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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1941

Page

2

Livestock Markets End Week With Mixed Hogs and Cattle

Livestock prices held steady to higher in Chicago and across major markets as supplies rose. Hog prices reached around 805 per hundredweight in Chicago while test values remained in the 790s to 800s for various weights, with buyers cautious on volume. Cattle and sheep receipts were noted, with steers and heifers trading at mixed levels and some markets showing strength in selected weight classes. regional reports from Sioux City Omaha and Des Moines mirrored uneven but generally firm tendencies.

Chicago Vesteark Sioux City U S Dent Agriculture Erty ST _ PAUL South Paul Minn Salabie Gandard Omara Livestock Omaha Iowa Des Moines S. Dept. Aegriculture Iown Minnesota

Local porkers continue higher on steady market

Haas pushes slowly higher in the local market as all grades advance five cents on Saturday. The long-haul no-full top reaches 755 dollars. Sheep market notes spring lambs 70 60 pounds 97 5 Bucks 1 has others by quality.

Haas Lncal

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Prices from Cedar Rapids list various grains and straw including wheat No 1 No 2 oats barley corn and rye with New May and barley prices. Poultry prices show hens over 5 lbs leghorns stags old roosters and colored birds. Wholesale fruits vegetables prices include lemons oranges celery lettuce onions cabbage carrots potatoes and apples. Hide market lists cured hides calf hides kip horse prices and pony and mule values.

Geapetrust Chicago

Bond Markets Review Shows Moderate US Government Bond Gain

New York bond market edges higher as dealers await Treasury terms on a 500 million securities sale and 594.9 million refunding of 174 percent notes. Corporate bonds rise unevenly while non taxable issues remain favored, amid talk of a new intermediate 2 percent loan with 22 percent taxable options.

New York Treasury Wall Street

Treasury bonds close steady in New York trading

United States government bonds finished Saturday with Treasury notes steady around 51 55 and price at 111 26 as AP reports from New York.

New York Treasury

Wisconsin cheese and wool market notes Plymouth and Boston

The report covers Wisconsin cheese quotations for March 17 to 22 with listings for daisies and horns at various prices, and a Boston update noting most domestic wool business focusing on re sales of Texas clip and territory wools. Limited domestic wool availability with small lots of fine combing Ohio merino and fleeces traded at 4.25 to 4.50 dollars per unit.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Daisiex Boston Texas Territory S. Agriculture Department Ohio

Stocks Finish Somewhat Up in Saturday Session

In New York the stock market edged higher with strengths in specialty shares. Steel names performed well though gains remained modest. Turnover around 300,000 shares marked a busy Saturday. Analysts linked gains to earnings prospects tied to defense spending while optimism over commodities supported prices despite tax fears. Notable movers included U S Steel Bethlehem Western Union U S Rubber Sears Roebuck du Pont and Douglas Aircraft.

New York Balkans US. Steel Bethlehem Western Union US. Rubber Sears Roebuck du Pont Douglas Aircraft

Wall Street Stock Quotations From Alaska Market Listings

A compact snapshot of the day’s quotations across numerous firms and commodities with entries for Kennecott Copper Allied Stores Lockheed Amoco and many others including banks and industrials. The page lists prices and percentage changes as reported in Juneau Alaska with a Chicago stock quotation section noting Armour Co Libby Owens Libbey Owens and related firms among others.

Je, Bennett & Co Merchants National Bank Alaska Juneau Kennecott Allied Chem Libbey Owens Allied Stores Allis Chalmers Lockheed Int Corp Loews Inc Maracaibo Lost Inc Amn Wat Milam Amn Amn Zinc Mont Ward Ark Nat Gas Armour Aviation Corp Baldwin Central Bate Ohio Bendix Otis “Steel Paramount Budd Burroughs Adc A Penney. A Columbas Pullman Co Coml Credit Radio Corp Comw South Congoleum Safeway Seaboard Oil Conti Beton Sears Roebuck Servel_ Inc Union Coty Inc Socony Crucible Steel Rico Cudahy Sou Railway Curtiss Sperry Corp Stand Brands Deere & Coans Calif DoudIns Aire Fox Film Gen Motors Union Carbide Gillette Union Pac Brox Uni Aircraft Glidden Uni Air Lines Gondvear Tire Uni Corp Dha Granby Unit Fruit Bi Gt Nor Rv Pr Uni Gas Imp Gt Wee Sur Willits Hydro Wilson Woolworth Youngston S. T Jonas Manville Zonlte Chicago Armour Co Cons Biscuit AVI Elec Hshald East Blessina Libby MecNeil Midwest Corp Bore Warner Quaker O Chicarn Corp Ax Clues Swift. Co Edison Swift Intl

Wheat Prices Jump Two Cents A Bushel On Chicago Board

Chicago wheat futures rose two cents a bushel led by May and July contracts to two month highs. Soybeans and other grains followed with gains as loan policy expectations buoyed buyers. Cash grain quotes and Winnipeg market notes accompany the day’s trading, with strong demand and limited offerings.

Chicago Board of Trade Roosevelt Secretary of Agriculture

Chicago Produce Markets Report Summary

Chicago Produce markets show butter receipts at 650.463 tons steady and eggs at 20.167 with storage at 1914c. Potatoes arrivals 138 on track 520 total US shipments 923. Idaho russets, Colorado red McClures,Minnesota cobblers, Early Ohios and Bliss Triumphs priced per US No. 1 quality. New stock supplies moderate, demand light. market about steady with slight firming in best stock. Produce futures from Lamson Bros. and Co list butter storage and egg refrigerator standards.

Chicago Idaho Colorado

Have To Make Twice As Much To Live Half As Well

The essayist jokes that life costs rise as he notes people complain about income tax and wage demands. He quips that earning twice what one is worth is needed to live half as well as before, and taxes are paid quarterly. He ribbingly mocks tax burdens and inflation while cherishing the era’s resilience.

Riggs and Kovacs Reach Indoor Tourney Semis

In Oklahoma City Bobby Riggs and Frankie Kovacs advanced to the national indoor tennis tournament semifinals after Kovacs defeated Bill Talbert in five sets and Riggs beat Frank Guernsey in four.

Oklahoma City INS Bobby Riggs Frankie Kovacs Kovacs Bill Talbert Cincinnati Riggs Frank Guernsey Houston Tex

Marion community notices and club events in Iowa

Linn's Best Four-H club entertained parents with an oyster supper at the Kemp home north of Marion. Several guests attended with local members taking part in performances and plans for the April meeting at Carolyn Hagerman's home. An auto accident near Cedar Rapids injured no one, while New Art club elected officers and the Friendly Guild held a St Patrick themed tea. William H. Roberts marks 88 as neighbors recall his changes in transport. local moves, showers, and Legion auxiliary news follow.

Linn Irvin Kemp Marion Martha Kemp Evelyn Adams Ruth Frederick Lucile Gove Robert Sloan Frank Frederick Glenn Dahms John Adams Robert Hagerman Mike Buckner Gerald Thomas Allen Sloan Ray Frederick Robert Buckner Don Thomas Carolyn Hagerman Charles W. Joiner Des Moines Joiner L. Martin Joiners Cedar Rapids New Art Club John Bunting Friendly Guild of the Methondist Church Max Evans Kenneth V. Murdoch Mary Ann Ross Sidney Sue Cary Donna Faye Bailey Carol Jeane Fairley Joan Gibson Hillis Gill William H. Roberts George Schrimper Tenth Street Mr. Roberts Central Avenue Roberts Frank Straley Ben Gill C. J. Haas Josephine Whitacre G. Schultz Richard Schrimper

Senators Use Homers To Defeat Cardinals In Exhibition Game

In St. Petersburg Florida Washington Senators beat the St Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game. Cecil Travis George Case and George Archie hit solo home runs for the Senators as the bases were empty.

Senators Cardinals ST. Petersburg Fla Cecil Travis George Case George Archie Washington Senators St. Louis Cardinals

US Air Arm Not Ready For Foe Until 1942

Indianapolis dispatch reports a National Defense Committee inquiry finds the United States will lack sufficient air planes and pilots to meet a major foe before summer 1942. The document cites January production above 1,000 aircraft and a potential 30,000 per year, with 200,000 army air corps personnel by June 1941 and training for 30,000 pilots and 80,000 mechanics. Manufacturers could reach 1,500 planes monthly by early 1941 and 2,500 by mid-1942, with 7,000 to 8,000 planes slated for Britain in 1941.

Indianapolis National Defense Committee of the American Legion Army Air Corps Britain

Serbs Ready To Sign Axis Pact Reportedly

BELGRADE (UP) Yugoslavia agreed to sign a treaty with Germany outlining relations, likely next Wednesday, in a move viewed as a mutual non aggression pledge. Premier Dragisha Cvetkovich and Foreign Minister Alexander Cincar-Markovitch expected to travel to Germany to sign, with a German aircraft awaiting their departure. The pact aims to preserve Yugoslav independence amid German troop pressure on the borders.

Belgrade Yugoslavia Germany Adolf Hitler Dragisha Cvetkovich Alexander Cincar-Markovitch Hungary Rumania Bulgaria

Local Gazette Wants and Ads Page Fragments

Compilation of want ads and listings including rewards, services, and employment notices. Items mention a $25 reward for fraud prevention, jewelers and alterations, tea room events, rental inquiries, barber and medical ads, print services, and driving offers. Several addresses and phone references appear amid brief notices and classifieds.

Gazette Probasco, Jeweler 2Nd Ave Frank Bertha Pownall Brick Hutchinson's Richards Pharmacy 10Th St McKinley Barber Shop H K. Schaefer Kresze C. R. Knitting Co Sands Printine —Co 2Nd St Griffith Feather Mattress Co California 1St St Fitch K&m Primey Coe Gazette Ee Aveh Gazette Public Gazette Public Stenographer

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