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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1932
Page
4
Chicago hog market opens with brisk activity but soon slows as cold weather limits demand. Packers hold 15,000 head direct for processing while receipts rise and prices hover near record lows. Cattle and sheep shifts follow, with yard quotes showing varied demand across major markets.
Chicago and New York market activity shows varied receipts and prices for eggs and wholesale commodities. Notable figures include mixed egg receipts and standards, with packers and carriers negotiating on credits and special packs.
Sean Tour Market linked to Cine A Co and Telures 1 reps in unclear report. The fragment mentions individuals and organizations but lacks coherent events or dates.
Traders stayed cautious on the winter wheat outlook as supplies showed little backing on the Chicago Board of Trade. Weakness in wheat and corn limited gains despite some stock strength. oats rye and barley moved small amounts amid dull trading and unsettled provisions. No export activity was reported and cash prices remained largely unchanged.
Grain movement data shows Chicago and Minneapolis area receipts and shipments for wheat and oats. Figures list last week, last year comparisons, with totals for Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City regions and scattered milling market notes.
Local hog prices ease Monday with all grades down five cents bringing the top price to 245 dollars.
Wall Street closed modestly higher in a quiet session as most share groups gained. Key names posting small advances included US Steel Union Pacific Santa Fe Allied Chemical Consolidated Gas and Motors and oils seeing turnover without major progress.
The page lists varied quotations and stock entries including Adams Express, Humey, and rail and bank notes. It shows fluctuating prices, brokers, and ticker snippets with numerous company names, volumes, and price marks across multiple listings.
Six hundred Shriners attended El Kahir temple of the Shrine's final ceremonial for 1932 at the Shrine temple. Five initiates were received: Harry Shaw Waterloo W H Frazier Anamosa Max Padzewsky Leo H Shirk Roy W Vrba Cedar Rapids. A 6:30 business meeting was followed by a concert by the El Kahir band and a buffet luncheon.
Mrs. Paulena M. Rook wife of Stephen C. Rook died at home at midnight after a three week illness. Born November 5 1892 in Lyons she lived in Cedar Rapids nineteen years. Survived by husband daughter Margaret stepmother Mrs Henry Hansen sister Mrs Elizabeth Tolson. Funeral at Pioneer Funeral Home 2 p.m Tuesday with Cliff Minor officiating burial Linwood Cemetery.
Perry Hamor 74 a former Cedar Rapids resident died at 6 30 am Monday at the Linn County Home where he had lived three years He had been ill for some time His wife died a year ago Funeral services will be in Beatty chapel at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Rev W A Montgomery Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery
John R. Matthews, 76, of 860 First Avenue E, Cedar Rapids, died at 11 20 pm Sunday after a lingering illness. Born in Monticello, he lived in Cedar Rapids for sixteen years. His wife survives. Funeral arrangements to be announced later. Friends may call at Monahan chapel.
For fifteen years assistant superintendent of the Rock Island railroad at Minneapolis Patt was pensioned two months ago and died Saturday evening in Los Angeles Calif The report notes he had visited Cedar Rapids many times and was well known among railroad men here
In district court three wills were admitted to probate. Katherine Probasco of Cedar Rapids died Dec 2 1932. Edna May Probasco Neitzel and Carl H Neitzel named executors with bequests to Edna May Probasco Neitzel Lawrence Probasco Norman Probasco Bris Probasco Earl Probasco Willard Probasco and Carl H W Neitzel. Anton Nepovim of Cedar Rapids died Nov 27 leaving all to wife Matilda Nepovim who is executrix. Thomas Neilly died Nov 26 with real estate already deeded to son Thomas Neilly. personal property to be shared by daughters Anna M Neilly Bridget Frances Neilly and Mary Neilly Hartwell. Thomas J Neilly executor.
Trial narratives unfold in district court with Cecile Young versus Carl E Michel on a December 11, 1931 auto collision in Mari on. Separate cases include Joseph B Klein versus Appleton Novelty for vending machines and F H Wights suit against Rudbergs, with motions and evidence heard before Judges Filson Ring and Clark.
Brata Mr and Mrs L Owen announce a son born Saturday at Mercy Hospital. Settling at Park Avenue SF the child is named after parents Norbert and the family. A daughter is reported on Sunday at Mercy Hospital.
Nearly 100 attendees gathered for Marion high school’s annual football banquet at the New Hallwood. Coach Donald Wolf presided with remarks by Delbert Pugh and captains Garth Hunter and John Welter among others. Forest Rutgers and Moray Eby attended as coaches from Coe and Cornell respectively.
Germany returned to the arms conference after months of bickering. The Paris London and Rome signatories backed a resolution for substantial armament cuts and Germany's equality in principle. Norman H. Davis of the United States endorsed promising results from forthcoming talks.
Secretary of State Stimson called Germanys return to the Geneva general disarmament conference a distinctly encouraging development and a step forward for disarmament. He declined to comment further on the matter.
In Coldwater Michigan Richard Odren an 11 year old high school student confessed author of extortion notes to several prominent persons awaits a sanity examination. Physicians seek motive behind kidnapping threats and ransom demands including a note to Governor Wilbert M Brucker and a promise to return Patricia Pearl Tripp.
In Langhorne Pennsylvania a mother Mary Hennessey 40 died after carrying her two sons Matthew Jr 10 and William 12 from a burning house then returning for her 3 year old daughter Alice. She and the child perished in the flames.
In Chicago Samuel Casmino aged 18 died while wiring a radio hookup during a planned home broadcast. A scream drew friends from another room to find him dead, the cause listed as electrocution.
Arthur Wellinghoff of Savanna Dix a Milwaukee railroad conductor was brought to St Luke s hospital shortly after noon Monday with a shoulder injury suffered at Atkins He was in a caboose on his train when the connection forced him to fall His condition was not serious and he remained in the hospital while doctors checked for possible fractures
Fire company No 6 responded to a Noon 40 call at 2343 Grande Avenue SE for an automobile fire. Firemen found only a frozen radiator and steam that misled resident W. J. Neuzil into thinking the car was ablaze.
Norman Zahrt won first in oratorical with Richard Brown first in humorous. Byron Snodgrass second in oratorical and James Dower third. Charles Hummer second in humorous and Erna Wiebold third. Dramatic section led by Jane De Spain with Lucia Rouse second and Cedric K Sammons third.
The Board of Directors of Gwishfr Trust & Savings Bank at its last meeting adopted a resolution fixing the interest rate on Savings Deposits Time Certificates at 2.6 percent effective January 1333. Chase Ross, Cashier.
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