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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1937
Page
6
In Chicago the livestock market posted declines as beef and pork prices fell and supplies rose. Traders report top hogs at about 10. per hundredweight with many cattle trading near 15 to 25 dollars lower on the week. Representative sales show varied results across cows, heifers, and fat livestock, reflecting a cautious market.
Wall Street traders faced a choppy session as J E Bennett & Co guidance influenced a wide list of stocks. Main movers included Adams Express, Allied Chem, Kennecott, Johns Manville, and Natl Power, with several issues showing fractional gains or losses amid broad market volatility.
Hog prices on the local market weaken with declines of 20 to 30 cents across all grades. Top hog price drops to around 9.00 while cattle, except for canners and bulls, move about 50 cents lower. Calf, sheep, and feeder figures show varied declines amid overall softer demand. Industry listings show multiple price ranges for hogs, sows, and packers at Wilson & Co and Witton’s with mixed quality notes.
Wheat futures cooled slightly after earlier gains as December contracts softened by fractions of a cent. Minneapolis cash prices showed mixed bids with No 1 darks and No 2 whites quoted, while cash wheat, corn, oats and rye prices were provided for various grades.
Fragmentary stock notes show fluctuating activity in New York bond trading with muted gains and mixed yields. Traders eyed Treasury movements and corporate issues as markets opened before midday.
New York stocks surged on Monday after an early downturn as buyers returned amid beliefs that shares were oversold. Major gainers included US Steel Bethlehem General Motors American Telephone North American NY Central Great Northern US Rubber Goodyear Goodrich Deere International Harvester Kennecott Eastman Kodak and others amid a sharp reversal in an otherwise volatile trading session.
Funeral services for Mrs Frank S Fairley 38 of 2401 Tenth avenue Marion held Tuesday at 2 pm at Yocom chapel in charge of Rev E T Gough with O E S members assisting Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery She was born June 25 1899 at Rowan daughter of J A Whitten and Mrs Whitten and taught school before marriage to Frank Fairley on December 21 1923 The couple resided in Marion She survived by husband daughter Virginia Lea son Jack S parents two sisters and a grandfather etc.
Edward H. Harris, 57, president publisher of the Richmond Palladium Publishing Corp and secretary of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, died at home after a July illness from a toxic glandular ailment. He chaired the publishers press radio committee and served on NRA code and labor boards.
An Indianapolis man, Ray Sweezey or Ray Harwood, 35, was jailed after trying to sell $10 gold certificates for $1 in front of a downtown hotel. Police said the notes were genuine and several suspects refused to buy them. Sweezey claimed he could not recall the alleged dinners for hotel patrons.
Omaha city council ordered removal of all portable homes after touring the area from Twentieth to Twenty fourth streets. Police will be used if families do not leave voluntarily. Seven trailer families were found behind buildings on Douglas Street.
In Springfield Mrs Leonard Compton 20 left hospital with their eight day old baby after a maternity ward shooting. Leonard Compton 22 faces four counts of shooting with intent to kill after firing five shots injuring his wife and the bed and walls. He allegedly asked who the father of the baby was. the wife says he is the father.
Cole Porter, famed songwriter, was hospitalized in Glen Cove New York after a horse at the Piping Rock club reared and threw him, causing both legs to break.
River stage readings show minor movement at Davenport with rises of 0.5 feet in one location and small changes elsewhere. In New York markets US bonds closed with Treasury notes and bills yielding modest changes amid ongoing trading.
Herman Cook of Cedar Falls and Miss Jean Noble a Sorbonne student, with Sidney Gutknecht a University of Iowa student, join the Ladies Auxiliary and Canons of ICCF lodge for an inspection evening. A 6:30 picnic supper precedes the inspection. attendees bring picnic items. Billie and Dick Reed of Columbia College football visited Marion after playing at Parsons College. Mrs. Edward Reed and her infant son were brought home from St Luke’s hospital.
A dense jumble of notices and ads includes a $25 reward warning against misuse of Want Ads, shopping deals for shirts and ice cream, rail and moving services, nursing home and medical items, jewelry and watches cleaning, travel and tours, rummage sales, and local business promos. Multiple small business names and addresses appear among household and personal services.
Short notice announces expert watch repairing services with cleaning, adjusting and guaranteed work by Jess Manes, a watchmaker at Atz Loan Company 316 Third Ave SE. Also mentions Krebs Dutch Girl milk delivery route and an order line for morning deliveries.
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