Trade In Hogs Fairly Active with Chicago Prices Steady to Strong
Hog trade remained fairly active in Chicago with prices steady to firm. Demand boosted by bullish Thursday receipts, with a brief top around 9.90 for select medium weights and most hogs trading near 9.60 to 9.85. Cattle trading improved, Fed steers and yearlings steady to strong, light cattle in good demand, heavy weights slower. Representative sales show varied lots for hogs, steers, cows, and fat lambs with multiple price points.
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Chicago
Chicago Hog Cattle and Sheep Market Report Shows Mixed Movements
Hog receipts near 11 000 with direct trade averaging firm to strong. top hogs around 9.85 with bulk 9.60 to 9.85. Cattle receipts 5 000 plus calves. weights show strength in heavy steers and yearlings, light stock firmer. Sows and cows scarce but steady with bulls at 6.40 down. Sheep receipts 4 000 with fat lambs steady to strong. best clippers 10.25 to 10.65, choice natives 12.00 to 12.50, ewes at 3.00 to 3.75.
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Representative Sales, Inc., Me
Amt. No. Ave. Amt
Chicago
Dept. Agriculture
Shade Khieher
ST. Paul
South ST. Paul
Iu. S. Dept. Agriculture
Wilson’s
Omaha Livestock Receipts Show Mixed Grain Market Shift
U S Department of Agriculture reports Omaha hogs and cattle receipts with price ranges. Hogs balanced by weight class with top around 9.40 while sows gain to about 8.50. Cattle lists steers near 7.25 to 8.25, calves 9.00, bulls 5.50 to 6.00, vealers 9.00. Sheep and lambs rise with spring lambs around 12.00 to 12.25 and total lamb demand strong.
Des Moines Hog Receipts and Prices Dip to Near-Year Lows
Combined hog receipts at 20 yards and 9 packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota totaled 23 600 for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Thursday, up from 14 300 last week and 14 800 a year ago. Prices were mostly steady with Wednesday’s averages, light weights and various weight classes listed from 140 to 550 pounds with valuations for good and choice, light and heavy categories.
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DES Moines
U. S. Dept. Agri- Culture
Towa
Minnesota
Livestock Prices Steady as Cattle and Hogs Move
U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle receipts 3,300 with steady heifers and bulls and mixed grades. hogs receipts 3,700 with active demand and top price near 9.70 for 140-250 lb stock. Sheep receipts 200 show undertones strong with slaughter lambs and spring kinds higher and well bid.
Iowa Hog Prices Mixed Across Regions
Hogs steady to higher in Waterloo and Mason City markets. Waterloo quotes 275-350 lbs at 8.00 to 8.30, 350-425 lbs 7.80 to 8.10, 425-550 lbs 7.65 to 7.95. packing sows up 5c. Mason City shows steady tone with 140-160 lbs at 7.95 to 8.25, 160-180 lbs 8.80 to 9.10, 275-350 lbs 7.95 to 8.25, 350-425 lbs 7.80 to 8.10.
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Waterloo
Mason City
Hog Prices Steady in Austin Minnesota Market
In Austin Minnesota the hog market remains steady with buyers quoting ranges for different weights. 180-220 lb hogs bring 9.10 to 9.40 per cwt while 220-250 lb fetch 9.00 to 9.30, 250-290 lb 8.75 to 9.05, 290-350 lb 8.45 to 8.75, and packing sows 275-550 lb worth 7.70 to 8.30 per cwt.
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Austin, Minn
Sioux City cattle and hog market figures reported by AP
US Department of Agriculture market news shows receipts of 3 500 cattle with beef steers and yearlings slow and mostly steady. Prices top at 8 50 for long yearlings and 9 40 for top butchers. Sows firm near 8 40 to 8 45 and feeder pigs to 9 25. Sheep receipts 2 500 with no early fat lamb action while California springers hold near 12.00 and best fed clips above 10.25.
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Sioux City
Iu. S. Dept. Agriculture
California
Hogs Hold Steady as Corn and Oats Show Weak Trend
Local market reports show hog prices unchanged with top at 9.45 dollars. Corn and oats remain slightly weaker on Thursday across grades, with no major shifts in the market.
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Markets
Market listings from Cedar Rapids show grain prices for wheat oats rye barley corn and soybeans with various grades. Produce and wholesale fruits vegetables including oranges grapefruit lemons apples bananas strawberries celery cabbage onions and pineapples are priced by crate or box. Hide prices for cattle calves kip and horse hides are listed with various grades.
Live Poultry and Farm Prices in Chicago Market Report
AP dispatch from Chicago lists live poultry receipts at 35 trucks with varied price breaks for hens broilers leghorns and turkeys. Butter eggs and potatoes show steady receipts and price ranges with U S No 1 and Louisiana and California varieties noted for potatoes and regional price spreads.
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Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock Springs
White Rock
U. S
Louisiana
Louisiana Cobblers
Texas Cobblers
California
Idaho
Burbanks
New York Produce and Dairy Receipts Report
New York meat and dairy prices show eggs steady with mixed colors and higher firsts at 21 1/2 to 22 1/2 cents. Butter firmer with extras around 27 to 28 cents, creamery higher than extras, cheese firm at quoted levels, and live poultry by freight steady with fowls 20 to 22 cents and roosters 14 cents.
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New York
Chicago Butter and Cheese Futures Snapped Shut
Chicago butter futures closed with storage standards for November at 273 cents and related refrigerator standards for October at 23 cents. Futures for storage packed firsts May at 215 cents and June at 2 dollars 8 cents were reported.
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Chicago
Bond Market Gains Lift U S Government Loans
New York bond market shows bright spot as U S government loans rise to new highs with steady general gains in government issues. Corporate and foreign sectors report modest activity with modest advances in Manati Sugar 7s and 72s certificates and selective buying in Japanese government bonds.
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New York
U. S
Federal
Ine
Manati Sugar
U S bonds close with varied yields in New York
U S bonds closed with several issues posting mixed results. Treasury 4s for 1947-52 traded at 118.30, 4s for 1944-54 at 113.10, 3s for 1940-43 June at 108.26, 3 39s for 1943-47 at 102.11, and 3s for 1951-55 at 104.28.
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NEW York
U. S
Treasury
Lions and Bulls Lead Noisy Animal World
The lion bull elk sea lion wolf and elephant are cited as the greatest noise producers in the animal kingdom.
Wheat Prices Fluctuate On Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat prices gyrated on the Chicago board of trade with an early dip and later rise, ending about steady. May wheat 9434 cents, corn May 6314 cents, oats May 284 cents. Bearish pressure from Liverpool and Winnipeg, dust storms, and contract expiration influenced trading. Lard firmed.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Shorts
Eastern Connection
Chicago Cash Provisions and Grain Prices from AP Report
Chicago AP report lists cash wheat at No 2 hard 1.01, various corn yellows and whites with multiple price ranges, rye and buckwheat unchanged, soybeans bids with track grades, barley feed and timothy clover seed prices, lard and bellies quoted. Prices shown in cents per bushel or per cwt with standard market classifications.
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Chicago
Minneapolis cash grain market report summary
Minneapolis AP notes wheat receipts and prices for No 1 heavy and dark northern varieties, Montana spring and hard grade futures, with to arrive quotations. Corn No 3 yellow and oats No 3 white prices listed.
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Minneapolis
Tee
Montana
Wool Market Sees Further Strengthening in Boston Prices
Prices for fleece wools rose with Missouri light shrinking grades trading up to 39 1/2 cents per pound grease delivered east after several deals at 36 38 cents. Ohio combing fleeces 33 and 4/4 blood grades closed at 37 cents grease with recent asks around 38. country graded lots of these grades offered near 36 cents grease delivered east.
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Boston
Ap)—I
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Missouri
Ohio
Foreign exchange rates steady in New York market
In New York, foreign exchange showed steady demand with rates across major currencies. Figures include Great Britain 4.97, France 6.58, Italy 7.85, Belgium 16.9142, Germany 40.27, and Hong Kong 2.3742, among others, with Montreal in New York 99.6834 and New York in Montreal 100.01 percent, N-Nominal.
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Foreign Exchange, New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Roumania
Argentine
Barzil
Tokio
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mexico City
Montreal
Sugar Market: Raw Futures Slip. Refined Holds Steady
New York AP reports sugar futures edged 2 to 3 points lower on the raw contract while refined sugar stayed unchanged. The market shows modest losses in the raw segment with steady refined prices.
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SUGAR _ MARKET
New York
Flour Market Prices in Minneapolis Shipments
AP report from Minneapolis notes unchanged flour prices with carload lots at 6.40 per barrel in 98 lb sacks. Shipments total 26 919. Pure bran ranges 14.00 to 14.50. standard middlings from 17.00 to 17.50 per unit.
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Minneapolis
Lindbergh Stalls Of Gas On Atlantic Flight Anniversary
On the ninth anniversary of his solo Atlantic crossing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh ran out of gas while driving near Seven Oaks England. His car conked but the only trouble was a 150 yard walk to a nearby gas station. He returned home to spend the day with Mrs. Lindbergh and their son Jon.
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Seven Oaks
Kent
Eng
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Long Barn
Eugene Field Widow to Accept Aid Offer
In Hertford Junction Wisconsin the widow of poet Eugene Field plans to accept a $3000 aid offer from the New York alumni chapter of Phi Delta Theta to satisfy a judgment on her 155 acre estate valued around $60000. Her son Eugene Field II said the offer should prevent mortgage foreclosure.
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Hertford Junction
Wis
Eugene Field
Eugene Field II
New York
Phi Delta Theta
Wall St. Stocks See Mixed Gains In Late Trading
Quiet bid lifting select utilities and industrials. Major gainers near session end include American Telephone, Public Service of New Jersey, Consolidated Edison, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, Case, Westinghouse, and Santa Fe. Transfers around 600000 shares. Earnings and railway equipment orders buoy sentiment.
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New York
American Telephone
Public Service of New Jersey
Consolidated Edison
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
A. 4
Case
Westinghouse
Allied _ Stores
American Can
Johns-Manville
Santa Fe
U. S
van Sweringen
Gazette Ad Rates and Policies from Iowa Publication
The Gazette lists consecutive day rates of 40 cents to 180 cents with multiple per day charges and volume discounts. It notes special low rates for work wanted ads under classification 22 and a higher outside Iowa rate of 20 cents per line per day. The notice adds a disclaimer about not being responsible for more than one incorrect insertion of an obituary near ordered dates.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Florists and Greenhouses: Ads and Lost Items
Classified tidbits include florist ads for John E. Lapes and Jos Toman offering wreaths and designs. Numerous lost items appear with rewards: black leather purse, white collie named Skippy, lady’s gold Bulova watch, bank book, spare tire, black and white dog, pocketbook, driver license, and other personal items, with contact dials.
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Skippy
Gazette Want Ad Dept
Various ads and notices clutter Gazette personals and services
Coalitions of advertisements including reward for immoral use of want ads, medical tonics, hospital care, loans, cleaners, travel and storage, hair growth, pool tables, tailored clothing, knitting, feather mattresses, vacuum parts, machine quilting, rummage and charity sales. Addresses and phone numbers from May Drug Store to Kenwood transfers listed.
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The
Gazette
MAY
Agida
Smithsonian
Richards
Col. Phy
Hardy'’s
1St Ave
Yost
Podzimek Pharmacy
2Nd Ave
Allied van Lines, Inc
Lynch Transfer & Storage Co
Drew's
3Rd St
Glasgow Tailors
3Rd Ave
C. R. _Knitting Co
2Nd St
D. Griffith
Matt. Co
Local Service Ads and Beauty Shops Featured in Classified Lot
A cluttered classified page advertises roofing, hauling, rug cleaning, and junk removal services. Beauty shops offer perms and wave specials, with multiple Dials and shop names listed. Local laundry and cleaning services are promoted with pickup and delivery, including a new process cleaner.
Dancing Fridays and Saturdays at The Casino
A mid century advertisement lists a weekly dance at The Casino located at 726 1st St SW with no cover charge. It also promotes dining and seating for 200, 24 hour service, plus local listings for lawn mowers, repair services, and sharpening offerings in Cedar Rapids area.
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1St St. SW
Haliwood
Marion
Employment Opportunities in Gazette Classifieds
A collage of job ads offering housekeepers and cooks in country homes, live-in women to care for elderly ladies, general housework, beauty operator and tailoring positions, farm help, and factory roles. Listings include box numbers, addresses, ages, wages, and contact phone numbers with issuer notes about honest advertising and wage expectations. Several entries seek middle aged or single men for farm work, plating, and sales, plus a clerical or magazine club outreach in Cedar Rapids and area.
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Gazette
34Th St. NE
Dial
Jack Yager
Harmony Building
C. H. Miens
Center Point
Lefebvre Corporation
J. W. Rogers
Central City
Hope To Dislodge Dental Bridge From Youths Esophagus
George Magill a 19 year old Detroit born Wayne University medical student swallowed a dental bridge during a May 12 meal. The bridge lodged in his esophagus and pierced the wall causing infection. Doctors at Temple University Hospital will attempt bronchoscopic removal using a special instrument to retract and withdraw the bridge without throat damage.
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Philadelphia
George Magill
Detroit
Wayne University
Chevalier Jackson
Temple University Hospital
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John E. Lapes
Jos. Toman
Florist
Dial 5248
Ethel Cramer
Lone Tree
Schuliz Cleaners
Sta Ave
KATZ
Re-Nu Sweeper Co
Tom Mason
10Th St
Kenwood
King’s Daughters
P Ave
Bird & Son, Inc
Bird Son
Limback Lumber CO
Psa Ett
Haegg Roofing CO
Novak Heating CO
Maresh Sheet Metal Works
17Th ST. NE
Hoh Hawkeye Tin Shop
Ist St
Powell Roofing Co
1St St. NW
C. R. Boiler Works
Louis Melsha
17Th Ave
Gutters & Spouting Sporman's Dial
1St ST. SE
Gardner
Ermanents
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Paramount
Lillian Luchy
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Jane M. Brunton
Dows
Paris
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Abrams Beer
Lafayette Cafe
the Bowery
Ed Kotaska
Call de Marah
Madden
Tom
Kennedy
Russell Cutlery
Ave
Drew’ W'S
3rd_ Ave
Cake O Russell
16Th St
Chas. Hemp,Ail
Walker
National Organization
C. R
5Th St
Gaz
Periodical Publishers’ Service Bureau
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Ninethirty. A.m
C. R. Saw
Wagner Motor CO
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Chevrolet
Wagner Motor SO
Desoto
8Th St
Handler
W. B
DODGE
FORD
Ith Ave
Apply L Price Co
F. F. Davidson
5Th Ave
ABC
Dickinson School
First Avenue
United States
Vans Ad
Auto Paris
Pontiac
3Rd Ave. SE
Unzeitig Motor CO
Harper
Stone's Garage
Aea Csiven
Ciement Oliver Dealers
Cedar Rapids. A
Oakland
Katz Auto Parts CO
ISA
Allen’s Used Cars
BUICK
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Willys Cus
NASH
Lincoln
OLDS
Tran
Studebaker
Dictator
Wieceeesess
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Royal
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ESSEX
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C. E. Anthony
Sth Ave
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