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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1940
Page
6
Chicago AP reports feeder and wholesale buyers show cautious activity as hogs and cattle move slowly in the lowered trade. Lambs gain with tighter supplies and steady demand, aiding price estimates for midweek sales.
Aggregate reports from Chicago and Sioux City show cattle hogs and sheep trading near steady to weak. Lean calves feed steers and yearlings moved with moderate demand while hogs held steady with lighter weights in demand and heavier weights steady to firm. Livestock futures and local price ranges reflect broad market softness and ongoing supply.
Peoria market receipts show hogs steady to 10 cents lower with 200-270 lb animals bringing 625 to 650, sow prices around 560 to 585, cattle slow but generally steady with calf lots near 940 to 1100, and sheep steady with wethers and spring lambs around 750 to 900. Trade activity remains moderate as buyers and sellers assess demand.
Local hog prices drop after Saturday stability with hogs and packers showing declines. Quotations span various weight ranges from 140 to 360 pounds and include packages for good hogs, feed prices, and packers, indicating a broad downward trend across the market.
A Cedar Rapids display of country prices lists grain items including wheat oats rye and corn with various grades and freight readings. The record shows prices for butter hams olives cheeses vegetables fruit and hides with multiple entries for specific weights quality grades and unit costs.
New York bond market shows gains with industrial and utility issues rising around one point or less by midday. Government securities lack a clear trend as investors eyed potential further supply and the Battle of Britain weighed on trading activity.
In New York trading, buyers tempered bids but moved selected issues in steels rails motors and specialties fractions up more than a point. Turnover was about 275000 shares, with several major movers including US Steel Bethlehem Great Northern N Y Central Pennsylvania Chrysler General Motors Sears Roebuck Kennecott Westinghouse General Electric du Pont Eastman Kodak Allied Chemical and Union Carbide. several eased at the close.
Monday quotations list Adams Express Inspiration Harv Hydro Allied Stores Int Nickel Alls Chalmers Paper Am Can Kennecott Corp Am Marac Atlas Plastics etc numerous industrials with large price figures across vast exchanges. The report shows a mixture of American and international firms, including RCA, Ford, General Electric, U S Steel, and others in a dense price table.
Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of September 16 21 show daisies 1413 brick 123 horns 14 3 4 cents cheddars 13 3 4 cents. Farmers call board daisies 14 2 cents commodores myth Americas 1494c horns 1474c. Wire making noted as an ancient metalworking craft.
Wheat futures held fair gains on the Chicago board after an initial rise led by stock market strength. Corn declined on weak demand while oats and rye showed modest moves. Minneapolis and Kansas City followed Chicago’s trend with softer gains. Cash wheat and grain quotes appeared steady amid light trading and steady bids.
Markets show live poultry firmer with hens largely steady and assorted weights priced around 12 to 16 cents per pound. Leghorn and Plymouth Rock varieties cited. white rock and colored fowl listed with multiple weight bands and price points. Butter and eggs receipts described as firm for creamery butter and steady for eggs with regional price ranges noted.
Funeral services for Miss Cora M. Beach were held in Fayette with family survivor Frank Beach of Fayette. In Wapello, Bethel church held its annual homecoming with 100 attendees and officers elected for the coming year. What Cheer marks the end of the Kommelle r grocery after 53 years run by Mr and Mrs Joe Kom mell er and son Francis.
The practice cited shows early Greek and Roman gourmands believed baths stimulated appetites. They bathed several times after dinner with the aim of reigniting their desire to eat.
The Cedar Rapids unemployment office reports 500 fewer employables on September 1 than a year earlier with 2 253 registrants, 1 481 men and 772 women. The office serves Jones Benton and Tama counties with itinerant scheduling in Toledo Anamosa and Benton.
In Omaha an 11 year old, Jimmy, died after his attempt to retrieve pigeons from a dovecote led to a fall from a three story roof. He died Monday from injuries sustained in the accident.
Ramon Serrano Suner, Franco's brother in law, arrived in Berlin for talks with Hitler and Ribbentrop amid signs nationalist Spain may strike a special agreement with Rome and Berlin. Observers think Spain could join the Axis in the war.
Once exclusive to the sea sponges now also come from the north woods where chemists produce sponges from wood pulp and cotton.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists want ads pricing by day lines with rates from 50 cents to several dollars, notes US mail and box ad options, and requires payment in advance for out-of-town ads. It states a 10 cent surcharge for out-of-town box ads and specifies deadline times for same-day and weekend publications.
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