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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1939
Page
6
Postponed sale listing includes 1.800 DBS and 1100 weight mare, 9% extra good milk cows, 12 calves with 1 year olds, six smaller calves, spotted Poland brood sows, a full one horse drain machine, grain supplies, and reference to joining Brady i Miles Last of Anamusa an 64.
A Cedar Rapids market list shows prices for grains and produce including Wheat No 1 through No 3, Barley, Corn shelled, Soybeans, various apples citrus and vegetables, plus butter fat cream and egg prices. Live poultry prices cover colored hens, leghorns, and other fowl, with hides and horses priced as wholesale items.
Local hog prices rose on Wednesday with prime hogs advancing in cents and packers up a nickel. Cattle prices remained steady with varied bids across weight classes and grades. Lamb and sheep markets showed modest gains, while overall livestock values reflected a firmer tone in the trading day.
Market notes show poultry receipts steady with prices for eggs butter and cheese cited across Chicago and New York. Entries list various items like potatoes and creamery products with reported weights, deliveries, and occasional price points amid a busy wholesale trading day.
Wisconsin cheese quota details for Feb 21 to Mar 4 mixed with market notes from the Boston wholesale dairy market. Small quotes for daisy and cheddar varieties appear with price ranges around 31 cents, while sugar futures quoted in New York show modest shifts and refiners report a 4.25 to 4.40 cent range for refined products. Also notes a University of Georgia coed housing figure from the 1938-39 term.
New York trading showed a mixed session with small gains and losses across the list. Major aviation firmsUnited Aircraft Douglas Boeing and Lockheed fell while Union Pacific Sears Roebuck Kennecott Cooper and Eastman Kodak advanced. bonds and raw silk markets also moved with late February strength carrying into March.
Wednesday’s quotations show numerous listings from Adams Express to Walgreen with figures for major railroads, utilities, and industrials. Names include Johns Manville, Kennecott, Amn Can, American Telephone, General Motors, Union Carbide, US Steel, Goodyear, and many others across banks, oil, metals, and consumer goods sectors.
Wheat prices rose on the Chicago Board of Trade as outside markets strengthened. May wheat up 4½ cents, corn up about 1 cent, futures buoyed by news of a 7,409,000 bushel Argentina wheat sale to Spain and strong cash corn shipments. Prices in Minneapolis varied with grain quality and local receipts reported.
Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade ordered large reductions in all departments to tighten finances amid record low trading volume. The cost-cutting plan aims to save between $100,000 and $200,000 annually as grain futures trading remains at its weakest level in years, with first two months of 1939 only half of 1938.
New York bond prices extended their advance as rails led gains and several issues posted modest increases. Nickel Plate 4 1 4 5s and 5 7s rose over a point, Great Northern 4s gained 3 points, while utilities and some government issues edged up fractionally at noon. Some issues faltered, including American Loews 3 4 25 and Pennsylvania general, as foreign issues moved higher with France Italy Germany Argentina and Japanese bonds rising. Treasury bonds closed with mixed results, with various maturities quoted around within ranges.
Two damage suits totaling 150 747 were filed in Los Angeles against Sally Rand the nude ranch performer at the San Francisco exposition The plaintiffs Hazel Crain and C Ray Stanford claim she struck beat hit and scratched them in a downtown theater row last July Crain seeks 75 050 and Stanford 75 697 The dispute arose when Sally performing a fan dance objected to pictures being taken of her
DES MOINES INS says the state executive council authorized a limited number of microphones for trial use in the Iowa senate. Eighteen mikes would be placed in advantageous spots around the chamber for senators on the floor under Dewey's plan. No action on the House proposal.
The Omaha welfare board under Mayor Dan Butler added the movie Yes, My Darling Daughter to its prohibited list. The ban targets the film on moral grounds amid Butler's censorship stance, continuing city efforts to regulate entertainment.
In Denver 85 year old John Bollinger lost his dishwashing job and began walking backward. Psychiatrists diagnosed a rare inner ear disorder with hysteria as the likely cause. Tests showed he was physically healthy. He navigated crowded rooms carefully and the doctors planned rest as treatment.
Des Moines AP reports the state bureau of investigation asked officers to locate a red coupe driver with New York plates who pulled a gun on Or. Allbee of Marshalltown after a collision on highway 88 near Melbourne. Allbee described a roadside fight over insurance cards, a broken watch chain, and a gun threats as he unlocked his car doors.
Seven hundred Curtiss-Wright workers in St Louis walked out on Wednesday, halting production of airplane parts said to be ordered for France. The strike by District 9 of the IAM AF of L seeks a closed shop and wage increases, with about 50 AFL Pattern Makers joining. Some 100 engineers were kept from passing a 500-strong picket line.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced that peace negotiations between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations would begin within a week. She will convene negotiating committees after conferring with President Roosevelt on his return from a navy cruise.
The Phalanx, a Y M C A sponsored young businessmen group, reorganized Monday. Officers elected were Ed Cleaver primus Bob Vernon pro primus John Stark tribune and Ray Cook quaestor. A refreshment committee for March 6 was named and future speakers announced for March 13 Elizabeth Bender March 20 John E Parke and March 27 Harry Boyd.
Troop 21 sponsored by Star of the West lodge Knights of Pythias led by Burt Watkins won both advancement and attendance honors at Tuesday evening’s Cedar Rapids Scout area court of honor held at Roosevelt high school with about 200 present. Troop 30 was second in advancement and Troop 19 second in attendance. Troop 19 was third in advancement and Troop 9 third in attendance. Eagle rank awarded to George Ross of Troop 29 by Joseph Stenner.
Boston elevated officials blamed a broken brake part never before observed for Tuesday’s trolley crash in Dorchester that killed six and injured nearly twenty. Operator Edward Hanley, 57, was jailed on a manslaughter charge.
Cleveland AP L Thomas Hopkins of Columbia University told the American Association of School Administrators that too many school men are merely academic believers in democracy. He warned that when a crisis comes their academic interest will not hold and they may sell the schools to fascism or the ism of the moment.
The Gazette clarifies it is not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion of any advertisement ordered for multiple days. Cedar Rapids Gazette Eastern Iowa leading want ad medium Dial 2-1121 Ad-Taker.
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