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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1934

Page

13

Hog Prices Hold Steady At Chicago Stockyards Amid Slow Market

Hog prices remained steady in Chicago as receipts showed a slow market. Top bids for choice barrows and gilts stood around 4.00, with steady to slightly higher moves in some regions. Lambs and cattle also posted modest activity as totals reflected subdued demand and mixed regional results.

Chicago Arcura Ifate Cleveard Pittsburgh East Buffalas Fort S. Louis Oparker Cleveland Roe Tay Pitt East B St Lou's Clevelard East Buffalo Louis Omaila Uc S Dept Agricu’tre Omotor Severa Strane

Local Hog Market Shows Slight Advance on Friday

Hog prices strengthened on the local market Friday with all grades up a nickel. Prime top reached $3.35 while good grades topped at $2.55. Calf market eased to choice 130 190 pounds at $3.00 to 4 5.0? per hundredweight. Fed lambs 80 to 90 pounds around $7.00. Buck lambs listed at $1.00 to $3.58 per hundredweight.

Califormians Associated Press Waterloo Mason City Des Moines Sinclair Prine Howe

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Catalog Patch

Mixed Cedar Rapids listing details crops hay produce fruit vegetables and wholesale items. Prices shown for hay and bale straw. includes grain rye and wheat figures and various farm products. The fragmentary catalog notes wholesale produce and tied prices for regional buyers.

Stock Rally Widens Gains Amid Mixed Friday Trading

Wall Street extended gains led by aircraft shares in late morning and a broad market drifted. United Aircraft, Douglas, Santa Fe, US Steel and American Telephone rose modestly while bonds and utilities firmed. the Senate bill on stock regulation stirred sentiment as traders waited for clearer guidance.

New York Baisley United Aircraft Douglas Santa Fe Steel Consolidated Gas American Telephone Public Service of New Jersey North American American Water Works

Grain Prices Hold Firmer Tone On Chicago Wheat Board

Chicago reports show a firmer undertone in wheat despite early lows as May futures in Chicago and Liverpool close differ slightly. Dry weather presses the winter and spring belts while silver news and Washington policy chatter inject uncertainty. cash and futures activity varies with 30k bushels traded and 62 cars received.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Millers Weekly Canadian Northwest Southwest Liscaro Liverpool Washington

Valiva Plans Sept Campaign Against Devil Duce Attack

The embattled Valiva of Zan rewiogs era plans a September offensive against the Devil Duce. He vows to reveal divine information to thwart world takeover and will tour revival meetings with a 63 member band to recruit support for his Zion Trust, aiming to regain control of his enterprises.

Valiva Wobur Cileun Wan Yuan Eva Voliva Devia Nest Chiaa Zion Trdustres Inc

Forests Guarded by New Lumber Code in Northwest

The Pacific Northwest moves to enforce forest practice rules under the NRA lumber code starting June 1. Federal officials aim for sustained yield, protection from fire and pests, and restocking. Washington and Oregon landowners face federal law once codes are approved. A push to acquire forty four million privately owned acres is tied to watershed, erosion control, and recreation goals.

Portland Ore INS Pacific Northwest Regional Forester Co J. Buck Federal Forest Service NRA Roosevelt Buck Douglas Fir Western Pine Division Lumber Code Authority Oregon Washington West

General MacArthur urges bill to enlarge Army by 48000

General Douglas MacArthur told a House subcommittee that a Thompson bill would raise enlisted ranks from 118,750 to 165,000 and officers from 12,000 to 14,063. He said enacting the measure would improve national security and rehabilitate thousands of young men harmed by the depression. Authorities noted existing authorization allowed 286,000 enlisted and 18,000 officers but years of cutbacks reduced those numbers.

Washington Douglas MacArthur Army Staff House Representative Thompson Texas United States MacArthur

Great Lakes ships await busy season

Cleveland dispatch notes the lake fleet readies for a brisk season as hundreds of ore and coal carriers return to service. Ports raid in repairs while captains foresee about 70 million tons moved, split between iron ore and coal, with May ice clearance enabling fuller sailing.

Cleveland Ohio Great Lakes Com Sault Ste Marie Canal St. Mary's River Duluth Superior Marquette Lorain Ashtabula Pittsburgh Youngstown Steubenville Weirton Wheeling West Virginia Pennsylvania Northwest

Low Air Mail Bids Surprise Across Routes

Bids for air mail contracts reveal prices from Alfred Frank to various cities including Salt Lake City Great Falls Boston Newark and Chicago New Orleans and Braniff and Pacific Seaboard listed. Reed Air Line bid on only a portion of the Amarillo Fort Worth route, causing its bid to be discarded.

Salt Lake City Great Falls Mont Alfred Frank Boston Newark American Air Lines, Inc Chicago New Orleans Weddel- Williams Air Service, Inc Braniff Airways, Inc St. Louis Flying Service, Inc Pacific Seaboard Air Lines, Inc Robertson Airplane Service Co Inc Muncie Aviation Corp

How To Dinwide Dollar For Best Food Values

Fort Collins Colorado nutritionist Ruth McCammon outlines a five part food budget. She recommends allocating money to milk and dairy, vegetables and fruits, meats fish and eggs, cereals, and fats and sugars. In emergencies she suggests up to one third of the budget for milk and dairy.

Fort Collins Colo Fins Ruth McCammon

Miss Vaughan Launches Political Career After Graduation

Chicago AP reports Miss Martha Vaughan 21, daughter of Dr William Vaughan Cook County hospital night warden, cast her first vote in the primary and likely voted for herself. She began a political career two weeks after graduating from the University of Chicago as a candidate for Democratic committeewoman in Bremen Sixth precinct. Her two opponents are men.

Chicago Martha Vaughan William Vaughan Cook County Hospital Vaughan University of Chicago Bremen

Markets in Chicago Produce Report Showing Mixed Prices

The Chicago market notes unsettled butter and egg prices with gains in some dairy grades. Potatoes and poultry show steady to moderate demand, while futures sections hint at fluctuating but steady supplies and limited trading activity.

Chicago Idaho Rusetta Washington Texas Biss Us&s

Be Shifty at the Plate Says Al Demaree

Baseball tips from Al Demaree explain left hand batters use the left foot as the starting point and the right foot as guide. The batter should turn toward first base depending on tap full swing or wrist swing and stay nimble to react to fastballs curve balls or changes in pace.

AL Demaree Heen

Mystery surrounds Franco-Japanese Manchukuo pact

Dispatches from Tokio claim a Franco Japanese financial agreement for Manchukuo has been signed. The French side denies ties to Andre d Olivier while the steel trust and national association for economic expansion say they sent him to Japan to gather information.

Paris INS Manchukuo Tokio Manchuria Andre d'Olivier National Association For Economic Expansion Comite de Forge Steel Trust d’Olivier Japan Etienne Fougere D'Olivier Foreign Office Ministry of Colonies Marthe Hanau Referrin Russia Fougere South Manchuria

Wallace To Speak In Nebraska Arbor Day Ceremony

Secretary Wallace leaves Washington Friday night for Nebraska City to speak Monday at Arbor Day exercises hosted by J. Sterling Morton. He will visit his mother in Des Moines on Sunday before heading to Nebraska.

Washington Wallace Nebraska City Neb J. Sterling Morton

Germany Observes Hitler Birthday Quietly

Berlin reports a muted birthday for Chancellor Adolf Hitler with no parades or pomp, church bells tolling at noon, and a Nazi gift of a month’s vacation for storm troopers. The observance emphasized restraint at the leader’s request.

Berlin INS Germany Adolf Hitler Hitler

Floyd Finney Named Arlington Postmaster

Representative Biermann of Iowa announced Floyd Finney as acting postmaster at Arlington Iowa in Fayette County. He succeeds William E. Anderson whose term expires April 29.

Washington Biermann Iowa Floyd Finney Arlington Fayette County William E. Anderson

Washington Youth Dies After Train Strike

Martin Little, 22, of Washington Iowa, was struck by a freight train Tuesday afternoon in Muscatine and died Friday morning at a hospital. An inquest was ordered by Coroner W S Norton. the body was returned to Washington.

Muscatine Martin Little Washington, Ir W S Norton Washington

First Chicago Fleet Casualty Aboard Lexington

Aviation Machinist Mate Rudolph Hovey of Boston drowned after falling from the aircraft carrier Lexington during the Atlantic fleet’s departure from California. He is the first casualty since the fleet sailed. Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross named a national monument by President Hoover in 1929.

U. S. S. Chicago Lexington Rudolph Hovey Joseph Hovey Boston California Colorado Hoover

Two Abductors of Missouri Highway Policeman Caught

Missouri highway patrolman Cheatec Oliver was abducted near Lincoln MO and released near a country church. Two suspects Virgil Marks and James E. Clark were captured fleeing Boonville. a third captive fled. Oliver described fearing murder and scratched Virgil Marks’s name on his hat to aid identification.

Boomville Rios Cheatec Oliver Clyde Barrow Here B. T. McCullough Lake of the Ozarks Gisoline Virgil Marks Springfield James E. Clark Joplin Boonville Marks Lincoln Clark James Clark Kansas State Penitentiary Lansing Possemen

Six Navy Planes To Survey The Aleutian Islands

Six U S navy amphibian planes were to depart Friday on a survey flight from San Diego to Sacramento and Seattle for Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A second air and a submarine expedition were planned later in spring to assess the feasibility of bases on the western U S possession.

San Diego Calif INS U. S. Navy Sacramento Seattle Wash Alaska Aleutian Islands

Three Die When Auto Hits Truck in Chicago Crash

Three men died and a fourth was seriously injured when a car struck a heavy truck in Chicago Friday. Victims named Mathews Grogan 33 a sanitary district engineer Anthony Gaughan 30 tavern owner and Edward Penders 60. John Gill 28 the car’s driver survived with serious injuries. Police detained Berle Blanchard of Kalamazoo Michigan driver of the truck involved in the collision.

Chicago Mathews Grogan Anthony Gaughan Edward Penders John Gill Berle Blanchard Kalamazoo Mich Michigan Interstate Transfer Company Gill

Relief Workers Strike Halts Hoopeston Paving

About 50 relief workers in Hoopeston Illinois walked off the job halting street paving. They seek a raise from 35 cents to 40 cents per hour amid the ongoing paving project.

Hoopeston, II Hoopeston

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Sample Classified Items

The text lists consecutive day prices for ad lines and a 10 cent out-of-town insertion fee. It then presents example Want Ads including sports goods coins shoes trusses rugs cleaning services and other local offerings with contact hints and payment notes. The items illustrate typical classifieds in a 20th century newspaper.

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