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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
6
Heavy receipts and slow demand pull hog prices down at Chicago stock yards with top around 3.95 and averages near 3.45 as cattle and sheep markets show mixed activity and regional echoes in Cleveland Pittsburgh and East Buffalo trading.
Selling pressure on the Chicago board led to lower grain prices across wheat corn and oats after a four day advance. Wheat fell one cent or more from the prior close with May around 92 cents. corn and oats declined as well amid light trade and lingering weather concerns. Provisions eased on weaker hogs and lard sales as local markets reported scattered selling and modest cash movement.
Chicago AP dispatch lists butter receipts 3 254 creamery items with 83 score 1a 024e extras 92 23 cents extra firsts 909 224122 gc firsts and 86 8 20c standards 90 cents. Eggs receipts 4 555 steady prices unchanged. potatoes receipts 67 on track 372 total shipments 615 strong supplies. Poultry live receipts 2 trucks hens leghorn 10 to 14 cents. dressed turkeys steady. New York butter receipts 19874 creamery high firsts 21 276 22 4e. Eggs receipts 28662 high. Peas and produce notes show mixed prices. overall market activity subdued with steady to firm tones.
Grain movement details show wheat receipts and shipments in Chicago with figures for Minneapolis and other locations. Data includes receipts, shipments, corn and oats values, and various facility codes and dates from the weekly report.
New York bond activity shows uneven moves as traders weigh yields and policy signals. Prices drift with notable activity in Treasuries and corporate issues, while traders scan upcoming economic data for clues on future rate paths and sector performance.
New York police investigate a prank by 14 year old Thomas Capovela who left a note demanding $5990 under his home door. Detective John Lyons matched handwriting from a Brooklyn prep sample, and the boy confessed thinking it was a swell joke. His father Capotello reacts with his own plan in response. The article also notes blue leading color at a French auto show with gray second.
Hogs dropped 15 cents across all grades on the local market Wednesday. Prime hogs ranged up to 2.90 per hundredweight with packer top at 2.20, while prices varied by weight and quality across the Sinclair Hog Market. Calf market notes show Good to choice calves 130 to 190 pounds priced around 250 to 424 dollars, with spring lambs and buck lambs listed by quality.
Wall Street opened with buying in several specialties while industrials held firm on moderate profit taking. Utilities and aircraft climbed slightly but rails fell, with U S Steel preferred down three points and Westinghouse Bethlehem and U S Smelting off about one point.
The Theristrial club honored Miss Adeliza Daniels at her home with a tribute and cyclamen gift. Seventeen members attended including newcomer Miss Mary Clement. A talk on A Century of Progress and a reading from The Epic of America followed, with Harold Worn and Edna Davis performing violin selections.
Monticello defeated Marion teams with a 24 to 21 varsity win and a 12 to 8 freshman victory. Local church notices report the Baptist Ladies Aid meeting Thursday at 2:30 pm at Mabelle Oxley’s home and the Christian church choir rehearsal tonight at 7:30 pm at Edna Roberts’ home.
Mae Murray declares bankruptcy amid grand theft case against David Mdivani and Serge Mdivani. She lists liabilities of 288196 and assets of 324500, mostly real estate, as defense teams prepare witnesses to show the brothers did not embezzle funds from Pacific Shore Oil. The state rests its case against the so called princes accused of embezzling 30000 from the firm.
Mrs M E Maggart longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at her Winnetka Illinois home at 2 30 am Wednesday She is survived by her husband two daughters Alcinda and Edith two sisters Mrs C E Woodward Frederick Wis and Mrs George S Davis Cedar Rapids and three brothers C A Calder Oakland Calif L B Calder Ontario Calif and George A Calder Luck Wis Services to be held at Oak Hill Cemetery Cedar Rapids with a brief grave side service at 4 pm Thursday conducted by Rev J J Gent
Funeral services for Rev Frank D Chada longtime Bohemian Methodist worker will be Thursday at 2 pm in St Pauls Methodist Cedar Rapids with Drs Frank Cole and J P Van Horn officiating and a Czech language service by Dr Joseph Bren. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park with Crescent lodge and Masons in attendance. Also noted are services for Ivor Gardner in Beatty chapel Thursday at 11 am with burial in Linwood Cemetery and survivors listed.
County supervisors and engineers from Black Hawk Benton Delaware Clayton and Linn counties will meet with five Iowa culvert pipe firms in Manchester at 1 p m to review rising prices. Linn county engineer William H Behrens notes NRA code regulations may affect pricing as conditions vary from past years. Letters were sent to firms in Dubuque Sioux City Fort Dodge and Des Moines.
NEW YORK. Mr and Mrs Curtis B Dall the son in law and daughter of President Roosevelt live at separate addresses in the January dilatory domiciles pamphlet of the New York social register. Dall is listed at Panache Sleepy Hollow road North Tarrytown and Mrs Dalls address is the White House Washington. The winter edition issued in November previously listed them at 49 E 65th street President Roosevelt's town house.
Gov Henry Horner announced he would sign the state's liquor control bill ending a house compromise. The action ensures Chicago will operate under a modified form of home rule in liquor affairs. The measure was sent to the governor after the legislature adopted the compromise report.
The Rev John Sheehy 66 pastor of the Immaculate Conception church Masonville died at the Masonville rectory Wednesday morning after a stroke He had served as pastor at St Philomena's Asbury and held posts in Sabula Briu nne? Vintian Dorchester Rochester and Masonville previously He was a native of Ireland
Ground Repair notices furnace and chimney cleaning service at $1.50, with free inspection. Hauling ashes cinders and trees, dirt, fertilizer, and wood removal offered. Contact Hawkeye Tin Shop at phone number 2-7452 or 8796 for services.
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