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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
2
The hog market closed slow and mostly 15 to 20 cents lower with a top of 5.45. Salable receipts totaled 7,000 head, 3,000 below expectations, while big packers took 8,000 head in direct shipments. Official Saturday estimates: cattle 200, hogs 30%, sheep 1,000.
Hog receipts total 7 000 with 15 000 hogs, prices down 10 20 cents from Thursday. top 5 45. Cattle receipts 1 000 with calves 300 and mixed feeder trade weak to 25 cents lower. best steers around 9 50 to 10 00, heavy declines in average. Sheep receipts 13 000 with fat lambs up about 10 cents locally, demand thin but bids steady or higher for top wooled lambs. ranges seen around 9 50 to 10 25 for quality, some heavier carcasses unsettled.
AP reports hog prices in Ottumwa Mason City and Waterloo show small declines and leveling in several weight classes. Price ranges run from roughly 3.70 to 5.10 per hundredweight across categories, with packers bidding near mid thirties for very heavy hogs and lighter weights near four dollars. Cattle remain unchanged.
Combined hog receipts at 16 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 1 am Friday totaled 41,300, up from 29,700 a week ago and 27,000 a year prior. Prices quoted for barrows and gilts range from 4.35 to 4.60 per pound depending on weight, with sow prices from 3.50 to 4.25 for various weights.
CATTLE receipts 1 000 calves 70 salable. beef steers and yearlings weak. stockers scarce. light yearlings up to 9 50. prime absent. cows 5 25 to 6 75. canners 4 00 to 5 00. HOGS receipts 10 000 slow. top 5 15. weights 176 240 4 90 5 15. sows 4 00 to 4 10. feeder pigs 3 50 to 4 00. SHEEP receipts 1 500. no early fat lamb action. under tone 25c lower. wooled skins around 9 75 to 9 85. slaughter hogs steady. small lots good to better.
Fed State Market News reports receipts of 2 500 cattle with slow slaughter steer demand and mixed offerings. Cows and bulls steady to unchanged with calves and stockers showing modest gains. hogs with lower bids and light demand. lambs and springers in thin sales with top prices around 15 dollars for best springers and 9 75 to 10 95 for slaughter lambs.
Austin Minn AP hog report lists barrows and gilts by weight range with prices from 140 pounds to 500 pounds. Markets show bids for light weights around 3.70 to 4.00 per hundredweight and higher ranges up to about 4.70 for midweights, with sows priced around 2.75 to 3.85 depending on weight.
USDA Omaha hogs show 7,000 receipts with total 9,800, prices $5.15 to $5.20 top, lighter weights $4.75 to $5.15, sows $4.00 to $4.15. Cattle receipts about 800 with calves and feeders steady. fed steers and yearlings near $8.00 to $9.25 with cows and bulls steady to strong.
Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey as Cedar Rapids manager at 503 Merchants National Bank building. Telephone number 2 3141 provided for inquiries and quotation access.
Livestock market receipts show cattle and sheep activity with higher cattle class ranges and softer lamb demand. Feeder and fat lambs indicate softer money with bids down about 25 cents, while heifers and cows hold mid ranges and shearer loads push around $9.25 for 79 lb lambs. Ewes and canners show mixed to steady levels amid light demand.
Hog prices eased on the local market with most grades down about 5 cents and the top quote at 4.95. Cattle prices held steady with no change.
Grain and produce prices for Cedar Rapids include wheat at No 1 89c No 2 87c oats White No 2 39c No 3 36c rye No 2 45c barley No 3 35 45c corn shelled No 2 yellow 49 2c No 3 yellow 47 2c buckwheat No 2 cwt 1 20 soybeans No 2 yellow 1 00 hay tame hay 9 50 straw 8 00 butterfat sweet 3l c No 1 cream 30c No 2 cream 28c poultry Hens over 5 lbs 12c 4 to 5 lbs 10c Leg horn and lights 8c old roosters Leghorns 6s colored 6c stags Ten Eyes Henneries 15c No 1 12c No 2 wholesale fruits vegetables lemons 5 25 oranges 3 00 grapefruit 2 celery 3 75 lettuce 4 00 onions 1 00 1 25 new cabbage 2 25 tomatoes 1 90 carton carrots 3 00 cauliflower 1 a potatoes 1 49 2 delicious apples 1 Y 3s 2 60 Idaho Russets 15 lbs 35c Winesaps 1 85 hide market No 1 cured beef hides 9c No 2 cured hides 8c No 1 calf 11c No 2 calf 10c No 1 kip 10c No 2 kip 9c No 1 horse 3 50 No 2 horse 3 00 Pony and glue half price Manes and full tail included nee
In New York the stock market fell Friday after a midday surge toppled leaders by over two points. Brokers blamed a growing hope for European peace after the Russian Finnish settlement. Bearish analyst views and weak business news prompted reduced bets in steels motors rails and aircrafts. Losers included U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Glenn Martin Westinghouse du Pont Dow Chemical Philip Morris Curtiss Wright A and American Smelting. New year highs were reached by N Y Central Southern Pacific and Southern Railway. Aluminum of America dropped over 7 in the curb.
Framed as Friday quotations published by J E Bennett Co with W A Jump as manager from the Merchants National Bank building. The brief lists stock values and market movements for the day as presented in the newspaper.
New York bond market showed small gains overshadowed by fractional losses on Friday. Rail and utility issues led, with select industrials up. gains included Santa Fe 4s of 1995, St. Paul 5s, Delaware and Hudson ref 4s, and American and Foreign Power 5s among others. U S government bonds rose slightly, with yields moving within narrow ranges as traders awaited further cues.
AP Chicago market note shows live poultry receipts 23 trucks with strong activity and flat prices. Butter receipts 144,356 with steady, rare unchanged. Potatoes arrivals 132 on track 420, total U.S. shipments 912, with heavy supplies and fair demand. prices listed for Idaho russet, Colorado red McClure, Nebraska Wy oming Bliss Triumphs, Minnesota Hollandale cobblers, Red River Valley cobblers, and Florida Bliss Triumphs, with U.S. No. 1 and washed grades and prices ranging roughly from $1.20 to $2.75 per cwt and crates for Florida stock at $2.45 to $2.60.
AP notes New York prices and receipts for eggs butter and cheese. Egg receipts show mixed colors and grades with quotes from 16 44 to 20 percent. Butter receipts total 448 888 with creamery and higher grades listed and prices around 29 to 30 cents. Cheese receipts at 42 457 report irregular activity with no price changes.
Unclear OCR text shows futures figures with prices such as 27.90 25.80 37.40 and 17.40. Mentions Lamson Bros and Co and standard terms but lacks coherent trade details or clear entities to identify.
Colorado produced gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc totaling an estimated 22,235,979 dollars in output for the period reported. The figure highlights metal production across the state's mining activity and reflects value from multiple mineral sectors.
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade fell to its lowest in ten days as peace talk in Europe puzzled traders. May wheat traded around 1.01 to 1.01 4 per bushel with declines of about 3 to 34 cents, while corn, oats, rye and soybeans also slipped. Cash markets showed firmer receipts and purchases, with Scandinavia buying roughly 500,000 bushels of U S corn overnight.
Trade in domestic wools eased with little interest in 12 month Texas wools offered at 83 to 85 cents on a secured basis. A small sale of three-eighths and one-quarter blood bright fleece wool in a mixed lot went for 38 cents grease. Similar packed wools from the country remained quiet.
Plymouth Wisconsin AP reports weekly cheese quotations for March 11 to 16 from the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange listing daisies at 14 cents brick 1234 cents and cheddars 1342 cents Farmers call board repeats daisies 14c horns 14c and cheddars 134c with regional price notices for dairy producers.
The market summary shows higher grade rails and utilities retreating while industrials and second grade rails ease. Dow Jones figures indicate declines across most sectors with the industrial index down 0.38 and rails generally softer, utilities edging lower.
MAUCH CHUNK Pa AP The final charge against suspended State Police Corporal Benjamin Franklin in the slaying of 14 year old Nesquehoning girl Joan Stevens was dropped. He had been acquitted of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting during questions about a bank robbery plot. Judge Samuel E Shull ordered dismissal of an involuntary manslaughter charge citing lack of prosecutorial viability.
A resolution asking President Roosevelt to sever diplomatic relations with Russia was formally introduced in the Senate on Friday by Senator Clark of Idaho and referred to the Foreign Relations Committee.
Sumner Welles, Roosevelts emissary for fact finding, will have an audience with Pope Pius XII in Rome next Monday after arrangements were made on Friday. The meeting highlights ongoing diplomacy between the United States and Vatican amid wartime concerns.
Senator Robert A Taft entered his name on the presidential preference ballot in the Ohio primary on May 14 as a Republican nomination candidate.
G A Steele 32 formerly of the Lincoln hotel was held by police on request of manager R H Wortmann who planned to file charges of defrauding a hotel keeper. Friday he was charged merely with intoxication after Wortmann declined to prosecute. Steele was picked up at 825 p m Thursday when a hotel resident saw him on a fire escape. Wortmann detained him until patrolmen arrived.
A plover completed a long journey from Toronto to Barbados in about 10 days, covering roughly 3000 miles. The feat highlights the bird’s remarkable endurance and migratory behavior across the Atlantic.
Czech quarters report that during a year of occupation German secret police killed several thousand Bohemia Moravia residents and imprisoned 70000 in concentration camps. President Emil Hacha is described as a virtual prisoner, while German officials issue orders without his input. Provincial administration is controlled by 20 German prefects and Czech resources have been drained for Germany's profit.
In Prague the first anniversary of Germany's protectorate over Bohemia Moravia was observed with a 20 minute military parade through Wenceslaus Square. Flags flew from official buildings while crowds were quiet. no regimental colors were shown and only a squadron of planes was visible overhead.
Cedar Rapids golfing authorities advised deferring land purchase to expand Ellis Golf Course from nine to 18 holes until a landscape architect from Chicago can approve the layout. Park Commissioner Ed Stefan said an architect is expected within a week as officials toured the course with George Taylor, John Vavra, Joe Benson, Bill Garrison, and Gilbert Martin.
Lloyd Watson, 18, of 1827 Hamilton St SW, received a 10 year sentence at Anamosa reformatory after forging a bank note using a stolen automobile registration certificate. He confessed that gangster film fantasies influenced him but said he now sees the error. Watson had been in county jail since December 24 after police linked him to the crime.
Ida Paul died March 3 and her will dated November 3, 1933 was admitted to probate Friday by Judge H. C. Ring. Carl H. Paul and Ernest R. Paul were named executors. Ernest declined to serve. Henrietta Nielsen, a daughter, resisted their appointment and asked for a disinterested fiduciary. Beneficiaries include Mrs. Paul’s children Fred W. Paul Delia Dahlenburg Anna L. Doererman Carl H. Paul Martha Austin Ernest R. Paul Bertha Leapley Henrietta Nielsen Frank A. Paul and Edward R. Paul.
Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder picked up O C Cole age 43 at 9 45 a m Friday at 311 Fifth Avenue SE and held him for the sheriff at West Union on a desertion charge.
Paris AP Premier Daladier saw his conduct of France's war effort approved by a 240 to 0 vote in the French Senate after two days of secret debate.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists want ad pricing for 7 to 20 line ads across 2 to 6 lines per day, with per line costs and discounts for consecutive days. Out of town ads are prepaid, blind ads incur a 10 cent box charge, and ads accepted until noon for same day and 8 pm Saturday for Sunday editions. Dial 2-1121 for ad-taker.
The University Friends of Poland in Chicago paid tribute to professors reported dead in German concentration camps after the invasion of Poland. They adopted a resolution praising their devotion, honoring Joseph Birkenmeyer of Wisconsin and Lublin, Bronislaw Rawicz Dembinski of Posen, Michal Siedlecki, Kazimierz Kostanecki, Fryderyk Zoll, and J. Estreicher of Krakow.
The Vatican in Rome houses a marble statue of Sleeping Ariadne remarked as the only marble statue in the world with eyelashes. The claim highlights a unique feature attributed to this classical sculpture.
The Hesse family thanks relatives neighbors and friends for sympathy and floral offerings during our recent bereavement. Funeral home dial 6627.
Rushed classified style touts Easter beauty deals from multiple salons. Advertisers promise oil permanents, machineless options, and special prices with numerous addresses and phone numbers, including Lovely Lady Beauty Shop and others, urging readers to visit for affordable styling and permanents.
Personal ad section notes raw oyster tablets and tonics aimed at older readers, plus various service ads. Mentions publishers The Gazette seeking automotive transport references and offering a $25 reward for ad fraud conviction. Includes jewelry, flowers, transfer services, printing, feather mattresses, and home services listings with contact details.
1937 Chrysler 2 door touring sedan with overdrive heater radio satin black finish and 90 day guarantee priced at 425 dollars. Dealers Baxter Motors 829 Second Ave SE. Also listed: 1937 GMC LW B 2 ton with 16 ft body 425 dollars. Stone’s Truck Service Hudson 39 Hudson 112 Deluxe Coach, Maribben Motor Co. 4th Ave and 2nd St SE. Numerous used trucks and other autos with various prices.
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