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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1940
Page
2
Heavy live stock receipts for Wednesday show cattle at 10 000 and hogs at 16 000 with prices dropping 10 to 15 cents to a top of 7 60. Open market arrivals reach 17 000 head while packers receive 7 000 direct.
Chicago AP reports hog receipts 24 000 with prices mostly 10 to 15 cents lower. top at 5 60. Cattle receipts 9 000 with limited demand. best fed steers and yearlings steady to lower, most others down. Sheep receipts 8 000 with fair activity. red clipped lambs and fat ewes around steady, top clippers near 8 75 and fat lambs near 9 75 to 10 50 apik
USDA reports Omaha hog receipts 6300 with prices unevenly steady to 15 cents lower, top $5.40 for 185-230 lb hogs. cattle shows limited demand with fed steers and yearlings weak, vealers strong, beef cows $5.25 to $6.25, stockers $7.75 to $8.75. Sheep receipts 5300, fat lambs slow, bids down 25 cents or more, ewes firm, best fed western ewes above others.
The report lists cattle and hog prices by weight class in Ottumwa Waterloo and Mason districts. Prices for hogs range from 120 to 600 pounds with varied cents-per-pound values and adjustments for packers. Cattle show steady to lower bids across multiple weight ranges with end notes on packers and market shifts.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 16 Iowa yards and 10 packing plants for the 24 hour period ending Tuesday 29 100 head up from 22 300 last week and 20 909 a year ago. Prices listed for various weight classes show steady to 10 cent declines with softer loading.
Hog prices listed by weight range with barrows, gilts and sows. Data shows bids for 140 to 500 pound classes, with price per hundredweight in dollars and fractions across multiple weight bands and animal types.
Receipts: Cattle 3,000 slaughter steers and stockers weak. most sales steady. Hogs receipts 10,500 with barrows and gilts slow and lighter weights 15 cents lower. sows 4.10 to 4.70. Sheep receipts 1,800 with market largely inactive. choice slaughter lambs near 10.00 to 10.35. Montana and Western feed lambs around 9.00 to 9.25.
Cattle receipts 3500 calves 400 steady for good yearlings while other fed steers soften 25 cents. Fat stock steady with stockers active firm. fed steers and yearlings around 3.00 to 9.00 with yearlings up to 10. Heifers 8.25 to 9.00, cows 5.25 to 6.75, stock steers up to 10. Hog weights 229 pounds and up steady during slow saleyard. total hog receipts 6500 with heavier weights to packers selling 9 to 14 cents.
Shipper tops at 5.35 for 180 to 210 lb hogs while packers offer 5.25 for similar lots. Good and choice 170 to 240 lb hogs quoted at 5.1547.35, rising to 5.15 for 240 to 270 lb. Prices slide through larger ranges with medium grade 170 to 220 lb at 6.450. Good sows around 4.00 to 4.94. Sheep receipts 3,500 with no early fat lamb action. Buyers holding wooled skins near 10.00 to 10.25, slaughter ewes 4.75 to 5.25, feeder lambs scarce.
Hogs weakened on the local markets Tuesday with light hogs up to 280 pounds dropping a dime while other grades including packers fell five cents. The top price slipped to five dollars and ten cents.
Wheat prices No 1 89c No 2 87c. Rye No 2 43c. Barley No 3 35 45c. Corn shelled No 2 yellow 4&c No 3 yellow 46c. Soybeans No 2 yellow 98c. Hay and straw prices. Butterfat 29c. Hens over 5 lbs 12c 4 to 5 lbs 10c. Oranges 3.00 4.00. Tomatoes 2.10 per carton. Idaho Russets 34c 15 lbs. Hides and calf prices listed. Pony and glue half price.
Chicago markets report live poultry deliveries at 30 trucks with steady hens and ducks prices, along with up to date receipts for creamery scores and egg stocks. Potatoes show moderate supply, firm old stock, and mixed U S No 1 and No 2 pricing across regions including Idaho and Colorado.
New York receipts show butter firmer at 29 to 30 cents for extras and 28 to 29 cents for firsts. Cheese receipts at 399,659 with irregular trends. Eggs receipts 37,958 with mixed color grades and storage packed firsts near 18 to 19 cents and average checks around 15 cents.
Furnished by Lamson Bros and Co notes futures for butter and eggs with storage standards dates and terms. Includes March 28 004 28 05 butter storage and October egg refrigerator standards entries.
Boston dealers reported a quiet wool market as Tuesday saw scarce activity and no price establishment. Old orders covered raw wool, mills held fall needs, and top-wool sales failed to spur demand with buyers largely disinterested or bidding well below asking prices.
Stocks rallied in a broad move led by steels aircrafts and specialties as volume edged up. Canadian Pacific Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Dow Chemical and Glenn Martin hit new year highs while U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Douglas Bendix Chrysler General Motors and others showed positive moves on the day.
A late buying surge on the Chicago Board of Trade lifted wheat 2 percent with May closing around 1.03, while corn and oats gained modestly. Small receipts and shippers’ sales supported activity, and soybean prices continued higher though gains narrowed after noon. Outside markets mirrored the strength as Winnipeg trailed, and gains appeared at Minneapolis and Kansas City.
Reach of grain prices includes Winnipeg figures for May and July with varying percentages and Chicago cash provisions listing No 1 and No 2 wheat prices, corn and oats ranges, barley grades, soybeans values, and field seed per 100 pounds with several forage and seed items noted.
Wheat receipts Tuesday 486 cars, 187 a year ago. Basis unchanged, quotations up 1/2 to 1 cent. No. 1 heavy dark northern 1.03 1/4 to 1.04 5/8. No. 1 dark northern 1.02 3/4 to 1.03 1/4. No. 1 fancy hard Montana 1.05 3/4 to 1.04 1/4. No. 1 dark hard Montana winter 1.01 5/8 to 1.02 9/16. Durum No. 1 1.08 to 1.18. Red durum Vac. CORN No. 3 yellow 52 1/2 to 53 1/2. OATS No. 3 white 49 1/2 to 50 1/2. BARLEY 39 to 58 cents.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists consecutive day ad sizes with price steps per line and notes the paper is not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion on multiple day ads. Also included is funeral home ad contact info with a dial number.
The Gazette lists automobile transportation references and warning about false pretenses in Want Ads. It advertises services from Allied Van Lines and local movers, jewelers, and beauty shops, with multiple Lost items and price quotes including 25 reward for fraud conviction and $0.98 for a watch repair offer.
New York bond market showed a tentative rebound led by U S governments and select foreign dollar issues. Treasury loans rose on news of March refunding only, while other sectors posted modest gains and a few rail and utility issues slipped.
Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed Judge Ring’s Jan 25 1938 ruling in a $1470 contract rescission case brought by L A Robinson of Galveston Texas against W F Main of Cedar Rapids. The court ordered a new hearing after Robinson alleged a salesman made false representations for a confectionary vending machine deal with Standard Manufacturing Co. Oct 21 1931. Main argued sales staff could not exceed printed terms and that the company did not know of any misrepresentations, and denied a return of the machines.
A stipulation assigns one half of the estate interest to a trustee for the Coffman daughter and settles accumulated support installments at ten dollars. Judge C. J. Haas approved the agreement as part of the support claim.
The first assignment of equity cases for the March term of Linn county district court was made by Judge C. J. Haas. Scheduled March 5 includes Hay vs Iowa Chemical Co and others. March 6 Engdahl vs Perfection Building Co. March 7 International Silver Co. vs Silver Corp.. March 8 Hay vs Mueller and others. March 11 Christie vs Christie. March 12 McCarty vs Bunting. March 13 Lybarger vs Lybarger. March 14 Wilson vs Wilson and related suits.
Cedar Rapids judge sustained the city's demurrer to a 2000 amended third count in architect Charles B. Zalesky’s fee suit connected with plans for the Cedar Rapids police station and jail. Earlier demurrers to other counts and a counterclaim about sewer trap standards were also noted. The dispute centers on revisions after bids compared to city action and asserted promises by council members.
A damage case filed December 12 by William Cain was dismissed by Judge C J Haas on February 5 after defense demurrers by Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Millsap Motor Company, and Virginia McDonnell were sustained. The petition sought $527.67 tied to an alleged wage assignment.
In Cedar Rapids the Eckfords lived at 1263 First avenue E, associated with the Wisconsin Dames. The fragment notes a domestic setting and regional ties within the Wisconsin inmate or club network.
Funeral services for Miss Mertie E. Miller longtime Taylor school kindergarten teacher will be held at Beatty chapel at 3 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. George Stauffacher and Cedar chapter O E S officiating. Burial in Linwood cemetery. The Taylor school will close at noon Wednesday as teachers attend.
Ray C. Moore formerly of Cedar Rapids died at his Milwaukee home Monday. A Washington high school football prominent graduate, he left Cedar Rapids about 20 years ago. Survived by three children Buelah John and Ray Jr two Cedar Rapids brothers Stanley and Fayette Moore and Glenn Moore Davenport. Burial with American Legion services at Milwaukee grave.
Oscar G Swenson who died at his home 1508 Fifth Street NW will have funeral services at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Turner chapel with the Rev. Melvin L Welke officiating. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Judge J E Heiserman awarded Priscilla Falb a 900 judgment for injuries after being struck by a car on highway 11 near West Union on August 29 1939. The suit was brought through her father Noah H Falb.
In a specific performance suit Erna Engdahl seeks to buy the Lincoln hotel from the Perfection Building Co. The firm asks the district court to compel production of books and records on rent income and improvements since November 1. Judge C J Haas ordered inspection or show cause.
Plaintiff Frieda Davis dismissed her divorce suit against Elmer Davis filed Jan 12, with Court Clerk Ed Lundquist noting the action on Monday. The marriage occurred in Cedar Rapids on April 18, 1917. A hearing on the will of Alice C. Lodge, who died April 3, 1939, was submitted to Judge C. J. Haas Monday for construction of a provision.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of March 4 to 9 list items from the Wisconsin cheese exchange including Twins 13 12 c daisies 14 c brick 12 9 c and cheddars 13 2 c Farmers call board shows daisies 14 c horns 14 c cheddars 13 42 c
Bar bara Coffman secures accelerated child support payments under a 1939 divorce decree. The settlement sets the weekly payment at five dollars, equal to a one twentieth interest of Maurice Coffman in an unspecified asset or estate, finalized by stipulation.
Mrs John Eckford of Madison Wisconsin formerly of Cedar Rapids died in a Madison hospital February 24 after a two month illness. Funeral services were held at Elkader Iowa. Survived by widower a daughter Jean two sisters and four brothers. She formerly belonged to the Order of Eastern Star Cedar Rapids College club and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Local business ads outline services for hauling ashes and rubbish at reasonable rates and provide a phone contact. The notice also lists painting styling and decorating services with an additional contact number. Names such as KASNER appear with phone digits.
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