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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1938

Page

2

Hog prices steady amid extremely light trade in Chicago yard

Unofficial Monday receipts show hogs in Chicago at 6 000 of 8 200 offered with top price $9 50. Cattle receipts 200 of 475 with top at $10. Sheep scarce with top near $8 40 as market remains weak and activity muted across multiple western yards.

Chicago East St Louis Pittsburgh East St. Louis Chicago Livestock US. Dept. Agriculture Omia Livestock Omaha Fap US Dept Agriculture Iowa Des Moines U S Dept Agriculture Minnesota At & A.m Omaha East St Josipt Indianadous Cleveland Pittsbiri

Cedar Rapids Grain and Produce Prices Listing

Grain and produce prices from Cedar Rapids show No 1 Wheat at 82 cents No 2 at 89 cents. soybeans 85 8 cents. hay and straw values. butterfat and cream prices. chicken and turkey weights with per pound rates. wholesale fruits vegetables and crates. Idaho hides market with various hide types and prices. horses listed with manes and tails.

Barney

Local Porkers and Market Prices Fade on Local Market

The local pork market shows weakness with good hogs down roughly ten cents top at 8.80. Lambs andcorn also ease, while Wilson Co. Fog Market lists established prices for bulk hogs across weight classes and packers.

PACH S. Dept. Agriculture WILSON @ CO Dial Wilson’s

Bond Markets Slip Across Sectors in New York Review

Weakness spread across major groups with many issues dropping several points. Treasuries showed losses while a few foreign and utility issues posted modest gains amid mixed trading and a Tokio power sector drop following nationalization news.

NEW York Bond Review New York Éap International Telephone Nickel Plate Nashville Chattanooga St Lews New York and Erie Canada Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Western Indiana Cleveland Union Terminal Delaware and Hudson Missouri New York Central Cechoslovak St. Paul North Western Baltimore and Ohio International Hydro Electric Southern Pacific U. S. Treasuries Tokio Electric Light Tokio

Chicago Produce Markets Report Snapshot and Futures

Markets show weak creamery butter receipts and steady egg and cheese prices. Potatoes report moderate demand with several U S No 1 varieties listed. New York and Chicago futures data offered by Peter Fox Sons for Butter Eggs and Cheese.

Chicago U. S North New York Peter Fox Sons Company Merchants National Bank Telephone Cedar Rapids

Foreign Exchange and Wool Market Report

New York sees slight gains in many European currencies against the dollar with mixed quotes across nations. Boston market notes U S Department of Agriculture reports on fine and half blood wools, small lots moving at 26 to 29 cents and similar bids for other grades amid steady demand.

New York France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Joroslavia Boston U. S. Dept. Agricultural

Wall Street Ends Rally as Late Selloff Follows Brief Upturn

Strong buying support briefly stemmed a liquidation tide on a lively Saturday trading day led by U S Steel and Bethlehem shares. The market recovered from early losses to gain over 2 points before a late slide of up to 4 points. Transfers totaled 1 384 870 shares with bonds and commodities weaker. Senator Carter Glass proposal prompts finance move while department store sales fall 16 percent year over year.

New York Iith Staples Carter Glass Reconstruction Finance Corporation U. S Steel Bethlehem Westinghouse du Pont Allied Chemical Youngstown Sheet and Tube Sears Roeebuck J. 1. Case American Telephone Douglas Aircraft Kennecott Chrysler Union Carbide

Wall Street Stock Quotations from Adams Express to Zenith Radio

A dense list of stocks and prices from Adams Express to Zenith Radio appears, with numerous companies such as Allis Chalmers, Am Tel & Tel, Atlantic Coast lines, Coca Cola, Chrysler, Ford, General Electric, Standard Oil, top traders like J E Bennett & Co, and various banks and utilities. The page also notes a separate section for Chicago stocks and a sugar market update with New York prices.

J. E. Bennett & Co W.H Jump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Alaska Juneau Johns Manville Allegh Corp Kans City Scotty Sm Ee Kayser Julius Allis Chalmers Hennecatt Ie Amal Lea Ly “i Amn_ Can Bronte G & B If ‘ Am Comb Alc Benign Valley Hide & Lo Libby Owes Amn Int Corp Lig & My Loews, Inc Ainn Metals Ann Smeltingie McKesson Rob Stradys McLellan Sue Ree Marshall Tel & Tel Mathieson Miami Copper Ark Pac Armour & Co Mont. Ward S Hather Lode Arch T & SP Atlantic Marayorp Auburn Auto Nash Kell Avia Cory Bellas Baldwin Loco Biscuit Balto & Ohio Cash Barnsdall Corp Beatrice Cry Beth Stec Nut Ste Baw Knox Central Ata Racing Nor Pac Borden Co North Amn Co Nor Am Ohio Bucyrus Erie Otis Steel Packard Mtors Paramount Park Utah Patino Cerro de Pasco Agi Pismouth Ou Gamble Tee Cortin-tecd Ches Corp Pullmnty Co St P & P Che & NW Chrysler Mtr Keith Coca Coin Teo Motors Col Palmolive A Rep Steel Colo Fuel Rey Tob Gnas & el Siufeway Credit Schenley Seaboard Sears Roebuck Congolesnir Iscoel Sharp Dohme Shell Union Sliver King Sinimons Co Motors Skelly Socony Vac Gorn Coty Eastman Kak Studebaker LG Sathompson Tidewater Pagimten Ford England Trans-America Freeport Tex Fox Film Union Carbide Uni Aircraft Gen Foods Uni Air Lines Gen Motors Gillette Uni Gas Timbe sUni Gas Glidden Co Goebel Brew Goodrich Graham Palree US Realty Granby Cons S Steel Vanadium Stret Grest Hat Corp Walworth Hayes Vinnard Bak Warner, Bros Hiram Walker Wesn Maryld Houston Oil Wesn Union Howe Sound

Wheat Prices Fall as Stocks Drag WHEAT PRICES KEPT IN LOWER RANGE BY STOCKS' WEAKNESS

Weak stock performance weighed on the Chicago board of trade Saturday with wheat closing 4 to 4.5 cents lower at May 85.74. Corn held steady to up 4 cents and oats fell 14 to 10 cents as outside centers and domestic markets mirrored the soft tone. Local sellers followed the wheat break, with saga of bear pressure from a seaboard linked house.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade New York Kansas City Winnipeg Seaboard

Chicago Cash Provisions and Minneapolis Grain Report

Chicago cash provisions show varied grains with mixed No 2 yellow corn at 60s to 70s, soybeans at 58 to 60 cents, oats around 33 cents, and seed and feed values listed. Minneapolis cash grain reports receipts of 71 cars, No 1 hard Montana and red durum pricing, with corn and oats quoted higher on the day.

Chicago Minneapolis Cash Grain API Montana

Kay Francis Plans Film Exit After Marriage

Kay Francis says she will quit films to become a good wife after marrying Baron Eric Barneckow. She notes terminating her Warner Brothers contract in September ends her career, and she may act again only with Eric’s consent or if it suits his plans, possibly in late fall.

Hollywood INS Kay Francis Eric Barneckow Warner Brothers Miss Francis International News Service Saturday Eric China

No militia needed for Kansas City vote says election board

Kansas City election board chair J E Woodmanse says there is no justification for calling out the militia to supervise next Tuesday’s municipal election. He notes the election should be quiet and orderly and that precautions have been taken. Governor Stark is reviewing a petition from local women seeking steps to ensure order.

Kansas City J. E. Woodmanse Election Board Woodmansesiaid Stark

Iowa Nominee Named for DAR Vice President General

At the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution conference in Cedar Rapids Mrs. Robert J Johnston of Humboldt was nominated as the Iowa candidate for vice-president general of the national DAR. The election is set for April 1939 at the continental congress in Washington D C. Johnston, past regent of Iowa, served six years as Humboldt mayor and is active in the Order of Eastern Star.

Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution Cedar Rapids Robert J. Johnston Humboldt Iowa National Society of the D. A. R Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution Washington, D. C Johnston Iowa Society Order of Eastern Star

Subdistrict Music Contest Results

Subdistrict music contest results list multiple Superior ratings across solo and group events for schools including Roosevelt Wilson Franklin Cedar Rapids Anamosa Marion Maquoketa Mount Vernon. Winners include Tubasolo Jack Parrish Esther Booth Arnold Yuza and others earning Superior or Excellent recognitions in various instruments and vocal groups.

Gazette Anamosa Ceedar Rapids Tubasolo Jack Parrish Roosevelt High Jim Rogers Franklin High Arnold Yuza Wilson Bob Wright Roosevelt Esther Booth Superior Dean Stucker Franklin Marvel Dulin Dorothy Hemmer Richard Hach Glenn Selzer Central City Excellent Wyoming Supeerior Marion Excelent Maquoketa Monticello Mount Vernon Springville Atkins Anamosea Hopkinton Betty Gould Dubuque James Hodson Franklin School Cedar Rapids Jeanne Anderson Kathryn McElwain Lisbon Preston

Waterloo Subdistrict Music Contest Results

Results from Friday night show multiple Superior ratings across categories. Winners include West Waterloo and East Waterloo ensembles in various classes with individuals from Cedar Falls, Vinton, Grundy Center, Blairs Town, Conrad, and Waterloo schools among others.

Old Fashioned Dinner Hosts New Athenian Club Members

New members introduced at an Athenian club dinner hosted by Mrs. O. O. Kieckhaefer. Miss Isabelle Miller presided as president. Attendees wore old fashioned costumes and the program featured readings, a play, and a Roosevelt speech review by Mrs. Walter Reinsch.

Athenian Club O. O. Kieckhaefer Isabelle Miller W. R. Powell L. E. Storm Charles Hood L. R. Shellenbarger J. Lewis Papes Gerd Siebels Carrol Roberts Sydney Sue Cary

Will of Louise Meyer is probated in district court

Louise Meyer who died March 7 had a will probated in district court. Bequests of 400 dollars each go to grandchildren Floyd George Helen Leonard Ralph Arthur Florence Meyer. The remainder goes to sons Theodore Harry Meyer Leonard Arthur Meyer and C Fred Meyer with Wv C Shuttleworth named executor. The will dated October 25 1935.

Louise Meyer Floyd George Helen Leonard Ralph Arthur Florence Meyer Theodore Harry Meyer Leonard Arthur Meyer C. Fred Meyer Wv. C. Shuttleworth

Marriage Licenses Listed For Cedar Rapids And Surrounding Areas

The county records show marriage licenses issued to Harry P. Milburn and Chloe Frances Sobers of Cedar Rapids. Jack Bruce Ewing of Waukegan and Elizabeth Sherwin of Highland Park. Otto A. DeLancey and Jennie Crosby of Prairieburg. Floyd E. Mitchell and Sylvia Willmott of Waubeck. Melvin Richard Lane and Mabel M. Farr of Waterloo. Robert L. Penquite and Eleanor Crew of Cedar Rapids. Paul Allyn and Velma Ruth Hill of Manchester.

Harry P. Milburn Chloe Frances Sobers Cedar Rapids Jack Bruce Ewing Waukegan Elizabeth Sherwin Highland Park Otto A. DeLancey Jennie Crosby Prairieburg Floyd E. Mitchell Sylvia Willmott Waubeck Melvin Richard Lane Mabel M. Farr Waterloo Robert L. Penquite Eleanor Crew Paul Allyn Velma Ruth Hill Manchester

Autmobiles Strike 7-Year-Old Pedestrian in Muskogee

In Muskogee Oklahoma AP report Highway Patrolman R L McCarty warned seven year old Obe rene Payton against walking with his back to traffic. Before safety lesson could be given the child was struck and killed by a car on the highway.

Muskogee Okla R. L. McCarty Oberene Payton

Waterloo round of band contest results noted

In a chaotic list of results several schools are named with ratings such as Superior and excellent. Cedar Falls Waterloo East and Waterloo East receive high marks in woodwind chamber group events while Vinton Grundy Center Winthrop Belle Plaine and Dunkerton appear with mixed levels.

Waterloo Superior West Waterloo East Waterloo Independence Grundy Center School For Blind Vinton Tracr Supcerior Conrad Bilairstown Winthrop Tracer van Horne Dunkerton Brass Waterloo East Cedar Falls Newhall Belle Plaine Waterloo West Paul Brandt Juanita Olmstead Merrill Brown Bob Willoughby Russell Burkhart Blairstown Shirley Jackson Betty Woltersdorf Dick Mitchell Hudson Mabel Hogshead Raymond Smith Belle Plaine Charles Pribys Fern Taylor Keith Bowers Glen Pedeson Paul Vanderwaal Carolyn Potter Quentin Johnson Good — Hudson Thorvald Anderson Dike Vernon Freese John McNabb Charles Long Pendence Margaret Miller Lois Barrigar Marjorie Baker Lois Anderson Rigar Ann Wight Dale Penn Woodwind Newfood Hall Jesup

Marion area churches outline Sunday services lineup

The listing covers Baptist First with Rev L Winman morning worship and evening services on the Better Baptist Churches series. St Josephs Catholic led by Rev T J McEniott with Mass at 8 and 10. Christian with Rev Irving Wade Bible school at 9 45 and 10 45 worship plus Y M C A gospel team. Union and Congregational and Free Methodist schedules. Methodist Episcopal led by Rev I E Gough with sermons How To Find God and Family Life topics. Oxford club. Presbyterian with Rev C V R Sewing and repair note.

DeJong Christian Endeavor Dorothy Ford Methodist Church St. Paul's Lutheran Carl E. Krog Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel Paul Clements Cornell College L. Winman P.U St. Joseph’s Catholic T. J. McEniott Irving E Wade Cedar Rapids Y.M Endeavor First Christian Church Cedar Rapids Walter H Staves Doreen Cobb Free Methodist C O Monroe Methodist Episcopal I E. T. Gough Hazel Hutton June de Wees Kathryn McElwain Oxford Club Glenn McGown

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