Industry Signals Upturn with Steel Gains and Loadings Rise
The weekly business survey shows a third straight rise in steel output and a 5.1 percent expansion in freight carloadings ended January 15. Electric power fell, motor output held steady, and overall retail trade showed cautious improvement amid a down week for copper and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ashington (Ap
Commerce Department
American Tron and Steel Institute
U. S. Steel Corporation
Ward
Edison Electric Institute
Association of American Railroads
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Conn Educational Show of Band Instruments at Cedar Rapids
A trailer display titled Conn 10 000 Educational Show of Band Instruments will travel from Elk Hart Indiana to Cedar Rapids next Saturday. Sponsored by Hiltbrunner Music Company the exhibit features bassoons oboes flugelhorns euphoniums and other rare band instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Conn, Ltd
Elkhart
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Hiltbrunner Music Company
First Street SE
Wool market shows sparse transactions in Boston area
Greasy shorn domestic wools moved a little more freely on Saturday though overall business remained small. Quotations held steady to lower with active wools easing. London opening sentiment firmed. graded combings priced 31-32 cents grease for fine delaine, 32-33 for half blood, 30-32 for three-eights blood, and 30-31 for quarter blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U. S. Department Agriculture
London
India Urged as Market for American Goods
San Francisco AP reports former U S trade commissioner George C. Howard says India is the greatest remaining frontier for American commerce with unchecked potential for boom trade. He notes India’s favorable exchange, tariffs, and production strengths, but criticizes American manufacturers for inaction and a lack of direct presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
San Francisco
United States
George C. Howard
U. S
Howard
Shaffer to Speak at Cedar Rapids Realtors Luncheon
Van Vechten Shaffer newly elected Chamber of Commerce president and head of Guaranty Bank and Trust will address the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board luncheon set for Monday at noon at the YMCA.
Local Securities and Stock Quotes From The Gazette
The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa provides a price range summary for bonds and stocks. Listings include Central States Pt & Lt Interstate Power Co Iowa Public Service Co Towa Southern Utilities Co Rath Packing Co Sioux City Gas & Light Co Western Grocer Co and related quoted percentages and price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jonds Central States Pt. & Lt
Interstate Power Co
Jowa Public Service Co
Iowa Public Service Co
Towa Southern Util
Southern Utilities Co
Town State College
Ames
Berlal Pest
Ia University Stadium
Sioux City Oas
Elec. Co
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Northwestern
Central States Pr. & Lt
Ah & Goe
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Towa Southern Utilities
Rath Packing Co
Sioux City Gas& Riee Co
Weatern Grocer Co
Drought Boosts Chicago Wheat Prices Amid Weak Moisture
Intensified drought across major crop regions, especially the southwest, lifted Chicago wheat futures by about a cent. Weekly forecasts show only light moisture next week, while Australian supplies fall and ocean rates rise, aiding prices further. May wheat near 9144 9154 cents, July at 9044, corn little changed, oats up 4, rye flat to a 4 cent gain, provisions flat to down 10.
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Chicago
Southwest
United States
Australia
Winnipeg and Chicago Market Glimpses and Prices
Winnipeg wheat opens with mixed highs and lows for May and July contracts. Chicago cash provisions list assorted wheat corn oats barley and seed prices across No 2 and No 3 grades with several fractional cents and bids, showing a broad spread in commodity values.
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Winnipeg
Minneapolis Cash Grain Wheat Prices and Receipts
Minneapolis AP reports Saturday grain receipts at 91 cars, year-ago 22. Prices list No. 1 heavy dark northern around 1.14 to 1.20 per unit, No. 1 dark northern near 1.12, fancy No. 1 hard Montana 14 protein at 1.12, and No. 1 red durum 35 to 50 cents. Oats No. 3 white around 29 to 32 cents. Quoted figures appear lower across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Montana
Chicago Produce Markets Report Mixed Prices and Sluggish Demand
AP dispatch from Chicago and New York presents receipts and price moves across poultry, butter, eggs, and potatoes. Observed are steady dressed poultry and butter with unsettled creamery cream, weak egg prices locally, and middling potato supplies with varying regional prices, including Idaho Utah Michigan and Florida origins. New York egg counts show broad weakness across color grades and packs, while cheese receipts remain irregular and largely unchanged.
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Chicago
Idaho Russet Burbanks U. 8
Colorado Red McClures UV
Utah
Russet Burbanks U. 8
Minnesota Bliss Triumphs U
Michigan
Texas
Florida
Florida Bliss
Texas Bliss
New York
York
Three Cedar Rapids Men Named to Insurance Honor Roll
O. J. Arnold of Northwestern National Life announces that three Cedar Rapids men E W DeNio E E Lowe and R T Termohlen earned plates on the company's honor roll for 1937. The honor roll recognizes top producers across thirty states for the large volume of new insurance written during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Insurance
O. J. Arnold
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Minneapolis
E. W. DeNio
E. E. Lowe
R. T. Termohlen
Home Offices Of Two Insurance Firms Move Here
The Ace Mutual Insurance Association and the Directors Mutual Insurance Association will move their home offices from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids on January 31 to start business there. Harrington Buck of Des Moines is president, Vernon L. Barta vice president, with George A. Spooner secretary and Scott McIntyre treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ace Mutual Insurance Association
Directory Mutual Insurance Association
Cedar Rapids
Vernon L. Barta
Fifth Avenue SE
Harrington Buck
Mr. Barta
George A. Spooner
Scott McIntyre
Harrison E. Span
Buck
Bank Clearings Drop in Cedar Rapids Week
Cedar Rapids Clearing House reports total bank clearings for the week ending January 22 at 1 127 969 99 dollars, down from 1 151 297 28 the same week in 1937. Week ending January 15 clearings were 1 187 106 12 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids Clearing House
Hawkeye Travel Manager Returns From Chicago Cruise Contacts
Joe Ainsworth manager of Hawkeye Travel bureau returned Friday from Chicago where he established connections with several tour companies for choice accommodations on European summer cruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ainsworth
Hawkeye Travel Bureau
Chicago
Former Cedar Rapids druggist joins Ulch agency as solicitor
Guy Robinson a retired Cedar Rapids druggist who sold Higley Building Pharmacy in 1936 has joined the Leo G. Ulch agency of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York as a solicitor. He began duties Saturday after two years of touring for drug firms.
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Guy Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Leo G. Ulch
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Mr. Robinson
Higley Building
New Uses for Aluminum Lifeboats for Holland America Flagship
Aluminum lifeboats built for the Holland American line flagship hold 99 persons each. This development signals broader use of aluminum in maritime safety equipment and ship construction.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Holland-American Line
Births Reported for Saunders and Wilson Families
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saunders of 519 Sevenmenth street NE on January 20. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson of 1233 Tenth street SW on January 21 at Mercy Hospital, with a previous Saturday paper error stating the Wilson birth as a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Saunders
Sevenmenth Street
James Wilson
Tenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Petal Arest Market Snapshot with Metal Prices
A condensed market note shows steady prices for electrolytic tin and lead in New York and East St Louis with spot and future ranges. Zinc also steady with East Louis figures. references to iron aluminum antimony tungsten and other metals remain unchanged.
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New York
East A&. Louis
East Louls
City briefs and personals update from Cedar Rapids area
Local items include a Bagley marriage of Clifford C. Brown and Irene M. Hoyle by Justice H. R. Churchill, a Mercy hospital appendix operation for Paul E. Palmer, Rotary luncheon address by Rev. James H. Blackstone, and the Junior Optimist orchestra at a fund dinner. Also noted are a Higley building fire, Catholic Book club meeting, and community talks.
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Clifford C. Brown
Irene M. Hoyle
Bagley, Wis
Justice H. R. Churchill
James H. Blackstone
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Junior Optimist
The
Cedar Rapids
Car Crash Involves Wigwag Signal In City
Joe Emany of 853 Fifth avenue SE sustained slight bruises and scratches at 6 p m Saturday when the car he rode in struck the cement base of a Chicago and North Western wigwag signal at E avenue NW. Driver Loyd Buck of 403 First avenue W was at the wheel.
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Joe Emany
Fifth Avenue SE
Loyd Buck
First Avenue W
Chicago and North Western Railroad
E Avenue NW
Brotherhood To Entertain At Maine Lodge Meeting
The Maine Brotherhood will entertain members of the Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows Tuesday evening. The event at 838 First Avenue East will begin with a lodge meeting at 7 p.m. and be followed by entertainment with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Brotherhood
Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Maine Lodge
First Avenue
Man Arrested On False Check Charge In Cedar Rapids
Officials arrested C. E. Bryan, 42, of Spencer on a warrant from Justice H. R. Churchill for false uttering of a $3 check dated January 11. The alleged check was given at a Cedar Rapids service station. Deputies Dick Payn and John Henderson made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Bryan
Spencer
H. R. Churchill
Cedar Rapids
Dick Payn
John Henderson
Pinsetter Injured in Freak Bowling Accident
Arthur Clawson of 2120 K street SW, a pinsetter at Red Crown Bowling Alleys, suffered a head gash after a freak bowling accident and was knocked unconscious. Emergency responders arrived. condition and further injuries not disclosed.
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Arthur Clawson
Red Crown
Bowling mishap leads to injury and theft report
An inexperienced bowler rolled a second ball causing Clawson to be knocked unconscious while he cleared pins. Clawson received first aid at Mercy hospital and was sent home. Harry Burgess reported his $200 car was stolen from First Street between First and A Avenues between 6:30 and 8 p.m.
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Clawson
Mercy Hospital
Harry Burgess
Route 4
Marion
First
False alarm sent Cedar Rapids firemen to apartment blaze
A false fire alarm at about 10 p.m. Saturday drew Cedar Rapids firefighters to a Third Avenue Sixth Street SE apartment house. Police say three intoxicated men turned in the alarm and fled into the loop district, where they were lost to investigators.
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Higley
Third Avenue
Second Street SE
Victoria Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Loop District
Stolen Gladstone Bag From Car Behind Smulekoff Store
Nathan Berg reported a black gladstone bag stolen from his car behind the Smulekoff store between 5 and 9 30 p m Saturday. The bag contained a suit eighteen shirts hose and linen valued at 150 dollars. Entry was gained by pushing a window ventilator open and opening a door.
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Nathan Berg
Fifth Avenue SE
Gladstone
Smulekoff
Clown Felix Adler to entertain Cedar Rapids Saengerbund
Veteran Ringling Brothers clown Felix Adler will entertain members and families at the Cedar Rapids Saengerbund birthday party next Saturday at Sokol hall 8 p.m. He will also perform for Oakdale sanatorium patients the following Saturday afternoon after noon. The Saengerbund rehearsal is Monday 7:30 p.m. at Sokol hall. The Lowden program set for Feb. 5 is postponed.
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Felix Adler
Ringling Brothers Circus
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund
Singing Society
Sokol Hall
Adler
Clinton
Oakdale
State Deputizes 29 Special Agents In Railway Employ
Des Moines Iowa deputy scheme deputizes 29 railroad special agents by the state bureau of investigation under Attorney General John H Mitchell. Agents must post a 5000 bond and will not receive state compensation. The move marks a new cooperative law enforcement field removing authority handicaps for rail line agents.
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Des Moines
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa
State Bureau of Investigation
John H. Mitchell
Mitchell
W. W. Akers
Town
University uses 100 hour wakefulness study on six students
Six University of Georgia psychology students endured a 100 hour sleepless experiment to test endurance and mental function. They attended classes, ate, exercised, and socialized as observers recorded reactions, perception, memory, and grip. Lead researcher Dr. A S Edwards called it a success and promised results for science and practical use.
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Athens, Ga
University of Georgia
A. S. Edwards
Rosemary Peck
Atlanta
Independence Business Men To Stage Contests
Independence business men will host a Monday evening contest night featuring liars fiddlers musicians singers dancers hillbilly bands dog callers and more. About 75 participants are expected to enter with prizes to be awarded.
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Independence
Widowed Mary Buresh to Wed Mike Miller After Years Apart
In Dubrovnik years ago Mary Buresh aged 81 and Mike Miller aged 71, both of Cedar Rapids, will marry in St. Wenceslaus Church. Mary, once Mary Buresh of Pittsburgh, pursued happiness with a long widowhood. Mike, a first-time groom, plans a quiet life with a garden cottage, aided by an interpreter during interviews.
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Dubrovnik
Dalmatia
Mary
Mike
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Church
Joseph Syrovy
Mary Buresh
Mike Miller
K Avenue NW
John Buresh
Pittsburgh
America
Buresh
Discrediting Confession Ties to Baumgardner Disappearance
Ohio law officers reject a prison confession as related to Ruth Baumgardner, a 23 year old who vanished from Ohio Wesleyan University nearly a year ago. They note Booker Johnson’s claims do not explain the case while tying Ford’s statements to the unsolved George Conn highway patrolman murder near Freeport Ohio from September. Discrepancies in Ford’s account are under review to gauge alignment with the Conn case.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio
Ruth Baumgardner
Ohio Wesleyan University
Booker Johnson
Baumgardner
George Conn
Freeport
Charles Ford
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Highway Patrol
Lynn Black
Conn
Black
Ford
District Attorney Orders Grand Jury Probe in Police Scandal
Los Angeles DA Baron Fitts ordered a grand jury investigation into a police department scandal revealed by the bombing of a private detective hired by citizens crusading against corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
TVA Chairman Opposes Extension of Power Principles
Secret testimony by TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan opposed extending TVA style power principles nationwide. He criticized water power development as an obsession and urged replacing regional resources agencies with interstate water control districts. The disclosure comes as TVA's constitutionality wins review and directors clash with Lilienthal and Morgan.
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Washington
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
IVA
Chattanooga
Morgan
TVA
David J. Lilienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Commonwealth and Southern Corp
Supreme Court
Florence Allen
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt invites Tennessee leaders on TVA utility buyout
President Roosevelt asked Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning and the three TVA directors to meet at the White House next Thursday to discuss a possible state federal purchase of private utilities operating within the TVA area, announced Browning’s office on Saturday night.
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Nashville, Tenn
Roosevelt
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
TVA
Blazing Star Masonic Group to Visit Cedar Rapids Lodges
Blazing Star Masonic group from Marion Springville Anamosa Monticello Onslow Wyoming Oxford Junction Olin Clarence Stanwood Mechanicsville Lisbon Mount Vernon will guest Cedar Rapids three blue lodges Cres cent Mount Hermon Mizpah Monday at Masonic hall. A winter school of instruction and social period will be held with many Cedar Rapids Masons expected and refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blazing Star Masonic Group
Marion
Springville
Anamosa
Monticello
Onslow
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Olin
Clarence
Stanwood
Mechanicsville
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Crescent
Mount Hermon
Mizpah
Masonic Hall
Blazing Star
Used Garments Turned Over To Relief Agencies
About 500 used garments were donated by Yager's Upstairs Store to the Salvation Army Sunshine Mission Community House and Soldiers' relief headquarters for distribution to the needy. Ninety percent were men's suits and overcoats. The items came from the store's second annual old clothes drive over four weeks with a $3 allowance on new purchases. total worn garments roughly fifteen times the first drive a year ago.
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Yager
Salvation Army
Sunshine Mission
Community House
Sodliers
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U. S. Steel
Thomas E. Flanagan
Wool Market
Lite
Star Jewelry CO
Indian Home Government,” Howard
Shaffer
Realtors Meeting
Local Securities
Iowa Securities
Central States
Elec
Central Iowa
Roosevelt Ee
Lt & Pr. Co
Pr. Co
United Lt
Delaware
Mar Bishop
Elec Co
Central
Btales
Pr. Ee
LaPlant Choate Mig. Co
Eoo United
TN United
Eden Au
Lamson Brchers & Co
Wrey, Manneer
Merchants Nationale
Ulg Ates
Peter Fox Sons Company
Merchants National Bank
Ilfa
Tr &H
Corporate
Maryland Funey Sepenayee
Nor Am Nationwide
Ua zEric Mass
Sea Lane
Key West
Miami
Fla
Knife's Key
Florida Keys
Insurance Agency
Bungalow
Paul E. Palmer
Fifth Street
Charles A. Laurance
First Avenue E
Memphis
Hot Springs
Ark
Catholic Book Club
J. H. Bormann
Park Avenue SE
Mra. M . O’rieley
Francis Augustus McNutt
David M. Elderkin
St. John's Episcopal Church
City Missionary Union
First Christian Church
Saengerbund
Independence Business
Mile Whipple Agency
Insurance and Bonds
American Trust
Dial
F.D.R
Blazing Star Masonic
Cedar Traples
Puluth
Aanta
Moorhead AG
Omaha
iSioux City
Vaso
St. Louis
iMinneapolis
Salt Lake City
Cincinnati
Seattle
New Orleans
ABC
Dickinson Secretarial School
Cedar Rapids Satings Bank Side
She Mutual Life Insurance Company of New Works
Arenie
Guy A. Robinson
American Trust & Savings Bank
the Mutual Life Insurance CO. OF
N. Y
Loyd B. Gettys
Mgr
Davenport
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