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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1932

Page

23

Hog Market Rises Amid Mixed Friday Chicago/Midwest Trade

Chicago and East St Louis hog markets showed mostly higher prices with top bids near 490 dollars for select hog classes and receipts around several thousand head in key hubs. West and East markets posted gains in feeder and sow categories while heavier weights and certain regions held steady or fell slightly amid varied demand and small run sizes.

Chicago East St Ogn East Buffalo Fast & Laws Pittsoarch Cleveland L.ht MIN & Butchers Ats &S Arces Chicazo Crades St Louis Drr Easses Pittsburgh East St Lous East St Louis Buffalo Steads

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Fragments

Fragmented OCR notes show a Cedar Rapids market page with mixed items such as grain oranges vegetables and fruit, plus scattered prices and dates. The legible entries mention produce names like grapes and citrus and reference a column of miscellaneous market data and dates.

PIRF Truck Ballast Harvest Volunteers Assist

A volunteer team worked to remove ballast and assist a local project. The effort aimed to support a community needs drive, with participants coordinating at a central site. No injuries reported and the activity proceeded in the morning.

Bond Markets Fragmented Notes Amid Sparse Trading

Market reports show varied demand in bond sessions with limited liquidity and scattered trades. Several institutions and numbers appear amid unclear OCR text, reflecting a stalled tone in pricing and relative activity across sectors.

LOCAL HOG MART STEADY MARKET AND PRICES

Hog market shows steady demand with prices holding around 3.90 per hundredweight. Display notes for varying weights and quality, including terms like prime, choice, and lots. Regional terms reference carcass and cut grading with emphasis on value based on weight and quality.

Grain prices stage recovery at close after early losses

Short covering near the close firmed the wheat market though not enough to offset earlier declines. Corn and oats weakened modestly with mixed cash activity and receipts, while provisions held firm. Liverpool and Chicago wheat pits showed late gains but failed to reverse the session’s losses.

Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool

Grain Market Snippets from Chicago and Minneapolis

Grain traders in Chicago and Minneapolis quote bids and samples for WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE with assorted process rates and grades. Northern Michigan and Minnesota listings show prices for white and amber durum, white oats, and Timothy, Clover Seed, and other feed grains amid fluctuating market tones and weekly summaries.

Chicago Bartley Timothy Fapolis Minneapolis Sear

Wall St Stocks End Week Slump After Wide Fluctuations

The New York market declined sharply in late trading after earlier listless swings. Case dropped about six points while Allied Chemical, American Telephone, Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Eastman, and International Harvester fell two to more than three points. U S Steel, American Can and many others lost roughly a point or more as volume neared 2.3 million shares. The session showed a zigzag pattern with wheat moves steering trading and a cautious tone prevailing despite a morning upswing in aircraft shares like United Aircraft and Bendix Aviation.

New York Case Allied Chemical American Telephone Union Pacific Santa Fe Eastman International Harvester U. S. Steel American Can American Tobacco B Corn Products Westinghouse Electric Santa Fe Gotham American Smelting Bohn Aluminum United Aircraft Bendix Aviation Adams Eapres Alesheny Corp Corp S&s Archicon Orn Coron Coco Baito Beatrice Cry Bendix Re & Fo Beth S&ser Borarn Co Bore Werner Brees Mis Breonk-M-T Bucyrus Erte Burroughs Ads Au'terica Beers AM Ca & Heer Canada Drs Ad Pac Chee & Ohio Cures Merchants National Bank Hupp Motors Us Central Rayon Inspiration Eng Tel Jonas Mantvile Kave Earnard P Luisville Gas A's McKeespt Tn McKesson Rob Ris Mack Trucks Tex Mathieson U's Mon Ward Murayo Coron Nash Motors Pan-Amn Penn Wes Oz Pennroad Phillipe Pergy Pillsbury Proctor Gamhe Jae Pullmin Co Aun Radio Corpu Radio Keith Any Sc Real Silk & Fee Rem Rand Rep Steel Conve Cron Cresney Reyvn Roebuck She Secens Vac Oe Sil Frisca Ad Stone Webster Prudebaker Stutz Motors Tenn Copper Lex Corp Tex Gulf S Tex Lander Timken RB Trans-America Union Carbide Union Pac Union Uni Corn Ini Ita United Fruit Gondrich Warner Ares Ptd Wesn Union Westehause ATS Garcehy Welles Wenlworth Moreros Libby McNeil Marshad Middlewest Sait and Co

Poultry Prices and Market Notes from Regional Trade

A scrambled market report lists poultry prices and related items with references to bids, grades, and quality terms. It notes graded products, cream color items, and adjustments in pricing across vendors, hinting at seasonal demand and supply dynamics without clear figures.

Flour shipments and market notes from Minneapolis AP

Market items from Minneapolis AP report flour shipments list 20 744 pure bran 7 and 50 standard middlings at 9 04 Chicago produce cutters Chicago AP egg futures refrigerator standards October 187ac rut ter futures fresh standards auction 18 storage standards now 19 4e foreign exchange rates New York AP foreign exchange steady with Great Britain 03h7 France 392 percent Italy 512 Belgium 1329 Germany 2380 Holland 4026 Norway 1740 Sweden 174 percent Denmark 1851 Summer land 1949 Spain 505 percent Portugal 227 Greece 637 percent Poland 1120 Creche ovakta FOK LTR A Stris oy 14.00 Roumania 44 Argentina 2579 Ailavil 754 Tekin 2281 Shanchal 2075 Montreal 7 V2 Mexico City esister pecor 2950 tx Nomiral

New York Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Surmerland Spain Portugal Greece Argentina Ailavil Sxe Tekin Shanchal Montreal Mexico City Esister Pecor Tx Nomiral

Waterloo Savings Bank to Open La Porte City Branch

The Waterloo Savings Bank announced plans to open a La Porte City branch, with a three month trial or longer if business warrants. La Porte City has been without a bank since July 15, and the move aims to restore local banking services.

Waterloo Waterloo Savings Bank la Porte City

Trade Tour Set for Sept 7 and 8 by Cedar Rapids group

Cedar Rapids business leaders will embark on the twenty sixth goodwill tour September 7 and 8, with a 20 piece municipal band. Three buses will carry participants from Cedar Rapids to Dubuque for a band concert and overnight stay, returning the next day with luncheon stops at Edgewood and Maquoketa. Firms listed include Hamilton Seed and Coal, Chandler company, Iowa Electric Light and Power, Merchants National Bank, Coe College, Western Union, and many others.

Cedar Rapids Trade Extension Bureau Edgewood Maquoketa Iowa Alburnett Central City Coggan Ryan Robinson Masonville Winthrop Lamont Dundee Greeley Colesburg Petersburg Earlville Dyersville Epworth Centralia Dubuque Farley Worthington Cascade Monticello Scotch Grove Center Junction Onslow Nashville Baldwin Monmouth Wyoming Hale Olin Morley Martello Hamilton Seed and Coal Company the Chandler Company George P. Hardy Peterson Baking Company Morris Sanford Company McKesson-Churchill Drug Company Nash-Flodin Company Hotel Montrose Merchants National Bank Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Builders Material Company John Blaul’s Sons Company Cedar Rapids Commission Company Cedar Rapids Gas Company Hutchinson Ice Cream Company Hotel Roosevelt T M Sinclair and Company Tehel Bottling Works Welch- Cook-Beals Company Western Grocer Company Williams and Hunting Company Standard Glass and Paint Company Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation Coe College Western Union Telegraph Company Town State Savings Bank Wf, Main, Register Life Insurance Company Magnus Hotel The Chamber of Commerce

Internal Revenue Shows Shrinkage In July Receipts

Treasury figures show July internal revenue collections declined by 12,482,790.44 to 61,686,467.93 despite new excise taxes starting June 21. Bank checks taxes led gains among new levies, while income and estate taxes and cigaret excise returns offset gains. Brewers wort, malt and grape concentrate taxes were relatively small.

Treasury Wort

Chicago Seeks Hit Run Driver in Youth's Death

Chicago police launched a city wide search for a man and woman whose car struck and killed five year old Richard Quackenbush of Kansas City Missouri as he crossed a street with his mother near relatives The driver and a woman companion fled after writing their names on paper which was snatched by the man A description of the couple and their automobile was issued and the father is a Kansas City transit company service manager.

Chicago Richard Quackenbush Kansas City F. A Quackenbush Interstate Transit Copay

Standard Oil Buys Kansas Properties

Standard Oil of Indiana said it agreed to acquire for 3.4 million dollars certain Kansas properties in Neodesha including an oil refinery and a pipeline system. The Kansas company would keep producing properties and other assets, while only physical properties of the Kansas unit are purchased.

Chicago Standard Oil Company of Indiana Neodesha Kan Standard Oil Company of Kansas Kansas Company Edward G. Seubert Standard of Indiana Standard of Kansas Seubert

Dakota Delays Action On Strike In South Dakota

Emil Loricks of Arlington, secretary of the South Dakota Farmers Holiday association said the question of whether the state will join Iowa in a farm strike will not be considered by the board until next Friday. The meeting was moved from Tuesday to Friday.

Huron Emil Loricks Arlington South Dakota Farmers Holiday Association Iowa Association

Births Rodney Yost Born to Clyde Brewer Family

The son born August 14 to Mr and Mrs Clyde Brewer of Hamilton is Rodney Yost, correcting an earlier report.

Clyde Brewer Hamlton Cole Rodney Yost

Unusual Cedar River Boat Accident Involving Two Men

Fishermen and picnickers along Ellis Park watched as Walter Luke, a Northwestern Bell janitor, and Leo Skvor of Swisher rode unmanned outboard boats during a chase. Luke fell overboard as the throttle jammed and the boat spun in a circle, then crashed onto a willow island where Skvor later helped recover him. The unmanned boat roared until stalled by heat before being towed to shore.

Cedar River Ellis Park Walter Luke Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Leo Skvor Swisher Skvor Luke

Davis seeks early trial in federal lottery case

Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and six others face indictment on conspiracy and participation charges in fraternal lotteries run by four organizations. Davis asks for an immediate trial and appears scheduled to plead on August 30. The case involves multi‑million dollar collections with only a fraction paid out as prizes.

Washington Llp Department of Justice James J. Davis Rep Justice Davis New York INS United States Pennsylvania Western Union Telegraph Company George Z. Medalie Labor Senate

Two Children Shot In Gangster Battle

In New York on Friday, two children were wounded by gunfire during a street battle between would be killers and attackers. Rose Faulis, 11, and her sister Frieda, 3, playing near their Brooklyn home, were struck as their parents watched from a window. Both victims were not in serious condition. An hour later a Brooklyn baker Cosmo Costanano, 32, was killed by a fusillade from an automobile in a separate incident resembling the prior year’s baby massacre in Manhattan.

New York INS Underworld Rose Faulis Frieda Brooklyn Manhattan Cosmo Costanano

Mother Of The Rev Robert Little Dies

Mrs Charles Little aged 74 of Wabash Indiana, mother of the Rev Robert Little of the First Presbyterian church, died Wednesday after a long illness. The Rev Mr and Mrs Little were in Wabash at a lake cottage when she passed. Funeral services were set for Friday afternoon at the church in Wabash.

Charles Little Wabash Ind Robert Little First Presbyterian Church

Publicity On Loans To Be Begun Monday

Washington report says the Reconstruction finance corporation will disclose borrowers and amounts within ten days after July 21 and the interest paid. Clerk South Trimble ruled that these facts be made public, reversing administration opposition but backing House Democratic leaders.

Washington Reconstruction Corporation House South Trimble

Mrs Alice M Starry Dies Former Marion Resident

Mrs. Alice M. Starry aged 79 widow of Samuel E. Starry and former Marion resident died at her home 1326 Second Avenue SE at noon Friday after a lingering illness. She was born in Linn County on October 6 1852. Surviving are four brothers C J T McShane Cedar Rapids John and Porter McShane Springville Henry McShane Rushville Nebraska and one sister Mrs Evelyn Perkins Springville. Funeral services will be in Beatty chapel with time to be announced and burial in Oak Shade cemetery Marion.

Alice M Starry Samuel E. Starry Marion Second Avenue SE Starry Linn County C JT McShane Cedar Rapids John Porter McShane Springville Henry McShane Rushville Neb Evelyn Perkins Beatty Chapel Oak Shade Friends

Fatal Midland Car Crash Kills Six In Fire

A father and mother and four children of Thompsonville Michigan died from burns after their car struck a second vehicle and burst into flames. A brother-in-law Harry Crane, Birmingham Michigan, was critically burned and not expected to survive. The Ontario plated car involved carried gasoline cans on its running board, which burst in the collision.

Midland Mich George Messer Thompsonville Edward Forest Stella Mary Harry Crane Birmingham Messer George Patrick Ontario Patrick

Fire destroys Mason home. mother saves two children

A blaze gutted the O. W. Mason residence at 1401 Tenth Street NW at about 3 a.m. Friday. Mrs. Mason awakened during the fire and rescued two young children from an inside bedroom before sounding the alarm. The one-story frame house, owned by May Mason of Shellsburg, was a total loss with all furniture destroyed, while O. W. Mason was away at the Quaker Oats plant until 7 a.m.

O. W Mason Tenth Street Quaker Oats May Mason Shellsburg Britain Bennett Dominions United States Empire

Varying Opinion Greets Dry Speech By Charley Curtis

Washington AP report notes mixed reactions to Vice President Curtis urging against repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and support for strict enforcement of dry laws. Dinwiddie of the National Prohibition Board praises the stance, while Senators King and Ashurst criticize the Republican strategy as vacillating and vote chasing.

Washington Curtis Edwin C. Dinwiddie National Prohibition Board of Strategy Prohibition King ‘Dom Utah West Hoover Ashurst

Suspect Held in Murder Ties to Bullets From Texas Gun

Omaha police say bullets from a Texas man’s gun match those found in the body of Angelo Sivigliano, a former Kansas City racketeer. Archie M Jenkins of Houston, held for Glenwood officials, faces possible charges in Sivigliano’s death. Two other Texans arrested with Jenkins will be turned over for further questioning.

QMAHA Ben Danbaim Texas Angelo Sing- Nano Kansas City Wain Glenwood Jows Danbaum Archie M Buddy” Jenkins Houston Tex Sivigiano Jenkins Danbaum Sivigliano Grover Petty Bureau of Identification Washington Adamo Omaha O J Hester Ralph Arnold Dallas Waco

Britain And Three Canada Trade Accord Signed

In a whirly wind finish Britain completed its trade pact with Canada and prepared to submit the Australia agreement at a late evening meeting. Other smaller pacts with India offered Britain concessions on manufactured goods in return for Indian raw products, though Indian delegates warned ratification may hinge on acceptance in India amid Gandhi followers.

Ottawa Ont Great Britain Canada Australia Trade Promotion Committee Britain India Japan Mahatma Gandhi Bennett

Eight Westward Hops Across Atlantic Made Successfully

Only eight prior east to west trans Atlantic flights by heavier than air craft succeeded. Notable earlier attempts include 1924 U S army round trip London to New York with stops, 1928 Baron von Huenfeld and others Dublin to Labrador, 1930 Kingsford Smith Ireland to Newfoundland, 1930 Von Gronau Germany to New York, 1930 Coste and Bellonte Paris to New York, and 1931 Do X Switzerland to New York via South America.

London New York Baron von Huenfeld, Kochl

Body Of Hospital Patient Found In Pond At Iowa City

Lois Fry 22 of Rose Hill Ta was missing since Wednesday from the psychopathic hospital in Iowa City and found Friday morning in a pond at an abandoned quarry Nearby attendants were escorting patients to lunch when she escaped Fishermen found the body near the quarry pond not far from the hospital.

the Gazette Iowa City Lois Fry Rose Hill Psychopathic

Former Austrian Chancellor Johann Schober Dies at 58

Former Austrian chancellor Johann Schober died Friday night at a sanatorium near Gutenbrunn. He was 58. The death was due to a heart attack after illness. Known for law and order efforts at home, he drew attention abroad for proposing an Austro German customs union in 1931. His peak came in 1929 when he again led Austria in parliament. In 1930 at The Hague he secured cancellation of Austria s reparations liabilities.

Vienna Austria Johann Schober Gutenbrunn Dr. Schober Europe The Hague AUS= tria

Mayor Walker Chastened by Macy in NY City Inquiry

Syracuse AP report states Kingslane Macy Republican state committee chairman said he would meet Governor Roosevelt to answer questions about the city inquiry. Macy added Walker had used a device to turn a question of good government into a mock trial of political issues.

Syracuse W. Kingslane Macy Republican State Committee Roosevelt New York City Walker

Pennsylvania Imposes 1 Percent Retail Sales Tax

Harrisburg announces a one percent retail sales tax to fund twelve million dollars for unemployment relief. The levy applies to sales by grocers butchers clothiers furniture dealers newspaper dealers coal dealers gasoline stations and all other tangible goods retailers.

Harrisburg

Worker Dies After Pitchfork Handle Pierces Body

Albert Waurzyniak 38 of Evanston Illinois died from internal injuries after slipping and falling on the upright handle of a pitchfork while with a threshing crew near Webster South Dakota. He left a widow and two children.

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