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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1940

Page

2

Market News Hog and Cattle Prices Steady to Higher

Chicago and Omaha livestock markets report steady to higher bids for hogs and cattle. Hog receipts near 3,800 with 230-270 lb butchers selling to 6.60-6.64, top steers around 13.00, beef cows steady to strong, lambs mixed. Sioux City and Omaha show similar patterns with steady to higher prices for fed steers, yearlings, and sows, while spring lambs and vealers vary by weight.

Chicago INS Omala Livestock Omaha Api—Us Dept Agriculture California Sioux City Ferdine Flanihs ST Pal ST Paul

Decline in Spring Lambs Weaken Feeds and Market Rates

Des Moines receipts show varied livestock demand with spring lambs weaker and ewes moving around 25e gains. Hog prices steady to slightly higher. commodity bids list mixed weights with bids near 4.50 to 5.90 per hundredweight amid ongoing market shifts.

Packers Rise Five Cents in Local Market Report

Local packers gained five cents on Saturday with no change in the cat ie market. Butchers held steady as 8610 topped the price for good quality and no fit stock.

Cedar Rapids Prices and Produce Listings Summary

Price list from Cedar Rapids shows grain rates for wheat oats rye and barley with No 2 and No 3 grades, also shell corn and soybeans. Produce items include lemons oranges grapefruits lemons lettuce onions tomatoes and carrots with varying per unit prices. Hides and furs are listed by grade with calf and horse hides and pony prices included.

Butter Recipts and Potato Shipments Featured in Markets

Chicago markets report butter receipts at 1.458 709 with prices unchanged amid a quiet Saturday. Egg receipts 5.622 with no trading in July and August. Potatoes on arrivals 9% on track, total US shipments 584% with new stock. Regional cobblers and Triumphs quotes listed for Idaho, California, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama, Massachusetts, Missouri, Kansas. Prices show mixed quality and demand across varieties and grades.

Chicago Idaho California Wirsinia Cobblers North Carolina Cobblers Oklahoma Alabama Bliss Triumphs Massonry Cobblers Missouri Kansas Ecobblers Kansas

Wisconsin cheese prices and Boston wool market update

Wisconsin cheese quotations for July 8-13 show twins and cheddars with varied cents per pound. Boston wool market notes slow new business, irregular quotations, quiet graded territory wools, and steadier fleece prices for certain delaine and blood classifications.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese exchange—Twins Farmer's Call Board Boston U .S. Dept. Agriculture

Dow Jones Averages End Higher on Mixed Stock Totals

The Dow Jones averages closed with gains across several sectors led by rails and utilities while industrials dipped slightly. Trading summed to 11,900 industrials, 5,300 rails, 7,700 utilities and 65 stocks changing hands, totaling 27,900 transactions on Saturday.

Stocks Travel Narrow Path on Saturday Market Patch

New York stocks edged through a quiet session with little domestic or foreign impetus. Trading totaled about 150 000 shares in two hours, compared with 113 320 in 1939, as price changes were slightly irregular and led by U S Steel Republic Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward Sears United Aircraft Glenn Martin Chesapeake and Ohio Great Northern Consolidated Edison Air Reduction Anaconda Phelps Dodge.

New York U. S. Steel Republic Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck United Aircraft Glenn Martin

Wall Street Quotation Listings From Adams Express to Swift

Wall Street stock table shows prices and changes for Adams Express, Intl Harvester, Allied Chem, Amoco, Boeing, Coca Cola, Proctor Gamble, Sears Roebuck, Studebaker, Union Carbide, Goodyear, General Motors, and many others. Mississippi River stage readings for Davenport to Cairo accompany the market data, noting rises and declines across listed items.

J. Bennett & Co W. Jump Telephone Toad Merchants National Bank Adams Express Alaska Juneau Hydra Alleshany Corp Alnt Mining Bile Allied Chem Nickel Allied Stores Paper Allis Chalmers Ntl Legsner SaJohns Manville Kan City Krosce SS Hide & L Kroser G & BO Intl Corp Ata Lehigh Val Libbey Owens M & Fay iVaets Lic Row & L Coit Inc al Corillard Simelting Pourseuille Telli McLelland Te & Tel McKesson Martin G L Mathiesen Aik Ae Orks Maytag Mir Bae Miami Petia Ark Nat Gas Mols Moline Armour & Co Mohawk Carnet Artinom Cordiista Staety Atch Tate Mont Ward Atlantic Motor Wheel Aviation Corp Murray Corp Baldwin Loca Nash-Kelv Ate Balto & Ohio Bellas Barnsdall Ala Biscuit Beatrice Crmy Natl Dairy P Ik Bendix Ava Beth Steet Blaw Knox Lin Boeing Alrp NY Central Bohn Alum Y. NH Barden Co Nor Pac RR Hore Warner Ye North Amn Co Brises Mix Nor Amn Bucyrus Ohio Ol Otts Steel Anne's Packard Cal & Heelan Utah Calumet Zinc Patino Mines Camp Wyant Panick Ford Ganndy Dry Enna RR Penney JC Atermilaya Ue Peoples Gas Phillips Pillsbury Servel Inc Am Come Southern Sharp Dohme Conde Nast Shell Union bin Congoleum Silver King Simmons_ Co Sperry Corp Crown Drug Crucible Steel Stew Warner Curter Stone Webster Deere A Co Studebaker Douglas Aire Tex. Gull Thompson Rice Autolite Timken Bet Elec Bond Fox Film Eric RR Ik Ford England Union Carbide Freeport Tex My Union Pac Gen Baking Uni Aircraft Gen Cabies Uni Air Lines Gen Electric Uni. Corp - Gen Foods Uni. Druc Gen Gan Uni el Coal Gen Motors Uni Uni. Gas Co Gen Realty Uni Gas Timp Gillette SR Gimbel Bros Goebel Brew East U Goebel Pire Realty Vanty Goodrich BF Good Miram Walker Wittys Houston Witcoe Howe Sound Wilcan Co Hudson Mtrs Wentworth Ril Hupp Mtrs Central J. Woreesta Ind Rayon Zenith Padia Inspiration Chicago Armour & Co Davenport Hastings la Crosse Pry Prairie du Chien Dubuane Clinton Davenport Seve Muscatine Riseoa Keokuk Vee Pall Cairo Rise Memphis

Wheat Steadies as Corn Slips in Quiet Chicago Trade

Wheat futures eased through most of the session on the Chicago Board of Trade, closing modestly lower while corn remained independently weaker. Soybeans also fell, with light showers in the spring wheat belt and mixed weather forecasts across regions. Receipts were light and export interest quiet as markets leaned on loan redemption news and thin trading.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Gata Southwest Northwest Minneapolis Kansas City Winnipeg

Bond Market Quietly Rises on Freight Reports In New York

Rising prices for mid and low priced bonds boosted the market in New York Saturday with gains in Northern Pacific Nickel Plate Lackawanna and Western Great Northern Kansas City Fort Scott Delaware and Hudson and Baltimore and Ohio issues. Foreign loans like Norway and Sao Paulo also firmed while German issues showed mixed movement and U S government bonds posted small variations.

New York API Joans Carlendings Northern Pacific Nickel Plate Lackawanna Norway Sao Paulo

Reynaud Recovering After Automobile Accident in France

French former premier Paul Reynaud is reported recovering at Montpellier after an automobile accident soon after his cabinet resigned. French circles in London speculate on motives and possible German influence, but no confirmed escape or relocation.

London INL Paul Reynaud France Montpelier Reuters Havas Vichy Marshal Henri Philippe Petain Reynaud Germany National Committee Gestapo Africa Petain

Recruits Hit Fifteen From Cedar Rapids Office

Last week Cedar Rapids recruiting office enrolled 15 men for the regular army marking the highest weekly total since the drive began. Corporal William Geisendorfer noted an average of about three recruits weekly. New enrollees are Robert L. Coleman of Walker and Albert W. Samuelson of Fairfield. Coleman ships to the field artillery at Fort Lewis Washington and Samuelson to the air corps at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois.

Regular Army Cedar Rapids Corp William Geisendorfer Robert L. Coleman Walker Albert W. Samuelson Fairfield Coleman Field Artillery Fort Lewis Wash Samulson Air Corps Chanute Field Rantoul Ill

Miss Lora Turner Weds Ray B. Newman in Marion Home

Miss Lora Turner daughter of Mr and Mrs Qwen Turner 1005 Tenth street married Ray B Newman of Dearborn Michigan on Saturday at 10 am. Rev J P Van Horn Cedar Rapids officiated in the bride’s parents home with close family present. The bride wore a dusty pink redingote and gardenia corsage. Attendants were Marvin Addison and wife. A wedding breakfast for 14 was at the Marion Golf club. Mrs Newman a Marion High and Coe College graduate taught at Woodrow Wilson in Cedar Rapids. Mr Newman is assistant manager at Henry Ford experimental farms Dearborn. They will reside in Dearborn after a wedding trip.

Lora Turner Qwen Turner Tenth Street Ray B. Newman Dearborn Mich J. P. van Horn Cedar Rapids Marvin Addison Marion Marion Golf Club Newman Marion High School Coe College Woodrow Wilson Junior High School Henry Ford Experimental Farms

Burlington Woman Hosts Sunday School Class Dinner

Complimenting her daughter Phyllis Newcomb of Burlington on a two week visit in Marion Mrs Frank Newcomb entertained the Methodist church Sunday school class taught by Mrs Harry Snell at dinner Friday at 758 Ninth street Present were Charlotte Smith Gladys Hyde Patty Peck June De Wees Mary Alice Kemble Eileen Schenken Barbara Fitzgerald Mrs Snell and Iona Cleveland of Des Moines

Phyllis Newcomb Burlington Marion Frank Newcomb Methodist Church Harry Snell Ninth Street Charlotte Smith Gladys Hyde Patty Peck June de Wees Mary Alice Kemble Eileen Schenken Barbara Fitzgerald Snell Iona Cleveland Des Moines

Local social and community notes from Marion and Cedar Rapids

Mrs Ferdinand Vugrnick of Milwaukee underwent removal of her right eye at Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids after being struck by a clod of dirt. The item also notes visits, hospitality events, and upcoming local gatherings including church services, school programs, a Legion field baseball game, and a picnic at Thomas Park honoring Mrs Sue Elsberry Lough of San Antonio, with extended family and friends mentioned.

Ferdinand Vugrnick Milwaukee Mercy Hospital Cecar Rapids Sue Elsberry Lough San Antonio Tex Bert Gibson Maude Patton Marion Fred Wink Cedar Rapids Thomas Park Lough

Village Barn Dance Benefit At Garden Theater Tuesday

A benefit motion picture "Village Barn Dance" starring Richard Cromwell Doris Day Lulu Belle and Scotty will be shown at the Garden theater Tuesday evening under the Marion Boy Scouts. Proceeds aid Marion Scouts who cannot attend summer camp on the Wapsie near Waubeck. Short features included. Manager H C Mershon cooperates with the Scouts. tickets from Boy Scouts or at the theater.

Berkeley Counselor Louise Beyer Visits From Milwaukee

Miss Louise Beyer, counselor at Berkeley High School, attended the National Education Association convention in Milwaukee and arrived Friday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs August W Beyer in Marion. George Burkhard, Berkeley High vice-principal, and Mrs Burkhard accompanied her and spent Friday en route to California.

Louise Beyer Berkeley, Calif National Education Association Milwaukee August W Beyer Beyer George Burkhard Berkeley High School Burkhard Marion California

Ringland Twentyeth Birthday Dinner in New York

Observing Bud Ringland’s twentieth birthday in New York City Mr and Mrs E B Ringland hosted a Friday evening dinner at 949 Eleventh Street Decorations featured patriotic colors and a lighted cake. Six guests were served as covers.

Bud Ringland New York City E. B. Ringland Eleventh Street

Marion area church service times listed by denomination

A reader notice lists weekly schedules for multiple churches. Baptist Rev L W Inman Sabbath services at 9 45 am and 10 45 am with communion. Catholic Rev J McElliott mass at 7 30 and 9 30 am. Christian Rev Vernon H Carter morning worship at 9 am and Bible classes at 10 am. Congregational Rev C G Ellinger services at 9 45 am and 11 am with communion. Pilgrim High roaders gathering 6 30 pm. Free Methodist Rev Herbert Livingston services at 9 45 am 10 45 am and 7 45 pm with prayer Wednesday. Methodist Rev Arthur W Henke services at 9 45 am and 11 am. Presbyterian Rev C V R De Jong morning worship 9 am communion, baptism, new members. Sunday school 10 am. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Rev Carl E Krog worship 10 30 am and Sunday school 9 30 am. Seventh Day Church of God Sabbath 10 30 am Sunday preaching 11 30 am. Prairie Chapel Rev B Clyde Sunday school 10 am morning worship 11 am. Epworth League 7 30 pm. Alburnett Rev J B Clyde Sunday school 9 30 am worship 10 am.

L. W. Inman St. Joseph's J. McElliott Vernon H. Carter Christian Endeavor Chri Tenth Street C. G. Ellinger Pilgrim Highroaders Free Methodist Herbert Livingston Arthur W Henke C V. R. de Jong Ladies Spiritual Life Group St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Carl E. Krog Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel B. Clyde Epworth League Alburnett Methodist J B. Clyde

Court House News: Two Drivers Charged With DUI In Lisbon Area

L E Jones 65 Mechanicsville pled not guilty before Judge Heiser and posted 500 bond after arrest by highway patrol near Lisbon on a drunken driving charge. James J Modracek 29 Cedar Rapids was taken into custody after a collision with G H Gould 59 near J Street SW and also pled not guilty to driving while intoxicated, posting 500 bond.

L. E. Jones Mechanicsville Highway Patrol Lisbon J. E Heiserman James J Modracek Cedar Rapids Jim Smith Modracek G. H. Gould Ninth Street J Street

Hearing on Luhrstedt receivership fees and expenses

Hearing before Judge H C Ring sought $1 080 in receiver fees and expenses for Henry G Luhrstedt of Stark Construction Cedar Rapids. The Nichols Engineering and Research Corp filed resistance noting unsettled assets. Judge Ring allowed $500 toward fees and $2 230 71 for expenses, continuing the hearing to July 31 at 9 am and also considering $1 750 in attorney fees to Grimm Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll.

Henry G Luhrstedt Stark Construction Company Cedar Rapids H. C. Ring Nichols Engineering and Research Corporation Judge Ring Grimm, Elliott, Shuttleworth Ingersoll

Ada Brown Pleads Not Guilty in Statutory Charge

Ada Brown 46 of 71112 H Street SW arraigned in district court on a statutory charge. Judge C Haas set bond at 3000 dollars after two men Isaac Lowe and Joe Wilson testified against her about an assault incident at The Royal Civic Club 730 H Street SW in Lake Charles.

Ada Brown H Street Brown Isaac Lowe Joe Wilson Lake Charles

Man Released on Own Bond After Assault Charge

On motion by the county attorney, 40 year old Michael Sheaver waived a preliminary hearing before Justice H. R. Churchill and was released from Linn county jail on his own bond. In a divorce case Pearl Sheaver vs Michael Sheaver, Judge C. J Haas issued a personal interference injunction against the defendant on Saturday.

Michael Sheaver H. R. Churchill Linn County Pearl Sheaver C. J Haas

Court approves sale of Cedar Rapids bank land to Satterly and Mc Millan

District Judge C J Haas authorizes D W Bates receiver of Iowa State Savings bank to sell real estate in McClenahan and Buchanan's addition to West Cedar Rapids to C C Satterly and G B Mc Millan for 950 dollars. An offer of 900 dollars by Tony Catanzaro was submitted.

D. W. Bates Iowa State Savings Bank C J. Haas McClenahan Buchanan West Cedar Rapids C C Satterly G B McMillan Tony Catanzaro

Coe College Graduate Peggy Lee Dies in Iowa City

Peggy Delight Lee aged 21 a 1940 Coe college graduate died at 530 pm Friday in University hospital Iowa City after a short illness She resided with her sisters at 849 Avenue NE and attended summer school at Coe She held a bachelor degree conferred last month Survived by parents Mr and Mrs W A Lee Britt two sisters Mrs Cyril Lattner St Andrew Fla and Mrs Raymond Peterson Britt a brother Horace Lee Britt Funeral services will be held at Britt Sunday afternoon with burial there.

Peggy Delight Lee Coe College University Hospital Iowa City Miss Lee Perle Dorothy Inez Lee Avenue NE Coe W A Lee Britt Cyril Lattner St. Andrew Fla Raymond Peterson Horace Lee

Six pallbearers named for Leslie Rabik funeral at Brush chapel

Six employees of the Universal Crusher company will serve as pallbearers for Leslie C. Rabik, the jalopy derby driver killed Thursday at Hawkeye Downs. Services are Sunday at 2 p.m. in Brush chapel, conducted by Dr Marion H. Williams. Burial at Alice cemetery near Center Point. No inquest will be held.

Universal Crusher Company George W. Skvor Roy Stepanek Joseph C Melichar Melvin L. DeVore Russell Pettis Frank Stroleny Leslie C. Rabik Hawkeye Downs Brush Chapel Marion H. Williams Alice Cemetery Center’ Point Rabik R. E

Deputy Coroner Details After Police Interviews

Munden deputy coroner spoke Saturday after interviews with policemen and city physician Dr. V. H. Hasek who witnessed the accident.

Obituary notices for E R ODeen and F A Warner

Mrs E R ODeen aged 42 of 416 Sixteenth street SE died Friday at 1 AM in a local hospital after a two month illness. She was born in Long Grove and married July 12 1920 in Rock Island IL. Funeral at Smykle s funeral home Anamosa 2 PM Sunday burial Anamosa cemetery. Survived by husband mother Mrs Myrtle Welch sister Mrs Harriett Roberts and two stepsons Ernest and Kenneth ODeen. F A Warner 72 a retired Milwaukee road railroad man died Friday at his Cambridge home after a short illness. Son Harold M Warner resides in Cedar Rapids. Funeral at 2:30 PM Sunday at the Warner home Cambridge.

E. R. O'Deen Sixteenth Long Grove Rock Island Ernest R. O'Deen Ponca City Okla Smykle Anamosa Anamosa Cemetery Myrtle Welch Wichita, Kan Harriett Roberts Ernest and Kenneth O’deen Chicago F A Warner Cambridge Harold M. Warner Twelfth Street Cedar Rapids Warner Milwaukee Road Harold Warner

Wizards of the air Lockheed planes aid Britain surge

American built Lockheed planes modified with bomb racks and turrets serve as Britain’s air wizards. They escort convoys and have shot down numerous German planes, with one returning from Germany after taking a wing damage. A Scottish officer explains their mission to break the siege and keep ships safe at harbor.

Britain Messerschmitt Germany Oklahoma America

Rep Goode Accused of Violating Cream Grading Law

Rep Dewey Goode of Bloomfield a produce dealer was charged with violating the state cream grading law. A hearing was set for 130 p m on July 15 and he was warned his cream dealer license could be revoked if he failed to appear. The charge stems from buying a can of second grade cream and paying first grade price.

Des Moines INS Dewey Goode Bloomfield Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg Goode Thornburg Don Harris Davis County Iowa Dairy Industry Commission

Nebraska Sheriff Seeks Rug Salesman in Taxing Complaint

Cedar Rapids police aided Sheriff Leonard Swanson of Rock county Nebraska in searching for George Nassif a rug salesman with address 715 Seventh Street SE. Swanson holds a warrant for Nassif's arrest on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Complainant E. J. Peterson Nebraska rancher. Nassif allegedly borrowed 100 dollars in rugs and draperies then 200 dollars claiming a hotel contract. Nassif previously faced a similar charge and was held for Cresco authorities in May 1939.

Cedar Rapids Leonard Swanson Rock County Neb George Nassif Seventh Street Swanson Nassif E. J. Peterson Nebraska Peterson Cresco

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