burial Campbell cemetery six miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway No 30. Friends may call at the chapel.

Bertram Zada Snyder Cedar Rapids Bessie Shaw Cedar Falls Ireson Snyder California Charles Snyder Oregon Beatty Chapel Campbell Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs Irene M Prochaska

Funeral services for Mrs Irene M Prochaska who died at her home 60 Eighteenth avenue SW at 1 30 p m Sunday will be held at the Polansky chapel at 2 p m Wednesday Rev V C Grant officiating burial in Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel

Irene M. Prochaska Eighteenth Avenue SW Polansky Chapel V. C. Grant Bohemian National Cemetery

Funeral services for Antonie Rempot in Barta chapel

Antonie Rempot died at her home on Second Street SE and funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Barta chapel conducted by T. B. Hlubacek. Burial is in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday evening.

Antonie Rempot Second Street SE Barta Chapel T. B. Hlubacek Bohemian National Cemetery

Mrs. Emma Rawson Funeral Planned in Turner Chapel

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Rawson wife of Carl Rawson will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Turner chapel with the Rev. L. E. Crippen of Garwin officiating. Burial will follow at Spring Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.

Emma Rawson Carl Rawson Turner Chapel L. E. Crippen Garwin Spring Grove Cemetery

Monticello area death notices and local brief items

Mrs. Herman Zimmerman 34 of Castle Grove township dies after months of illness. Funeral at Iverson chapel with Rev. Kehren. She taught near Monticello 11 years, married Herman F. Zimmerman in 1934, leaves husband and son John Frederick, parents Albert and Anna Lubben, and siblings. Also local notes from Strawberry Point, Monticello Mason regional school, and North Liberty obituaries. Henry W. Young, 61, North Liberty resident, dies after lingering illness. treasurer, Masonic and church member. survivors include wife and children. Minard and Sons sue Frank E. Vitek and C. H. Rinehart over lease. temporary injunction granted. Elizabeth Kimm, 74, Blairstown, died after years of ill health. survived by seven children.

Monticello Herman Zimmerman Castle Grove Township Iverson Chapel F. H. Kehren Zion's Lutheran Church Wayne Township Albert Anna Folkers Lubben Zimmerman Cass Township Anamosa Zion’s Lutheran Church Arnold Jacobs Ben Fiben Edward Husmans Fred and William Lubben Cass Laurence and Alvin Lubben Barnslodge A. F A. M Masonic Temple Iowa North Liberty Henry Wi. Young Madison Township Masonic Lodge Methodist Church George Michael Sac City Lowell Kuehn Cedar Rapids George Young Marcus Young W. W. Young John Meyers Gosport N. Y R. C. Frush Adel Forrest D. Kellogg Ridgewood Cemetery Toledo Minard and Sons Tama County District Frank E. Vitek Chelsea C. H. Rinehart Belle Plaine Salt Creek Township Minards Vitek and Rinehart B. O. Tankersley Blairstown Elizabeth Kimm Prussia United States Leonard Kimm Keystone Kimm

Local Obituaries and School News Across Communities

Listings note multiple obituaries and survivals from Independence Denver Blairstown and West Branch along with a Manchester real estate purchase and a Keystone high school student advancing to a district contest. Details include names relation, burial plans, residences, and upcoming events at Keystone and Traer.

Dutch Will Protest British Air Action

The Netherlands government will protest to Britain that its neutrality was violated when a British airplane was shot at as it flew over Gorkum. The incident occurred Monday prompting official démarches from The Hague.

The Hague Netherlands Britain Gorkum

Air ministry says Dutch report on firing over Holland cannot be British

London dispatch reports the air ministry stating that an airplane fired on over south Holland could not have been British. Dutch authorities had reported the attack during Tuesday’s briefing.

London Air Ministry South Holland

Call for Roosevelt to convene neutral mediation conference

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom urged President Roosevelt to assemble a sitting conference of neutral nations to mediate and end ongoing wars.

Washington Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom Roosevelt

Classified Want Ad Rates and Submission Details

The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists consecutive day advertisement rates with sizes two to seven lines and per day costs. Out of town want ads require advance payment and a 10 cent surcharge for box number blind ads. Telephoning to place ads and mail or in person submissions are available with deadlines noon for same day and Saturday 8 p.m. for Sunday editions.

The Gazette Sunday Gazette Gazettes Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa

Advertisers urged to exchange references for auto transport

Notices request readers and advertisers to supply references when arranging automobile transportation through The Gazette. The policy encourages both parties to exchange references to ensure safe and reliable service.

Gazette

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