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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1939
Page
16
Chicago market data shows hog prices starting steady Friday, slipping about 10 cents later. Cattle trades are slow with lower quotes, spring lambs firm to strong, and regional reports from Ottumwa Des Moines Mason City and Waterloo noting mixed moves across hogs cattle and sheep.
Salable receipts total 400 cattle with steady trade on good to choice steers and yearlings 950 to 1050 pounds 650 to 900 lb heifers and cows 6007 00 cutters 4.25 6 25 39.50 load choice light stock steers. hogs 1800 receipts steady to 10 cents higher top 7.75 180-270 lb butchers 7.60 270-360 7.25 4 7 60 450 lb heavies 7.00. sows 400 lb down 6.65 6 85. feeder pigs. Sheep 1500 receipts slaughter steady early sales good native spring lambs 9.00 best around 9.25 ewes 3.00 two to three-year breeding ewes 5.50.
Hog receipts around 1700 show generally steady trade with some drop in lighter weights and sows stronger top at 7.75 for 200-360 lb pigs. Cattle receipts about 1200 with steady to weak prices across steer and heifer classes. cows and bulls down modestly. Sheep receipts near 4000 with all classes steady. native and feeder lambs quoted around 8.10 to 8.35 with breeding ewes about 3.50.
Hog prices remain unchanged on Friday with top at 7.55. Cattle also steady as buyers and sellers resume bids. quotes cover hogs 120 to 500 pounds and various packer, feeder and steer categories.
The Cedar Rapids miscellaneous page lists wheat oats soybeans corn and barley prices No 1 No 2 No 3 grades with cents per bushel and bale straw prices plus butterfat and cream prices poultry prices for hens springs and leghorns with weight categories and prices Wholesale fruits vegetables prices for lemons oranges grapefruits celery lettuce onions cabbage carrots potatoes duchess apples prunes pears peaches and Bartlett pears with per box or per bunch figures including hides market prices for beef hides calves kip horse and others
Butter receipts 891,048 pounds with 90 cent to 93 score creamery levels. eggs and cheese hold steady with mixed colors and standards. Poultry arrivals at 26 trucks show weak weights, while potatoes see slight weakness in supplies and slow demand amid hot weather and holidays.
New York bonds closed mixed with treasuries holding near unchanged as some issues gained a few tenths while others declined. Foreign currencies wavered with German bonds lower and Polish issues slipping, while corporate bonds showed a varied pattern led by Metropolitan and utilities with some steel and oil issues slipping. A note ends recalling an ancient tub found in King Minos palace dating 4,000 years back.
New York AP reports a tentative trading session as the stock market showed a brisk start then slowed with mixed price moves. About 1,500,000 shares changed hands as Bright prospects buoyed Woolworth Pullman Southern Railway Lone Star Cement Westinghouse Johns Manville Eastman Kodak Celanese Western Union and U S Steel while Dow Chemical Du Pont U S Gypsum Standard Oil of N J US Rubber American Telephone Anaconda Jr Case and Gulf Oil faced weaker pressure.
Wall Street quotations show mixed gains with many named companies such as Allied Stores, General Electric, Procter Gamble, and Coca Cola listed among the day’s movers. Mississippi River stages are posted for Davenport, Keokuk, Dubuque, and St Louis with slight rises and no major changes.
Chicago closes with wheat down 14 to 44 cents, corn up around 48 to 48 cents, oats mixed. Margin reductions from 18 to 15 cents per bushel and irregular Winnipeg bids influenced trading. Minneapolis saw weaker tone on hedge selling while Northwestern oats remained pressured.
Urgent demand comes from Boston buyers for combing lengths of territory wools and 12 month Texas wools. French combing lengths fetch 90 to 95 cents scoured. 12 month Texas wools move at 93 to 98 cents scoured. lower grades 78 to 88 cents. Stock figures show mixed movements across Industrials Rails Utilities.
Henry F. McElroy aged 74 died in Kansas City after thirteen years as city manager under Boss Tom Pendergast. He resigned amid government upheaval, faced embezzlement and conspiracy charges, was ill to respond, with a federal inquiry into his income. He rose to prominence in 1933 by ransom of his kidnapped daughter Mary. He was a former Dunlap Indiana store owner and banker known for his country bookkeeping system.
Dr Albert Soiland of Los Angeles told the third international cancer congress that super voltage X rays of half a million volts or more cure human cancers unresponsive to milder X rays. The findings come from early reports presented Friday in Atlantic City.
Australia plans an initial volunteer force of 20,000 for service in Australia and overseas. The defense budget for the year rose from 33,000,000 to 45,000,000 pounds, about 165,000,000 to 225,000,000 dollars at prewar rates.
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark stated on Friday he will seek the United States Senate seat in 1940. The announcement came in Jefferson City and marks Stark’s formal entry into the race.
Two transport planes from United Airlines and TWA carrying W. W. Howes first assistant postmaster general and his party flew over Cedar Rapids at 10 15 a m en route to Sioux Falls for an air port dedication. They dipped their wings in salute to Cedar Rapids airport manager Dan Hunter and postmaster Frank Baldwin who returned the courtesy.
Miss Helen Bray, longtime Linn county relief office staffer, named relief director of Benton county at Vinton effective Monday. Bray, a Coe College graduate, studied social service administration at the University of Chicago. She succeeds Margaret Stouffer, who moves to Atlantic as relief director.
New York AP report says J P Morgan and company will not act as Britain purchasing agent in this war. Morgan officials say neither the firm nor partners planned to undertake purchases and advise against such a course. They favor Allied governments sending their own official purchasing commission.
Jean Ann Fritz 21 of Grand Rapids Michigan remains critically ill with compound leg fractures and chest and neck wounds after a head-on crash that killed Clifford Field of Cedar Rapids Wednesday. Ruth Sullivan 22 of Grand Rapids is listed in fairly good condition.
At the Iowa Council of Carpenters annual convention in Waterloo Walter F. Shadle of Cedar Rapids was elected vice-president for the coming year. He succeeds Al Olsen. B S. Morgan and S L. McKenzie were chosen as president and secretary-treasurer. Ottumwa was selected for the 1940 convention.
September 17 to 23 marks National Dog Week and Gazette Want Ads offer a quick path to buyers for dogs. Advertisers are urged to place notices to reach potential dog owners.
Advertisements include lost items rewards jewelry and watch services moving firms and funeral home contact details. Various businesses offer goods and services from transfers and packing to cleaning and feather mattresses with local phone numbers and addresses.
The notice says readers and advertisers should exchange references to arrange automobile transportation. It also lists beauty shops and promotions including free demonstrations, discounted permanents, and contact details for several beauty businesses.
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