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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1939

Page

18

Chicago Stockyards Hogs Steady to 10 Cents Lower

Hogs at Chicago Friday mixed with most sales steady to 10 cents lower than Thursday. sows steady, cattle and lambs steady. Totals report 5,000 hogs at Chicago of 10,800, with other markets like Pittsburgh and Cleveland showing varied movements. Prices for hogs, cattle, and sheep given across multiple western and midwestern markets with receipts in the thousands.

Chicago St Va Dittsburgh Cleveland East St. Laws Pittsburch East Louis Kansas Omaha St. Paul Washington Idahos Interior Town Minnesota

Local hog prices drift lower on Friday market update

Local hog prices continue to slide with all good hogs down ten cents and top price easing to six fifty. Cattle valuations hold steady while calf and sheep markets show modest variation across weight classes and quality grades.

Saae

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

A Cedar Rapids market list shows grain and feed prices for corn, oats, soybeans, hay, straw, butter, eggs, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and hides. Notable figures include corn shelled at 3c, soybeans at 65c, hay at 7.00, oranges at 2.60 to 4.50, and various chicken weights with price ranges.

Michigan

Chicago Markets Report on Butter Eggs and Potatoes Prices

Receipts and prices for butter eggs cheese and potatoes in Chicago and New York are listed with steady to easier butter and egg markets. Potato arrivals are 97 on track 270 shipments 309 and markets show slight weakness with U S No 1 prices cited for several varieties.

New York C. Mediuns Isc Chicago UPI Missouri Cobblers U. S Idaho Bliss Burbanks U S Oreson Bliss Oreson Long Whites Nebraska Coublers California Stockton

Wisconsin Dairy Prices and Market Averages Report

Wisconsin cheese prices listed for July 24 29 include brick and cheddar at various cent per pound levels. DOW JONES averages show bonds rails and utilities with mixed changes and declines across several sectors. Mississippi River stages note rises and falls at Davenport La Crosse Prairie du Chien and surrounding locales with upriver levels varying.

DOW Jones Davenport API la Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuauc Keokuk St. Louis Cairo Memphis Stepepeesgs

Stock Trends Uneven At Lind Of Light Day

Buying in specialties provided most of the activity in Fridays stock market. While favorites rose modestly some leaders stayed in a narrow range. Major movers included General Motors Glenn Martin American Can Westinghouse and du Pont with others like U S Steel Bethlehem rising after noon before retreating.

New York General Motors Glenn Martin American Can Westinghouse du Pont U.S Steel Bethlehem Goodyear Chrysler Sears Roebuck International Harvester Douglas Aircraft North American Gulf Oil Lockheed Niagara Hudson Power

Wall Street Quotations From Friday's Trading Session

Published by J E Bennett Co the report lists numerous stocks and prices from major U.S. exchanges. Entries include Allied Chem Am Metals Loews Inc General Electric Procter Gamble and Bethlehem Steel with closing or quoted figures and remarks on market activity. An additional note mentions a nine foot earthworm found in Australia alongside stock listings.

Advis Express Bisdal Paper Aleka Juncau Allegheny Corp Johns MN Allied Cheat Kans City Rayacr Vlthias Allis Cliukners Air Hennecolt Bite Anal Lea Aye Amn al 'S Lenich Valley Ann Eloy Owens St Amn Tide Amn Int Corp Ann M Fay Loews. Inc Am Metals Lott. Inc Lorilara.p Amn Rad Pit McKesson Coor Mont Waid Ark Armour Go Uray Coren T&s Atlantic Rte Biscuit Aviation Corp Cash Baldwin Love Wa Nuth Datty Ohio Dept Plymouth Cerro de Pasco Procter Gamble Ches Chio Agi Pullman Ches Corp Chen Gt Radio Corpn Keith Choo N. Ma Choo Ri& Pty Reo Motors Ika Chrysler Mir Gore Safeway Colo Ruel Roebucklet Behme Southern Sheyunton Baty Congoleum Silver King Consol Edison Simmons Co Consol Oil Skelly Sou Cat Ed 2Ba4 Cont! Con 38 Sou Pac RR 143, Cont! Motors Conti OF del Ait Sou Railway Seeey Frisco Stew Warner A. del LD A&a Doulas Air Studebaker Eaton Tidewater Pow Bond Ata Ford England Esceport Tex Motors Hadte Uni L & P Gillette SR Plo Gimbel Bros ‘Ng Rabobor Glidden Cor Rey Goebel Brew Steal Vanadiuss Graham Paige Granby Alworth Ward Ore Warner Brox West Union Necker Hupp Willys Ovid Ims Central Ig Wilson & Codae Indus Rayon Woolworth Inspiration Yellow Truck Yneston Hydro Zenith Radio Nickel Zontte Chicago Jarvis East Blessing Midwest Corp Butler Bro Qkr Cherry Oke O Pr Edison Swift Walareen Reileman Zenith Radia

Wheat markets slip after early gains on Midwest weather

Wheat prices eased on the Chicago Board of Trade after an initial firm start as traders priced in showers for the Canadian spring belt and strong export sales. Corn and oats fell back amid cash selling and Buenos Aires weakness, while Winnipeg and London markets showed mixed strength. Local receipts and private crop estimates added to the uneven session.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Northwest Liverpool Winnipeg Buenos Aires

Czech National Alliance of Iowa Formed Here

A Czech American National Alliance of Iowa was organized at a Cedar Rapids area meeting. F M Barta was named honorary chairman T B Hlubucek executive chairman Martha Kralik first vice chair Frank Balik Iowa City second vice chairman M L Hromadka executive secretary Jerry Skorepa treasurer and Jerry Mahring financial secretary.

IC. B. Jd National Alliance of Iowa F. M . Barta T. B Hlubucek Martha Kralik Frank Balik Iowa City M L. Hromadka Jerry Skorepa Jerry Mahring John V. Rompotl Marie Pulkrab Czechoslovak National Council of Chicago Frank Filip T B. Hlubucck M. L. Hromadka Henry Schor Cedar Rapids T B. Hlubucek Prokop Velky No C.S.A Karel IV Lodge Z C.B.J F. M. Barta Sokol Association Thomas Suchomel, Sr Damska Matice Marie Pulkrah ZC BJ. Dramatic Circle Prokop Velky Lodge iNo 7 Zcbwa Anton Nemec Zofie Podlipska J.C.D Emilie Tomes Zdenka Havlieck S.P.J Josephine Smreck Zizkov Z. C.B.J V. Krob Bohemian Dramatic Association John J. Hrbek Cedar Rapids Lodge Z.C.B.J Ernest Kosek Anna Naprstek

Grinnell Quick Change Artist Fleeces Clerk for $20

Grinnell police are seeking a well dressed stranger who used a fast change routine at a local grocery. He asked to exchange a $20 bill for small bills, accepted four fives, and produced a bundle of one dollar bills totaling nineteen, then returned the envelope and disappeared.

Grinnell INS

Missing Funds Mystery In Envelope Trick

A man claimed to have 19 bills and promised to borrow a dollar from a friend. After he left, Miss Ahrens opened the envelope and found only a blank sheet inside.

Miss Ahrens

No Agreement Reached In Local Strike At Williams and Hunting

A 27 day strike by 45 mill workers against Williams and Hunting continues after NLRB field examiner Herbert Vogt and reps from both sides failed to reach a satisfactory agreement. Workers demand a union contract and specific pay rates to prevent a piecework bonus system. Factory officials say meeting those terms is impossible. No work has occurred since July 1, with plans to use the plant as a jobbing house abandoned.

Williams and Hunting Company National Labor Relations Board Herbert Vogt Owen N. el- Hott Williams and Hunting

Lost and Event Ads Mix of Entertainments in Cedar Rapids Area

A jumble of want ads lists lost items including a black billfold with two keys in Cedar Rapids, a red Ford hub cap on Ely road, and a diamond brooch with rewards. It also promotes parties and dances at venues such as Udesen Rink, Plamor Roller Rink, and local taverns, with schedules and admission prices.

Hugh Orchard Sty Ave SE Cedar Rapids Palisades Lafayette

Classifieds Offer Health Tests Cars and Household Goods

A mixed page of ads lists Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association with aloft contact details, and offers like New Ostrex Tone Tablets valued at $1.00 for 72c through May's Cut Rate Drug Store. Various vendors promote soft paint, water jugs, army cars, fishing tackle, watches, vacuum cleaners, jewelry, van lines, and a used car with overdrive and heater priced at 50 dollars.

Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association American Trust May Second St Brokade Soft Harry Christy Ginsberg 1St Ave. E Gazette Reed Probasco Jewelers 2Nd Ave Killian H. K. Schaeffer Kresge Oregon Fee Allied van Lines, Inc Lynch Transfer & Storage Co Elgin Hamilton Bulova L. A. Lower's St. I Ada 3Rd John Town Allied van Lines, Inc Calder's van & Storage Co., Inc C. G P.O Sherwin-Williams CO Iowa Calif Shore

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