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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1940

Page

8

Heavier hog receipts push Chicago prices lower amid mixed livestock notes

Chicago market reports show heavier hog receipts Tuesday forcing prices down about 25 cents with top hog bids near 6 15. Cattle prices remained mostly steady while fat lambs showed slower movement. Regional reports from Waterloo Iowa Sioux City Omaha and St Paul reflect varied gains and losses across hogs cattle and sheep with prime cuts and feeder weights cited.

Chicago Morthy Kruilers Ndt Fender Erier Fr. Kotor Tully Saurare Sioun Cannery Omaha U S Ian Ifiabie Asprin California

Livestock Market Report Notes Mixed Receipts and Price Shifts

The market shows varied lamb and sheep trade with steady to higher bids for slaughter lambs and shorn ewes. Feeder cattle and calves remained mostly steady while total receipts and bids fluctuated, including mixed prices for hogs and steers.

Aconts Piper Taree

Local Hog Prices Reported Down Ten Cents

Local hog prices are 10 cents lower with ton calves around £10 and prices varying by weight and quality. Sheep market notes include spring lambs at 70 to 90 pounds with bucks and stress items priced by quality.

Cedar Rapids Produce Prices and Miscellaneous Goods

The Cedar Rapids market lists grain prices with various No 1 and No 2 grades for wheat and barley, plus soybeans, oats, and mixed feeds. Also displayed are dairy items like cream, butterfat, and eggs, alongside live poultry, cattle, hides, potatoes, tomatoes, cranberries, and horses with respective prices and descriptions.

Powtry Peters Hensaver & Ibs Ohl Rensters Lreehorns

Wisconsin Cheese Prices and Wool Market Report

Market notes from Wisconsin and Boston show cheese prices for May week with daisies and cheddars quoted around 13 to 14 cents. Wool market trends indicate fine Delaware fleece and graded basins selling 33 to 41 cents, with French combing commanding 2 to 82 cents per pound amid varied demand.

Wisconsin Ciseast Plymouth Winapa Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Cail Board Boston S. Dent

Stocks Tumble To 15 Points In Turbulent New York Trade

New York AP reports a sharp stock market drop on Tuesday with losses ranging from two to fifteen points and several issues hitting multiyear lows. The session featured a delayed ticker tape and about 9.5 million shares traded, with Dow and industrials leading declines amid European concerns and firm names such as Du Pont Dow Chemical Union Carbide American Telephone Westinghouse Kodak Chrysler GM U S Steel Bethlehem Sears Montgomery Ward Case Douglas American Smelting and Public Service of NJ cited.

New York Mondas Wall Street du Pont Dow Chemical Union Carbide American Telephone Westinghouse Eastman Carbide Eastman Kodak Chrysler General Motors U. S. Steel Bethlehem Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Case Douglas Aircraft American Smelting and Public Service of NJ J E. Bennett & Coy Merchants National Bank Adams Express Alaska Junean Aga Itl Nickela Allishany Corp Sq Allied Chem T & T Wy Allied States Johns Manville GO Ails Chalmers Kun City Sou Amal Leather Kennecott Amn Canoi Kresne Gomi Broser G& B Au Ami Iaubey Owens Fiz & Meyers Wink Beltaay M & Fdy Bia Garbonte Metas i Lonws. Inc Sinn Powes B Batt, Inc P Lorilard Ry Ae Armour É Co Mont Ward Ariionm Corp Muray, Corp Atchien T&s Fo Atlantic Rkc Hall Bellas Discurt Baldwin Loco Balto de Ohio No Ann Co Beeime Airn Amu Avi Ohio Oil Bs Borden Co Otis, Steel Tay Borg Warner II Packard Mtrs Paramount Park Uleh Budd Mix Patino Mines Budd Wheel Pen & Ford Burroughs Adz Penna Ror Calé& Heelan Penney Wile Phillips Pallsbury Pitts Plymouth Cerri de Pasco Pullman Co Biy Ches & Ohio Wiledradio Corr Bia Ches_ Cain Keith Cmsipap Rand Chao Neo Motors Steel Chrysler Motor Agin Safeway Coca Cola Schenles Cole Palmolive Seaboard Ou Galouci Sentra Roebuck Colum Gas Servel Inc Cont Credit Wy Sharp Dohme Coml Salvents She Union A Southern Silver King Conde Nast Simmonus Co Congoleum Tkr Skelly Cons Edison Soc Gus Crown Drug Crucible Steel Stone Ttl Cub Am Sure Curtiss Stew Warner Deere & Colt, Stone, Webster Dourlas Aire al Studebaker Tex Corp NSU Goodrich BF Iat Corp Yass Westghse Et of Hayes Body Slawhite Mtrs Hecker Hiram Walker Willys Ovld Trouston Soutter Encox Huudson Indus Raven Wiegenith Radio Intl Hydro Chicago Lakes aAshertas Mtgalletieman Avi Ransp Druc Gerehoff Libby McNeil Bendix Marsh Field Biss Laushlin I Midwest Corp Rare Warner Butler Bros S Cent Rosy Sunstrand Crveago Corp sSuift Co

Wall Street Tuesday Quotations Drift With Mixed Shares

The market listings show Adams Express and International Paper among many industrials and banks trading up and down. Key performers include Kennecott, Johns Manville, Allied Chemical and Union Carbide with a broad spread across utilities, railroads, and consumer goods firms reflecting cautious trading.

Wheat price collapse marks heaviest liquidation in years

Heaviest liquidation in seven years pushed wheat futures down the limit as outside prices fell below the dollar level. Soybeans and rye also hit bottom while corn and oats declined and rest of grains followed the downward trend amid weak stock and Buenos Aires markets.

Checago Board of Trade Minneapolis Kansas City Buenos Aires Winnipeg U .S Germany

Chicago market report lists grain and feed prices

CHICAGO CASIS PROVISIONS reports no sales. Prices include yellow corn 68.14 cents, mixed 39 cents, white 40 to 34 cents, barley 53.466 cents, feed 104 50 cents, soybeans No 3 yellow 1.05, rye sample grade 60 cents per tierce with various tiers and packages noted.

Lamson Brothers and Company R Mowrey Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank Daly Winnsops Chicago

Market snapshot Chicago produce and butter egg remarks

Chicago markets show steady roosters and unchanged butter and egg prices amid varied receipts. California Triumphs and Idaho Russets feature steady demand, while New York butter and eggs reflect mixed futures and storage notes amid fluctuating stock levels.

Chicago API Poultry Tve California Bliss Alabama U. S Louisiana U.S Perent Idaho Russell Uo

Bond market slides as issues drop on Tuesday trading

US government bonds closed lower with some issues down as much as 17 points while corporate and foreign loans fell, traders noting demand for Hawiid accounts fueled the downward drive amid broader declines across Treasuries and corporate issues. Dow Jones averages show mixed losses across rails and industrials.

New York Bond Review API Norway Polnt Belgium Argentine Italy Germany Canada

Barbara Shultz Dies at 88 in Cedar Rapids

Mrs. Barbara Shultz widow of John Shultz died at 8 pm at the home of her son in Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness. Born October 27 1851 in Czechoslovakia she came to Cedar Rapids 55 years ago. Surviving are four daughters two sons twenty grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be con-

Barbara Shultz John Shultz Stanley O. Cejka Grande Avenue SE Czechoslovakia Cedar Rapids Mary Pavlicek Frank Clarek Frank Dvorak Frank J J. F. Shultz Walter Bartovsky Frank Paseka Anthony Ceske Viastenky Rosary Society St. Wenceslaus Church

Funeral Mass Held for Grandson Elmer Marek

Services were conducted at Janeba Funeral Home at 845 am and 930 am in St Wenceslaus with Msgr August Vo jacek and Rev Joseph A Syvovy presiding. Burial followed at St Johns Cemetery. The Rosary was recited by the Rogary society at 630 pm Wednesday. A grandson, Elmer Marek of Canton Ohio, could not attend.

Janeba St Wenceslaus August Vojacek Joseph A Syvovy St Johns Cemetery Rogary Society Elmer Marek Canton, O

Herbert Lapham, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, dies at 63

Herbert Henry Lapham, 63, died at his home on Ellis Boulevard NW at 9:30 pm Monday after ill health. Born in Cedar Rapids September 19, 1876, he lived here all his life. Survived by wife Lela, two children Fred of Ottumwa and Robert of Cedar Rapids, and two grandchildren Betty Jean Lapham and Roberta Lea Lapham. Funeral 2 pm Thursday Beatty chapel, burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Wednesday. flowers requested none.

Herbert Henry Lapham Ellis Boulevard Cedar Rapids Lela Fred Ottumwa Robert Betty Jean Lapham Roberta Lea Lapham The Goodfellows

Ed H Dirks dies after illness in Cedar Rapids

Ed H Dirks died at 11 15 am Tuesday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born September 1 1893 near Langworthy Iowa he lived in Cedar Rapids over 20 years and spent much of his life in Jones county. He married Anna Landherr in 1924 and is survived by his wife his father Garrett J Dirks and his brother Harm Dirks of Center Junction. He was a Lutheran and funeral plans are not complete with calling at Turner chapel.

Ed H Dirks First Avenue E Langworthy Iowa Cedar Rapids Jones County Anna Landherr Garrett J Dirks Harm Dirks Center Junction Dirks Lutheran Church Turner Chapel

Dwight H. Adams Dies in Minneapolis

Dwight H. Adams a retired Rock Island conductor died at his Minneapolis home Sunday Funeral services were set for Tuesday He previously lived in Estherville and ran a passenger train between Cedar Rapids and Estherville Born September 26 1864 he joined railroad service in 1890 and became a conductor in 1896

Dwight H. Adams Rock Island Railroad Minneapolis Estherville Cedar Rapids

Farm Tenant Loans Approved By House

The House reversed course and voted 197 to 153 to authorize 850 million dollars for farm tenant loans from Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds. The money will be lent to the secretary of agriculture for relending, not as a direct treasury appropriation.

Washington House Reconstruction Finance Corporation Chamber Senate Treasury Secretary of Agriculture

Temple Roller Rink Nights at Green Lantern and Top Hat

Skating at Temple venues each evening with weekend afternoon parties. Thursday evenings offer 5 to 7 pm ladies only with dancing. Bands and beer served at Magnus Stables and Top Hat Cafe with no cover charge and fried chicken on offer. Local clubs and cafe listings include Hallwood Cafe in Marion.

Rummage Sales and Local Services Advertised

A chaotic classified page lists rummage sales near Ist St SE and 224 1th Ave SE, with offerings from Allied Van Lines and Calder's Van Storage plus numerous home services from beauty shops to lawn care. Job ads seek salespeople, drivers, and shop help in Cedar Rapids and What Cheer, Iowa.

Allied van Lines, Inc Calder’s van & Storage Co., Inc Dini Griffith Feather Mattress Co St Paul's Church Young Dallas Texas DIAL Sands Ben Liberal Aitchison Manufacturing Co Albert Lea _ Minn Gazette Mr Booker Puliman Hotel Tuesda High School E. Leach Magnus Hotel Philco Garland Ranees Gazette Stainless Steel CO Lober Shoe Store 2Nd St 2Nd Ave Cedar Rapids New Process Laundry Co Karsten Bros

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