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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1939

Page

11

Hogs Hold Steady Despite Dressed Market Slump

Chicago AP reports hog prices remained steady as the wholesale dressed market slipped to 13.42 cents per pound, lowest since December 14, with light hogs active and firm while other grades were weaker. Receipts around 12,900 with total 16,500 across yards. cattle and sheep showed mixed movement across Des Moines, Mason City, Waterloo, Sioux City and Omaha markets, with varying steady to strong trends for select classes and prices.

Chicago Tisary Des Moines Usdade Iowa Minnesota Elie Hoxs Chicago Kansas City Omaha East St Josepr Sioux City Indianapos Ann Buffalo Cincinnati

Market Notes on Feeder Cattle and Sheep Receipts

Feeder cattle steady to higher with steers and yearlings around 850 to 1050 dollars, fed heifers near 800 to 1000, cows and cutters at 400, bulls around 5.00, vealers about 900, and sheep receipts about 3400 with fat lambs and rams mixed. Top bids noted for Joad Lot and Lins Mone day near 905 dollars, with general activity steady to better on lambs and ewes.

Chicago Livestock Chicago Poche Sous Tae Roward ST Pac South ST Paul Aps Sioux City S. Dept Acticr Pang Shaogta TS Medina

Hogs and cattle market report with steady hogs

Hogs stay steady on the Ineal market with top at 580 dollars while cattle ease 25 cents. Calf prices listed by weight from 100 to 190 pounds and 140 to 1800 pounds with various quality grades. lambs and bucks priced per market quality.

Fancy

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Prices and Poultry Markets

A mixed Cedar Rapids price list covering grain classes including Wheat No 1 at 5 cents and Soybeans new crop No 2 yellow at 84 cents, hay and straw values, butter, wholesale fruits and vegetables with numerous per unit prices, and animal hides valued by grade. Also notes poultry prices with weights and breed designations. onions, potatoes, apples, cranberries, and other staples listed with varying figures.

Idaho Jonathan

Produce Markets CHICAGO PRODUCE

Chicago AP report shows steady to firm prices across commodities. Eggs receipts at 19 121 steady with mixed colors. butter receipts 420 7Aa0 steady to firm. cheese and dressed poultry steady to firm with varied regional box packer prices and numerous subcategories.

NEW York Project New York Express

Stock Markets Cautious With Small Upturns and Mixed Leads

New York traders held a neutral stance as the market showed a mild range of ups and downs. Near the close prices were largely unused with about 50 000 shares traded and leaders' quotes inching up early before gains faded. Consolidated Edison and several others resisted declines while Quaker Oats Pittsburgh and Lake Erie led modest advances.

New York U. S. Steel Youngstown Tube General Motors Douglas Standard of NJ Union Carbide American Telephone Consolidated Edison Goodrich

Wall Street Stocks and Close Chicago Listings

Wall Street quotations published by J & Kennett Co with banks and retailers listed. Multiple equities from Amn, Allied Stores, Kennecott Copper, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Ford, Union Carbide, Woolworth, Goodrich, Studebaker, and more appear with prices and percent changes across a wide range of industrials and utilities. Trade activity hints at broad market breadth with notable swings and numerous named companies in a single day.

J. &. Kennett & Co Manger Merchants National Bank Bulldime Adams Eapress Alavka Junean Loin Allechany Corn Allied Chen Manville Allied Kingston Picis Alhs Chalmers Kennecott Kreste S Amn McLellan O's Amn Po& Aty Marshall Martin G & 40Th Am Teall Malls Matineson Aik Maytag Byala Amt Woolen Mont Ward Murray Corp Ark Armour & Co Bellas Artloom Corp Ason T & SF Wary Dairy Atlantic Baldwins Loco Nail Balin & Ohio Barnsdot! 14 NX ¥ Centra 3934 Wtrice Cry NOY O& Vin Bendix Nor Pre RR Beth Steel North Amn Co Bis Blaw Lt & Pwrasia Nor Amn Avi Ohto Tly Bergeene Ous Steel Sags Herings Miz Phillips Pet Plilsbury Crea Bk Corn Keith Ota Reo Mators Cacveler Motors BT Bopp Steel 247 Palmolive Sserry Corp Corn Products St Joe Crown Drie Gas Crucible Steel Curtiss Wr Atleere & Co Doulas Arre du Pont den Eastman Kdk Eaton Mic Elec Autallte Elec Boat Pow & le Fiec Bond & S Fisk Rubber Ford Uni Aircraft Unt Air Lines Uni Corp Gen Foods Uni Gen Motors Ont Fruit AG Grn Realty Gillette SR Gillette SR Rieu Sind Ale 238 Filetros. IN Epis 367 widden + ; Goebel’ Brewan Goodrich BP US Realty Wa Goodsear Tire S Steel Graham Paize Tt Walworth Reese Nority Pr Warner Bros Wes Sue Wes Maryld Greyhound Wes Union IRI Hat Corp Wilcouse Abo Zenith Radio Chicago Mfr Helleman Jarvis WB East Blessing Midwest Corp Bly Butler Chicazo Corp Swift & Co Comn Edison Swift Biscutt Walercen , Ay

Sleepy German Soldier Captured in Swiss Train

Neutral Switzerland captured a German soldier found asleep on his rifle in the last coach of a train from Germany. Officials awakened him and took him captive, then later released him.

Basel Switzerland Germany

Wheat prices drift in dull Chicago trade

Wheat prices slipped in extremely quiet trading on the Chicago board of trade. December futures closed fractionally lower, with corn and oats nearly flat or down a small amount. Outside markets were dull as country receipts showed modest grain shipments and minor price moves across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Minneapolis Kansas City

Winnipeg Markets and Chicago Cash Provisions Summary

Winnipeg markets report mixed bids with wheat at EU futures and Chicago cash prices showing No 2 and No 1 grades. Chicago cash offers No 2 mixed around 86 to 90 cents, with corn and oats quoted broadly lower. Minneapolis cash grain notes lower bids for hard northern wheat and No 3 yellow corn, with durum and barley prices listed and malting options noted.

Chuicago Chicago Minneapolis Bard Montana

Wisconsin Cheese Market Briefs for Nov Thirteen to Eighteen

Wisconsin cheese exchange listings show prices for twins and daisies at 14 to 15 cents per pound with cheddar around 15 cents. Farmers' call board notes daisies at 15 1/4 to 15 1/2 cents and horns and cheddars near 15 cents, reflecting weekly quota trends.

Wisconsin Chelse Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers’ Call

Bond Market Opens Mixed as Rail and Utilities Lead

In heavy pre noon trading in New York bonds, Pennsylvania Railroad general 4 4s 5s and New York Central 4s advance. Interborough and Manhattan Railway loans rise 1 to 2 points. long term U S government issues see strength. Dow Jones averages show small gains across bonds and rail issues.

NEW York Fond Review NEW York Pennsylvania Railroad General New York Central Firestone Tire International Union Finland United States Apom Interborough Raad Transit Manhattan Railway

Townsend Club No 6 Meeting With Traffic Film

City Briefs report Townsend Club No 6 will convene Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the council room of City Hall with a speaker and a traffic safety film. The note mentions a prior Kiwanis gathering at the Roosevelt hotel where William Culver of Culver Motors discussed General Motors traffic safety film We Drivers and GM exhibits from the New York World's Fair and the world of 1960.

Townsend Club No. 6 General Motors General Motor Kiwanis Club Roosevelt Hotel William Culver Culver Motors

Cabs Testify On 45 MPH Speed Across Bridge

Testifying in a $2,927 personal injury case, Alanson F Morse said two Century taxicabs moved about 45 miles per hour across Sixteenth avenue bridge on Aug 16 1936 before the cab he rode collided with a parked car at Second street and Fourteenth avenue SE. L R Olney corroborated the taxi approach speed as a witness. The court blocked a demonstration of Morse shoulder injury. Defendants include cab owner Lee Robinson and Century Cab operator Bradley Carlton.

Hf. C. Ring Alanson F Morse Sixteenth Avenue Bridge Second Street Fourteenth Avenue SE L. R. Olney Morse Lee Robinson Bradley Carlton Century Cab Company

Mother Who Slew Baby Paroled From Asylum

Velma Baker Fink, 22, previously adjudged temporarily insane after drowning her 10 weeks-old son Halden in a creek near Clyde on June 13, was released on parole from the Lima state hospital for criminally insane. Hospital officials testified she is sane and she was placed under supervision of her family physician. No opposition to release was voiced.

Lima O Velma Baker Fink Halden Clyde Lima State Hospital

Deer Season Opens In Michigan Forests

Lansing AP reports hunters in red coats flooded northern Michigan as the 1939 deer hunting season opened with crowds flocking to forests.

Lansing Mich Michigan

Injury Suit Settled in Court on Damages Case

Viola Wieser sued George Wentzel and Wilson and Company for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from a truck collision on October 7, 1936. The case was dismissed Wednesday afternoon after an out of court settlement. a jury had been drawn and dismissed by Judge C. J. Kaas.

Viola Wieser George Wentzel Wilson and Company C. J. Kaas Wentzel

Sullivan seeks dismissal of death claim suit over Cedar Rapids crash

Miss Ruth V. Sullivan asks district court to dismiss a $21,250 death claim filed by the Cliff Field estate administrators. Field, 70, of Cedar Rapids, was killed in a highway collision five miles west of Cedar Rapids on highway No. 30 Sept. 13. The petition names the defendant as Ruth B. Sullivan.

Miss Ruth V. Sullivan District Court Cliff Field Cedar Rapids Ruth B. Sullivan

Jury finds for defendant in 60 dollar note case

After an hour of deliberation Judge C J Haas presided as a district court jury found for the defendant in a 60.50 note case brought by Eng Olson Fruit company of Minneapolis against Orville E. Knutson who pled duress and lack of valid consideration in making the alleged 1031.75 note dated Nov 3 1937. The ruling dismisses plaintiff’s appeal assigns Benedict. The matter involved a trailer deal disaffirmed by Benedict while he was a minor.

C J Haas Eng Olson Fruit Company Minneapolis Orville E. Knutson Plaintiff I. Marine Kadlee Brothers Drexel

Rep Jacobsen Leads Group on Naval Defenses Tour

An eight member House naval affairs subcommittee left Washington in two naval sea planes for an inspection tour of southern naval defenses. Rear Admiral J H Towers accompanied the delegation. Stops include Pensacola Florida New Orleans and Corpus Christi Texas with Rep Jacobsen of Iowa leading the group.

Washington INS House Naval Affairs Committee South J. H Towers Naval Bureau of Aeronautics Pensacola Fla Naval Air Station New Orleans Corpus Christi Texas Rep Jacobsen

Local Classifieds and Ads Snapshot

A garbled page of classified ads and notices lists watches, dressmaking, dinners, moving firms, vacancies, knitting, and rummage sales. Mentions Allied Van Lines, Briggs-Stratton machines, Cedar Rapids firms, and various addresses and phone numbers. Includes driving offers, lodging for aged folks, and requests for workers and items.

Death of Joseph F Koutnik at Cedar Rapids

Joseph F Koutnik died at home 1619 C Street SW at 825 p m Tuesday after a three week illness. He was born in Bohemia February 4 1874 and moved to Cedar Rapids at age nine. Survived by son Sylvester M four brothers and four sisters. Funeral Friday at 830 am in Polansky chapel and 9 am at St Wenceslaus Church with Msgr August Vojacek officiating. Burial in St John cemetery. Rosary at chapel 730 pm Thursday by the Cadets of St George.

Joseph F. Koutnik C Street Bohemia Alois Anna Koutnik Cedar Rapids Koutnik Stusak and Company Mary George J Sylvester M Louis J Frank J John L Leo J Joseph Klepach Marie Anna Emma Koutnik Cadets of St. George St. Wenceslaus Polansky Chapel Msgr August Vojacek St. John Cemetery

E R Smith Rites Set At Immaculate Conception Church

Funeral services for E R Smith who died at his home 620 B avenue NE will be held Thursday at 9 am in Immaculate Conception church conducted by Msgr John Molloy. Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery Rosary recited by St Rose circle at 730 pm Wednesday and by Msgr Molloy and the Knights of Columbus at 8 pm Wednesday in Monahan funeral home where friends may call.

E. R. Smith B Avenue NE Immaculate Conception Msgr John Molloy Mount Calvary Cemetery St. Rose Circle Msgr. Molloy Knights of Columbus Monahan Funeral Home

Wagner's 1937 Chevrolet Touring Sedan on sale now

Wagner Motor Co offers a cold weather winterized 1937 Chevrolet four door touring sedan with only 22 000 miles. The fawn gray body shows new car appearance throughout and is priced at 445. Located on third Avenue at 8th Street Southeast with 20 years in the same location. Open evenings and easy terms.

Chrysler Oldsmobile Wagner Motor Co 3Rd Ave 8Th St Allen Motor Co 2Nd Ave Wth St BUICK Co. R. Nash. Inc Tuckers Center Point Road O. Worton Amber Lown Bave Sparks Bertram Iowa Bay Kadlec Bros 16Th Ave

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