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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1939

Page

3

Chicago Stockyards Hogs Too Small to Test Market

Saturday's salable hogs were too few to test conditions at Chicago yards. Undertone held steady with cattle and sheep near steady. top hog price around 6.10 as 100 of 450 hogs reported, while Pittsburgh and East St. Louis showed limited activity and mixed steadiness in cattle and sheep. Similar reports from Omaha and St. Paul noted steady to firm trends across hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied holdovers and weights.

Chicago Chicasto Pittsburgh East St Louis East St. Louis S Dept Acriculturer Grotx City Livestock Sioux City U S. Dept. Agricultures Omaha US Dept Agricultures ST. Paul ST Paul Fed Markettic Hoesecp Cc Kansas City St. Joseph Indianapolis Cincinnati Peeee

Wisconsin Cheese Prices Quoted in Boston Market Listings

Wisconsin cheese quotes listed for the week of March 13 7 show delaine fine at 28 to 30 cents per pound in grease 29 to 31 for half blood and 31 for three-eighths and quarter blood. The Plymouth Wis cheese exchange notes quotas for the week with entries for twins lie daisies horns and various cheddars.

Boston Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange

Wool Market Slows in Boston Trading Session

The U S Department of Agriculture reports a slow Saturday in the Boston wool market with scattered purchases on limited grades for immediate needs. Lower prices resisted in certain grades while fine territory wools and leeces showed slight ease. bright fleece wools remained steady.

Boston U S. Dept. Agricultures

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices

Grain and produce prices list for Cedar Rapids including Wheat No 1 at 61c No 2 at 58c new oats 25c 22c Rye No 3 30c Barley No 3 30c 41c Corn shelled No 2 yellow 38c No 3 Soybeans No 2 yellow 72c Hay and straw prices bale hay 6.50 bale straw 5.00 Butterfat prices 24c No 1 cream 23c No 2 cream 2c Poultry prices colored hens 14c Leghorns 1c colored roosters 8c Leghorn roosters 1c Eggs 1c Wholesale fruits vegetables lemons 5.50 76.00 oranges 2.35 603.50 grapefruit 7.34 2.5 celery 2.75 413.00 lettuce 3.95 onions 1.00 7 1.90 cabbage 2.25 carrots 2.75 crate tomatoes 2.70 new potatoes 2.2 potatoes 1.35 1.54 sweet potatoes 1.25 1.90 hides market No 1 cured beef hides 6 3c No 2 cured beef hides 5 1c No 1 calf 17e No 2 calf 6 1 2c No 1 kip 6? ec No 2 kip 5Stic No 1 horse 32 25 No 2 horse 17 5 ball erier including mance and full tale

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Hogs Steady On Local Market At Toca Prices

Hogs remain steady on the local Toca market with no grade changes and top at 765 dollars. Cattle are also steady and cream prices show a slight weakeness with quotes around 212.25 for buyers and 9.75 for sellers.

Markets in Chicago and New York Dairy Prices Report

Receipts and prices for API butter eggs and cheese show unsettled markets in Chicago and New York. Butter receipts 1,134,129 with creameries and carlot prices. eggs receipts 16172 steady with packed and firsts values. New York reports mixed colors and fig prices with weak cheese receipts 79,708 and unchanged miccs.

Chicago New York

Bond Markets Show Higher Tone Amid Latin Debt Rally

New York bond market closed with a higher tone despite minor irregularities. Government issues edged up on Latin American loans, while profit taking trimmed some rail and corporate issues. Notable movers included Brazil and Chile loans, American Telephone and others, with few declines toward session end.

New York Brazil Chile Conmmpanies American Telephone Atsrouf-Romas Teka Anaconda Delaware and Hudson Bethlehem Steel Alleshany Studebaker Paul

Ethel Shutta Divorces Olson in Chicago Custody Deal

Ethel Shutta blues singer wife of Orchestra Leader George Olson won a divorce in Chicago after testimony that “the reason for this difficulty is the divergence of the orbits of these two stars.” She charged desertion last June. They share custody of sons George Jr. 9 and Charles 11 and settled property out of court.

Chicago Ethel Shutta George Olson Howard Mayer Miss Shutta Olson New Haven Conn George, Jr Charles

Wall Street ends mixed as late selling drags market lower

A late selling flurry in steels and motors pulled indices down after an uneven session. Some favorites rose to new highs earlier but most failed to hold gains as transfers reached about 650000 shares. Institutions eyed SEC short selling rule changes and trade data pointed to cautious optimism amid global political tensions.

New York SEC Washington IG Stock Exchanges Securities and Exchange Spain Stalin American Telephone Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward International Harvester Anaconda Kennecott General Electric du Pont Union Carbide U. S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors U. S Rubber United Aircraft Santa Fe N. Y. Central Philip Morris U S Gypsum Lockheed Pennroad Niagara Hudson Power

Wall Street Quotes and Mississippi River Reports

Published quotations from Adams to Zonite Prods show live quotes across many firms including Allied Chem, Am Can, Kennecott, General Electric, Ford, and U S Steel with prices noted. The Mississippi River stages at Davenport La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque and Keokuk report rises and declines, indicating shifting water levels.

J. E. Bennett & Co W.H. Jump Telephone Merchants National Bank Kans City Sou Kayser Julius Intl Corp Kennecott Loco Kroger GB M & Poly Lambert Lehigh Valley Libby Owens Rad Yi Lis Meyers Miami Copper Ark Nat Gas Armour & Co Atchison T Atlantic Rts Mont Ward Aviation Corp Baldwin Loco Murray Corp Alto Ohio Nash Borg Warner Nor Pac Briggs Mie North Amn Co Aucyrus Erle Nor Amn Otis Steel Packard Proctor Ga Sperry Corp Reerh & Co St. Jor le Viva Tex Corp Tex Gull Thompson Flee Hong Timken Ford England Ereeport Tex Reis Elec UN Atross Gen Foods Uni Air Lines Gen Motors Uni Gas Gillette SR Giibel Bros U S Ind Glidden Co U S Plee Goebel Brew U S Rubber Goodrich U S Realty Goodyear Tire US Steel Graham Paine Tia Yahadium Foy Uswalworge Chemays Great Nor Ore Oren Oy Asecaiteee N Warner Wre Great Great W Sur. 2734 Wesn Margid' 3123/4 Hat Corp 644-7! Westehee on Bae Hayes Meeker Hiram Walker Wilcox Sous de Houston Oi Willys Ovid Howe Sound Wilson and CO Hudson Motors Woolworth Hupp Motors Ims Central Yneston S.T Indus Rayon Zenith Radio Chicago Auto Davenport Trnstings la Crosse

Rise of Soybeans Highlights Dull Market in Grain

Soybean futures surged to seasonal highs amid an otherwise flat grain market on the Chicago Board of Trade. May soybeans reached 875 cents as other grains stayed near unchanged, with wheat and corn hovering in narrow ranges. Local receipts were modest and government purchases for flour support provided a mild boost to sentiment.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool Buenos Aires Commodity Credit Corporation

Roosevelt warns radio can sway public opinion in Texas

Elliott Roosevelt head of a large regional radio network warns in Fort Worth that radio can drive public opinion too far. He cites Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel and his radio campaign as an example of radio influencing politics and spiritual guidance, contrasting with press reaction to O'Daniel's criticism of newspapers.

Fort Worth Texas Elliott Roosevelt W. Lee O’daniel O’daniel Roosevelt O'Daniel

Funeral Rites Held for Dr Frank S Skinner in Marion

Funeral services for Dr Frank S Skinner were held Friday at Yocom chapel with Rev C G Ellinger officiating. Attendees included St Berechman seminary students and faculty and members of the O O P club. Pallbearers were Karl Kendall Ed Sigfred Robert C Toms Dr Arthur E Crew Dr H O Young and Dr Leo B Sedlacek. Honorary pallbearers included Judge C J Haas Dr L C Dow and J L Papes. Burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery.

Frank S. Skinner Yocom Chapel C. G Ellinger Congregational Church St. Berechman’s Seminary O. O P, Club Karl Kendall Ed Sigfred Robert C. Toms Arthur E. Crew H. Oo. Young Marion Leo B. Sedlacek Cedar Rapids C. J. Haas L. C. Dow J. L. Papes H. C. Ring H. R Hess R K. Keech Harry Walker Oak Shade Cemetery

Martha Gordon Zachary 81, Marion resident dies at home

Mrs Martha Gordon Zachary 81 died Friday at 1 PM at her Marion home after a brief illness. Born in Rock Island in 1857 she moved to Marion as a child and lived there most of her life. She was married to Joseph H Zachary in 1875 who died in 1934. Funeral Monday at 2:30 PM at Yocom chapel with Rev E T Gough. burial Oak Shade cemetery. Survived by son William H Zachary of Cedar Rapids two grandchildren Edna Maurer and Howard Zachary two great grandchildren Dorothy and Donald Maurer a brother Leonard Gorton Estherville and sister Delia Calkins Vancouver Wash. Funeral details follow.

Martha Gorton Zachary Fifth Avenue Rock Island Marion Joseph H Zachary Zachary Marion Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society William H. Zachary Cedar Rapids Edna Maurer Howard Zachary Dorothy Donald Maurer Leonard Gorton Estherville Delia Calkins Vancouver Wash Yocom Chapel E T Gough Methodist Church Oak Shade Cemetery

Railways Plan Heavy 1939 Improvements

Chicago AP reports Railway Age says national railroads plan a major 1939 upgrade. Expenditures rise by 50 million dollars, with orders for 25 percent more rail than all of last year and near 1,000,000 tons of rail expected. Ties plates fastenings and ballast likely rise too.

Chicago Railway Age

City Briefs And Personals In Local Update

The board of adjustment will meet in the council chamber of city hall Monday. Grade A Goat milk for sale from goats tested for TB and Bangs disease with daily delivery. The Jan Hus 1.0.0 F. phrodite team beat Ely I. O. O. 3 to 1 to win the five game series. Mrs. Margaret Wheeler and Mrs. Agnes Frederick and her son Richard and Mrs. Richard Smith of Conrad visited Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Charter and Charles Pinkney at 1020 Ninth Street NW. Wheeler and Charter are sisters of Pinkney.

Board of Adjustment Council Chamber Dial Margaret Wheeler Agnes Frederick Richard Richard Smith Conrad A. G. Charter Ninth Street Charles Pinkney Wheeler Charter Pinkney

Troy resigns as Marion liquor store manager for rail pension

John J. Troy, manager of the Marion branch of the Iowa liquor control commission, resigns effective April 1 after earning a railroad retirement act pension. Bernard E. Manley regrets the departure and Celan Rollins, now assistant manager, is expected to succeed him.

John Troy John J. Troy Marion Iowa Liquor Control Commission Troy Bernard E. Manley Celan Rollins

Community Parties Mark Eighteenth Birthday and Club Events

The article notes Wayne Carpenter’s eighteenth birthday party at the Carpenters’ Marion home with prize winners Helen Biddick Justice Kinkead and Warren Bleakly. It also covers Concord A and L club activities and a Hawkeye Boys State talk by A. Ro McElwain, plus Homemakers, Picayune district meeting, and local visits and travel by residents and families in the Marion area.

Wayne W. B. Carpenter Marion Helen Biddick Justice Kinkead Warren Bleakly Arling Dice Carpenter Dice LaVern Seikora Barbara Sloss Ruth Nancy Ellen Hanscom Susan Hawkins Betty McBride Kathryn A. Ro McElwain American Legion Parent-Teacher Association Viola Frank Travis

Local church notices outline weekly services and events

Multiple area congregations list service times sermons themes and activities. Marion Baptist and Christian churches schedule Bible school at 9 45 a m and evening services with sermon topics The Promise of Spring and The Fallen Countenance. St Josephs Catholic offers masses at 8 and 10 a m. Pilgrim Highraiders and youth meetings appear in Congregational notices.

L. W. Inman B.Y.P.U St. Joseph’s Catholic T. J. McEiliott Irving E. Wade Christian Endeavor Christian Church Winton C. G. Ellinger Pilgrim Highraaders C. O Monroe Methodist Episcopal E. T. Gough

Church and mission events in regional notices

Local church notices list sermons Sunday worship times and series on Stewardship, Christian Endeavor meetings, and union services. Other items include a missionary speaker from Madras, a one act play by Vinton Presbyterian players, and Sabbath school schedules across several congregations with pastors named.

W. F Otis Moore International Missionary Council Madras India Marilyn Hayes Tommy Kemble Albert W. Schenken Bud Cornell Oxford Frances Miller C. V R. de Jong Russel Hughes Vinton Presbyterian Players Jewell Bothwell Tull St. Paul's Lutheran Carl E. Krog Christianae Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel J. B. Clyde

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