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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
21
Hogs advanced again with top quotes near 7.50 as cattle and lamb prices showed mixed movement across major markets including Chicago Omaha Des Moines and Council Bluffs. Reports note tight supplies and strength in lighter weight hogs with steady to firmer cattle and lamb trends in several regional bids.
Cattle stayed steady on the Cedar Rapids market while hogs across all grades rose by 100 cents Tuesday. Prime hogs sold as high as 7.05 per hundredweight.
A Cedar Rapids listing shows wholesale and retail prices for grains vegetables and produce. Wheat soybeans oats corn and barley are posted with several quality grades, along with hay and straw prices and poultry rates for hens leghorns cocks and chicks. Fruit and produce prices include lemons oranges lettuce cabbage potatoes apples pears grapes cranberries and more with hides and animal byproducts also detailed.
In Chicago, live poultry and fruits trade steady to firm with hens under 4 9 lbs at 13 cents, white Rock 15 cents, ducks 4 4 lbs up to 14 cents, turkeys 15 cents for old, 19 cents for hens. eggs receipts 3,330 with firm firsts at 22 cents and standard 27-28 cents. Butter creameries firm around 93, cheese quiet with no price change. New York eggs receipts 12,423 with prices for standards 27-35 cents, firsts 22 cents, seconds 19-20 cents. butter receipts 846,745 with higher creamery prices. cheese dishes quiet with stable quotes.
New York stocks rose sharply as buyers returned to steels aircraft and related shares. The market moved up in late trading, with a 1 800 000 share turnover the strongest in about three weeks. Key gainers included U S Steel Bethlehem Douglas United Aircraft Glenn Martin and U S Gypsum while Lockheed Grumman and Jones and Laughlin advanced.
Wall Street stock listings published by J E Bennett and Co show quotations across many firms including Adams Express, Alaska Juneau, Allied Chem, Kennecott, Am Can, Kresge, Am Power and Light, American Airlines, and Coca Cola. The page lists myriad prices, percent changes, and trading references, reflecting a broad market snapshot with numerous industrial and consumer goods leaders.
War news and drought spurred active buying pushing wheat to 86 cents and closing at day’s high. December corn rose about 1% to 51½ cents, oats up 19¾ to 17 cents. Minneapolis and Kansas City also gained. Cash wheat basis firm. near 80 000 bushels bought for delivery.
The report lists Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Barley, and Timothy seed quotes with highs and lows, cash grain values from Minneapolis and Chicago, and receipts data. It notes No. 2 Yellow Soybeans around 87% and various No. 1 hard and durum wheat prices, reflecting market activity and price ranges for the period.
New York notes overall bond activity strengthened with Treasury gains and improved demand for government securities. Secretary Moreentha's financing plans spurred buying, including new issue of 20 year one per cent notes and a plan to offer more Treasury bills to maintain the operating balance. Rail stocks revived as markets rebounded with notable moves in Delaware and Hudson, Southern Railway, New York Central, and Nickel Plate issues amid broader international bond improvements.
The roundup notes cheese quotations in Wisconsin for October 16 to 21 and local price variations. It also reports the Boston wool market as quiet with nominal quotations and no business, plus Mississippi River stage updates and Dow Jones averages with small gains across several indexes.
Charge of illegal possession of liquor follows Sunday arrest by highway patrol. W A Mercer 44 and Harold Jellison of Cedar Rapids plead not guilty before Judge John T Moffitt bonds set at 500 each Jellison posted by noon. Orville Anderson 33 of 700 Fifth avenue SE pleads guilty sentence postponed until next Monday. Divorce suits include Beulah Benish versus Elvin Benish Pearie Ann Peterson versus Earle M Peterson and Willis G Steele versus Edith G Steele. An assignment of law cases with jury waived becomes effective Wednesday in Linn county district court listing Hoff versus Shaffer Ward versus Smith Rettig versus Baumgartner Wolcott versus C R Bakery Inc Albright versus Mizour Cisler versus Dorland Johnson versus Wit for Ward Chey Co.
List of cases shows W M. Kacena authorized to lease Shrine temple auditorium for a skating rink at 200 a pony for six months. John A. Limback granted $615 25 in a default judgment. Realty partition action requests one tenth shares for four plaintiffs and several defendants. A truck damage case involves Fred D Ford and Wesley Emmert versus PHH Burke with a counter claim of 15 85. Christena Simonsen case seeks maintenance award and occupancy decree with dismissal requested.
Local items include Prof. Karl Andrist of Cornell College giving a 15 minute recital on WMT at 10 15 tonight. Church events and club meetings persist across St Pauls St Ludmila’s Lafayette cafe and various groups meet Wednesday through Friday. Officers report a theft of a 1936 Plymouth. local weddings and hospital attendances noted. civic leaders address Marengo night school and other gatherings.
The Knights of Columbus will meet tonight at 8 15 and Dr Robert C Locher will deliver an address on the topic.
James C. Sova of 1406 Hamilton Street SW was fined 2.50 by Judge Thomas B Powell on Tuesday for overtime parking. He remarked I won’t buy a ticket to your policemen's ball.
Leonard E. Stark of Stark Construction at 2141 Linden dyke SE fractured his right wrist when scaffolding collapsed Monday. He received treatment at Mercy hospital and was discharged.
Ed Wilson aged 33 of Mechanics Illinois was arrested Monday by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder on a charge of child desertion. He was released Tuesday by Justice W A Ball after paying $25 for support of his two children to Mrs. Donald Silts of Cedar Rapids who has custody.
Leland Murray secretary manager of the Morris Plan company of Cedar Rapids and his wife returned from a two weeks trip in the east. Mr Murray attended the national convention of the Morris Plan Bankers association in Rye New York where he was elected to the board of governors.
A Gazette report misquoted Red Cross dues indicating only fifty cents of any membership goes to the national treasury. The article lists the national allocation as 24 dollar supporting, 10 dollar sustaining, 5 dollar contributing, and 1 dollar annual memberships, clarifying the error from Monday’s issue.
Bird club members observed a fall hawk migration during a Sunday field trip and steak fry. Six hawk varieties were seen including Cooper's, sharp shinned, red tailed, red shouldered, marsh hawks, with as many as 25 marsh hawks noted. Red winged blackbirds gathered in large flocks en route to the south.
Millard E. Buchanan of Cedar Rapids was elected commander of the Northeast Iowa Court of Chevaliers Sunday at Waterloo. Other officers include James S. Eaton of Waterloo as vice-commander and Robert J Kolarnk of Cedar Rapids as secretary.
Members of the Credit Women's Breakfast Club provided the program for the Cedar Rapids Retail Credit association dinner in Lafayette cafe Monday night. R A Koehn spoke for the Credit association and the CWBC broadcast was hosted by Mrs Perale Hinkley.
Charles Lewis 23 Negro paid a $10 fine and costs after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace following an early morning altercation at his father’s home 1134 Fifth Street NW. He allegedly argued and threatened his sister with a knife. he said his father drank and his sister asked him to intervene. Trial had been set for Thursday before Judge Thomas B. Powell.
The Cedar Rapids area University of Scouting training holds its third session this evening at 7 14 at the Coe administration building. Tonight topics include Elements of Scoutmastership with George Newland on program use and troop leader relations, Elements of Cubmastership by N Harold West, Principles of Scout and Cub Mastership by West, and Principles of Sea Scouting led by Harold Wies.
The school board authorized bidding for a grass mower and a motor driven affer with a 30 inch sickle bar that can also function as a snow plow. It also authorized Joe Suma, chief school engineer, to buy 45 tons of crushed limestone to improve soil on playgrounds.
The secretary will call for bids on a 1.5 ton pickup with a 12 foot body to replace the 1933 model. Bids for Dairydale school No. 2 open at 7 30 p m Monday November 6 by the board. The plowyground commission on Blodgett's recommendation was authorized to improve the public ice skating rinks.
In Atlantic City the National Safety Congress urged pedestrians to change behavior. Denver safety chief General William E. Guthner described the average pedestrian as spoiled and pampered and argued drastic action is needed to enforce traffic lights and stop jaywalking.
A collage of classified entries includes thanks for condolences, monument ads, lost and found items, and advertised services. It lists businesses such as ANDERSON MONUMENTS, JANE A FUNERAL HOME, BRADY MORTUARY, and various ads for jewelry, transfers, cleaning, and consumer goods. It notes a $25 reward for fraud prevention and mentions caution with ads for automobile transportation.
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