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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1939

Page

21

Sharp Market Rise Drives Stocks To New Highs On U S Exchanges

Bullish Friday session boosts volume to 810000 shares, strongest Saturday since April 8. Leaders such as Montgomery Ward Sears and Celanese post gains while steel and motors show advance. utilities peak but overall sector gains are fractional. grains slip as cotton and other markets close mixed.

York Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Commonwealth Edison Celanese Proctor and Gamble Loft Bethlehem Steel U. S. Steel Youngstown National Republic Studebaker General Mathers Chrysler du Pont Allied Chemical Union Carbide Union Pacific

Higley Farm Land Platted Into Nine Home Sites

Last remnants of a pioneer Higley farm within Cedar Rapids city limits go on sale through the Hedges company. Heirs list nine building lots on Mount Vernon road SE and Seventeenth street SE with a rear driveway, retaining Miss Higley’s 100 by 140 foot lot.

Cedar Rapids Elmer A. Higley Hedges Company Higley Abiel Higley Helen Higley Fred M. Higley Mount Vernon Road Seventeenth Street Bever Avenue Fourteenth Nineteenth Streets John A. Paulson Iowa Highway Commission Waterloo Twenty-first Street Harold A. Pickerill A B. Caskey Mount Vernon Avenue Mr. Caskey Wichita Kan Continental Oil Company Harry W. Burke Hall Manufacturing Company Detroit Mich Twenty-third Street W. H. Richardson Albert Greene Decatur, Ill B Avenue Robert W. Hunnicutt Malcolm V. Bolton and Company Fifth Avenue SE E. B. Cameron William Tenney Nicksville Tenney Park Avenue SE Robert J. Miller Booth Piper Grain Company Fred E. Collard

Grain futures slide to new seasonal lows on weak demand

Wheat closed sharply lower with September and December at new season lows as lackluster demand and favorable weather weighed on the market. Corn slipped from early strength, July hit a six year low, oats and rye fell, while soybeans eased amid renewed selling and mixed international cues.

Boeing Winnipeg Chicago INS Board of Trade Canadian Northwest United States Argentine Liverpool Rotterdam Buenos Aires

Grain and cash market quotes from Winnipeg and Minneapolis

Winnipeg market reports show wheat futures and cash levels with mixed bids and varying quotients for No. 2 yellow hard and No. 1 white oats, alongside barley figures. Minneapolis cash grain notes receipts and prices for No. 1 dark hard, hard Montana and durum varieties, with corn and barley values and weekly calculations.

Chicago Illinois Minneapolis Montana Rover Iéc

Week's Most Active Stocks Foresee Stronger Market Across Week

The week closed with a broad buying wave pushing many issues to new yearly highs. Loft, Inc. is highlighted as a standout performer while a prominent forecaster urged holding for further rise. The 14 most active stocks showed strong gains despite some variability.

Loft, Inc Ndaanten

Permits Granted for Numerous Dwellings and Improvements

Local overview lists permits issued in the past week for residences and commercial projects across multiple streets and neighborhoods. Notable items include new dwellings at 1131 Twelfth Street NE and 2307 C Avenue NE, a new garage at 1407 Sixth Avenue SE, remodels at several addresses, and roofing work totaling hundreds of dollars across diverse locations.

Vine Avenue Glen O. Johnson Emerald Avenue Emma Padour Tenth Street M. J. Busenbark First Avenue Bernard Brewer Ninth Street William Ostrander Leighteenth Avenue Frank Michalek Fifth Street Louis Melsha Seventeenth Avenue Burianek First Street Fred Stevens Twenty-third Avenue A. J. Baumhoefner Johnson Avenue NW B. L. Edwards Thirty Fourth Street Cc. L. Burke Fourteenth Street Sam Kacera Third Street Paul Jerabek Twelfth Avenue Repair Foundation Cc. A. Love Rude Auto Company Third Avenue George N. Taft Fifteenth Street Jersey Tauber Everett Bacon Eleventh Street George G. Keith E Avenue Elmer E. Hunt Twentieth Avenue A. B. Heinbaugh C Avenue George Drummey Barbara Rompot Jane Larson Vernal Street Mrs. J. Resarik Sixteenth Avenue George Pfeffer Thirteenth Street Otto Mathias Elizabeth Giblin Vern Marsh Whittieth Street L. C. Jensen First Avenue E S. S. Kresge Company Mrs. P. Gatto Smulekoff and Miller Second Street Leon Kopel Grande Avenue George B. Shaler Dawley Street Elmer Sandberg Martha J. Wilson Seventeenth Street W. Naibert G Avenue H. C. Spitznagel C Street Mrs. Landa B. F. Hammond Fourth Avenue Frank Basker Elizabeth Miller Seventh Street William Smetana Pareles Street Ed Seda Hamilton Street George Shamberger Rufus B. Culver Wellington Street Mary Wryskocil F. J Shors Sixth Street Josie Kuba St. Ludmila’s Twenty-first Avenue Agnes Fiedler Thirty-first Street Twenty-fourth Street Frank Nissen Second Avenue Howard Martin Eva Henry Wilson Avenue

Grain Quotations From Chicago Furnished by Lamson Brothers

Lamson Brothers and company provide Chicago grain quotations with H. R. Mowrey as manager. Cedar Rapids office located in the Merchants National Bank building at 503.

Lamson Brothers and Company H. R. Mowrey Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank

Northwestern Mutual Convention Trip Leaves City

R. G. Pickford Vernon E. White Neil Montgomery and Charles Filipi departed Saturday for Milwaukee to attend the sixty third annual Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance convention scheduled Monday and Tuesday. They expect to return Wednesday evening.

R. G. Pickford Vernon E. White Neil Montgomery Charles Filipi Milwaukee Wis Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Quaker Displays Tie Up With Every Week Ad Campaign

Quaker Oats launches a weekly distribution of eye catching displays for Quaker macaroni and spaghetti to grocers. The ads in The Cedar Rapids Gazette promote budget meals, flavor, and tested recipes with mass display cut outs and wire hangers to boost in store promotions throughout the year.

Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids

Building activity and business changes in East Iowa towns

In Waukon work continues on a new post office with decorative marble trim and a planned Oct. 1 occupancy. Wellman sees a four room Kin singer cottage under construction. Elkader repurposes church art windows into a chapel and remodels store front. Jesup editor C W Wright makes extensive home changes. Troy Mills hails a new belfry and church repairs as several local homes and halls receive updates.

Waukon St. Genevieve C. E. Legis Wellman Annanias Kinsinger Anna Ayers Dan Graber Kinsinger Emerson Maplethorpe Harley Rugg Charles Livezey Elkader Evangelical Home Service Company William C. Reimer Harold St. Schulte Bayless Hotel JESUP C. W. Wright Jesup Citizen Herald F. R. Place Vanity Beauty Robert Perkins Wisconsin Dells Troy Mills Christian Church Willard Carson Clarence Price I.c.cf. Hall H. H. Straw Harlin Walton

Bank Clearings Rise Ahead of Last Year

The Cedar Rapids Clearing House reports bank clearings for the week ending July 22 at 1 180 359 83, slightly below the prior week’s peak but higher than the same week in 1938. The week ending July 15 posted 1 187 302 02, with the week ending July 23 at 1 134 949 06.

Cedar Rapids Clearing House

Experts Predict Continued Economic Upturn Amid Stock Gains

Week of rising stock prices and upbeat government forecasts signal ongoing improvement. AP index of industrial activity edged up to 90.4 as steel and power output hit new peaks, while Roosevelt notes a businessman warning on neutrality affecting the boom.

Associated Press Roosevelt Congress New York Exchange Sickraiee Washington Department of Commerce Commerce Department Association of American Railroads United States Federal Reserve Board

Readjustment Of Capital Structure For Hall Mfg Co

David M. Hall announces a capital restructuring at Hall Manufacturing. Par value drops from about 200000 to 100000 with a stockholders meeting approving the change and converting former preferred stock to voting common stock. A new 50000 bond issue is sold to pay off prior debt and provide working capital for expansion.

Hall Mfg. Co Hall Manufacturing Company David M. Hall Common and Preferred Preferred Hall

Nat's Life Agency Here Makes Record

The C. V. Shepherd agency of the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont at 709 Downs building ranks third in total club credits in the United States for the club year ending July 1. Robert O. Bickel, associated with the local agency, ranks fourth among company agents nationwide with a total club credit of 616 dollars.

C. V. Shepherd National Life Insurance Company of Vermont Dows Building United States Montpelier Robert O. Bickel

Local Securities Bids and Offers Notice

The following quotations are non binding indications of price trends for recent transactions. Those with interest in unquoted issues should contact the financial editor at The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.

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