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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1936
Page
3
The Chicago livestock market shows hog prices steady to 10 cents lower with top quotes around 10.80 and late declines. Receipts for the week were light, totaling 6,645 hogs, the smallest in six months, while shipments to eastern markets remained dull and pork demand weak amid holidays.
Fragmented OCR records various prices and items including hides and materials. Mentions No 1 and No 2 cured hides with per unit prices, Green hides and Kip hides, and comparisons of bale and bale-like listings. No clear event or individuals identifiable.
Hog prices on the local market remain steady with no changes in all grades since Friday. The top price holds at 1045 dollars while the local car market shows slight softness.
In New York a calm bond session sees demand for Treasuries and agency issues mixed with modest gains among corporate bonds. Yields hold near recent levels as investors weigh inflation signals and Federal policy expectations.
A fragmented Chicago produce notice lists assorted market items and prices with scattered figures. The garbled text mentions eggs butter and various regional references, but no coherent sale or outcomes are clear.
Mrs. C D Baldwin was appointed postmaster at Cascade Iowa by Rep. R M Jacobsen on Saturday morning. The appointment was announced in Washington and confirms local federal postal service leadership. The change places Baldwin in charge of Cascade's mail operations and customer services.
Chicago wheat futures moved in two directions on Saturday with new crop months firm and the May contract easing. End values saw May at 94 cents, with corn down and oats holding. Weather in the southwest brought conflicting reports of drought and wind, while forecasts promised relief with showers in parts of Kansas.
Buoyant buying in steels sparked a sharp Saturday rally with many issues rising about three points to multi year highs. U S Steel bought 25 000 to 30 000 tons of scrap signaling higher production. Leaders included U W Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet and Tube Aero naval American Rolling AE General Motors Chrysler New York Central Southern Pacific and more. Transf ers reached about 1 100 000 shares as Europe steadied and domestic outlook brightened attracting sidelined buyers.
A garbled OCR fragment from Minneapolis references a bet and various names including Pris Alice and a puzzling sequence of terms. No clear action or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
Fragmentary AP copy describes a heated argument between Mr and Mrs Love in St Louis Abun area. A man and his wife are involved. a fire erupts, clothing damages, a blanket flame incident. A daughter is reported with facial injuries and hospital transfer noted.
Governor Jarces states that state employment cards were used by critics and fees to profit from job writers. The scheme included selling cards for up to 25 dollars and forging them, according to the governor.
In Eugene Oregon professor Eyler Brown of the University of Oregon gave an agriculture class an examination and then graded the papers. He discovered one unmarked paper and found it was his own with a grade of C meaning average.
Oklahoma City case details a man named Chester L Earhart who left his dentures with a dentist. The dentist jailed for six days and Earhart rented a lawyer who got the keys to retrieve the teeth from the locked office. He found his teeth among plates and enjoyed a steak dinner at home.
Decorah girl Ruth Roberts, daughter of Supt T R Roberts, won the Winneshiek county spelling contest held Saturday. Norma Nicholson of Ossian placed second and Elan R Brom of St. Aloysius Calmar finished third.
Born to Mr and Mrs Bernard Erger 2430 Johnson avenue NW a daughter on April 3 at Mercy hospital. Born to Mr and Mrs Joseph L Prachar Fairfax an eight pound son Marvin Joseph March 27.
The Methodist and Congregational churches join for Holy Week events with a Shadow of the Cross pageant at Congregational church directed by Rev. Carrie V. Lucas. A candle light communion at Congregational on Thursday. Rev A B Chamberlain of Arlington to speak. Good Friday service at Methodist with Rev Frank Moore of Manchester.
Bruno Hauptmann died in the electric chair in Trenton as his son Mannfred, named for a German ace, played with a toy engine in a New York apartment. He looked up to tell volunteer nurses Ruth and Lydia Werner to kiss his parents for him, as the child stayed awake past his usual bedtime while his father faced execution.
Superior ratings awarded in the district music contest here Friday afternoon and evening. Class A band Oelwein and Charles City. Class C orchestra Traer and Vinton school for the blind. Class B concert band Marion and Vinton. Class AA orchestra East Waterloo. Class A orchestra Oelwein. Class B orchestra Cresco West Union Grundy Center. Class C concert band Springville Van Hamme.
Deaths list Joseph Hilberger 77 of 1505 th avenue SE died at 1 10 am after a two week illness. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at the Sere chapel with Rev Frank Deteich Borie to officiate. Burial in the Bo cemun Neuctca cemetery. Also noted are obituaries for Frank J Kopetsky and Michael Zurka with funeral details, burial sites, and family condolences.
Dr Walter K Long a prominent Hampton physician and father of Mrs Bertram T Puckett died Friday evening at Hampton He was well known to local doctors and had visited here several times He is survived by his wife his daughter Mrs Puckett and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Amy Mollison Johnson abandoned a takeoff from a local field in Colomb-Béchar Morocco while attempting to set an England to Capetown flight record. She escaped injury after the mono plane cracked up.
Five marriage licenses granted listing Frank Williams of Walker with Frances Thedens of Rowley David Thomas of Palo with May Woodson of Shellsburg Raymond P Wickham of Ely with Flora Braninger of Cedar Rapids William Marion Sherman of Ames with Sybil Sheets of OUlic three couples involve Iowa locations and individuals from Walker Rowley Palo Ely Cedar Rapids Ames and OUlic fields.
The trout season will open April 15 as announced by the state conservation commission per an Associated Press dispatch from Des Moines. Many Cedar Rapids sportsmen expected northern Iowa streams to open Sunday and planned trips accordingly.
Vic Nebendahl, 26, pled not guilty in police court Saturday to a charge of intoxication and disturbing the peace. His bond was fixed at 110 dollars and the trial was set for Monday.
Three music teachers served as judges at the Nevada sub district contest held Thursday and Friday. Paul Anthony of McKinley High Helen Keith of Franklin High and Grace Meloney of McKinley and Roosevelt Senior High Schools contributed their expertise to the event.
At a monthly gathering the Illinois Central Service Booster club discussed the new pick up and delivery service and merchandise solicitation. Guests included Mr and Mrs Dean Knox and Arthur Torson with his sister.
The Linn county society of osteopathic physicians and surgeons met at 217 Park Court SE With Dr H L Hinton delivering a short ethics talk A round table discussion followed Plans were laid for an educational film presentation on professional matters at an upcoming meeting Dr Bert H Rice was named to prepare the program for the next gathering.
In district court Judge H C Ring revoked an earlier parole for Elzo Bowers 20 of Toddville after hearings on County Attorney G A Thompson action. Bowers had received a ten year indeterminate sentence to Anamosa reformatory for alleged robbery of Ida Filling near Toddville. He was arrested after poultry theft investigations tied to twelve chickens sold for 9.48 dollars. Bowers pled not guilty to the poultry theft charge.
A historic Easter luncheon features recipes for Easter Nests with tomato cheese sauce and rice molds, plus Orange Drops. The instructions detail filling buttered muffin cups, baking, arranging on plates, and garnishing. Also noted is engine valve clearance and seating for smooth operation.
Margaret Ellen Alexander wife of T R Alexander dies at 380 Eleventh St after a long illness. Survived by husband and daughter Mabel Alexander, two sisters, a niece and a son who died in 1880. Funeral Monday at 2 p m Yocom chapel with burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Also notes on Milwaukee Woman's club benefit, social visits, Lenten services, and community announcements.
Clarence Darrow said Hauptmann’s execution ends any hope of solving the Lindbergh kidnapping. The veteran defense attorney, stunned by the Friday night news, criticized the trial as a sham and blamed the atmosphere and self interest of principals for denying Hauptmann a genuine hearing.
A revolving buzz saw broke loose from its castings and was hurled into the air at a Cambridge Minnesota home. It killed 55 year old Peter Oman, a pioneer resident, as he was sawing wood. The blade nearly severed his head.
The Senate debated immigration policy while the House recessed for Friday. The Ways and Means Committee continued hearings on new tax legislation as the Interstate Commerce Committee examined a bill to protect railroad employees in consolidations. The day included discussion of criminal deportation bills and war profits adjustments, with a $115 million appropriation bill for state and federal agencies advancing to the Senate.
Barney Fleming of Seattle, a Black man, was hanged at the state penitentiary here on Friday night for the murder of his common law wife in Seattle, marking a capital punishment case concluded in the state.
Baptist Rev William Bridwell leads unified service 10 to 11 30 am with Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am. St Josephs Catholic mass at 8 and 10 am. Union service 7 30 pm at Presbyterian. Congregational Rev Hersbert Allen morning 11 sermon The Threat of the Stones with 10 am Sunday school. Pilgrim Highroaders meet 6 pm for picnic supper and meeting. Free Methodist Rev C O Monroe 9 45 am Sunday school 11 am and 7 45 pm preaching. Union evening service 7 30 at the Presbyterian church. Methodist Rev Ralph Hall Collis church school 9 45 am morning worship 11 am with baptism and membership class. Oxford club 6 30 pm Epworth league 6 30 pm What About Church Attendance topic. Presbyterian Rev W E Fisher 10 am Sunday school A J Taube superintendent morning worship 11 am sermon The Way the King Came, union evening service sermon Him self He Could Not Save organist Mrs Irvin Ford. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Rev C E Krog Sunday school 9 30 am Mrs Lester Boettcher superintendent morning worship 10 30 am Three Kinds of Friends When Jesus is Anointed for His Burial with choir and organ. Neighborhood Chapel Rev William Mathis 9 45 am Sunday school Mrs T J Milener superintendent morning worship 11 Se venth Day Church of God Ninth Ave at Sixth Street Sabbath school Saturday 10 30 am Mrs Carl Carver superintendent morning worship 11 30.
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