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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1939
Page
16
Chicago livestock prices show hogs down 10 to 13 cents on active trade and heavy supplies. Cattle steady to higher. sheep weak. Receipts and bids varied across regions including Omaha and Des Moines with mixed results for feeder and fat cattle and woolly lambs.
Sioux City market reports show cattle receipts around 1,600 head with calves at 250. Beef steers and yearlings traded unevenly with some sales to 25 higher, stockers slow but steady, fed steers near 9.60 to 10.25 with top around 18.50 for choice yearlings, cows and heifers at quoted levels, hogs mostly steady to lower, sows 10 to 70 cents higher, sheep sparse with early activity around 1999 prices due in the sale.
Hogs continue downward on the local market with prime grades dropping 14 cents Tuesday and overall packers 10 cents lower. Listings show top price at 64 4 per hundred, with calves and lambs listed by weight and quality.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids area items including wheat oats corn hay butterfat poultry fruits vegetables and hides. Prices cover No 1 No 2 grades for grains and assorted weights with specific figures for lemons oranges grapes carrots and apples among others.
Chicago and New York markets show steady to mixed offers across poultry eggs butter and cheese. Notable items include hens and trict steads movement, Nebraska Triumphs steady with strong US No 1 washed sales, Idaho Burset Burbanks noting scarce activity, Red River Valley prices at 65-80 percent, and New York egg receipts and butter prices reflecting firm to soft tendencies amid varied grades and packaging.
New York bond market rallied modestly with fractional gains midday led by Mobile and Ohio and Gulf Mobile and Northern rail bonds after Washington authorized consolidation. Treasuries were uneven while foreign loan notes advanced on light turnover.
New York stocks showed brief recoveries on Tuesday but frequently slipped back into cautious trading. Major movers included Douglas Aircraft and Boeing while General Motors and Caterpillar lagged as 1.1 million shares changed hands.
A compact list of stock quotes and market figures from Adams Express to Westinghouse, showing price levels in various sectors. Banks, railroads, manufacturers, and utilities such as Allied Chem, Lehigh Valley, Johns Manville, Sears Roebuck, U S Steel, and General Electric are noted with current figures and indices. The page also includes Treasury bond prices and general market activity.
Wheat hovered near prior close on the Chicago board after erasing early losses. December wheat was down about 14 1/2 cents while corn eased and soybeans rallied on strong demand. cash markets showed higher prices and U.S. export sales to the United Kingdom boosted shorts. Winnipeg and Minneapolis activity showed mixed results with overall firmer oats and rye.
Oct 2028 cheese quotations show daisies at 152 cents, brick at 144 cents, horns 151 cents, cheddars 15 cents. Farmers call board lists daisies 1542 cents and horns 15 dollars with cheddars pricing accordingly.
Deaths of Harry W Kurth Anthony LaVelle Thomas L Power and Mrs Anna Hawkins are announced with brief biographical details and funeral arrangements. Kurth, 49, formerly of Waterloo, died after a heart attack in Cedar Rapids. LaVelle, 64, Irish born trucker, died after brief illness. Power, 85, Ireland born farmer, died at home. Hawkins died at the home of her daughter in Cedar Rapids with services to be held in the Moen chapel.
Miss Sophia Macek dies in a local hospital and funeral services are set for Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Polansky chapel and 9 a.m. at St Wenceslaus church. Msgr August Vojcek will conduct. Burial follows in St John cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for John Henry Brockman who died at his home 253 Thirteenth Street NW will be held in the Moon chapel at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Rev W G Rowle Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for John Dick who died at his home will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday in charge of Rev. L. Bornhoeft. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
City brief notes W L Hall announces Town Volunteers No 1 will meet at the Montrose hotel Thursday at 8 pm. Rev Chester Ainsworth conducts Sunshine Mission services at 7:30 tonight on Why Live in Sin Any Longer with Al Mefford and Joe Ainsworth providing music. Ainsworth spoke Monday on The Straying Sheep and the Seeking Savior. Cannon Falls youths Dean Poe Gil man Nygaard and Leonard Hanson bicycle trip Cedar Rapids to Texas aiming 1 600 miles by Thanksgiving at about 70 miles daily.
A health expert recommends theil ringing as an excellent exercise to help women stay fit and slim. The advice highlights the method as effective for staying toned and healthy.
A collage of classified items from The Gazette includes lost pets, debts, and service ads. Entries list a Springer Spaniel found, a black loose leaf notes book, and Jeep-like references. notices urge readers to advertise auto transport with references. listings cover drugstore items, jewelry ads, and services from Kenwood Transfer to Allied Van Lines. Bounded by low detail, the page preserves local business names, addresses, and contact numbers for readers to respond.
A long row of used car advertisements details prices and conditions for models including 31 Ford Tudor 125 dollars, 34 Hudson deluxe 225, 39 Chevrolet Master deluxe coupe, 37 V-0 deluxe sedan 395, and 1930s Chevrolets 3000 miles A-1. Listings note sellers such as Adson Sales Co and Cedar Rapids Nash Inc with contact details. Also mention a 1938 faeton Chevrolet panel truck and a Ford pickup with heater and stock rack, plus a late model 1933 Plymouth sedan and various other autos for sale by dealers and individuals.
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