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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1940
Page
6
Livestock and grain notes show hog prices slipping, with top quotes around 5.60. Receipts and feeder demand mixed, cattle and sheep steady to firm, futures and spot prices fluctuating in a cautious market tone.
Hogs hold steady on the local market with top hogs around 5.10 per hundredweight. Cattle stay steady with choice to prime steers and yearlings fetching values from 2.00 to 7.00 per hundredweight. cows and bulls show mixed pricing. Sheep and lamb markets mirror cautious demand, with light-weight lambs near 39.00 and other selections priced by weight and quality.
Damaged text shows a jumble of numbers prices brands and codes across locations with no coherent event. Reads like catalog snippets for vehicles beverages and consumer goods with scattered city names and percentages.
Grain and produce ratings list wheat, corn, rye, oats, hay and straw prices. Run through Cedar Rapids market shows No 1 and 2 wheat, No 2 yellow corn, oats, barley and rye with varying cents per bushel, plus butterfat, cream, eggs, poultry, fruits and vegetables prices and hides market figures.
Markets show live poultry firm balance with hens and turkeys up for Plymouth Rock and White Rock lines. Butter receipts steady. potatoes and assorted produce mixed with steady supplies. New York eggs and butter also steady with current receipts and price ranges noted.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of March 4 9 show Twins 1352c daisies 14c brick 12 3c cheddars 1342. Farmers call board lists daisies 14c horns 14c cheddars 1342. Wool market in Boston reports broader demand but slow business on scrap offerings. Fleece from the country sold at 36-38 cents delivered to mills. some bright fleece wool moved at about 37 cents.
New York trading on Wednesday edged higher across many stocks as signs of improving business conditions emerged. Leaders included steels motors and aircraft with Utah names like Glenn Martin Bendix American Telephone Canadian Pacific among gainers. About 900000 shares changed hands the largest one day total in a month.
Wednesday stock quotes list numerous names including Adams Express Allied Chemical Owens Illinois Anaconda Copper Kroger Company United States Steel and Union Carbide among others. The report tracks prices and percent changes for diverse industries from metals to consumer goods across multiple firms and exchanges.
Classified snippets show ad rates for consecutive days and out of town notices, lost items, and business listings. Notices include thanks for illness and death, professional services, and a charity rummage sale. Names such as The Gazette, Allied Van Lines, and Griffith Feather Mattress appear with contact details and locations.
Wheat prices on the Chicago board of trade moved around prior close amid limited gains in winter wheat outlook. May futures at Chicago settled near unchanged to 0.5 cent higher. oats rose about 0.5 to 0.7 cent, with soybeans down. Cash wheat and corn in Chicago held steady while Winnipeg and Minneapolis posted firmer tones.
New York bond market sees higher prices for selected industrial, railroad, and utility loans amid renewed demand for top issues. Advances include American Telephone 6s, Studebaker 6s, Shell Union 2s, Portland General Electric 4s, and New York Central 5s, with mixed gains across government and foreign issues. Dow Jones averages show fractional climbs while river stage readings indicate modest changes.
About 25 Cedar Rapids domestic corporations risk reverting to nine partnerships on April 1 if penalties for missing annual reports to the Iowa Department of State are not settled. Investigator Ho Metcalf said officials will notify executives as Linn County hosts hundreds of entities required to file yearly reports. Failure to file triggers penalties and, if unresolved, removal from state records.
Townsend club No 6 will meet at the city hall council chamber Thursday at 7 30 p.m. A speaker is scheduled. Mount Hermon lodge No 26 A F and A M will meet at Masonic hall Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Refreshments to follow. Red Cross To Elect Officers for 1940 Linn county chapter to elect at monthly meeting Thursday 12 30 p.m. at the Y M C A
Wellman and Kalona schools will share the Ke-Wash conference basketball championship after Kalona won the sectional tournament. No playoff will be held and each school will receive a Ke-Wash trophy.
Anna Wromatka Dostal 73 of Fairfax died at home after a long illness born Bohemia 1866 came to the US as an infant survived by husband two daughters three sisters and three brothers funeral Friday in St Patrick church Fairfax with burial in church cemetery Adelbert Ekenbarger Cedar Rapids electrician for Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway died at home after a long illness born 1847 Decatur Michigan resident of Cedar Rapids 50 years no survivors funeral Friday at Turner chapel burial Cedar Memorial Park Municipal notes
Arthur Johnson age 69 of 617 B avenue NE died in a local hospital at 6 15 am Wednesday after a long illness. He was born in Missouri on July 10, 1870 and had lived in Cedar Rapids for 25 years. He is survived by his wife Katharine and several children.
Maxine Elliott, 67, renowned American actress who found success in Europe and the United States, died Tuesday night in Cannes France.
The royal court circular said Crown Prince Paul of Greece and Princess Frederica expect a happy event. The notice confirmed the royal couple anticipate a forthcoming addition to the royal family.
Readers advertise auto transport pay care repair jewelry watches and coins. Beauty shops hair styling permanent wave rental listings and printing services fill the page with local trades and offerings across several street addresses.
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