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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1937
Page
38
A 1937 note extols azalea mollis as a hardy deciduous shrub for Iowa, with late summer buds and bright June blooms. It praises broad suitability from sun to light shade, mentions seed-grown stock, and recalls a Whittier garden specimen, while warning against broad-leaved evergreens for beginners.
Shipping conditions for local industries routing goods into the flooded Mississippi and Ohio areas began normalizing by Saturday. East coast coal embargoes eased as eastern plants faced labor shortages, and output from Pocahontas Kentucky and Saline county Illinois resumed movement.
Monticello’s oldest business man J. H. Perrine retires from operating the Princess cafe after 38 years. He plans spring farm work on his 250 acre Linn county property and fishing. He will keep handling Sunday Gazette circulation in Monticello. Perrine sold the cafe to Carl Casper.
The Baumhoefener nursery property at 2200 Rockford Road, a landscaped two acre tract with buildings, was sold by William H. Moes to Ira Gongwer for about 6500 dollars. The buyers plan to use it as a home and take possession March 1, with the deal handled by Childs Realty company.
The AP reports industrial activity fell to 98.9 from 99.8 as floods and the motor strike disrupted the economy. Steel output rose to 79.6 percent capacity, autos eased to 72,295 units, and electricity use dipped amid floods and weather.
Lasswell Studio, owned by Leo H. Strathman, will move about March 1 to 127 Third Avenue SE after leasing space in the Paramount theater building. It will be first in the area with air conditioning. Redecorating of offices and basement space starts immediately. General Air Conditioning Corp will relocate its offices to room 304 during the interim. Howard B. Helscher of the Hedges company brokered the lease.
AP report from Minneapolis notes prices for flour per carload and per barrel, 98 pound cotton briskness, unchanged patent values at $7.60 to $7.80 and $7.25 to $7.45. Shipments listed at 16 239 and bran and middlings priced around $32.50 to $32.75.
Chicago trading surged late Saturday as rumors of large Canadian wheat shipments to Europe spurred buys. Winnipeg quot es jumped near four cents, foreign buyers seen active, dust storms noted in Nebraska with heavy snows elsewhere. Prices closed higher across May July and September contracts with corn oats and rye up modestly and provisions 5 to 12 cents higher.
Chicago cash provisions list wheat corn oats rye and barley prices with No 3 dark hard wheat at 1.41 and various corn and oat quotes. Timothy and clover seeds shown with timing and price ranges and lard and bellies noted.
R. M. Threlkeld Jr., Cedar Rapids general agent for Yeomen Mutual Life, ranks fourth in U S paid policies sold this year and is second to win a California prize trip. The Cedar Rapids agency posts a 50 percent gain in 1936, while the company reports an 18 percent rise in new business and nearly two million dollars more in assets.
Receipts for butter eggs live poultry potatoes show steady to unsettled trading. Butter and egg prices vary by grade with creamery specials and local firsts mixed. Livestock and poultry listings detail weights, breeds, and prices across multiple categories.
AP report from New York shows eggs receipts 26 786 steady with mixed colors and price ranges. butter receipts 6 647 slightly easier with creamery and 92 score at unchanged. cheese receipts 184 326 steady to firm. live poultry nominal with no freight quotations.
In Chicago, butter futures closed with storage standards shown for Feb and March contracts. Egg futures closed for fresh graded firsts and refrigerator standards. Idaho russet potato futures settled March grade A at 3.60 per bushel.
Wheat prices rose modestly with 30 carloads traded. No 1 dark northern 58 lbs bid at 1.52 dollars per bushel, up about 1.60 percent. No 3 oats and other grain types shown with fluctuating bids and nearby futures.
Dr William J Kerr argues the common cold lacks a single definition and may not exist as a true entity. The piece recounts historical views on cold causes, prevention, and debates over physiology, with references to Pasteur and the role of environment and temperature in disease.
Linn County abstract reports conveyances and mortgages for the week ending February 4. Seven conveyances are listed with total mortgages of 89 523 dollars compared to the same week last year with 27 mortgages totaling 48 788 dollars.
Arbon W. Chehak, son of Wesley Chehak, opened the Arbon W. Chehak Engineering company offices February 1 in the Bever building Cedar Rapids. He specializes in structural design and plans for reinforced concrete steel and heavy timber construction. Chehak, a 1926 Iowa State College graduate, is a registered professional engineer with ten years Cedar Rapids experience. He is brother of Milo A. Chehak of Security Laboratory.
A county treasurer records show January new car and truck registrations for 1933 to 1937. The figures are 1933: 90 new cars and 2 trucks. 1934: 43 cars and 15 trucks. 1935: 127 cars and 29 trucks. 1936: 140 cars and 40 trucks. 1937: 182 cars and 31 trucks.
Fourteen hundred farmers and families attended a Siepman Auto sponsored event at the Memorial building to view moving pictures of 1837 the year John Deere invented the steel plow. H V Johnson of John Deere Plow company in Moline led the meeting with a lunch following the first reel.
Robert O. Bickel of the Cedar Rapids agency of National Life Insurance Vermont was awarded a five year Leaders Club emblem for five consecutive years. He ranks sixth in US production for the club year starting July 1, 1936. The Cedar Rapids agency reported a 20 percent rise in paid business in 1936.
The National Tea company based in Chicago leases 110 First Street SE Cedar Rapids from Robert S. Cook and others after E L Rogers hardware moves to 219 First Street SE. Occupies first floor and basement after minor remodeling likely by month end. In Marion it leases 1120 Seventh Avenue from Torman Brothers. Hutton's grocery moves to 720 Tenth Street.
Stocks rallied on Saturday led by steels and rails as investors bought after Friday’s nervousness. Gains came despite sparse offerings with late buying boosting bids and optimism over GM strike negotiations. Notable movers included Sears Roebuck, Armour, Wilson & Co, Boeing, and utilities while a mixed batch of losers appeared.
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