War fears drive stock market to new highs then pull back
Wall Street opened with spectacular gains led by war stocks and steel names as traders bet on a coming European conflict. By the close about half the early gains faded amid late selling on news of last minute conciliation talks and the invasion of Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
Poland
York
INS
Wall Street
Germany
Volume Loft, Inc
U. S. Steel Oy
Chrysler Motors Oe
Republic Steel
Anaconda
General Motors Cone
Bethlehem Steel Cone
U. S. Rubber
Baldwin Locomotive
Kennecott
Jas. E. Bennett and Co
Merchants National Bank
W. H. Jump
Dick Moore Opens Dancing Studio in City
Dick Moore will open the Dick Moore Studio of Dancing in Room 206 at 119 Second Avenue SE with registration Sept 5 6 7 and 8 He has ten years professional experience including Hollywood work and membership in the Screen Actors Guild He has studied with leading schools and danced with notable bands and choreographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Moore
Second Avenue SE
Moore
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
LeRoy Prinz
Busby Berkeley
Nick Castle
Fanchon and
Marco
Louis de Pron
Herbie Kay
Fred Waring
Frankie Masters
Pop Cameron
Mrs Mayme Ormiston Builds Fire Proof Hatchery
Brooklyn hatchery owner Mrs Mayme Ormiston initiates construction of a new fire proof hatchery to house 9000 baby chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mayme Ormiston
Brooklyn Hatchery
Record-Setting Truck Narrates 790000 Mile Journey
A Ford V-8 truck visiting Perry C. Rude of Rude Auto in Cedar Rapids boasts 790000 miles of operation. It ran 784000 miles for Petroleum Carrier of Jacksonville hauling 4800000 gallons from Charleston to stations across Florida Georgia and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Perry C. Rude
Rude Auto Company
Ford
Petroleum Carrier Corporation of
Jacksonville
Fla
Charleston
S. C
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Union Pacific Palace Headliner and Blotto Comedy
Union Pacific stars Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea deliver standout performances as a postmaster and government troubleshooter with Akim Tamiroff and others. The Palace program also features the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy Blotto for a double feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Miss Stanwyck
McCrea
Akim Tamiroff
Robert Preston
Lynn Overman
Brian Donlevy
Palace
Blotto
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Boland Ruggles At Paramount Tuesday
They All Come Out a drama of the federal prison system featuring Rita Johnson Tom Neal Bernard Nedell and Edward Gargan and shot at Alcatraz with government cooperation highlights a program. The piece notes Boland and Ruggles as fit parents to adopt his grandson permanently and marks the first on screen Alcatraz footage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcatraz
Rita Johnson
Tom Neal
Bernard Nedell
Edward Gargan
New Car and Truck Registrations in Linn for August
August registrations in Linn county totaled 169 cars, up from 122 in August 1938 though below the five Augusts before 1938. Trucks reached 26, up from 24 in August 1938, but under the peak months of 1939 and previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Local Securities Price Range Notice
Not quotes but ranges of recent transactions for bonds and other issues. Readers may contact The Gazette financial editor in Cedar Rapids Town for unquoted securities and further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Cedar Ranlds
Town
Local permits issued in the past week list repairs and new garages
A long list of permit entries, naming homeowners and firms such as W O Schultz, Cherry Burrell, Cedar Rapids Building and Loan, and Charles Landergott, with project types including new garages and remodels and dollar values up to 25 000. Locations span SE NE NW SW and include avenues, streets, and city districts.
Remodeling and Roofing Costs Across City Housing
Third avenue SE remodels garage at 300 dollars while 1128 Fifteenth street SE reroofs for 5800 dollars. Dan Harrington at 1733 Higley avenue SE plans to reside dwelling costing 215 dollars. Fred J. Fink at 1330 Eighth street NW undertakes dwelling remodel for 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
New Show Monday At State Theater
A new stage program opens Monday at the State Theater featuring a tale of a sister seeking a real home and a mismatched but hopeful romance with Kane Richmond. The program also includes Death of a Champion starring Lynne Overman and Susan Paley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Papa Carrillo
Kane Richmond
Marjorie
Lynne Overman
Susan Paley
State Film Stars Maxwell In Debut
Maxwell returns to the screen in a new State Theater debut next Thursday. Darryl F Zanuck selects a stellar cast including Ann Sothern Linda Darnell James Ellison Jean Rogers Lynn Bari Belle of the beach Betty Grable leads featured starlets in Paramounts Million Dollar Legs also on the program. Cast includes Jackie Coogan John Hartley and Larry Crabbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darryl F. Zanuck
Ann _ Sothern
Linda Darnell
James Ellison
Jean Rogers
Lynn Bari
Betty Grable
Paramount
Jackie Coogan
John Hartley
Larry Crabbe
In Name Only Featured At Iowa
The feature fuses and refuses to give up a secure position and prospects. The companion melodrama Behind Prison Gates stars Brian Don levy and Jacqueline Wells about life inside a large penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Brian Donlevy
Jacqueline Wells
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Rise Again for Week End Sept 2
Cedar Rapids Clearing House reports weekly bank clearings totaling 1,006,839.19 dollars for the week ending September 2, ahead of the 909,863.28 dollars for the prior week and above the 995,035.19 dollars recorded the same week last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Clearing House
Wheat Gains and Slumps in War Scare on Chicago Board
Fear of broad European conflict sparked a volatile Chicago wheat session with 50 million bushels traded. Prices spiked up to limit gains for December and May wheat before retreating, with mixed results across corn oats soybeans and related futures as traders weighed war risks and holiday factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Europe
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg Market Wheat and Minneapolis Cash Grain Notes
Minneapolis cash grain prices note WHEAT receipts 608 cars with No 1 heavy dark northern and No 1 dark northern futures quoted. Prices include No 1 hard Montana winter and amber durum ranges, with durum and red durum values. Corn No 3 yellow and oats white quoted with barley at 32 to 54 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Montana
Dunn Named Lever Bros. Salesman in Cedar Rapids
D A Dunn of 1420 First Avenue West has been named Lever Bros. salesman for the Cedar Rapids territory. He has seven years of Cedar Rapids sales experience. A full roundup sale in local groceries accompanies the announcement, featuring Lever Bros. products and other popular items with western roundup imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Dunn
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Lever Bros
Dunn
West
Temporary Business Boom Expected When War Comes
Henry Paynter reports that while some business leaders fear wartime disruption and cost, a survey finds European war conditions could spur immediate activity across many sectors. Consumption, heavy industry and utilities show rising indicators, with steel, housing, autos and railways benefiting as war readiness drives production and inventories.
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America
Federal Reserve
Associated Press Weekly
Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board
Europe
England
France
United States
E York
August Real Estate and Mortgage Conveyances in Linn County
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County for August 25 to 31 as reported by Linn County Abstract Co include 34 mortgages totaling 69 960.38. The August comparison shows 1935 182 conveyances, 1936 251, 1937 242, 1938 245, 1939 245. mortgages 151 in 1935 128 in 1936 94 in 1937 117 in 1938 146 in 1939. Aggregate mortgage values for August 1936 342 984 36 and 1939 374 881 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
JOSS pice + Bees Bees
Chicago and North Western Shows Large July Income Rise
The Chicago and North Western railway reports July 1939 net operating income of 530 965, up from 231 106 in July 1938, a 130 percent gain despite 300 000 more maintenance outlay. Freight and passenger revenues rose about 9 percent. Iron ore traffic boosted freight. fairs travel and better service boosted passengers. Anticipated similar August gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and North Western Railway
Cedar Rapids
Newcomer Rentals Details Cedar Rapids Move In
New resident John A Moorman moves from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids and rents a house at 1009 A avenue NE from Frank L Buser. Through Hedges company another lease is for 624 Third avenue SE owned by Iowa Securities corporation and rented by S M Smyth of Anamosa. Charles L Hollingsworth moving from Marion rents 854 Center Point road NE owned by Belmont Park Additions via the same firm.
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John A Moorman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
A Avenue
Frank L. Buser
Hedges Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa Securities Corporation
S M. Smyth
Anamosa
Charles L Hollingsworth
Marion
Ter Point Road
Bellmont Park Additions
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Sipican Vuvilubivibe
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
General Motors
American Zinc
Curtiss- Wright
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Crucible
Chrysler
Winnipeg
U. S
Messinger & Sons
Cartage Contractors
1St Avenue NW
Union Pacific
Palace Headliner
Boland, Ruggles
The
Maryland
Mass Invest
Nor Am Tr
Std Oil
Elec Ltd& Pow
UB Elec Lt
Jo H. Petelle
Tom
Bette Forrest
Mr. Petelle
William Drenthe
Local Securities
Central States
Mies Co
Froding Roosevelt
A Pr Co
Elec
It & Pr. Co
Land & Bldg
United
Maine
United Lt. & Ry
Delaware
Elec. Co
Ries." Co
Saeco Neane
Whee Iy
LaPlant Choate Mfg Co
National Oats Common
Wou Sen
Iowa Securities
Interstate ‘Power Co
Towa Southern Utilities
Southern” “Utilities
Towa ‘Southern’ ‘Utilities
Tow
University
Sioux City Gas & Elec. Co
Waterloo, Cedar Fails
Western Grocer Co
Estern Grocer Co
W. O. Schultz
Park Avenue
Charles Netolicky
Fifth Avenue
Harry Preston
Shaver Road
Cherry-Burrell Company
Ay Avenue
Susie Toeller
S. B. Cowden
Tenth Street
Emma V. Snyder
L. O. Hopker
Eighteenth Street
Frank J. Svoboda
Fifteenth Avenue
Wendl Kroupa
Eighth Avenue SE
Stodola
Avenue NW
J.F. Ball
Seventeenth Street
N. D. Graufler
Twenty Fifth Street Drive
Paul B. Bradley
Twelfth Street
L. Philips
Charles Landergott
Hamilton Street
Frank J. Horak
C Avenue NE
K. C. Rollins
Frank Havlik
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Assn
T. H. DeWees
Twenty-second Street
Ferris Risk
Eleventh Street
J. F. Christie
Seventh Avenue SE
E. C. McDonald
Lincoln Avenue
D. F. Boyle
D Avenue
William McQuiston
M Street
Mrs. M. Hronek
Third Street
O. E. Cress
Frank Michalec
Fifth Street
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Eva Hazen
Ernest Dvorak
Nineteenth Avenue
Richard E. Killian
Linden Drive
Fred C. Anderson
Meadowbrook Drive
Albert Cooper
T. C. Robbins
B. J. Zimmerman
Fourteenth Street
John Morey
Rockford Road
Gene Stark
Aang
John Vosdingh
Thirteenth Avenue
Wendl Drakozal
Fourah Avenue
Jenista
Daniels Street
Otto Thorson
Ninth Street
O. J
Viola Elsenbast
Maxwell
E. Cohn & Sons
H Ave
Penick & Ford
Henry Paynter
A. P
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
C. and
N. W
Dows Jones
Lonis
Ciicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Merchant National
Newcomer Rentals
Hall Manufacturing CO
Chrysler Airtemp
1St Ave. W
E. B. Laurer
CO. One
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