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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
19
A crowded market scene shows hog prices easing by 15 to 20 cents with most cattle and lamb values steady to lower. Reports indicate light demand and uneven bids as buyers and sellers adjust to current price levels, with futures and cash trades reflecting softer overall market sentiment.
Market notes show hog prices slipping with most trades down about 44 to 60 cents, top quotations near 4.95 per unit and hogs largely unchanged on some lots. Cattle and calves move in varied ranges with prime steers around 300 dollars per hundredweight and sheep and lambs adjusted by weight and quality amid broader market shifts.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows mixed produce and livestock prices including oats at 39 cents, butterfat at sweet, straw bales 3.50 and 8.00, and assorted poultry weights with prices. It also notes wholesale fruit vegetables such as onions and celery, cabbage, tomatoes and apples with varying costs. The file includes misprints and fragmented items typical of a raw newspaper OCR page.
Commodity prices drift with grains and eggs firming while butter and cheese receipts rise. U.S. No 1 potatoes and corn show varied shifts. regional reports note modest gains in fresh produce and fluctuating dairy prices. Pricing across markets reflects uneven demand and seasonal adjustments in the stock, with several items inching higher despite broader uncertainty.
New York stocks fell sharply after a mid day drop toppled leaders by more than six points as brokers blamed a possible European peace after the Russian Finnish settlement. Bearish notes from an industrial analyst and lack of positive business news spooked traders in steels motors aircrafts and rail shares.
Wall Street lists show Purisshed by J E Bennett & Co with a sprawling table of stocks and prices. The item references multiple companies including Adams Express and Merchs National Bank, listing various listings, shares, and market activity amid a dense OCR run of stock figures and firm names.
Chicago trading fell as talks of European peace unsettled buyers. Wheat dropped to its lowest in ten days with May around 11 dollars, corn, oats, rye and soybeans following the trend. Cash market firm with 6,000 bushels sold and 35,000 arriving. Winnipeg steady. Minneapolis and Kansas City slip after opening rise. Prices and quotes for cash wheat, corn, oats, barley, and soybeans listed.
The Boston wool market showed slow demand with limited contracts for 1 month types. Prices hovered around 34 to 85 cents for scoured wools, with select lots like Utneo eeishths and blond fleece quoted higher but still limited. Wisconsin cheese quotes and market tidbits from the Dairy and Dow Jones sections accompany the report.
MAUCH CHUNK Pa AP The last charge against suspended State Police Corporal Benjamin Franklin in the slaying of a Nesquehoning 14 year old girl was dropped Friday clearing the way for his reinstatement. Franklin already had been acquitted of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of Joan Stevens last June 5 during questioning about a bank robbery plot. Judge Samuel E Shull Friday ordered dismissal of an involuntary manslaughter charge. District Attorney Albert H Weimbach said the case could not be prosecuted successfully.
A senate resolution urged President Roosevelt to end diplomatic relations with Russia. Senator Clark of Idaho introduced the measure on Friday, and it was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Sumner Welles, Roosevelt’s fact finding emissary, secured an audience with Pope Pius III in Rome scheduled for next Monday. The meeting was arranged Friday and highlights ongoing diplomacy on wartime issues.
Senator Robert A. Taft entered his name on the presidential preference ballot in the Ohio primary for the Republican nomination. The filing occurred Friday in Columbus.
Classifieds outline pricing per line with different rates for local and out of town ads. Ads may be telephoned mailed or delivered in person with publication deadlines and advance payment required. The Gazette emphasizes one incomplete insertion risk and out of town blind box numbers through its Cedar Rapids office.
G A Steele, 32, once with the Lincoln hotel, was detained by police Thursday night at the request of Rolf Wortmann, hotel manager, who said he would press charges of defrauding a hotel keeper. Steele was later charged with intoxication when Wortmann did not prosecute. Police picked him up after a resident saw him descending a fire escape. Also noted, a plover crossed from Toronto to Barbados in about 10 days.
Prague dispatch says German secret police killed thousands in Bohemia Moravia and jailed about 70000 in camps during one year of occupation. President Hacha allegedly held in Lang Castle. governance controlled by 20 German prefects with orders from Neurath and others. Economic resources drained to Germany.
In Prague Germany observed the first anniversary of its proclamation of a protectorate over Bohemia Moravia with a brief parade of German soldiers through Wenceslaus Square. Flags adorned official buildings, but crowds were quiet and the parade lasted only a short time with no regiment colors shown and no machinery on display besides a lone aerial squad.
Cedar Rapids golfing authorities Friday recommended deferring the Ellis Park Golf Course land purchase to expand from nine to 28 holes until a competent landscape architect approves the layout. Park Commissioner Ed Stefan said an architect from Chicago is expected within a week after tours of the Ellis course by Stefan and officials George Taylor John Vavra Joe Benson Bill Garrison and Gilbert Martin.
Lloyd Watson of 1827 Hamilton St SW received a 10 year term at Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to forging a bank note using a stolen auto registration. Ida Paul Will probate admitted. executor Carl H L Paul and Ernest R Paul faced curbs with Henrietta Nielsen opposing. O C Cole of 311 Fifth Ave SE held on desertion charges.
Paris AP says Premier Daladier won a vote of confidence 240 to 0 in the French Senate after two days of secret debate over France’s war effort. The unanimous result underscores broad support for his conduct during wartime measures in a tense period for the government.
In Chicago the University Friends of Poland paid tribute to professors reported to have died in German concentration camps after the invasion of Poland. Honorees include Joseph Birkenmeyer of Wisconsin and Lublin, Bronislaw Rawicz Dembinski of Posen, Michal Siedlecki, Kazimierz Kostanecki, Fryderyk Zoll, and J Kstreicher of Krakow. The group adopted a resolution praising their sacrifice and dedication to Polish ideals. The Vatican in Rome reportedly houses a statue of Sleeping Ariadne, the world’s only marble statue with eyelashes.
Card of Thanks from the Hesse family expresses gratitude for sympathy and flowers after a bereavement. A lost white wristwatch between 12th and 7th Streets on 6th Ave SE is reported with a reward for return to 6th Ave SE. Nearby, numerous beauty shop advertisements offer permanents and services with various prices and contact details.
Classified listings show several personal and employment notices. A young married man seeks any job and provides references, while another man offers skills as a linotype operator, printer, or farm help. Apartments, moving lines, and various services are also advertised.
A 1937 Chrysler 2 door touring sedan with overdrive heater rain sat in black finish priced at 425 dollars with 90 day guarantee from Baxter Motors 829 Second Ave SE. Also listed: 1937 GMC LW with rack and sides 385 dollars 1937 2 ton GMC 425 carrying 16 ft peay, several other used trucks, Stone's Truck Service GMC Sales Parts Service. Also 39 Hudson 112 Deluxe Coach 575 dollars very good low mileage economical 86 hp motor 614 2nd Ave SE. 1938 Packard 6 Turbo sedan, 1937 Packard and other autos at Makiben Motor Co Fourth Ave and 2nd St SE. Diamond T Truck ads with delivery panels and 1935 Chevrolet now 135 dollars 1928 Chevrolet tires 65 dollars. International Harvesters Co 106 3 10 2nd Ave SW. 1922 Willys 2 door A-1 running condition. 1979 Ford deluxe coach 17735 miles A condition. 1931 Chevrolet 4 door sedan 75 dollars cash. 1940 Ford deluxe Tudor black radio heater 2000 miles Gro Bohlikon Scotch Grove IA. 1938 Standard Chevrolet coupe 240 dollars Kadlec Bros 45 16th Ave meeghead.
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