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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1939

Page

3

Hogs Steady as Livestock Markets Report Week’s Gains

AP livestock roundup shows hogs selling steady with modest weekly gains for cattle and sheep. Reports from Chicago Omaha Sioux City Des Moines and other yards note varied shifts with steers and cows mostly steady to higher and lambs up slightly amid active trading and mixed receipts.

Chicago 'Ap Chicago US Dept. Agriculture Sioux City Azis Helfer Ealves OMAHA _ LIVESTOCK Omaha S. Dept Agriculture Towa Des Moines U. S. Dept. Agriculturer Minnesota Cood and Choice

FRODUCE FUTURES Turnished by Lannen Brothers & Co

Fragmented OCR text shows storage standards with dates and figures, referencing Lannen Brothers & Co and monthly figures for eggs and refrigerators. The fragment lacks coherent events or clear names beyond the firms and generic date markers.

Lannen Brothers & Co

Hogs Unchanged on Local Market

Hogs held steady Saturday with Friday quotes unchanged. Prices shown for various hog weights from 140 pounds to over 300 pounds, plus packers ranges. Cattle and calf markets also listed with price bands for steers, yearlings, heifers, and bulls. Lamb quotes noted for the shearing market.

Associated Press Mason City Waterloo

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Market listings from Cedar Rapids show prices for grain, hay, butterfat, poultry, and wholesale fruits and vegetables. Items include wheat No. 15c No. 2 at 73 cents, oats, rye, soybeans, baled hay and straw, butterfat at 29 cents, and various poultry and hide prices. Also listed are lemons, oranges, celery, lettuce, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, apples, grapes, cranberries, and apples per bushel or box with unit prices.

Cedar Rapids Hennerics Idaho

Wisconsin cheese quotes and Boston wool market report

Wisconsin cheese quotations for the week of November 6 to 11 show Dairy and Cheese Exchange figures for Daisies horns and cheddars with mixed prices. The Boston wool market notes light demand, steady to slightly lower prices for medium fleeces and fine original wools, with Texas 12 month prices down and delaine and half blood ranges in the 39 to 49 cent grease quotations.

Wisconsin Plymouth Wis Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers’ Call Board Boston S. Dept. Agriculture Texas

Market Report Shows Mixed Produce Prices in Chicago

Chicago market notes firm creamery butter with receipts near 397 894 and eggs at 1 840 steady with refrigeration and standard levels. Potatoes show arrivals at 94 on track while U S shipments total 455 with varied contracts and prices across Idaho Oregon Nebraska Wyoming Michigan and Minnesota readings.

Chicago Idaho Wyoming Bliss U. S Michigan Minnesota Bellandale Cobblers

Bond Markets Show Mixed Moves Across Foreign and U S Bonds

In New York, foreign dollar list activity cooled with uneven gains and declines. French 7 as of 1941 rose slightly, Norway 6s advanced, U S government issues mixed with some maturities down and others up. Corporate bonds posted fractional gains amid a quiet session with several notices.

NEW York Bond Review EW York IAP Norway WU. S

Aircrafts Soar Then Sell Off In Big New York Trade

Aviation stocks jumped to peak records on Saturday with about 1.3 million shares traded as gains and declines balanced. Listed losers included Douglas Aircraft and General Electric while leaders on the advancing side featured Curtiss Wright and Aviation Corp among others amid a curb trade of about 325,000 shares.

New York Douglas Aircraft Martin Sperry Goodyear Steel Chrysler Bethlehem Westinghouse General Electric Curtiss Wright Continental Motors Aviation Corp American Can Johns Manville New York Shipbuilding Fairchild Aviation Montgomery Ward Newmont Mining Niles-Bement Pond Todd Shipyards Republic Aviation

Wall Street Stocks and Market Quotations Highlights

A dense listing from Adams Express to Zenith Radio covers prices and changes across banks, steel, chemicals, autos, railroads, and utilities. Major names include Armoury Co, General Motors, Bethlehem Steel, Union Carbide, and Westinghouse, with figures for marts in Chicago and nationwide markets.

J. E. Bennett & Co W. J. Jump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Alaska Juneau Alleghany Corp Johns Manville Allied Chem Kennecott Cop Allied Stores Kroger G & B Chalmers Lehigh Val Amal Teather Ain Lic & Myers al Me Loews Inc Amn Hide & L Lott Inc Dita Amn Intl Corp McLelland Marshall Rat Fes Og Martin G Lo Mathiesen Ark Maytag Am'n Roll Mills Miami Amn Steel Amn Tel & ‘Tel Mo Pac RR Amn Wat Mont Ward Amn Woolen Motor Wheellio Murray Corp Nash-Kely the Ark Bellas Armoury Co Diccult Artloom Corp Wash Atchison Tox Dalry P Atlantic Aviation Corp Air Briges Mia Paramount Bucyrus Erie Park Utah Penick Ford Budd Wheel Burroughs Cal & Hecla Bat Peoples Gas Calumet Zinc Phillips Pet Camp Wyant Guinda Dry Plymouth Proctor Gamble Bai Gatatiliar Cerro de Pasco Pure Guo” A Gertain-tech Ohio Chao Rug P . Tae Wand Chrysler Motors Repri Wets ' Ag Golz Palmolive Schenkce Colo Colum Gag Roebuck Shetty Zdison Silver King Gonti Simmons Co Conth Bak Contl Motors Pag SOU Pac Crown Driver SOU Railway Crucible Steeagi Shorts Corps Tex Corp Elec Pow & L Sn Tex Gall S Elec Bond & S Thompson Str Erie RR Timken Det Fish Rubber Timken Tex Port England Trans Amer Freeport Tex Union Carbide Gen Baking Unt Aircraft Unt Air LL Gen Foods Gen Motors Uni Gas Co Gillette SR Gimbel Bros U S Goodrich S Realty Goodscar Tire U S Steel Graham Palace Wes Sug Ward Bak Bolly Greyhound Wee Siapessals Hall Marsii Hayes Dedy Mocertion Hecker Prods Wes'house Hiram Walker Weshouse el Houston Oil Howe Sound White Hudson Mars Qi Willys Ovid Hupp Mitra Wilcox Tis Central Wilson and Co Gt Indus Rayon Woolworth Inspiration Yellow Truck Harv Asbestos Mfc Elec Hshold Hefleman Jarvis Wbity East Blessing Mar Field Bliss Laughlin Midwest Corp A Butler Dros Quaker O Com Cherry Bur Quaker O Pr Chicaro Corp Lia Swift and Co Edison Swift Waltreen Davenport Hastings Och la Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Keokuk St. Louis Cairo Sac Mempphis Frescoss

Wheat tops since September as gains trim in late trade

Wheat climbed to the best levels since mid September on the Chicago board, but profit taking in the final hour reduced gains. December wheat at 87 12-87 1/2 cents. Corn and oats dipped. soybeans eased after Friday’s sharp rise amid heavier offerings and modest arrivals. Winnipeg Minneapolis showed small gains as demand stayed quiet. Local receipts: about 10 cars of wheat, 205 of corn, 78 of soybeans.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Minneapolis

Grain and wheat market quotes from Chicago and Minneapolis

Market digest lists cash wheat corn oats and barley bids from Chicago and Minneapolis exchanges. Rates include No. 1 yellow hard No. 3 white oats and various malting and seed values with reed top alfalfa and timothy notes. prices shown for futures and cash markets.

Chicago Minneapolis Cass Grain Lee Hisher Montana

Injunctions Sought Against Handbook Service Cancellations

Counsel for national distributors of horse race betting information plan to seek state and federal injunctions to halt cancellations of telephone and telegraph connections with the books. Three major services will withdraw from Nation-Wide News Service next week under a federal threat of prosecution for alleged lottery law violations. Weymouth Kirkland said actions in state and federal courts Monday will seek to stop contract terminations and block prosecutions.

Chicago M. L. Annenberg News Service, Inc Weymouth Kirkland

Sweden Considers Protesting to Russia Over Pravda Attack

Sweden weighing a strong protest to Soviet Russia over Pravda accusations. Prime Minister O W Wunther in Moscow may press Premier Molotov on the issue and warn that the Pravda attack heightens Baltic tension.

Stockholm INS Europe Sweden Soviet Russia Communist Party Pravda O. W. Wunther Moscow V. M. Molotoff

French Shoot Nazi Parachutists as Spies Near Nancy

Paris reports several German parachutists who landed near Nancy last month were executed as spies. The incident underscores wartime paranoia as Allied and French forces tighten security against infiltrators.

Paris INS Nancy

Plans for a new Isthmian Canal continue in New York

Plans for a second waterway across Central America were continued this week despite reduced Panama Canal traffic caused by the ongoing European war.

NEW York Central America

Marion News Notes of Community Life and Visits

Marion community items report a surprise twentieth wedding anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Barry Waline at 410 Sixth Street with cards and a china set. Residents attend meetings, visits, and family gatherings across Cedar Rapids, Independence, Des Moines, Perry, Rock Island, Mason City, and Vancouver.

Barry Waline Sixth Street Walines Charles Huth Elmer Waline John Waline Dorothy Helen Rodger Cedar Rapids Clementine Schminke Earl Aubrey Rock Island Mrs. Aubrey

Court Grants Divorce in Common Law Marriage Case

Judge J E Heiserman approves Winifred Gorsch Oberthien's divorce from Albert Oberthien on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Man and wife dispute over a claimed common law marriage since May 1936. Court awards Mrs Gorsch Oberthien household equipment and twenty dollars monthly alimony. Either party may marry again after the one year ban.

Winifred Gorsch- Oberthien Albert Oberthien J. E. Heiserman Oberthien Winifred Gorsch

Bauer Denies Guilty Plea in Hog Theft Case

John Bauer a 41 near Waterloo described as the key man in an eastern Iowa hog theft ring pled not guilty before Judge C J Haas on a charge tied to the disappearance of 10 Poland China hogs from Otto Fisher farm Linn township on Oct 24. Bond set at 1000 with two additional larceny charges at 2500 each. Bauer remained jailed.

John Bauer Waterloo Linn County Iowa C. J. Haas Poland Otto Fisher Linn Township Bauer Oelwein

Lenahan Held by Linn County Officials on Bad Check Warrant

Clem Lenahan, 43, of Cedar Rapids, detained by Linn County officials after a tip from Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder at 9 05 am Saturday. He was released to Benton County officials at 10 30 am. Lenahan was wanted in Vinton on a bad check case. A divorce suit by Dorothy Lou Mann against Erwin William Mann filed Sept 22 was dismissed by the plaintiff before Judge C J Haas Saturday. The marriage occurred Nov 2 1935. William Oakley of McGregor, defendant in a $142 account case of Robert F Milsta and W C Boland, moved to transfer the case to Clayton County for trial.

Clem Lenahan Cedar Rapids Linn Harlan Snyder Benton County Lenahan Vinton Dorothy Lou Mann Erwin William Mann C. J. Haas William Oakley McGregor Robert F. Milsta W. C. Boland Clayton County

RedS Silent On Flint Moscow

Soviet authorities declined to discuss Norway's release of the American steamer City of Pint, saying it is not their affair.

Moscow Norway

Marion church schedules feature communion on Sunday

The article lists morning worship times and sermon subjects for many churches in Marion. Notable items include Baptist services with communion, Catholic mass at 8 and 10 am, and various denominations detailing Bible school times, evening services, and youth programs.

L. W. Inman Hell Methodist Episcopal Arthur W. Henke Epworth League Marion Christian Endeavor Union Presbyterian C. V. R de Jong Christian Endeavor Marion C. E. Union St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran C. E. Krog Walther League Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Prairie Chapel J. B. Clyde Alburnett Methodist Mr. Clyde

Yugoslavia Cracks Down on Croatian Desertion Uprising

Yugoslav gendarmes ordered to move on deserters from a Croatian infantry regiment entrenched behind machine guns near Karlovac. The mutiny, blamed on agitators, involved 4500 men who seized Karlovac, shot civilians, and forced regiments from Zagreb to quell the revolt. Some mutineers fled into woods or were sent to Serbia.

Ljubljana Yugoslavia Karlovac Zagreb Croatia France Serbia

Taken Into Custody As Federal Parole Violator Ends

W Thomason, 29, of West Franklin Ill, was arrested by United States Deputy Marshal Joseph Petrus after a habeas hearing in Anamosa. He was jailed at Linn county jail and is to be sent to Fort Leavenworth to serve the remaining balance of a five year term from Peoria 1937 for interstate theft. The time ends in 1942 if served in full. A hold was placed with Anamosa reformatory prior to his release on a concealed weapons sentence.

J. E. Heiserman Anamosa W Thomason West Frankfort Ill United States Joseph Petrus Cedar Rapids Thomason Linn County Petrus Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Peoria Foss Davis Anamosa Reformatory

Real Estate Transfers Across Linn County in 1939

A series of property transfers filed in 1939 includes Frank Miller to Jaroslav and Lillian Miller. Nehls Investment Co. to Flora Manville. Rubias to Dvorak and Kacerovsky. Agnes Samoville to George Barner. Frank L. Buser to L. C. Low. Arthur Chehak to Milton Tefer. D. W. Bates to Joseph Vondracek. Wallis Burnside to Linn County for road use. Home Lumber Co. to Joseph and Katherine Bollard. E. B. Warner to Bollards. and additional conveyances with covenants and liens noted.

H OL. Nehls Frank L. Buser L. C. Low Arthur R. Chehak Milton Tefer Hull D. W. Bates Iowa State Savings Bank C.R Iowa Joseph Vondracek Carp Wallis M. Burnside Linn County C. L. Klaus Linn Co Home Lumber Co., Inc Joseph A Katherine Bollard Hus Q.c.d E. B. Warner W. d Ely North View Add C. R

Real estate deeds and liens listed from Cedar Rapids area

Summary of transfers and covenants including Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Lot 229 Greenlawn transactions to Loyd A. Smith and others. Records show joint tenancy and life rights allocations, quitclaim deeds, and cash and value considerations dated 1939. Includes names Richard E. Gage John E Hardwick and Perpetual Savings and Loan Assn. with property lots 18 and 19 in E Kenwood Park Add.

Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Loyd A. Smith Cem Sec Greenlawn Jerry Tellin Harry I Clara K. Rollings Hus Richard E. Gage John T Emma Anderson Alfred Ares Guge John E. Hardwick Wi Te Perp. Savings and Loan Assn E. Ken Wood Park Add

Cities Oppose Tax On Their Securities

Chicago AP report notes the American Municipal Association condemns a federal plan to tax income from municipal securities as a serious threat to city fiscal solvency and local self government.

Chicago American Municipal Association

Lost and Found ads from The Gazette day notices

Various missing items and notices from The Gazette include lost items such as a yellow Wittheaur wrist watch without a band a female Beagle pup a diamond set wedding ring and a man s cold wrist watch. Rewards offered by owners and several business advertisements mix with listings for loans jewelry and services.

Lady's Oxford Ave St. E Seattle BOE

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