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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1940
Page
5
Local hog market remains steady with prices holding near prior levels. No changes reported in Saturday trading as buyers and sellers push for parity while cattle market shows similar stability.
A fragmented Cedar Rapids market sheet lists assorted produce and dairy items with prices in a dental of scribbled entries. Items include barley wheat sorbeans onions lemons and strawberries. butterfat cream and eggs. assorted fruits vegetables and staples. multiple prices and unit notes appear across a dense catalog page.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions standards for butter, eggs, and refrigeration equipment. References dates in March and October, with supplier Lamson & Co. and a list of goods. Details are fragmented and do not form a clear event or narrative.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a Wisconsin cheese quota for the week of March 4 to 9. Mentions exchange, daisies, barns, fog, and various illegible entries. No clear event, people, or organizations clearly identifiable.
New York stocks closed mixed as utilities slid to new lows amid market uncertainties. Notable gains came from aviation and a few equities while large holding companies faced changes under SEC integration. Major issues like Chesapeake and Ohio, Homestake, Phillips Petroleum and others touched new lows or near lows.
Wall Street traded higher as major indices extended gains led by industrials and financials. Notable movers included Adams Express and Nickel stocks while transportation firms and utility shares showed strength amid cautious investor sentiment.
Chicago Wheat prices swung over a one cent range Saturday with buy and sell activity, closing a shade higher than Friday. Rain in the belt influenced demand as mills bought, and the market saw heavy receipts totaling over 1,060,000 bushels. Cash grain quotes for corn and oats mixed, with No 2 and No 2 yellow wheat and bran shown across markets. Minneapolis and Chicago quotes reflect steady to firmer tones despite varied futures signals.
Bond markets in New York showed varied activity as buyers dabble in elected bonds and new issues Saturday. Rates touched modest levels with limited trade in government and corporate notes, including 3s of 1960 and other issues like Western Union and Shell Union. Government securities closed with unclear sentiment amid HOLC notes and the evolving credit landscape.
Finland rushed to place orders for gasoline oil grain and other vital supplies using a $20 million credit from the Export-Import Bank allotted Friday. Minister Hialmar Procope said supplies would aid resistance to the Russian invasion and that orders would be placed immediately after a telephonic briefing with Prime Minister Ryutimo Helsinki. He stressed Finland is not defeated and that substantial funds will go to oil gas wine wheat corn and lard. prior $10 million had been used for essential needs. No export credit may be used for arms or ammunition.
List of property deeds from 1940 showing transfers in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Names include Oren G Waffle Fern H Thomas Norman J Waffle Earl R Waffle Marie Buresh Florence Knight Jean M Knight Rubes Stookey Conrad Stookey Emma H Anders Lulu Cacek Edwin Hudachek Anna Hudachek L R Watters and Leona Watters. Transactions detail lot blocks additions and legal covenants with nominal consideration.
Neighbors and relatives honored Mr and Mrs Charles Maxfield on their golden wedding with a luncheon at Odd Fellows hall and a program. Music was provided and readings shared as out of town guests attended, including Mrs Lettie Thompson and Albert Field of Prophetstown who were present at the wedding fifty years ago.
Reading Pa NYA and state historical society restore the Daniel Boone homestead near Reading as a shrine to the American boy. The 150 acre site, part of a William Penn grant, will be rehabilitated with an NYA resident center youth hostel and park. The hostel will be built by NYA youths using frontier hand hewn logs and wooden pegs.
Listing of local church services across Marion including Baptist Rev L Winman Catholic Rev Father T J McElliott Christian Rev Vernon H Carter Congregational Rev C G Ellinger Free Methodist Rev Herbert Livingston Methodist Rev Arthur W Henke Presbyterian Rev C V R DeJong and Lutheran Rev Carl E F Krog Also notes on Sunday schools morning worship times and special events such as Lenten services and youth meetings across several denominations in the area.
Obituaries report the death of Thomas William Mackey of Ely route 1 after a fall, with funeral at Brosh chapel and St Patrick's church, burial Mount Calvary. Also listed are Mrs Emma Whittenbaugh of Cedar Rapids and George Silloway of St Paul with services at Turner chapel and Oak Hill cemetery, plus arrangements for viewing and ro sary. The notices name surviving relatives, birthplaces, and dates.
Funeral services for Joseph Beuter 328 Sixth Street SW will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Turner chapel conducted by Dr. George W Bryant of Coe College Burial will be in Oakland cemetery at Iowa City Friends may call at the chapel.
Announcements note how to submit ads to The Gazette by mail or in person and the daily deadlines. Employment seeks experienced waitress or cook with references for a Gazette restaurant, plus a telephone dial number for classified entries.
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