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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1932
Page
6
Market notes show active wheat and corn futures extending gains tied to abroad demand. Higher prices appeared across grains with oats and rye moving up while domestic receipts remained steady. shipping sales of thousands of bushels supported the session.
Grain movement data for Chicago and northwest areas details wheat receipts and shipments last week and last year. The table lists totals for holidays and weeks with percentages, company and station figures, and crate totals, reflecting fluctuating grain flow for the period.
A fragmented price list shows farm produce and animal notes with prices for fruits vegetables mink coon opossum skunks foxes and other game. Includes prime rates for garments and various items with scattered monetary figures and item descriptions.
New York stocks rose Friday with most leaders up one to two points as steel shares led gains. U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel climbed while Westinghouse Electric Consolidated Gas Allied Chemical Southern Pacific and Union Pacific gained. Tobacco issues fell or leveled amid rumored price cuts. traders noted tax-related selling and short covering before the holiday weekend.
A fragmented OCR excerpt lists various futures prices, exchange rates, and financial terms across multiple countries. It references New York and London markets, currency figures for Britain, Spain, Mexico, and other regions, with numbers that resemble commodity and asset quotes and dates.
Chicago Produce Market notes mixed receipts and steady to moderate trading across several items. Potatoes, eggs, and dairy items show stable availability with varied prices. regionally balanced supplies influence prices and activities in Colorado Idaho and New York markets.
Special packs and selections from fresh receipts and various private sale packs range around 30 to 35 cents with nearby and mid western pallets at 30 cents. Raw sugar holds at 2.75 for spots with no reported sales. Dressed poultry prices vary with ducks and fowls listed, live poultry bids dull with freight and express rates noted for chickens turkeys and broilers.
A slight shift in the local hog market Friday saw heavier prime hogs drop a nickel while the top price held at 2.35. Packers remain unchanged. Calf market lists choices from 83.80 to 4.50 with other grades by quality. Sheep market notes choice lambs 75 to 85 pounds at 3.50 to 4.50, heavier lambs by quality. Seed market Toledo and hay market Chicago show no change in AP reports.
Orville Manning 22 of La Crosse Wisconsin confessed to stealing an automobile owned by Perry Mills and seven crates of eggs valued at 65 dollars from Central City Produce company Sunday night. He was arrested in Monona Tuesday night. Licenses plates were found in Mills car and seats hidden at Central City. Manning allegedly said eggs were hidden on his father's farm but would not reveal the location.
Mrs Elizabeth Storey widow of James Storey died at 2109 Glenway Dr Cedar Rapids at 10 a m Friday Born June 7 1845 in Ontario Canada she and her husband moved from Iowa to Benton County then Dysart later Iowa City and Cedar Rapids over the years Her husband preceded her in death in 1906 Funeral arrangements were not announced.
Funeral notices for Mrs. Geo Stuart Mrs Minnie Uewehar and Mrs Christina Neilson list services in Turner Chapel with burial at Linwood Oak Shade cemeteries. Audrey Kane dies at 4 30 pm in Cedar Rapids aged four and a half. George E Fuller 69 dies of heart attack. Mrs Mary Dedo widowed daughter survives. Noise regulations by ancient Greeks noted.
Twenty five Marionette Four H club members and mothers attended a banquet at Mrs C B F Michel’s home with a program of business, addresses, piano solos, readings and songs. Other items note staff changes, illnesses, visits, upcoming initiations, post activities, and local social notices in Marion Iowa.
O E Rank 52 of Kirksville Missouri died in Red Oak Iowa after injuries in the railroad yards. Officials doubt he was struck by a train. He was en route to visit brother Charles Ronk, not seen for 15 years. He leaves a wife and three children.
Federal prohibition agents stopped Ray Handley and Lyle Johnson in McGregor as they allegedly carried 190 gallons of liquor. The Waterloo men were arraigned in Dubuque and released on $1,000 bonds each.
A formerly jailed man with little money and no local ties received help from Traveler's Aid and The Gazette. After overnighting at Sunshine Mission, he learned his relatives were out west, contacted them, and left Cedar Rapids to reunite and resume his trade as a mechanic.
Hopkinton resident Loop, 50, waived to the grand jury on a driving while intoxicated charge after his truck on Marion road struck a car driven by Charles Burkhart, injuring him. Burkhart was treated at St Luke's hospital and listed in fair condition. Loop's passenger Nick Lahr was not charged and received lodging. Loop posted $1000 bond.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nemec at Mercy Hospital on December 28. The family resides at 2010 Second Street SW.
Marion Iowa meat and poultry items with per pound pricing including home rendered lard pork roasts hamburger sausage fresh dressed chickens ducks turkeys beef roasts pork steak sirloin steak pork chops mince meat smoked hams and more with many prices shown in cents per pound and some illegible entries in the clipping
James Regis Martin a 16 year old from Iowa City is charged with slaying a gasoline station attendant during a holdup in Muskegon Michigan. Testimony ends and closing arguments and judge instructions remain before the eight jurors decide if he knew right from wrong. defense witnesses cite insanity while rebuttal witnesses disagree. Dr F C Watts says the youth shows dementia praecox and lacks capacity to distinguish right from wrong.
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