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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1938
Page
4
Chicago and multiple regional markets report varied livestock receipts with cattle, hogs, and sheep totals differing by location. Prices generally steady to lower on hogs and mixed on cattle and sheep as negotiations proceed.
Grain prices list No 2 yellow corn 34 cents per bushel No 3 white oats 18 cents No 3 rye 26 3/4 cents No 3 barley 28 1/2 cents Soybeans No 2 yellow 64 cents Butterfat prices No 1 cream 25 cents No 2 cream ? Vegetables Lemons 6.00 oranges 3.00 Grapefruit 2.35 celery 2.75 per crate Lettuce 3.50 Bananas 0.10 to 0.12 per pound Potatoes 1.25 4 175. Sweet potatoes 3.00 per bushel Hides No 1 cured beef hides 7 cents No 2 cured beef hides 6 cents No 1 calf 8 cents No 2 calf 6 1/2 cents Horse prices listed Pony hides half price.
New York bond market opened steady with minimal volume and muted price moves. Rail and utility issues fluctuated slightly while several rail bonds edged up or down, with notable activity in Illinois Central and Union Pacific issues and mixed results across the wider industrial loan sector.
Hogs weaken on the local market with prices down about five cents while top hog prices sit near 7.30. Cattle market remains steady with varied grades listed from prime steers to yearling heifers and cows. Sheep and calves also posted prices, with spring lambs around 7.00 to 9.75 per hundredweight and calves around 38.50.
Market brief from Chicago and New York reports butter eggs and produce prices. Butter steady around 39 to 28 cents with creamery and extra grades noted. Eggs receipts near 2.89 million. standard and firsts priced, while poultry and potatoes show varied supplies and regional quotes across multiple grades and weights.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for Nov 23 to 26 show daisies and horns at 12c and cheddar at 11 13c. Wool market in Boston idle with limited activity and prices at 68-70 cents scoured and 65-67 cents for finer lengths. Raw sugar in New York steady around 3.05, futures uneven with March at 2.09 and May at 2.13, refined at 4.40 to 4.55.
In New York the stock market showed appetite for aircraft shares on Monday with transfers near 900000 shares. Douglas Aircraft Boeing United Aircraft Curtiss Wright Aviation Corp Santa Fe NY Central du Pont Bethlehem Steel Western Union Consolidated Edison led gains while U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Kennecott Great Northern Westinghouse lagged. Aero Supply Beech Aircraft Lockheed Bellanca Aircraft Electric Bond and Share Sev ersky Aircraft traded up on the curb.
Published stock quotations from Wall Street show widespread activity with numerous industrials and consumer goods names listed. The Chicago market closes mixed with key gains and declines, while New York foreign exchange quotes reflect a weaker British pound after a pact news update.
Chicago futures show December wheat down 4% amid liquidation and light buying interest. Reports note a 20,000 ton sale to Mexico and modest US wheat in store at Antwerp sold at low prices. Winnipeg and Liverpool markets hint at souring demand while US corn follows wheat lower. visible supplies rise.
Washington AP report shows the Public Works Administration will not issue new allocations for the 1938 non federal program. About $26.1 million remains of the $750 million appropriation and will be held in reserve to cover ongoing project deficits. Iowa totals reached $10.29 million across 228 projects with $10.21 million in grants and $83,000 in loans.
Alice Belle Kirby a 13 year old Louisiana schoolgirl known for moving objects and levitation could not perform her psychic feats in New York tests. A table would not rise during a demonstration despite requests and blindfolded writing attempts yielded no answers. Her mother emphasized they are not commercializing the girl and remain undismayed by the failure.
Cecil A. Kleen of Rudd and Arda Mae Stemnke of Cedar Rapids. Francis F. Bozanek and Mary N. Anderson, both of Cedar Rapids. Joseph P. Burke and Bernadette S. Sussman, both of Cedar Rapids.
Arnold Turner twenty four of Fifth street SE was arrested Thursday evening for stealing a car owned by F. W. Dietz of Daniels street NE. He pled guilty last Friday and was given an indeterminate ten year sentence at Anamosa reformatory by Judge C. J. Haas. Dwight H. Beach of Marion was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated by a district court jury before Judge Haas. The jury deliberated from 10 15 am to 11 30 am and Beach faces sentencing next Saturday after posting bond.
Sheriff James H. Smith's office investigated the theft of ten 200-pound Hampshire hogs from the John O'Connell farm seven miles west of Cedar Rapids. The hogs were likely taken about a week or ten days earlier. John Frasher reported a 20 gauge shotgun missing from his home at 310 F Avenue NW between last Wednesday and today.
Prominent Republican senators voiced eagerness to preserve the bi partisan coalition that shelved the Roosevelt court bill and opposed other administration measures. While pleased by gains, they urged caution to keep cooperation with anti administration Democrats.
The Gazette lists minimum ad two lines with five words first line and six words each subsequent line. Rates vary by consecutive days and ad size. Out of town ads paid in advance, ads may be placed by phone mail or in person, with work wanted ads at special rates. The Cedar Rapids Gazette is an eastern Iowa leading want ad medium. Ad-Taker available at medium dial 2-1121.
Classified notice listing funeral homes Brady Mortuary Brosi Chapel and Anderson Monuments with contact details and a public service motto. Also notices of lost and found items including a male collie Major a black cocker spaniel and a bag of laundry with a contact for reward plus a found bundle of baby clothes and a rubber coated welding wire.
A dense block of assorted help and service notices. Items include cleaning and pressing services, tailoring, van lines and moving agents, jewelry repair, photography, and assorted advertisements for nuts and hats. Various addresses and phone numbers accompany the offerings.
A cluttered classified page advertises auto transportation referrals via The Gazette, with a $25 reward for fraud arrests. It lists various services including watch repairs, diaper washing, auto storage, hotel-like beauty services, and multiple beauty shops offering machineless permanents and discounted treatments.
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