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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1940

Page

2

Livestock markets hold steady amid mixed weekly demand

Chicago led with stable hogs and modest beef gains as receipts showed 12 000 cattle 20 000 hogs and 8 000 sheep for Monday. Prices rose for fat steers and heifers to about 12 10, while lambs and beef cattle posted notable weekly advances reflecting tighter supply.

Chicago INS Texas Sioux City Tapi U. 5S Arek Omana Livestock Omaha API US. Dept. Agriculture ST. Paul South ST Paul

Market prices for hog weights show mixed bids

The list details varying bid amounts across weight brackets from 240 to 500 pounds. Prices range around 3.15 to 5.95 per hundredweight with several typos and mixed punctuation. Sows are described as good and choice in several entries.

Iowa Associated Press Waterloo Hoss

Hogs Steady on Local Market as Cattle Rise

Hogs hold steady with no fill top at 640 dollars. Cattle market edges up 25 cents, reflecting mild gains amid steady hog prices on Saturday.

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Cedar Rapids market round up lists wheat, oats, rye, corn, soybeans with No. 1 6ic No. 2 62¢, hay and straw prices, poultry prices for hens, roosters, and hens for layers, wholesale fruits and vegetables with Lemons oranges Grapefruit celery lettuce onions cabbage tomatoes carrots new potatoes apricots watermelons, hides and horse prices, pony and mule pricing noted.

Leshorns Esas

Stock Boosts Range to More Than 2 Points

NEW YORK stock market extended Friday gains on Saturday with General Motors leading the advance in auto shares and blue chips. Allied Chemical, Johns Manville, Westinghouse, Eastman Kodak, International Paper preferred, Great Northern preferred, Sears Roebuck and Briggs rose. Steel shares opened mixed. American Airlines lagged among aviation. Western Union rose on earnings. utilities were narrow.

New York Sns General Motors Chrysler Allied Chemical Johns Manville Westinghouse Eastman Kodak International Paper Great Northern Sears Roebuck Briggs Bethlehem American Airlines Western Union

Wall Street Stocks and Bond Watch as Markets Close

U S government bonds closed Saturday with Treasury 3s at 110.00. As of January 1, 1940, about 30,000 pilots were in the United States with 20,000 in the non-scheduled non-military category.

New York U. S Treasury United States

Chicago Produce Markets Report On Arrivals And Prices

Arrivals total 68 with 148 on track and 278 U.S. shipments. Demand moderate as new stock is light. Nebraska washed cobblers and Colorado Triumphs weaker, Nebraska unwashed cobblers steady. other varieties steady. Idaho russet Burbanks US No 1 at 2.25. Oregon russet Burbanks US No 1 at 1.80. Nebraska cobblers fair to good, Bliss Triumphs generally good. Wisconsin Bliss Triumphs at 1.35 to 1.65. Produce futures listed. Butter storage standards given. egg refrigerator standards noted.

Chicago Dept Nebraska Bliss Colorado U. S

Bond Market Shifts Across Rail and Industrial Issues

Buyers picked over a small assortment of rail and industrial bonds at fractionally higher prices while the market showed a topside tilt. Foreign stamps and U S government notes moved modestly, with Nickel Plate and Firestone leads among corporate issues.

New York API Queensland Australia U. S Firestone Tire Cleveland Union Terminal Armour of Delaware Steel International Telephone St. Paul Southern Railway Tlinols Central

Boxing Bout Results Supposed From Associated Press

Reported results show Omaha fighter Carl Vinciquerra age 104 and Dayton foe Buddy Knox age 18012 drawing in Kansas City action. Chester Ellis edged Jimmy Buckler in Louisville proceedings while Ann Feldman defeated Masse Shapiro in Brooklyn and Laree Rolvin stopped George Marper in Providence.

TRE Associated Press Omama Carl Vinciquerra Omaha Buddy Knox Dayton Drew Kansas City Chester Ellis Kanesas City Jimmy Buckler Louisville New York Ann Feldman Mrooklyn Masse Shapiro Laree Rolvin Providence K. I George Marper

Wheat and corn futures ease after early decline

Chicago traders saw corn and wheat futures ease with rains and higher crop estimates easing pressure. Wheat closed near unchanged to 15 cents lower after a brief dip, corn 13 to 17 cents lower, oats down 34 to 45 cents, and rye steady to up 4. percent.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Middlewest Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg

Winnipeg Market Wheat and Chicago Provisions Summary

Winnipeg market shows mixed wheat activity with unclear oct data. Chicago cash provisions list no sales for wheat or soybeans with various corn and barley quotes and lard and bellies price notes.

Winnipeg Chicago Upi

Minneapolis cash grain market recap

Wheat receipts Saturday 347 cars vs 363 a year ago with trading basis unchanged. Quotations for No 1 dark northern and No 1 hard winter vary around 64 to 73 4 per bushel with other classes carrying similar moves. Corn No 3 yellow and Oats No 3 White show modest gains in quoted ranges.

Minneapolis Minnesota-South Dakota

Wisconsin cheese quotas and Boston wool market report

Wisconsin cheese quotations for Apr 12 to 17 show daisies at 14 2 cents and cheddars at 11 2 cents with various quotes for brick horns and commodores. The Boston wool market saw little domestic sales with demand for fine wools. graded combing wools steady at 33 36 cents grease, 34 36 cents for 7 bods, and 38 40 cents for others with blood wools at 40 42 cents.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers’ Call Board Boston Aticulture Department

One Hurt In Viaduct Collision Between Cars

L. P. Klassen, 33, of 1018 Fourth Avenue SE, fractured left elbow and bruises after a collision with Leo Schamel, 21, of 1447 Mount Vernon Avenue SE, at the east end of the viaduct over the Milwaukee railroad near the west Marion limits on highway 151 about 1 am Saturday. Klassen’s condition was listed as good at Mercy Hospital Saturday.

L. P. Klassen Fourth Avenue SE Klassen Leo Schamel Mount Vernon Avenue Milwaukee Railroad West Marion Highway No. 151 Schamel Mercy Hospital

Car Skids Upsets Then Turns Back On Wheels

Burling ton truck driver Gilbert Eland reports a Cedar Rapids man drove a car that skidded on wet highway No 30 about four and a half miles west of Cedar Rapids at 11 45 a m Saturday and upset. The car turned back on its wheels after rolling over. The Cedar Rapids man suffered a cut over his right eye.

Gilbert Eland Burlington Steelcraft Company of Jim Smith Cedar Rapids Highway No. 30 Eland

Injury in Chicago Fall Fatal to Frank Kadlec

Frank Kadlec aged 67 of 16 West Erie street Chicago died in Cook County Hospital from a skull fracture after jumping or falling from the third to the second floor landing. Kadlec had entered the hospital July 15 for treatment of a neck carbuncle.

Frank Kadlec West Erie Street Chicago Cedar Rapids Cook County Hospital Associated Press Kadlee

Peace Shrine Proposed At Ingersoll Mills Alabama

A national peace shrine is planned at the site of the Civil War's last battle on Ingersoll Hill near Phenix City Alabama. The Phenix City Junior Chamber of Commerce will seek groups nationwide to fund a music tower of peace with an amplifier and recording device playing pipe organ music daily. Contributing organizations will have their names inscribed on the tower base.

Montgomery Ala Ingersoll Hill Phenix City Junior Chamber of Commerce

Funeral Services for Lora Adell Maxson Held in Marion

Funeral services for Mrs. Lora Adell Maxson were held Sunday at 2 30 p.m. in the Yocom chapel with Rev J B Clyde officiating and burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Out‑of‑town relatives attended. wreaths and pallbearers named. Also noted were services for Frank Harris and various local passings and brief notices of local ads and events.

Lora Adell Maxson Yocom Chapel J. B. Clyde Prairie Chapel Church Cedar Memorial Cemetery Frank Harris Prairie Chapel Methodist Church Elinor Kendall Marion Lodge No. 6 Cedar Memorial Park Rudolph Harris W. P. Secrist A E Blinks C. E. Gordon E. J. Esgate George Burns W. F. Grossenbach Ogden Utah James Moyer James Manchester Ray le Hew Mount Vernon Kenneth le Hew Walker Phillip Peters Merle Harris Lucille Marjorie R. W Hicks Hazel Hicks Cedar Rapids

Boy Burns In Garage Gasoline Explosion

Eight year old Jack Wilcox is recovering at home from burns on the right side of his face after a gasoline tank explosion in the garage of the C. L. DeWald home. He and Donald DeWald Jr were playing in the garage when a lighted match allegedly ignited residual gasoline. Smoke was observed issuing from the tank’s bottom by residents.

Jack Wilcox Richard Wilcox Eighth Avenue C. L. DeWald Donald DeWald, Jr Jack DeWald

Rural fire crews respond to haymow blaze on farm

A rural fire truck answered a call at 9 40 a m Saturday from the Roscoe Blinks farm where dust around light fixtures in the haymow was burning. The fire was discovered before any damage occurred. The city fire department also battled a small blaze in a car at 9 30 p m Thursday on Seventh avenue near Eighth street, causing little damage.

Roscoe Blinks George Carlyle Seventh Avenue Eighth Street

Nazi Swiss Trade Pact Signed in Berlin

BERNE Switzerland UP A German Swiss trade agreement was signed in Berlin Friday night and announced Saturday. The pact creates a new Swiss German clearing arrangement effective until June 30 1941 to replace the one that expired August 1.

Berne Switzerland Berlin

Church Schedules Across Marion Churches for Sunday

A roundup of service times across Marion area churches. Baptist led by Rev Inman offers Bible school 9 45 am, morning worship 10 45, evening 7 8 pm. Catholic mass 7 30 and 9 30 am. Christian service at 9 with youth in charge, Bible school 10 am. Congregational school 9 45 am, no morning worship. Free Methodist with 9 45 Sunday school, services 10 45 and 7 45 pm, Y M S at 7. Methodist with 9 45 school, 11 am worship, sermon A Good Man Versus A Good Fellow. Presbyterian with 9 am worship featuring Westminster Gospel team, Sunday school 10. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran 9 30 Sunday school, 10 30 worship, sermon The Ministration of the Letter and the Ministration of the Spirit. Seventh Day Church of God at Sixth and Ninth with Sabbath school 10 30 am, preaching 11. Prairie Chapel J B Clyde pastor Sunday school 10, morning worship 11, Epworth league 7 30. Alburnett Methodist J B Clyde pastor with Sunday school 9 30 am, morning worship 10.

L. W. Inman St. Joseph's T. J. McElliott Vernon H. Carter Herbert Livingston Arthur W. Henke Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel J. B. Clyde Epworth League Alburnett Methodist J B. Clyde

Major Wurster Assigned to Washington Duty

Major John T. Wurster of the ordnance reserve, residing at 2015 B avenue NE, leaves Sunday to serve in the manufacturing section of the office of the assistant secretary of war in Washington D C. For 15 years he was with the Chicago district ordnance headquarters and he is vice president of the northeast Iowa district of the Reserve Officers Association. The duration and exact duties in Washington were not revealed.

John T. Wurster Ordnance Reserve B Avenue NE Washington D. C Wurster Chicago Ordnance Headquarters Iowa Reserve Officers Association

All-Town Agricultural Association Incorporation Filed

Articles of incorporation for the All-Town Agricultural Association of Cedar Rapids, a non-profit, were filed with County Recorder Dempsy Jones. Officers and directors include William Kinderknecht president John L. Miller vice president A L Taylor secretary H N Boyson treasurer and others.

All-Town Agricultural Association of Cedar Rapids Dempsy Jones William Kinderknecht John L. Miller A. L. Taylor H. N. Boyson Ray Anderson Sutherland Dows Arthur Poe Rex Conn A. L. Killian Frank Kanak S. E. Coquillette Owen N. Elliott B. J. Newburger N. P. Craemer Guy Hillier van Vechten Shaffer Frank J. Dvorak Mark Anderson Harry A. Palmer Arthur Barlow Roy E. Choate Charles Penningroth A. J. Ramsey

Baby Freed From Grandparents To Parents In Custody Case

Judge H C Ring sustained a writ of habeas corpus directing 6 month old Phylis Hathaway be released to her parents William and Margaret Hathaway of Cedar Rapids. The child had been in the care of maternal grandparents Sam and Jessie York of Manchester since birth after being born in an Iowa City hospital.

H. C. Ring Phylis Hathaway William and Margaret Hathaway Cedar Rapids Sam Jessie York Manchester Iowa City Yorks

Leslie Skersick Pleads Not Guilty To Forgery

Leslie Skersick aged 24 pleads not guilty to two forgery charges in a case where Ernest Singer 22 and John Jakoubek 26 received six months in county jail and suspended terms in the Anamosa state reformatory. Skersick’ s bond is set at 2500 dollars and he was brought from Omaha after arrest notification. Detective L B Marshal and Patrolman Leonard Stusak led the arrest. Address: 1227 Third street NW.

Leslie Skersick Charles J. Haas Skersick Ernest M. Singer John Jakoubek Peoples Savings Bank George Hansen

Augustin Murillo Set for Deportation to Mexico

Augustin Murillo 25 of Cedar Rapids held in Linn county jail since June 23 on a federal warrant for illegal entry into the United States. An immigration officer moved him via Chicago toward a deportation point after a Washington DC warrant was issued, with Murillo testifying he entered with his parents as an infant and was raised in the U S, previously committed in 1935 for assault.

Augustin Murillo Cedar Rapids Linn County United States Chicago Immigration Service Murillo Federal Department of Justice Washington, D. C Mexico Anamosa Reformatory Linn County District Court

Immigration hearing flashes intent to rob and deportation

The young man testified before immigration authorities that he left for Mexico in February 1938 and returned to the United States in December 1938. The warrant cited that Murillo entered the United States without a valid immigration visa.

Mexico United States Murillo

Brubaker Pleads Not Guilty to Forgery Charges

David R. Brubaker of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty before Judge C. J. Haas on two counts of uttering forged instruments and did not post $2,000 bail on each charge. He allegedly turned in forged Skelly Oil credit slips at a Cedar Rapids service station, totaling about $1,250 from two slips for 69.37 and 72.50.

Brubaker David R. Brubaker Cedar Rapids C. J. Haas Skelly Oil Company G. K. Thompson

Mrs L H Fifield Seeks Divorce and relief

Lucille Fifield names LeRoy Howard Fifield as defendant in a divorce case on cruel and inhuman treatment. Judge H C Ring issued a temporary injunction against interference and a $500 property attachment. She seeks custody of a son, alimony, support, and title to household goods. They wed in Cedar Rapids on April 7.

L. H. Fifield Lucille Fifield LeRoy Howard Fifield H. C. Ring Fifield Cedar Rapids

Lord Lothian Thanks Cedar Rapids Czechs For Letter

British ambassador Lord Lothian sent appreciation to M. L. Hromadka in Cedar Rapids, secretary of the Czech Alliance, for a letter from the alliance thanking Britain for recognizing the Czech provisional government in England.

Lord Lothian M. L. Hromadka Cedar Rapids Czech Alliance Washington Alliance England

Tipton and Atalissa youths enlist in Marine Corps

Edward LeRoy Pierce 24 son of Mr and Mrs George Pierce Tipton and his cousin Robert W Pierce 24 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Pierce Tipton enlist in the Marine Corps in Des Moines from the Cedar Rapids recruiting office along with James E Heady 21 son of Mrs Roy Powers Atalissa.

Tipton Atalissa United States Marine Corps Des Moines Cedar Rapids Edward LeRoy Pierce George Pierce Robert W. Pierce Ralph Pierce James E. Heady Roy Powers

Deaths Rose Sigmund Howard 76 Central City native dies in Miles City

Rose Sigmund Howard 76 a Central City native and Cedar Rapids figure died Tuesday at her Miles City Montana home after 30 years there. Survived by five brothers Frank Sigmund Motley Minn Chris Sigmund Osceola Wis and John Joe George Sigmund all Cedar Rapids and sister Mrs Anna Selway who died June 19. Burial was in Miles City.

Rose Sigmund Howard Central City Cedar Rapids Miles City Mont

Obituary: Mrs. Hattie Pyle of Cedar Rapids dies at 68

Mrs. Hattie Pyle widow of George Pyle of 615 Fifth street SE died Friday evening after a brief illness. Born May 24, 1871 in Olin she came to Cedar Rapids 38 years ago from Anamosa. She leaves a daughter Mrs. James P Dillon two sons Clarence Conley Estherville Albert Conley Los Angeles six sisters and a brother in Portland two sisters in Wyoming two grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending friends may call Moen chapel.

Hattie Pyle George Pyle Fifth Street SE Olin Cedar Rapids Anamosa First Christian Church James P. Dillon Clarence Conley Estherville Albert Conley Los Angeles Portland Ore Wyoming Moen Chapel

Funeral services for Stephen C. Ragan

Funeral services for Stephen C. Ragan of 1018 Third Avenue Southwest are set for Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. The Rev. D J Lenihan will conduct the rites and rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at Monahan Funeral Home. Ragan, an overseas veteran of World War I with Company C 157th Infantry, will have services at the grave. The body lies at Monahan Funeral Home. viewing is requested Saturday night or Sunday.

Stephen C. Ragan Third Avenue St. Patrick’s Church Mount Calvary Cemetery D. J. Lenihan Monahan Ragan 157Th Infantry Monahan's

Funeral services for Mrs Estella Newell

Funeral services for Mrs Estella Newell wife of Guy Newell who died Friday at her home 1623 Maple drive NW will be held Monday at 10 30 a m at Our Lady of Grace Episcopal church The Rev Vernon L S Jones will officiate Burial will be Cedar Memorial park cemetery Friends may call at Turner chapel until 9 a m Monday

Estella Newell Guy Newell Maple Drive Our Lady of Grace Episcopal Church Vernon L. S. Jones Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Turner Chapel

Funeral for infant Graham child held in Brush chapel

Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Graham of 1244 Third Avenue SE were held at 10 am Saturday in the Brush chapel. Burial followed in Oakland cemetery at Solon.

Roger Graham Third Avenue SE Brush Chapel Oakland Solon

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