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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1937
Page
28
Market chatter notes wheat futures edged higher early but gains were trimmed by selling as producers booked profits. Traders weighed supply concerns against modest demand signals and nearby crop prospects amid fluctuating prices.
Miscellaneous OCR lines show bond and Treasury notes with fragmented figures. Mentions of New York markets, foreman actions, loans, and various bond terms appear in disjoint phrases without coherent narrative.
In a district court action Judge C J Haas Friday granted dissolving a fuel business partnership formed in 1935 by J Worthington and George Taylor. John Worthington was appointed a receiver as part of the dissolution agreement. The case also includes estates matters for MeBride and Ida E. MeBride with fiduciary and claim considerations noted.
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Olson of Route No 2 a sun on May 20.
The fragment lists numerous country names and figures amid scattered phrases about a FION exchange. It mentions Holland, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Mexico City, Montreal, New York, and others with assorted percentages and numbers, interspersed with unrelated notes and garbled terms.
Stock prices rose as steel, copper, and motor shares led gains on a Saturday session. Early upturn faded, but trading remained active with brokers noting limited near term effects from broader industry news.
Mrs Evie Moore Iverson 60 died at home after a short illness at 1101 Fourteenth Avenue SW at 2:30 am Saturday. Born January 29 1877 in Arlington Indiana she lived in Cedar Rapids 36 years. Survived by husband Lawrence Iverson two sisters and four brothers. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday Beatty chapel burial Linwood. Friends may call at the chapel.
Advertisement describes pattern 4323 with a slenderizing yoke panel frock and pattern 3423 for misses and women sizes. Notes include V neck detail, rippled skirt, fitted waist, and easy making with step by step instructions. Also promotes fabrics, buttons, and ordering instructions from The Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern department.
Clark Beams was elected to membership on the board of directors of the Linn County chapter of the American Red Cross at the monthly meeting held Friday night at headquarters in the federal building. He will succeed Mrs. J. D. Doherty, who resigned after more than fifteen years of service.
Marion event notes prize winners Hazel Hutton and Benjamin Nollch in the poppy poster contest. A. R. McElwain presented Legion medals to Kent Golden and Martha Ann Young for leadership and citizenship. Also reported are visits, hospital updates, dances, and births in the community.
The 1938 39 McNutt edict causing jitters among 10 chiefs and protocol officers as they debate whom to honor and where to seat officials. War department asserts legality while critics question whether the high commissioner should be treated as the president in person.
Foreign diplomats in Manila rush home offices for guidance as High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt asserts precedence over President Manuel Quezon. He demands communications go to him and that Roosevelt be toasted first at official dinners, Quezon third. Officials hint at boycotting the banquet if McNutt is honored ahead of Quezon. No comments yet from McNutt or Quezon as a showdown looms.
Col C B Robbins of Chicago and his son Lewis arrive in Cedar Rapids tonight for a weekend visit. Dr L A Kessler a dental reserve captain in the U S Army leaves Cedar Rapids Sunday for St Louis to attend the annual post graduate course and the clinical conference May 24 to May 29 by the Seventh Corps surgeon.
Tele vision broadcasts have been received in South Africa from London. C Gordon Angilley of Capetown reports success listening on a home made receiver tuned to five to seven meters and hearing speech and music. At 6.5 meters he heard sawlike sounds, matching the television transmission. The London chief engineer confirms the undoubted transmission, suggesting possible vision signals up to 6,000 miles.
Local churches in Marion list schedules for Sunday and weekday activities. Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, and Prairie Chapel outline church schools, worship times, sermon topics, and church leadership for the week.
The Memorial Union board at Iowa City voted to hold a second election for Union board posts and the student publications board. The move followed a controversy over ballot stuffing and an initial vote deemed null and void. Robert Peterson announced the plan to hold the two elections Tuesday.
An array of perm offers and beauty services appear in local ads. Multiple shops list permanent waves from $1.75 to $10, with related services like haircuts, finger waves, and facials. Addresses and phone numbers accompany entries for Roosevelt Hotel, La Vogue Beauty Shop, Farris, Kennedy's, and others.
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