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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1932
Page
3
Strong general market with top hogs around 5 dollars per unit and mixed beef and cattle prices. Reports show prime hogs and sows trading briskly while cattle and feeder offerings varied by weight, with notable lot prices and ranges across packing, feeder, and stocker categories.
Market page notes a slight shift in hog prices with uncertain figures. Readers are advised that quotes vary by seller and region, with some traders reporting small uplifts while others see minor declines.
Markets in Chicago see slight declines across grains with wheat easing while oats show mixed moves and rye firming amid cautious trading. Prices drift as traders mark time, with volume subdued and futures edges modest.
A sprawling quote list from Chicago and Minneapolis detailing grains including wheat corn oats and futures prices. It notes firm market moves in several commodities and references brokerage sentiment on bottoming and renewed buying.
A fragmentary market listing shows numbers and symbols with prices like 7, 8, and 3 scattered among unreadable text. Mentions of market items, dates, and a few legible digits hint at a sale or pricing schedule on a dated page.
Wall Street traders pared gains as early strength faded amid a broad market pullback. Investors watched a mix of earnings and unseen domestic and international factors, with analysts noting caution and technical selling as the session progressed.
The fragment indicates Willie Willis and the Pass Hive brothers arrived late or were barred from discussion. The text suggests a disruption or obstruction at a gathering, with Willie Willis unable to proceed as others blocked his effort.
Ten members of the Linn County Taxpayers League reviewed the proposed 1933 county budget with the board of supervisors at a Monday courthouse hearing. Concord hosted the session as supervisors welcomed the group to aid in tax reductions. The budget was cut about 17.3 units outside Cedar Rapids and 5.2 in the city, with $709 181 to be raised by taxation based on 1931 valuations. the supervisors approved the budget Monday afternoon.
New York AP reports heavy profit taking spread beyond rails as industrials and utilities fade some gains from the last month. Rail shares led late losses while other groups saw $1 to $4 declines but the tape closed modestly higher with about 2,000,000 shares traded. American Telephone faded from a rise to near unchanged after rallying to 94.25. US Steel remained up but trimmed, Allied Chemical closed near unchanged, and the bond market held its upward path with lighter activity.
George Wettstein 82, longtime Cedar Rapids jeweler now living in Orlando, Florida, died last Wednesday after a two week illness. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1843 and retired ten years ago to Florida. Survived by wife predeceased and two children Mrs L Hibbard of Flushing New York and George Wettstein Jr in Florida. Funeral services and burial were held in Orlando.
Mrs. R. H. Volland of Iowa City, former Iowa board of conservation member, underwent neck infection surgery at the Neurological Institute in New York Monday. Her condition is described as very serious. She sailed July 6 intending Europe trip, felt ill on the Berengaria, decided to return via liner New York, arrived Friday, and was taken to the Neurological Institute upon landing. her husband met her at the dock.
C M Conley 58 was arrested by Potter at 7 44 pm Sundar in Mount Vernon for driving while intoxicated. The arrest followed a report that Conley forced others from a land east of the city and then drove off in a car driven by Frank Benesh. He was jailed on a DWI charge with a $300 bond set.
Funeral services for John Elmer Reid will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in the Dran chapel after his drowning in Lake Okoboji. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park follows. Reid, born Anamosa Jan 12 1908, is survived by a wife and infant son, parents, and siblings. Also noted are obituaries for an infant son of Potuiek of Hamilton and for James R Quark and Mack C Quark with connections to May Allison.
Mrs Johnson reported to Sheriff Petrus a theft at the C W Johnston home Center Point believed to involve entry with a skeleton key late July while residents were away An auto vacation article list includes two cedar chests a mirror top flashlight wrist watch pocket watch hickory nuts two pairs of women s oxfords a pair of women s knickers a yellow ring with sapphire and a yellow gold necklace with sapphire sets and other items Deputy L A Condon investigated
In Los Angeles the U S team of four men defeated France after an 8 to 8 final and a 54 to 60 points tally to claim Olympic team foil gold previously held by France Brac Nentis helped lead the U S effort. Italy edged Denmark 12 to 4 in the final round.
Mrs Ella Cooke of 1027 Twelfth Street NE is recovering from illness caused by heart and lung trouble. Loans to business and professional people offered on easy payments and low charges by Morris Plan.
The Salvation Army warns against aiding veterans as Johnstown council opposes a veterans camp nearby. Louis Franke says funds are scarce for their own people while Walter Waters plans a permanent Maryland camp and may bring food funds from a Melkport benefit in Pennsylvania.
In Waterbury Maryland a small encampment of 17 veterans rallies at night under a white clad Mrs Joseph G Bullion and Maud Edgell for the bonus expeditionary force. They expect reinforcements as 4 000 men reportedly move toward Waterbury within a week to join the protest.
After the German election riots erupted with bombings and shootings. Victims included Herr Sauff, communist leader shot in bed, and a wounded man named Zirpius. Police patrolled Koenigsberg with armored cars as dozens were arrested amid violence in Brunswick Colditz Gross Schoenau Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
Chancellor Franz von Papen said he will present his ministry to the new Reichstag late this month and dare members to oust it. He claimed to govern without party support, denied plans to outlaw the Communist Party, and urged centrists to avoid a cabinet crisis while Germany rebuilds with Nazi involvement.
The Rev John M Walters delivered the sermon at Mrs W F Domers funeral in Yocom chapel Sunday afternoon. The service drew many friends with floral tributes and a quartet singing sacred hymns. Burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery as out of town relatives attended from Newtown Rock Island Appleton City Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Community events included a Rotary style picnic and a piano and pipe organ recital at the Methodist church with local students performing.
Fred Long, 50, of Marion, pleaded guilty to arson in Cedar Rapids district court and drew a ten year prison sentence after confessing to setting a fire at the Blackford home on Twenty second street Marion. The loss was about 1650 with 150 in furniture. authorities say Long signed a confession after questioning by local officials.
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