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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1934

Page

4

Livestock Market Activity Mixed Across Major Markets

U.S. meat markets report Chicago still with light cattle and strong hog and sheep trades while Kansas City and St Paul absorb larger government and drought cattle. Omaha and Cincinnati show varied tones with hogs higher and cattle steady to weak amid large direct shipments to slaughter.

Kansas City Omaha St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Omaha Livestock US Dept Agriculture Eerie i Sniex and ST. Paul South ST Paul Montanas Picats Kansas St Joseph

Bond Markets on New York Traders Tuesday Update

New York bond market activity showed mixed to firmer tone as Treasury notes and industrials traded with varied demand. Prices rose for some issues while government and corporate bonds posted modest gains, reflecting cautious investor sentiment amid ongoing market volatility.

Miscellaneous Market Notes From New York and Minneapolis

AP reports sugar futures unchanged and reseed shipments steady. Foreign exchange rates show multiple currencies and parities, with edge demand noted for several pairs. Flour market from Minneapolis lists shipments and pricing for pure bran standard middlings and futures.

New York France Germany Norway Sweden Denmark Greece Austria Hungary Tokio Shanghai Mexico City Montreal Minneapolis

Local hog market shows slight advance on Tuesday

Hogs rise modestly with all grades up five cents. Choice top climbs to 4.25 while packer top hits 355. Local corn market trends weaker.

Sinclair

Cedar Rapids Market Prices Mixed Across Wheat to Barley

Local Cedar Rapids market lists wholesale fruit vegetables and farm goods with varied prices. Wheat oats rye and barley show mixed declines and gains while poultry, eggs, and broilers fetch modest sums. Produce items include oranges California Valencias grapefruits potatoes bananas lettuce and peaches with several price points recorded.

Hennery

Court House News on Biren Boysen Case and Chicks Manufacturing

Biren Boysen, assignee for Chicks Manufacturing of Grand Rapids Michigan, seeks 548 40 in a district court under a contract with salesman duties. The case outlines likely foreclosure or debt actions, with references to early terms and involvement of multiple parties. The report notes court procedures and filings, including party roles and monetary figures.

Biren Boysen Chicks Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids Mich Yudeimermn District Court Amit Creul Mirster Rye Saleman

Wheat and grains fall on Chicago board of trade trading

Grain traders moved into the wheat pit with sell pressure on Tuesday as prices closed weaker. Wheat dropped 1.44 to 1 1/4 cents, corn and oats also eased. traders cited favorable weather signals, ongoing crop concerns in Alberta and three Canadian provinces, and mixed international outlooks affecting buying interest.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Montana Alberta Sanford Evans Australia Broomhall Winnipeg Liverpool

Grain Prices and Local Notices From Midwest Markets

Grain movement reports show Chicago Chicago Casit GRAIN and Minneapolis cash grain values with quotes for wheat, corn, oats and timothy, including No 2 hard and yellow varieties and sample grades. The Shellsburg and Hazleton notices record a class reunion and a funeral with listed attendees and pallbearers, reflecting local community events.

Chicago Harley

Wall St Stocks Slip Then Partly Recover Amid Rail Losses

The New York market opened soft with rails dragging on a cautious forenoon. A late session rally helped by gains in American Telephone Du Pont U S Steel and Montgomery Ward trimmed losses, with about 590000 shares traded and Santa Fe New York Central and Northern Pacific among weak performers.

NEW York Santa Fe New York Central American Telephone du Pont U. S. Steel Montgomery Ward Chicago N. Y. Central and Northern Pacific Union Pacific Baltimore & Ohio U S. Steel Bethlehem Steel Corn Products Allied Chemical General Motors Chrysler American Can U. S. Smelting Cerro de Pasco Homestake Mining

Omaha Rides Cars Again After Five Day Strike

After five days of walking or riding jitneys to work, Omaha street car service resumed at 4 a.m. Tuesday following a union vote to return to work. Monday night 170 to 75 members approved ending the walkout. about 150 union men did not vote. The five day strike was without violence.

Omaha

Commons Approves British Air Plans

London reports the House of Commons overwhelmingly approved expansion plans for Britain’s air force. The vote followed Premier Baldwin’s warning that Germany may greatly enlarge its armaments. A Labour motion to censure the plans failed 404 to zero.

London Great Britain House of Commons Stanley Baldwin Germany

New Rock Island official named Cedar Rapids Dakota division head

Joseph L. Hayes longtime Rock Island trainmaster at Manly is named superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Dakota division and will take the post August 1. He succeeds A L Haldeman who retired May 1 due to ill health. Hayes is brother of John KR Hayes roadmaster for the Rock Island and a Cedar Rapids resident.

Joseph L Larry” Hayes Rock Island Railroad Manly Cedar Rapids-Dakota A. L. Haldeman John KR. Hayes Rock Island Cedar Rapids

Sheriff Demonstrates Submachine Gun Accuracy in Practice

Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus and Deputy Jack Evans tested the county Thompson submachine gun. At thirty to forty yards Petrus hit a man-sized target with fourteen of fifteen shots in the fatal zone and scored six bull’s-eyes in a forty-yard bull’s-eye. Evans placed all fifteen shots in a small bull’s-eye at thirty-five yards.

Joseph A. Petrus Jack Evans Petrus Thompson Evans

Linn Board Defers Action On County Coal Bids

Linn county board of supervisors opened bids from fifteen firms for the 1934 35 coal supply and deferred action to August 7. Contracts cover 600 tons six inch lump coal with 100 ton option for the Linn county home 500 tons three by six inch coal for the courthouse and jail with 100 ton option and 3 000 tons for relief heating and cooking with a 2 000 ton option. Bids from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Marion and other firms are listed.

Linn County Board of Supervisors Linn County W. G. Block Company Chadima Coal Company Ives-Frana Coal Company John Ireland Coal Company Central Park Fuel Company Diamond Block Coal Company 8S. Goldberg and Company Manson Coal Company Taylor Coal Company City Fuel Company E. E. Pinney Coal Company Cedar Rapids Fuel Company Cedar Rapids Norwood-White Coal Company Des Moines Rathbun Coal Company Rathbun Biddick - Eastman Lumber Company Marion

Austrian Crisis Deepens After Dollfuss Assassination

Two assassins planning to hang as the regime moves to seize control in Austria. Vice-chancellor Starhemberg takes command of the fatherland front as the government vows a showdown with the Nazis. Planetta and Holzweber face high treason charges amid a tense political standoff.

Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg Fatherland Front Heilmwehr Holnzweber Planetta Dollfuss Holzweber Austria Jugoslavian Ernst von Starhemberg Johann Reither Lower Austria Germany Lavamuende Rabenstein Carinthia

Marion Methodist Women to Meet and Picnic Plans

Marion area church groups announce meetings for the Methodist Ladies Aid divisions with picnics at Thomas park and private homes around Marion. Other church sides plan all day gatherings and a Springville Wyoming concert at the American Legion pool. Local obituaries, visits, and reunions also appear among the community notes.

Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church Keystone Thomas Park Comforter John Sidlinger George McBride Marion Gleaners Loyal Owen Turner Central City R. B. Eckhart True Blue Rainbow Springville Wyoming American Legion Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church Clarence Russell

Japan Undecided On Naval Treaty Policy

Premier Keisuke Okada told foreign correspondents Japan does not expect the United States or Great Britain to reduce armaments to Japan's level. He said Japan is undecided whether to abrogate the Washington treaty of 1922 establishing a 5-5-3 ratio for capital ships, but he expressed confidence in the naval conference's success.

TOKIO Japan America Great Britain Keisuke Okada United States Britain

Bates As Receiver Seeks $15,212 Judgment

D W Bates state superintendent of banking as receiver of the Peoples Savings Bank of Shellsburg seeks a $15,212.72 judgment in district court against R Burm Hayes administrator of the John M Hayes estate on a secured promissory note.

D W Bates Peoples Savings Bank of Shellsburg R. Burm Hayes John M. Hayes

Leonard Sues Cedar Rapids Water Works Over Water Mains

Leonard files a district court suit against the city of Cedar Rapids and the City Water Works seeking to bar maintenance of water mains on land he claims title to near Thirty-second Street NE. He alleges July 3 work damaged drains and obstructed public drainage and asks restoration and title guardianship of 55.23 acres across three parcels.

Leonard Cedar Rapids City Water Works Thirty-second Street City Water Department

Board Sets Culvert Pipe Contracts for Aug 16

The county board of supervisors scheduled August 16 at 10 30 am for letting contracts on 450 feet of culvert pipe for two remaining PWA projects. The estimated total is 758 dollars and 96 cents. In Marengo, the Iowa county old age pension board opened seventy applications in its first week of activity under Chairman H W Brandt.

County Board of Supervisors PWA Marengo Iowa County Old Age Pension Board H. W. Brandt June Hamm M. Jd. Hartz

Supervisors Set Budget Hearing For August 14 At 2 P.M

County supervisors announced the budget hearing for August 14 at 2 p.m. The session will outline the anticipated revenue for county funds for the next year and establish a basis for the tax levy.

Linn County Board of Supervisors

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