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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1940

Page

2

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grocery Prices and Listings

A dense, fragmented Cedar Rapids market listing shows prices for oats, flour, vegetables, fruit, meats, dairy, and household goods. Items include No 2 oats at 39c, feeding staples around 95c to $2, and various meat and produce entries with scattered price figures and weights.

Bond Markets Echo Mixed Weekend With Cautious Tone

Market roundup notes stock trades easing as investors weigh Europe and IMF prospects. Bond activity centers on Treasuries and utilities while commodities show varied movement. traders monitor Wall Street closing levels and river stage updates for potential impacts.

York Bond Rte Europe

Hogs Unchanged on Local Market In Inez

Hogs remain steady on the Inez market with no grade changes on Saturday. Top hogs listed at 484 dollars while cattle also hold steady and ten calves weighed around 900 dollars depending on weight and quality. Genuine sprint lambs 70 to 90 pounds priced about 33 dollars per hundredweight, Burks and other livestock vary by quality.

Inez Shee Marett Genuin

Wall St Stocks Published by J. & Bennett & Co. WH. Jump.

Wall Street lists show a wide array of stocks and prices from major firms and exchanges. Named entities include Adams, Harv, Johns Manville, Amn, Kennecott, General Electric, Procter Gamble, U.S. Steel, Coca Cola, Ford, IBM, and many others, with listings across sectors from oil to banking. The compiled page reflects market activity with prices and percent changes, typical of a daily securities digest.

J. & Bennett & Co Merchants National Bank Suldins Santurday Adams Kapresy Bia Isa Iles Chalmers Johns Manville Kennecott Fide & Lo Ati Krroser Ge & Bait Amn Lehieh Ovens M & Fay Ds Lin & Mys Marac Bo ‘Raeta Lig Ann Metals Loew Ine Amik Dia Loesheed Amin Ratt R's Loft Inc Amt Rabo Miss Fats Lorillard Ani Suvellins Afia Louville Cas Amu Seel Fass Amy Tel Ann Arvo & Co Artiaam Corn Mont Ward Attaces Dry Murray Nash-Relyhaviades Carp Bellas Fe Baldwin Ratt & Ohio Sts Sat Dairy Beatrice Criny Benes Anatan Beth Freel North Am Co Borne Arpai MOA LY Nor Arm Avi Borden Ca Warner Za Os Steelin Mts Packard Mtrs Bucyrus Paramount Park Utah Patinn Mines Aly Burronushs Penick & F Heela Wa Plymouth Oil EATER Proctor Gamble Chesa Ohio Pullman Co Ag Cains Ld Gage Corp Hs Fies Oes Keith I Chun Law Rand Reyn Seieney Colum Seaboard Air Sears’ Roebuck Shell Union Edison Siva Silver A. Simmons Ca Skeily Owl Sen Railway Crucible Steel Perry Corp Ane Leaday Iand Branda Gas I Cudahy Ui Deere Stew Warner Ta du Pont Stone Webster Eaton Mfc Eire Autotire Eire Boat Tidewater Timken Erie Fisk Ford Enz Fox Film Freeport Tex Unie Uni Aircraft Ag Gm Aly Lines Gen Fonds Uni Coro Cien Slaters Uni el Coal UN Friar Gimbel Bros Pelietel Gerhel S Steel Graham Paice Canadian Walworth Warner Bros West Mareld Eye Nee Wee Union Batatas Weetehouse Hecker Willve Tigery Benngry Hudson Bretisen Wooworth Indus Raton Gomestan Wat Chicago Drednelly Armour & Co Heveman Bendix Ava Jarvis Warner Marsh Field Butler Brass Quaker O Co Quaker O Pr Creat S&s Utiley Suair Salft and Co Cincasa Swift Walareen Zenith

Selected Stock Issues Rise Amid Flat Hog Prices

CHICAGO AP reports hog sales Saturday were steady with the week’s decline of 10 to 20 cents pushing values to near six‑week lows. The top quote reached 35.30 per hundredweight, about 20 cents under last week’s high, reflecting weak demand and tightening supply conditions.

Chicago

Wisconsin Cheese Prices and Wool Market Report

Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of April 16 show varied prices for Munster brick and cheddar ranges. The Boston wool market reports little business with cautious activity, steady to nominal domestic wool questions, and graded fleece prices firm for fine delaine and lower for other blends. An Italian woman gave birth to ten children in eleven months, with twins born in June and triplets the following May.

Boston US Agriculture

Wheat Prices Move in Narrow Range on Board of Trade

Wheat traded quietly in a narrow range on the Chicago board of trade as traders awaited weekend layoff. May wheat closed at 1.04 a bushel, with corn and oats mostly steady and soybeans unchanged. Weather in the southwest remained bullish with dry conditions and no weekend precipitation expected.

Board OF Trade Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

Markets Tangle Amid Mixed Dairy Receipts

Chicago and New York markets report varied dairy receipts and price levels. Butter and eggs show fluctuating quotations with steady to higher trends for some grades, while cheese prices hold unchanged. Futures data from Samson Bros and Co reflect storage standards and futures values for butter and fats, with November and April markers cited.

New York

Deaths and funeral notices for Daisy Crawford and others

Mrs Daisy Crawford died at her daughter’s home after a brief illness. She leaves a husband Harrison Crawford, three daughters including Mrs Sears and Mrs Milver Cach, two sons Harry and Theodore Crawford, and a daughter in Jenaw City. Funeral arrangements are pending. Beatty chapel to host services. Other notices: Mrs Anna Beatty, Mrs George W Pyle, and Mrs Frank Lawrence have forthcoming services at Beatty chapel or Trinity Lutheran church with burial in Linwood or Oak Hill cemeteries.

Daisy Crawford Harrison Crawford Marion Sears Tenth Street Indiana Cedar Rapids Sears Milver Cach Ward Reynolds Kenosha Wis Harry Theodore Crawford Jawa City Beatty Anna Beatts Second Street Trinity Lutheran Church P Ll Bornhoeft Linwood Cemetery George Pyle George W Pyle Fifth Street SE F. H Ward Beatty Chapel Lawrence Frank Lawrence Frank Ward Oak Hill ‘Cemetery Paul E Whitacre J. J. Whitacre Miami Yocom Chapel C. G Ellinger Mount Clark Central City L L. C Dow Karl W Kendall Allen R McElwain Jo Fo Booth Norman J Waffle Elmer Michel Frank Haas Fort Dodge PD. B Victor Omaha Frank Mills Frances Haas

Goodest Daddy Trial Sees Father’s Sentence Suspended

In New York, Sam Hanft, 44, jailed a year and a day for bootlegging, heard his two children, Erwin, 10, and Rhoda, 5, plead in court that he is the goodest daddy. The judge recalled him to the bench and suspended the sentence after their tearful appeal amidst the courtroom.

New York Sam Hanft Hanft Erwin Hanft Rhoda Robert A. Inch Erwin Inch

Marion News Death of Former instructor at local school

Harry C Narth a 60 year old former instructor at the Electora training school collapsed and died Friday evening in a local fruit store. Born in Marion he leaves a widow Vivien Uht. He taught at Eldora Red Wing and Chicago schools. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Yocom chapel with burial in Oak Shade.

Harry C Narth Electora Henry Yaunseh Cedar Rapids Conestesgational Church Yocom C G. Ellmneger Oak Shade Cemetery

Park Square liquor-store manager foils holdup

Arthur P. Andrews, 68, rehearsed a hold up defense for two months and as a bandit entered the Park Square liquor store Friday night he used the tactic. Police found Andrews pinning the gunman to the floor, pounding him with the revolver the assailant had, and orderly scene followed.

Boston Arthur P. Andrews Park Square Andrews

Local church schedule lists sermons and services across multiple denominations

Marion area churches announce weekly programs led by pastors. Baptist Rev L W Inman preaches on "Our Church Obligations" after Bible school at 9:45 and sermon at 10:45, with evening service at 7:30 and midweek prayer at 7:30. Other denominations note Bible schools, baptisms, choir rehearsals, and various youth activities.

L W Inman PY U St Joseph's Catholic Tom McElliott Vernon Carter Bible School Methodist Arthur W. Henke Presbyterian Res. C. VR de Jong Ladies Spiritual Life Group Ben F. Gil Westminster Guild Lillian Voorhies St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Carl FE. K

Out-of-town ads pay extra for blind box listings in Gazette

The notice states that all out-of-town Want Ads incur an advance payment and adds a 10 cent surcharge to listed prices for blind ads using a box number handled by The Gazette. It references low rates for WORK WANTED ads under Classification 9 and notes a box service.

Gazette Stanley Christle Dial The Our Rates Ambulance Service Co

Funeral Homes report lost item at Wilson School

A black leather purse with compact and money was reported lost near Wilson School. Dial F267 in indicates reference to contact. The note lacks clear owner name or date.

Wilson School

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