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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1939
Page
6
Chicago market notes show hog prices slipping up to forty cents per hundredweight as officials estimate Tuesday receipts of cattle and hogs around eight to twelve thousand head, with hogs about eight thousand.
Market receipts and bids vary by yard. Sioux City and Mason City show softer cattle and hogs with feeders slow and bids weaker. Omaha and Chicago reflect lower prices for cattle and hogs while lambs hold modest demand and stable prices for certain weight classes.
Receipts show mixed feeder cattle calves and hogs with slow to lower undertone. Steers yearlings and heifers steady to higher bids while cows and canners move slowly. Lambs and ewes vary with feeding lambs bid around 9 dollars and ewes near 3.5 to 4.0 dollars.
Hog prices fell by thirty cents in Cedar Rapids markets on Monday while cattle values held steady. Top hog quotation reached 65 dollars, steers stayed at 10.50, with mixed quality ranges for fancy selects and smaller lamb and sheep lots varying by weight and quality.
Market listings show mixed Cedar Rapids prices for grains vegetables and meats. Wheat No 1 68c No 2 6¢ outs White No 2 2 ½¢ No 3 25¢ Barley No 3 27 35c Corn Yellow shelley No 2 40c No 3 1 Soybeans new crop No 2 yellow 72c Straw baled tame 1700 bales Straw $502 Butterfats prices for crumbled cream vary No 1 cream 28c No 2 creamy 26c Poultry prices list Leghorns over 5 lbs 9c under 4 lbs 8c Cents per bird. Wholesale fruits and vegetables lemons oranges grapefruit lettuce onions cabbage tomatoes and potatoes priced with numerous figures varying by item. Hides teeth and other animal products priced with per unit figures.
New York market receipts show eggs to butter and cheese steady with mixed colors and standards, while Chicago reports live poultry and butter receipts. prices listed for eggs butter cheese and produce, including Idaho Russets and Colorado McClures with varied quality notes. Multiple firms report unsettled creamery scores and fluctuating market quotes across vegetables and poultry.
New York stocks opened modestly lower and drifted through a slow full-day session. Leaders fell about three points at their worst but closed near the day’s highs after a brisk start and waning volume. Transfers neared 800000 shares as profit-taking appeared across many issues. Utilities and a few specialties held up while many industrials lagged. Among decliners were U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft du Pont Allied Chemical Baldwin Locomotive Westinghouse Goodyear Montgomery Ward Humble Oil and E W Bliss.
Wall Street stock table lists numerous named corporations and tickers observed in an OCR snippet. Brands and firms include Adams Express Alaska Juneau Allegheny Corp Allied Chem Amalgamated Stores Johns Manville Loews Libby Owens etc with broad company coverage across sectors and notable tickers and market symbols.
Philadelphia AP reports Adolf Hitler gained two votes in the recent primary. One vote was for the Democratic nomination for the Supreme Court and one for the Republican nomination for receiver of taxes.
Wheat loses over a cent with December at 8274 and 8254. Corn slips about 1 1/2 cents to 4197s while oats fall 3 4 1 4 cents to 32 1c. Prices eased in sympathy with wheat as buying interest emerged at the bottom of the decline and Mill events in Winnipeg Minneapolis and Kansas City show broader weakness for grains.
Winnipeg heat market notes mixed prices and weekly receipts with No 1 hard Montana and No 1 red durum listed. Chicago provisions show cash wheat and corn quotes, including No 2 red winter and mixed grades, with oats and barley pricing and lard values mentioned.
New York bond review notes small declines in corporates and treasuries. American Water Works Bethlehem Steel and Erie saw fractional losses while utilities and rail stocks softened. Government issues closed in a narrow range as traders awaited decisive European events and September dates.
The report covers Wisconsin cheese quotes for the week of October 27 with prices such as 11 to 15 cents for various items and a separate Boston wool market note. Wool trading in Boston was slow with limited demand for fine wools and prices largely unchanged from the prior close, with specific ranges for fine territory wools and French combing lengths.
Police wounded and captured Dr Hubert H London 46 after a two hour shootout at his Des Moines home. He barricaded inside resisting arrest on a traffic warrant and allegedly fired from behind trees and the front door. Tear gas was used to end the standoff.
Mayor Frank Hahn announced the municipal incinerator will operate soon on gas fuel released by the nearby sewage disposal plant. In three weeks since opening on Sept 11, 597 tons of refuse have been burned, with 231 tons in the first week. Nine tons of coal were used, nine that period due to unusually wet garbage from the canning season.
Health roundup in Marion features physicians dentists and nurses coordinating with the Parent-Teacher Association in the Lincoln school home economics room. The clinic opens at 9 am with immunizations available for children who have proper parental blank forms. The page also lists local visits, social gatherings, meetings, and notices across Marion and surrounding areas.
The U S Supreme Court convened at noon with Chief Justice Hughes announcing the start of its 150th year of deliberations. A brief session precedes a conference week ahead of the first decision day on October 9. In Ely, Estrellita society members of the Bohemian Reformed church enjoyed a moonlight hayrack party ending in a hamburger fry.
The note acknowledges neighbors and friends for sympathy and comfort after a sorrowful event. It thanks pallbearers and ministers, mentions several funeral homes and monuments providers, and lists contact numbers for local services. Also includes lost items and a brief personal note about keepsakes and rewards.
The Gazette runs a collage of ads promising automotive notes beauty services and jobs. October 14 event for a new Chevrolet is teased along with cash for used items and local business references. Nearby listings include beauty shopsKennedy s farm help and a bean picker job at a canning factory and a married man with a trailer needed for farm work.
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