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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1940

Page

6

Hogs Rise in Prices on Tuesday Markets

Chicago AP reports hog prices gained 15 to 25 cents with top at 6.15, while steer and lamb trades showed strength or mixed movement. Receipts were light at 19,500 hogs with active, firm cattle and sheep activity across major midwestern markets including Sioux City Omaha Des Moines and Mason City.

Chicago ARS Sioux City U S Dept Agriculture Idaho Des Moines US Dept. Agriculture Interior Town Minnesota Aso Barrows Cilffs Kansas City Omaha St Louis St Joseph Bronx City St. AU Indianapolis

Farm Livestock Prices and Receipts Across Markets

Livestock market notes report varying price quotes for hogs cattle and sheep across Ottumwa Poria and St Paul markets. Receipts include hogs 2 Log shows ranges from 4 30 to 5 85 per cwt and cattle steady to strong with calves and yearlings trading around mid double digits. Sheep offerings and prices fluctuate with spring lambs and ewes shown in the 10 50 range for select lots.

ST Yvauil SOUTH ST Paul Fed-State Market News Service

Hogs rise on local market amid mixed hog and cattle quotes

Hogs gained 30 cents on the local market with top quality hogs at 5.50. cattle were steady. Prices varied by weight class with good hogs mainly around 4.20 to 5.40 and steer and heifer quotes in the 8.0 to 9.5 range depending on grade and weight. Sheep offered as genuine spring lambs with some discounts for quality differences.

Towa Bs Associated Press Waterloo Hors Mason City Visco

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices

Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids including wheat at 80¢ No 1, 79¢ No 2, corn shelled yellow 2?3, beans 65¢ No 2 yellow, hay and straw priced, poultry prices for hens over 5 lbs, live hens 9c, roosters 6c, ducks 8c, wholesale fruits and vegetables with lemons 25, oranges 4, fruit prices per item, vegetables such as celery, lettuce 2.50, onions 2.50, cabbage 1.75, tomatoes 2.90, carrots 35.01, new potatoes 1.72 38, watermelons 2.25, hide market prices for various hides, horse and pony values, and notes on manes and tails.

Cedar Rapids

Chicago Produce Markets Report From AP

Chicago prices show butter receipts steady with creamery at 252 to 2444 cents, eggs firmer with mixed color ranges and storage firsts at 16 24 cents, and poultry firm with live hens and broilers stable. New York eggs and butter receipts also indicate firmness. cheese steady with standard futures and storage figures noted.

Chicago Plymouth Rock Mie Springs White Rock New York

Stocks Find It Hard To Climb

New York AP markets opened weak and drifted in a narrow range with steels, motors, aircraft and shipbuilding shares showing brief gains while most issues failed to rise. Turnover around 325000 shares. Names like U S Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Goodyear, United Aircraft, Bethlehem and Sears were mixed, with American Can and American Smelting among the laggards.

New York N. Y. Shipbuilding Fleetrice Boat du Pont United Aircraft Great Northern Goodyear U.S, Rubber and Consolidated Edison U. S. Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Douglas Aircraft Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward American Can American Smelting Phelps Dodge American Telephone

Wall Street Quotation Roundup From Adams Express To Zenith Radio

Wall Street stocks and quotes published by J E Bennett and Co list numerous equities and issues across sectors. The Tuesday prices include Am Can, Allied Stores, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, U S Steel, Gulf Oil, Union Carbide, Goodyear, and Johnson Manville among many others with varied trade values and notable activity in metals, mining, and transportation shares.

Adams Express Alaska Juneau Allegnany Corp Allied Chem Creane Hide & L Lis Meyers A Corp Ais Ayocs Fdy Ty Lia Maracaibo Lockheed Airc Asta Loews, Inc Am Bow Ab Sp Lott Miami Gan Pac Armour Bee Mont Ward Ee Ory Os T & SP Murray Corp Atlantic Rfe Air Nash-Kelv Calumet Zinc Pentek & Ford Gamp Wyant L'S Canada Dry Penney Phillips Pillsbury Plymouth Olleras Fg Presse Ar Cerro de Pasco Gay Skelly van Gontl Sorony Vacata Crucible Steel Calif Ind Gustine Cere & Co. S Stow Warner du Pont Stone Webster Ata Eastern Studebaker Kodak Elec Autonte Thompson Elec Banatti Tidewater Pow. & L Limken Bond & S Gla Timken Eric R. R. Y Ford England Ite Fox Film Freeport Tex Tisha Gen Union Carbide Ites Union Warner Bros Woolworth Central Ytown Yaiarate Eo &T Chicago Warnerite Marcheeisia Butler Bros Midwest Corp Sunny Cities Edison Swift Heileman Jarvis Zenith

Wisconsin cheese and hog market notes from Wisconsin and Minnesota

API cheese prices for diverse varieties in Plymouth Wisconsin and Austin Minnesota markets list daisies bricks cheddars and horns with multiple fractions. Hog price ranges by weight in Austin Minnesota show 140 to 500 pounds with varied dollars per hundredweight and sows pricing across weights.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese exchange—Twins Farmer's Call Board

Wheat and Corn Rally on Irregular Trade Tone

Chicago wheat closed higher on light volume with an irregular pattern as near term selling and buying battled. Corn rallied modestly while rye and soybeans also gained with Minneapolis and Chicago supporting activity amid an outlook of ample crops and slim export prospects. Cash quotes showed No 1 yellow and white wheat around 64 to 74 cents, corn around 54 to 58 cents, oats near 31 to 34 cents, and barley in the 43 to 52 cent area.

Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Kansas City Winnipeg Montana Minnesota South Dakota

Bond Markets Stir as Italian Joans Rally and US Debt Firm

New York reports Italian bonds recovering from Monday losses while Australian issues improve. Domestic corporates show mixed movement as government notes hold steady and U S bonds inch higher. Dow Jones averages reflect modest gains in bonds and rails.

New York API Commonwealth Goodrich National Dairy Pennsylvania General North Western Northern Pacific Texas Corp

City Hall notes approve water main extension and gas main permit

City commission approves extending the water main on Thirty third street SE by 810 feet and grants Cedar Rapids Gas Co. permission to lay a 110 foot main on Blake boulevard. A $1 refund is issued to Arthur J. Euken for a building permit. Street dept buys asphalt and files oiling petitions for Eighth street NW, M street SW, and Twentieth avenue SW. The Hauser family reunion held at Riverside Park in Vinton with Roy Hauser as president, Lester Hauser as vice president, and Ruth Koser as secretary treasurer.

Superintendent of Water Works Thirty-third Street Henderson Avenue The Cedar Rapids Gas Company Blake Boulevard Crescent Street Eighth Street Twelfth Fourteenth Twentieth Avenue Winton Hauser Riverside Park Vinton Roy Hauser Cedar Rapids Lester Hauser Urbana Ruth Koser Belle Plaine

Surprise anniversary party honors Lochner Bowser couple

A Sunday evening gathering at Mr and Mrs Virgil Bowser celebrated the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of E H Lochner and spouse. A wedding tableau featured the 25 year ago bridal party and a silver gift was presented. Betty Lochner and Beverly Nedrow sang I Love You Truly. A 28 person tray luncheon followed. Mrs W Goodyear visits Ottumwa. Emery J Miller reelected board of education secretary at annual meeting as census shows school age children rising in Marion.

Virgil Bowser E. H Lochner Clifford Burns Bernard Tudeen J. A. Nedrow Frank Tudeen Betty Lochner Beverly Nedrow Emery J Miller Board of Education Marion

Mrs Bradley's Funeral Held At Springville

Funeral services for Mrs Bertha E Bradley 1411 A avenue NE who died in a local hospital were held at 2 pm Tuesday at the Harte mortuary Springville Elder B L Nay of Cedar Falls officiated Burial was in the Friends cemetery at Whittier She is survived by her parents four children and several siblings in eastern Iowa She was born in 1684 at Emporia Illinois and came to Cedar Rapids in 1937.

Bertha E. Bradley Avenue NE Harte Mortuary Springville B L. Nay Cedar Falls Friends Cemetery Whittier Julia Lenoch Joseph Lenoch Seventeenth Avenue College Township Barta Theodore B. Hlubucek Bohemian National Cemetery Lenoch Leonard Stru

Jamboree at Mrs. Kline’s marks Cheer-Up club gathering

Ninety people attended the annual Cheer-Up club jamboree at Mrs. Jennie Kline’s La Porte City home. The event featured a cruise theme with decorations, program chairs, and a varied program led by Dr. Harry Moore. The club has around 200 members after 11 years of aiding shut-ins.

LA Porte City Jennie Kline Kline Jean Fergemann Waterloo Bess Kline

Vickerman Seeks Custody in Habeas Corpus Case

District Judge H C Ring granted Arthur Vickerman custody of his daughter Mary Louise for one day and ordered both parents to appear with the child to present their versions in a habeas corpus proceeding. Vickerman claims Mrs Crawford fled from Chicago with the child to Iowa in violation of a Cook County order awarding him permanent custody. The child is detained at 1560 Mount Vernon Road SE as authorities pursue further action.

H. C Ring Arthur Vickerman Villa Park Ill Mary Louise Vickerman Vickerman Louise Vickerman Crawford Chicago Iowa Cook County Crawford Mary Louise Mount Vernon Road Ring

County Officials Nominated for Primaries and Local Cases

County Recorder Dempsy Jones seeks reelection with $4.05 campaign expense certified to County Auditor Robert M. Vasely. James Mackey and William M. Cerveny face nominations for local posts. both unopposed with no expenses listed. A divorce suit between Fred and Matilda Minier cites cruel treatment. married June 4 1924 in Cedar Rapids. Linn county district court May term adjourns July 13 noon, Ring says final adjournment. Federal Discount Corporation sues Harold and Patricia Wright for $33.75 note and attachment. S J Goldish of St Paul charged with speeding after patrol stop at 320 am Sunday. $15 bond posted. D W Bates, receiver of Iowa State Savings Bank, files petition Monday.

Dempsy Jones Robert M. Vasely James Mackey Putnam Township William M. Cerveny Rapids Township Fred Minier Matilda Minier H. C. Ring Cedar Rapids C. I. Haas Linn County District Court Ring The Federal Discount Corporation of Dubuque Harold W. Wright Patricia Wright Iowa S J Goldish St Paul Highway Patrol H. R. Churchill

Ad Line Price Table and Policy Notes

The excerpt lists ad line prices for various lines and quantities, noting out of town want ads require advance payment and a 10 cent box number surcharge. It states The Gazette limits one incorrect insertion for multi day ads and provides special rates for work wanted. Ads accepted until noon for same day publication and until fm for Saturday Sunday editions.

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