Livestock markets hold steady after irregular week
Chicago and other markets report steadier livestock prices as receipts shift. Hog supplies were light, keeping values firm at tops around 815, while cattle and calves show mixed changes by weight. Regional yards in Omaha Sioux City and Des Moines show varied quotes for hogs sheep and cattle with overall quiet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Livestock
Choice Becht
Rio
Omara Livestock
Omaha
Ottside
Sioun City
Sioux City
Des Moines
US Dept Agriculture
Towa
Minnesota
Market report shows cattle and hogs steady after price ranges
In Mason City Waterloo and surrounding markets, hogs and cattle posted varied price ranges by weight with steady or unchanged overall tone. Prices span from 60 to 450 pounds for hogs and up to 550 pounds for cattle, with typical quotes around 6 to 7 dollars per hundredweight and aisles noting packers bidding in the 600s to 700s per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Hogs Schisher
Waterloo
Fancy
Welgit
Quali Sreep
Local Hog Market Edges Higher by Nickel
Hogs advance on the local market with all grades up a nickel on Saturday. The top price for long-haul, no-fill hogs hits 775 dollars.
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Poultry Market Prices
Grain prices listed for Wheat Oats Barley Corn Shelled and Soybeans with No 2 and No 3 grade rates. Hay straw and poultry prices included along with assorted fruits vegetables and staple items. Livestock hides calves horses and ponies priced, with a note on harness stock and market details.
Market Report Chicago Produce Prices and Arrivals
Chicago produce trading shows butter receipts 649,852 firm with creamery scores 93 and other quotes. eggs receipts 21,090 firm with local firsts around 20.4 cents. potatoes arrivals 215 on track with total U S shipments 1.806. Idaho russets and Bliss Triumphs feature among US No 1 grades with varied prices and modest to light demand across regions. Wisconsin Katahdins and other varieties listed with prices in the US No 1 tier. Florida crates show 175 per crate with moderate supplies and very light demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
Idaho
Bliss
U S
Wisconsin
Katahdins
UB S
U_ S
Florida
Futures Prices For Butter And Eggs From Samson Bros
Samson Bros and Co lists futures for butter storage standards March at 3300 and November at 3470. Eggs refrigerator standards show March at 22.40, April 22.50, October 23.95 77 and 24.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson Bros. and Co
Wisconsin cheese quotes and river stages update
Wisconsin cheese exchange reports quotes for Daisies and cheddars with prices in cents per pound for the week of March 31 to April 5. The Boston market notes limited business and U.S. Agriculture data show small fleece sales and grease values around 42 to 44 cents. River stages on the Mississippi list rises at several towns including Davenport and La Crosse with gains and falls noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Boston
US Agriculture Department
Stock Market Averages Drift On A Quiet Saturday
Volume was scattered as leaders made little progress and declines were minor. Stocks held near flat with defense industry strikes anticipated and mixed signals from the Balkans as rails and several outages showed resilience. Major names like United States Steel and Bethlehem stayed near the back, while American Telephone and General Motors showed limited gains amid wage and price concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Balkans
International Harvester
Universal Pictures
Santa Fe
N ¥ Central
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Anaconda
Sears Roebuck
J. C Penney
Montgomery Ward
U S Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
US Rubber
General Electric
Kennecott
American Can
Douglas Aircraft
Wall Street Stock Quotations in State Street Journal Style
The page lists numerous stocks with prices and changes from Alaska Juneau to Yazoo, including Kennecott Copper Allied Chemical Lehigh Valley Allis Chalmers Libbey Owens Amalgamated Sugar, Martin GUL Nash Kelv Nashua, and major firms like Armour, Coca Cola, Chrysler Motors, General Electric, IBM, and U S Steel. Prices are shown in fractional and decimal formats with various up and down indicators. The compilation reflects daily quotations from Wall Street prompted by trading activity and market movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E. Bennett & Co
Merchants National Bank
Alaska
Juneau
Kennecott
Allied Chem
Lehigh Val
Allis Chalmers
Libbey Owens
Lig & Mys
Maracaibo
Loews, Inc
Loft. Inc
Amn Roll Mills
Martin
Mathiesen
Amn Steel
Mont Ward
Amn
Motor Wheel
Nash Kelv
Amn Wat
Natl
Bellas
Natl Biscuit
Ark
Nat Gos
Armour and Co
Nath Dairy
Atchison T SF
Pow & L
Atlantic Rfc
Central
Aviation Corp
Nor Pac RR
Balleoe
North Amn Co
Bendix Avn
Nor Amn
Canada Dry
Proctor Gamble
Pub
Soc NJ
Caterpillar
Pullman Co
Gelotex
Radio Corp
Ate
Certain
Radio Keith
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler
Sou Railway
Contl Motors
Sperry Corp
Corn Products
Crucible Steel
Calif
Curtiss Wr
Curtiss
Crere & Co
Stone
Webster
Douglas Aire
Studebaker
Du Pont _deN
Tex Corp
Eastern R_M
Tex Gull
Union Pac
Gen Electric
Uni
Gen Foods
Uni Air Lines
Gen Motors
Uni Corp
Gillette SR
Uni Druk
Gimbel Bras
Uni Fruit
Goodrich B
Nickel
Vounest
Enrth Radio
Bendix
Nore i Borg Warner
Q'aker O Pr
Chicago Corp
Sunstra
Edison
Swift Ana Co
Cons Biscuit
Swift
Marsh Field
Walereen
Midwest Corp
ScZenith Rad
Bond Markets Show Modest Gains in Sedate Saturday Trading
New York AP Prices moved moderately higher in quiet bond dealings Saturday. Colorado and Southern 42s rose several points after road announcements to fay May 1 interest. Boston and Marine 423, St Paul 58, Rock Island 45, North Western 434s of 1949 led gains with limited foreign issues edging up slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colorado
Southern
Boston
Marine
St Paul Adjustment
Rock Island General
North Western
Wheat and corn surge on Chicago board of trade
Broad participation pushes grain prices to new season high as wheat corn and soybeans rise. Wheat up to 343 May 1943 with gains near two cents, corn 134 to 17 May, oats 2 to 7 May, rye 4 to 14 May, soybeans 36 to 1115 May, led by processing demand and short covering while offerings thin and profit taking trims gains. Kansas City and Minneapolis follow Chicago gains. Winnipeg little changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Shorts
Wheat and grain market report from Winnipeg and Chicago
Winnipeg market shows May wheat opening at 76.34 rising to 76.79 with late trade around 78% strength and Chicago cash provisions list bids for No 2 and No 3 wheat and assorted corn oats barley and soy products. Prices include No 2 yellow corn at 70 1/2 to 71, oats No 1 mixed 39 1/2 to 40, barley nominal 53 to 66, and lard and bellies quoted with tight spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Court House News Lavonna Lawrence Ordered to Show Cause
Lavonna Lawrence, defendant in a divorce action by Linhart Lawrence, was ordered by Judge H C Ring to appear April 1 to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt. An injunction blocked sale of the couple’s personal property and an order barred sale or lease of the Boulder township farm. Lawrence accuses her of selling personal property and renting the farm despite the orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavonna Lawrence
Linhart Lawrence
H. C. Ring
Lawrence
Co executors named in Marion will probate
Ed M. Taylor who died March 1 left Mrs Mary Kyllo Ruth L Herron and grandson Charles L Taylor as equal heirs after a 4000 bequest to two daughters. The will appoints co executors without bond. Betty Pickerill 18 pleaded not yet by Judge C J Haas on larceny from a building charge. She faces Tuesday plead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kyllo
D. H. Smith
Marion
Ed M. Taylor
Kyllo
Ruth L. Herron
Betty Pickerill
The
Royal Hotel
C. J. Haas
Cedar Rapids
Rose Fall
Seventeenth Avenue SW
Landlord Seeks Attachment Against Brutsmans for Back Rent
Esther E. Moses filed a petition for a writ of attachment Friday against Sidney Brutsman and Genevieve M. Brutsman in Linn County. The suit seeks to recover 200 dollars in back rent and 45 dollars in damages to the farm property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Brutsman
Genevieve M. Brutsman
Esther E. Moses
Linn County
Residents seek gravel resurfacing without assessment
A petition from 25 Toddville residents filed with the county board at Tuesday's meeting requests gravel surfacing of town streets without assessment. Hazel M Hall cites cruel and inhuman treatment in a divorce suit filed Saturday against Floyd F Hall, seeking custody of two children and $20 weekly support. The couple married April 4 1927 at Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toddville
County Board of Supervisors
Hazel M. Hall
Floyd F Hall
Auto registrations rise 29 percent in 1940
In 1940 the United States saw new passenger car registrations climb 29 percent over 1939, reaching a total of 3,992,232 units as consumer demand rebounded from the previous year.
Champs Beaten In Collegiate Ring Tourney
STATE COLLEGE Pa UP Only two 1940 champions will be in the finals of the seventh annual National Collegiate Athletic association boxing tournament to be staged here Saturday night. Nick Lee of Wisconsin last year's heavyweight champion who chose to fight this year in the 175 pound bracket was eliminated in his first match. Johnny Joca of Florida was ousted Friday night in a semi final bout in the 1385 pound class by Gene Rankin of Wisconsin The two defending champions both from Idaho are Ted Kara 1936 American Olympic boxing captain who fights in the 120 pound class and Laune Erickson she The mythical team championship probably will go to Idaho or Southwestern Louisiana each of which has three men in the finals. Entries with two finalists are Penn State North Carolina Washington State and Wisconsin Single finalists represent the California Aggies and Louisiana State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Nick Lee
Wisconsin
Johnny Joca
Florida
Gene Rankin
Idaho
Warn Cedar Rapids Chicago Sleeper Faces Discontinuation
Cedar Rapids business leaders warn the Chicago and North Western sleeper between Cedar Rapids and Chicago may be discontinued without heavier patronage. Harry F. Sundberg of the Chamber of Commerce reports low passenger use except Sundays, noting loss would hurt local businesses and time economy. He cites air conditioned overnight service and cites past loss of the Kansas City sleeper for lack of patronage. Sundberg links the decline to the rise of streamlined day trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Harry F. Sundberg
Chamber
Sundberg
C and N. W
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids City Briefs Highlight Local Moves and News
Floyd McGuire left for Guthrie Oklahoma and Mrs Gertrude Stonehill left for Los Angeles California. The Rev Miss M B Inman will conclude a week of meetings at the Sunshine Mission. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs L O Johnson of Waterloo. Mrs Johnson is the former Marjorie Gephart of Cedar Rapids. Rainbow Girls plan church services at St Johns Episcopal. Advertisements invite Easter pet ads in Want Ads. Dr Elsenbast spoke in Hopkinton on Amana Society past and present. John C Machovec, son of Joseph Machovec, promoted to sergeant at Fort Riley after four and a half years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Inman
The
Sunshine Mission
L. O Johnson
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Or. Elsenbast
Hopkinton
Amana Society
John C. Machovec
Joseph P Machovec
A Avenue NW
14Th Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan
Machovec
Fort Des Moines
Riley
Geology Professor to Speak on Tetons at Hearthside Meeting
Dr. Leonard R. Wilson chair of geology at Coe College will discuss Exploring the Geology of the Tetons at the Hearthside group meeting of the First Congregational Church on Sunday at 7 45 p.m. Hosts include Mr and Mrs John C Rice Mr and Mrs Blair Thomas and Mr and Mrs W V Burger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard R. Wilson
Coe College
First Congregational Church
John C. Rice
Blair Thomas
W. V. Burger
Azaleas From Chicago Flower Show Arrive in Cedar Rapids
Two azalea trees intended for the Chicago flower show opened at Navy Pier arrived in Cedar Rapids and are now on display in the Lapes florists window. The plants are the largest azaleas ever shown in Cedar Rapids, measuring 4 and 5 feet in diameter and covered with blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Navy Pier
Cedar Rapids
John E. Lapes
Lapes
Man Claims Crow Shooting Incident On Weekend
Everett Sterns aged 26 of 611 Eighteenth Street SW told Conservation Officer R W Beckman he was shooting at crows late Friday when the game warden found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Sterns
Eighteenth Street
R. W Beckman
Ducks and game law dispute ends with suspended fines
Beckman said he hunted ducks near Palo and charged Sterns with violating game laws. Sterns appeared before Justice H. R. Churchill, pled guilty, and was fined $100 with costs but the judge suspended all but $25 of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo
Beckman
Sterns
H. R. Churchill
Horsemeat Rationed in Vichy Amid Meat Rationing
Horsemeat was added to the French food ration list on Saturday, joining other meats already rationed for months. In the United States, the Missouri mule is being replaced by power machinery at about 10,000 animals yearly, per the census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICHY
Missouri
Gazette Want Ads Show Diverse Local Services and Offers
A dense ad page lists subscription promos for Look magazine and American Tome, ambulance service claims, rewards for fraud, pharmacy goods, jewelry, alterations, and printing services. It advertises rides, coin premiums, knitwear, quilting patterns, watch repairs, feather mattresses, painting, and a sought ads section for a farm hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probasco
2Nd Ave
L.a-Lower
Frank Meci
Irving F Martin
Sands_ Frinting Co
2Nd St
Hawkeye Stamp CO
C.R.C. Ride
C. R. Knitting Co
1St St
H K. Schaefer
Kresge
Griffith Feather Mattress Co
Used Car Seasonal Sale In Linn County Listings
Clean condition used cars from 1937 to 1941 including Plymouth Deluxe models, Chevrolet Deluxes, Hudsons and Studebakers. Dealers advertise repair services, reconditioning, low prices, and nationwide truck lines. Local lots in Springville, MakKibben Motor Co and Diamond Truck Sales promote diverse inventory and trade options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Springville
Ralph S Frank
MakKibben Motor Co
4Th Ave
2Nd St. Secial
Varantes Diamond
Bee
Ray Bramsen Diamond T Truck Sales Co
Mi4
Tea Odel
Teach Padzensky
A_Ave
Ist Street
STONE
Ist ST Sn
2Nd Ave
Schamberger Motor CO
1St Ave
Hudson Sales CO
Chevrolet
Burlington St
Studebaker
Lanehurst Motor Co
TSE Motor Co
Army
Dodge
Kadlec Bros
Ackard
A Ave
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ST Paul
South ST Paul
Austin
Austin Minn
Associated Press
IMV
Lamson Brothers and Company
H R Mowrey
Kansee
S.c
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Teta's
Wool Market
Mississippi
Davenport
Hastings
Prairie du Chien
Dubuaque
Keokuk
St Louis
Wall St
Court House News
Will
City Briefs
Floyd McGuire
Elmhurst Drive
Guthrie
Oklo
Gertrude Stonehill
Bever Avenue
Los Angeles
Georgia Humphries
Park Avenue SE
Etta Perry
Avenue NE
Hot Springs
Gazette
the Gazette
United States
Lovely Lady Oil
Lovely Lady Beauty Shop
Bishop’s
Lillian Suchy Beauty Shop
Charm Beauty Shop
Johnson's Barber and Meauty Shop
Florentine Lustick
Mickey's
3Rd Ave
Paris Academy Beauty School
Danceland
Skippy Anderson
iMusic
Kay Kyser
Lund
Larry
Herman
Adesen
Magnus
LaFayette Cafe
Rex
TOP Hat
Turkey House
Walford
Clair
Hallwood Cafe
Snyder
Sediacek
Orchestra
Yellow Cab
Jackson's Cafe
MRS
Gazette Ad Dept RR
Ginsberg’s
Mary Adams
Look Magazine
David McGregors Arency
Trust Ride
Robert Bochek
G Ave
Ambulance Service CO
2nd Ave. & M_ PHARMACY
Meyer's
Eve Call
Nagle-Eaton Lumber
Sherwin Williams Co
Novak Heating Co
Kubias Hardware CO
Hawkeye Tin Shop Dial
Chas. Riter
Soilax
Cummins
Dial
Sodding Kutchera Sodding & Fuel Co
Peters Excavating Co
Fred Young
DeMarah
McAllister
Bender's
Harry Hargens
Monticello
Care
A. T Glass
Joan Carbec
Ave
Giles
Schallau Auto CO
Keystone
Iowa
Philco
Garland Raines
M. RB
Smith Newman's
Farm Journal
Farmer's
Liberal Commission
Mr French
Becker Roofing Co
3Rd St
Armstrong
Gasett
Mr. Cody
Washington Ave
Hever Ave
D Ave
Hake
Central Employment Ag’gy
Granby RR SR
Trade Schools
Henderson School of Welding
5Th Ave
de Reece
Sears
Stade
C. R. Barber College
Pagramette
BIG Industries
Rapids School of Welding
REALL
Autos & Trucks
Rapaport
Sth Ave. SE
Baxters Special
Baxter Motors
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