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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1934
Page
10
A cryptic OCR fragment notes price strength with references to a water-related product and figures around six dollars. The readable items include a mention of prices holding firm and various garbled tokens suggesting market activity and costs.
The report outlines hog trade with higher local bids and liberal premiums by quality. Listings show packers paying up to 370 pounds with premiums, while top prices range around 400 to 590 for prime lots, indicating varied market strength and regional pricing signals.
Fragmentary text describes a monument in Germany honoring workers. It mentions figures related to labor and a formal dedication process. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR text but indicate a labor landscape and a ceremony.
The judge ruled no offense was found in the crooner incident after a beer night disruption. Details remain unclear due to garbled text, but the matter centers on a performer named Hechle or similar. No charges were established and the event proceeded without further action.
Fragmentary OCR text with names and dates unclear. Possible references to August events and individuals such as Cavin Rov and Mer Poopers Baet. Content unreadable for precise summary, more legible source needed.
Earl Beaty's annual sweep tests 90 scales across 13 eastern Iowa counties finds Linn county with 15 of 90 scales inaccurate. Clinton leads with 15 of 77. Beaty notes fees, tracking scales regulation, and efforts to reduce taxpayer costs through systematized work from 1932 to 1933, detailing Linn county activity including 49 scales in 1932 and a July 20 to August 10 check window.
The Roosevelts undertake a relocation sweep from Hawaii to the mainland. President Franklin and son John arrive in Washington while Ann travels north through New York. Mrs Roosevelt heads home from France as James and his wife visit New York.
The Roosevelt playground No 2 diamondball team won two games at North Liberty on Thursday, 9 4 and 5 4. Roosevelt batteries were Lentz Johnson and Shanadane and Holton and Lentz for North Liberty Rimes Smith and Von Stene.
A historic baseball question asks who was the first major league first baseman to play nine innings as a pioneer in the position. The venue or date is not specified, but the inquiry continues a tradition of early baseball records and notable performances.
Frank Brody of Des Moines seeded No 1 and Bell Raymond of Cedar Rapids seeded No 2 advanced to the semifinals at Ottumwa. Brody defeated John Beckner 6-3 6-0 in the upper bracket while Raymond beat Howard Frazer 6-2 6-1, setting up a likely Saturday final.
France faces growing economic crisis with rising unemployment and falling production. Premier Doumergue's truce government struggles amid calls for devaluation led by Paul Reynaud, while protests by workers and riots accompany political meetings.
George Toney of Waukon injured at 2 15 pm Friday when a pneumatic drill ignited a stick of dynamite, hurling rock onto him at Elis Park quarry. He was taken to St Luke's hospital in a badly bruised condition but not believed to be seriously hurt. The dynamite stick had been placed in a previous blast and had not exploded.
Marseilles France Helen Boucher a 26 year old French aviatrix set a new world speed record for women. She flew at 428 222 kilometers per hour about 266 02 miles per hour surpassing Miss Hazlip of the United States whose record was 405 920 kilometers per hour about 252 07 miles per hour.
An unmasked bandit robbed Farmers and Merchants Bank of 200 dollars in Elmo on Friday. The thief forced Harold Harvey assistant cashier and H R Alexander cashier into the vault and fled in a car likely carrying a second man and a woman.
An $1825 contract suit of the Marion Water company against the city of Manon was dismissed Friday in Cedar Rapids district court before Judge H C Rime. The water company alleged non payment for fire water supply for the period from December 1, 1933 to June 1.
AP Des Moines reports cool weather across northern Iowa with scattered showers. Mason City logged 63 degrees after rain, Charles City 67 with rain all day, Waterloo 74, Marshalltown 78, Dubuque 80 with rain, Fort Dodge 84 with rain, Clinton 87, Ottumwa 97 amid heat record efforts, Keokuk 97, Iowa City and Davenport 89, Muscatine 91.
At a noon YMCA meeting the First Presbyterian church Men’s Club received the nominating committee’s report for officers to serve during the coming year. Final election was postponed to a September meeting. Nominated: President Dwight Krumbholtz, vice president Arthur Barlow, secretary James Franken, treasurer Harris Bennett.
An expedition of doctors into the remote Boslan valley of Vitolke reports rickets rampant among villagers living in primitive conditions. Despite pure air and mountain water, diet lacks vegetables and fruits leaving many children malnourished and dwarfed.
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