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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1940
Page
9
Hog prices show a steady to slightly higher trend in an active market across the Midwest. Feeder and butcher hogs command varied bids with futures and cash trades noted, while cattle markets reflect mixed changes and strong demand for heavier weights.
The auction lists cattle hogs and sheep with varied bids. Cows at 900 to 940 dollars, steers around 744, hog receipts mix, feeder pigs priced around eight dollars, and sheep near 939 dollars for high quality lots.
No changes in the local pork market on Tuesday keep prices steady with top hogs reported around 85. Analysis shows consistent bids across packers, with ranges noted for calves and cattle. Market readers track cuts from prime steers to yearlings, while calf prices hover near $10 per hundredweight.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows Wheat No 1.89¢ and No 2 rye, oats, corn, and barley with various prices. Hay, butterfat, and poultry prices are listed, along with wholesale vegetables and fruit items such as lemons, oranges, grapefruit, lettuce, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, apples, and winesaps. Livestock prices include hides, calves, kip, horses, and a note on pony and equipment availability.
A patchwork of prices and receipts for poultry, hogs, potatoes, corn, eggs, butter, and cheese appears with regional variations. Notable figures include Russet Burbanks and McCoures red potatoes and mixed egg and dairy quotes, with transport and storage notes by Jamson & Co. and Mississippi River stage references.
New York AP reports aircraft stocks faltered late as rumors of a truce between Pintand and Russia sparked a sharp turn after earlier gains. Transfers totaled about 850000 shares with mixed results among major names. Declines hit Douglas United Aircraft Bendix Martin Sears Roebuck and Du Pont. Caterpillar and Harvester led advances.
The page lists daily quotations from Wall Street with numerous company names and financial figures. It covers well known firms such as Allied Stores, American Brands, General Motors, Eastman Kodak, IBM, and U.S. Steel among others and shows closing prices and trading activity across multiple sectors. The column reflects a broad snapshot of trading, with emphasis on big industrials, consumer goods, and transportation equities.
Wheat fell fractionally on the Chicago board as talks of a Finnish Russian peace pact circulated. Corn, oats, and soybeans followed the trend with declines, while Winnipeg, Minneapolis, and Kansas City markets showed varied weakness. Cash trades and futures quotes for wheat and other grains appeared scattered amid dull market action.
In brisk trading on Tuesday, Scandinavian and local loans led gains as the bond market firmed on peace signals from Europe. Norfolk Towns and industrial issues advanced while some Danish issues slipped slightly. Third Avenue Railway bonds rose on traction unification progress and International Telephone moved with foreign news.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for March 11 to 16 show daises and horns at 14c and cheddars around 13 to 14c. The wool market in Boston saw very low demand with only a few inquiries for graded wools and unchanged but largely nominal prices due to thin trading.
Judge JE Heiser awarded $225 judgments to Betty Mae Lange a Cedar Rapids teen and Thomas M Irlinkin a Cedar Rapids boy in personal injury actions. The suits sought $500 each after a January collision on Third avenue and Seventh street SW involving a Reliable Transit Co truck leased from William Shaw Milwaukee and driven by E D Smith Cedar Rapids. Defendants included the Reliable Transit company Shaw Smith and the parties named in the suits.
Two defendants withdrew not guilty pleas and pleaded guilty to drunken driving in district court. Peter Ludwick fined 300 dollars, Garland Millburn jailed 60 days, and T P Donnelly fined 300 with 100 paid now and 25 monthly thereafter. A larceny charge against Loren Welch was noted on recommendation of the County Attorney.
Missed by Judge Heiserman Welch was among several youths arrested in August on larceny charges of gas taken from a Cedar Rapids Gas company line. In January, V T Hoagland pled guilty in Justice H R Churchill's court to larceny of less than $20 and received 30 days in county jail.
Orphan err serves as plaintiff in a divorce action against Henry W Kerr alleging cruel treatment. They married 1927 divorced 1938 remarried 1910 and seek absolute custody of two sons, support, alimony, and sheriff seizure of Kerr property up to 5000 with injunction. Mabel Riemann sues Albert F Riemann for divorce in district court, married August 1923, seeking costs and relief as granted.
Ray Fare 39 of near Center Point had an embezzlement charge dismissed by Judge J F E Heiserman at the complainant and state motion. Indicted by Linn county grand jury for selling livestock under a $110619 chattel mortgage in favor of J K Finch tied to a 1938 judgment levy.
At a Monday hearing Judge Haas granted International Silver of Meriden a permanent injunction restraining the Cedar Rapids Silver Corporation from offering or selling four silverware brands below prices in retailers agreements. The action was dismissed with prejudice as to George O. O'Brien. The decree allows modification petitions if Iowa fair trade laws are repealed or found unconstitutional.
Patricia Mackinson sues Joseph Stark for 8500 dollars after an August 17 1939 auto accident on highway 218 two miles north of North Liberty. Mackinson a passenger in a northbound car alleges Stark was speeding on the wrong side of the road. Stark denies responsibility.
In a $1 600 real estate warranty case George Carlyle and Selah Carlyle faced a $500 counterclaim by defendant James Kerns. The court, before Judge J E Heiserman, dismissed the counterclaim without prejudice to the defenses in the answer two divisions.
In a cross petition on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds, Samuel Schminkey seeks a divorce from Iva Schminkey and custody of a son. Iva Schminkey, in her petition filed February 21, seeks a divorce and custody of their three children from current and prior marriages. The last marriage occurred April 17, 1937. Harold Barr of Fort Des Moines, aged 19, received a six month county jail term from Judge J.
Outlines minimum ad length two lines with prices for multiple day runs. Details include line counts and per-line costs, advance payment for out of town ads, a 10 cent box number fee, and cutoff times for same day or Saturday publication. Dial 2 1121 for ad-taker.
E Heiserman faced a child desertion charge with a suspended sentence on state recommendation. Orr arrived from Fort Des Moines Saturday via Constable W J Fleming. In a separate case, Philip Crew denies indebtedness and seeks dismissal in a $280.30 suit by W D Hanna Company of Burlington. Funeral Homes
A collage of lost items and service ads from The Gazette including a found girl’s glove, a call for auto transportation exchanges, a $25 reward for fake ad profiteering, and numerous local ads for watches jewelry repair home services and employment notices. The page mixes lost and found items with business ads and classified notices from the Gazette.
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