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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1940

Page

6

Hogs Rise on Modest Chicago Market Trade

Chicago hog prices moved up about ten cents amid a moderate run as receipts showed steady to higher demand. Cattle and lambs opened mixed with limited bids. steady to firmer wholesale values noted for choice beef and feeder categories in midweek trading across major livestock markets.

Chicago Rome Sita Vale Saad Beioa Oasis DSN ST_PAUL South ST Paul Minn San Peorls Monte Acti Giles Hegher Indtanees

Hogs and Calves Market Report From Local Market

Hogs advance four cents on the local market with a steady bid at 36.20. Calves vary by weight and quality while lambs and ewes show prices in the 70 to 90 pounds range and around 2.50 for lighter stock.

CINS Janes Anality

Cedar Rapids Miscellacineous Grain and Produce Prices

A Cedar Rapids listing shows miscellaneous grain prices including No 1 and No 2 tie oats and beans, with barley and rye values. It lists livestock prices for hens, leghorns, and turkeys, plus wholesale fruits and produce such as lemons, oranges, grapefruits, onions, cabbages, potatoes, pears, apples, and berries, ending with hides and leather price notes and half price rates for pane and else.

Jonathan St Én

Markets Brief Chicago Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Commodities

Chicago market notes show eggs receipts 799 253 steady with limited price shifts across dairy. Live poultry receipts 23, trucks steady to firm with varied weights. Potatoes arrivals 824 tracking national shipments. US No 3 and No 1 prices listed. Butter and cheese prices hold with modest changes. eggs in New York firm with adjustments across grades. Oak logs noted as fuel equivalent to coal.

Chicago Ibe Np Idaho Burbanks US U S Minesota North Dakota Alem Wisconsin New York Prirontuce

Jap Tension Saddens Wall Street in Mixed Trading

New York stocks opened weak as investors weighed tension with Japan. Trading was cautious with about 450000 shares changing hands as steel and auto shares lagged while names like Steel Chrysler General Motors and New York Central failed to follow the market.

New York Japan Steel Chrysler General Motors S Rubber New York Central Fastman Allied Chemical du Pont General Electric American Can American Smelting Texas Carp Wall Street Trans- Pacific

Wall St Stocks List Amid Market Close Notes

A dense ledger of stocks from Wall Street names shows prices and bids including Adams Johns Manville Kennecott Lockheed and Ford related equities. The list includes major issuers such as General Motors, Union Carbide, US Steel, American Tobacco, and Standard Oil peers with varied daily moves.

Punilshea Oy J. £. Bennett & Co Merchants National Bans Oulldins Wepaloday Miami Natl Detry Poite Balduin Loro Balton& Ohta Soar Barnedall Hendra Ava Ohia Beth Steel Orie Steel Sterie Shoe Packard Mrrs Fate Gace Threech Fetta Ans Palman Ellanese Radio Corp ‘A Cerro de Paseo Ren Motors Chrysler Stena Cilles Rae Goer Cola Sanentey F Colg Palmolive Gala Furigoa Scare Roebuck Fale Calum Gas Ate Gervel, Inc Shell Union Simmons Cate Com Southern Skelly Ov Cenzolium Socons Vac la Gons Edison Asou Pace St Webster Coustal Aire Studebaker Rae Eastman Rod Ms Ag Thompson Sidewater Afatss Amer Fox Film Fort England Ag Union Carbide Union Gen Cables Alreratt Goebel Uni Gas Goodrich TAI Goodstar Tire Graham Palse US Realty US Steel Greyhound Walworth Ab Warner Bros Wes Maryld Howe Sound Hudson Westehouse AB Hopp Westrhntrse Wis Tata Zenith Radio Chicago Ashestae Herleman Marsh Field Northwest Bank Bendix Ocom Rors Warner Byler Bros Sunstrand Cent Praa Swift Gheres Barel Swift Chicase Corp Walereen Nedrean Zenith

Wisconsin cheese and wool markets mixed in October week

Wisconsin cheese scene shows activity in Plymouth with spot prices and daily notes from the cheese exchange. meanwhile Boston reports strong demand for carded wool with three quarter bloods and combing grades varying in price from 43 to 44 cents per pound. The report mentions farmers’ calls and district market terms across the slate.

Boston API U. S

Senator Norris Calls Farmers to Back Democratic Ticket

Senator Norris Ned issues statement through the National Committee of Independent Voters urging farmers to support the Roosevelt and Wallace ticket in the upcoming election.

Washington Norris Ned National Committee of Independent Voters Roosevelt Wallace

Wheat Movements Narrow and Market Sensitive in Chicago Trade

Chicago reports narrow and erratic wheat moves amid Far East uncertainties. Prices end roughly unchanged to modest gains. corn and soybeans show mixed to firm moves with receipts and shipments totaling significant bushels. Winnipeg and Minneapolis notes reflect similar cautious tones as cash wheat and futures mix.

Chicago Board If Trade Kansas Minneapolis

Bond Markets Ease as Japanese Loans Depreciate Overseas

New York traders watched the Far East crisis as Japanese loans continued to decline. Domestic corporates slipped slightly with losses mostly within one point by midsession. Japanese government bonds dropped over 3 points while Tokyo Electric Light and Yokohama rose over 3. German and Italian issues also fell though less sharply. Treasury prices, rails and utilities showed mixed moves amid uneven price patterns.

New York Atss Tokio Electric Light Mirh Yokohama Itat

Cedar Rapids Man Fined for DWI by Court

John Jackson 43 of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge John T. Moffit fined him $300 plus costs with $25 monthly installments. Police arrested him Aug 1 near Fifteenth Avenue SE and Eleventh Street SE. address listed as 613 Seventh Avenue SE.

John Jackson Cedar Rapids John T. Moffit Jackson Fifteenth Avenue Eleventh Street Seventh Avenue SE

Haegg Crowned Reroof Bid For Linn County Courthouse

Linn county supervisors awarded Haegg Roofing and Insulation the contract to reroof the courthouse north and south wings for 985 dollars. Bids were deemed unnecessary because the total cost is under 2,000 dollars. The job includes removing the old roof, installing one inch insulation and a 20 year bonded pitch, plus four tarred felts four hot pitch applications and embedding 400 pounds of gravel per square.

Linn County Haegg Roofing and Insulation Company

Two Suits For Divorce Filed In District Court

Harry S Schmidt, a railroad engineer, sues Louise I Schmidt in district court for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. An injunction restrains personal interference and prevents the defendants from disposing of financial interests.

Harry S Schmidt Louise I. Schmidt H C. Ring Schmidt

Sramek Divorce Case Seeks Custody and Property

Bessie B Sramek of Cedar Rapids files for divorce from John Leo Sramek a Cedar Rapids baker on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds and asks custody of a large family. Judge Ring issued an injunction against personal interference and a $5 000 property attachment. Mrs Sramek seeks title to household goods an automobile and both temporary and permanent alimony. The couple married in Muscatine and Burlington in 1922.

Esis Schmidts Muscatine Bessie B Sramek Cedar Rapids John Leo Sramek Baker Sramek Burlington

Dismissal of Drunk Driving Charge Against Edwin Vacek

A Cedar Rapids man Edwin J. Vacek 38 had a charge of driving while intoxicated dismissed on motion by County Attorney G K Thompson. Vacek paid a 24 dollar fine on an intoxication count after a crash May 12. The case included a 2.35 mg test indicating intoxication but affidavits from witnesses stated he was not intoxicated before drinking after the accident.

G K Thompson Edwin J. Vacek Cedar Rapids John T Moffit Vacek H. R Churchill Beverly

Valentine predicts Democratic trend across nation and Iowa

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John K. Valentine says national and Iowa momentum favors the Democratic ticket during a Cedar Rapids stop. He notes his 50th county visit in four weeks and cites farmers backing the New Deal program as proof of support while outlining concurrent campaign stops in Dubuque Bellevue and Cedar Rapids with a Labor AFL address planned.

John K. Valentine Cedar Rapids Duebuque Bellevue Linn Valentine Iowa Joe Mekota Centerville Dubuque Town Building Trades Department American Federation of Labor Charles L. McNary GOP

Anti Profiteer Law Signed To Spur Defense Programs

Roosevelt signs broad tax bill imposing excess profits tax from 25 to 50 percent and raising corporate tax from 20.9 to 24 percent on 1940 income. It allows amortization of defense facilities completed after June 10 1940 at 20 percent per year for five years and suspends certain relief during defense buildup.

Washington Roosevelt

Excess profits tax limits on warship profits and new insurance

The excess profits tax sets 15 percent rates and 7 percent cap on profits from warships and military aircraft. It exempts the first 10 000 of corporate profits for small firms and leaves existing lower rates for corporations under 325 000 net income. The law also creates a government life insurance program for current military and draftees with policies up to 10 000. An Iceland apple tree planted in 1884 finally bloomed in 1999 yielding five apples.

Congress Iceland

Wanted Ads and Services in The Gazette

A collage of notices lists lost items including a red cocker spaniel named Rusty and a bulldog, plus rewards and contact numbers. It also advertises services from Edward R. Euba Funeral Director, jewelers, moving and transport services, rummage sales, holiday jewelry, and various local classifieds with addresses and phone numbers for Lincoln area listings.

Beauty salons and appliance sales ads fill local Want Ads

Local classified pages show multiple beauty shops offering services and specials including permanent waves and hair treatments. Employment ads seek salesmen for home appliances with leads, commissions, and car required, plus various outside sales and temporary positions across vendors and locations.

Hockaday 2Nd Ave W_ PETERSON CO Masta Riore Jarze Asteach Mr Austin Allison Hotel

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