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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1939
Page
2
Chicago market reports show livestock prices holding steady on the week despite a sharp decline trend driven by higher receipts and soft demand from hot weather. Cattle and hogs see mixed movement with weight classes and grades affecting bids as producers weigh holdover and slaughter pace.
The weekly market summary shows cattle receipts at 200 calves and mixed steers and heifers, with prices from 825 to 960 for various grades. Hog receipts around 700 with steer and heifer quotes near 6.50 to 7.90, plus lambs and breeding stock values across Idaho and California shorn stock in the range of 7.25 to 8.00 per unit.
Cattle receipts near 100 for week with slight declines in light and medium weights. Sheep and hogs show weaker prices with Idaho spring lambs and various weight ranges noted. markets report steady to lower trends across multiple regions and stock classes.
Prices for cattle and feedlot lots in Iowa Minnesota and nearby states are shown by weight and quality. Quotes include 160 200 220 240 270 300 350 and 400 plus pound ranges with figures for good and choice grades and various lots. The document also notes 24 hour period totals and comparisons to recent weeks and a year earlier.
Austin hog and cattle market news shows receipts around 200 livestock with price ranges by weight. Slaughter cattle steady to $0.25 lower with medium to choice fed steers near $7.75 to $9.00. heifers $8.25 to $9.00. calves weak. Hog prices report top around $7.19 for good to choice. sows $5.15 to $5.50. sheep receipts none versus prior week.
Local hog prices hold steady with top at 675 dollars. Prices across weight classes and related calves remain unchanged from Saturday, with calves and steer ranges noted for various weights and grades.
In Cedar Rapids market news the page lists grain prices for corn, oats, rye, barley, and beans with several quality grades. It also shows hay and straw values, butterfat prices, poultry rates, vegetables and fruits with per unit figures, and various wholesale prices for meats and byproducts.
New York prices drift lower in a quiet session as the bond market shows declines in several issues. Utilities and rail names fade with fractional losses while some industrials edge up modestly. Treasury and government loans end the day narrowly lower amid scattered activity.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for July 17 to 22 list cheddar and other varieties with prices in cents per pound. Boston wool market shows active demand, with worsted mill buyers dominant and prices firm to higher for graded wools including fine delaine and all blood grades.
Imitation amber can be produced from celluloid and Canadian bal sam but neither substance will become electrified by friction as amber does.
In a quiet session brokers reported subdued profit taking yet closing bids nudged several favorites higher by fractions. Transfers totaled about 200 000 shares as traders noted satisfactory second quarter earnings and limited market reaction to neutrality legislation. Key issues included Loft, U S Steel, Bethlehem, U S Rubber, Sears Roebuck, Eastern Air Lines, American Telephone, Western Union, J C Penney, Pennsylvania, U S Pipe and Foundry, and Bayuk Cigar.
Published by J. EB. Bennett & Co, Saturday quotations list numerous stocks and prices across industries. Major names include Allied Stores, Amex, Anaconda, General Electric, Chrysler, Du Pont, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, Penn Mutual, and Natl Steel with prices and bid figures noted. market activity spans steel, oil, autos, chemicals, and utilities.
Wheat prices held steady after early weakness as July corn fell to a new low since April 1934 but recovered to close firmer. July corn and oats fluctuated, with grain receipts tabled at 523 cars of wheat and 36 cars of corn.
The market notes open high and low prices for Winnipeg Wheat with Oct and Dec quotes, plus Chicago cash wheat and corn bids. It lists No 2 yellow hard, No 1 yellow corn, oats and rye prices, and Minneapolis cash grain receipts with No 1 hard amber durum and other types, reflecting mixed bid levels and protein notes.
Markets show varied activity with butter and eggs noted in Chicago and New York. Receipts are listed with limited price details, demand described as slow for several items and stock levels cited across regions including Missouri Kansas Idaho and California.
Judge C J Haas awarded 200 in a $200 personal injury suit brought by G A Prendergast and Richard Prendergast against Charlotte R Bingham owner and Rockwell Bingham driver after a boy was struck on Twenty seventh Street NE while playing April 2. Proceedings also note probating Louis Poetzinger will and other civil actions.
Joseph Trokosh on river road near the stone quarry killed a badger recently a scarce animal in this section. A tax suit against Cedar Rapids attorney Edward J McPartland for 100 in income tax for 1936 filed in federal court here. Miss Mita Fields and Keith Cheney won first prize in the jitterbug contest at Thornwood ballroom Friday night.
South Africa's first locomotive the Natal was found in fragments in a bush valley near Port St John on the Natal south coast. Railway authorities will search the site and reassemble the engine to be declared a national monument and shown at Durban station or a museum.
A comprehensive public health campaign will be launched in South Africa to reach all communities, European and non European, nationwide. The effort includes health films, expert lectures, brochures, posters, school materials, and teacher notes, supervised by the South African Red Cross Society with the Union health department.
The Greek press petitions for the repatriation of the Elgin marbles from the British Museum amid renewed controversy and reports of damage during cleaning. Comparisons are drawn with Denmark returning a stolen crown, arguing the marbles belong in Athens rather than Britain.
Marion residents hosted eighty Lakeside neighbors Friday at Memorial hall for Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pearson. Guests enjoyed games and dancing. refreshments served by local volunteers. Also notes of golf exhibitions, visits, reunions, and assemblies across town.
Senator Hiram Johnson of California denounces the Roosevelt Hull neutrality plan as risking U S involvement in foreign wars. He calls for nonintervention and no military alliance, insisting the nation must chart its own course.
The Bland bill broadening the authority of the US Maritime Commission to establish a trade-in policy for old ships and to build up the merchant marine was passed by the House and sent to the Senate. It also clarifies sections of the marine act and allows hiring of naval architects and engineers outside civil service rules.
Britain appoints Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell ambassador to Paris succeeding Sir Eric Phipps who retires. Campbell, currently minister to Yugoslavia, takes over after Washington dispatch.
In Chicago the Socialist party denounced President Roosevelt's stance on WPA strikes as tyrannical and dangerous to workers' rights. They accused his administration of equating unemployment relief with forced labor methods used by Hitler and Russia. They criticized his claim that strikes against the government are impossible.
Charles M. Thomson of Chicago is set to become trustee of the Chicago and North Western railroad on July 20. A $100,000 bond was approved by Federal Judge John P. Barnes after Interstate Commerce Commission approved the appointment Thursday. Thomson currently serves as trustee of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad.
Experts predict a dramatic rise in eyeglass wear with eye specialists estimating eight of ten people will need spectacles within the coming half century. The projection underscores changing vision care needs and potential market growth for lenses and frames.
A compilation of morning and evening worship times for multiple Marion area churches. Entries include Baptist Rev L Winman Catholic Rev T J MacElliott Congregational Free Methodist Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Lutheran Seventh Day Church of God Prairie Chapel Epworth League and Alburnett churches with Sunday school start times and sermon topics such as The Divine Library and When We Reach the Road's End.
Washington AP outlines the neutrality debate. It summarizes current laws, the expired cash and carry provision, Hull proposals to abolish the arms embargo while keeping some controls, the Bloom bill, and both administration and opponents arguments on neutrality and potential U.S. involvement.
Vice President John N. Garner paid two cabinet members on Saturday after guessing July 15 as the earliest adjournment date for Congress. He handed an envelope to Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring and Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins and warned them to handle it carefully.
Frank Chafici, 44, once a tailor, ran a confidence scheme exploiting relatives of prisoners promising to secure their release. Judge James F. Fardy sentenced him to one to ten years in the penitentiary.
Safety Commissioner W C Benesh announced that First Street SE will be opened to traffic Saturday afternoon after paving of the Third avenue intersection. Contractors Haegg Construction say brick work reaches Third Street and will finish on the south side by next Saturday, with north side work set to begin around August 1.
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