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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1939
Page
14
Chicago AP reports post holiday hog price recovery continued with hogs up five cents per hundredweight. Unofficial receipts for next week list hogs at 90 600, cattle 24 006, sheep 11 000, and hogs for all next week at 75 600.
Funeral services for Mrs. C. H. Comport were conducted Friday at the Yocom chapel with Rev. Arthur W. Henke presiding. Star of Maine Rebekah lodge No. 221, Cedar Rapids, led the ritual. Burial followed in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers included Ed Flesner of Iowa City and others. Surviving relatives and traveling family members returned home to Minneapolis, Superior Wisconsin, St. Paul and Dallas South Dakota after the service.
Receipts and price levels show hogs selling steady to higher with top bids near 5.95 while calves, steers, and heifers advance. sheep and lambs see demand firm on good to strong tones. Market activity remains active as buyers weigh feed costs and tax-impacted defense spending signals.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK reports cattle, hogs, and sheep for the week with varied demand. Cattle generally steady to higher, cows up to 25 cents, yearlings and calves strong, with prices ranging about 5.60 to 11.10 for steer calves and feeders. Hogs weak to steady, 160–270 lb butchers 5.25 to 5.40, sows around 4.65. Sheep firmer with fat lambs up to 15 cents, natives and woolies between 7.75 and 9.16 for top lots.
Omaha cattle and hog receipts show steady to mixed changes from the prior week. Hog top at 65.50 per 100 pounds. feeders and sows down modestly. cattle receipts 108 with feeders and calves steady to higher. vealers and feeder steers around 7.7 to 11.75. sheep receipts none but lambs and feeding lambs mixed, breeding ewes around 3.50 to 5.35.
The notice reports cattle and hog prices by weight ranges for Waterloo and Ottumwa markets. Prices show hogs mostly steady with small gains and cattle mixed with varied bids across weight classes, including specific ranges like 149-156 Ibs and 270-330 Ibs with multiple cents per pound quotes.
U S Department of Agriculture note shows cattle receipts 250 head vs last Friday. Steers under 1150 lb around 9.75 to 10.25, bulls 9.0 to 10.0, yearlings near 10.50, cows mostly 8.50 to 9.75. Hogs 1000 head with 140 to 190 lb at 5.15 to 5.50, 200 to 270 lb 5.00 to 5.50, sows 4.75 to 5.0. Sheep receipts 600 with slaughter higher about 50 cents, feeders weaker. yearlings 7.50 to 9.15, ewes 3.00 to 4.00, lambs 8.25 to 8.75.
Combined hoe receipts at 16 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the week ending Saturday morning showed a drop to 36.90 from 42.20 a week ago and 4.90 a year ago. Prices were slow and uneven with regional spot hikes and lighter loads noted.
Minnesota report lists hog prices by weight and class in Austin. Values include various weight bands from 140 to 500 pounds with prices ranging roughly from 3.60 to 5.15 dollars per hundredweight, noting sows and different lot sizes.
In New York the bond market closed Saturday with government issues steady. Treasury notes traded around 4 547 to 52 ccsc and Home Owners Loan bonds at 2745 49, with a closing level near 104.12.
In New York bond review, weakness in rail loans spreads through other sections of a droopy market. Traders trimmed carrier loan fractions to more than two points. Government loans shifted slightly, but traders remained cautious amid mixed earnings and traffic reports.
Market briefing notes Jones averages show mixed moves with utilities and industrials posting small changes while rails and open high low close figures indicate fluctuating sentiment. The report lists stock figures for sectors including public utilities and industrials with modest gains and overall activity across 65 stocks.
Stocks were mixed at the close with steels and other leaders recovering modestly after a weak start. A little demand for hard metals steadied trade, aided by short covering from last session’s slide. Major supports included American Telephone, Western Union, Anaconda, and American Smelting. Laggards included U S Rubber, Sears Roebuck, United Aircraft, Du Pont, General Electric, Curtiss-Wright, Santa Fe, and Texas Corp.
Hogs are slightly weaker on the local market with all grades dropping five cents, bringing the top price to five dollars and twenty cents. Cattle are unchanged.
In the week’s financial notes Good hogs range from 146 to 360 pounds with varied listings and packer demands. Cattle values show quotes for Choice to prime steers and yearlings, with specific weights and price ranges, alongside beef market entries and miscellaneous stock quotations from Adams Express to Yonkers blends.
Cedar Rapids market listing for grain hay and straw prices, butterfat quotes, poultry rates, wholesale fruits and vegetables prices, and hides values. Contains multiple items and figures such as corn and soybeans prices, butterfat at 3 cents, leghorn and other poultry weights and prices, lemons at 6.75, onions at 70 cents, potatoes 1.15 to 1.35, and hides prices including No 1 cured beef hides 30 cents.
Markets report unsettled prices with butter at 11262 dollars and eggs showing varied receipts and minor gains in fresh graded and firsts. Potatoes list arrivals and prices across U S No. 1, Colorado red McClures, Nebraska Bliss Triumph, Minnesota Red River Valley, and Northwest shipments with mixed sacks and cotton sacks at several dollar levels.
AP market report shows eggs weak to mixed in color with varied sizes and crates. butter unsettled with creamery and extra grade prices rising. cheese receipts quiet with little change. poultry markets irregular with Northwestern and Southwestern lots listed. live poultry by freight and express nominal with no sales recorded.
Lamson Bros. furnishes the futures figure for eggs and refrigerator standards with scattered data showing November December February quotations. The document lists January values around 27.33 to 27.45, indicating price activity in early 20th century market notation.
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade closed near unchanged after erasing early losses as the week begins. December wheat at 88 1/2 cents, corn steady near 50 1/2 cents, oats down about 3/4 cent. Weather forecasts and foreign crop reports influenced activity while local receipts totaled 10 cars of wheat, 81 of corn, 28 of oats and 13 of soybeans.
Wheat prices closed mixed with May at 38 fraction, July at 76.75, new highs notched. Market notes show slight gains for July futures while May slipped, with fractional adjustments and percentage changes around 0.70 to 0.74 percent.
Chicago market notes list cash wheat and soybeans by grade with bids around $1.49 for No 2 wheat and $1.00 for No 2 yellow soybeans. It shows oats barley timothy and clover and alfalfa seed prices, with lard and bellies also listed.
Minneapolis AP wire notes Saturday receipts at 131 cars, with year-ago 71. Cash sales include No 1 heavy dark northern 88 1 2 cents, No 1 dark northern 87 1 2 cents, fancy No 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein 13 3/4 cents, No 1 dark hard Montana winter 86 4 4 cents, No 1 hard amber durum 79 1/2 cents, No 1 red durum. Corn No 2 yellow 45 1/4 to 46 1/2 cents, quotations down. Oats No 3 white 34 to 34 1/2 cents. Barley 36 cents.
AP records show weekly cheese quotas for November 2025 in Plymouth Wisconsin. Daisy prices list 15 2c and 15c for various curd types. brick cheese at 14 4c. cheddar 15c. Farmers cooperative quotes mirror daisies at 15 2c and 15c for cheddars.
In Boston last week domestic wools saw restricted business though volume rose modestly from early November. Demand allowed sale of some low price lots while prices in lower grades drifted lower as holders accepted bids to move stock. Graded combing bright fleeces held near unchanged at 42 cents grease for fine delaine and 40 to 42 cents for half bloods.
Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven of Michigan said he was shocked by football emphasis especially in the southwest. He preferred keeping football as an educational option and questioned the publicity value of a winning team. He warned subsidies and professionalism upset education athletics balance and urged proper coaching to retain educational value.
Frank Dobson’s resignation as Maryland head football coach awaits formal acceptance. Geary P. Epply said Dobson would not coach next year and denied that Harvard’s Dick Harlow had been signed to succeed him.
In Berlin the incident near the chancellery is disclosed that an elderly working class woman ran to Marshal Herman Goering's car and thrust a letter into his hand despite his bodyguards. She said the note asked for larger food and clothing rations.
A large crowd attended Friday night showing the four act comedy Early to Bed Early to Rise by the Marion junior class. Miss Winifred Schrubbe directed, with careful staging noted by attendees. Gardenting in the Jungles highlighted by Mrs Byron Ambdenstock at West Marion Garden Club meeting hosted by Mrs Maude McBride. Plans for a Christmas program on Dec 20 were made, refreshments served for seven members and guest Mrs Carl Wiley.
The page lists multiple faith communities with service times and sermon topics. Notable entries include Baptist Rev. L W Inman Bible school 9 45 worship 10 45 sermon They Remembered Not Multitude of Mercies. Catholic Rev T J McElliott mass 8 and 10 am. Christian church Bible school 9 45 communion 10 45. Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong sermon Practical Thanksgiving. and Union Thanksgiving services at Christian church 7 30 pm.
About 50 teachers and guests attended a Friday night dinner at the Congregational church in Marion township hosted by the Emma Kendall circle of the Priscilla guild. Miss Doris Schley welcomed guests while Walter Shupp, county superintendent, spoke. Mr. and Mrs. D B Storck of Des Moines were among the visitors.
Marion high school senior English instructor Miss Elmira Russell learned of her father’s death Thursday evening, prompting sorrow at her Webster City home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Starry of Marion and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bettenbender of Coggon traveled to Webster City on Saturday to visit the Frank Starry family. They plan to visit relatives at Lake City on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Paul Horan with Mr and Mrs Frank Pyrdik of Cedar Rapids traveled to Evanston Illinois on Saturday to attend the Iowa Northwestern game.
Mrs John G Larkin entertained the Friday bridge club and a few other friends at a dessert luncheon. Bridge was played at three tables with Mrs Tom Barkwill receiving high prize, Mrs W E Smith second, and Mrs Bert Nedrow consolation.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Casteel of Maquoketa were guests Thursday of their son Clifford Castell and his family, enjoying a short visit and family time.
Mrs Melvin Corum and her children Mary and Amos traveled from Tama to spend the weekend with Mrs Emma Burger, Corums' mother.
George Bowser of Coggon, who traveled to Marion for funeral services for Mrs. C H Comport, stays as a guest in the Comport home, remaining in the city for the ceremonies and associated visits.
Jack Benny with Rochester perform Man About Town at the Garden this Sunday and Monday. The duo bring typical humor and banter that fans expect from the long running act.
Mary Elizabeth Starry spends the weekend at the Coggan home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs John J Henderson. Mr and Mrs John OHara of Oxford Junction, who had stayed with Ed Mulvihill, return to their home Saturday morning.
Recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Miller included James Gallatin's grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Gallatin of Marshfield Wisconsin and Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Coolidge plus Mrs. Kate Miller of Maywood Illinois. Also Mrs. William Weaver of Toledo Ohio, Miller’s sister, arrived Thursday for a stay at the Miller home. Advertising notes Owen's Drug Store offers Nice Dessert Hutchinson Ice Cream in Pecan roll 39c Turkey center brick 35c and Gingham package 13c pint 25c quart.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Secrist hosted a holiday dinner at their east Mannor home. Guests included son-in-law Roy Tamblingson and daughter, and their son Jimmie from Rockford Illinois, plus Secrist parents William P. Secrist and Rudy Hanscom and her daughter Ruth.Bob Hope and Gene Autry in two features at the Garden tonight. J. W. Bowdish, after a fractured hip on Armistice Day, improves at St Luke's hospital and can use a wheelchair. Mrs. H L Mellish and Verda Widger travel to Chicago for shopping. Mrs. Stanley Neilsen and daughter Kay of Humboldt visit Mrs. Neilsen's mother Elizabeth Bigger.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS The American Legion national executive committee urged congress to fund the Dies committee to continue its sweeping investigation of subversive activities. A five point 1940 program calls for protection for World War widows and orphans, strong national defense, universal service in war, veterans preferred government jobs, and tighter immigration and deportation laws.
Edgewood led Colesburg 16 to 8 at halftime and finished with a 48 point total. Key scorers included Brockmeyer and Parker with multiple baskets, while Colesburg received scoring from Krapfl and Woeste as the teams traded baskets in a rugged afternoon matchup in Edgewood.
The Gazette page notes that Want Ads are accepted until 12 o'clock noon for same day publication and until 8 o'clock Saturday for Sunday editions. It lists various price points and figures such as 50 1.00 1.50 1.96 with other numbers 60 135 210 273 80 1801 280 and 3.64 5.46, indicating rate and classification details.
Feather Mattress Co lists products and contact options including 2-2947. An auto glass and window sale is advertised at Kissick's with phone numbers 1 Dial 2-3042. Baby portraits at home listed alongside cleaning services and shoe repair. En route to Oklahoma City, Kenwood Transfer.
The Intermediate and Senior Luther leagues of First Lutheran church on Third avenue at Tenth street SE will hold a joint Sunday evening meeting in the Sunday school chapel at 6 30. Mrs David I Berger will speak at this missionary gathering.
At the Church of God on L avenue and Eighth street NW Mrs. Amos Smith led songs and three children performed an instrumental trio during offertory. Dr C A Stewart preached on the biblical line about hearing Moses and the prophets. No Saturday service. Sunday unified service at 105 a.m. and 730 p.m. Dr Stewart to discuss How to Help Your Pastor. Revival continues through Wednesday night.
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