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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1939
Page
12
Live stock receipts for Thursday include 13,000 hogs at Chicago with heavy numbers on heavy butchers 5 to 10 cents higher. Cattle steady to weak and sheep around steady. North Central markets report mixed results with top hogs at 6.95 and steers above 13.00, while sales vary by yard and weight category.
Funeral services were conducted at the Free Methodist church for Mrs. Helen Leatherman by Rev. C O Monroe with music directed by A W Harold. Burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery. Relatives from Davenport Winthrop Independence and Cedar Rapids attended.
Ed M Taylor traveled to Marquette with a return on Tuesday. Marion Lions, Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids Lions plan a dinner Thursday at 6 30 p m at Lower Palisades lodge. New Art club hosts breakfast Friday at 6 30 am at Thomas Park. rain site Mrs Raymond Kent 957 Fourteenth Street. Marion Lodge No 6 A F and A M meets 7 30 pm for second degree work at Masonic temple. Dr Roy E Leidigh hosts visiting Scott Leidigh family in Davenport. Women United Missionary Society of the Christian Church meets Friday 2 30 pm at Mrs Cornelia Brown 1675 Sixth Avenue with Elda M Kemp leading devotion and J L Roberts directing the program.
Receipts show mixed cattle and hog prices with medium and good steers at around 8.25 to 9.50 and some at about 10.00. Hogs steady to slow with butchers 7.25 to 7.45 and packers bidding up to 8.40 on select loads. Sheep and lambs available 1,500 with fed clipped lambs steady to strong and shorn ewes down modestly.
State market news reports steady to mixed livestock trading. Cattle receipts around 3,000 with steer and heifer prices mostly steady. hogs around 6,000 with top bids near 6.75 for 140-220 lb. sheep largely clipped lambs in moderate demand. Iowa hog receipts show 31,600 across yards and plants with mixed weights and steady to higher trend.
Local hog market remains steady to slightly weaker amid packer price drops. Top hog price holds at 6.50 while cattle stays unchanged. various weight ranges list prices from about 5.75 to 6.75 for hogs and 9.25 to 11.50 for steers, with calves, sheep, and other beef grades noted.
Price list from Cedar Rapids shows grain for No 1 and No 2 categories, soybeans, straw, dairy fat, and various vegetables and fruits with prices. Poultry and livestock values include colored hens, Leghorns, roosters, and hides, with market figures for citrus, celery, lettuce, onions, cabbage, potatoes, and related items.
Wisconsin cheese exchange lists Daaisies 13c and cheddars 123c with other items. Farmers' call board shows Daaisies 3c commodities 13 2 43c and cheddars 2c. Boston wool houses report inquiries for country packed fleeces around 30c grease, with three-eighths and quarter blood fleeces quoted 31 32c grease. limited lots remain.
The stock market stalled after Memorial Day recess as cautious trading trimmed early gains. Major names like American Can Sears Roebuck International Harvester and JC Penney led higher while Douglas Bethlehem and Chrysler drifted lower amid mixed fractional changes and light volume.
The column lists a wide range of stocks and prices from Adams Express to Western Union, with numerous tickers and figures across industries. It notes activity on Wall Street with varied company names, indices, and cross-referenced prices, reflecting a snapshot of market standings and quotations.
Wheat climbed past a cent to match previous season highs on the Chicago board of trade with gains eroding in late trading. Wheat, corn, and oats posted early advances as Kansas City and Minneapolis prices hit fresh highs, while export demand remained modest and vessel space was booked to move 270000 bushels of corn to the United Kingdom.
Market notes show Winnipeg wheat prices with May at 64.75, July around 66, and October at 67. Chicago cash provisions list No. 2 white soybeans and various corn and barley prices. Minneapolis cash grain edition reports receipts and No. 1 hard northern and durum prices with mixed grain values.
Chicago Receipts and prices for poultry eggs butter and related products show steady to firm trends across hens roosters ducks and turkeys with mixed price points for Leghorn Plymouth Rock and White Rock varieties. New York market data mirrors US poultry butter and egg price ranges with steady to firm butter creamery standards and cheese prices unchanged.
New York bond review notes a fresh upswing in U S government issues and fair demand for low priced rates. Federal issues shifted to the recovery side after last week’s end of week alteration, with most active issues higher by 1 32 to 9 32 of a point and foreign dollar bonds showing gains of a point or more in several Argentine federal and state bonds.
Special Memorial Day ceremonies were held at Oak Hill cemetery by the Women’s Relief Corps Daughters of Union Veterans and Ladies of the G A R. Mrs Carrie Kouba led the service as an Eight man National Guard squad fired a salute. Hanford post American Legion also spoke with Henry Haegg addressing the crowd before taps and echo taps. A Navy Mothers club service at the Second Avenue bridge featured the Rev W Greer McCrory and a platform program included a male quartet.
Linn county supervisors awarded annual motor fuel and lubricant contracts to four firms including two Cedar Rapids companies. Hill Oil won 100000 gallons of gasoline at a quarter cent under Chicago Journal of Commerce. Home Oil and Gas won 40000 gallons of diesel at market price not to exceed 34 cents. Deep Rock Oil of Omaha got 2100 gallons of lubricants and 5000 pounds of transmission oil with varied SAE grades. Skelly Oil of Kansas City secured 1000 gallons of diesel lubricants at 45 cents per gallon for SAE 30 and SAE 20.
Manchester high picks Leonard S. Cole to lead the team after Don Belknap resigns to take a post in Corning. Cole, previously coach at Marengo for the last three years, succeeds Belknap as head coach.
A collage of classified items lists luggage offers, jewelry ads, lampooned hose of malted milk, pharmacy locations, dogged storage and moving services, wedding ring sets, and van lines. It also notes leaving for Boston on June 12 and a general call for references for automobile transportation services.
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