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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
25
Official Saturday receipts show cattle 300, hogs 1000, sheep 2000. Hog prices slipped to 8.60, 65 cents below Thursday peak. cattle and spring lambs also eased, signaling a softer tone in midweek trading.
Readable fragments show representative livestock sales with steers and cows listed by ave, amount, and numbers. Chicago market notes hogs cattle and sheep receipts, price ranges, and top bids with regional seller details and company credits.
Omaha markets show hogs steady to 75 cents lower with 160 to 300 pound hogs selling around 7.00 to 7.50 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts steady to weak with fed steers and yearlings easing, beef cows around 6.50 to 7.50, veal prices near 9.50. Sheep and lambs mixed, spring lambs up to 9.75 with some over 10.00, sows weaker and feeders steady.
Combined hog receipts at 17 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in Interior Town and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 am Friday show 26,800 head, down from 31,200 last week and 14,700 year ago. Prices list by weight range indicate steady to lower bids, with barrows and gilts priced from 5.55 to 7.60 per cwt across several weight classes. Other regional markets in Austin and St. Paul report similar softer activity and mixed price levels across hog and cattle categories.
Weak mainly six seventy five down and steady bids. Hogs 4,800 receipts with prices around seven seventy five and higher for good light packing. hogs lower as buyers push. Sheep receipts 2,400 with few bids around five to six dollars and loosening on native spring lambs. indicators show steady slaughter sheep and feeders with natives around ten dollars and higher for shippers.
Hog market remains weaker with all grades down 25 cents squeezing top to $7.25. Cattle values also fall about 25 cents with ranges across various weight classes and packers. Lamb offerings show steady to firm pricing with light lambs at $9.00 and bucks at $1.25, others by quality.
A Cedar Rapids listing shows prices for grain and produce including Wheat No. 1 at 75c, No. 2 at 1.3tse, Oats White No. 2 3ic, Soybeans new crop No. 2 yellow 75c, and various feedstuffs. Poultry prices list liens over 5 lbs at 12c, eggs and hides values, fruits and vegetables with multiple per unit figures, and miscellaneous market rates like Duchess apples and Bartlett pears.
In the Norton market Friday wool buyers for top makers and manufacturers showed hesitancy with bids down from earlier peaks. Some firms stayed active as trading remained below prior levels with steady to slightly easier prices for fine territory wools. French combing lengths sold around 82 to 85 cents scoured. graded combing bright fleece wools moved occasionally at about 40 cents grease for three-eighths and one-quarter blood grades.
Market notes show butter receipts 810,050 pounds with assorted quoted prices. eggs receipts 8,279 with prices unchanged and storage packed firsts not alloted. Poultry receipts 58 trucks with varied hen, broiler and turkey prices, changes listed. potatoes arrivals 51 cars on track with strong Idaho russet and Minnesota Early Ohio commercial prices around $1.25 to $2.00 per cwt, Wisconsin and North Dakota items noted with price ranges.
AP article notes eggs at 11 478 firm with mixed colors up to fancy extra fancy. standards 210. firsts ieseconds 1761743, mediums 10. Butter receipts 789130 steady with creamery higher, extra 92 score at 6hud firms 85-91. Cheese receipts 4 108 steady. state whole milk flats held. other grades unchanged amid 1998 data.
War boom buyers pushed select stocks up early Friday with gains of 1 to over 6 points. Major advances included U S Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, Du Pont, Westinghouse and Boeing amid broad activity and 3.5 million shares traded before late profit taking trimmed some gains.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week ending September 2 list Daisies at 13 1 4 cents and brick at 11 3 4 cents. Cheddars show 12 1 2 cents with other varieties quoted including horn and modores.
In Chicago and North American markets wheat fell on Friday for the first time since the European war began. Wheat closed 3 to 31/2 cents lower with the September future at 85 44 cents. corn and oats also eased, rye dipped, and soybeans rose a cent as lard declined with weaker hog prices. Traders cited lack of news to justify new buying and reduced export demand due to freight space shortages.
Chicago provisions listed for wheat corn oats and barley with mill tangents and seed notes. Markets show No 1 yellow corn and No 2 white oats with mixed grades and sample figures. prices for lard and bellies noted alongside feed and rye figures.
Minneapolis area market notes show receipts and quotes for corn oats barley and durum wheat. Prices listed include No 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein at 94 95 cents and various No 1 hard and amber durum and red durum values with shifts from the prior year and day.
New York bond market advanced toward noon with many gains over 4 points as government issues stayed firm and volume remained heavy. Treasuries rose up to 4 32 points while some corporate issues gained over 2 points led by American and Foreign Power 5s and International Hydro Electric 6s. Berlin German and foreign currency lists were quiet with minor fractionals, and several issues closed mixed across sectors.
Washington INS reports Ben Gitlow testified before the Dies committee that Josef Stalin appointed Earl Browder as general secretary of the Communist Party in 1930 and later blocked attempts to remove him. Gitlow called Browder Stalin's pet boy.
London reports British Food Minister Herbert Morrison announced that eating controls would begin in England within three to four weeks and denied any food shortage. He stressed there is no reason for alarm about food supplies regardless of the war’s duration.
Mrs Julia E Booth aged 87 died at her home 1208 Third Street SW Cedar Rapids at 2 45 am Friday after a long illness Born in Boone county Indiana Dec 16 1851 she came to Cedar Rapids in 1854 She married L G Booth Jan 1 1874 who died April 29 1899 Surviving are six children 22 grandchildren ten great grandchildren and five step great grandchildren Funeral 3 pm Sunday Beatty chapel with Rev George Stauffacher Burial Baker cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm Friday
Mrs Anna Sodoma widow of Wendl Sodoma former Cedar Rapids resident died in Los Angeles after a lingering illness Born Bohemia July 26 1862 she came to Cedar Rapids at 18 and moved to California 16 years ago She leaves three sons two daughters thirteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Also two sisters and a brother Funeral services in Polansky chapel Cedar Rapids Walter Doane Lee 76 died at home in Cedar Rapids He was born September 15 1862 in Saline Michigan married Anna Barr in 1902 He leaves wife and a brother Budd L Lee Funeral services Saturday 10 am Yocom chapel Marion burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marion Friends may call Friday evening
Alburtis Le roy Miller 69 died Monday at his daughter's Waterloo home. Funeral held Thursday at First Baptist Church Fairbank with Rev. George McFarland presiding. Survived by wife Daisy Farnsworth Miller, three sons Burl John Raymond all of Waterloo, four daughters Ora Brant Pine River MN McGowen Parker Shaffer Cedar Rapids, sister August Westendorf Oelwein, five brothers, plus parents Hiram and Lavina Miller and others.
R Reichardt who died in Chicago Thursday morning will be honored Sunday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with Mt Hermon Masonic lodge 263 in charge and Apollo Commandery 26 Knights Templar as escort. Burial in private mausoleum Oak Hill Cemetery. Body arrives Cedar Rapids Saturday night. friends may call Sunday morning. Master Masons to meet at hall 1 30 p.m. Sunday.
Funeral services for Charles Walker McClintock son of Mr and Mrs Warren J McClintock of Palo who was fatally injured in an automobile collision near there Wednesday will be held in the home at Palo at 2 p.m. Monday Burial will be made in the Palo cemetery Friends may call at the Turner chapel until 9 a.m. Saturday and then at the home.
Stranded in Europe two weeks ago Miss Alice T Scheh returns home with a penny earned on the way. A canceled sailing left her in Italy with little money. She obtained $20 from the steamship line and found work as stenographer and typist on the Manhattan at one cent a month plus passage. When the ship docked she had earned less than half, yet officials paid her.
A reader report notes that about three quarters of Florida farms are dedicated to estrus crops, signaling a broad agricultural trend and regional crop specialization across the state.
Norman Mears of St Paul will speak at the Rotary Ladies Night dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel next Monday at 6:30 pm. He recounts a refugee steamer voyage from Italy to Palestine, China's war, Egypt, and experiences in India.
Mrs Peggy Marie Houstman and Jane Sankey, both 17 of Central City, admit larceny of clothing and fruit at an Mx residence. Houstman receives an indeterminate five year term at Rockwell City reform school with suspension on good behavior, including staying out of town. Houstman plans to live with relatives in Illinois. Benton county seeks an 800 pound red roan horse stolen from the W. J. Beatty farm near Vinton. Damages in action against Emil J Dvorak and John Chorup set at 48.50 dollars. Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids seeks 488.12 in a note suit against Charles S McConaughay.
German high command reports the siege of Warsaw as bombing bridges and three directional advances close in from south north and west. Warsaw is cited 25 miles from a southern drive while northern and western approaches are within 28 miles with further Silesian pushes.
At 820 p m Thursday a car driven by Clarence Young 27 Walker backed from a curb on First avenue and hit a station wagon owned by Van Vechten Shaffer 200 Linden drive SE injuring four passengers Mrs Richard Loftus 21 Mrs Mary Loftus 57 Lenore Hunter 33 and Mrs Jerry Fottral 27 The drivers agreed to police that the Young car contacted the station wagon on the right rear end near the alley between First and Second streets in East Des Moines.
The No. 107 wreck at the east edge of Marion injures several passengers including Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Shank and Mrs. O H Kieckhaefer. Many local notices follow with church events, visits, and community activities across Marion and surrounding towns.
An AP report outlines reserve strength across services as of Roosevelt Friday. The Army lists 100 000 reserve officers and 23 000 trained enlisted men ready to be summoned, the Navy 42 000 sailors and 14 000 officers, and the Marine Corps 14 600 men and 1 126 officers. First call expected to be 23 000 former soldiers from the Army enlist ed reserve. The Army regulars total about 165 000 enlisted and 14 000 officers, aiming for over 200 000 enlisted. Navy recruiting 10 000 plus applicants and faster expansion. a peacetime push with $24 annual pay for the enlisted reserve.
National and sectional leaders announce they will fight for United States neutrality in fact. They call for ending hate broadcasts and strict arms embargo enforcement and blame the Washington administration as pro-British. The sinking of the Athenia and Bremen seizure are cited as examples of biased policy.
Anamosa reports three school records with a high attendance and largest grade registrations in the school’s history. In Wyoming, Christine Schmalfeldt and Joseph Womachka announce their marriage with plans to reside there. Monmouth hosts a second annual Potter school reunion with 22 pupils and two teachers and officers reelected. Otter Creek Farm Bureau women hold a tea electing officers for the coming year with multiple cooperators listed.
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