Chicago Hog Market Soars as Hogs Lead Rally
Hogs push to a top of 8.50 in Chicago for the first time in over three years while cattle and sheep lag. Receipts on major markets total about 20 000 with Chicago at 12 000, market strength 30-40 cents higher, and several regional reports noting higher bids and mixed activity across Cleveland Pittsburgh East Buffalo and St Louis.
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East Buffalo
East St Louis
Os “ix & Butchers
Reading
St. Louis
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East St. Louis
de C
Condibert
ST. Paul
SOUTH ST _ PAUL
Dept. Agriculture
Heilerg
Jones Western Ranse
Bicher
Omaha
Kansas
St Louia
St Joseph
St Paul
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Local hog market up 25 cents to $5.60 top and $4.60 packer
The local porkers market rises with a 25 cent advance across all grades Thursday. Top hog prices reach $5.60 for choice and $4.60 for packers. Calf and sheep markets show varied quotes. Cattle market remains steady with fancy steers up to $7.50 and cows from $1.50 to $2.75. Bulls and common cattle also listed.
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BreRdy
Grain Market Ledger Chicago Minneapolis Cash Grain Summary
AP reports Chicago cash grain with wheat prices for No 2 red at 103 and No 1 hard at 109, corn No 3 mixed around 77.44, oats various White 55.4 cents, rye and barley details, Minneapolis receipts 133 cars with cash wheat No 1 northern at 114.47, dark northern 15 percent protein at 115.41, amber durum blends around 135, and corn No 7 yellow around 75 cents as of Thursday.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Sinclair
Duluth
Kansas City
J. F
Bennett & Co
W. Hi
Jump
Merchants National Bank
Adams Express
Hiram Walker
Houston
Howe Sound
Alaska
Juneau
Hudson Motors
Allegheny
Kroger G & Bae Am Rad & S
Lambert Am
Lehigh Am
Libby Ow
Lehigh
Tel & Tel
Teb B
I&s Lorillard Py
McIntyre
McKesson Rob
Marshall Fid
Mack Trucks
Mathieson
Opper
Monsanto Tex
Motor Wheel
Atech
Mont Ward
Auburn Auto
Murray Corp
Aviation Coran
Nash Motors
Natl Biscuit
Balto
Ian Barnsdall
Beatrice
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Bendix
Best Co
Stee
Beth Steel
Y Central
Bohn
Acorn
Noranda Mines
Brigas
North Linn
Ohio
Packe d. Byers
Eee Penick
Ford
Cal Heeler
Phelps Dodee
Phillips Pet
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Pillsbury
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Proctor Gambel
Ches Coroa
Pullman Co
Radio Corpn
NW Fi Radio Keith
Rem Rand
Rep Steele
Reyn Tob
Ie Seaboard Oil
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Roemiuck
Ae Cal
Servel Inc
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Shell Union
Simmons Co
Congoleum
Cal Consol Gas
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St Joe
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Thompson
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Eree Rand
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Erie Fisk Rubber
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Gillette S
Gimbel Bros
Ward Bak
Glidden Co
Warner Bros Oy
West Maryld
Goodrich
Wawesn Union
Goodyear
Granby Copper
Woolworth
sVetlow T
Heilem
Dendin Ayn
Libby McNeil
Bershoft
Wheat price gains hold despite profit sales
Chicago reports show wheat price gains and steady corn as rains in Argentina and forecasts of world carryover influence trading. Wheat rose early then held gains around 1 to 2 cents. corn remained steady and oats rye in light advance. Provisions strong with heavy demand for bellies.
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Chicago
Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Buenos Aires
Southwest
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Prices and Produce Listings
A local Cedar Rapids page lists miscellaneous prices for grains such as wheat Oats rye and corn and details for produce including California Valencia lemons lemons potatoes bananas lettuce celery onions and pears. It also includes animal product prices for hens hides wool and cured hides with various grade distinctions.
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Henneryesss
California
Barry
Markets Report From Chicago and New York Produce
The market summary notes steady to easy demand across poultry and eggs with moderate trading. Rates quoted include leghorn hens at 10 to 14 cents, rock fryers around 15 to 16 cents, and various other fowl and turkey prices. Potatoes, butter, cheese, and eggs show steady receipts and prices regionally, with futures for butter and eggs closing mixed on the Chicago and New York exchanges.
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Cincago Produce
Chicago
Rock Springs
Trark
Tota
Wisconsin Cobblers US
Idaho
U_ S
New Jersey Cobblers US
Washington
New York
Vinton Seeks Increase for Library Maintenance
Des Moines AP reports State Comptroller C B Murtagh approved Vinton's request to levy 2140 dollars for library maintenance, comparing it with a Hunt of 509.25 dollars under the Beatty Bennett law.
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Des Moines
Murtagh
City of
Vinton
Sugar and market notes from New York and Minneapolis
Raw sugar markets were quiet with no sales reported and futures steady to slightly lower. Minneapolis notes flour shipments and bran prices, while foreign exchange rates show steady bids for Britain France Italy and others with varied international currencies and commodities listed.
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New York
Bond Markets Drift After Week of Inflation Fears
New York bond market shows a quiet readjustment after last week's inflation fears. Government issues lead early trading with treasuries, farm mortgages, and home loans edging higher. Prime corporates show modest strength with Detroit Edison and Dunwoody ties improving. Health officials note 10,000 of 16,000 annual maternity deaths are preventable in the U S.
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NEW York Bond Review
New York
API
Alleghany Corporation
American
Erie
New York Central Postal Telegraph
Southern Pacific
Detroit Edison
Mike
Dunauesne Lights
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
United States
Local Motorists Hurt When Truck Forces Car From Highway
Mr and Mrs W Gitt of 1532 B avenue NE returning from Eldora with Cedar Rapids Drum and Bugle corps members were forced off the Lincoln highway twenty one miles west of town by a blinding light trick riding center line. The car rolled two and a half times down a twelve foot embankment injuring Mr Gitt shoulder and back and lacerating Mrs Gitt s head. The boys in the back were uninjured and the Gitts were released from St Luke s Hospital after treatment.
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Co. W. Gitt
B Avenue
Eldora
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
Gitt
St. Luke's Hospital
Wall Street Stocks Hold Modest Gains on Quiet Trading
New York banks and rail firms led a broad stock advance as a quiet buying movement lifted the market. Key names include American Telephone, Western Union, Postal Telegraph, Chrysler, U S Steel and New York Central. Bonds and commodities firmed with wheat and hogs at top levels for September 1931 readings, while foreign exchange stayed steady.
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U. S. Steel
Western Union Postal Telegraph
New York Central
Chrysler
American Telephone
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Radio Corp
International Telephone
Bethlehem Steel
DuPont
Kennecott
U.S. Smelting
Allied Chemical
American Can
Case
Sears
Westinghouse
Union Pacific
B-M-T
Commercial Investment Trust
Wilson A
Armour Preferred
U S
Rubber
Goodyear
American Agricultural Chemical and Radio
Grasshoppers Starve Abe Wertz’s Shirt Opens Field Chews
In a drought affected scene, Abe Wertz found grasshoppers biting his shirt while he worked in a field. He arrived home to a garment perforated with numerous small holes.
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Marion
Abe Wertz
Wertz
Pioneer 40WA woman celebrates 96th birthday
Mrs. Lucy R. Brooks, 96, celebrated her birthday Tuesday with friends and congratulatory notes from fourteen states. Confined to a wheelchair for over forty years, she recalls frontier life, married at sixteen, ox cart migration to Iowa, Civil War loss, and later moves to Lawrence and Cedar Rapids for residence.
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J. A. Sprague
Brooks
Iowa
Washington County
Gov Kirkwood
Washington, In
Abraham Lincoln
Vicksburg
Lawrence
Kaw
John Brooks
Cedar Rapids
One Man Fined Ten For Dual Cussing Tale
Ray Hughes, 43, arrested after residents mistook his single outburst for two men cussing. He was fined 10 and costs for intoxication and could not pay, facing jail. Louis Brennan and Louis Hahn, both arrested for intoxication, were fined 10 and costs each.
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Simon and
Stusak
Ridgeway Drive
Vernon Drive
Hughes
Louis Brennan
Third Street
Louis Hahn
Nineteenth Avenue
Wells in Ellis Park Closed for Fountains Install
Park commissioner Ed Stefan announced Ellis Park will permanently close the river pavilion well after a waterworks report found it unsafe. The duck pond well has been closed most of the summer, with city fountains to be installed this year and new wells planned for next year.
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Ellis Park
Ed Stefan
Duck Pond
Stefan
Court House News: Klimes Arrested for DUI After Highway Crash
John Kliimes, 33, was arrested shortly after a two vehicle crash on highway 161 near the airport. Milroy Netolicky suffered head cuts when his truck was struck amidships as Klimes zig zagged. County Attorney G K Thompson filed true information charging Klimes with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Larry Condon
Klimes
Milroy Netolicky
J Netolicky
Netolicky
G. K. Thompson
Says Husband Sentenced To Prison Asks Divorce
Vivian L. Thomas seeks a divorce from Alfred Thomas in district court citing cruel and inhuman treatment and a felony conviction. She alleges he was sentenced to Fort Madison state penitentiary on February 13 in district court records. She asks custody of a minor daughter. they married June 24, 1926 in Chicago. Leo I Boyles also seeks divorce from Mable Boyles on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment with custody of three minor children. The marriages occurred July 9, 1917. Sixty bird families counted in Louisiana by the state conservation department.
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Vivian L. Thomas
Alfred Thomas
47 Beer Dealers Offer to Quit at One A.M
Forty seven dine and dance parlors filed a petition with the city council proposing to quit selling beer at one a.m. on weekdays and close their doors if the plan is approved. Commissioner Dan Kruidemier endorsed the idea citing dance ordinance ineffectiveness. Mayor William Neill opposed further concessions.
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Dan Kruidemier
Public Safety
Kruldenier
William Neill
Airport Annexed by City Council South of Cedar Rapids
The land now used as the municipal airport south of Cedar Rapids was annexed to the city Thursday afternoon following a petition by owners R. B. Booth, Julia Booth, and Alice Booth. The triangular airport tract and surrounding rectangular area were included. Under the city lease, tax savings from the annexation reduce the Booths' rent to be paid by the city.
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Cedar Rapids
R. B. Booth
Julia
Alice Booth
Roosevelt's Mother Brings Scotch Tweed for Suit
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of President Roosevelt, returns from abroad with Scotch tweed cloth intended for a suit. She inquires about the Hawaii vacation and notes grandsons Franklin Jr. and John behaved as gentlemen, saying it is an honor to have their father present.
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New York
Ins
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Me de France
Hawaii
Franklin, Jr
John
Mrs. Roosevelt
Demands Langer Vacate North Dakota Mansion
Acting Governor Ole H. Olson demanded possession of the executive mansion from William Langer in a letter to the state board of administration. Langer is abroad on speaking engagements until September 1, and Mrs. Langer has stepped in as Republican gubernatorial candidate. R. M. Rishworth said the board will order the mansion turned over if Olson makes the demand.
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N. D
William Langer
Ole H. Olson
Olson
State Board of Administration
Langer
North Dakota
Spiritwood Lake
R. M. Rishworth
Ohio Truck Driver Struck By Talking Sickness
Donald Campbell a 32 year old truck driver from Columbus contracted a fever leaving him in an 11 day bout of incoherent talking. He lies at his father Blain Campbell’s Edison Ohio home watched by his wife as their 1 year old daughter asks about the strange words. The illness resembles necephalitis and Sleeping sickness but with no sleep.
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Donald Campbell
Columbus
Blain Campbell
Edison
Here
Campbell
Hit-and-run driver hits car on Fortieth Street
Mr Hardy called police at 12 40 a m Friday reporting a hit-and-run collision at Fortieth Street and First Avenue East. A patrol failed to locate the driver or owner or Mr Hardy. The report notes England dental graduates and pest control by high frequency electricity.
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Fortieth Street
First Avenue E
Marion
Marion Woman Leora Price Dies After Week Nine Illness
Mrs Leora Ann Price widow of R D Price died Thursday morning at her son Georges home 1585 Sixth avenue after a nine weeks illness She was born October 15 1867 in Terre Haute Ind and moved with her parents to Marion She is survived by five children grandchildren and three sisters Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 am in Yocom chapel with Rev C E Krog in charge Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery
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R. D. Price
George Price
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Elizabeth Davis Plough
Terre Haute
Ind
Marion
Fillmore
Price
Ray Clark
Christian Church
George
Ray
Herbert
Jerry Lester
Leo Griswold
Hans Hanson
West Branch
Len Hulbert
Perry
E. C. Freeman
Yocom Chapel
C. E. Krog
Oak Shade Cemetery
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Events and Losses
In Decorah checks for 155 448 55 will arrive around Sept 1 to pay a ten percent dividend to depositors at Win neshiek County State Bank bringing total paid to forty percent since the bank closed Jan 19 1932. Independence county board sets a contract for a fireproof records building on the court house west line. Mount Vernon Mrs Maurice Legare of Jamez New Mexico to speak on Indian mission field at a Presbyterian silver tea open to all. Decorah Masons from several towns will picnic at city park with Congressman Biermann to speak. Independence Mrs John Casteel 70 died at home east of town funeral Friday at 2 p m at the Baptist church. Born near Freeport Illinois in 1863 she moved with family to Iowa then to various counties and married John Casteel in 1886. Survived by her husband seven children one sister and nineteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Here
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Waterloo
Irvin Snyder
George Morgan
Gerald Casteel
Birth of a son for Mr and Mrs Luther Crow
Peel born to Mr and Mrs Luther H Crow at 301 Fifth Avenue Marion a ten pound son named Charles Luther on August 15 Mrs Crow formerly Miss Pauline Kapple
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Luther H. Crow
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Charles Luther
Crow
Pauline Kapple
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