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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1939
Page
3
Chicago AP reports Tuesday live stock receipts of 7,000 cattle 12,000 hogs and 5,000 sheep. Hog prices Monday were mostly steady with Friday's average. cattle trade remained slow and steady while fat lambs were nearly at a standstill with best lambs quoted about steady.
Hogs at 11 000 salable with steady prices but 5 to 10 cent drops on medium and heavy weights. Top hogs at 7 25. Cattle receipts 12 900 with slow to steady trade as light offerings appear. Vealers and bulls steady with weighty steers seen at 10 to 11. Sheep at 8 000 with standstill activity and bids unevenly lower on fed lambs and sheep.
AP dispatch reports cattle receipts at 4000 with calves 100 and steady to weak demand. hogs at 4000 slow with tops near 6.85, heavier hogs softer. sheep receipts 2000 show fat lambs steady to slightly lower and springers around 10.00.
Hogs receipts 5 300 slow to weak with top at 6 85 for 70 240 Ibs and 6 55 to 6 75 for 250 270 Ibs. cattle receipts 9 000 with varied feeder, yearling, and cow quotes. vealers 9 50 to 10 00. sheep receipts 6 500 with fat lambs steady and California spring lamb bids at 10 50 and natives above 10 75.
Des Moines reports U S Department of Agriculture combined hog receipts at 46 000 for interior Iowa and southern Minnesota over 48 hours ending Monday. Prices show steers and hogs varying by weight with generally steady to slightly higher trends and regional adjustments in Mason City Waterloo Ottumwa and Des Moines markets.
Hog prices at Austin Minnesota range 140 to 350 pounds with quotes from 5.50 to 9.75 dollars per hundredweight across weight classes. St Paul Livestock reports cattle receipts around 4 500 with prices from 7.00 to 8.75 for steers and heifers and hogs around 5.60 to 7.50, noting slow activity and mixed demand.
Grain quotations furnished by Lamson Brothers and Company with H. R. Mowrey as manager. Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
Hogs are steady to weak on the local market with all good hogs down 5 cents Monday and packers unchanged. Top hog price down to 6.85, cattle also steady. Feeder ranges listed by weight from 140 to over 350 pounds with various bid prices, along with packer lots and calf market notes. Sheep and lambs offer limited figures with quality-based pricing.
Price list from Cedar Rapids shows No 1 wheat at 67c and No 2 at 65c, rye 30-33c, corn shelled yellow 43c, soybeans 85c. Hay straw bids 7 and 5 dollars. butterfat 22c. Poultry hens roosters and eggs priced. wholesale fruits vegetables with lemons oranges grapefruit and more listed. Hides and pelt values included with horse, calf, kip categories and manes and tails noted.
Chicago AP market notes show receipts and prices across dairy eggs poultry and potatoes. Butter creamery quotes range around 22 to 23 cents with various grades. eggs unsettled with firsts local around 16 cents, 15 to 17 cents other lots. poultry prices list many breeds with hens broilers and fryers in the 10 to 20 cent range. potatoes on track with Idaho Russets and Wisconsin round whites priced by grade and type, demand moderate to good, markets steady with slight softness on some items.
AP report from New York shows EGCS receipts at 29.165 with weak to mixed colors and various grade prices. Butter receipts reach 554 718 with firmer creamery demand, while cheese receipts total 311 375 with firm state whole milk flats and current makes.
New York stock activity opened with a mild rally but cooled by the close. Early volume rose slightly, then slowed as five hour transfers hovered near 300 000 shares. Leaders included American Telephone Westinghouse Chrysler Santa Fe American Smelting GE Douglas Aircraft Woolworth Sears Goodyear. most commodities eased while overseas markets favored gains. Standard Steel Spring American Cyanamid B and Creole Petroleum rose among curb listings.
Wall Street stock quotations from Alaska Juneau to a wide range of companies and bonds. Notable names include Allied Chem, Johns Manville, Lehigh Valley, Libby Owens, Armour, Bethlehem Steel, Coca Cola, General Electric, Union Carbide, Ford, and Westinghouse among many others. The page lists buy and sell prices, trading ranges, and notable movements across industries and markets.
Clarence Mc Arthur of Tampa Florida died Monday after plunging six stories from a burning hotel room following his appearance at the Cotton Carnival air show on Sunday in Memphis Tennessee. He had thrilled spectators the previous day.
Weak late selling driven by liquidation in May wheat pulled prices down after holding near prior close. Winnipeg’s drop reversed the uptrend, sending wheat 2c below prior levels while Liverpool and international trade showed gains. U S visible supplies fell as North American exports rose last week.
MINNEAPOLIS CASH GRAIN AP reports wheat receipts Monday at 390 cars with higher quotations. No. 1 heavy dark northern 81 87 cents. No. 1 dark northern 81 83 cents. No. 1 hard Montana 85 Alpine three? 86 87 cents. No. 1 dark hard Montana winter 76 78 cents. No. 1 hard amber durum 73 84 84 cents. No. 1 red durum 70 2 cents. CORN No. 3 yellow 46 37/47 cents. OATS No. 3 white 30 31 cents. BARLEY 3 67 cents.
Chicago markets list cash prices for corn oats barley and soybeans with weights and sample grades, plus seed and lard values. No cash wheat sales shown. various grades quoted in cents per bushel and per pound, including No 1 yellow corn No 2 white oats and Timothy red clover red top seeds and lard by tierce loose and bellies.
Wisconsin cheese quotas for May 15 to 20 list the exchanges at 12 cents for twins daisies horns and cheddars with farmers call board showing daisies horns and cheddars at 12 2 cents. The wool market in Boston reports steady prices for fleeces and fine western wools with some mills cautious and fewer direct shipments to users.
Bond and rail stock quotes show mixed moves with eight items listed. Prices include 88.61 down 0.13 and 93.08 down 0.18 for rail grades plus 46.19 down 0.43 and 108.06 up 0.18 with 107.13 down 0.09.
Demand for bonds rose slightly on Monday with many issues advancing fractions to above year peak levels. Gains led by public utilities and rail bonds as investors eyed peace prospects in Europe and ample bank funds, with notable movers including American Water Works 6s and New York Central 5s.
Paul J. Smith, 72, 1549 D Avenue NE, was jailed after being charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and intoxication in a public place. He received two 15 day sentences from Justice J. E. Hanlon's Walker court. Police found him in a car near highway 11 west of Walker around 4 pm Sunday. He is in county jail. license suspended April 14 for three months for negligent driving.
Linn county officials released three youths, two aged 18 and one 17, as a graduation gift after they admitted taking a tool kit from a car at Walker Friday night. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon said the incident and warned the boys not to let it happen again.
Report to the sheriff's office says two youths claimed they got their diplomas at a high school graduation Friday evening and took a girl classmate home. On the way back a tire failed and they admitted taking a tire tool from Ray Keyser's car to patch the tire and fearing to return it. They also said they attempted to remove a spare tire from H. W. McCright's car but quit when afraid. Officers released them after a post graduation lecture with orders to return the property.
Donald D. Osborne 28 of Cedar Rapids was released during good behavior with 13 days left on a 90 day sentence for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge C. J. Haas ordered the release due to illness in Osborne's family. Civil actions include divorces for cruelty and a name change request. An $8,000 personal injury suit by Alice Mills against Cedar Rapids city was dismissed with prejudice.
Hal R. Sheridan of the Paramount theater told the Rotary club that Cedar Rapids audiences reject poor and cheap films and help set trends by screening many pictures locally before wider release. He noted 22 days to shoot a feature and 50 to 250 negatives made for distribution to first run cities. Sheridan also said Paramount operates about 100 theaters in the territory and cited Adolf Hitler as the largest theater operator, directing about 7,000 houses in Germany and protectorates, while the largest U.S. operator runs roughly 2,000 theaters.
Farley and Loetscher woodworking factory officials rejected a union compromise to end a month old strike. Strikers would withdraw wage and bonus demands and weekly pay in exchange for a closed shop. Picketing resumed after a weekend truce, with an injunction petition heard by Judge Milton Glenn.
Advertisements for engagement rings and diamond jewelry offered by Katz Jewelry and Loans with a $25 reward for arrest and conviction of fraud through Want Ads. Various beauty shops promote permanents and hair services with prices, and multiple shops advertise window shades and watches.
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