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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1938

Page

8

Chicago Hogs Rise in Active Trading as Cattle Hold Steady

Mixed livestock results across markets show hogs up 10 cents at Chicago bids amid strong direct sales. Cattle receipts around 7,000 with steady to firm futures. regional yards report varying activity with Pittsburgh and East St. Louis showing strength while Cleveland remains steady.

Chicago Kansas City Maha East St Louis St Joseph Sioux City St Paul Indianapolis Cleveland Pittsburgh Recrerey Clevelind East St. Louis Omaila Omaha

Local Hog Market Posts Gains Across Grades

Local hog prices rise with most prades up 10 cents to a top of 8.50 while other markets hold steady. Prices shown for hogs range from 140 to 600 pounds with varied values and packers listed. Cattle and calf sections note steers and heifers at multiple weight classes and prices, including spring lambs at 8.50 and assorted beef grades.

Chicago U. S. Dept. Agriculturr Sioux City S. Dept .Agriculture Helfers Nberel Texas Associaten Press Mason City- Hors Jo Waterloo Ces

Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Grain and Produce Prices

Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids showing No 1 Wheat 63¢, No 2 60¢, oats 46¢, rye 40¢, soybeans 2¢, hay and straw prices, butterfat 25¢, cream prices, various poultry prices, wholesale fruits vegetables with lemons 5.50, oranges 3.00, grapefruit 3.00 to 3.25, celery 2.75, lettuce 3.50, onions 1.85, cabbages 1.90, carrots 3.25, potatoes 2.00 to 2.25, hides prices for beef, calf, kip, horse, and note of pelts and tails.

Texas Chicago Lamson Brothers & Co H. J. Mowrey Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank Penne Winsiveg Wheat

Wisconsin cheese and commodity market brief

Wisconsin cheese quotations for the next week show daisies and cheddars slipping with the Farmers' board call in focus. Sugar and wool markets in Boston and New York exchange rates reflect modest changes amid cautious demand and price resistance across commodities.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers’ Board New York API Oreat Britain France Italy Belgtum Germany Holland Norway Eyweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Austria Hongkong

Wheat gains over a cent after early weakness on Chicago market

Wheat rose more than a cent from the open on the Chicago board of trade, closing up 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cents. July wheat at 73 1/2, corn up 4 to near 1 1/4, oats higher. Milling demand aided gains while government loan and shy export demand limited momentum.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Kansas City Liverpool Washington Bureau of Agricultural Economics

Chicago Produce Markets Report Mixed Prices and Supplies

Live poultry and eggs show steady to firm prices with large receipts in Chicago. Butter and cheese receipts rise while California and Louisiana potato prices vary and markets note moderate supplies and strong demand for select varieties in New York and Chicago markets.

Chicago California Louisiana Arkansas Alabama Texas North Carolina Russel Burbanks Idaho Washington Overon North Pakatay Iss U. S New York

Bond Market Slips Mixed in Slack New York Trading

U.S. government and corporate bonds showed a cautious session in New York with small losses for rails and some gains for select issues. Traders awaited autumn business prospects while banks' idle funds supported general demand in fractions and point moves across several issues.

New York Chesapeake and Ohio Western Union Northern Pacific National Dairy Santa Fe General Burlington

Slow Rally In Stocks Turns Into Sailspin

New York markets slid from a cautious morning rise with stocks giving back early gains. Volume was light as traders took profits amid mixed Iowa primary results and cautious finance sector moves, with leaders like General Motors and Bethlehem Steel showing limited strength while many issues drifted.

New York Iowa Wall Street Anaconda Kennecott American Smelting Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet and Tube General Motors Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward J. I. Case International Harvester U. S. Rubber Westinghouse National Biscuit American Telephone Texas Corp Eastman Kodak Allis Chalmers Celanese Jd. C Penney

Wall Street Stocks Digest From Tuesday Quotations

Tuesday quotations show mixed gains and losses across major issues led by Allied, Kennecott, Johns Manville and Kroger with notable activity in Amn Steel and Lehigh Valley. Market breadth remains uneven as Chicago listings and national brands like General Electric and Union Pac reflect varied investor sentiment.

J. E. Bennett& Co W. H. Jump Nankeer Merchants National Bank Kresse S Amn Hilde & G Kroger G & B Amn Tit Corp Lambert Amn Lehigh Valley Anm Metals Libby Owens Amn Amn Amn Steel Anin Wat Molineaman Armour & Co T&s F Ward Atlantic Auburn Aviation Corp Nash Keln Auto Murray Corp Zk Barber Co Natl Bellas Bainsdail Corp Natl Biscuit Bendix Beth Steel Dept Sir Boeing Airp Borden Co Bote Warner Bude Aiee Ama Co Nor Amn Avi Burrourds Ade Jota Ohio Oil Cal & Heela Otis Steel My Calumet Jackard Mtrs Canada Bryiss Park Utah Penney O's Phillips Pet Gerro de Pasco Killsbury Pitts Screw Plymouth Bullman Co Coln Pure Oil Ots Co Palmolive Aut Radio Corp Coml &Ems ” Credit Rage Keith Comi Solvents Reg Motors Coinw Souis Rep Steel Cony Edison Tob Consol Oil Schenley Consol Textile Sears Roebuck Sperry Corp Gata Curtiss Wright Curtiss Wr Qt & Co Standard Gas Deere del LD & W Calif Douglas Ind du Pont de Eastern RM Frisco Eastman Trans-America Elec Union Carbide Gen Foods Union Pac Uni Hieuenwe Beve ‘ Chimbel Bros Unt Gas Co Virco Caro Chemaa Hayes Walworth Hecker Ward Bok Houston O Warner Bros Howe Sound Westehse AB Hudson Motors Westehse el Tal Hupp Indus Motors White Motors Rayon Willys Ovid Inspiration Wilson & Co Hary Woolworth Ynesta S & T Int Hydro Zenith Radio Chicago East Blessing HelJeman Gi Bauer Cherry Bros Amn Pub Dexter Co Chicago Corp Quaker Swift Qker Edison Swift & Co Walgreen

Gillette Victory Seen as New Deal Triumph in Des Moines

Des Moines reports that state treasurer Leo J. Wegman, sole elective official to endorse Otha Wearin, praised Sen. Guy M. Gillette for winning the Democratic renomination. Wegman tied Gillette to Roosevelt and the New Deal while joking he would back Hopkins if he were in Washington.

Des Moines Leo J. Wegman Statehouse Otha D. Wearin Guy M. Gillette Sen. Gillette Roosevelt Wegman Washington Hopkins

Wearin Victor Wins Iowa Democratic Primary County Returns

DES MOINES AP Otha Wearin of Hastings captured Shelby county from Senator Guy M Gillette in the Iowa democratic senatorial primary complete unofficial returns from 24 precincts showed Tuesday Wearin polled 691 votes to Gillette 554 The governor supported Gillette.

Des Moines Otha v. Wearin Hastings Shelby County Nelson G Kraschel Guy M. Gillette Iowa Wearin Gillette

Old Inca Gold Mine Reworked Reveals Big Profit Talk

Don Barnes told Conopus members at the Roosevelt hotel luncheon that an ancient Inca gold mine in Peru is being developed by a small group with 400000 dollars invested this year and is expected to produce a million dollars in gold. He cited a New York mining engineer and named Santiago and Lima as key West Coast cities, noting late dinners in Santiago.

Peru Don Barnes Canopus Club Roosevelt Hotel South America New York Santiago Chile Lima Barnes South

City Briefs: Hose Co. 6 Responds to Still Alarm

Hose company No. 6 answered a still alarm at 11 55 a m Tuesday at the T C Henson residence 1432 Eighth Avenue SE where smoke from a burning out chimney seeped into the living quarters. Fire was confined to the chimney and there was no damage according to firefighters.

Hose Company No. 6 T. C. Henson Eighth Avenue SE

Parkersburg youth given suspended sentence on vagrancy charges

Harry Dodge age 19 of Parkersburg West Virginia received a 30 day suspended jail term in police court Tuesday on two counts of vagrancy. He was arrested after two citizens reported seeing him molesting girls at a traveling show near Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue SE.

Harry Dodge Parkersburg W. C Dodge Fourth — Street Fifth Avenue SE

Deaths Minnie Elizabeth Kephart 46

Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Kephart wife of Fred Kephart 32544 Second avenue SE died at a local hospital Sunday after a lingering illness Born January 17 1892 in Norway Ja she is survived by her husband her mother four sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be at St Michaels church Norway Wednesday at 9 30 a m with Rev William Kunkel in charge Burial will be in St Michaels Cemetery Norway Friends may call at her mother’s home in Norway

Minnie Elizabeth Kephart Fred Kephart Second Avenue SE Norway James and Mathilda Pease Marvin Listerbarge Fairfax Louise Michaelson Cedar Rapids Mary Meredith Martin Kolsto Newhall William Pease George Pease Chicago St. Michael's Church William Kunkel Purial St. Michael’s Cemetery

Mrs Antonie Stanek Dies in Linn Junction After Illness

Mrs Antonie Stanek widow of John Stanek died at her home in Linn Junction at 4 05 p m Monday after a brief illness Born in Bohemia January 1 1858 she came to Cedar Rapids at 18 and lived here and nearby Surviving eight children and three stepchildren include John Barta Frank Barta Antonette Morrow Harvey Lorence Joseph Stanek Adolph Stanek William Stanek Mike Miller Wes Stanek Frank Stanek and Mrs Mike Miller Grandchildren number thirty five with eight great grandchildren Funeral services Thursday at 9 am from the Polansky chapel and 930 in St Wenceslaus church Burial in Buffalo cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Wednesday

Antonie Stanek John Stanek Hore Linn Junction Bohemia Cedar Rapids John Barta Steele N. D Frank Barta Kintyre Antonette Morrow St. Wenceslaus Father Joseph Surovy Buffalo

Funeral rites for Mrs Helen Doris Emry in Turner chapel

Funeral services for Mrs Helen Doris Emry are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Turner chapel with Theodore B. Hrubacek in charge. Burial will follow at Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.

Helen Doris Emry Turner Chapel Theodore B. Hrubacek Bohemian National Cemetery

Obituary Notice for William Hurmence of Sumner Iowa

William Hurmence, nephew of Mrs. Lucy Knight and cousin of Dr. B L Knight, died at Sumner Iowa, according to word received here. He had visited Cedar Rapids several times.

William Hurmence Lucy Knight Third Avenue SE B. L. Knight Sumner Cedar Rapids

Funeral services for Fred Houghton moved to Wednesday

Funeral services for Fred Houghton who died Sunday will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Beatty chapel with Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial park cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel.

Fred Houghton Beatty Chapel James H. Blackstone, Jr Cedar Memorial Park

Bankhead Sees Little Chance of Quick Adjournment

Washington Congressman Bankhead says Congress is unlikely to adjourn this week. He doubts passage by Saturday but admits he still holds out hope for an agreement.

Washington INS Bankhead Congress

Local Marriage Licenses Listed from Cedar Rapids Area

Peter F. Michal of Fairfax wed Leona Benish of Cedar Rapids. Gerald C. Lohr and Vera V. Machee from Mayville Wisconsin. Joseph G. Havlicek and Mar guerite H. Lekin of Cedar Rapids. Darrell Manley of Cedar Rapids and Helen Williams of Coggon.

Peter F. Michal Fairfax Leona Benish Cedar Rapids Gerald C. Lohr Vera V. Machee Mayville Wis Joseph G. Havlicek Marguerite H. Lekin Darrell Manley Helen Williams Coggon

Larceny of 20 hens leads to arrest in Linn County

Don Bowers 31 of 315 Seventh Street NE and Don Hadsell 36 of Cedar Rapids were jailed on larceny charges after deputies found a broken heel plate on Bowers shoe and chickens missing from Gene Newman farm Center Point. Tracks led to Highway 11 scene.

Poultry Yard Don Bowers Seventh Street Linn County Bowers Dick Payn Larry Condon Gene Newman Center Point White Rock Newman Place Don Hadsell Cedar Rapids

Local Firm Enjoined After Price Complaint

Mead Johnson and Company of Evansville Indiana obtained a temporary injunction from District Judge H C Ring to stop Wendl B Gatto doing business as Local Drug Company from offering Mead Johnson trademarked products at lower retail prices than a minimum price schedule. A $300 injunction bond was filed in a suit filed May 31 invoking Iowa fair trade act to fix minimum retail prices.

Mead Johnson and Company Evansville Ind H. C. Ring Wendl B. Gatto Mead Johnson Iowa

Divorces Filed on Cruel Ground in Cedar Rapids Court

District court actions submitted to Judge H. C. Ring include Myrtle S Musick versus Ralph E Musick 39 married in Cedar Rapids March 15 and Lee G Worden 42 against Murell L Worden married at Galena Illinois October 30 1932 Mrs Worden seeks divorce on cruel and inhuman grounds and Mrs Musick asks restoration to her maiden name Myrtle Struck

District Court H. C. Ring Myrtle S Musick Ralph E. Musick Cedar Rapids Lee G. Worden Murell L. Worden Galena Ill

Will of Ella F. Tisdale Probated in Cedar Rapids District Court

The will of Ella Francis Tisdale of Cedar Rapids who died May 18 was probated on Tuesday. The document dated April 15, 1938, includes many bequests to relatives and friends such as sisters Mary Alexander and Alice Snyder, and the First Baptist Church of Cedar Rapids. G P Linville was appointed executor.

Ella Francis Tisdale Cedar Rapids Mary Alexander Alice Snyder First Baptist Church of G. P. Linville

Local defendants enter pleas on alcohol and embezzlement charges

Howard Skinner 43 of 413 Fourth Street SW pleads not guilty to operating while intoxicated before District Judge H C Ring after posting $500 bond following arrest early Saturday. Kenneth Norris 34 pleads not guilty to embezzling over $20 from J L Messinger and Midwest Motors on May 27 and posts $500 bond. County Attorney G Thompson files true information. Sheriff James H Smith's office reports a 250 pound roan calf vanished from Bert Coleman place near Cedar Rapids Monday night. Fred C Fisher Jr. files resistance to objections to second amended and substituted report in a district court partition action. seeks to vacate certain court orders.

Howard Skinner Fourth Street H. C. Ring Skinner Kenneth Norris J L. Messinger Midwest Motors H. Ring G. Thompson James H. Smith Bert Coleman Cedar Rapids Fred C. Fisher, Jr Mary Fern Matheny

Deny Navy Base Plans In Amoy Island Report

Tokyo reports that the Japanese navy headquarters denied reports of establishing a naval base on Amoy island, which had been captured from China.

TOKIO Japan Amoy Island

Lost and Wanted Ads From The Gazette Classifieds

Many small ads seeking lost items and rewards. A ring with a Commandery emblem onyx diamond. a long haired male dog named Snookey missing in Ely Indian Head. a billfold with social security receipts. a lady's white gold watch. notices include contact numbers and rewards. Also offerings for insurance, car oil servicing, moving services, jewelry repair, and various repairs.

Commandery The Gazette Ad Dept 16Th St Ely Anney Sen Ams Watcher Aeaven Main Springs Western Mutual Fire Insurance Co Stark Insurance Agency Norman Auto Service 2Nd Ave H K. Schaefer Kresge’s Allied van, Lines, Inc Lynch Transfer & Storage Co 1St St Ba Griffith Feather Mattress Co C. R. Knitting Co St. SW

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