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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1939
Page
5
Market brief notes lighter hog receipts than anticipated lift prices. Chicago and Sioux City reports show hogs opening higher with mixed demand across weight classes while cattle and sheep demand remains variable. Prices cited for select weight ranges and regional comparisons.
OCR data shows a livestock market listing from Austin with hog weights ranging from 140 to over 338 pounds. Prices vary by weight, with several brackets noting per hundredweight figures around 6.50 to 7.30 dollars, and mixed consignments including sows and hogs in different classes.
The Cedar Rapids market list shows assorted farm products and prices including oats and corn by grade, soybeans, hay from baled straw, butterfat cream, poultry items such as colored hens and leghorns, wholesale fruit like lemons and oranges, vegetables including lettuce onions and celery, roots carrots and sweet potatoes, and animal hides with varying prices for calves, horses, and other goods. Multiple entries reflect typical mid century agricultural commerce and price ranges.
Hogs strengthened on the local market Monday with all grades up 10 cents and top hog price at 7.80. The cattle market remained unchanged with ranges given for choice to prime steers 1050 to 1200 pounds at 11.25 to 12.25, and various loads for packers and cutters showing steady to lower trends amid mixed weights and classes.
In a cautious Monday session the New York bond market rose but with selective strength. Corporate issues showed modest gains while refunds and foreign issues posted mixed results, with several rails and industrials advancing, and government issues steady or slightly higher across several maturities.
Wisconsin cheese and sugar market notices summarize weekly cheese exchange activity for March 6 to 11 with price shifts for cheddar and other varieties. Sugar market notes New York prices, March and May futures, and Cuban tolls. copper and wool markets noted as steady or unchanged in Boston with minor price movement discussed.
Reading from the Davenport area league table shows Keokuk with a 7 to 3.9 edge while Rise posts 0.4 and St Louis 9.4. The report lists La Crosse and Dubuaria teams with varied results as of the latest games.
New York AP reports a midday profit taking pullback as stock leaders retreat from gains. Utilities rise early on, but aircraft, steel, and motors soften, with about 900000 shares traded. Despite optimism, investors consider a technical reaction after the recent rally. Prominent declines include US Steel, Chrysler, Douglas Aircraft, Westinghouse, Du Pont, and North American. Some gains remain for American Smelting, Great Northern, American Telephone, United Fruit, Zenith Radio, and International Harvester. Bonds are mixed, and London stocks edge higher as war talk cools.
J E Bennett Co displays a wide range of stocks including Adams Express Alaska Juneau Ocean, Allied Chemi Amn Loco Lehigh Valley Amn, Owens, American Steel, Ford, Procter Gamble, Coca Cola and many others. The page lists bid and price details for numerous companies across sectors with columns noted for various exchanges and market segments.
In Chicago trading on Monday the wheat market showed a softer undertone amid uneven activity. May futures slipped while oats and corn also traded lower. world shipments rose and U S visible supply fell. Local receipts and various regional quotes from Minneapolis and Winnipeg are noted along with cash grain bids and barley prices.
Merle Hansen, 19, of Marion Route 3, was cut above the eye when a bicycle without a reflector was struck from the rear on highway No. 13 near Linn county home about 12:30 am Sunday. The driver, JC Neal of Marion Route 3, said Hansen rode about five feet from the edge. Neal transported Hansen to a Marion physician, then to his home after the crash.
Alfred Beech Jr. and William Danhardt died when a rented monoplane circling in thick fog for about thirty minutes struck a high water tower in East Northport New York.
Chicago markets show firmer poultry with heavy hens, Leghorn hens at 16 cents, broilers at 3 percent, ducks and turkeys mixed, and varied chick prices. Butter receipts 925 shows steady creamery, eggs 15,408 with firmer grades, potatoes mixed with regional price ranges, and New York egg figures noting irregular colors and standards.
Dewey D. Dunn of Cedar Rapids was chosen as one of seven vice-presidents of the Iowa Rainbow Division Veterans chapter after a two day reunion in Des Moines. Joe Cardio of Atlantic was reelected president, A. A. Montgomery of Stuart reelected secretary, and Homer W. Gardner of Des Moines reelected treasurer. Other vice-presidents named include Ray Greenway Oskaloosa Tom Hansen Council Bluffs J D Smith Red Oak Roger Fox Fort Dodge R C Davidson Des Moines and Delbert Morgan Waterloo.
Dr C T Hickok of Coe college told Cedar Rapids real estate board members at the YMCA that Germany's discontent, plus Britain's and France's readiness, could deter rather than hasten war. He traced foreign tensions to the Versailles treaty and argued peace treaties should not rest on hate. He said Hitler seeks to smash Versailles, build western defense, an eastern economic shield, and recreate a pan German state on absolutist grounds. He observed German optimism on a trip to Germany and urged tighter governmental controls on business. He criticized U S talkativeness as stirring trouble among dictator nations.
An injunction modification order by Judge J Haas details how Linn county voting machines may be opened for Cedar Rapids school election next Monday and Marion city election on March 27. Wayne Boland and Earl Miller will copy the November 1938 senatorial vote from each machine and file precinct tallies with Court Clerk Ed Lundquist to verify returns. The machines were impounded in December by County Auditor Wesely amid a Dickinson challenge to a close race with Senator Gillette.
Resistance to the application to close the Robert W. Cooper estate and set up a trusteeship to liquidate assets is filed by legatees including American Bible Society which holds 50 percent and Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America with 10 percent. Executor L Augustine demurs. Proponents include the YMCA, YWCA, Coe College, St Luke's Hospital, Home for Aged Women, and the Children's Home.
The March term of Linn County's district court opened Monday with Judge J. E. Heiserman presiding. Grand jury foreman L. A. Hinton led the panel including John Armstrong, G. P. Bowdish, F. W. Lindahl, William Meaney, A. J. Scheuler, and Glenn Van Note. Florence Gouldin served as grand jury clerk and Fred Trickel as bailiff.
The will, dated February 26, was probated on Monday with Bertha Farrington and Margeret Harkstal as legatees. Amelia Schroeder was named executrix in charge of the estate.
Advertisers and readers may exchange references for automobile transportation with Gazette references required. The page lists Cedar Rapids Transfer & Storage Co Kenwood Transfer Allied Van Lines Calder's Van & Storage Lynch Transfer & Storage Co and several service ads including tailoring beauty shops and employment bureaus. plus a $25 reward for arrest and conviction of those obtaining money under false pretenses through Want Ads. It also promotes driving to Los Angeles sharing expenses and a variety of local businesses and services.
In a partition case filed Monday Charles H Bunger and Chester C Bunger seek three eighths and one eighth interests in Cedar Rapids real estate with Chester L. Charles as defendant and ask accounting for rents under contracts tied to a sale. Chester C Bunger also seeks $1000 from the estates of Alexander and Eva Charles on a legacy claim. Cross-petition cites Walter Cosgrove seeking a divorce from Gertrude Cosgrove for cruel treatment and custody of three children. marriage in Monti on November 7, 1928. The will of Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Mamie Jacobs who died February is noted.
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