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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1940
Page
15
Hog prices fell again on Wednesday in Chicago amid smaller receipts. Open market hogs totaled about 19 000 with 3 000 fewer than earlier estimates, while direct packer purchases reached 4 500. Cattle trade showed strength for fed steers and yearlings, fat lambs held steady to firm, and top hog bids reached about 5.55.
Dept of Agriculture reported salable cattle receipts around 9 000 with calves 1 000. Steers and yearlings held firm while vealers eased. Lambs remained steady to strong with top bids near 9.40. Heavy bulls and cutters showed modest firming and buyers remained active on all weight classes.
The Omaha agricultural price list lists hogs with weights and bids from 160 to 360 pounds and prices around 4.60 to 5.10 per hundred. Cattle prices show fed steers and yearlings around 8.50, beef cows near 5.50 to 6.50, heifers up to 9.50, and bulls around 6.75 to 7.50 with stockers and feeders steady. Lambs and sheep bids include wooled lambs near 9.90 to 9.10 and goats around 5.00, with some notes on feeding lambs and miscellaneous stock.
Sioux City AP notes cattle receipts mixed with steady demand across grades. Beef steers and yearlings steady, cows firm, stockers scarce. hogs active with butchers steady to higher for lighter weights and sows weaker. sheep fat lamb trade not established with prices around 9.25 to 9.35 for choicest.
Associated Press notes varied hog prices in Waterloo and Mason City with multiple weight classes quoted. Rates span about 3.50 to 6.50 per hundredweight for different ranges, while cattle-yearnings and hogs show overall softer tone in some ranges and steadier bids in others.
Des Moines AP reports U S Department of Agriculture compiled 24 hour totals from 16 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota. The period ended Tuesday shows overall numbers around 30 200 with declines and varied loading figures.
AUSTIN Minn AP barrows and gilts quoted at 240 to 150 pounds range 3.85 to 4.15 dollars. 150 to 260 pounds 4.30 to 4.60. 360 to 400 pounds 3.80 to 4.10. Roe and 450 to 500 pounds listed at 3.75.
Reports from South St Paul show cattle receipts around 11 000 with buyers steady on good steers and heifers trading near 7 to 8 dollars. Beef cows bring 30 to 60 dollars per head with canners and cutters around 4 to 5 dollars, while calves near 2 dollars. A few sausages demand 6 75 per unit and lighter stocks move slowly as buyers hold for higher bids.
Auction notes show mixed bids around five cents and a 4.500 level with scarce figures. References to Anne and James appear with a stated amount of 70008 dollars and a Tuesday date, but many terms are unclear.
Hogs slipped on Wednesday with all grades down 5 cents except light hogs. The top price fell to 5.10 while cattle prices held steady.
Prices listed for barley corn buckwheat soybeans hay butterfat poultry fruits vegetables and related items in Cedar Rapids. Includes Hens Leghorns Springs roosters stags no. 1 2 horse Idaho Russets and assorted produce with per unit or per box figures.
Chicago produce markets show firm butter and egg markets with steady receipts. Potatoes list varied prices across U S No 1 and No 2 classifications, with Idaho russets and Colorado red McClures noted and overall liberal supplies. Live poultry and carrots maintain current prices. potato quality and regional mixes influence ending quotes.
New York AP report shows butter receipts at 1,140,102 with steady to firm market and varied grade pricing. Creamery extra 32 33 cents. seconds at 12e. eggs and colors mixed. cheese and other dairy items listed with corresponding price ranges and ranges for firsts, seconds, and mediums across storage packed and refrigerator weights.
Fragmentary market note from Lamson Bros and Co cites futures and butter storage standards. The garbled text hints at price or standard references without clear figures or dates. Entities are limited to the brokerage name. no verifiable actions or outcomes are present.
In the North Sea nine Swedish sailors clung to a raft from the sunken Foxen after an explosion on January 18. Only Stig Bergstrom, 27, survived four days at sea until the Norwegian steamer Leka rescued him. His brother and eight others perished.
The New York stock market rose Wednesday after a week at indecision with steels and aircraft stocks advancing more than two points. Most other groups gained slowly while late prices stood near day’s best. About 700000 shares traded with notable gainers including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler American Smelting du Pont Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Glenn Martin American Airlines U S Rubber Sears Roebuck. In curb trading Bell Aircraft Colts Patent Firearms Niles-Bement Pond National Oil Products posted gains of one to three points.
Britain’s top tennis star Kay Stam mers married Cadet Michael Menzies on Wednesday in London joining two prominent figures in a high profile ceremony.
Reports show London library borrowers frequently use strips of bacon as bookmarks leading to 1500 books withdrawn annually for grease damage. The practice harms holdings and prompts calls for alternative marking methods.
Sub zero fears in the southwest nudged wheat futures higher on the Chicago Board of Trade. May wheat closed up about 1 cent to 1.60 dollars, while corn oats and rye also gained modestly amid uneven trading and limited export activity.
Chicago cash provisions show No. 1 yellow wheat at 59 47?2 cents and No. 2 at 58?2 cents with several other grades listed. Soybeans hover around 1.00 and 1.08 dollars, oats and barley prices follow, Timothy and alfalfa seed quoted with seed and lard and bellies closing bids.
Minneapolis MN receipts for Wednesday show 63 cars with prior year 93. Cash grain values vary: No 1 heavy dark northern about 1.04 to 1.05, No 1 dark northern 1.02 to 1.04, No 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein at 1.01 to 1.02, No 1 dark hard Montana winter 1.02, No 1 hard amber durum around 91 to 94 cents, No 1 red durum around 89 to 84 cents. Corn No 3 yellow 53 to 53 1/2 cents, higher quotes. oats No 3 white 37 1/2 to 38 1/2 cents. barley 40 6/16 to 61 1/6 cents.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the next week from the Wisconsin cheese exchange show prices for twins 15 percent, daises 11 to 16 cents, brick 14 to 16 cents, horns 16 cents, cheddars 15 and a fraction cents. Farmers call board lists daisies 16 cents horns 16 cents cheddars 15 percent.
In domestic wools trade on Wednesday demand was slow and prices irregular. Little business occurred in fine and half-blood grades while three-eighths and quarter-blood wools saw scattered sales. Combine wools moved at 81 to 83 cents, scoured three-eighths blood at 73 to 78 cents. country packed fleeces showed 41 to 43 cents grease delivered here.
New York bond market shows fractional gains in the corporate sector with issues like Northwestern 3 1/4s, Commonwealth Edison convertibles, National Dairy 3 3/4s, and Bethlehem Steel 3 3/4s up near noon. U.S. government bonds edged higher with Treasuries 3 1/4s and 4s posting modest increases. Home Owners' Loan 3 1/2s and Federal Farm Mts 3s also higher.
Insiders say Arthur Limbach spoke before approval on a nominally Donahey delegation from Ohio that would support Roosevelt. Donahey and Sawyer rejected the idea, causing a new split. Martin L. Davey was invited to reunite the factions.
The National Lutheran Council proposed a $500,000 war relief fund for Finland and refugees in other countries. The proposal was approved at the council’s annual meeting and to be raised by subscription across eight Lutheran churches led by President Dr. Ellis B. Burgess of Pittsburgh.
Burgess was reelected president at the morning session. Other officers named were the Rev. T. O. Burntvedt of Minneapolis as vice president, Peter Peterson of Chicago as secretary, and E. F. Eilert of New York as treasurer.
Homer Krohn died at Knoxville Veterans Hospital at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday after a lingering illness. Born June 19 1869 in Avoca Wisconsin he lived in Cedar Rapids about 40 years. A Spanish American War veteran and Dows camp member he is survived by wife son Walter Cedar Rapids daughters Mrs W F Curry and Miss Ruth Krohn New York City and four grandchildren. Body to arrive Cedar Rapids Wednesday evening and services planned at Rohn chapel.
Funeral services for Miss Julia M. Blaine who died at her nephew Glenn Blaine's home near Bertram will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Eyestone of Mount Vernon officiating. Burial follows at Campbell cemetery east of Cedar Rapids on highway No. 30. Friends may call at the chapel.
Virgil Harris 34 of Cedar Rapids faces a motor theft charge in a true information approved by Judge H C Ring with $10 000 bond. Harris reportedly received a 99 year Texas sentence for a Fort Worth jewelry store holdup after a gun battle with patrolmen. The seized car belonged to Mrs. J L Papes of Marion, stolen January 3. If released from Texas prison, he will be returned to face trial here.
Susie Johnson versus John G. Wittingle appealed from Justice H. R. Churchill's court was settled and dismissed Tuesday afternoon. Churchill had dismissed both petition and counter claim on May 9, 1939 after a collision at First Avenue and Thirteenth Street on April 5, 1939 involving Norman Johnson and Wittingle.
The Linn county supervisors approved the fourth quarterly 1939 report of Justice W A Ball of Rapids township and attached receipts totaling 147.90 in fees and fines. They also accepted the 1939 report of Justice A M Floyd of Franklin township and the third and fourth 1939 quarterly reports of Constable John Taylor of Cedar Rapids. They extended a one year lease for Henry Niemeier on a 45 acre county tract near Kenwood as of March 1 with a rental of 60 dollars.
Robert R. Black files for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple married at Waterloo in May 1930. Black seeks custody of a son and a stipulation settling property and custodial rights.
President William Green of the AFL invited Sen. Burton Wheeler to a Wednesday reception honoring the CIO committee presenting Roosevelt's birthday cake. Green also asked Wheeler to join the reception committee, signaling possible CIO backing for Wheeler's Democratic nomination. Wheeler was the lone outsider invited to address the United Mine Workers gold jubilee in Columbus, Ohio.
In Los Angeles two USC professors urged bathers to sing in the tub. Horatio Cogswell said shower reflections sharpen voice and resonance. Floyd L. Ruch added water stimulation increases pop and reduces fear of disapproval.
Patrolman Frank Bukacek of Cedar Rapids extended his eastern trip by one day after obtaining permission from Chief Bob Vlach. He used a friend in Vineland New Jersey to explain the delay to Bert Puckett, then traveled to Washington to visit the FBI laboratory before beginning his return to Cedar Rapids on Thursday.
Local Kiwanis International members joined a world wide 25th birthday celebration at a luncheon honoring past presidents at Hotel Montrose Wednesday noon. The event featured a huge birthday cake slice ceremony with Kiwanis Lieut. Gov. Ernie Matthias as principal speaker and the introduction of past presidents and six charter members.
Anthony Fiala, a Chicago Czech, returned from Europe with a story from Prague. He found his hotel proprietor brother insane in the custody of the secret police after learning he was seriously ill. Fiala describes his mother dying after visiting him and failing to enlist in the Czech legion in Paris due to American citizenship.
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain outlines Britain’s 1925 to 1939 assurances to aid Belgium if Germany aggresses, saying implementation plans receive full government attention while preserving discretion on what constitutes aggression. He notes foreign relations topics touched on and says breaking relations with Russia would require careful consideration.
Prime Minister Chamberlain said Britain would break off relations with Moscow in view of Russia’s invasion of Finland. He noted the decision cannot be settled in questions and answers and stressed Britain’s recognition of Chiang Kai-shek’s government in China amid questions on a new Japanese sponsored regime under Wang Ching-wei.
Captain S Ito of the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru said an unidentified warship halted his ship 170 miles from San Francisco on Jan 18 and asked its destination and nationality by blinker signals from two miles away. The vessel was allowed to proceed ten minutes later after the questions about Germans and other details.
An informal note lists ad line counts from two to seven lines, highlighting the playful tension between brevity and detail in newspaper display. It signals that advertisers and editors discuss optimal run lengths for effective messaging.
Employment agencies announce job placements for teachers. The notice highlights central employment options and eligibility criteria for women seeking work opportunities.
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