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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1937

Page

4

Hog Prices Climb at Chicago Yards amid Strong Weights

Chicago livestock report notes hog receipts at 32 000 with 3 000 shipped direct. Prices rise 10 to 15 cents with top bids around 11 35 per cwt for 190 220 lb hogs and widespread gains across weight classes. Cattle and sheep futures show steady to higher trends as feeders and slaughter hogs move.

Chicago Chicago Livestock Chicago Aps SS Dept Priday Ofar Reece Pee

Markets to Close Tuesday Across Nation

A series of markets will suspend operations on Tuesday nationwide as government and exchange actions pause trading. Officials cite a coordinated closure to support broader economic measures and national events.

Wheat prices slide on Chicago board amid market pressure

Wheat futures declined on the Chicago Board of Trade as buyers faced selling by houses with eastern links and new season laws. At the close prices eased with December and October contracts showing losses while traders watched Russian offers and government actions impact sentiment.

Chicago Chicago Boardet Dea Brechawer Td Eats Lse Sas

Wall Street Prices and Chicago Grain Quotations

Wall Street stock figures mixed as Chicago grain markets show varied quotations. The page lists prices for soybeans and wheat, with bids from Merchants National Bank and other traders, reflecting cash grain activity in Minneapolis and Winnipeg.

Chicago Ty Larson Brothers & Con Mowrey Manscer

Market Clippings Reflect Wide Range of Goods and Prices

A fragmented OCR page lists quotations and prices for commodities, stocks, and consumer goods. It mentions refrigerator standards, various company names, and market figures with numerous figures and abbreviations across sectors.

Shares Break as Commodity Slump Hits Market

New York stocks tumbled as commodities slid with wheat at Chicago down 5 cents a bushel. US Steel and major names fell 1 to 5 points, testing yearly lows while trading volume reached about 1.4 million shares. Dow nooks included Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Anaconda, Shell, Union Oil, and Western Union among others.

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Mixed Global Exchange Rates and Currency Mentions

A fragmentary OCR shows assorted currency figures and place names from multiple countries including Great Britain France Italy Denmark Spain Hungary Argentina and the United States. It appears as a garbled exchange rate list with scattered percentages and identifiers rather than a coherent report.

Ytorlign YOK AP Foren Exchange Great Britain France Itale Helen Tean Crete Frre Au ‘Roe FS Holland Nor Steen Denmark Spain Jacoson Bts Astra Hungary Aron Tekin Shanshat New York

Suspect Freed in Abduction Ravishment of 10-Year-Old Betty Jane Rush

In Columbus AP report a suspect who confessed the abduction and ravishment of 10-year-old Betty Jane Rush was freed after the girl failed to identify him and fingerprints did not match evidence from the basement lair. A second suspect remained for questioning as police offered few leads. Betty Jane, shaken and ill, attended a lineup after hours in the attacker’s hands.

Columbus Betty Jane Rush Betty Jane

Mollison Flies To Paris For Mission To Spain

London AP report says James A Mollison, noted British flyer, left Croydon for Paris to escort blonde American singer Mrs Harold E Dahl to Salamanca Spain. The trip aims to see her husband who had been saved from death by firing squad earlier in the week.

London James A Mollison Croyden Paris Harold E. Dahl Salamanca Spain

CCC Camp Member Shot In Leg While Hunting Near Marion

Leo Rowden an 18 year old CCC camp member from Cedar Rapids received weekend leave and hunted in a cornfield near his home Sunday afternoon. An accidental discharge of a .22 caliber rifle struck his left leg, the bullet passing through. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment and later returned to the CCC camp where he remains confined.

Leo Rowden Cedar Rapids CCC Marion Rowden Rendens Fies Meruy Neepual Cee Aniirmars

Mrs Jack Dempsey To Return To Stage

New York reports Hannah Williams plans a comeback to the stage after marrying Jack Dempsey six years ago. She says it is a fine idea to appear in a musical comedy starring Ed Wynn.

Jack Dempsey New York Uns Footights Hannah Williams Declan Zg Jack Ueooks

Auto Strikes Telegraph Pole in Dense Fog

Mrs A H Gundhns and her husband suffered injuries when the car veered off Twenty-second Street NE in heavy fog and struck a telegraph pole. Mrs Gundling received a facial laceration and was taken to St Luke's hospital. Gundling had minor injuries. Patrolmen De Vore and Burke recovered Mrs Gundlings hat at the scene.

H Gundhns B Avenue Twenty-second Street Gunnting St. Luke’s Hospital Gundling DeVore and Burke Gundlings

Tax Sale Conducted Delinquent Properties Auctioned

Linn County delinquent tax sale held Monday by Treasurer Milo J Sedlacek at the courthouse drew bids on about thirty properties with taxes near two thousand dollars. The next sale is set for December 6 at 10 am, with the treasurer reserving the right to cancel bids pending mail-in corrections.

Linn Milo J Sedlacek Courthouss Tre County

Gets 90 Days For Sale Of Whisky From Pitcher

Charles Josifek, 60, pleaded guilty to illegal possession and sale of whisky from a pitcher after city detectives seized liquor at 57 Sixteenth Avenue SW. Judge John T Moffitt sentenced him to 90 days in county jail. County Attorney G K Thompson filed the true information. Sheriff James H Smith and Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn expected to arrive with Joel D Linkhart, 35, cattle buyer, in Cedar Rapids after arrest in Oklahoma City on a false uttering of a $1,900 check at the Iowa Livestock Exchange. A separate civil matter saw Vida Watson’s $1,000 personal injury suit dismissed with prejudice. A new trial motion was heard in Gladys Zuber v Williams Serbousck and Johnson after a jury ruled for defendants in 1936.

C'rles Josifek John T Moffit Sixteenth Avenue SW G. K Thompson Linkhart James H Smith Dick Payn Cedar Rapids Joel D. Linkhart Oklahoma City Okla Ilowa Smith and Ryan Vida Watson John T F . Ellison Gladys Zuber Williams Serbousck Johnson County

Bell receiver deal for Springville Water Works approved

District court Judge H C Ring Munday approved the final report and accounting of WW E Bell as receiver of the Springville Water Works company in a case arising from a lease action brought by Mrs C Ceishman on July 6, 1936.

WW E Bell Springville Water Works Company H C. Ring Munday C . Ceishman

Card of Thanks and Lost Ads in The Gazette

Announcements note a Card of Thanks for Bert Taylor and family for kindness after loss, with appreciation for flowers. Several Lost ads offer rewards for a pay envelope and a Boston bull terrier, with contact numbers. Various services and sales appear, including moving, watch repair, loan, and clothing offers.

Taylor Bert Bert Taylor St. SE

Trade School Classifieds Seek Young Lady and Housekeeping Help

Classified notices advertise services of a young lady for party goods sales with experience and design skills at Ginsbere's after 7 pm 1811 Bever Ave. Another listing seeks an elderly housekeeper aged 40-50, and a competent girl for general housework with address Box P-40 Gazette. Also mentions experienced beauty operators downtown and a down town shop.

Ginsbere Bever Gazette Gazette Ee Johnson Allison Chee Wilkes Aliss McGovern Montrose Calif Miss Bowers Magnus Rivens Paramount Ride Smulekoff Detroit Jewel Florence Sinulekoff Furniture Co 3Rd Ave Cedar Rapids Liberal Commission Stewart Brown McCoy Otel Paramount

Blake and Zell Blake Named Defendants in Entry by Judge

A civil entry records judgment for the plaintiff Monday with $25 and costs by agreement. Judge John Te Moffit authored the entry naming Louis Blake and Zell Blake as defendants.

John Te Moffit Louis Blake Zell Blake

Births Reported For Nine Families In City

Born to Mr and Mrs Fred Dammert a daughter Myrna Loy Oct 10 at Mercy hospital births listed for Bert Puckett Joseph Fonda John Ze man Jack Kazebeer Walter Corum Pread Fite Walford Emerson Kenneth Deal and others with Mercy Mercy hospital repeatedly named among locations and dates Oct 10 and 22 noted for several newborns.

Fred Dammert Thirteenth Avenue Myrna Loy Bert Puckett Nineteenth Street St. Lukes Hospital Joseph Fonda Thirteenth Street NW Assum Get Mercy Hospital John Zeman L322 Avenue Merey Hospital Jack Kazebeer Second Avenue Walter Corum Manon Merv Hospital Pread Fite Phoat Meres Hospital Walford’ Emerson Sod Kenneth Deal Shirley Jeanne

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