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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1940
Page
8
Chicago AP livestock report shows hogs and cattle receipts and prices with broad demand and mixed futures. Cattle prices steady to higher with feeders and vealers active, hogs opening steady to higher, sheep steady to uneven as regional markets report varied quotes and bids.
Hogs receipts 2400 with sows and gilts opened steady to lower. prices show top at $0.74 per pound for some loads while feeder weights 200-210 lbs. Mer 7 area shows 161-190 lbs at $6.50. 250-280 lbs at $8.55. Cattle receipts 240 calves and 250 slaughter steers active and steady. grain-fed cattle weaken slightly but generally steady with cows and bulls around $550-$650. Sheep receipts mixed with spring lambs largely steady. ewes and wethers in mid to upper ranges.
Grain prices list Wheat No 1 59c per bushel No 2 58c Oats White No 2 2 5c No 3 26c Barley No 3 14 4c Soybeans No 2 Sac Hay and straw prices Feed and bedding rates Tarnished by units. Poultry prices Hens 4 to 5 pounds 12c Leghorn and lights 8 to 8 0 roosters to Leghorns 6c Eggs Hens No 1 13c No 2 c Wholesale fruits and vegetables Lemons 5 75 Oranges 3 50 473 Grapefruit 3 30 Michigan celery 4 5e Lettuce 3 9n Onions 1 60 Cabbage 1 50 160 Potatoes 1 042 40 Prunes 7c Red grapes 1 65 Pears 1 90 Sweet potatoes 2 19 Hide market No 1 cured hides 6 3c No 1 cured hides 5¢ No 1 calf hides 8 2c No 2 calf 7 2c No 1 kip 10c No 2 kin 6c No 1 horse 3 60 No 2 horse 2 80 Pony and glue half price Manes and full tail included
Wall Street股票报价来自 J E Bennett and Co 汇总当日交易明细 包含多家公司股票如 Alaska Juneau Kennecott Copr Libbey Owens Allis Chalmers Amn Steel Fdys Ford General Electric 等 以 Chicago 股票收盘与当天报价列出 多家机构名及股价区间 反映广泛市场活跃度 与若干工业与矿业股的标注行情
Hogs show declines across prime grades with good packers steady. Priced segments span from 140 to 500 pounds with varied per hundredweight figures and several weight bands indicating softer demand. Cattle and calves list mixed values for steers, yearlings, and cows, while calves and hogs trade across multiple weight classes. Burdensome price spreads reflect softer wholesale demand and mixed packer quotes.
New York investors saw selective gains in Fairs utilities and select Industrials with fractional advances on several issues such as Laclede Gas 5 3s Lawsville and Nashville 4s and Stude baker 6s. Foreign dollar bonds were uneven with German General Electric 7s and Argentinian issues up slightly while Brazil 6s and Peru fell modestly. Government bonds posted small changes with Treasuries and 4% 4s trading in narrow ranges.
Stocks closed with a late rally on steady buying, lifting major shares by fractional amounts. US Rubber led gains with about a point rise alongside Goodyear and Goodrich, while Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Eastman, Du Pont, Westinghouse, and American Telephone also advanced.
Wis cheese quotas for Sept 2 7 listed with prices for various cuts and farm products. The Boston wool market reports moderate business with 12 month Texas wool sold and French combing wools fetching high scoured values, including specific price ranges and delivery terms.
Wheat led gains on the Chicago board with September contracts higher, while corn fell back on late pressure. Soybeans and rye showed mixed moves as Minneapolis and Kansas City grains firmed, with cash bids and imports showing little foreign demand.
Prices for butter eggs and produce in Chicago and New York markets are listed with receipts. Butter firm at various grades while eggs show steady to firm demand. live poultry receipts and potato markets are noted with regional price ranges and quality signals. Mississippi River stages report rises and falls across Davenport Hastings LaCrosse Prairie du Chien Muscatine and Keokuk with shifts in St. Louis Cairo and Memphis water levels.
Alburnett boards shut district schools indefinitely after a single infantile paralysis case. The morning session was used for registration with the action taken to protect students and staff from potential spread.
Linn county supervisors moved to apply to the state comptroller for authority to levy the maximum poor fund tax for 1941, requesting one and a half mills above the basic levy. The maximum levy also applies to 1940 and stems from state relief fund participation and adequate support requirements. The will of Eliza M. McCall, who died August 17, was probated Tuesday with legacies to relatives and nieces and nephews, the remainder to Katherine Pitts Lefe bvre and others. The First Trust and Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids was appointed executor. Establishment of secondary road surfacing district No 163 northwest of Alburnett in Otter Creek township was approved, covering 425 miles of road plus a 5/8 mile addition. about 0.8 mile will be vacated. Two divorce suits were filed for cruel and inhuman treatment: Maxine V. Visek vs Joseph R. Visek and Maribelle Foster vs Norman Foster. Mrs Visek asks to resume the name Maxine V. Benesh and $20,000 in damages was sought by Clarence Rogers against WHH Weaver for a 1939 Highway 30 crash near Cedar Rapids, claiming the loss of his left arm.
John Hut ton 65 of 1210 Wilson avenue SW pled guilty to larceny of domestic fowls owned by Mrs Albin Drakos of Sixth street road SW and received an indeterminate five year term at Fort Madison penitentiary before Judge H C Ring. Phyllis Sandler seeks custody of four children in a divorce from Edward Sandler filed on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. couple married May 13 1932.
Jessie M. Wulf of Cedar Rapids seeks a divorce from Henry Wulf on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds and requests temporary and permanent alimony. The couple were married April 6, 1940.
Ted Huff, 50, of Third Avenue SW, faces two charges after a collision on Second Street SW at 1:15 PM Tuesday. Police say Huff pulled from the curb to cross a street with a grocery truck, hitting Le Roy Cornell, 62, of Meadowbrook Drive SE. Huff was fined $5 and costs for lacking a driver's license and received a suspended $45 fine for pulling in front of traffic.
Miss Arlene Ann Erger daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Erger Walford and Robert Woolstrehill son of Mr and Mrs F J Woolstrehill Watkins were married Wednesday at 8 am at Holy Trinity church in Walford by Father Tucek Attendants included Mrs Mineard Smith and Vueril Woolstrchill with Ralph Emanuel as usher Ring bearer was Roland Erger flower girl Dorothy Mae Broz Breakfast and noon dinner were held for about 200 relatives and friends at the Erger home and H T P hall in Walford A wedding dance followed at Siepman ballroom Norway The couple will reside in Watkins both attend Walford and Huron schools and he works in interstate trucking.
Classified items from The Gazette cover lost wallets dogs and pens to moving services and jewelry repairs. Ads invite rewards for returns and note courier and box number charges while listing local businesses offering ambulance service tailoring and beauty services amid a busy ad page.
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