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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1940
Page
8
Chicago livestock report shows hogs lower for the fifth session as prices slip to about 7.10 and buyers pull back. Cattle and calves receipts remain sizable with steady to lower bids, while overall market tone stays soft across regions including Des Moines and St. Paul.
The report lists numerous cattle lots with weights from 120 to 600 pounds and prices from around 3 to 8 dollars per hundredweight. It covers bidders, buyers, lots sold, and regional pricing trends with totals and averages.
Cattle and hog price reports from Peoria show mixed receipts with hogs at mostly steady to 10 cents lower on bulk sows while cattle and calves hold near recent levels. Sheep and lambs include about 400 spring lambs with bids easing and good ewe values noted.
Hog prices in the local market continue to weaken with a 10 to 15 cent drop across grades on Tuesday. Quotes show varied readings for Good hogs and feeder hogs, alongside limited cattle and calf price notes and listings for sheep and lambs at market.
The Cedar Rapids listing shows prices for grains cereals and hay with No 1 wheat No 2 rye and corn quoted per bushel or hundredweight. Poultry prices list hens leghorns and light birds with weights noted and assorted produce including lemons oranges grapefruit celery lettuce onions cabbage carrots and potatoes. Hides and furs are also priced with various grades and animal types.
Daily stock quotations from Wall Street listing price positions for Adams Express Alaska Juneau Central Ts Rav an Allon Corn An-116 Tisperation Me Alhed Chem-1d4 Amn Leather Manville Amn Can Y4 Kellinecorr Copr 28% Amty For Pwr Wart race Amn Rad Sati Amn Zinc 5' Atkinson ThA SF etc. Also notes Chicago stocks advance list with Armour Libby Quaker Edison Zenith Radi.”
Wisconsin cheese quotes include 14 cents for daises and 19 percent for twins. Wool market in Boston shows mostly firm prices with fine combing wools at 82 to 89 cents scoured basis. Prices for half blend range 28 to 36 cents and three quarters and one quarter blend at 40 to 42 cents.
New York reports a feeble rally as stocks recoup some losses. Turnover around 350 000 shares versus 591 000 the prior day. Standout performers included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Westinghouse United Aircraft Northern Pacific and Great Northern. Laggards were DuPont Fastman Kodak General Electric Union Carbide North American and Johns-Manville.
In Indianapolis a would be robber entered Harry Roark’s filling station with hand in pocket and ordered him into a wash room. Roark refused saying a policeman is inside. The man fled, discarding a toy pistol. washroom found empty.
London reports England accelerated pilot training to match rising airplane output. The air ministry urged more pilot gunners and observers and raised the maximum pilot age from 28 to 30 as part of expanding the RAF.
Wheat futures rise as fair buying and stock-market gains lift sentiment on the Chicago board of trade. Minneapolis leads the advance with Kansas City and Winnipeg following, while corn oats and soybeans show mixed moves amid receipts and frost cues.
Chicago market notes show eggs steady while butter and cheese prices hold firm. Potatoes arrivals and shipments listed with varied quality grades, and Idaho russet and Cobblers show mixed demand with modest firmness in some varieties.
New York bond prices weakened as war related news unsettled markets on Tuesday. Domestic corporates drifted lower while some gains hovered around a point. overseas issues were mixed with several foreign government issues dipping. Transport and utility issues showed notable activity amid broad price declines.
Berlin reports German sources say British flyers dropped thousands of self igniting leaves meant to ignite sheds houses and forests but not munitions plants. The leaves allegedly cause poisoning and burns among civilians.
President Roosevelt, shown uninterested as Maine returns came in, went to bed Monday night after secretaries relayed early results. A friend said he wasn’t interested and that the Maine outcome matched his mood as the day closed.
A damaged line states air raids killed children and wounded others, with uncertain dates and figures. The fragment mentions British bombs affecting civilians, noting deaths and injuries in a wartime context.
Henry M Houke 62 of 1124 Ninth Street NW Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 8 am Tuesday after a long illness. Survived by five children including Eugene Houke Des Moines and Mrs Pearl Petranek Cedar Rapids. Born Jonesburg Missouri March 20 1878 he lived in Cedar Rapids 23 years. Funeral in Beatty chapel time to be announced. viewing after 5 pm Wednesday.
Relatives report the death of J C Moore 88 Day tona Beach Florida former Cedar Rapids resident He was born September 17 1851 in Pennsylvania and spent most of his life in Cedar Rapids In 1910 he moved to Rapid City South Dakota and 1921 to Florida His wife Mary and sons Ralph are noted as deceased Surviving relatives include granddaughter Blanche Moore and nieces and a nephew Funeral arrangements are pending.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lyon wife of A W Lyon will be held at Beatty chapel at 230 pm Wednesday. She died at 1334 Burch avenue NW. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Survivors include husband five daughters one son a grandson three brothers and one sister. She was active in Estherville O ES chapter 200 Ladies Auxiliary B of R T Womans Benefit Olivet Presbyterian Church. Friends may call at BOUL chapel after 5 pm Tuesday.
Funeral services for Elmer E. Phillips will be held in the Moon chapel at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Frank Ward officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife ten children 20 grandchildren a great grandchild two sisters Mrs Sherman Weston Cedar Rapids and Mrs Cora Fox Los Angeles and two brothers Walter and James Phillips Cedar Rapids.
Rep Melvin J Maas a Republican on the House Naval Affairs Committee urged abolition of the Annapolis Naval Academy as now run. He called it archaic inefficient undemocratic and wasteful and said it should be a post graduate school for trained applicants rather than an academy for schooling boys. He also charged appointments favor influence and noted about 20 percent fail to complete the course.
Buffalo AP Knudsen chairman of the national defense commission said in 19 months the army and navy will have about 11 000 combat airplanes fighters and bombers produced. He spoke during a tour of aircraft plants with Gen HH Arnold and praised U S aircraft quality and output.
The War Department announced that army reservists below captain may resign commissions if they do not wish to be inducted into the impending compulsory military training program. Members with no other means of support may offer to resign their commissions.
Rates for want ads vary by line count 2 to 6 lines with a base price and added line costs. Ads may be telephoned mailed or delivered to The Gazette office and accepted until 12 noon for same day publication and 8 p.m. Saturday for Sunday edition. Special low rates apply to WORK WANTED classifications.
Gazette page shows many classified items including lost and found 3 car keys reward notes and a lost Welsh terrier license number 1299. It includes ad lines for funeral home services toll free numbers and references to taxi and moving services. Multiple business names and phone numbers appear with various personal ads and job notices.
Seven recruits dispatched from Cedar Rapids enlistment station to avoid conscription. John H. Grandjion 22 and Donald F. Marx 18 head to air corps at Chanute Field Alabama. Chanute Field is joined by Carroll O. Fankhouser 27 Harold Lueth 18 Herbert J. Smith 19 to field artillery at Fort Des Moines. Dwayne W. Mozena 19 and Larry A. Mozena 18 join coast artillery, Philippine Islands. This follows a summer peak with eight men recruited August 19.
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