Gold Price Cuts Back Inflation Fears Pulse Across Markets
Fiscal officials fear a rapid upturn in prices and production could spur decisive moves to curb inflation. Roosevelt officials weigh gold price changes and monetary adjustments to slow credit growth while maintaining international stability under the tri power pact, with attention to dollars, gold inflows, and foreign trade implications.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Oral Reserve Board
Nless
France
Great Britain
United States
England
Jeash
Federal Reserve Board
Stock Market Slump Deepens Amid Broad Declines
Stocks continued to slump on Saturday with a shorter trading period. Declines spanned railways utilities and industrials, with Penick and Ford National Supply and S H Kress each down five points. Only 70 issues rose while 539 fell, amid broad nervousness and heavy liquidation across sectors.
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New York
Penick and Ford
National Supply
S.H. Kress
Lehman Corp
Union Bag and Paper
Loew's
Paramount
Montomery Ward
Local man among 300 winners in gas refrigerator drive
Don Millburn of 902 B avenue NW is named one of 300 nationwide winners in the March Warm Up gas refrigerator selling drive. About 10,000 salespeople competed as the contest honors the tenth anniversary of silent gas refrigeration with 24 top utilities earning 100 pound birthday cake trophies baked in gas ovens.
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Don Millburn
B Avenue NW
American Gas Association Refrigeration Committee
Association of Gas Appliance and Equipment Manufacturers
A. L. McKinstry
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Kinstry
Server, Inc
Evansville
Ind
Servel Electrolux
Century Lands Two Big Orders For Oil Burners
Century Engineering of Cedar Rapids reports strong activity as contracts with Crane Company of Chicago and Williamson Heater Company of Cincinnati boost production. They built 750 oil burners for Crane in spring and will ship five carloads to Crane's eastern territory in the next two months. They will also supply 100 Zeph o Lat ors and an individual branded burner for Williamson Heater, with a minimum 3000 units for 1937.
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Century Engineering Corporation
Fourth Avenue SE
Crane Company
Chicago
Williamson Heater Company
Cincinnati
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Seaboard Territory
Dealers Gather for Standard Oil Conference in Cedar Rapids
About three hundred Standard Oil company dealers will convene in Cedar Rapids Thursday for the Davenport division ninth dealer conference and banquet at the Shrine temple starting at 6 p.m. Plans for advertising and sales promotion in 1937 will be discussed.
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Standard Oil Company
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Shrine Temple
Market Report From Chicago and New York Produce
Chicago receipts firm for butter and steady for eggs with mixed local prices. Live poultry quiet with unchanged values. Idaho Russets and Wisconsin round whites show firm or stronger tones. Texas Bliss Triumphs mostly near 3.75. New York butter gains noted, eggs mixed, cheese steady, live poultry by freight with no quotes.
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Chicago
Idaho
New York
Magnolias For Spring Flowers And Gardens
The article reviews magnolia varieties including M Soulangeana and M Grandiflora, noting their beauty, hardiness limits, and care. It explains propagation by seeds, layering, or grafting, and advises purchasing nursery trees for reliable bloom, highlighting magnolias as a community asset.
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J. L. Rhea
Local permits issued for homes and buildings last week
A weekly list records permits and costs for numerous residential and commercial projects in the area. Names include Feiereisen Forrest Najt Sova and many others with addresses ranging SE NW NE SW and notable values up to 5800 for a new house and 4200 for a new garage.
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H. L. Feiereisen
Eighteenth Street
James Forrest
Twelfth Street
Frank Najt
Fifth Avenue
R. Sova
Thirty-first Street
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Rpm Avenue
J. G. Harper
John Bjornsen
First Avenue
F. D. Sheppard
Nineteenth Street
George Vurgaitis
K Street
Rose Oliver
Eleventh Street
T. O. Dunlop
Fourth Avenue
W. E. Thompson
Center Point Road
Charles Dorsey
Ninth Street
Joe Terr
Mary Kosena
Nineteenth Avenue
J. M. Wiley
Fifteenth Street
Fred Sturm
Twenty-sixth Street
Blue Valley Dairy
aAvests
J. Felton
B Avenue
Calder's
A Avenue
M. B. Krueger
Thirty Second
G. H. Lowe
Blake Boulevard
Joe Barta
Carlisle Street
C. S. Lucas
Frank Whitney
Avenues
H. de Witt
Green Avenue
Kenwood Methodist Church
Third Street
David Bleakley
Eighth Avenue
A. E. Landmichl
Second Street
F. A. Tisdale
Jerry Sprynel
Tenth Street
W. Roy Harger
Gwendolyn Drive
Sieht NE
Glenn Church
Hull Avenue
H. L. Locher
Mrs. J. Clark
GC. Berger
Alee Street
M. J. Kubasa
Thirty-sixth Street
Bernice Ermold
Sixteenth Street
James Stuart
Mount Veraim
L. F. Woodruff
Glenway Drive
G. W. Miller
Earl Riggins
A Avenue NW
Mrs
Tillie Starman
L. J. Smith
Lee
Gladys Summy
Twentieth Street
F. J. Ohler
Sixth Avenue
Charles Reiger
Avenue
A. R. Chapman
Anna L. Adams
Twentyninth Street
Tom Severn
Fourteenth At
E. J. Neal
A Avenue NE
Amos Houser
P. B. Bradley
Linn Boulevard
W. H. Stolba
Seventh Street
W.H. Stolba
Frank John
Sixteenth Avenue
King Investment Company
First Street
E. E. Kieth
Thirty-fourth Street
W. F. Yeager
Thirty Second Avenue
Charles Shramek
Wheat futures drift in narrow weekend trading
In a typical weekend session wheat futures moved in a narrow range with light trade, ending Saturday almost unchanged from Friday. May corn fell about 13-8 cents, soybeans dropped the full four cents allowed, and other grain futures showed mixed moves while oats and rye featured as the standout changes. Chicago prices and Minneapolis cash grain figures followed suit with modest shifts and varied bids across futures and cash markets.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Buenos Aires
Restaurants Observe National Week in Cedar Rapids
Restaurateurs in Cedar Rapids join National Restaurant Week from May 3 to 9. Local committee on arrangements includes Ira Gabel, Robert H. Harger and R. S. Doty.
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Restaurateurs of
Cedar Rapids
Ira Gabel
Robert H. Harger
R. S. Doty
Home furnishings at real bargain prices in classified ads
Readers are urged to check the Want Ads under classification 29 for cheap home furnishings and related bargains. The notice promotes real bargains across a range of household items.
Peacetime steel output hits new high as economy steadies
The Associated Press reports peacetime steel production reaching record weekly levels at 91.3 percent capacity, driven by higher output and stabilizing prices. Retail trade shows momentum, motor and freight activity rise, while concerns persist over rising costs and consumer demand.
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Thomas E. Flanagan
Associated Press
Oaring Steel
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Commerce
American Iron and Steel Institute
Bond market sections show limited gains on Saturday
Some improvement appeared in several bond sections in New York trading Saturday with U S governments and high grade corporates benefiting from light demand while railroad bonds slumped. Turnover edged up slightly from the previous week as the Associated Press average for twenty carrier loans fell 0.3 to 93.3 and notable issues like Baltimore and Ohio and Canadian Pacific moved lower.
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Cram's
Wall Street
U.S
Federal Reserve
New York
Department of Commerce
Chicago
U. S
Treasury
Federal Farm
Associated Press
Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Paul
New York’ Central
Loading Of Revenue Freight In 1936 Period Rise
Washington AP The Association of American Railroads reported weekly loading of revenue freight reaching 751 328 cars for the week ended April 17, up 35 284 cars from the prior week and 109 050 cars above the same period last year. Grain and grain products loaded 29 583 cars, down 62 from the prior week, while livestock totaled 13 075 cars, up 1 486.
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Washington
Tota
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